"Hey! Zhao Niuniu! Wen Zhiqing is going to marry Li Jianguo, did you know about this?" Zhao Shichu had just returned from the mountain as usual when he was stopped by his friend Liu Mei from the village.
"Doesn't Wen Yishu like your elder brother? Why is she suddenly going to marry Li Jianguo?" Liu Mei's eyes were shining and her face was full of gossip. She asked Zhao Shichu in a low voice.
"Don't talk nonsense. Why does Wen Yishu like my elder brother?" Zhao Shichu shook his head seriously to deny it.
Liu Mei rolled her eyes at her and said, "Don't lie. I've seen Wen Yishu secretly talking to your eldest brother twice. Didn't she come to your eldest brother's house in person before? Are you still trying to hide this from me?"
Liu Mei had a good relationship with the original owner and sometimes came to play with Zhao Shichu. As she came more often, she naturally met Wen Yishu.
After hearing what she said, Zhao Shichu stopped lying to her and reminded her, "Since Wen Zhiqing is going to marry Li Jianguo, she has nothing to do with my eldest brother. Don't talk nonsense to others in the future."
"Don't worry, I'm not a talkative person." Liu Mei nodded, and then asked her mysteriously, "Why do you think Wen Yishu is in such a hurry to marry Li Jianguo? It's too sudden. Besides, there are so many brothers in Li Jianguo's family. Although there are many people working, there are also many people eating. In addition, there are several troublesome sisters-in-law. The whole family doesn't separate. If she marries, she will have to face so many people. How troublesome it is? I don't know why Wen Yishu fell in love with Li Jianguo..."
Liu Mei was really confused, because Li Jianguo's family conditions were not very good. Even among the girls in the village, few were willing to date him. The reason was his troublesome family. His mother, Aunt Li, was mean and harsh. She loved to bully her daughters-in-law and take advantage of others. She often quarreled with people, making everyone in the village hate her. So no girl dared to marry into his family.
His sisters-in-law either married in from extremely remote mountain villages or came from families that were so poor that they could not survive. Because they were used to being poor, they paid special attention to their own interests and were therefore petty. They quarreled and fought with their sisters-in-law on a daily basis, causing chaos.
People in the village didn't think highly of such a family, and no one was willing to marry their daughter into the family, let alone the delicate educated youth from the city. But Wen Yishu suddenly volunteered to marry Li Jianguo. How could this not be surprising
Zhao Shichu thought for a while. The reason why Wen Yishu decided to marry into such a troubled family must be that there were huge benefits to be gained. These benefits could make her temporarily endure the troubles of the Li family.
She looked through the original owner's memories and found that a few years later, Li Jianguo also became rich through his hard work. Although he was not as capable as Zhao Shijian later and his career did not achieve such great success, he was also pretty good and was a well-known rich man in the surrounding villages.
Wen Yishu revealed the fact that she was reborn in front of Zhao Shijian and his sister, and told them that she abandoned her husband and children in her previous life, thus ruining her dream of reuniting with Zhao Shijian. However, she could not support the increasingly heavy workload, so didn't she have to set her sights on other "potential stocks"
Therefore, based on her memories of her previous life, she picked and chose among the unmarried young men of marriageable age around her, and finally chose Li Jianguo. This was her best choice after excluding Zhao Shijian.
"Zhao Niuniu, what are you thinking about? I ask you why Wen Yishu likes Li Jianguo, he doesn't look that good..." Seeing that Zhao Shichu was hesitant to answer, Liu Mei grabbed her arm and shook it, then asked.
Zhao Shichu: "Isn't that what I was thinking? Although Li Jianguo doesn't look that good, he's strong and can work. Wen Yishu is delicate and sloppy and lazy every time she works, which can make the captain angry to death. She has persisted for so long and is about to give up. Doesn't she want to find a man who can help her work?"
And this man must be smart and good at business in the future, so that she can become a rich wife...
After hearing what Zhao Shichu said, Liu Mei suddenly realized: "So that's how it is! Wen Yishu is really smart, but is it worth it for her to marry into such a family just to have a man to support her and help her with work?"
Zhao Shichu smiled mysteriously: Of course she thinks it's worth it. She only needs to endure for a few years and she will get a rich husband who will make her live a wealthy and prosperous life for the rest of her life. Then the mean mother-in-law's scheming heart won't seem so unbearable.
Liu Mei ran over to share this big gossip with Zhao Shichu, and her doubts were answered, so she couldn't wait to run over to chat with other people.
At dinner, Zhao Shichu asked Zhao Shijian, "Brother, I heard that Wen Yishu is going to marry Li Jianguo. Did you know?"
"I know." Zhao Shijian answered without any surprise.
"Why did Wen Yishu give up on getting back together with you so quickly? Didn't she keep pestering you before?" Zhao Shichu asked curiously, "She said you could be a wealthy man in the future, so why would she give up on you?"
Zhao Shijian shook his head, looked at his sister with shining eyes, and said: "She really couldn't bear to let me go. She approached me several times in private and wanted to marry me, but I firmly refused. She had no choice but to give up."
"So that's how it is." Zhao Shichu understood, and she said that Wen Yishu would never really give up her elder brother, a potential stock, because of shame and guilt. She would definitely continue to pester her when she calmed down. Unexpectedly, her elder brother solved the problem privately.
"Li Jianguo is unlucky to be favored by her." Zhao Shichu sighed, "Li Jianguo's original wife must have dug up Wen Yishu's ancestral graves, right? After all, such a rich son-in-law was snatched away by her."
"A rich son-in-law?" Zhao Shijian frowned when he heard his sister's evaluation of Li Jianguo. He suddenly remembered that Wen Yishu had accidentally revealed that she had lived again. With this association, he knew that Li Jianguo must have a good future.
"Well, the man that Wen Yishu likes must be a rich husband, right?" Zhao Shichu's heart trembled, and he quickly added, fearing that he would be exposed.
Zhao Shijian glanced at his sister with a smile but did not expose her.
"Other people's affairs have nothing to do with us, so stay out of it." He warned, "It's just right that one less dog-skin plaster is missing."
"Puchi—dog-skin plaster! Brother, it seems you really hate Wen Yishu." Zhao Shichu couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard what Zhao Shijian said.
"It's quite annoying." Zhao Shijian nodded without any concealment.
The brother and sister only discussed Wen Yishu's matter during dinner time and soon put it out of their minds. After dinner, it was time for Zhao Shichu to tutor his eldest brother.