Chapter 116 The Masses' Eyes Are Bright

  Mrs. Lu opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a word for half a day, while Mrs. Xu started talking instead, "What's the point of taking the exam? Your second uncle's family has produced such an extraordinary person, and you've all spent so much money on it. Fortunately, there's only one daughter-in-law in this family now, and it won't take much money to get her married off. My husband and I have been saving for years, just enough to scrape together a dowry. If both of your sons had taken the exam, how would you have afforded the dowry to marry them off?"

  Watching Xu's mouth open and close as she spoke, Osmanthus suddenly felt a wave of annoyance. This old woman was indeed not easy to deal with.

  As soon as the words "dowry" and "marriage" were mentioned, Mei Hua's face turned red.

  Plum Blossom is fifteen years old this year, only one year younger than Xu's precious daughter Chu Liwan. By rights, she should have reached the age of marriage proposals, but Xu used Chu Liwan's unmarried status as an excuse to block others from proposing to Plum Blossom.

  Osmanthus is also aware of this and feels a little sorry for plum blossoms, but also has a faint sense of celebration.

  Getting married at just fifteen and having children after marriage, doesn't that mean there's no fun to be had for the rest of your life?

  Osmanthus had long thought it out, and after the division of the family property, she would use her clever little brain to lead the whole family to a well-off life, and then prepare a generous dowry for Plum Blossom, so that she could marry out with great fanfare.

  Everyone is watching here, so even if the osmanthus flower wants to say a few words to Xu Shi, it has to swallow its words and pretend to be hard in front of everyone.

  Helpless, Guihua could only comfort herself in her heart, waiting for the division of the family after which she would be able to live her life as she pleased with her own family members having the final say. Xu Shi wouldn't be able to interfere even if she wanted to.

  Thinking of this, Osmanthus felt much better in her heart.

  What could be unexpected for Guihua was that although she and her parents and sister didn't say anything, the villagers outside the gate couldn't help but get involved. Some bold and loud-mouthed wives and mothers-in-law couldn't help but shout out, "You old lady are meddling too much! This family is about to split up anyway, what business do you have with how Old Third's family lives?"

  "Whatever! Even if they're starving themselves to save money for their son's education, that's their own business. What's it to you, a half-buried corpse, meddling in other people's affairs?"

  "Isn't that right! If you truly care about your three sons and their families, then later on, just give them a bit more silver money. That's the proper way to do things!"

  "Oh my, that's a good one! Relying on Chu's wife's temperament, don't even mention giving more money to the third family, or else it'll be like asking for things back after they've been given away!"

  The murmurs in the crowd grew louder and more intense, and in just a few breaths, the scene outside the door was like a boiling pot, with everyone severely condemning Xu.

  This is the inferiority of human nature. If one person is asked to take a stand, it's probably difficult, but if everyone gathers together and takes a stand, even those who are wavering will unconsciously follow the crowd.

  For such a phenomenon, Osmanthus fragrans may look down on it, but in her heart, she is also happy.

  No matter what, the masses' eyes are bright and clear; as long as these onlookers don't leave, Guihua won't believe that Master Chu and Madam Chu would intentionally make their own family suffer.