Li Mai got out of bed and put on her shoes, saying softly, "How could that be? My grandma would never sell me!"
"It's true. The matchmaker brought your grandmother's keepsake, her handprint, and her handwritten note, saying that it was written by your grandmother herself. You know your grandmother could read, right?"
Aunt Chun couldn't believe it either; they had just buried the old lady and then this happened.
At this moment, the clan chief and the men were still in the courtyard blocking those people. She had come in to see if Li Mai had woken up.
Li Mai didn't believe the old lady would sell the original owner, so she decided to go out and see for herself.
"How are you? Feeling dizzy? Should I help you?" Aunt Chun asked worriedly.
"It's nothing, thank you, Auntie."
Li Mai stood up, wanting to sense the state of her body, only to find that she couldn't mobilize her spiritual power.
Yes, this isn't my own body. I died in the apocalypse. All my previous superpowers and spells are useless now that I've been given a new body and have lost my spiritual power.
She sighed inwardly. The most important thing now was to resolve the immediate issue.
She couldn't believe that her grandmother, who loved her granddaughter so much, would harm her before she died.
"Chief Li, I'm not bluffing. This marriage certificate is real. Look, it's stamped with the official seal of the government office. A few days ago, Aunt Li asked someone to find me a suitable marriage for her daughter, Li Mai. All she wants is for the groom's family to be good, kind, and well-off. She doesn't mind if the groom is a bit ugly or a few years older."
"For this, she was willing to give two taels of silver as a dowry. She also gave me one tael as a matchmaker's gift. It was because of this one tael of silver that I went to help her. After I got the job done, I came to tell her, and she agreed, so we signed the marriage certificate."
As Li Mai stepped out of the house into the courtyard, she heard an old woman shouting at the clan chief.
"You're talking nonsense! My third aunt couldn't possibly be that kind of person!" The clan chief retorted, refusing to believe it. He couldn't believe his third aunt would sell Li Mai. She loved Li Mai so much; how could she bear to part with it?
"Hey, Chief Li, stop arguing with me. Go and invite Miss Limai out. I'll talk to her myself. Her grandmother has something for me to tell her," the matchmaker yelled back.
Li Mai glanced at them indifferently, walked over, and asked, "What did my grandma tell you to tell me?"
"Oh my, you've finally come out! If you hadn't come out, I would have been spitting me to death by your clan chief's spittle." As soon as Zhou the matchmaker saw Li Mai come out, she rushed to her side, looking her up and down as she spoke.
But inwardly, I sighed, what a pity!
Such a wonderful girl, she must have been given to that cripple!
If I had known this girl was so beautiful, I would have kept her for my family to marry. But now it's too late. The government has already approved Li Mai and Zhou Quan's marriage certificate, and there's no way to back out.
Li Mai glanced at Zhou the Matchmaker and discovered that she could see that Zhou's soul was pale yellow, which meant that she was not a bad person, but rather someone who had done some good deeds.
She looked at the clan leader again, only to find that she could not see the color of her life essence.
Li Mai frowned. What's wrong?
She looked at Aunt Chun and the others in the courtyard, but found that she could only see the soul of a boy, which was red.
A red soul signifies that his life is about to be in danger.
However, since he currently lacks spiritual power, he cannot see what kind of danger he will encounter.
In her memory, this boy should be called Li Dong. He was a follower of the original owner of this body, and they called the original owner their boss.
"What did my grandma ask you to tell me?"
Li Mai looked at the matchmaker and knew she wasn't a bad person. She thought that this might be the old lady's way of arranging a way out for her granddaughter because she didn't want to live anymore.
"She said that the things she prepared for you are in the place where you hide your money. She wants you to take them with you when you marry into your husband's family and live a good life. She wants you to be filial to your parents-in-law, love your family, and get along well with your husband. These are her last wishes. She hopes you will listen to her arrangements and not let her leave in peace."
After Zhou the matchmaker finished speaking, she sighed. She thought the old woman knew she was dying and that's why she made these arrangements, but it turned out she didn't want to live anymore and wanted to make arrangements for her granddaughter before she passed away.
Li Mai's eyes were a little red. How could an old lady who treated her granddaughter like this possibly harm her?
Now that we know that Grandma's dying wish was for her granddaughter to get married and live a peaceful life, then let her get married!
Anyway, being able to live again after death is already a bonus. It doesn't matter how I live this life, I'll just take it one day at a time!
"Let me see the marriage certificate," Li Mai said, extending her hand.
Matchmaker Zhou took it out from her bosom and handed it over.
After Li Mai finished reading, Zhou Quan asked, "Is this the husband that Grandma chose for the original owner of this body?"
"Okay, wait a minute!"
After she finished speaking, she went back inside, climbed under the wooden bed, moved a stone, and took out the wooden box underneath.
Slowly opening it, you'll see a neatly folded red veil on top.
Below was a silver bag. She opened it and saw that it contained a full ten taels of silver.
She had never seen this silver bag before; she guessed it was a betrothal gift from the groom's family.
Below that were some copper coins and loose silver coins, which were the money she had earned over the years by leading the village children to dig up medicinal herbs and sell them.
These pieces of silver and copper coins together weighed about three taels.
Over the past two years, she had been saving up this money to renovate their little house, which leaked whenever it rained. But before she could save enough, her grandmother passed away.
When Grandma gave her two taels of dowry and one tael of money for the matchmaker, she didn't take any of the money from this dowry, which means that Grandma took out all the money she had to arrange this marriage for her granddaughter.
Li Mai's eyes reddened again as she recalled these thoughts, and tears silently streamed down her face.
At that moment, she could clearly feel the grief within her body.
After a long while, she sniffed, wiped away her tears with her sleeve, glanced around the room, picked up the packet of medicine powder and put it in the box. There was nothing else she could take with her, so she just carried the small wooden box out to the yard.
"Aunt Chun, after I leave, could you please lock the house and yard for me?" Li Mai said softly.
“Alright, poor child, from now on, Lijia Village will be your maternal home. You won’t be afraid there after you marry into the village. If anyone bullies you, just send word back, and we uncles and aunts will come and stand up for you.” Li Wanchun stepped forward and said.
“That’s right, Li Mai, since this matter can’t be changed, then you can rest assured and marry into the family. Although your grandmother is gone, you still have the Li clan as your maternal clan. We are all your support.” The Li clan chief walked up to Li Mai and said in a low voice.
"Yes, thank you, Uncle Chief. By the way, who paid for Doctor Meng's medicine? I'll give you the money." Li Mai was about to open the wooden box to get the money.
The clan chief quickly waved his hand, "No need, it's just ten coins, I don't need those ten coins."
Li Mai thought about it and accepted his kindness, promising to repay him later.
"Then thank you very much, Uncle Clan Chief!"
Li Mai bowed to the clan chief, then looked at Zhou the matchmaker and said, "Could you wait for me for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn? I want to go and kowtow to my grandmother."
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