Chapter 166 Your Choice

"Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey!"

Fang Erniu glared at her, "What do you mean your life is over? You're only eighteen, the prime of your life. Once you step out of this house and into the world, you'll discover that you have endless possibilities!"

"No, I'm the kind of person who..." My cousin shook her head resignedly.

Fang Erniu was so angry she wanted to stomp her feet. "What's wrong with you? Erya, tell me, do you not want to get married? If you don't want to get married, I'll call your cousin-in-law, call my older brother and younger brother, and we'll help you escape. Anyway, you didn't accept the bride price, so whoever accepted it can get married!"

"...Escape...escape?"

My cousin stammered, then shook her head frantically, "I wouldn't dare, my mom would kill me."

“You’ve already escaped, how can she hit you? She’s never even left this village, you wouldn’t know the way if she hit you. Er Ya, give your cousin one word, run away or get married?” Fang Er Niu said.

My cousin looked at Fang Erniu, her eyes slowly reddening. She called out "Cousin," rushed over, and hugged her tightly.

She cried and laughed at the same time, saying, "Cousin, I wish I were born to my second aunt. I really want to be your younger sister."

“You are my own sister, we share half the blood.” Fang Erniu patted her back, feeling the force of her pat, and felt even more heartache for the unfair treatment her cousin suffered at home.

Suddenly, a crisp knocking sound came from outside, a knocking sound that seemed to strike the heart.

My cousin suddenly pushed Fang Erniu away and said quickly, "It's my mom, cousin, listen to me. I'll hold her back for a bit, and you just say you have diarrhea and go to the outhouse to sneak out. Find your husband and two cousins, and run away from my house as fast as you can. Once you're gone, don't come back. My mom..."

My cousin paused, glanced at the dilapidated door, gritted her teeth, and said, "My mom wants to break you and my brother-in-law up. She told me to drug you and make you marry into that family in my place, so my brother-in-law..."

"Knock knock knock"

The knocking came again, loud and urgent. My cousin's forehead was covered in sweat, and her face was pale.

She clenched her fists. "My mom wants to make my cousin-in-law fall into a deep sleep, then make me take off my clothes and sleep in the same bed with him. When he wakes up the next day, she'll say he saw how pretty I am and insisted on having sex with me, forcing him to marry me. Once your mom and cousins ​​find out that things have already escalated to the point where you'll have no choice but to swallow your anger and go along with it..."

Fang Erniu was completely dumbfounded. When had she ever done something so complicated?

Her mind is buzzing right now.

"Is your mother crazy? I'm her own niece! How could she... want to hurt me like this? Didn't she think about whether my parents, grandparents, and brother would forgive her after things were exposed?"

My cousin shook her head. "My grandma said everything's settled, and your innocence is gone, so they won't dare to cause trouble."

Fang Erniu, "..."

What a crazy family!!

"Cousin, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, it was my mom... My mom said that my husband earns a lot of money, and that I'm pretty, so he would definitely like me. But I just saw that he likes you, he didn't even look at me properly..."

My cousin, her face filled with self-reproach and regret, bit her lip and called to Fang Erniu, "Cousin, you should run! My parents, my grandparents, and my older brother all know about this. They want that six hundred yuan, and they also want my brother-in-law's thousand yuan dowry and the 'three turns and one ring' (a traditional Chinese stringed instrument). Your diarrhea was caused by the laxatives they gave you. I...I...secretly poured half of it out, but I did have my eye on the idea of ​​a swap marriage that my mother mentioned..."

"Hu Erya!" Fang Erniu stared at her in disbelief.

My cousin's tears fell instantly. She cried and said, "I'm sorry, cousin. I... I want to live a good life. I don't want to marry someone so much older than me. I'm sorry. Hit me or scold me."

My cousin reached out to pull Fang Erniu, but Fang Erniu slapped her away.

My cousin's tears fell even harder.

'Knock knock knock'

The knocking sounded again, and Fang Erniu's mother's voice came from outside, "Erniu, Erya, what are you two dawdling about in there? You haven't opened the door for ages! The auspicious time is in half an hour, are you ready?"

My cousin's crying stopped abruptly; it was my second aunt.

The two sisters exchanged a glance, and Fang Erniu jumped up, ran over, unlatched the door, opened it, and saw that only her mother was there. She then pulled her inside.

"Hey, Fang Erniu, what are you doing?!"

Half an hour later, the groom entered the village, only to be blocked by villagers at the entrance with stools, who demanded money for the wedding.

The village children all ran to watch the excitement, and many people in the courtyard also went to grab the lucky money.

Fang Erniu and her cousin came out for some fresh air and to use the restroom.

The aunt winked at her cousin, who glanced at Fang Erniu, then followed her aunt a few steps into her grandparents' room.

"Give."

Her aunt shoved two packets of medicine into her hand. "These are enough to knock out a pig. Put one packet in each of them and give them to them to drink. Got it?"

My cousin clutched the medicine packet, her eyelids lowered.

She asked her mother, "Mom, do we really have to get married over six hundred yuan? What if Auntie gets angry and cuts ties with you later...?"

"That's none of your business!"

The aunt waved her hand, frowning, "My sister is living a good life, and she wants the whole world to know! The entire Fang family is sick, they gave birth to a girl who's a waste of money, but they pamper her like a treasure..."

Thinking of something, his facial features twisted unnaturally as he spoke excitedly.

"Let's see if she'll still be happy when her daughter marries a fool!"

My cousin was stunned for a moment.

Realizing the implication of her mother's words, her pupils contracted sharply. Seizing on her mother's grammatical error, she asked, "The person they're arranging the marriage is an idiot? Mom, you want my cousin to marry an idiot?!"

Her mother quickly covered her mouth.

"Shut up! You brat, keep your voice down! It's not like you're getting married, what are you yelling about?! You're marrying Erniu's good boyfriend!"

Speaking of Su Laosan, Auntie became even more excited, slapping her daughter's arm loudly, "You brat, remember to give the family that thousand yuan dowry and the three turns and one ring. From now on, all the money Su Laosan earns will be in your hands. Bring a hundred yuan home every month, understand?"

My cousin stared at her mother without saying a word.

Her mother, oblivious to her strange expression, continued, "I've arranged such a good marriage for you, and you dare to forget your roots and not bring back any money? I'll strangle you!"

"mom……"

In that instant, my cousin felt utterly hopeless.

She murmured, "...Before my cousin's incident, you insisted that I marry him. Why didn't you ever mention that the matchmaker was an idiot back then?"

"Pah! You're not stupid. Do you think someone would give you six hundred as a bride price? Look at your appearance! Besides having a big, fertile ass, all you have is a skeleton. What could anyone possibly want from you?"

Her own mother spat at her.

"...Alright, enough nonsense. Hurry up and give them the medicine. Didn't you hear the groom is already at the village entrance? If she doesn't want to marry you, you have to. It's either marry a fool to have a son for him, or marry Erniu's boyfriend and live a good life with the money. The choice is yours!"