Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 522 Settling Dust (3)_1

Chapter 522: Chapter 522 Settling Dust (3)_1

Upon hearing about Mo Yonglu’s actions, Mo Yan merely raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself that the only hope for Old Man Mo’s family might be him!

Seeing that the time was ripe, Mo Yan quietly orchestrated his next move. Quickly afterward, the two matchmakers arranging marriages for Tie Tou and Mo Yongxi successively visited Lao Mo’s House, urging them to finalize the marriage arrangements promptly. After all, whether it was the kiln girl or the city’s rich family, they both wanted the weddings to take place before the autumn harvest.

It was now late June, and there were less than two months until the autumn harvest. With the six marriage rituals to be performed, any further delay would mean there wouldn’t be enough time.

The details of Mo Yongxi’s marriage were her own seeking, and no one knew the exact circumstances. Generally, it was unlikely for a girl of rural origin to be welcomed by a city wealthy family, unless she had something exceptional about her. Yet Mo Yongxi, with neither talent nor noteworthy family background and a reputation for being vicious and of bad character, still managed to have that family send matchmakers to propose marriage. To believe there was no trickery involved would only convince a fool!

That family also stated that if Old Man Mo’s family could not provide a dowry of fifty taels of silver, they would not agree to the marriage. Their reasoning was that marrying a country girl was already embarrassing enough among relatives and neighbors; if the bride came empty-handed, wouldn’t it utterly destroy their face?

For this reason, Mo Hong’s family, in order to gather the dowry of fifty taels of silver for Mo Yongxi, found a reformed and wealthy kiln girl for Tie Tou. In other words, for Mo Yongxi’s "favorable" match to succeed, they first had to secure the marriage with Tie Tou, and then acquire the hundred taels of silver from the kiln girl to prepare the dowry.

With Tie Tou stubbornly resisting and both families pressing hard, Mrs. Hong had no choice but to directly approach the kiln girl, shamelessly saying that since they would eventually be one family, they might as well help each other out now as Old Man Mo’s family was in trouble. She asked the kiln girl to give them the hundred taels of silver first; otherwise, the marriage would have to be called off.

The kiln girl, named Liu Qingqing, upon learning about Old Man Mo’s plight and for reasons unknown, actually agreed. She had someone draft a contract and, after Mrs. Hong pressed her thumbprint on it, cheerfully handed over the hundred taels of silver to Mo Wu.

Mrs. Hong was initially unwilling, but to get her hands on the silver, she had no choice but to leave her fingerprint on the document. Once she received the silver note and confirmed its authenticity at the bank, she clutched tightly onto the note, eager to return home.

Having the silver made things easier, and within a couple of days, the marriage between Mo Yongxi and the rich Fang family was successfully arranged.

It was said that on the day of the betrothal, the two families simply exchanged tokens. Old Man Mo’s family presented a jade pendant of ordinary quality that cost them five ounces of silver. Mrs. Hong felt the pinch when purchasing it, but to save face for her daughter and to prevent her from being looked down upon in her marital home, she gritted her teeth and bought it!

The Fang family gave a pair of sparkling carved gold bracelets, weighing a total of three ounces together. It seemed they held Mo Yongxi, their future daughter-in-law, in high esteem. Both Old Man Mo and Mrs. Hong were so overjoyed they could hardly hide their grins, spewing flattering and sycophantic remarks nonstop, making even the matchmaker present feel embarrassed.

No sooner had the Fang family left than Mrs. Hong rushed out to flaunt the gold bracelets all over the village.

Although most villagers had little regard for Mrs. Hong, they still coveted the bracelets worth dozens of taels of silver. Envious glances filled Mrs. Hong with self-satisfaction, and she returned home triumphantly, as if she had won a great victory.

Little did she expect that a creditor was waiting for her at home—it was none other than Liu Qingqing, who had waited ten days without receiving the marriage document. Accompanied by the original contract and a matchmaker, she had come to collect her debt.