Chapter 139: Upgrade
Old Granny Zhang finally huffed with a deep, hollow voice, and sighed after a while, "I really don’t have any other concerns, I just feel cold inside. Having given birth to so many, each and every one seems to have come to collect a debt! Fortunately, I still have a daughter, who’s understanding and spoke up for me to ensure some justice. Otherwise, where would I stand in the Wang Family?"
Wang Laozhu naturally agreed with Old Granny Zhang at this moment. His daughter indeed protected her mother today, and it was not just a matter of speaking up for justice, but she even used force to intimidate!
All for the sake of her mother, she revealed her hidden natural strength; no wonder her mother favored her so much.
Initially, he wanted to question his wife about why she even kept such important matters from him, but then he thought about how difficult the old days had been for her. With a mother-in-law keeping a close eye, his daughter was the only child she raised by herself. If this had come out, he feared his own mother would be the first to act against his daughter.
Thinking about it, his wife had no choice. Sigh, after all, it’s all my own fault. If I had protected my wife at the beginning, she wouldn’t have had to secretly bear this for so many years, raising our daughter to be plump and lazy, all to disguise that extraordinary strength of hers!
Considering the lengths his wife had gone to keep this secret, why should he unveil it?
In light of his wife’s loving heart for their daughter, he might as well pretend he knew nothing!
He even went along with Old Granny Zhang’s words, "Our Zhuzhu is certainly good. For the incident with Eldest Brother, we really have to thank Zhuzhu’s cleverness; otherwise, our family would still be in the dark. Now, considering our family’s situation, although it is not Laosi’s fault that Eldest Brother got injured, since it is somewhat related to Laosi, using Laosi’s dowry refund on Eldest Brother is reasonable.
"It’s just Zhuzhu, who has really been troubled by them. With our home’s situation as it is, I reckon better households wouldn’t want their daughters marrying in. Laosi’s marriage can wait, but Zhuzhu is not young anymore, and she’s had an engagement broken off once, making finding a good match even harder. I know you dote on her, and I do too. What if we do this: from now on, our family’s expenses will increase, and we might skimp on Zhuzhu’s dowry. I was thinking, isn’t Zhuzhu capable of earning money now? From selling Yellow Pine Mushrooms twice, she made ten taels of silver. Let’s not take a single penny as her parents and save it all for her, to prepare some dowry or buy whatever she likes, it’s up to her. If she earns money in the future, let it all be her own private stash for her dowry. With that kind of dowry as a foundation, she’ll be unparalleled in the whole eight villages around."
In the past few days, Wang Laozhu had thought it over. The Eldest Brother on whom he used to rely had become a cripple, the second son had emotionally distanced himself from the family, the third son was unreliable, the forth son was rash in action, and his married daughter was even less useful, it was fortunate if she visited once a year.
Among his grandchildren, for now, the brothers Jindou and Jinhu seemed alright, but they still couldn’t shoulder responsibilities. He would have to keep this old frame going for a few more years; he simply couldn’t let the Wang Family fall into ruin on his watch.