Chapter 8: Proposal
"Is Qingwan at home?"
There was a knock on the door outside the courtyard.
"Who is it?" Lin Qingwan, who was cleaning the yard, put down the broom in her hand, walked over and opened the door, looking at Li Cuicui at the door: "Oh, it's Sister Li. What do you want to talk to me about?"
Li Cuicui is the wife of An Daming from the west side of the village. She likes to gossip about other people. Because Lin Qingwan was delicate and frail, and people often gossiped about her, they never associated with her.
"Where's Ranran?" Li Cuicui walked in without waiting for Lin Qingwan to call her in: "Qingwan, let me tell you. This is a big happy event, let Ranran come out quickly."
Lin Qingwan looked puzzled: "What big happy event is going to happen to my family, Ranran?"
An Ran heard the noise and walked out of the house.
Li Cuicui's eyes lit up when she saw An Ran, and she quickly walked over and took An Ran's hand: "Ran Ran is really pretty, prettier than the big stars on TV."
An Ran pulled her hand away uncomfortably: "Auntie Li, what can I do for you?"
“Hehehe….” Li Cuicui laughed so hard that her teeth were showing. “Let me tell you something. There’s a young man in my mother’s home in Lizhuang who likes Ranran and asked me to be a matchmaker.”
"The young man said that the betrothal gift is 200,000 yuan, and you can buy any hardware you want. The only requirement is to get married as soon as possible. Ranran, you see, this is not a big happy event."
An Ran couldn't help but step back because Li Cuicui's saliva was almost spraying on her face.
Li Cuicui was still talking: "The young man's family is rich, you can expect to enjoy a good life after you marry him."
An Ran could hardly hold back and roll her eyes. What the hell was this? I don't even know who you are talking about. If you fall in love with me, you're going to marry me? You're so shameless.
"Sister-in-law Li." Lin Qingwan looked at An Ran's embarrassment and said quickly, "Whose boy are you talking about? Our Ran Ran is still young and doesn't plan to get married so early."
"Hey, she's not young anymore. Ranran is already 21 this year, right? She'll be an old maid in a few years, how can she find a good family?" Li Cuicui patted her thigh exaggeratedly: "Qingwan, let me tell you. That young man's family has plenty of money, and if Ranran marries him, she will wear gold and silver, eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks. It's also because Ranran is beautiful, otherwise it wouldn't be her turn."
Li Cuicui talked for a long time but never got to the point. An Ran immediately realized that there was something fishy going on, so she said to Li Cuicui with a cold face, "Aunt Li, why don't you give such good conditions to Sister Yan Zi? To be specific, Sister Yan Zi is two years older than me."
"Haha." Li Cuicui laughed dryly, "Your sister Yan Zi wants to fall in love freely, and I can't control her. But Ran Ran is well-behaved and pretty. Otherwise, I wouldn't have said this good thing."
Lin Qingwan suddenly became impatient: "Sister Li, you have been talking for a long time but you still haven't gotten to the point. If you want to be a matchmaker for my Ranran, you have to tell us which family it is. We don't even know which family it is, so what's the point of your exaggeration?"
Li Cuicui slapped her thigh and said, "Oh, this is really exciting. It's Li Jiabao from my mother's village. I tell you, this guy is tall and strong, and looks so blessed. Oh...oh..."
Before Li Cuicui could finish her words, Lin Qingwan hit her with a broom.
“Get out…get out…” Lin Qingwan’s eyes were red and she yelled at the top of her lungs.
An Ran had never seen her mother so angry before. Lin Qingwan always spoke softly, gently and politely.
She chased Li Cuicui with a broom and drove her out of the yard. Lin Qingwan was so angry that she was shaking all over. She almost couldn't stand and leaned against the gate: "Get out of here, you have no conscience."
Seeing this, An Ran quickly supported Lin Qingwan and comforted her, "Mom, don't be angry. We just need to ignore this kind of person. Don't hurt yourself for her."
Lin Qingwan's eyes turned red and tears kept flowing down. It's all her fault. She's useless and can't even curse.
"Bah, you still think your daughter is so popular. Everyone knows that she has had a boyfriend for two years. She should be thankful that he doesn't mind her being slept with by him. And you are still being pretentious." Li Cuicui, who was kicked out, was in a dishevel, and she cursed at the door with her hands on her hips.
"You're going too far, you..." Lin Qingwan fainted from anger before she could finish her words. She was originally weak, and although An Ran had secretly used spiritual spring water to recuperate her in the past few days since her return, An Ran used only a very small amount because she was afraid that the effect would be too obvious. Therefore, her health is still worse than that of ordinary people.
When Li Cuicui saw Lin Qingwan fainted, she ran away in fright.
An Ran supported the unconscious Lin Qingwan, her eyes sharp as she stared coldly at Li Cuicui's receding back. She moved her fingertips slightly, and a trace of spiritual power suddenly shot out and penetrated into Li Cuicui's body.
At first, I didn't want to pay any attention to her because she was jumping around like a clown, but she got so angry that she fainted, and her mother deserved to die.
An Ran picked up Lin Qingwan, walked into the room, gently placed her on the bed, and then used her spiritual power to comb her body. Seeing that she was no longer seriously injured, I let her rest in bed.
"Nannan." An Guodong rushed into the house sweating profusely, and when he saw An Ran coming out of their bedroom, he hurriedly asked, "Where's your mother?"
While he was busy working in the fields, he heard that Lin Qingwan had fainted because of Li Cuicui, and he was scared out of his wits. He threw away what he was holding and ran home like a flash.
An Ran saw An Guodong running and sweating profusely. He hurried forward to support him, panting, "Dad, don't worry! My mom is fine. She fell asleep in the room."
She helped An Guodong sit on the sofa and poured him a cup of tea with spiritual spring water: "Dad, take a break and have a cup of tea."
An Guodong took the tea and drank it all in one gulp. He immediately felt relaxed and his pounding heart calmed down. He put the cup on the coffee table and stood up: "I'll go see your mother."
He tiptoed into the bedroom and saw Lin Qingwan lying peacefully on the bed with her eyes closed. His face looked fine, but his brows were slightly wrinkled. He walked forward and sat down beside the bed, gently took Lin Qingwan's hand and held it in his palm, his eyes full of heartache.
"Hmm." Lin Qingwan snorted softly and slowly opened her eyes.
Seeing this, An Guodong stood up quickly. "Qingwan, how do you feel?"
Lin Qingwan burst into tears when she saw An Guodong. "Guodong, Ranran's life is too hard. How can Ranran face people in the future when Li Cuicui says that about her, a girl?"
An Guodong hurriedly comforted her; "Qingwan, don't worry. I won't let Nannan suffer any grievances. At worst, we can support her for the rest of her life."
An Ran heard Lin Qingwan crying in the living room and hurried into the bedroom: "Mom, don't be sad. Let others talk nonsense. If my partner in the future cares about these false things, then such a person is not worth marrying."
"Besides, as long as our family is together happily, that's enough. Everyone in our village knows what kind of person Li Cuicui is, and no one will believe it."
An Ran is now practicing the Chaos Sutra, and her mind and vision are no longer comparable to before. In her eyes, people like Li Cuicui are like ants and are not worth her attention at all.
Only from Lin Qingwan did she understand why her mother was so emotional.
It turned out that Li Jiabao was already in his thirties, and was a spendthrift. He had been married once before, but his ex-wife filed for divorce because he not only indulged in drinking, gambling, whoring and domestic violence.
He relied on his sister who was dating a rich man outside and lived a life of idleness and waiting to die at home. He was famous in the surrounding villages. Not only the daughters of wealthy families, but even divorced women with poor conditions were unwilling to marry him.
But his parents, who favor boys over girls, are very satisfied with their good-for-nothing son. He threatened to find a beautiful virgin girl for his son.
I don't know how he came up with the idea of An Ran.
It is said that after Li Cuicui came out of Anran's house, she ran to Li Jiabao's house to answer, cursing all the way.
As soon as she arrived at Li Jiabao's house and saw the newly built villa, her eyes were filled with jealousy. Isn’t it just the money earned by his shameless daughter selling her body outside? There's nothing to be proud of.
"Ouch, ouch." Li Cuicui shouted exaggeratedly: "Aunt Liu, are you home?"
A short woman with a sharp face came out after hearing the voice. She looked at Li Cuicui sideways and said, "Oh, Cuicui is here. But there is a clue about that matter. My Jiabao is getting anxious. Did the family say when they will get married?"
Li Cuicui was stunned when she heard this, and cursed at this shameless old woman. Don’t you even look at what kind of person your son is? Don’t you have any idea what’s going on? He really thinks his home is a popular place. If his family hadn't offered a large thank-you gift, she wouldn't have gotten involved in this mess.
"Oh, Aunt Liu." Li Cuicui pulled her messy hair and said, "Let's forget about this matter. I went to that family today to propose marriage happily. But they beat me out without any distinction between good and bad, and said that my brother Bao was a toad wanting to eat swan meat. Look how they beat me..."
"What?" Aunt Liu was so angry that her triangular eyes glared: "That poor bastard didn't want to do it. It's her blessing that my Bao likes her."
"That's right." Li Cuicui agreed flatteringly: "Jiabao is lucky at first glance. Aunt Liu, leave this matter to me. I will definitely help Jiabao find a beautiful wife again."
At this time, a short and fat man walked out of the house. A pair of squinting eyes are embedded in a round face, which is as ugly as a car accident scene.
He was lying at home watching videos and accidentally came across the part where An Ran saved Hao Hao. He was shocked by her beauty at the time, and when he found out that she was the daughter of Anjia Village, that's why Li Cuicui came to his house.
At this moment, a fierce light flashed from those narrowed eyes: "That damn woman An Ran actually said that I was a toad wanting to eat swan meat. Bitch, I have to have her."
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