Chapter 351 - Chapter 351: Chapter 338: Good Fate (1/2)
Chapter 351: Chapter 338: Good Fate
They absolutely disgusted the whole village.
All the villagers couldn’t stand the Zhuang Ruman family’s ostentatious display of hubris, so at this time, nobody offered assistance, everyone just eagerly awaited for the imminent humiliation of the Zhuang Ruman family.
When others in the village were marrying their daughters off in festive celebrations, with congratulatory words coming from all sides, the Zhuang Ruman household was quiet and cold. No one came to congratulate them, letting the Zhuang Ruman family taste the consequence of their maliciousness. “These people are all a bunch of green-eyed rabbits!”
Zhuang Ruman finished hanging the red cloth at the door, rubbed his sore back, and felt indignant. “No one came to congratulate us on such a big event. They can’t stand the fact that our Qinghe is marrying into a good family, they won’t even extend a helping hand, they are even shallower than a plate!”
“The fewer people come, the more it shows their jealousy, that our family is doing well.” Mrs. Song, however, was glowing with delight.
Lately, because there was that three hundred taels of silver at home, they ate well, had flour based meals every day, meat every day; Mrs. Song was getting increasingly plump. Now, when she grinned, her face had no wrinkles and her eyes had been squeezed into thin slits.
Zhuang Ruman felt a wave of nausea when he looked at her.
With three hundred taels of silver, he could buy several shops in town, invest in courtyards and rent them out, do business, and make a fortune; It would be a proper lavish life. He could also afford to take in concubines now.
But at the moment, Zhuang Ruman was too preoccupied with Zhuang Qinghe’s marriage to free his hands to manage these things. He just wanted to get past this busy period and then start worrying about his own matters.
Zhuang Ruman’s mind drifted, while Mrs. Song babbled on, beaming, “If they don’t want to come, they don’t have to. We can save a big chunk of money on food and drink.”
The wedding banquet had to include chicken, duck, fish and meat. It would cost quite a sum of money for several tables.
These days, Mrs. Song had been eating meat all the time and found chicken, duck and fish to be very tasty. She couldn’t bear the thought that this food could not get into her mouth but would be eaten by those people she usually loathed.
She hadn’t eaten enough of the good food yet!
“You don’t understand anything. The Kong family always values face. If it doesn’t look grand, how embarrassing would it be?”
Zhuang Ruman glared at Mrs. Song, saying, “The meal for tomorrow must be discussed properly with the cook. It must be good and plentiful – the more the merrier. Let those people see what they’ve missed out by not coming, let them know how hard it is to miss out on good food.”
“But that would require so much silver…”
Mrs. Song was upset about the silver, even more about the chicken, duck and fish.
“Women are so short-sighted! From now on, we will be related to Kong family. Will we run out of silver? Yuanren will become an official in the future. We will have a life of luxury and will have everything we want. Are you still worrying about the cost of a meal?”
“You have no vision! You won’t be able to enjoy a healthy life, even if you are given a sack full of golden nuggets!”
Scolded by Zhuang Ruman, Mrs. Song didn’t dare to say another word and lowered her head.
But she was already scheming in her heart. The next morning, she would skip breakfast so she wouldn’t utterly spoil her appetite for the grand lunch feast. That way, she could eat more of the feast leftovers.
“Stop standing here and causing a mess. Go and check on Qinghe, see how she’s doing with her expensive clothes. Don’t sleep late tonight, wake up early, comb your hair, apply some cosmetics and so on. Don’t disgrace our family, or the Kong family either.”