Chapter 53 Arranged Marriage vs. Free Marriage
Lin Guoqing will always remember the Chen Chunhua he met that day. Unlike the confident Chen Chunhua she was when she was promoting herself the day before, she was like a little beast on the verge of despair, nestling in a corner, waiting for her final suicide.
He also saw the ugly old man standing in the main room carrying a bag of pork. Combining the expression on Chen Chunhua's face, he instantly guessed his identity. He immediately grinned at Chen Chunhua.
"Chunhua, I'm here to marry you. My dad has brought all the betrothal money!"
When these words were spoken, the old and young pig butchers in the main room became unhappy.
"Chen Laicai, didn't you say your third daughter would marry into our family? Her name is Shen Chunhua, right? How come there's another guy who wants to marry her now? What? Can you sell one daughter to two families?"
Shen Laicai knew nothing. He glanced at Shen Chunhua fiercely, silently cursing her as a shameless little bitch, and then turned around and waved at Lin Guoqing like shooing away a fly.
"Go away, you little brat! My daughter has already been promised to someone else! Didn't you see this, my father-in-law?"
"How could you promise someone else anything? Have you registered your marriage? Have you transferred your household registration? How can you get married without anything? I brought my dad with me too, so he can be your father-in-law, too!"
Lin Guoqing was not afraid of the old man who was a generation older than him. His unreasonable words made Shen Laicai very angry.
"You're talking nonsense! I don't recognize you! It's my parents' order and the matchmaker's words. Who are your father and mother? It's my father-in-law!"
Lin Guoqing ignored him and shouted at Chen Chunhua in the corner, "Chunhua, say something! Are you going to marry me or this old fat pig?"
When the old butcher heard someone calling him an old fat pig, he got angry and started cursing and wanted to go up and attack.
Why didn't Chen Chunhua say anything? Because she was still in a daze. The situation changed a little quickly. She was of course surprised, but she really didn't expect Lin Guoqing's fighting ability to be so strong.
Look, that young butcher was kicked away by Lin Guoqing with one kick, and that old butcher, who looked so muscular, was so weak that he was knocked to the ground by Lin Guoqing in just two strokes. Chen Chunhua was stunned.
"Third sister! What are you doing? Mr. Lin asked you if you want to marry him!" Donghua pushed her anxiously before she came to her senses.
"Oh, oh, marry! Marry! Of course I have to marry!" Chen Chunhua hurriedly got up from the ground, picked up a chair not far away and swung it over, hitting Chen Xiasheng who wanted to attack Lin Guoqing from behind.
The person who was beaten, Shen Xiasheng, was dumbfounded, especially when he saw that it was Shen Chunhua who hit him with the chair. He habitually wanted to go up and slap her.
"Bitch Lanan...ah!"
As a result, he was kicked away by Lin Guoqing again, with the stick he had snatched from Shen Laicai in his hand.
Shen Qiusheng hid behind Qian Lai'er and trembled, not daring to move forward at all. He was only 13 years old, why should he get involved in the muddy water of adults?
At this point, Lin Guoqing won.
"Chunhua, will you marry me?"
"Lin Guoqing, I want to marry you!"
The two spoke to each other in unison, and after they finished speaking, Chen Chunhua couldn't stop crying.
In fact, it has not been more than 5 minutes since Lin Guoqing came in.
In these five minutes, Chen Chunhua experienced great ups and downs in her life. Just now, she really thought that today would be the day she would die.
Now, she feels that she can probably live a few more years.
Old Man Lin did not hold Lin Guoqing back. While his son was still fighting, he politely asked the leader of Zhenhe Village who brought them here,
"Captain Shen, this is a new society now. Are there still forced marriages in your village?"
Captain Shen, the one who was calling out at the door just now, didn't look very good either.
Nowadays, everyone’s marriage is arranged by their parents, but this is done in private. Even if the girl is not very happy, her family will coax her into agreeing in the end.
Even if he nodded reluctantly, it meant he agreed. Who could cause such a mess as Shen Laicai's family?
Chen Laicai had just been hit on the waist by Lin Guoqing with a stick, and fell flat on his face. When he got up, there was still some blood oozing from his mouth.
"You bastard, you son of a bitch, I'm fucking..."
He was still looking for something to do and his eyes had already glanced at the hoe in the corner when Captain Shen shouted at him.
"Shen Laicai! What are you doing? Are you planning to break the law?"
At this moment, the courtyard of Shen Laicai's house was already surrounded by people. In broad daylight, did he really want to see blood?
Don't say that he doesn't help his relatives. Lin Guoqing came here with a letter of introduction and certificate from Sihe Village, which means that he came to Zhenhe Village to marry a wife, and he had gone through a clear route there.
Whether or not to marry the wife is one thing, but if something goes wrong with her in their village, he will no longer be the team leader.
And the reputation of arranged marriages must not be allowed to spread to higher levels.
Since they are not from the same county, it would be an extra hassle for him to give gifts.
"This is a new society! We advocate for freedom of marriage, don't you know? What are you planning to do now? Stop your village beauty from finally getting married?"
"They're a couple that's finally getting married, so what's wrong with our family? We came with a betrothal gift! We came here to get my son a wife!"
The old butcher sat on the ground and shouted, and took out a stack of banknotes from his arms and showed it to people inside and outside the yard.
"170 yuan! This is the betrothal gift we agreed on with Shen Laicai before! Our family is sincere, okay?"
No one knows whether they are sincere or not, but everyone in the surrounding villages knows what the old pig-killing family is planning.
Including Captain Shen, he frowned fiercely when looking at the father and son. This Shen Laicai is really a piece of shit. He doesn't make good friends in the village, and he treats his own daughter so badly at home.
He ignored the old pig butcher's shouting and turned to look at Old Man Lin.
"If your son comes to marry a wife, has he brought the betrothal gift?"
Nowadays, there is no controversial issue about bride price. No matter whether you are rich or poor, you have to give some.
Old Man Lin nodded and slowly took out a stack of big unity notes.
"We brought 175 yuan. This was the amount the Shen family's daughter proposed herself. She said her parents had done her the greatest service in raising her. After she marries into our family, she'll become a member of our Lin family. There's no way to repay them, so we can only give them a little more money as a token of our gratitude for raising her."
He was reluctant to take out 180 yuan. He thought that every penny saved was the best. This money was the result of his family's frugality for several years. He also borrowed 30 yuan from his eldest daughter Lin Yulan's family.
I had originally planned to take a walk around the village in the morning to inquire about the reputation of the Shen family's daughter, but this prodigal son of his family was like an old house in anger, and he directly dragged the village chief over.
The money has been borrowed, the people have come, and the future in-laws have been offended. He can no longer take his daughter-in-law away completely. Even if he goes there, he will be scolded by his mother.
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