Chapter 1643: Chapter 1644: Mother and Son Scheming
Mrs. Yan might have been too exhausted; despite talking for a long time, they couldn’t wake her up.
On the other hand, after going through this life-and-death experience, An Ning and An Yu got along more peacefully, and An Ning was less confrontational towards him than before.
An Ning rarely talked calmly with An Yu, unaware that outside, Wang Auntie’s house was already filled with a crowd of people.
"Sister-in-law Wang, I heard a pretty little girl came to your house today. Where is she? Who is she? Could it be that you’ve found a little wife for your Silly Dandan?" someone asked.
Auntie Wang replied cheerfully, "The little girl’s timid; she just freshened up and went inside. You all better head back; don’t scare the young lady..."
"Oh, that won’t do. Even if we skip the wedding banquet due to tough conditions, we can’t skip the wedding night hijinks..."
"Yes, yes, can’t skip that..."
The crowd started egging each other on.
Among them, most were those older unmarried men.
It was apparent that they just wanted to take advantage for free.
Auntie Wang, who had been a widow for many years and lived with her silly son, was naturally not easy to handle. With a few words, she drove them all away.
When the crowd finally dispersed, Auntie Wang instructed Goudan, "Son, go and lock our front gate from the inside so those scoundrels don’t all rush back like dogs sniffing around."
"Alright... got it..." Goudan walked with a sway, just like a little child.
Unfortunately, his stature was burly, clearly that of an adult.
The so-called "front gate" Auntie Wang mentioned was simply a wooden door embedded in the picket fence, creaking unstably when it was closed.
Given its build, it could be kicked down with just one adult’s foot.
Goudan obediently closed the door; although he seemed foolish, he was quite sharp. He even knew to wrap a rope around the door and fence a few times to secure it before returning.
"Mom, all set..."
"My son is really capable!" Auntie Wang praised casually.
Goudan smiled sheepishly, "Mom, the wedding chamber, the wedding chamber..."
In the village, he had crouched at corners with those old bachelors many times during weddings. Although he didn’t know exactly what happened, he heard it was something very enjoyable.
Therefore, he had longed for a wedding chamber experience, not just for a day or two.
But as orphans and widows, their household was poor, and they couldn’t buy a wife from outside like other families could to carry on the family line.
Now, a divine opportunity had arisen, directly delivering a wife to his home.
And the wife was truly beautiful, even more so than those brought back at great cost by people in the village.
Seeing Goudan’s eager appearance, Auntie Wang felt both gratified and saddened.
Their mother-son bond was incomparable to others.
Yet, thinking about her son eventually belonging to another woman made her heart ache with sorrow.
But a grown son can’t be stopped; eventually he would marry and have children. She not only couldn’t interfere but had to find ways to help arrange things.
