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"What did you say?" Lady Qian slammed the table in anger. The cup on the table was smashed into pieces by her slap.

"Grandma, why are you asking me if you would sell it to my brother if anything happened to the second house?"

"I …" Lady Qian originally wanted to answer, but upon being stared at by Xie Yuan, she felt an inexplicable sense of weakness in her heart.

She couldn't guarantee it, and she couldn't guarantee it.

"So, we should split up."

Xie Yuan looked at his father with a wry smile.

Lady Qian's every move was seen by Xie Cheng. He was truly disappointed.

Even his mother couldn't guarantee that his mother would treat him like this, considering that he was her mother's own son as well. Mother, let's split up. "

Looking at Xie Zhen's face, which was filled with pain and with his eyes closed, Lady Qian gritted her teeth.

"Okay, branch family. "But first of all, I want to be with the second house. There aren't many fields in the house."

Since she had agreed to split the family, Lady Qian naturally wouldn't delay any further.

She immediately got Xie Cheng to invite Li Chang and some of the more reputable elders from Yangshu Village to be witnesses.

The Xie Clan had a total of twenty-five acres of land, which was divided into three parts, eight acres of land for each brother, one acre for Lady Qian, three parts for the chickens and ducks in the house, and one part for the house. Since Lady Qian and the two families lived together, the house was not divided, and since the family had two hundred taels of silver, they were divided into three parts.

This one wasn't fair, but it wasn't too outrageous. Lady Qian was indeed biased towards the Second Brother's family. She had treated the Young Master badly, but she lived with the Second Brother, so she could not say much.

"Boss, your little brother is going to participate in the Imperial Examinations, so I did give him more, and I hope you can forgive me."

She had ordered Xie Xu's daily pension of five taels of silver, which wasn't much, but according to Yang Shugou's level, it was still quite a lot.

"Mom, don't be like this, I don't mind." It wasn't that Xie Xu wasn't sad that his mother's heart was biased towards her younger brother, but after all, they were still the same mother, and moreover, they were already used to it. Xie Cheng really didn't mind this much.

He had hands and feet, and even his wife was considerate and hardworking. Even if they shared less, they would still live a good life.

After setting up the branch family document and thanking the Lijiu elder for overdoing things, the two families could be considered to have officially separated.

After they left, Lady Qian turned her attention back to Xie Yuan.

"Mother Yuan, are you satisfied?"

Xie Yuan nodded. What could he do if he was dissatisfied? Were they going to drag them back to split the loot?

Even though she had suffered a bit, her parents didn't mind, and neither did she.

"Very well, in that case, prepare to get married."

After saying that, Lady Qian waved her hand, ordering the two of them to leave.

As she gazed at the departing back of Xie Xu, her eyes flashed with reluctance and complexity.

After splitting up, when the matchmaker came to visit again, the Xie Clan agreed to the marriage.

Due to the Yu Residence's eldest young master's physical condition, this marriage was set to be urgent. After three days, someone would bring the young master into the sect. The Yu Residence would prepare everything without the Xie Clan having to prepare all the dowry.

That's what I said.

But how could the Mo family endure such a marriage of their daughter?

Since time was running out, she stayed up all night to prepare her dowry. She even discussed with her younger brother that they should give her 20 taels of silver from the branch family as a deposit box.

Xie Yuan refused.

"Son, women will be looked down upon by their families if they don't have any dowry." The Mo family wiped away their tears as they spoke in a low voice. Originally, they were in a hurry to get married. If there was nothing, how would her Mistress Yuan be able to stand up in the Yu Mansion in the future?

"Mother, the Yu Residence does not lack these. Twenty silver taels are probably less than one of the Yu Residence's maidservants." "But, these 20 silver taels are different in our family. It can build several mud-tiled houses for us, and since little brother is old, he has to look at me. If we stick together again, I won't be willing to marry my daughter."

Besides, the Yu residence came to propose, and it was originally to make a marriage ceremony. They knew about our family's situation, and they also said that we don't need any dowry, so we just need to enter the house openly. We will keep the money for our younger brother to marry off, and if possible, we can also send him to the study hall to study for a while longer.

Xie Ha was studying in the town, but his grandma said that he couldn't afford to read anymore, so he let his Second Uncle read first. The younger ones were all at home, so Second Uncle could enlighten them.

Second Uncle was an Elementary Scholar, but if he failed then that was all. She still hoped that Xie Ha could go to town and study. If her brother had talent, he could still enter the county.

"But... but, my poor mother." At this point, Mo's tears flowed again. Even Xie Cheng, who stood silently to the side, was shedding tears.

Three days later, on the sixth day of the fourth month, a red sedan chair carried Xie Yuan into the Yu Residence.

Behind him, Madame Mo was crying until she almost fainted. Xie Jia held her hands, gritted his teeth, and watched her sister's palanquin walk away with bloodshot eyes.

The Yu Mansion was decorated with lanterns. Red lanterns were hung all over the entire Yu Mansion.

Although there wasn't much joy on the faces of the men from the Yu residence, they all forced a smile.

Xie Yuan was going to marry this young master of the Yu Family. Although he was the young master of the Yu Family, he was ranked third in the Yu Family. The servants all called him Third Young Master.

The Third Young Master was still in bed, unable to get up. He could only ask the Fourth Young Master of the Third Branch to bring Xie Yuan in. Even the Fourth Young Master had stuck his name onto the Third Young Master's body to pay his respects.

The Fourth Young Master curled his lips in disdain. Luckily, he wasn't the one marrying. He had just seen Third Sister's hands under the red bridal dress. They weren't long and thin at all, nor were they white. They were extremely ugly.

If he were to marry such an ugly woman, he might as well smash his head into her.

After they had finished bowing, Matriarch Xie sent the servants to greet the guests while Xie Yuan was sent directly to the bridal chamber.

Xie Yuan sat quietly on the bed.

Under the red veil, she took a deep breath and took off the veil herself.

The elder often said that it would be unlucky if he pulled the topic himself, but the bridegroom was lying unconscious on the bed. If she didn't, would she have to sit here for the whole day?

Xie Yuan thumped his shoulder. His stomach was empty. Seeing some food on the table, she did not hold back and started eating without a care in the world.

After filling her stomach, she was in the mood to walk over to the bed and look at her future husband.

He was so handsome.

Even if his face was too pale, it wouldn't damage his handsomeness in the slightest. He didn't know what would happen if he opened his eyes.

Xie Yuan extended his finger and poked his face.

"Hubby."

Everyone in the world coveted beauties, and women were no exception.

She was a country woman who did not know the rules, was slightly rough looking, had fair skin and a petite figure. It was unknown just who she would marry in the future, and it was true that she had burned incense in her previous life when she was willing to marry such a person.

[I just wonder what character this man has.] Would he hit his wife?

It shouldn't be. Looking at his thin arms and thin legs, even if they were to fight, he probably wouldn't be a match for her.

Xie Yuan was relieved.

She rubbed the towel, wiped Yu Sanlang's hands and feet, and wiped his face before taking off her wedding dress and lying down beside him.

After a short while, he fell asleep.

She was a person who would settle things whenever they met. In the future, this person would be her husband, and with her looks, no matter what, she wouldn't lose out. She tried her best to suppress the complex emotions in her heart, as well as a sense of awkwardness.

"Husband, let's live a good life from now on."

She took Yu Sanlang's hand and held it together.

Outside, Matriarch He looked through the crack in the door and nodded, a satisfied smile on her face.

Although she was a country woman, it was still good.

He only hoped that Saburo would get up and live a good life from now on …

Midnight. Everything in his dream was entwined with Yu Sanlang's thoughts. He tried his best to struggle free, but the bloody scene before his eyes was stimulating his mind.

No, Mistress Yuan, no, no.

No, don't listen to them.

Seeing his wife die, Yu Sanlang felt as if his heart was about to break.

His wife, his wife.

"No, no..."

Yu Sanlang, who was lying on the bed, suddenly stood up. While he was still in a daze, he felt a warm handkerchief pressed against his forehead, wiping away the sweat on his forehead.

He raised his eyes and thought that it was the face of some ignorant female servant. Just as he was about to reprimand her a few times, he saw a face from his memories.

The face was a little young, not as mature as in his dream, but he remembered it.

He remembered every outline, every part of the face.

Mother Yuan …

"Husband, you're awake." Xie Yuan was wild with joy. "You've really woken up. That's great. I'll go call the madams over."

"No, don't leave me." Seeing the matron turn around, Yu Sanlang was on the verge of going insane.

He couldn't let his mistress leave, even if it was just a ghost. It didn't matter as long as his mistress was there, as long as she was by his side …

He suddenly pressed his mother down and covered her lips with a look of surprise and fear.

The red candle shed tears, and only when the sky gradually brightened did it extinguish with a 'pa' sound.

Xie Yuan had already fallen asleep.

Yu Sanlang looked at his mother in his arms and saw her pale body coming to his door to kiss it. His heart was filled with satisfaction as he lowered his head and kissed Xie Yuan on the forehead before getting up.

The candles of the dragon and phoenix had just been extinguished, and the decorations of the wedding had only just been extinguished.

What was going on?

Yu Sanlang's thoughts spun as he felt beneath Xie Yuan. There were traces of blood on a white handkerchief, like the blossoming of plum blossoms.

Was this his and Yuan Niang's first night?

What was going on? Was he back in that year?

However, something was wrong. His age was not right, what was going on?