Everyone in the room, except Mo Yuan, stared at Lin Xue with expressions of horror.
His mouth was so wide open you could fit several eggs inside!
For a moment, the room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop; it was eerily quiet!
Everyone's first reaction was, "Oh no, this girl's brain has been damaged by the water, she's started talking nonsense!"
The county has already issued a document, and this last batch of educated youth can return to the city soon. At this critical juncture, many educated youth who have already settled down are fighting tooth and nail for this spot, doing all sorts of despicable things. Recently, all the divorce cases involve these people! There are plenty of them who have abandoned their wives and children, or rather, abandoned their husbands and children!
Logically speaking, someone like Lin Xue comes from a well-off family; her parents are reportedly intellectuals. Last year, with the help of relatives, she was exonerated and returned to the city. She should have been back in Shanghai long ago, but I don't know why it's been delayed until now.
But at this crucial juncture, this incident occurred. The reason everyone was trying to persuade Lin Xue was that although her reputation was somewhat damaged, once she returned to the city, these things would disappear and no one would know about them, so it shouldn't have much of an impact!
Nobody expected the other option: Lin Xue would marry Mo Yuan, a street hustler!
But to everyone's surprise, Lin Xue actually agreed!
Apart from Lin Xue, who looked resigned to her fate, Mo Yuan was the only one in the room who was completely unsurprised by this!
In her previous life, it was the same scene, and Lin Xuexin was so heartbroken that she could accept the conditions for marriage!
Everyone was surprised; they hadn't expected things to go so smoothly. Even Yu Xiu'e, who always doted on her son, was somewhat flustered.
"Child, no! Lin Zhiqing, why don't you think about it again?"
Mo Youshan was also taken aback. He pulled out a somewhat worn blue checkered handkerchief from his pocket, hurriedly opened it, and handed it to Lin Xue.
"Yes, Lin Zhiqing, think about it again? Here's eighty yuan. Take it and buy some nutritional supplements to help you recover. Consider it our family's apology, okay? Let's not make a big deal out of this! You'll be going back to the city in a few days. It's better than being stuck in this little mountain village for the rest of your life!"
Everyone had the same thought: Lin Xue marrying Mo Yuan? That would be like a beautiful flower stuck in cow dung! What a waste!
Even they, as parents, couldn't bear it!
Seeing Mo Youshan and his wife like this, Lin Xue felt somewhat gratified.
There were some things she couldn't say. Thinking of her parents' letters, she felt a pang of sadness. This poor mountain village offered little hope, but that cold, big city...
For me, it might be an even more hopeless abyss!
Originally, I only had two choices: find someone to marry or commit suicide!
Unexpectedly, even his desire to die failed, and he was saved by Mo Yuan. Is this fate?
The reason she agreed was because of Mo Yuan's family. Mo Youshan was known for being honest and kind, and Yu Xiu'e was sharp-tongued but kind-hearted; they weren't bad people.
Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to persuade myself earlier; Mo Yuan's eldest brother and sister-in-law, and second sister, aren't bad people either.
Although Mo Yuan is a scoundrel, at least he's young and decent-looking. Most importantly, he's better than a perverted old man who abuses and beats his wife at will, drives her to her death, and then remarries, even though he's more than twenty years older than him.
I would rather die than accept that kind of marriage!
With such a harmonious family, life won't be too difficult!
At worst, we'll go our separate ways and live our lives like this forever!
Lin Xue has resigned herself to her fate!
"Uncle, Aunt, I've made up my mind, I'm willing to marry into your family!"
Then she turned to Mo Yuan beside her and said without any emotion, "Mo Yuan, will you marry me?!"
"Whoosh!"
Everyone in the room looked at Mo Yuan. No one expected things to develop to this point, but it was just that absurd!
A beautiful young woman, about to return to the city, actually asked a country bumpkin if he would marry her. For this, she was willing to give up her promising future. She knew that once she got married, she wouldn't be able to leave! She would have to suffer poverty and hardship in the countryside for the rest of her life!
But everyone also secretly breathed a sigh of relief; it was all the better that the matter could be resolved so satisfactorily!
Seeing Lin Xue's insistence, Mo Youshan and Yu Xiu'e were overjoyed; she seemed like an excellent choice for a daughter-in-law.
You couldn't find one even with a lantern! My third son actually got such good luck and picked up such a delicate city girl!
So much so that before Mo Yuan could react, Mo Youshan made the decision first.
"Alright! Daughter, since you're so sincere about marrying me, my Mo family can't let you down! We'll do it the way you do in the city government offices: 288 yuan, plus 'three turns and one sound' (referring to a radio, a watch, and a dial indicator). Even if we have to sell everything we own, we'll make sure you're welcomed into our home in style!"
The others looked at the excited Mo Youshan with surprise. Wasn't this the time when he was cursing the old Wang family's daughter as if she were made of gold?
Lin Xue was also surprised by the other party's high level of attention and generous spending. In those days, not to mention anything else, a Phoenix bicycle cost 156 yuan nationwide, a Shanghai watch cost 120 yuan, and a Shanghai sewing machine cost 185 yuan. And that was just the price of the "three turns and one sound" (referring to a bicycle, a sewing machine, a radio, and a watch); you also needed ration coupons!
Add to that the dowry of 288 yuan that Mo Youshan mentioned, and it will be 600 or 700 yuan!
The production team leader only earns ten yuan a month, and the ordinary worker in the factory earns only about thirty-six yuan a month!
Six or seven hundred yuan is a huge sum for the Mo family! They'd have to sell everything they own and borrow money from all over the place!
This shows that the other members of the Mo family are quite good. Hopefully, this choice was the right one!
Now, things have finally been resolved satisfactorily. All that's needed is for Mo Yuan to nod his head, and the marriage will be settled!
Not only did a bad thing turn into a good thing, but Mo Yuan also didn't have to take responsibility and go to jail, and he even married such a beautiful educated youth that you couldn't find even with a lantern!
The choice is obvious, even to a fool!
Everyone was in a relaxed mood now, no longer looking gloomy.
They all looked at Mo Yuan.
We're just waiting for him to nod his head so we can all sit down and discuss the details of the engagement and wedding!
Mo Yuan glanced around; apart from Lin Xue, who seemed somewhat uneasy, everyone else was looking at him with obvious delight.
I'm just waiting for myself to agree!
Second Sister Hongxia couldn't help but tease, "You toad really got to eat swan meat! Hurry up and say yes, how can you keep a girl waiting?"
"Slap!" A slap resounded!
"Thump!" Mo Yuan knelt down!
"I'm sorry!" He was apologizing to Lin Xue.
Huh? It's not that I wanted to? It's that I'm sorry?
The second sister looked at Mo Yuan with suspicion, a sense of foreboding rising in her heart!
"Could it be?!" Hongxia roared, pointing at Mo Yuan on the ground!
"Mo Yuan! What are you doing?! Don't be ungrateful! Or I'll break your legs!"
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