Chapter 202 You've Lost All My Face...
When Zhang Lanxiang heard Shang Ruolian and Qiao Yuan asking for 300 yuan in compensation, her originally firm heart began to waver.
Three hundred yuan is not a small amount. If they can really get this money, they will not have to worry about finding a wife after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Not only that, the family will have a lot of surplus.
Shang Ruolian asked Qiao Yuan for 300 yuan because she wanted to take the money and leave Sihe Village. Now that the turmoil is over, the country will soon allow the existence of individual businesses.
At that time, she can use the three hundred yuan as capital to do some small business. When she has more money in the future, she can take advantage of her rebirth to seize the opportunity and make more money.
This was also another path she found for herself after her college dream was shattered.
Looking at Zhang Lanxiang and Shang Ruolian's expressions that were obsessed with money, Qiao Yuan's annoyance towards them increased a lot.
However, even if he racked his brains, he couldn't think of a way to get three hundred yuan.
"I really can't come up with three hundred yuan. Can you change the terms?"
Shang Ruolian asked for three hundred, which seemed to be a bargain to him.
If someone asked her to change the conditions, how could Shang Ruolan agree? What she needed most at the moment was money.
But she knew Qiao Yuan's situation well, so it was indeed difficult for her to get him to give her three hundred yuan.
However, she doesn't intend to give up.
"Since this is the case, I have no other choice but to do as my mother said and get married."
"It's okay to get married, but your family can't just not show any support, right?"
"At least you need a house in the city. I heard city folks have this thing called 'three turns and one ring' when they get married. You have to prepare for that, right?"
When Qiao Yuan heard Shang Ruolian mention marriage, his scalp went numb. As for what she said afterwards about 'three turns and one ring', he didn't hear it at all.
In his heart, nothing is more important than not marrying Shang Ruolian.
"No, we can't get married."
Shang Ruolan had just proposed marriage just to provoke him.
Seeing that his provocation had worked, he stretched out his hand in front of Qiao Yuan and said, "Okay, give me three hundred yuan and we'll be even."
Qiao Yuan felt a helplessness he had never felt before. He squatted on the side, his hands unconsciously inserted into his hair, making his hairstyle, which was not very good-looking to begin with, look like a bird's coop.
"Let me think about it."
Shang Ruolan didn't intend to push too hard.
"Okay, give me your answer tomorrow morning. It's your choice whether to get compensation or marry me."
Qiao Yuan didn't say anything, just squatted there and thought about things silently.
Seeing that the two had almost finished their conversation, Zhang Lanxiang pulled Shang Ruolan away.
Because of what just happened, the mother and daughter had no mood to go to the threshing ground to watch the fun, and walked back home with their heads down.
As the saying goes, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels a thousand miles. Although those women took the hush money from Zhang Lanxiang, they still secretly told the matter to some close friends.
As time went by, before the celebration was over, almost everyone in Sihe Village knew about the scandal between Shang Ruolian and Qiao Yuan.
Especially some gossips, after hearing about this incident, they would add some untrue things when spreading it, so that the story of Shang Ruolian and Qiao Yuan was spread into several other versions.
Some people say that Qiao Yuan and Shang Ruolian have been in love for a long time, and what happened today is definitely not the first time.
Some people also said that Shang Ruolian also followed the example of Shang Ruonan and hooked up with educated youth so that she could become a city dweller.
Especially after her detention ended, she knew that her reputation was ruined, so she could only use such despicable means to seduce Qiao Yuan.
Then he deliberately let Zhang Lanxiang take people to capture the female prostitute in order to achieve his goal of getting Qiao Yuan to marry her...
Shang Lichun didn't know about the plan of Zhang Lanxiang and her daughter. After hearing all the discussions, no matter how thick-skinned he was, he couldn't show up in public.
He returned home angrily, grabbed Zhang Lanxiang's hair and beat her up.
"You bitches... look at what you've done. You've made me lose all my face..."
"See if I don't beat you to death today..."
Zhang Lanxiang was beaten so hard that she screamed in pain.
"Ahhhhhh... Shang Lichun, you bastard... you're going to beat me to death..."
"You dare to hit me... I'm going to fight you today..."
The two of them were fighting in the yard, and Shang Ruolan walked out of the house in annoyance.
"Stop arguing... Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"
Shang Jianguo also came out of his room lazily and rubbed his eyes which were still difficult to open.
"What are you arguing about? I'm still sleeping..."
After hearing the voices of his children, Shang Lichun gradually stopped beating people, grabbed Zhang Lanxiang's hair and threw her aside.
Zhang Lanxiang lost her balance and slammed hard into her own fence.
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