Chapter 9: Unreasonable 2
Xu Qingshan saw that the family seemed to have something to say, and saw something was wrong from their expressions, so he said: "Since the child is fine, I will send him home first."
After saying that, Xu Qingshan wanted to take Lu Yao away with him, but Gu Leyou was not happy about it. She stopped them and asked, "Where are you taking him? His father hasn't come back yet. If you take him home, he won't be safe alone at home."
After hearing this, Gu Haixiong became unhappy and started to scold him directly.
"Just shut up and go back to your room. I'm going to take a walk. I'll settle the score with you later."
Lu Yao was so scared that he started crying. Xu Qingshan quickly carried him away.
Gu Leyou wanted to chase him out, but was stopped by Lin. She advised, "My daughter, please let your father and I save some trouble. Listen to your father and don't cause any more trouble."
Faced with his family's sudden unreasonableness, Gu Leyou was helpless.
After the two of them left, the family of four closed the door again and talked openly about what happened between their daughter and the hunter.
"My daughter, your mother and I do not agree with this marriage. We will go to your grandmother tomorrow and cancel this marriage. You cannot marry her and take care of their children. That sickly girl will be a burden to you. As your parents, we certainly hope that you live a happy life, but we don't want you to live a hard life." Gu Haixiong said very calmly.
Lin also said: "We didn't understand this matter clearly at the time. If we had known, we would never have let your aunt go to the hunter to arrange this marriage. Now we regret it. Before he sends the betrothal gifts, we will go to him in person to cancel the marriage, so that you don't have to suffer in the future."
Gu Leyou was very helpless. There had been no peace these past few days. It was clearly a good thing they had agreed on, but now they were in the wrong and wanted to go back on their word. So why bother with this? She had no choice but to agree in the first place.
So she tried to reason.
"I don't agree. Why should your words be the truth? It was you who asked me to marry him in the first place, and it's you who are not letting me marry him now. You should act according to your conscience. I can't do something that goes against my conscience."
Gu Haixiong looked at his daughter in front of him and felt that she was a little different, but he couldn't tell what was different.
The quarrel in their house was quite loud, and some passers-by stopped in their tracks when they heard the noise, wanting to watch the fun.
There was a kind-hearted person who even went to the village chief's house.
After arriving at the village chief's house, he exaggerated the story.
"Village chief, please come with me to the home of the second son of the Gu family. There is a fight going on in their family and it is very loud. It cannot be resolved without you, the village chief, stepping in."
When the village chief heard that it was a family conflict, he became particularly kind-hearted and rushed to Gu Laoer's house with a few people.
Seeing that their door was closed, Gu Laoer's angry voice was heard from inside.
This really shows a disrespect for him as the village chief. He must take care of this matter.
The villagers who were watching the excitement even added fuel to the fire by saying, "Village chief, quickly tell them to open the door. There must be a fight going on. I just heard something breaking."
"Gu family second son, open the door quickly. I want to talk to you."
Hearing the noise at the door, this familiar voice, Gu Haixiong and Lin were a little confused. Why did the village chief come? What did he want to see them at this time?
With doubts, Gu Haixiong personally opened the door for the village chief.
Seeing the village chief and a group of people standing at the gate of their house, he had to put on a smile and welcome the village chief and the group of people in.
Mrs. Lin was very discerning and even poured tea for them all.
Seeing this, Gu Leyou immediately knelt in front of the village chief and begged him to seek justice.
She said with red eyes and a crying voice: "Village Chief, you should know everything about our family. Now my parents don't want me to marry Brother Lu because his child is sick. Please persuade my parents and let me decide on this marriage."
As soon as these words were spoken, people around began to talk about it again.
"This girl from the Gu family is really bold. How can a girl decide her own marriage? If this gets out, people will laugh at her. Doesn't her family have any adults?"
"That's right, I've said it before, this girl is a troublesome person. It seems that the Gu family will not be able to live a peaceful life in the future."
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Gu Haixiong listened to the discussions around him and went to pull up his daughter who was kneeling on the ground. He said sternly, "You troublesome girl, go back to your room immediately. Your mother and I can still decide your marriage. You don't need to worry about it."
But Gu Leyou was also a stubborn person, she just wouldn't get up. Actually, she didn't want to make such a big deal out of it at the beginning, but since the village chief already knew about it, she put the matter on the table and asked the village chief to make the decision, so that more people would know about it and her parents would not be able to object anymore.
The village chief sat there and watched the family arguing, which was really a mess, so he asked, "Second son of the Gu family, why didn't you let your daughter marry that hunter? Is it because he is a second marriage with a child?"
Lin knelt on the ground and cried, "As parents, how can we not consider our own children? Our daughter will become the stepmother of that child if she marries him? That child is a sickly child and needs to see a doctor and take medicine every day. It is enough for the hunter to support his child alone, how can he support my daughter?"
Seeing that his parents were so worried, Gu Leshu didn't know whether he should agree with them or stand with his sister, so he didn't express his opinion.
The village chief was moved by their words and asked, "Gu's girl, are you determined to marry that hunter?"
Gu Leyou said seriously, "That's right, village chief. Brother Hunter saved my life. Besides, my aunt has already negotiated with him. He has already agreed to it. If we go back on our word now, wouldn't that be unkind and unjust of us?"
The village chief was thoughtful after hearing this, then turned to the second son of the Gu family and his wife and said, "What the child said makes sense. Since it has been decided, we cannot go back on our word. What happened to your daughter has spread throughout the village. Now I guess even the whole town knows about it. Do you want her to die of old age at home?"
Hearing the village chief say this, Gu Haixiong had no choice but to put aside his prejudice and nodded helplessly.
At this time, a familiar voice was heard at the gate of the courtyard.
"If Gu's parents don't agree, I can also choose not to be with Miss Gu."
Everyone looked towards the gate of the courtyard. Lu Yan appeared somewhere without knowing when.
Gu Leyou quickly stood up with a worried look on his face.
It’s over, Brother Lu must have heard everything.
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