A Small Farmer Girl 's Story of Making a Fortune by Farming

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　　As the saying goes, the youngest son and the eldest grandson are the lifeblood of the old couple. As the youngest child in the family, Shen Laosan is always partial to the old couple in small matters, not to mention how partial they are.

　　But now that marriage was involved, Mrs. Wu really didn't give Shen Lao San a chance to say a word. Even Shen Yao, who always had a lot of weight in his words, couldn't say a word.

　　The marriage with the Zhang family was already a done deal, and Shen Lao San had a sad face every day. Shen Yao wanted to comfort his uncle, but he didn't know where to start.

　　"Oh!" Shen Yao held his chin and sighed.

　　She sighed not only for her uncle, but also for herself.

　　People in later generations describe a woman as happy by saying that she married for love. In her previous life, she had never been in love and did not know what love was. But from what others said, love is generally beautiful.

　　Now she is the daughter of the Shen family in Daliu Village, and one day she will get married. If that day comes, will she marry for love? Or will she also have to adapt to this era and accept arranged marriages and blind marriages?

　　Seeing her granddaughter's sad face, Mrs. Wu thought to herself that although she was young, she had a lot on her mind. She joked, "What are you sighing about? No other elder has as many worries as you do!"

　　"Grandma, it seems that Third Uncle doesn't want to marry the future Third Aunt. Why don't you let Third Uncle marry the one he likes?"

　　"Why, you're feeling sorry for your Third Uncle! It's not that Grandma forced your Third Uncle, I really had no choice. Others get married and become parents at the age of fifteen or sixteen, but he's already twenty-two. If I really forced him, I wouldn't have waited until today!"

　　After Mrs. Wu finished speaking, she sat down next to Shen Yao and sighed, "Like, what does it mean to like? No matter how much you like someone, you can't eat them. No matter how much you like someone, you have to be worthy of them. Just like the one before, your third uncle liked her, but could our family afford the gift? We couldn't afford to marry her at all! So what's the point of liking someone?"

　　"Look at your father and mother. Do they love each other?" Mrs. Wu asked again.

　　Shen Yao nodded.

　　"That's it! Before the marriage, your father had never even met your mother, but after the marriage, they are still in love. As the saying goes, love grows with time. After the marriage, even if they didn't like each other for a long time, they will like each other."

　　"Your third uncle is too old to wait any longer. If he delays any longer, he will be a bachelor for the rest of his life. What will he do when your grandfather and I pass away? He will be all alone and helpless when he gets old and dies. There won't even be anyone to burn paper or kowtow to during festivals in the future." Mrs. Wu said this earnestly. She hoped her granddaughter would understand that marriage and having children are the top priorities in life.

　　"Oh!" Shen Yao responded softly.

　　She didn't agree with Mrs. Wu's ideas, but she had no way to refute them. The closed-minded thinking that had lasted for thousands of years could not be changed by just a few words from her.

　　But she herself does not want to conform to the times. If such a day really comes, she will definitely try her best and will never marry someone she doesn't like.

　　The grandfather and grandson were sitting side by side. When Xu's sister-in-law pushed the door open and saw this scene, they smiled at each other.