CHAPTER 55

At the Wang family, when Mrs. Wang heard Wang Luosheng talk about the marriage of Shen Lin and Su Wan, she sneered and thought that these two people would have to starve to death in the future.

Wang Luoxue also said, “This Su Wan is really ungrateful. My brother is a scholar, still he lowered his status and went to find her in person, but she actually refused.”

“She wants to marry that poor boy, Shen Lin. How can Shen Lin compare to my brother?

Wang Luosheng’s father slammed the table and said, “What? Our family is just giving her too much face. I want to see how she will live after marrying Shen Lin.”

Mrs. Wang always thought that her son was the best and no one was worthy of her son. Now that Su Wan did not take Wang Luosheng into consideration, it greatly lost Wang’s face.

Mrs. Wang was very upset and immediately went to the village to find the women who always gossiped with her and told them about Su Wan marrying Shen Lin.

Mrs. Wang naturally skipped over the fact that Su Wan had rejected Wang Luosheng and only said, “Su Wan is also a fool. She could have chosen anyone else to get engaged to, but she had to get engaged to Shen Lin. Shen Lin’s mother is a sickly woman, and I don’t know how much money she will spend every year. Besides, Shen Lin only makes a few bucks a year. If Su Wan lives with Shen Lin, she won’t be able to eat rice and flour for a few meals in her lifetime. She can just pick wild vegetables to eat.”

Mrs. Sun said, “This Su Wan is also a stupid person. I was thinking of marrying her to my youngest son. Now it seems that she is blind. My youngest son is many times stronger than Shen Lin.”

After Su Wan was brought back from Qingyun County by Shen Lin, she became very beautiful. The people in Qingshi Village saw this, and one young man secretly told his mother that he wanted to marry Su Wan. Initially, these families did not agree; after all, Su Wan had a reputation for being clumsy.

Later, seeing that Su Wan was a good cook and could make money by making candied haws and that the Shen family was managed smoothly, they all changed their minds.

But everyone had laughed at Su Wan in the past, and no one was embarrassed to talk to Su Wan first about marriage. But before they knew it, Su Wan had already been engaged to Shen Lin.

Everyone felt a little regretful. Su Wan was a good candidate for a daughter-in-law. She was pretty, hardworking, and could earn money. It was just a pity that she had to marry Shen Lin.

In fact, no one thinks Shen Lin is useless. After all, Shen Lin is handsome, and there are many girls in Qingshi Village who like him. But the bad thing is that Shen Lin has a reputation for being unfilial. The current Emperor rules the world with filial piety, and unfilial piety is a big deal.

Besides, Shen Lin’s family has such a sickly mother, which is clearly a bottomless pit. No wonder Mrs. Wang said that whoever marries Shen Lin might really end up starving.

The people in the village were also waiting to see Shen Lin and Su Wan living a poor life together.

Su Wan and Shen Lin knew nothing about it and were just waiting to go to Qingyun County to do business tomorrow.