Chapter 154: Vegetable Porridge
Wang Yongzhu rushed out, and Old Granny Zhang naturally saw that movement. She immediately understood—the girl had agreed.
Originally, she had been steeling herself to give up the idea. Her darling daughter, how could she marry in as a son-in-law? That was for impoverished men who couldn’t find a wife to do, all of them were flawed goods; could there be any good among them?
No matter how tempting those two acres of land were, they couldn’t compare to her daughter’s lifelong happiness.
But why would her daughter agree to this?
Old Granny Zhang felt puzzled inside, but her face showed no sign of it. Pretending to be angry, she gave Wang Laozhu a glare, "You should be ashamed at your age. What kind of father talks to his daughter about marrying in as a son-in-law? See, you’ve upset her and made her run off."
Wang Laozhu really wanted to say, "Old woman, you don’t know—our daughter is so strong, if she doesn’t marry in as a son-in-law, I’m afraid she won’t be able to marry out at all."
But the words reached his lips and yet he swallowed them back down.
Silently, he got up, "Let’s think this over. I see you’re also reluctant to see our daughter marry off; might as well keep her under our eyes. We can look after her and prevent her from being bullied by others—"
Having said this, Wang Laozhu, with his aching conscience, went out.
He needed time to collect himself. Alas, for the Wang Family, for the daughter, that future son-in-law who was still unknown, you will have a hard time.
Because Wang Laozhu spoke up, the family had dinner earlier than usual that day.