Chapter 1323 Reason for Refusing Marriage
Bai Dalang coughed lightly and said, "There's something I need to tell you. My aunt and the others came to our house this time with the intention of proposing a marriage between me and my cousin."
Bai Jilang's eyes widened, "You and your cousin?"
Bai Dalang nodded.
Bai Erlang said without thinking: "That won't work!"
He said, "If you marry my cousin, what if he never pays me back the money he owes me, or asks my cousin to pay it back?"
So was it his brother who returned the money to him, or was it Chen Bo who returned it to him?
Bai Shan and Man Bao burst into laughter and were also quite happy.
Bai Dalang sighed and said, "What can I do? My parents' orders, how can I disobey them?"
Bai Erlang, who was originally struggling over whether to lend the money or not, suddenly realized what was happening and stared at Bai Dalang with sharp eyes and said, "Brother, don't you like my cousin?"
Bai Shan and Man Bao also looked at him excitedly, but no one knew what they were excited about.
Bai Dalang coughed awkwardly and scolded, "Don't talk nonsense. What if my cousin hears it?"
Bai Erlang said, "There are only four of us in this room now. Even the servants are asleep. Who could have heard it?"
He immediately put the matter of borrowing money behind his mind, put his head on the bed and looked at his brother, and asked excitedly: "Brother, tell me, I will definitely not tell anyone else."
Bai Dalang hesitated for a moment and met three pairs of bright eyes. After all, they had been together day and night for half a year, and Bai Dalang now had a good relationship with them. Besides, he was young and still wanted to talk to them.
He sighed and said, "It's not that I don't like it, I'm just not very familiar with it."
Man Bao, who had experience accompanying his brother and sister-in-law on blind dates, said confidently: "My brother and sister-in-law didn't know each other well before they got married, but once they fell in love, they fell in love."
She quoted her fifth brother's words, "When I saw her, I knew at first sight that she was the one I would spend my life with."
Bai Dalang was stunned. "Do you feel this way?"
Manbao nodded.
Bai Shan said: "Can you imagine the days you will live in the future and feel anticipation and happiness from the bottom of your heart?"
Bai Dalang shook his head blankly. He didn't have that feeling.
Bai Shan said, "Forget it, you don't like your cousin from the Chen family."
Bai Dalang: "You speak as if you are very experienced."
Bai Shan smiled but said nothing, while Bai Erlang said, "He is more experienced than you."
Bai Dalang: ...
He looked at Bai Shan, then at Zhou Man, and finally heaved a long sigh, lying on the pillow and said: "Right now, I am not only hurt physically, but also sad."
Bai Shan encouraged him, "Brother, since you don't like it, you should talk to your uncle about it. Otherwise, if you rashly get engaged, it will not only be bad for you, but also unfair to your cousin from the Chen family."
Bai Dalang frowned, "But marriage is a matter of parents’ decision..."
Bai Erlang said, "If you don't like it, will Dad force you?"
He even reached out and patted Bai Dalang's chest, comforting him: "Don't worry, Dad won't force a wife on you."
Bai Dalang looked embarrassed and said nothing.
Bai Shan took a look and said, "Is my eldest cousin worried about my aunt?"
Bai Dalang whispered, "If I object too much, Mother might be sad."
Manbao said, "Then tell Mrs. Bai that if cousins marry, the children born may have defects and be prone to illness."
The other three turned to look at Manbao, confused and unsure, "Are you lying, or is it true?"
"Of course it's true," Manbao said, "Do you know how children come about?"
The young man and the two boys blushed. Bai Dalang coughed uncomfortably. Bai Shan said, "You'll have it after you get married."
Manbao glanced at him and said, "You can have a child even if you're not married. A child is the result of the blood and essence of two people. If I explain it in too much detail, you won't understand. I don't know how to explain it either, so let's just keep it simple."
She pointed at Bai Dalang and said, "Your blood is half your father's and half your mother's. The person closest to you in this world is not your father or mother, but Bai Er."
She had originally wanted to talk about genes, but she felt that no one would understand, so she switched the subject. This was not difficult to understand, and Bai Dalang and the other two nodded in agreement.
Manbao continued, "So by the same token, your uncle and your mother are also the closest blood relatives, right? Your cousin and you each inherited half from your father and mother..."
Bai Dalang continued to nod.
Man Bao said, "There are many things in a person's blood relationship. There's a saying that may not sound nice, but it's very appropriate: 'Dragon begets dragon, phoenix begets phoenix.' What does this mean?"
Bai Erlang said, "This shows that children of smart people are also smart!"
He glanced at Manbao and asked, "Everyone knows this, and then what? My eldest brother is smart, and my cousin doesn't look stupid either."
Manbao nodded with a serious expression, "That's right, but a person's bloodline not only includes wisdom or not, but also health. Both good and bad are contained in the bloodline."
Manbao said, "The simplest example is someone born with six fingers. He marries a wife and they have two children. One has six fingers, and the other has five. Why is that?"
The three of them became interested and asked together, "Why?"
"Because it's hereditary, but didn't the child with five fingers inherit his father's condition?" Manbao shook his head and said, "No, he also inherited the condition, but it hasn't manifested itself. If he marries another wife, the bloodline of his children will be diluted again. It's possible that no one with six fingers will appear in the next generation. There's also the possibility of atavism, but the probability is not very high."
"But if he marries his paternal cousin, or a descendant cousin who is related to his father, then the six-fingered bloodline in his child will be more pronounced, and there will be a greater chance of him giving birth to a child with six fingers."
Manbao asked, "Do you understand?"
The three brothers of the Bai family nodded blankly. Although it was a bit confusing, they still understood.
Bai Dalang swallowed his saliva and asked Bai Erlang, "I remember that neither my ancestors nor my maternal ancestors had six fingers, right?"
Bai Erlang nodded, "It seems that there is no record of it in the family tree."
Manbao glanced at them and said, "There are so many causes of disease in this blood, and it's not just six fingers. For example, there are diseases that affect the brain, the internal organs, breathing problems, short life span, and susceptibility to illness. Originally, if you marry someone unrelated, you will pass on several different causes of disease to your child, but they are so rare that they don't show up. They are defended by the body's instinct."
"But if you are related, then some of the causes of disease in your body will be repeated. When these repeated causes of disease are passed on to your children, one plus one will equal two, or even more than two, and then these causes of disease will manifest."
Bai Dalang swallowed as he listened.
Bai Erlang said thoughtfully, "Aren't your elder brother and his wife cousins?"
Manbao nodded. "Yes, that's why my second aunt wanted Lizhong to marry her granddaughter and I asked my eldest sister-in-law to refuse. Lizhong and his family are fine, but that doesn't mean their future children will be fine too."
Bai Erlang breathed a sigh of relief and comforted his brother, "Brother, it's okay. Look, Zhou Lizhong and the others are all fine. This shows that cousins don't necessarily get sick when they get married."
Bai Dalang wanted to kick him, but there were needles stuck in his feet and he couldn't move, so he had to give up.
See you tomorrow, um, more tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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