Hearing that familiar voice, Lin Momo breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu was clearly using the guise of matchmaking to sell her daughter, with her son acting as an accomplice.

Last time, the daughter was sold to pay for the head of the family's medical treatment; this time, the daughter is being sold to pay for the son's marriage.

This mother and son won't settle down until they sell their daughter, right?

She wished she could shoot her own mother, who was more vicious than a stepmother, and her own brother, who was more despicable than a scumbag.

However, thinking that Lin Momo had never regarded this family as her own, her raging anger subsided somewhat.

Let me reiterate: she has returned this time to marry Time.

Everything and everyone must make way for this.

With Grandpa Lin's timely appearance, she no longer needed to charge into battle; she could simply watch the show from the sidelines.

She figured the old man should be arriving by now.

Shi Guang said that as soon as his grandfather returned, he would bring up the marriage proposal with him and then go to propose marriage as soon as possible.

That urgent energy, I wonder if it was something he caught from his grandfather, a scholar.

The grandfather and grandson were racing against each other, as if they were competing with someone for time.

Lin Momo was happy to see this happen; the sooner she got married, the sooner she could escape the wolf's den of the second branch of the Lin family.

Upon seeing her father-in-law arrive, Xu trembled with fright and immediately admitted defeat: "Father... um, no, I didn't intend to sell anyone. You must have misheard me."

He forced an awkward smile as he spoke, "I'm trying to find a husband for Er Ya..."

He blurted out the idea of ​​arranging a marriage, but his voice grew softer and softer as he spoke, clearly feeling guilty.

The imposing Old Master Lin, though not angry, first glanced at the good-for-nothing Lin Zhiqiang on the ground, then looked disdainfully at the matchmaker Liu, who clearly wasn't a respectable person, and sneered: "Arranging a marriage? Are you Er Ya's biological mother or stepmother?"

He's so easily fooled.

This matchmaker Liu frequents several nearby villages year-round; everyone in the surrounding area knows what kind of business she's in.

It's nothing more than using marriage proposals as a pretext to engage in the dirty business of human trafficking.

This matchmaker, Liu, used to be a matchmaker, but she had a bad reputation and had pushed many girls into trouble. Families who cared about their daughters would not hire such a person to be a matchmaker.

Since marrying her daughter to a family that ran a brokerage firm in town, Liu, the matchmaker who traveled from street to street, also started a business of buying and selling people. When she encountered families who were too poor to make ends meet or who were in urgent need of money, she would encourage them to sell their children to get some money to tide them over.

Initially, she acted as a middleman for her in-laws who owned a dental clinic.

Later, when she made some money, she would buy good items herself and then teach her son to resell them to brokers or brothels in the county, so that they could earn more money.

This time, Old Master Lin was truly furious.

But there was no outlet for the fire.

I was thinking of just divorcing this stupid and wicked woman and sending her back to her parents' home, but she's pregnant with the Lin family's child, so I can't just abandon my grandson too.

The key point is that Er Ya and Young Master Shi are about to get married.

Even if this foolish woman can't help at all, it's not good for her to simply be absent. Putting aside the matter of face, if her daughter gets married and her own mother sends her back to her parents' home, who knows what others will think.

After calming his anger slightly, Old Master Lin glared at Madam Xu and said, "Get her out of here! Are you waiting to eat?"

"Oh, Mr. Lin, even if the deal falls through, we can still be on good terms. Why get so angry?" Liu the matchmaker said, holding her handkerchief with dissatisfaction.

Having received her father-in-law's order, Xu dared not disobey and stammered, "Aunt Liu, why don't you go back first today?"

As he spoke, he reached out and pushed the person out of the courtyard.

"Okay, then I'll be going now."

Seeing that a powerful deity had appeared to ward off evil spirits, the deal was off, and Liu the matchmaker could only tuck her tail between her legs and leave.

After the outsiders left, just as Old Master Lin was about to speak, he heard Lin Zhiqiang on the ground say indignantly, "Master, look what this brat has done to me! You must teach her a lesson for me."

As she spoke, she spat out a mouthful of blood, which aggravated the wound on her mouth, causing her to cry out in pain, and tears streamed down her face.

Seeing his grandson's pathetic state, the anger that had just subsided in Old Master Lin suddenly flared up again, and he wished he could go up and kick him a couple of times.

"Get up! What kind of behavior is it for a grown man to sit on the ground crying and making a scene?" Old Master Lin shouted angrily.

Lin Zhiqiang seemed to have had a power switch pressed; his body trembled instantly, he became as quiet as a chicken, covered his mouth, and struggled to get up from the ground.

Xu, who was not far away, quickly stepped forward, wanting to help her precious son up, but fearing that she might hurt the baby in her womb, she instructed Lin Sanya, who was standing with Lin Momo, "Sanya, hurry up and help your brother up!"

Lin Sanya was so frightened that she trembled and was about to run over to help the person.

Lin Momo, however, reacted quickly and grabbed her arm.

Finally, Lin Zhiqiang managed to get up from the ground on his own. His clothes were covered in dirt and blood, making him look incredibly filthy.

Grandpa Lin announced directly, "You don't need to worry about Er Ya's marriage, I've already arranged it for her!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Momo's expression relaxed, and her heart finally settled down.

While she felt relieved, others were in an uproar.

"What? It's already decided?" Xu Shi and Lin Zhiqiang exclaimed in unison.

"They will send a matchmaker to deliver the betrothal gifts first thing tomorrow morning, so you should prepare in advance."

Unaffected, Old Master Lin dropped another bombshell.

This left the Xu mother and son completely charred and crispy.

Lin Zhiqiang didn't even care about his sore mouth; all he could think about was how he couldn't marry Zhang Erni and what he was going to do.

He opened and closed his mouth, but couldn't say anything. Then he looked at his mother for help.

Xu was also in a panic, completely losing control of her expression, which turned pale and red in turns on her already wrinkled face.

My heart sank. Oh no, my son's marriage to Zhang Erni was going to be a waste.

How come this brat is so lucky?

Not only did she escape a calamity today, but even her marriage was no longer under her mother's control.

no!

Thinking this to herself, Xu cried out in her haste.

Old Master Lin gave her a displeased look: "What, Madam Xu, do you have a problem with that?"

"Father, I, I didn't mean that."

Xu's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly put on a shameless face to explain, "But Zhiqiang isn't married yet, and Er Ya, as his younger sister, is already getting married. Wouldn't that mess up the order of seniority and make the villagers laugh at us?"

"People in the countryside don't have so many formalities."

"But, but Zhiqiang is getting on in years, we can't keep delaying him like this..."

His mother had already set up the ladder for him, so Lin Zhiqiang, no longer feeling ashamed, started making a scene: "I want to get married first. Why should I, as the older brother, not be married yet, while Er Ya is about to get married?"

Lin Momo found it amusing. Didn't you two even ask which family it was for?

They got caught up in trivial details.