Chapter 8: Exchange of Marriage

The next day, the Fu family came to propose marriage.

Jiang Ting was on guard against Jiang Yu, so she dug her out of the quilt early in the morning and asked her to stay out for a while.

Jiang Yu felt that she was very ill, "They have to eat at home. I'm going out now. Will you come back for lunch?"

Finally, Jiang Ting gritted her teeth and stuffed two yuan into her pocket, asking her to eat outside.

Jiang Yu reluctantly agreed, called Wang Yunshan, and went to the commune to eat two bowls of noodles.

After strolling around the commune for a while, the two strolled home.

"It's really hot today. If it weren't for this bite of food, I wouldn't come out with you." Wang Yunshan's face was flushed from the sun.

Jiang Yu was even more exaggerated, and her cheeks were faintly sunburned.

When they returned to Nanhe Village, they met the Fu family at the entrance of the village.

Jiang Yu recognized Fu Xiangyang at a glance. The two looked at each other. He couldn't hide the surprise in his eyes, and even stared blankly.

He even walked forward and blocked Jiang Yu's way.

"Comrade, what's your name? I...I..."

Fu Xiangyang's parents stood behind him, already showing their displeasure.

His mother said with a stern face: "Xiangyang, what are you doing."

Fu Xiangyang's fair cheeks flushed, and he turned his face away embarrassedly, not daring to say that he was attracted by her beauty.

Jiang Yu despised him in his heart. He had just made an engagement with Jiang Ting, but he could still stare at other lesbians.

"These are the in-laws, right? I am Jiang Yu, Jiang Ting's eldest sister."

Fu's family members immediately changed their faces.

Even Fu Xiangyang looked regretful, with a complex look in his eyes, looking at Jiang Yu with pity and sympathy. He

looked down on her, as if to say: If you were more diligent and proactive, you would be the one marrying into the city today.

This look made Jiang Yu feel disgusted.

His mother did not hide the disgust in her eyes, and raised her chin high.

"My dear, I have something to tell you from the bottom of my heart. Girls should restrain themselves and not show up all day long. No elders like such daughters-in-law because they are good-looking and flirt with other men. You should learn from your sister and be more diligent."

Jiang Yu pulled the corner of her lips, "Aunt, I also have something to tell you from the bottom of my heart. Women have been liberated. Those feudal ideas are not good and will be criticized. If you are good-looking, you will always attract bees and butterflies. I envy you for not having this worry."

After saying that, she stopped looking at the faces of the Fu family, passed by Fu Xiangyang, and quickened her pace to go home.

Before she reached the door of the house, her younger sister Jiang Xin rushed out.

Wang Meili felt that it was not enough after giving birth to Jiang Hao, and wanted to fight for another son, so she had her little daughter Jiang Xin.

Jiang Xin is ten years old and still in primary school.

"Big sister!"

"What are you doing? You're running so fast." Jiang Yu stretched out his hand to catch her.

Jiang Xin pulled her to the back of the mountain, which meant that he wanted to tell her a secret.

Wang Yunshan followed them and wanted to listen.

"Big sister, I heard my brother talking about his girlfriend."

Jiang Yu didn't react. Jiang Hao had been talking to his girlfriend since junior high school. Later, both of them failed to get into high school and never broke up.

Jiang Hao is nineteen years old this year, which is not unusual for him to get married in the countryside.

"And then, are they getting married?"

Jiang Yu's words came true, and Jiang Xin nodded vigorously.

"I heard that my brother's girlfriend wants a betrothal gift of three hundred yuan!"

Wang Yunshan was stunned: "It would be faster to rob her!"

Three hundred, enough to marry a fairy.

Jiang Yu frowned, "Mom can't give it to me. We don't have

300 yuan." She remembered that Jiang Hao's girlfriend was Du Juan, also from the countryside. Why did they make such a big deal about asking for 300 yuan in betrothal gifts? "She said she won't marry if you don't give it to her." Jiang Yu rolled her eyes, "If she doesn't want to marry, then she won't marry. Who's begging her?" Jiang Xin said, "My brother begged her. He said he couldn't live without her." Jiang Yu used to look down on Jiang Hao and was not interested in his affairs. But when Jiang Xin talked about it, she realized that this matter had something to do with her. Wang Meili felt sorry for Jiang Hao and always asked for whatever she wanted from him. When he made a fuss, his mother felt sorry for him. But there was no 300 yuan in the family, even if Jiang Ting's 50 yuan betrothal gift was added, there was still no 300 yuan. At this time, Jiang Ting came out and said, "Switch the bride! Marry Jiang Yu over, and then marry Du Juan over, then there will be no need for a bride price." Wang Meili frowned, "Du Juan has two brothers, both of whom are married, how can there be a bride price swap!" But Jiang Ting's words hit Jiang Hao's heart, because he had been thinking about this idea for a long time. She stood up and said, "Mom, Du Juan has an uncle, and his previous wife died. Du Juan's family said that as long as my eldest sister is married over, Du Juan will not need a bride price." Wang Meili immediately rejected the proposal, "No! Her uncle is so old, and if Jiang Yu is married over, our family will be laughed at!" It sounds inappropriate for the younger daughter to marry in the city and the older daughter to marry a widower. Jiang Hao immediately threw up and rolled over: "Is face more important, or is your son more important! I think you just don't love me, I might as well die!" He made a fuss, and no matter how much he disagreed in his heart, Wang Meili had to agree. From beginning to end, no one cared whether Jiang Yu would agree or not. It seemed that the only value of her existence was whether she could be exchanged for money. Wang Yunshan spat fiercely and kicked the stone next to her away. "Just like my parents, they are worse than animals!" Jiang Xin looked pitiful, took out the two cents she had saved for a long time, and stuffed it into Jiang Yu. "Sister, you should run away quickly, don't marry your sister-in-law's second uncle." Jiang Yu was really heartbroken at first, because they were her own mother and brother. On second thought, they were originally this kind of people, so she was not surprised.

Seeing Jiang Xin's reluctant expression but still reluctantly stuffing the money into her hands, Jiang Yu was finally driven away without any unhappiness.

No one planned for her, so she had to plan for herself.

Not only for herself, but also for Jiang Xin, who had not grown up yet.

If she was really sold out by Wang Meili in the end, she would never let Jiang Xin go her own way.

"Don't worry, I know what's going on." She stuffed the two dimes back into Jiang Xin's pocket and turned to go home.

After taking two steps, she stopped and looked back at Wang Yunshan.

"Yunshan, your parents are the same as mine, neither of them is a good person. Instead of waiting for them to make plans, you might as well find someone you like, marry him, and go far away."

Wang Yunshan stood there in a daze, her eyes slightly red, stubbornly refusing to shed tears.

"What are you going to do?"

Jiang Yu pretended to be relaxed: "I still have my aunt to support me, what am I afraid of."

Wang Yunshan nodded, "Go find your aunt. If you are going to marry someone old and ugly in the end, you might as well find someone from the city."

Jiang Yu chuckled and waved his hand.

"Don't worry."

She knew how to adjust herself. If she was a sensitive and sentimental person, she would have been driven to death by Wang Meili's words.

Jiang Yu hummed a little tune and walked into the house, and saw Jiang Ting's smug face.

She deliberately walked in front of Jiang Yu as if to show off.

"My marriage with Fu Xiangyang is settled."

Jiang Yu said, not really caring.

Jiang Ting didn't see the reaction she wanted to see, and followed Jiang Yu, trying her best to show off.

"His parents are very satisfied with me and are looking forward to my marriage. But don't worry, your marriage is almost settled. You will be very happy when your parents tell you."

Jiang Yu fell silent. She couldn't understand why Jiang Ting hated her so much.

The two sisters didn't have a good relationship, but they didn't have a deep hatred.

Jiang Yu rubbed his palms, which were a little itchy, and turned around and slapped Jiang Ting in the face.

Jiang Xin was stunned. This was the first time she saw Jiang Yu hitting someone.

Jiang Ting covered her face in disbelief, but the pain on her face reminded her that she was really beaten by Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu rubbed his red palms, his tone was cold and indifferent: "I just saw Fu Xiangyang at the entrance of the village. I am so beautiful that he was stunned and even came over to ask my name. Jiang Ting, if I go to the city to find Fu Xiangyang now, will he be willing to marry you or me?"

Jiang Ting's eyes were filled with tears and deep hatred. She

yelled fiercely: "You dare!"

Jiang Yu lowered his eyes and glanced at her contemptuously.

"It's not whether I dare or not, but whether I want to. If you force me into a dead end, I will leave you with no way out. So that you can see in the end whether it is you or me who will marry Du Juan."