Chapter 1 Sister
The sound of the wind outside brought the noisy atmosphere of toasting and drinking outside through the window. The bride inside the house entangled her fingers, seeming a little impatient and a little uneasy.
The veil shook, and the bride raised her head. She touched her sleeves, and there was a long bulge hidden inside.
The bride sat like this, and finally, after an unknown amount of time, the door was pushed open from the outside. The night wind was cold, wrapped in a refreshing and cold fragrance, and entered the wedding room.
The footsteps gradually came closer, until the bride saw a pair of feet from under the veil, mostly covered by the hem of the clothes, but the hem looked luxurious, not like the high-end stuff that this family could afford.
The bride held her breath and saw a pair of bony hands lift up the veil, and then lift it up and open it. The moment the veil was opened, the bride jumped up, took out a dagger from her sleeve, and stabbed the man.
Yu Chi had obviously expected it. He turned around and came behind the bride. He put his hands around the bride's waist, hugged her in his arms, and whispered in her ear.
"Miss Yu, you are so fierce~"
The voice was low and echoed in her ears, making her earlobes blush.
This voice was not from that beast Li Ergou. The bride turned around and saw an extremely beautiful face. The fox eyes looked at him deeply with a smile. He didn't know this person.
Seeing that he was distracted, Yu Chi pinched the soft flesh on his waist with his hand, bent down, carried the man on his shoulders, and walked out of the wedding room with a swagger.
The man on his shoulders felt uncomfortable in the abdomen and hit Yu Chi's back.
"Who are you? What are you doing?"
Yu Chi carried the man through the path and walked to the front hall. The front hall, which was bustling just now, was now silent, with only the sound of the wind.
Yu Chi's voice, with a smile, was transmitted to the ears of the man on his shoulders along with the sound of the wind.
"I'm so lonely, I'm here to snatch a wife to warm my bed."
"Brother! I'm a man! A man!!"
He clenched his fist and punched Yu Chi on the back with such force that Yu Chi groaned in pain.
"I know, I'm not blind, I just like men."
They walked out of the Li family compound so brazenly. People on the road were also confused when they saw that the man in wedding clothes carried by Yu Chi was a man, which made them even more confused.
In this slightly lively village, tonight is the day when Li Ergou of the Li family marries Yu Xiaoniang, and almost everyone in the village knows it.
But this method of marrying someone is not good, it is a form of force and not many people are optimistic about it. However, the Li family is a big family in the village and has some connections with the higher-ups. No one dares to provoke them, so no one dares to say anything, for fear of being implicated. No one stands up to oppose or stop it.
Yu Chi carried the "young wife" that he had just robbed to the west, and finally stopped at the gate of a simple courtyard and put her down. When the "young wife" landed, she wanted to punch Yu Chi again, but she was stunned when she saw the courtyard, because this was his home.
At the gate of the courtyard, a girl was holding a green lantern, her eyebrows and eyes were smiling, her eyes were slightly red, but she still tilted her head and smiled at the "young wife".
"Ajue, let's go home."
She turned to Yu Chi and said, "Thank you, sir, for bringing Ajue back for me."
Yu Chi waved her hand and walked into the house, saying that she wanted the girl to pour her a cup of tea, saying that her brother's beating hurt her.
Yu Ajie pulled Gu Jue into the house with Yu Chi, apologizing to Yu Chi as they walked.
"I'm sorry, Ajue has caused you trouble."
Gu Jue didn't know what was going on. He only knew that the warmth of his sister's palm was transmitted to his body through their clasped hands, and it was very warm. His
sister asked someone to take him home. He beat that person, but his sister didn't blame him or say that he was reckless. Instead, she smiled and apologized for him.
Yu Chi sat on the bench, rubbed the shoulder where he had just carried Gu Jue, pursed his lips, and saw the siblings come in. He looked at Gu Jue behind Yu Ajie with a pair of fox eyes and asked him to change his wedding clothes.
Yu Ajie poured tea for Yu Chi, and the tea in the teapot was still steaming.
"It's getting late, I guessed you might be back, so I made tea in advance. Thank you for tonight, young master."
Yu Chi took a sip of the tea and stopped, still as bitter as in the morning.
The incident tonight really started in the morning. At that time, Yu Chi had just arrived in this village. The village was quite prosperous. He walked along the way, stopping to look at the various snacks and trinkets on the stalls.
Then he saw four words:
Selling oneself to save brother.
He had seen many people selling themselves to bury their fathers, but this was the first time he saw someone selling oneself to save brother. He found it a bit novel, so he stopped.
Yu's elder sister knelt there upright, her back straight. On the wooden board in front of her were written the four big words "Selling oneself to save brother". She did not cry or shout, but just knelt quietly.
Until she saw someone standing in front of her, she raised her eyes and met Yu Chi's face with a slight smile.
Yu Chi knew that since she was talking about saving her brother, her brother must have offended someone, or was in critical condition, etc.
Usually, such requests are either for medical skills, rights, or force.
But Yu Chi had no morals, no power, and no force. He had only a little medical skills and a little money, and a few hundred million yuan, so he didn't care about reason.
He stopped because he thought it was interesting. After all, the girl didn't say anything, but just knelt here with the sign, which was abrupt in the hustle and bustle of the street. He
asked the girl: "Since you want to save your brother, why don't you shout a few times to let people notice you? Maybe this will be more effective?"
After all, not everyone can stop and ask a question or two out of curiosity.
The girl said, "This village is so small. Although it is quite lively, after living here for a long time, I know almost everyone in the streets and alleys. They won't help me."
Yu Chi asked, "Then why are you still kneeling here?"
The girl replied, "I am waiting for a stranger who is curious like you."
Yu Chi followed the girl home. The girl poured him a cup of tea. The tea was rich in color and bitter. Yu Chi only took a sip and stopped drinking.
The girl also told him the whole story.
It turned out that Li Ergou from the Li family at the head of the village saw that the girl was pretty and beautiful, and he had lustful thoughts about marrying her as a concubine, but the girl was unwilling.
After being rejected several times, Li Ergou became angry and directly asked a matchmaker to carry the betrothal gifts to the girl's house. The girl asked the people to carry them back, saying that she would not accept them, but no one listened.
At this time, the girl's brother who had been away all year round came back and threw those things and the matchmaker out.
The next day, a new matchmaker came back with the betrothal gifts that Gu Jue had thrown out the day before, along with a promissory note.
Their family owed the Li family a total of 102 taels and 371 coins, which was owed when their mother was in poor health.
The Li family told Sister Yu not to be ungrateful and to accept them if they were given face, and she had to marry even if she didn't want to.
It is said that the son should pay the father's debt, so this debt naturally fell on Sister Yu and Gu Jue, but they could not come up with such a large amount of money, more than one hundred taels of silver.
More than one hundred taels, enough for her and Gu Jue to spend for several years, but she could not come up with it.
Sister Yu sat at the head of the bed with the IOU all night, unable to think of any other way. The amount of money she owed was too large, and no one would lend her money.
Recently, she had accepted her fate. The next day, the Li family sent a set of wedding dresses, saying that two days later was a good day, and they would send a sedan chair to pick her up.
The good people in the village advised Sister Yu to be content when they saw her, after all, the Li family had already hung up the red silk and prepared the banquet in the past two days.
Sister Yu chuckled, "That's great, then you go get married?"
The man shut up. People outside thought that the Li family had given Sister Yu enough face. After all, to marry a concubine, one only needed to pick a quiet time at night, send a sedan chair, and carry the person in through the side door.
When the day came and the sound of suona and drums outside reached the door, Sister Yu finally got up and went to get the wedding dress, but found that it was missing.
When she was about to go out to look for it, she found that the door was also locked from the outside.
The loud gongs and drums and suona gradually faded away, and she realized that her brother had done something stupid and took her place in the sedan chair.