SFS Chapter 496 Severing ties
Chapter 496 Severing ties
Hearing Aunt Zhao talking about Su Lifeng, Su Qing had a vague impression of him, but it was not deep. It seemed that Su Lifeng had never approached her. In the memory of his original body, Su Lifeng had never bullied her, but he had never helped her either.
Just like a completely unrelated stranger.
Naturally, Su Qing would not pay attention to strangers.
"Anyway, those people from the old Su family will have nothing to do with me in the future."
From what Aunt Zhao and Zhao Fangni said, Su Qing knew that the old Su family was not living well now. They were almost the poorest family in Lihua Village. In addition, they were not popular either, so the old Su family had a very bad reputation in the village.
Su Qing had no intention of paying any more attention to the old Su family. As long as they didn't provoke her, she would completely ignore them.
"Yes." Aunt Zhao nodded and said, "You rarely go back to Lihua Village now, and you don't have much contact with that family. Just pretend they don't exist."
The few of them did not talk any more about the old Su family. Aunt Zhao prepared a lot of delicious food to treat Su Qing. After eating at the Zhao family, Su Qing went to the homes of several aunts who had been kind to her before and sat and gave them gifts. At Aunt Tao's home, Su Qing heard the news about Zhang Erlai.
"Su Qing, do you still remember Zhang Erlai?" Su Qing came to Aunt Tao's house, and Aunt Tao naturally asked Su Qing to stay at home. As the two talked, Aunt Tao started talking about Zhang Erlai.
The news that Erlai's mother wanted Su Qing to be Zhang Erlai's wife caused a lot of uproar in the village.
Su Qing naturally remembered Zhang Erlai. She had done business with Zhang Erlai in the black market. However, after she went to Yun Province and Jing City, she had no contact with Zhang Erlai again.
Although Su Qing is relatively familiar with Zhang Erlai and knows him better, the villagers and Zhang Erlai himself are not clear about this. In the villagers' impression, Erlai's mother is greedy for Su Qing's money and wants Su Qing to marry Zhang Erlai. Fortunately, Zhang Erlai is a smart man and not as confused as Erlai's mother.
"Well, I remember, what happened to him?" Su Qing asked curiously.
"I'm telling you, Erlai has severed ties with his mother." Aunt Tao said to Su Qing, with a look of gloating in her eyes. She never had a good impression of Erlai's mother. Really, if she had such a promising son, she would have been too busy supporting him, and yet she dared to mess around? I don't know what Erlai's mother was thinking.
"Ah? Cut off the relationship!" Su Qing was a little surprised. In her impression, Zhang Erlai was quite filial to his mother. During the Chinese New Year last year, his mother asked for a betrothal gift to her cousin from her aunt's family. Zhang Erlai was just angry and didn't say he wanted to cut off the relationship. Why did he suddenly cut off the relationship when he came back this time? "Auntie Tao, what happened?"
"Let me tell you, Erlai's mother is a weird person. For the sake of her brother's nephew, she forced her own son to break off relations with her." Aunt Tao's excited description let Su Qing understand the situation of Zhang Erlai's family.
It turned out that last year, Erlai's mother promised to prepare a betrothal gift for her nephew, but was rejected by Zhang Erlai. Erlai's mother's brother and nephew almost disowned her because of this. Later, the marriage of Erlai's nephew failed, and her brother came to scold her, claiming that she did not have such a sister. It was only after Erlai's mother begged that her brother reluctantly forgave her, but declared that if it happened again, he would cut off ties with her.
Later, Erlai's nephew had another marriage proposal, so they came to Erlai's mother to ask for money again, asking the aunt to give a dowry to the nephew. However, this time they learned their lesson and did not ask Erlai directly to pay the dowry. Instead, they said that they had arranged a marriage for Erlai, and the girl's family not only did not ask for a dowry, but also would give a large dowry.
Erlai's mother's brother said that when the time comes, she should just give the dowry brought by her daughter-in-law directly to her nephew as a betrothal gift.
Aunt Tao was talking to Su Qing about Zhang Erlai's family, with a look of disdain on her face: "I don't know what Erlai's mother was thinking. She actually sacrificed her own son to pave the way for her nephew. Even if you use your toes to think about it, you can understand that the woman who doesn't ask for a betrothal gift and can give a large dowry must have a problem."
"What happened next?" Su Qing asked again.
"Erlai's mother, that idiot, actually agreed to her brother's suggestion and didn't even tell Erlai about it. She just went straight to that family to arrange Erlai's marriage." Aunt Tao said, "By the time the villagers and Zhang Erlai knew about it, they were already preparing to hold the wedding."
Su Qing widened her eyes: "Will Zhang Erlai agree?"
"Of course I don't agree." Aunt Tao said, "You don't know, when Zhang Erlai found out about this, he was so angry that he rushed to my uncle's house and smashed it. It caused such a sensation at the time that both villages were shocked. It was only after the captains of the two villages stepped in that Zhang Erlai stopped."
Aunt Tao was thirsty from talking, so she drank a few sips of water and continued, "You didn't see it. Zhang Erlai was very powerful. He smashed his uncle's house to pieces. He smashed everything that could be used. He didn't hold back at all. His uncle was so angry that he said he would report to the police to arrest Zhang Erlai. As a result, after listening to Zhang Erlai's words, we learned that his uncle had introduced Zhang Erlai to a disabled girl who was not only deaf and lame, but also half blind. Tell me, isn't this a trap for Zhang Erlai? No wonder the girl's family didn't want a betrothal gift and was willing to give a dowry."
Su Qing took a breath of cold air when she heard this: "For such a family, Zhang Erlai's mother actually agreed. Does she know the situation of the girl's family?"
"I know, how could I not know?" Aunt Tao said, "Otherwise I'd say that this second mother is just confused. She doesn't love her good son, but loves her nephew instead. She really expects her nephew to be good to her."
Su Qing was also speechless. Erlai's mother was really... I didn't know what to say. Zhang Erlai was so unlucky to have such a mother.
Aunt Tao continued, "When Zhang Erlai said this, the captains of the two villages were furious. The captain of Erlai's mother's village gave Zhang Erlai's uncle a good scolding and finally asked his uncle and Erlai's mother to cancel the marriage. Then he returned to the village. Zhang Erlai went to our captain and said he wanted to sever ties with Erlai's mother."
"Er Lai's mother will definitely not agree." Su Qing sneered: "She must still be counting on Zhang Er to support her."
"That's right." Aunt Tao said, "When Erlai's mother heard that Zhang Erlai wanted to break off relations with her, she rolled over and cried at the entrance of the village party committee, saying that Zhang Erlai was unfilial and so on. The whole village gathered around to watch her make fun of herself, and no one sympathized with her."
Aunt Tao curled her lips and said, "I have only heard of selling daughters and granddaughters for dowry, but never heard of selling sons for dowry, especially selling one's own son for the sake of one's nephew."