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The Lucky Star Control Corporation in the 70s (9)
Yang Yuelan was shocked by Grandma Chu’s words. “What did you just say? Did you say Chu Xiang? Do you think I’m stupid or deaf who can’t even tell who you mentioned?” She shook Grandma Chu’s hands off and took two steps back, coughing from the anger. “You, cough, your family is going too far! I can’t just let this go, cough-cough-cough! Just wait and see!”
“Eh! Please don’t say that, Yuelan.” Grandma Chu called Li Yuezhen and Chu Lan’s mother to stop her. She anxiously said, “Let’s talk about it. Our Chu family knows how to repay debts, and we dare not forget that Yin Xu saved my husband. This kindness must be repaid, and I am still waiting for us to tie the knot and become in-laws. The bride price is also not necessary. I will prepare a dowry for Chu Xiang. You see 
 Chu Lan
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Chu Lan’s mother knew that Grandma Chu didn’t care about Chu Lan at all, and her marriage couldn’t compare with her dignity in at all, so she hurriedly grabbed the conversation, “Sister-in-law, Chu Lan really wants to go to university to study, but Yin Xu currently needs someone to take care of him. Chu Lan can’t take care of him even if she marries him. She’s a good child, and she’s very lucky. Look, even a rabbit bumps into her arms. We can’t delay her success, can’t we? To be honest, if you really want someone to take care of Yin Xu, Chu Xiang is just right
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Li Yuezhen stopped right there, frowned and said, “Sister-in-law, what do you mean? Are you saying that Chu Xiang is at your disposal? I, her mother, haven’t spoken yet, so you can’t push my daughter out for your daughter, can you?” There was no bride price to speak of, yet they still had to pay the dowry. There wasn’t a single benefit they could reap, so she was totally dissatisfied about it.
Yang Yuelan was so annoyed by their charitable, disgusting, and shirking behavior, that she pushed them away. She turned around and left, shouting, “I’ve seen shameless people, but I’ve never seen such shameless people as your family. Who gives a damn about your family?”
When she shouted, all the neighbors stretched their necks in their yard. The color of Grandma Chu’s face changed time and time again. She glared at her two daughters-in-law and snapped, “What nonsense are you talking about? What have you two done to make things better? Being ungrateful and leaving our benefactor in the lurch is courting censure. Chu Lan must get married. Eldest daughter-in-law, take Chu Lan and chase after her now. Inform her properly not to spread a word outside.”
“Grandma,” Chu Lan walked out and grabbed Grandma Chu’s hand and said with a smile, “I recently reviewed my homework with Mr. Song. My grades have improved, and I am confident that I will be admitted to a university in the provincial capital. The university does not require us to pay tuition fees, but also gives subsidies. If I go to the provincial capital for college, I can also earn money for our family. If you let me marry into the Yin family, you know what his family is like. Maybe we will take things from our family to subsidize them, and we will not get any benefits. By then, Chu Xiang will never marry, and we won’t have a single college student in our family.”
“Why not? In two years, Daxin will go to college,” Li Yuezhen muttered unhappily.
Chu Lan replied with a smile, “Of course. Then I, as the elder sister, will go to the provincial capital first. When I get acquainted with people there, I can take care of him, right? Second Aunt, if I don’t go, do you still want Chu Xiang to enter the university? Her last performance was so poor that she could not pass the exam. Besides, with her face
 Do you think the school will accept her? Don’t let her scare other people. Moreover, you’ve seen her behavior in recent days. She obviously wants to rely on Daxin, and asks him to support her. Isn’t it beneficial to get her married off now?”
Li Yuezhen was attracted by the pie she painted. Chu Xiang was indeed getting disobedient. She kept saying that Chu Xin, the younger brother, would take care of her, which really angered her. She hesitated and said, “Then, she doesn’t have to marry into the Yin family. A verbal agreement will do, and then we can discard it off later.  Chu Xiang has studied and is still a good girl. Won’t it be nice to find a widower for her and ask for a bride price?”
Grandma Chu snorted coldly, “That’s easy for you to say. Since we won’t give the Yin family a daughter-in-law to block their mouths, are you going to use money to stop them? That’s fine. Then you’ll shoulder Yin Xu’s medical expenses. We can not do nothing and allow outsiders to poke our family’s backbone. This grace must be returned.”
“I don’t have any money,” Li Yuezhen quickly refused, bowing her head bitterly. “Then whatever. I have no money to prepare the dowry. Mom, if you want to provide the dowry, you can take care of it. I’m going to feed the chickens.”
Li Yuezhen left after speaking, for fear that her mother-in-law would ask her to pay. Grandma Chu fumed, so when she saw that Chu Lan and her mother were going to slip away, she slapped the table and said, “Stop right there! Chu Lan, let me ask you a question. You just mentioned Mr. Song
 Song Yang? Isn’t he dating Chu Xiang? What’s the deal with you and him?”
Chu Lan retorted calmly, “When has he been with Chu Xiang? I just met him, and he has taught me about a few questions several times. Now he teaches me every day. We’re also going to take the university entrance exam together. His home is in the provincial capital, and I won’t be unfamiliar with everyone when I get there. Besides, my luck is particularly good these days. I’m sure I can pass the exam.”