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Chapter 111 Young Mistress

"What? Do you know how big my house is?"

“It doesn’t matter how old she is, don’t overthink it. She’s just an adopted daughter. It’s her good fortune that my son has taken a liking to her. Once she marries into the family, you can cut down any of my bamboo groves you want, no need to pay, consider it a dowry!” Qian Yaozu said to himself.

"You...you...you're dreaming! My Tingnan is only ten years old, she won't marry!"

“Hey, Song Wanli, don’t push your luck. With your family’s circumstances, you’re just a bunch of burdens. She’ll be the young mistress of my family once she marries in. Besides, women have to get married sooner or later. That bamboo forest is huge. You’ve really hit the jackpot. Your uncle is helping you lighten your burden, you know? Quickly call that girl out to meet us.”

"Get out! Young mistress, my foot! My girl would never marry your sickly son. Don't think I don't know he's a walking pharmacy." Qian Shuzhen couldn't hold back any longer and stepped forward to kick him out. What a piece of trash! He'd be lucky to live past twenty, yet he dared to come and cause trouble for her family, Ting Nan.

“What do you know, you woman? Wanli, you are the one in charge. You should speak up. Once your cousin gets married to bring good luck, all his illnesses will be cured, and it won’t affect his ability to have children.” Uncle Song didn’t take Qian Shuzhen, his older sister, seriously. She was raised by her grandparents and wasn’t close to her parents, let alone her younger brother.

"Get out, take your son and get out. You think you can bring good luck through marriage? You're dreaming! Do you think your family is worthy of my daughter?" Song Wanli was furious. What the hell? He wanted to hear Nan's thoughts.

"Hey, you mother and son are really shameless, treating this girl like a treasure. My son is exceptionally intelligent; in the old days, he would be a scholar..."

"Screw you, you sickly scholar, we can't afford to mess with you. From now on, my family won't have an uncle like you who only comes to beg for money every time, and I won't use your broken bamboo anymore. Get out, get out, all of you, stay away from my daughter!" Song Wanli and Qian Shuzhen were of one mind and started chasing them away with brooms. Over the years, Tingnan had been his own daughter, her status even surpassing that of his two sons.

"You...you...without my bamboo, let's see how you do business, hmph!" The Qian father and son stormed off.

Qian Yaozu's son, Qian Haojie, has a name that's quite ironic, as he's incredibly petty and narrow-minded.

After arriving at his aunt's house with his father, he remained silent, without even a greeting. He was extremely thin, his pale face was gloomy, as if someone owed him a lot of money.

He looked down on that Tingnan: she was just an ugly girl, who would want her? Only his father thought she was capable, healthy, and good at carrying on the family business, and easy to take care of him, plus she could go out and earn money. Most importantly, she was his aunt's adopted daughter, so there was no need for a dowry; a mountain of bamboo would suffice.

"Get lost! What kind of trash are you? You dare to covet my Tingnan!" Qian Shuzhen was also furious.

"Hmph, if they don't have their bamboo, I'll find somewhere else. They want to sacrifice my daughter? Dream on!" Song Wanli doesn't care about bamboo now.

Qian Shuzhen nodded, "Exactly. They look respectable, but the whole family is heartless. Even if he were healthy, let alone sickly, my family wouldn't let him marry into that family!"

"I know the Qian family has a really bad family tradition; they're selfish and self-serving. Listening to Nan marry into that family, she's just jumping into a fire pit."

Qian Shuzhen knew her younger brother better than anyone. He was spoiled rotten by his parents, who had him late in life. Although the family fortune their grandparents had accumulated had diminished due to the turmoil, the savings had been squandered. Now, he was actually asking about Nan's plans, thinking of having her marry into their family and become their slave? And she would have to earn money to support them? He was so greedy, did he really think everyone else was a fool?