Marshall certainly can’t stand idling around. After getting all the dishes done, he just went out.
It looked like that he was trying to get him acquainted with the villagers here.
Katherine felt quite drowsy after lunch. Now that Marshall was here, she really didn’t need to worry
about anything and just went to bed.
Marshall strolled around the street.
This village was pretty economically backward and there were just less than one hundred households
here and they all looked the same.
Now that they all had lunch, they were just chatting at doorsteps.
Not surprisingly, they were talking about Marshall and Katherine.
This was a poor village. As Marshall was well-dressed and driving a good car, there was no telling how
rich he was.
They were all exclaiming how lucky Katherine was.
It was not easy for a village girl to marry into a rich family. It must be that Katherine’s grandpa was
blessing her.
While Marshall was passing by, they were all saying hellos to him asked had he eaten lunch yet.
Marshall grinned, “I’ve had it, uncle. I’m wondering do you know where Katherine’s grandpa was
buried? I’d like to pay my tribute. Katherine is asleep and in don’t want to wake her up.”
They hailed, “How thoughtful are you!”
All the villagers here knew where Old Mr. Jordan was buried since they helped to lay him to rest as
Katherine was clueless back then.
As all the men helped to dig the hole for him.
Then an old man said, “Yeah, sure. You have to buy some yellow papers before you go there. you
certainly go there empty-handed. Let me fetch someone to lead the way for you.”
Marshall thanked him earnestly and took out his cigarette box from his pocket and passed the
cigarettes around.
Those people hadn’t had fancy cigarettes before and was looking at it closely in curiosity.
The old man asked Jack who happened to be the person who said those harsh words in Katherine’s
home.
Jack maybe outspoken but he was pretty kind-hearted as he helped a lot when Old Mr. Jordan passed
away.
Jack then guided Marshall to buy some yellow pater and went up the mountain.
The two men walked pretty quickly and Marshall asked a lot of questions about Katherine and her
grandpa on the way.
Jack took a sigh, “Katherine was pretty ill-fated. Her parents left when she was little and was brought
up by her grandpa. Children in poor families become independent quite early and she started cooking
and doing laundries when she was about five or six. She even went to farm with her grandpa when it
was harvest season. Poor thing.”
Marshall felt painful inside and got distressed.
Jack then added, “But now she has married you. You certainly are a good man and definitely treats her
well. She finally sees the light at the end of the tunnel.”
Marshall pursed his lips and then withdrew his sight.
He was quite terrible towards her before and had ignored all her effort and even allowed Frances to
bully her.
Katherine was quite dizzy after waking up and didn’t even know when it was.
She went into the yard and saw the grandson of aunt Kelly next door playing in the yard.
He was about four and he was covered in dirt, but sure seemed merry.
Katherine thought for a while and then went to the kitchen and picked a few snacks for the kid.
His eyes immediately brightened up upon seeing the food.
Katherine gazed at the kid and some images came to her mind.
She touched her belly and the happiness that she suppressed down deliberately at first was slowly
resurfacing.
She was having her own baby.
No matter whether she would end up with someone or not, she was having her own family. She was
not alone. Like her grandpa, she finally had someone that she could love wholeheartedly.
Katherine looked at the kid for a while and then went out.
This place didn’t seem to have changed all these years.
Sauntering around the town, Katherine surveyed the old houses and was actually much happier to see
them than those exquisite buildings in the Grants’ old mansion.
After walking for a while, she saw Marshall who came back with Jack after burning papers and paying
tribute to her grandpa.
Marshall naturally saw her and sprinted towards her to hold her hands, “What are you doing out? Have
you got a sound sleep?”
Jack grinned at them, “Kathy, your husband went to pay tribute to your grandpa. He is very
considerate.”
Katherine paused, glanced at him and didn’t bring herself to say thanks in the end.
Jack then went home. Marshall grabbed Katherine’s hand and walked around. These dirt roads
seemed fine in sunny days, but may get troublesome when it was raining.
One maybe covered in dirt to go outside.
Marshall looked down, “I noticed that there are quite a handful of strong men in your village. If they
can’t make a profit by growing crops, they can consider doing something else.”
Katherine let out a sigh, “What else can they do? They certainly can’t make money by doing their own
businesses in this poor village. They won’t have any customers. They can rely on selling to the vendors
outside if they grow some crops. Even if they can’t sell them successfully, their family can eat it and
won’t be hungry.”
The village did have a few strong men, but as it was remote, it was quite difficult to go out and got
some menial work.
They’d been here for all their life and just wanted to be with their family, so they didn’t wish to go
anywhere far.
Marshall recalled his journey here and what he had witnessed himself.
This whole area was as inaccessible as it could be, so there wasn’t much job that required labor for
them to do.
He contemplated for a minute and said, “The company is going to build a warehouse that would need
some loaders and operators and doesn’t limit education levels. You can ask around if these villagers
want to go out with me. Gradually, the village’s living condition can definitely be improved.”
Katherine paused and turned to Marshall. She wanted to accept his offer right away, but on second
thought, she hesitated as it would mean that she owed Marshall a great debt of gratitude.
Though Marshall would definitely not threaten her with this in the future, she still felt uncomfortable.
Moreover, once she agreed, her relationship with Marshall would get more complicated as those
villagers would have to rely on him.
They didn’t know the ins and outs of her marriage with Marshall and all deemed that she and Marshall
were couples.
Katherine knew herself well and was afraid that she would just force herself to be with Marshall to
patch up a lie.
Marshall glanced at Katherine, “You can think about it. I just feel that these young people are wasting
their good years here. They got to venture out and see the world.”
Katherine answered in a while, “I will for sure consider this. Well, there is a possibility that they wouldn’t
want to go out and enjoy their current lifestyle.”
Marshall wasn’t in a hurry, “Sure, you can ask them if you like this idea.”
Katherine nodded and didn’t say anything.
Thought they were holding hands together and strolling around, they were harboring different thoughts,
but to other people, they seemed lovely.
Someone was taking out trash and teased at them, “Kathy, when are you going to get a baby? Look
how deeply in love you are. It’s about time.”
Katherine didn’t really know what to answer and Marshall just replied blatantly, “It’s in the works! We’re
planning on having one once we are done paying tribute to grandpa.”
The woman exclaimed, “Right. You can try to have more while you are still young and raised them up
together. How great would that be.”
Katherine forced back her smiles, ‘Right, I just got pregnant and was already suffering a lot. There is no
way that I would want to have more!’
Marshall wasn't in a hurry, “Sure, you can ask them if you like this idea.”
Katherine nodded and didn't say anything.
Thought they were holding hands together and strolling around, they were harboring different thoughts,
but to other people, they seemed lovely.
Someone was taking out trash and teased at them, “Kathy, when are you going to get a baby? Look
how deeply in love you are. It’s about time.”
Katherine didn't really know what to answer and Marshall just replied blatantly, “It’s in the works! We're
planning on having one once we are done paying tribute to grandpa.”
The woman exclaimed, “Right. You can try to have more while you are still young and raised them up
together. How great would that be.”
Katherine forced back her smiles, ‘Right, | just got pregnant and was already suffering a lot. There is no
way that | would want to have more!’
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