Song Tan’s Chronicle - Chapter 113.2

Her Tan Tan was so capable—selling a pound of tea leaves for ten thousand yuan. What if someone with bad intentions just wanted the money?

That’s why her questions were more defensive and skeptical than enthusiastic.

Mao Li was speechless…

She genuinely wondered if today was just not her day. Every time she spoke, it seemed she said the wrong thing!

Taking a deep breath, Mao Li forced a strained smile. “Wu Lan, I have to say, shouldn’t you, as an adult, know better?”

“A young girl farming in the village—what future does she have? She wouldn’t stand a chance at finding a good match.”

“Don’t think you can get rich by selling vegetables for twenty yuan a pound. A stable job is more important than anything else, isn’t it?”

While her words were somewhat reasonable, Wu Lan quickly did the math in her head. Indeed, they were making ten thousand yuan a month just by selling vegetables.

When working outside, whether a whole year’s worth of saving would amount to that much was questionable, especially if you had to scrimp and save.

Thinking this way, farming at home seemed promising… Maybe whether the match was from the city or not wasn’t so important anymore. Maybe finding a match wasn’t urgent at all.

Wu Lan confidently thought: With Tan Tan being so talented, they had to be selective!

So she smiled and replied lightly, “Sister-in-law, you make sense. But the child is still young.”

Mao Li had faced enough frustration today and wasn’t ready to back down. She turned to Song Tan and joked, “Tan Tan, your mother might not be worried, but you should take it seriously. Find someone from a well-off family, ask for more betrothal gifts, and you’ll have security for Qiao Qiao in the future…”

Before she could finish, Wang Lifen’s angry voice interrupted, “How shallow! Since when has our Song family ever asked for a bride price for our daughters?!”

“Exactly!” Song Hongmei was also displeased. “No matter the conditions, as long as the girl likes him and he’s a decent person, that’s enough. What’s all this about Qiao Qiao? If we were after bride prices, we would have lost face generations ago.”

If they were so focused on the bride price, then when she married into the city, where factory workers were highly sought after, how come no one thought to keep the bride price for their son, Song Sancheng, to marry?

Whether a girl marries with or without a bride price, which one gets more respect?

This sister-in-law—after not seeing her for some time, her thinking had really gone backward.

Song Hongmei was quite disdainful, “Yanyan, don’t let your mother spend all day watching things like Douyin or soap operas. Look at her thinking—it’s so outdated!”

Even Sun Yanyan, who was usually eloquent, was at a loss. She thought for a moment and tried to save face for her mother-in-law, “My mom just worries a lot. Look at Qiao Qiao; how can we not plan early?”

“Isn’t that right, Aunt?”

If this were before, such comments would have stung, and Wu Lan might have cried about it in private.

But now things were different.

Her Qiao Qiao could harvest honey!

That was a skill he could live on. As long as he could move, he would be able to eat and dress warmly!

He could also wash clothes, cook, and do simple chores…

Thinking this way, his future seemed secure!

So, Wu Lan responded with a sarcastic smile, “I’m still young, no need for you to worry about it. Otherwise, menopause will come faster.”

“Yanyan, buy some skincare products for your mother. She’s only a few years older than me, but she looks like she’s aged ten or twenty years more!”

Those words were a real blow!

Mao Li’s eyes turned red with anger!

To make things worse, when she and Sun Yanyan took a good look at Wu Lan, they realized her hair was jet black, her skin was smooth and radiant, with a healthy tan that made her look like she was in her thirties or forties!

It really seemed like she was twenty years younger than Mao Li! What a blow!

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law stood there, sharing a moment of mutual understanding—

Today really was an unlucky day!