Hearing this, Wu Lan’s smile brightened even more, "Of course, it counts! Auntie, have you made up your mind?"
Grandma Wu hesitated, then said, "I still need to think it over."
Wu Lan then picked up another Egg Cake and stuffed it into Grandma Wu’s hand, "Auntie, you really should think it over. My brother has such good conditions. If Yanyun marries him, she’ll just be responsible for giving birth to a child for my brother. All she needs to do is take good care of my mom and the two kids, she doesn’t have to do any other hard work! She can just enjoy her easy life at home!"
Wu Lan had a younger brother named Wu Qiang, thirty-five years old this year. He had been widowed two years earlier and hadn’t found a suitable match, so when Wu Lan saw that Wu Yanyun was quite good-looking and still a maiden, she wanted to introduce Wu Yanyun to Wu Qiang.
Grandma Wu continued, "Lanzi, how old is your brother this year? How many people are in his family? I didn’t quite catch it last time; tell me about it in detail this time."
Wu Lan poured a cup of tea for Grandma Wu, "My brother is thirty-five this year. That dead wife of his left behind two daughters, the oldest is 9 this year, and the younger is 7! Then there’s just my mom at home, no one else. Don’t worry, my brother’s household is very simple. After Yanyun marries him, certainly no one will be able to bully her."
Grandma Wu frowned, "At thirty-five years old, that’s a bit old, and he has two children. Our Jinshu is also only thirty-five years old..."
Wu Lan continued, "Auntie, don’t look at my brother’s age, but he has good conditions. You see our family is doing pretty well, right? My brother’s conditions are even better than mine! My brother owns thirty apartments! The house you are renting now, just in front of that, belongs to my brother. Auntie, if this goes through, I can talk to my brother about giving you that house in front. He has so many apartments, he wouldn’t miss one."
Wu Lan spoke with the confidence of wealth, and Grandma Wu was astounded, asking hurriedly, "The two-story western-style house with a yard just in front?"
"That’s right." Wu Lan nodded, "That’s the two-story western-style house with a yard. I’m telling you, that house is well-insulated against the heat of summer and the cold of winter, it’s not any worse than this house we’re in."
Grandma Wu had always envied the owner of that western-style house with a yard. She never imagined that it belonged to Wu Lan’s brother.
Getting a house upon a successful arrangement, it did seem that Wu Lan’s brother really was well-off.
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