Chapter 186: The Past of Lin Yue’e_1
Wang Sheng, being the only son in his family, was spoiled by his parents from a young age. After growing up, he engaged in all sorts of vices: eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, smoking, cheating, deceiving, and stealing. He even went so far as to steal from the graves of widows and childless families, making him deeply loathed in the village. Nobody would ever consider introducing a bride to him, particularly after his actions hastened the deaths of his own parents, leaving him even more isolated, a perpetual bachelor.
In fact, he had thought about finding a woman, but the women in the brothels all required payment, and he had no money. Therefore, he never even had the chance to indulge his cravings there.
It wasn’t a big deal, really, until he turned twenty-five. One day, as he listened to the sounds of men and women, demons, fighting in someone else’s house, he suddenly felt the urge to have his own woman to quarrel with night after night. Hence, he decided it was time to find a wife. After all, couldn’t let the Wang Family line end, could he?
Those few days must have been when the heavens took pity on him, for his luck suddenly turned. In two days of gambling, he won several dozen taels of Silver and, generous in his victory, he sought out a matchmaker to find him a bride. The matchmaker, with eyes only for money, eagerly listed all the unmarried girls she knew once Silver was involved. The rest would be up to her as soon as Wang Sheng made his choice.
After weighing his options, Wang Sheng set his sights on Lin Xiaoling from Lin Village because she was the daughter of the village chief and was said to be beautiful.
The matchmaker thought the young man had good taste, and didn’t find this to be a difficult task. With Silver in hand, she could spin gold from dung.
The Lin Family cherished their daughter Lin Xiaoling very much and would only agree to a marriage proposal after thorough investigation. As for the matchmaker’s pitch, it was only considered as a temporary proposal, so the Lin Family neither agreed nor declined, but consented to a preliminary meeting.