Old Mrs. Song is reborn; get out of here, you scumbag husband and illegitimate child!

Song Xianglan explained Zhao Yuan's purpose to Liu Chounv in detail.

After hearing this, the ugly woman was so excited that she slammed her fist on the table.

"That's great!" Liu Chounv's voice was extremely loud.

That excitement was even more intense than giving her a second chance at marriage. "I knew it. I'd seen it coming between your dad and Widow Wang for a long time. They're both so old, I don't know what they're being so dramatic about."

The ugly woman was talking animatedly. "When their eyes met, sparks flew. I just wondered why they were so stubborn, refusing to confess their feelings."

Zhao Yuan smiled.

Liu Chounv got more and more excited as she spoke, "If either of them had dared to pounce on him, they would have succeeded long ago."

"If we had gotten together two years earlier, Yuanyuan, you might even have a younger brother and sister by now. Are you suggesting we have a ghost marriage instead of being together in life?"

"Alright, alright," Song Xianglan interrupted her. "You're getting more and more absurd. This is still far from settled. We need to find out what the woman is thinking."

The ugly woman puffed out her chest. "I know this place well. Don't let Widow Wang's ascetic demeanor fool you, she definitely has feelings for Zhao Shengli."

Song Xianglan looked at Liu Chounu's confident expression.

"I'm going to Xincheng tomorrow afternoon," Song Xianglan finalized the plan. "Let's go to Widow Wang's house tonight and find out what's going on with her."

If she's not interested, let's not bring it up too much, to avoid awkwardness when we meet later.

"Me too?" the ugly woman asked, pointing to herself.

"Nonsense. With your silver tongue, why not use it for the New Year?" Song Xianglan said. "You yourself said they're getting old, and Zhao Yuan's sincerity is evident. Let's see what the Wang family has to say."

The ugly woman nodded repeatedly.

"Leave it to me. I'll pry her mouth open no matter what. I'll even send her to bed."

A huge weight was lifted from Zhao Yuan's heart.

With Song Xianglan and Liu Chounu stepping in, the matter was half settled.

As long as Aunt Wang agrees, it's fine.

"Then I'll trouble Aunt Song and Auntie." Zhao Yuan put away the remaining boxes. "I'll head back now."

"Go ahead," Song Xianglan instructed, "Drive carefully."

After seeing Zhao Yuan off, the ugly woman was still in a state of excitement.

"Xianglan, you have to admit Zhao Shengli is really lucky," Liu Chounu smacked her lips. "He adopted a daughter who is even more filial than his own."

Even her words about supporting her stepmother in the future were spoken with such conviction. What daughter could do that?

"They just keep that kindness in their hearts." Song Xianglan tidied up the crumbs on the table. "It wasn't easy for Zhao Shengli to raise Zhao Yuan. People deserve kindness in return."

Liu Chou-nv nodded, "That's true. If this matter is successfully handled, I must give the matchmaker a thank-you gift."

"Be smart," Song Xianglan warned her. "Try to subtly probe whether she's considering finding another partner."

"I understand, I understand." Liu Chounv patted her chest and assured her, "I'm a pro at getting information out of people. Just you wait and see."

Song Xianglan cleaned up the cake crumbs on the table and carefully put the cake box back into the cupboard.

She washed her hands and dried them with a towel.

Song Xianglan walked to the sofa and said, "After dinner, let's go to Widow Wang's house and sound her out."

Liu Chounv leaned back on the sofa with an air of nonchalance, reached out and opened the glass jar on the coffee table, and took out two salted olives.

"Tonight is fine too, I'll cancel the old man's engagement." Liu Chounu stuffed an olive into her mouth, chewing it loudly.

Song Xianglan stopped what she was doing. "Is there something you need?"

"The old man just spoke to me," Liu Chounu said vaguely, "and told me to go with him to my brother-in-law's house after dinner. He said he has something important to discuss."

"His brother isn't fully recovered yet, what are they discussing?"

"His precious daughter, Lin Shanya, is engaged." Liu Chounu spat out the fruit pit and threw it with perfect aim into the wastepaper basket a meter away. "Because of this, they've been strutting around like crazy these past few days."

"Which family are you talking about? They're making such a big show of it."

"From the next town." Liu Chounu tossed another olive into her mouth. "Their family owns a hardware store, and I heard they're very rich."

My brother-in-law's family are so greedy, they're practically obsessed with marrying into this wealthy family.

"That's great! It's a happy thing to have made it this far."

"Shut up." Liu Chounu curled her lip, her face full of disdain. "I met that guy once, and he didn't even fancy Lin Shanya."

Song Xianglan frowned. "You didn't like her? If you didn't like her, why are you talking about marriage?"

"That's easy." Liu Chounu leaned forward and said disdainfully, "Lin Shanya is pregnant. The man's family didn't want to acknowledge it at first, but her brother-in-law's family forced them to marry her."

Song Xianglan was somewhat surprised. "Pregnant before marriage? And the man is going to deny it afterward?"

"Who can figure out all the intricacies involved?" Liu Chounu patted the salt frost off her hands. "I only heard about it from Da Zhuang's wife in private."

She said my brother-in-law's family acted very unethically and used some underhanded methods to get pregnant.

Now they're using the child in her womb to blackmail her, demanding a dowry of two thousand yuan plus a motorcycle.

"Did the man agree?"

"How could I refuse?" Liu Chounu sneered. "My brother-in-law led more than a dozen people to cause trouble in town and even pulled down the roller shutter of a hardware store."

She threatened to sit in the shop every day if he didn't agree. The man's family, who ran a business, couldn't bear the humiliation, so they had no choice but to accept it.

Song Xianglan shook her head.

"How will they live together after this marriage? The couple both have reservations about it."

"Who can argue with that?"

The ugly woman leaned back. "Da Zhuang's wife also said that Lin Shanya would definitely suffer if she married him. That man came to the village once, riding a broken motorcycle, with a gloomy, deadpan face."

Upon entering and seeing the elders, they didn't utter a sound, only constantly saying "hey, hey, hey," and "ouch, ouch." They have absolutely no manners. They probably look down on their relatives.

"Forced relationships are never sweet."

Song Xianglan stood up, preparing to go to the kitchen to prepare dinner. "This matter wasn't handled very well. You should take care of your brother-in-law's affairs first tonight."

"I'm not going. I can't be bothered with their mess," Liu Chounu snorted. "I like being a matchmaker for Widow Wang."

A loud, rough voice suddenly came from outside the courtyard wall, completely drowning out the sound of the television.

"Ugly woman. Grandma Gou Sheng."

Old Lin shouted at the top of his lungs from behind the red brick wall between the two houses.

Liu Chou-nv rolled her eyes and sat on the sofa without moving.

"Is Grandma Gousheng deaf?" Old Lin's voice grew louder, accompanied by the sound of banging on the brick wall. "Hurry up and come back to cook. What time is it and you're still out there running around without coming home?"

The ugly woman's temper flared up instantly.

She rushed into the yard, taking three steps at a time.

"Hurry up! Hurry up! Call back the soul!" the ugly woman shouted back at the wall.

Old Lin: What are you still dawdling about? Aren't you going to eat?

The ugly woman walked to the base of the wall, hands on her hips. "You can't eat without me, can you?"

The pots and pans are all laid out in the kitchen, there's rice in the rice bin, and oil on the stove. Don't you have hands or feet? Do you expect me to serve you every day?