General, Your Wife Is Requesting Your Return Home For Farming novel Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Husband

"Just tell her that you're here to propose marriage!"

At the side, Chen Feng spoke. If they continued chatting like this, they would not be able to get to the main topic even if the sky turned dark.

"To matchmake me?" Su Xiaoxiao was surprised.

Madam Huang smiled brightly and said, "That's right. Yaya, you're not young anymore, and your engagement with He Tongsheng has been called off. I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to find a husband in the future. Alas, who asked you to have the blood of our Chen family flowing in your bones? Your uncle and I can't let you live alone for the rest of your life."

Su Xiaoxiao asked, "Then, which family are you planning to tell me about?"

Madam Huang said, "Of course, it's our Chen family! Marry your cousin and we'll be even closer!"

She had three cousins in the Chen family: her eldest cousin, her second cousin, and her youngest cousin. They were 19, 17, and 18 years old respectively. None of them were betrothed.

Su Xiaoxiao was deep in thought. "Eldest Cousin is indeed old enough to be married."

Madam Huang immediately said, "It's your second cousin!"

Her second cousin was not her aunt's biological son. He was an illegitimate son brought back by her uncle, Chen Feng.

Back then, Madam Huang had caused a lot of trouble because of this. However, she could not go against the entire family, so she reluctantly kept the child.

Su Xiaoxiao pouted in disdain. "So you're trying to matchmake that illegitimate son. I thought you wanted me to marry my eldest cousin!"

"Your cousin is a scholar!" Madam Huang blurted out.

Su Xiaoxiao asked innocently, "Aunt, you mean… he's out of my league!"

Madam Huang did not respond.

Of course, a notorious fat girl was not worthy of her son, but she would not say it out loud!

Madam Huang smiled awkwardly. "Your eldest cousin is a bookworm and doesn't know how to dote on others. Your second cousin is about the same age as you. He has mentioned it to me a few times that he likes you very much. Besides, doesn't your father want his son-in-law to marry into the family? Who would let their eldest son marry into the family?"

Su Xiaoxiao was enlightened. "Oh, so you want him married into the bride's family."

Madam Huang smiled. "Don't worry, we're family. We won't take the betrothal money and break the engagement!"

Here was the main point.

Su Xiaoxiao asked with a faint smile, "How much betrothal money do you want, Aunt?"

Madam Huang said earnestly, "Although you've been married once and are a married woman, the Chen family won't despise you. Aunt won't ask for too much betrothal money either. You can just give the Chen family whatever your father gave to the He family."

Listen, what kind of tone was this? It was as if she had suffered a lot as a living Bodhisattva.

Did Madam Huang really think that she could not tell what she was planning?

Not only could she get rid of an eyesore, but she could also get twenty taels of silver. It was simply killing two birds with one stone.

However, why did the Huang family only come at this time?

Su Xiaoxiao remembered that day when she and her brother sat on the ox cart going toward Willow Village and even threatened to ask He Tongsheng to return the silver.

The coachman must have mentioned this to the Chen family after returning to the village. Seeing that there was profit to be made, the Chen family quickly came to look for them.

Madam Huang continued, "Your marriage was publicly called off by He Tongsheng. I'm afraid no one in the surrounding villages would dare to marry you, let alone be your family's live-in son-in-law. It was only because of your uncle's relationship with your mother that he agreed to your marriage with your second cousin. Your grandfather originally didn't agree, but your uncle and I persuaded him for two nights."

Two nights. The time matched.

Su Xiaoxiao couldn't be bothered to feign civility with her anymore. She hit the nail on the head and said, "He Tongsheng is a scholar after all. Why does Second Cousin need twenty taels of betrothal money?"'

It was not that she looked down on her second cousin, but since the Huang family wanted to sell their son, they had to allow others to bargain, right?

Madam Huang felt a little embarrassed. "What are you talking about? That's your second cousin!"

Su Xiaoxiao smiled faintly. "I'm your biological niece. Twenty taels of silver. Unless it's Eldest Cousin, there's no way!"