"Get up, you money-loser! Stop playing dead! The Lin family's bride-picking team is outside. If you don't marry them, do you want us to be drowned in spit?"
Hiss, Su Man sat up, covering her head.
When she opened her eyes, she saw an old woman standing beside her with her hands on her hips. Her eyes were almost popping out of her head and she was cursing obscenely.
On the right, a middle-aged woman with green eyes held her hand, blinking her dry eyes and pretending to wipe away tears.
"Manni'er, your sister has already arrived at the Zhao family. She hasn't returned, which means the Zhao family has admitted that they married the wrong bride. Even if you come to them, they won't want you. There's nothing we can do now, we can only make the best of it."
"Be good and live a good life with that kid from the Lin family. I won't treat you badly in the future..."
One of them played the good cop and the other played the bad cop, and the quarrel made Su Man's head buzz.
Although she didn't want to admit it, she did travel through time.
As an emergency doctor, she was working overtime one second, and the next second her vision went black and she suddenly died. She found herself in the 1980s and was in the body of a bride-to-be with the same name and surname.
Today was supposed to be a good day for the original body to get married. The marriage was arranged when her father was still alive.
As the only child in Mayor Zhao’s family, his conditions are naturally excellent.
But a month ago, her cousin Su Meimei insisted on getting married on the same day as her.
Four years ago, after the original body's father passed away, her mother remarried with her younger brother. Everything in the house was taken over by her second and third uncles, and there was no one to support her.
Su Meimei, under the guise of sisterly love, and with her grandmother's scolding and her second aunt's flattery, had no choice but to agree, thinking that it would be good to marry into the Zhao family.
Who would have known that the night before her wedding, she drank a cup of malted milk given by her second aunt and slept until almost noon.
When I got up, Su Meimei had already gotten into the car that the Zhao family came to pick her up.
She fainted in anger, and when she woke up, the core inside her was replaced.
The poor original body thought it was just an accident, but he didn't know it was a deliberate plot by the second house.
The one in the Lin family is known for his tough life. Not only did he bring bad luck to his parents, but he doesn't even have a proper job. He is commonly known as a street urchin.
There is a half-blind grandmother in the family who has to hold the medicine jar all year round, and there are two younger siblings who go to school in the city. Even a millionaire cannot stand such a hardship.
That’s all fine and dandy. Three months ago, that street urchin offended someone and had his legs broken and he could never stand up again.
Everyone in the surrounding area knows that the rest of his life is wasted.
Isn't marrying your daughter to such a family like pushing her into a fire pit?
The second wife felt sorry for Su Meimei, but did not dare to ask the Lin family to cancel the engagement.
Firstly, this marriage was arranged by the second wife herself. Over the years, under the guise of marriage, she has accepted a lot of things from the Lin family, both openly and secretly.
Secondly, after the incident with the street urchin, the Lin family came and gave a betrothal gift of 300 yuan for the engagement.
If we really want to cancel the engagement, all these money added up will be quite a lot, and it will all go into their pockets. How can we bear to give it back?
Originally, they wanted to delay the marriage, as the street urchin might die if time went on for too long. However, Su Meimei had other ideas.
Anyway, the Su family has more than one unmarried daughter, so they can just find a new one to marry.
With the original body's timid and cowardly nature, he would definitely swallow his anger and admit the matter after being coaxed into the Lin family.
In the future, Su Meimei will be content to be the mayor's daughter-in-law, and live a life of luxury.
As for whether Su Man would be beaten to death by that street urchin, what does it have to do with them?
The second family's abacus beads were about to fall on Su Man's face.
"Okay, I'll marry you!"
Su Man agreed so readily that Zhao Lanhua had no room to express all the things she had prepared.
After being surprised, her face was filled with ecstasy and she winked at Zhang Wangdi.
"Mom, hurry up and put the veil on Mannier."
For today's marriage exchange, she specially tore off a foot of red cloth as a veil.
Su Meimei and Su Man are about the same height. They wear the same clothes and cover their heads with veils, so it is impossible to tell who is who.
Once we entered the bridal chamber and turned on the lights, it was too late to find out that someone had changed!
Zhang Wangdi snorted, very satisfied with Su Man's tact, and swiftly pulled the red cloth over her head.
“Wait!”
Su Man pushed her hand away and slowly sat down on the chair.
"I accept the exchange marriage. Give me the betrothal money, dowry, and everything else."
Zhang Wangdi paused and angrily threw the veil at her face.
"You're not even married yet and you're already thinking of using the Su family's money to subsidize them? I've never met anyone more stupid than you. Calling you a money-loser is a compliment."
After scolding, he still felt unsatisfied and raised his hand to slap Su Man twice.
Su Man was not in a hurry. She looked outside and said loudly.
"You exchanged marriages behind my back and wanted to beat me to death. Okay, let the Lin family take Su Meimei back."
Zhang Wangdi looked at her miserable face and didn't dare to slap her with his palm as big as a palm fan.
Everyone in the village heard her shouting. How could the Su family face people in the future?
At this time, there was an urging voice outside the house.
"Old lady, Aunt Su, the bride hasn't come out yet? The Lin family is still waiting for the feast to begin!"
It was March and she was still wearing a coat. Zhao Fenglan was so anxious that she broke out in a cold sweat, fearing that Su Man would yell and call people in.
She pulled Zhang Wangdi away and pushed him into the back room.
"Mom, don't do it."
"Give it to her. Let Meimei marry into the Zhao family. From now on, all the gold and silver will belong to us."
After comforting Zhang Wangdi, she took out a stack of large unity wrapped in layers of handkerchiefs from the closet and stuffed it into Su Man's hand with a look of pain on her face.
"Mannier! After deducting the cost of the three hundred yuan betrothal gift from the Lin family, there's still two hundred and fifteen and thirty yuan left..."
Before she finished speaking, Su Man grabbed the money and counted it. After confirming that it was correct, she stuffed the money into her pocket, not leaving even three cents for Zhao Fenglan.
Zhao Fenglan's heart was bleeding. She forced a smile and handed her a quilt.
"This is a new cotton quilt. You and Meimei each have one. She left in a hurry and didn't have time to take it. You..."
I didn't prepare any dowry for her, so this is just a beautiful bed, which is a great bargain for this little girl.
"Oh, the mayor's family has everything, she needs nothing, give it to me!"
Su Man picked up both quilts without hesitation, and packed up the washbasin, thermos and other items that came with the dowry, then stood up and prepared to go out.
Zhao Fenglan was so angry at her rude look that she felt dizzy.
Even when the Japanese invaded the village, she couldn't plunder it thoroughly. Now she just wanted to get rid of this plague god as soon as possible and didn't bother to think about why Su Man seemed like a different person when she woke up.
She hurriedly took the veil and covered it, took a deep breath and opened the door.
"Her uncle, are you getting impatient?"
"My daughter is shy, so just send her to the bridal chamber. Don't let anyone in and scare her!"
The person who came to help the Lin family pick up the bride was Wang Daneng from their village. He nodded honestly and helped carry all the things onto the ox cart.
"Okay! Let's go!"
Zhao Fenglan waved her hands hurriedly: "Hurry up, hurry up."
Watching Su Man swaying away on the ox cart, Zhao Fenglan finally felt a little better.
The Zhao family came to pick up their bride in a four-wheeled cart, but what about the Lin family? A smelly ox cart.
Her family’s good days are yet to come!
As for Su Man? Either she will be beaten to death or become a widow. Hard times are waiting for her!
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