The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1018: They are all fake!

Chapter 1018: Chapter 1018: They are all fake!

"Them..."

Yang Lin truly didn’t want to mention those people from the Yang Family, but no matter how much she didn’t want to, they were still her maternal family, what could she do?

"Let them come, after all, Changfeng is not at home today, they can come however they want. Anyway, I don’t have any silver to give them. They might as well cut off my flesh and sell it."

She was all too aware that it was a bottomless pit. If they took some today, they would come back for more tomorrow, an endless cycle.

"Fourth Sister..."

Yang Wen looked at Yang Lin like that, taking a deep breath.

"Fourth Sister, I still have a few taels of silver here, it’s what I’ve earned over the years. If Mother and the others come, just give them this..."

With that, he took out all the silver he had from his chest, trying to stuff it into Yang Lin’s hand.

"How can this be okay, Wen, you better keep the silver safe," Yang Lin said quickly, pushing the silver back.

"You child, you brought all your silver, if your wife finds out, she’s going to nag you, you..."

"What wife, Fourth Sister, I haven’t even taken a wife yet," said Yang Wen.

"What?"

Yang Lin was taken aback by his words.

"Wen, what are you saying, you haven’t... you haven’t taken a wife yet?"

"Yes."

Yang Wen nodded, his head hanging low.

With his unpleasant appearance, who would want to marry him? Moreover, marrying into the Yang Family meant toiling alongside him, like an ox or horse. Which girl would agree to that?

"So, just hold on to this silver for now, use it to deal with Mother and the sisters-in-law first, I’ll figure out the rest later."

"You haven’t taken a wife?"

Yang Lin murmured Yang Wen’s words, deeply shocked.

Her brother was already twenty-five, how could he possibly not have taken a wife yet?

"That’s not right, Wen, that year... that year Mother came to me, asking for silver because... you were fixing to get engaged, and the girl’s family demanded a bridal price of three taels. At that time..."

That was thirteen years ago.

Originally, her family did have a few taels of silver, even after the birth of Lin Caihe, they could still get by on those few taels.

But at just that time, her mother came over, saying that Yang Wen was getting engaged, and the girl’s family demanded a bridal price of three taels before they would agree to the marriage; otherwise, they would marry the girl off to someone else.

She and Lin Baiyi discussed it, and along with their uncle Lin Baizhong, they decided to give the few taels they had at home to her mother to take back.

Yet, on the day her mother went back, she actually took all of Lin Caisang’s clothes, not leaving even a diaper behind. If it weren’t for the uncle bringing Caisang’s clothes, her daughter would have frozen to death, right?

But now, they were telling her that Yang Wen wasn’t engaged, let alone married?!

"No, Fourth Sister, when was this? Mother has never arranged an engagement for me," Yang Wen was stunned to hear Yang Lin’s words.

"It was...the year Caihe was born," said Yang Lin.

That year Yang Wen was only twelve, but being just engaged at twelve was feasible, it’s always better to arrange marital affairs as early as possible.

She couldn’t have imagined that this so-called engagement was all a sham!

Yang Wen stared blankly at his elder sister.

He thought that back then, Mother had only taken back the clothes and didn’t do anything else. He had no idea that she had also asked Fourth Sister for silver, using his engagement as an excuse!