Chapter 4: Drunk

"Daddy, I will marry that butcher."

"My daughter, I am sorry for you and your mother in the underworld."

"No, it's my daughter who wants to get married. She will live a good life if she gets married." As she said this, tears kept flowing down her face.

"Do you really want to marry that butcher?" Gu Wan asked immediately after hearing this.

"I do." Why did she leave and come back? Liu Yiner paused, closed her eyes and answered.

"What if, what if I were to marry you now?" Gu Wan's heart skipped a beat for some reason.

"I, I will marry Mr. Zheng." Liu Yin'er didn't dare to open her eyes to look at her, so she just lowered her head.

"Okay, marry me if you want." Gu Wan couldn't bear to see her like this, so he turned around and left angrily.

"What else can I do if I don't get married?" Liu Yin'er murmured, but she didn't tell her that she didn't agree to the matchmaker's proposal. She just said that she would give her a definite answer tomorrow. She didn't dream about it anymore. Thinking about agreeing to the marriage tomorrow, she couldn't help crying again.

Seeing his daughter like this, Old Man Liu just kept sighing, "What a sin, what a sin!"

Gu Wan returned home, tossing and turning, feeling indignant. Liu Yin'er was just a decent-looking village girl. Why had she bothered to cause trouble? In modern times, any TV drama heroine would surpass her in looks. If she wanted to marry him, she could!

But for some reason, she couldn't concentrate on studying or cooking, so she decided to go out for a walk. The winter night was so cold that it made her want to get into bed at any moment, and there were no pedestrians on the road.

Gu Wan gritted her teeth and quickly walked to the village's only small wine shop, where she filled two jugs of wine and bought a pound of beef. Then she decided to go find the man next door named Li. Li Laoshi often invited her out for drinks, but she hadn't accepted before, knowing his family wasn't well-off. But since she'd been taken care of by Li's wife the other day, she decided to go to his house for a drink.

Across the low wall, Gu Wan shouted towards the yard, "Sister-in-law, is my brother here? I came to have a drink with him."

"Oh, it's cold, come in quickly," Sister Li said in a loud voice and quickly opened the door for her.

"Sister-in-law, I'm really sorry to bother you." At the end, Gu Wan felt abrupt again.

"Come in quickly, oh, what are you taking? Go to the table quickly, I'll add some dishes for you."

Seeing that she looked unhappy, Sister Li thought it was probably because of the girl from the Liu family. Alas, what a perfect couple, but it's a pity that things don't go as planned, and someone has to get in the way. In this world, nothing is easy. She looked at the meat in her hand. Wow, this guy is really willing to spend money. Ordinary farmers only eat meat once every two weeks, and they have to calculate it carefully. A man who lives without a woman can't do well.

Gu Wan was upset at the moment. He drank one glass after another with the eldest brother of the Li family. As he got drunker, he couldn't help but complain.

"How could she marry that butcher? How could she?" Gu Wan shook her head, puzzled.

"Brother, I'm not saying anything to you. Why are you running away in broad daylight? The girl from the Liu family will give him an answer tomorrow. From my perspective, she's probably going to get married." Sister Li showed regret on her face and couldn't help but interrupt.

"What nonsense are you talking about, woman? Go into the inner room. Come on, brother, ignore her and let's continue drinking." Li Laoshi was also drinking enthusiastically. Today was really a rare day. He quickly asked Gu Wan to fill his glass with wine.

Gu Wan responded and drank another glass. Suddenly, his hazy mind paused. "Sister-in-law, you said she hasn't agreed yet?"

"Yes, hey, where are you going? Slow down, let Xiao Zhuzi take you there." Mrs. Li was still calling her son, and Gu Wan had already walked into his yard in three or two steps, but after a while he hurriedly pushed the door open and came out.

Gu Wan touched the silver in his arms and walked towards Old Man Liu's house with one step deep and one step shallow.

When she reached the door, she shook her dizzy head and rubbed her eyes hard. Old Man Liu's house didn't even have a courtyard gate. Seeing that the lights were on in the house, Gu Wan didn't bother to think about it and walked straight towards the door.

"It's so late, what are you doing here?" Liu Yin'er heard someone coming outside. She pushed the door open and saw that it was Gu Wan. She looked at her rosy face and the look of being drunk, so she asked in surprise.

"You, please let me in quickly, I have something important to tell you." Although Gu Wan had drunk some wine, he still felt a little cold, and could not help but urge him to go into the house quickly.

Liu Yiner looked at her, hesitated for a few seconds, and finally made way. She turned around and went to the kitchen to pour hot water for her.

"Uncle Liu, I came to you today because I want you to marry your daughter to me. Although I don't have any great abilities, I can guarantee that she will have enough food and clothing. In the future, if she finds someone she likes, I will never stop her and will let her marry with a clear conscience."

Gu Wan thought that this was fine. After all, she was a woman and could not be touched. Although she had no experience in love affairs in her previous life, she had been almost poisoned by the Internet. Two naked women popped up in her mind. Amitabha, anyway, she would not touch her at all. When she met a good one, she could marry peacefully and think of it as finding a companion for the time being. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but sigh that her heart had softened!

When Liu Yiner heard this, she looked ashamed and angry and said, "I don't want to."

What kind of person did Gu Wan think of her, Liu Yin'er? What did it mean to have someone you like in the future? She knew that she had no knowledge, but she also knew that a woman should not serve two husbands. It would be fine if he didn't want to marry her, but why did he treat her like this? Liu Yin'er wanted to kick this annoying man out of the house.

"You...you...if you don't marry me, return my ten taels of silver to me now." Gu Wan was furious. She thought, you have no other choice now, let me see what you can use to pay me back. But she didn't realize that she looked like a scoundrel. When she woke up, she might commit suicide by cutting her stomach.

Liu Yin'er felt like she was about to cry. How could this person force her like this? She said tearfully, "Tomorrow, when Mr. Zheng has made the engagement, I will return it to you. Can't you wait this night?"

Seeing that she was about to cry, Gu Wan couldn't help but get anxious. "Isn't it just money? I'll give you another ten taels and help you pay it back. That way, you can marry me, right?" Gu Wan felt that she was smart and had come up with such an idea. However, she didn't know that her drunken appearance really made people angry and annoyed.

Liu Yiner took the purse she threw to her, not knowing what to say. If she had the intention, why did she leave in broad daylight? What was the point now?

"You are quite pretty, so let's make it this way." Gu Wan said this, but was afraid that she would not agree, so he hurried out the door without waiting for her answer.

"Stop, let me ask you, do you really want to marry me and won't regret it tomorrow?" Liu Yiner asked her nervously.

"Of course, I, Gu Wan, keep my word. I will come to propose marriage tomorrow. You can't marry that... old man. Yes, that's it." After saying this, he did not forget to remind her.

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If I post something today, I’m sure I’ll find typos again tomorrow!

Then I revised it over and over again, hoping that my IQ will explode one day. I am being urged to update even in my dreams, and I dare not read the comments~