The Evil Man’s Lazy Lady Chapter 43 (Part 1)
Chapter 43: Separated (1) Original translation is from tenderflower's blog.
Shu Wan only knew that someone proposed marriage and didn’t know who the other party was, but that didn’t matter. The expression of her parents told her the result.
She didn’t feel anything about this. Her parents loved her. They would definitely find a suitable family for her, and she didn’t need to worry about it. Moreover, she didn’t have time to think too much because at dawn the next day, the family was going to go to the temple fair.
After breakfast, Shu Wan changed her younger sister’s skirt into a water-green embroidered lotus skirt and also put a small purse embroidered by her own hand on the belt, which contained dried mint leaves. It was hot in the summer. When it was exposed to the sun, it would be much more comfortable to smell. She herself wore a plain white skirt with only a circle of scattering flowers embroidered at the hem.
“Sister, why are you wearing a hat? I can’t even see your face. I can only see your chin!” Shu Lan raised her head and looked at the hat on her older sister’s head in confusion.
Shu Wan patted her head and consciously instilled in her younger sister the prejudice between men and women: “Because your older sister has grown up. She has to wear a hat when she goes out to watch the fun so that no one can see her face, especially men.” Originally, she didn’t want to go, but this time was probably the last temple fair she went to before she was married. It was rare for her younger sister to want to go, so she wanted to go out with her. She would become someone else’s daughter-in-law in the future, how could she still be so free as now?
Shu Lan blinked her eyes, looked at her older sister, then looked at herself, and muttered, “When will I grow up?”
Xiao Lang, who was standing on the side, heard it, and couldn’t help staring at the two buns on her head. Could it be, still wait for another five years?
Mount Gu was located six miles east of Pingyang Town. The temple fair was an annual event and many people in nearby villages flocked to it. Smart farmers drive ox carts and donkey carts to the road to do the business of pulling and running on this day.
The family stood at the east intersection of the village, waiting for an empty cart to come.
“Hey, isn’t this Doctor Shu? Everyone is going to the temple fair too? It just so happens that we are going, too. Come up and let’s go together!” The village head’s voice suddenly came from behind them.
When everyone looked back, they saw Zhao Dalang driving the ox cart in person. In the cart sat the couple and Zhao Erlang, who was only nine years old.
Last year, the village head also proposed to the Shu family for Zhao Dalang, but Shu Maoting rejected it. Now he naturally wouldn’t take the Zhao family’s cart: “We won’t bother you. We have to go to their grandmother’s house in a while. You go first.”
The village head’s eyes flashed. Thinking of the matchmaker he met yesterday, he glanced at Shu Wan, and said in surprise: “Ah Wan is going too? By the way, did someone propose marriage to Ah Wan yesterday again? Which family is it this time? Although Ah Wan has good conditions, your husband and wife should not be too picky. No matter how good the daughter of our small village is, there are not many rich masters who know about it. Carefully pick and pick, in the end, still remain at home and go to the field...”
Shu Maoting immediately pulled his face and interrupted him displeasedly: “You don’t have to worry about the little girl’s affairs!”
The village head laughed: “If that is the case, then we will go first. I hope to see you all at the temple fair in a while. The temple fair is really lively. When the time comes, let the two children play together, maybe they can meet each other’s eyes. Dalang, let’s go!”
Zhao Dalang retracted his gaze from Shu Wan and drove away with a flick of the whip, but his careful thoughts began to turn.
Qin-shi blushed with anger and scolded them: “A group of beasts that pretend to be human is inferior to pigs and dogs. They really think their son is a treasure. He doesn’t even open his eyes to see what kind of virtue Zhao Dalang has. Whoever married his daughter to him is blind! Why doesn’t his cart turn over in the stinky ditch!”
“Mother, forget it, don’t care what they say!” Shu Wan took Qin-shi’s arm and persuaded her with a frown, but the village head’s family was getting more shameless. It was no wonder her mother was so angry.
Qin-shi scolded a few more hatefully. She couldn’t help but complain and looked at her husband.
In the beginning, her father proposed to her husband to open a medical clinic in town. The Qin family would borrow money to buy a store and the cost of doing business. After saving enough money in the future, it would be okay to pay it back. However, her husband didn’t want to and refused everything. Qin-shi knew her husband was not the kind of person who loved face. She asked the reason many times in secret, but Shu Maoting prevaricated. In fact, Qin-shi didn’t dislike the hardships in the countryside, but since Zhao Dalang showed interest in Shu Wan, she wanted to move to town and stay away from that shameless family.
Looking at his wife’s complaining eyes, Shu Maoting knew what she was thinking and sighed slightly.
The originally relaxed and happy atmosphere suddenly became heavy.
Shu Lan was a little nervous. She knew her mother was angry, and it was the people who just passed by, but why did her mother stare at her father?
Xiao Lang looked in the direction where the ox cart was going. His eyes were gloomy.
After a while, an empty donkey cart came running from the north. The coachman saw them going to take a ride, so he turned from the middle of the dirt road to the right.
“Mother, that cart over there is coming. Don’t be like this. If they don’t know, they will think our family is avoiding debt!” Shu Wan walked between Shu Maoting and Qin-shi and joked softly.
“Only you can talk!” Qin-shi suddenly burst out laughing. When she smiled, the atmosphere changed again. Shu Maoting arched his hands toward his wife flatteringly and got an angry but moving look.
“Is everyone going directly to Mount Gu?” The old man driving the donkey cart greeted them with a smile.
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