Chapter 1256: Chapter 1258: What’s the Connection with Liu Village_1
"I heard from the messenger that our fourth uncle met his little concubine in town. They said the woman was good at child-rearing and had borne her former husband four sons. So, the fourth uncle got the idea, and as soon as he returned, he hurried to get some money to hire a matchmaker, without informing our father. It wasn’t until he brought her to the Yang Family that father and grandpa learned about it."
Ye Zi’an couldn’t relate to how Yang Xiaochuan felt; he couldn’t understand his fixation on having a son. In Zi’an’s heart, he thought that he himself wanted a daughter, yet he couldn’t have one.
Hearing this, Yang Chuxia’s mouth opened wide in shock. "Is he trying to follow my grandfather’s old path? She had four sons with her former husband, and all were brought to the Yang Family?"
"Not exactly. It turns out that the woman’s family was poor, and inexplicably they had some kind of hereditary illness. They spent all their savings and even racked up a huge debt, yet no one was cured; the husband and the four sons all died of the disease one after another, leaving only the wife alive. The fourth uncle paid off the woman’s debts, and then she came with him to Yangshu Village," was the reply.
"Good grief! The fourth uncle really knows how to squander; he can’t sit still with a bit of silver in the house. Which village does this woman come from, and what’s the real situation? Did father even check into it, why doesn’t this letter tell us anything?"
That Ms. Hong, that Fancy Red Pavilion, even now their new claws haven’t been revealed, so one must be careful.
"The situation is indeed true. According to the messenger, the woman isn’t from elsewhere, she’s from Liu Village. She has some connection to that family that wanted to arrange a marriage with our son," they said.
Speaking of the matter of arranging a marriage for the son, Ye Zi’an’s initial reaction was much like Yang Chuxia’s, both were completely dumbstruck, and it even led to a series of events that were simply astonishing; it was absurd.
Upon hearing this, Yang Chuxia fell silent, not expecting there to indeed be some connection to Liu Village.
After a long while, she asked again, "How old is this woman?" She thought to herself that having given birth to four sons, even if she had two every three years, she must not be young anymore.
"I don’t know, she definitely looks to be in her twenties," was the answer.
"My fourth uncle, he, he is really too obsessed. What if she doesn’t bear him a son again? How many more concubines will he have to bring back in the future? And surely the fourth branch of the family will be up in arms because of this."
Indeed, she wasn’t wrong in her guess; the fourth branch of the Yang Family was already in turmoil.
Since giving birth, Ms. Hong had been in poor health, usually only taking care of the children and doing some needlework, occasionally selling some of it outside. Ms. Luo, having seen that she also had a daughter, perhaps out of a sense of shared misery, seemed to find Ms. Hong a bit more pleasing than before.
But the fourth branch hadn’t been at peace for long when Yang Xiaochuan, in a moment of muddled thought, brought back another woman, one who was far more troublesome than Ms. Hong. However, Ms. Hong was clever, more so than Ms. Luo and the others, and she secretly joined forces with Ms. Luo to suppress this new arrival.
But this newcomer was capable of making a scene. No matter how much they tried to suppress her, she’d make a fuss out of anything, like making a few complaining remarks even if she ate one less bun. Yang Xiaochuan, thinking of her potential to bear children, turned a blind eye to it.
So, the fourth branch of the Yang Family could be heard arguing today, having a huge quarrel tomorrow.
The ruckus made Ms. Liu, who lived in the same yard, no longer wish to stay there; it was said that she was now preparing to buy land and build a house outside.
"If you’re worried, we could send someone to go back with the messenger and get the details of what’s happening."
"If she’s from Liu Village, everyone knows about it; I have no particular concerns."