Chapter 170 - Chapter 170: No Prospect of Marriage
Chapter 170: No Prospect of Marriage
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
After everyone in the courtyard left, w.a.n.g Chunyan said, “Little Wen, you must rein in this temper of yours. Grandma Gou Dan is known to be vengeful. She’ll definitely find trouble with you in the future.”
“It’s okay. I’m not afraid of her coming to find trouble with me.” Su Wen knew she could not back down. The moment she showed signs of weakness, Grandma Gou Dan would swallow her whole; therefore, she needed to present a strong front, no matter the cost.
If Grandma Gou Dan dared to cause trouble for her, she would make sure she taught the old woman a lesson she would never forget. And Su Wen vowed to continue doing so until it sank into Grandma Gou Dan’s thick skull.
I know. That doesn’t mean I don’t worry about you. Pick your battles wisely; that is all I ask.” w.a.n.g Chunyan knew what kind of person Grandma Gou Dan was – she had known her for decades and seen one too many people bullied by her.
“Aunty Chunyan, you still treat me the best!”
w.a.n.g Chunyan rolled her eyes. “You rascal! Hengyang just left yesterday, and now you’re back to causing trouble. Ah… I don’t know what to say.” Although Su Wen had grown up in many ways, her ability to stir up trouble was still legendary.
Su Wen’s smile froze when w.a.n.g Chunyan mentioned Zhou Hengyang.
How could she have been so careless? Fortunately, Hengyang had left. Otherwise, where would she hide her face?
‘It’s fine, it’s fine,’ she thought. It was good that Hengyang was not around.
“I’m sure Hengyang won’t let this go. Before he left, he asked me to take care of you.” w.a.n.g Chunyan finished with a sigh.
“Did he really go to you for help?”
No… But he’s close to the old man. Who knows what they were talking about? He did not share anything with me.” w.a.n.g Chuyan was telling the truth. Her husband had not spoken to her about his chat with Zhou Hengyang.
Doubt raced across Su Wen’s heart.
“Why did you think of buying a sewing machine? Is it for Su Qing?” w.a.n.g
Chunyan did not expect Su Wen to have the money to buy a sewing machine. How Su Wen had managed to afford something so expensive was still a mystery to her. w.a.n.g Chunyan supposed it would make sense if Su Wen had bought it for Su Qing.
The body’s original owner did not know how to sew, and Su Wen was only marginally better. Su Wen learned everything from her grandmother when she was a young girl, but that was ages ago, and she had forgotten as much as she remembered. Those too curious to leave nodded in understanding upon hearing w.a.n.g Chunyan’s question.
“That’s right. It’s for Su Qing.” Su Qing was the only one in their family who could sew.
However, w.a.n.g Chunyan’s thoughts differed from Su Wen’s. w.a.n.g Chunyan nodded in approval because she thought it was a dowry for Su Qing, while Su Wen wanted to use it to earn money. “You bought the right thing. With a sewing machine, Su Qing won’t have to worry about not being able to get married.”
“What?” Su Wen wondered if she had misheard w.a.n.g Chunyan.
Su Qing was such a good girl. Why would she need to worry about marriage? From what she could recall from the novel, Su Qing and Su Xiu were tricked by their relatives into working in a city down south and were eventually sold as prost.i.tutes. It was a tragic ending that mentioned nothing about marriage.
Did Su Qing remain unmarried right to the end?
Su Wen blinked, confused by w.a.n.g Chunyan’s words. She waited, hoping the latter would continue, and, to her great relief, she did.
“Your mother tried so hard for a boy but could not birth one despite trying seven times. Back then, your Second Aunt spread the word that your mother was destined not to give birth to a son. In the end, your mother died of complications resulting from labor dystocia. I hear it is genetic.”
Su Wen was furious. How vicious! How old were the Su sisters then? The original owner of the body had to have been still a child! To be slandered just like that…
It was complete nonsense. Anyone who could spread malicious gossip like that had to be pure evil.
Second Aunt’s heart was blacker than she had thought.
“It’ll be hard for you two sisters to find partners. It only became harder when
Xuewen died. Su Qing isn’t young anymore. She’s literature and fairly cultured. Now that she has a sewing machine for a dowry, she won’t have trouble finding a good family.”
Su Wen fell into deep thought as she listened to Aunty Chunyan..