"Grandma knows you're a good boy, but Grandma is all better now, so she should get some exercise."
"Then you can do some light work."
"Red then—"
Grandma Ning wanted to say something to persuade Ning Hongze, but suddenly a noisy noise came from the doorway.
One of the female voices, in particular, was shrill.
"You little brat, how dare you take advantage of my daughter! Let me tell you, this is not over between our two families."
What?
After clearly hearing the voice the person spoke, Ning Hong raised an eyebrow.
He hurriedly pushed open the door and went out.
Then they saw Mr. and Mrs. Qian walking towards their house, cursing and swearing.
Qian's mother was still holding Qian Duo's braid in her hand, and her eyes were filled with dissatisfaction as she looked at her.
As for his younger brother Ning Anuo, he was dragged away by Qian's father, his face covered in bruises and even scratches.
“What are you doing—” Ning Hong’s eyes darkened slightly.
“Ning Hongze, even if you two brothers are orphaned and have no mother to care for you, you should still keep your younger brother in check. He’s so young, yet he’s already taking advantage of my daughter.”
"I don't."
Ning Anuo called out.
“Yes, Anuo didn’t take advantage of me. Father, Mother, don’t talk nonsense.”
With such a huge uproar, have they even considered the issue of her reputation?
"You still say you didn't, but I clearly saw you tearing at his clothes."
“I just wanted to check if he was hurt. He rolled down from there to save me.”
Because Qianjin wanted to eat fresh wild fruits, she went up the mountain to pick them. However, because she hadn't eaten enough and was too hungry, she accidentally stepped into a hole.
Ning Anuo happened to see it.
However, due to the great force of the impact, she pulled Ning Anuo down with her.
Fortunately, they weren't in a very high position.
Fortunately, the ground below was soft mud, without any rocks or anything like that.
Ning Anuo had always protected her, so she naturally worried about whether Ning Anuo was injured.
Thinking of this, she disregarded the fact that it was broad daylight and prepared to check his wound.
"I'm fine, don't worry."
Ning Anuo held Qian Duo's hand, her mind still a little dazed, but she subconsciously wanted to comfort him.
But before the two of them could say anything more?
Suddenly, Qian Duo's mother appeared and grabbed Qian Duo's braid tightly.
"You shameless wretch, have you no shame? What are you doing? If you have no shame, don't drag your family down with you."
A couple of villagers had gathered around, pointing and whispering about them. Their behavior was indeed rather unseemly.
When Qian Duo's mother saw that the people who had gathered around were all notorious gossipy women in the village, she became even more furious and slapped one of them hard.
With a "smack," Qian Duo's face swelled up, which also brought An Nuo back to her senses, who was still somewhat dazed from the fall.
He struggled to sit up, reached out and touched Qian Duo's swollen face, glaring angrily at Qian Duo's mother.
"How dare you hit her?"
"I am her mother. She deserves to be beaten for doing something that disgraces the family." Although Qian Duonian was a little scared, she still shouted defiantly when she saw Anuo's fierce appearance.
"And you, you dare to touch her."
"You hit someone, and you still think you're right?"
“I’m her mother, so what if I hit her? We’ll not only hit her, we’ll hit you too.”
"No, no, Mother, it's my fault, it has nothing to do with Anuo." Qian Duo hurriedly stood in front of Anuo, "You can hit me all you want." Anyway, she was used to being hit.
"You have a lot of money—get out of the way, I want to have a serious talk with them."
"Annuo, no, don't do this, it's okay, it's okay." As long as Anuo is alright, that's all that matters. She was just too worried, which is why she did that.
It's important to understand that such actions do indeed damage one's reputation.
However, if the Qian family could be reasoned with, then they wouldn't be the Qian family.
Then came this scene—
“Aunt Qian, since you keep saying that my brother ruined Qian Duo’s reputation, then let’s do this: I’ll let him marry Qian Duo.”
"What did you say?" Qian's mother was stunned.
“Yes, I’ll marry Qian Duo. Since you think I’ve ruined Qian Duo’s reputation, then I’ll marry Qian Duo.” Anuo grabbed Qian Duo’s hand. Seeing that Qian Duo wanted to say something, he squeezed Qian Duo’s hand hard and felt that Qian Duo’s palm was full of calluses. His heart tightened suddenly.
He is still young and doesn't understand love or romance, nor does he understand that he feels heartache right now. But he is certain that he doesn't want to see Qian Duo get hurt again.
Because that would hurt him.
"Well, so you still say there's nothing between you two?" If there's nothing, why would he so easily say he wants to marry her?
A little kid, and he wants to marry her?
That's a complete joke.
"Uncle Qian, please don't say that. Didn't you say it yourself? As a man, I naturally have to take responsibility."
"I am not—"
He's here to ask for money, not to marry off his daughter.
He's supposed to be a grown man, but he's not even fully grown yet.
"Uncle Qian, you're not here just to ask for money, are you? You don't disregard your daughter's reputation, do you?" Ning Hong asked bluntly.
"ah--"
That was indeed what he thought, but after Ning Hongze said that, he suddenly found himself unable to say it.
Oh no, they seem to have made a mistake.
Actually, they should have come secretly so they could have discussed the money with the Ning family. With so many people watching, if they only asked for money, the whole village would probably look down on them.
“Yes, Lao Qian, since they’ve said that, you should just agree. We’re all from the same village, why make things so awkward?”
"Old Qian, you've ruined your reputation with all this money. You won't be able to marry into a good family in the future. You might as well just marry into the Ning family."
“Yes, Lao Qian, I promise I will definitely treat your daughter well, like my own granddaughter,” Grandma Ning quickly chimed in. “I promise I will keep my word.”
She really liked the little maid, Qian Duo.
Although the rest of the Qian family weren't very good, she still liked the two girls in the Qian family very much.
Hearing the Ning family say this, Qian Duo blushed involuntarily and tried to break free from Ning Anuo's hand, but Ning Anuo held on tightly and refused to let go easily.
"Annuo, let me go first." More and more people were watching. Even though Qian Duo felt a little happy, she couldn't stand the pointing and whispering of others. Moreover, she was afraid that her family would suddenly attack Anuo.
"Sure, if your family wants to marry someone with lots of money, fine, bring the money. It's not unreasonable for us to ask for some dowry, is it?"
How many do you want?
Ning Hong then asked again.
"It doesn't need to be much, just fifty taels of silver, and I'll give you the money."
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