Even now, when Dazhu thinks about it, it still feels like a dream.
Actually, his proposal to Da Niu didn't go smoothly. When he caught up with Da Niu, before he could even ask her to marry him, Da Niu spoke first.
"Dazhu, thank you for today. If it weren't for you, not only my reputation but also my sister's would have been affected. But don't worry, I will clarify our relationship as soon as I find an opportunity."
"Clarify? Why do we need to clarify?" Dazhu was dumbfounded.
Da Niu lowered her eyelids: "I don't want anyone to misunderstand. This is best for both of us."
Does Da Niu mean she doesn't really want to marry him?
Dazhu's passionate heart plummeted into an ice cellar in an instant.
Aside from when his mother was on the verge of death, he had never felt so sad again.
He desperately wanted to ask Da Niu what was wrong with him. He was willing to change anything, and he wanted to do everything he could to keep Da Niu.
However, he held back in the end because his mother had said that as a man, he should have his own responsibilities, learn to face reality, and be gentlemanly. He should not bully women because of the differences between men and women.
Since Da Niu was unwilling, no matter how sad he was, he couldn't force her.
Dazhu forced an ugly smile: "Fine, since you don't want to misunderstand, I'll cooperate with you to clarify things when the opportunity arises."
After saying that, Dazhu turned and walked away, but after taking only two steps, he turned back.
"They say it's to clarify things, but the villagers all think we're about to get married. If we want to distance ourselves from each other, we can only find an excuse to break off the engagement."
"As a young woman, although the impact of breaking off the engagement will be less than it is today, it will still have some impact. People may suspect that there is something wrong with you. To avoid this situation, when the engagement is broken off, you can say that I am unfaithful and that I was messing around with other women even though we were already engaged. That way, it won't affect your reputation at all."
This will certainly not affect her reputation anymore, but...
Da Niu couldn't help but blurt out, "But doing this will affect your reputation! You don't need to go to such lengths with me."
Seeing how much Da Niu cared for him, Da Zhu couldn't help but blurt out, "It's necessary. You're the girl I like, and I want to protect you!"
Da Niu stared wide-eyed in shock: "What! Brother Da Zhu, what, what did you say..."
As soon as the words left his mouth, Dazhu was filled with regret. How could he have been so reckless! He hadn't even gotten married yet, and he was already saying such things to Da Niu!
But upon closer reflection, he realized that since Da Niu was unwilling to marry him, they couldn't get married.
Since I've already said it, rather than keeping these words buried inside for the rest of my life, I might as well take this opportunity to say them all at once.
That way, at least there won't be too many regrets.
Dazhu thought it through and stopped hiding it, saying frankly, "I said I like you. The reason I chased after you this time is actually to propose to you and ask you to marry me."
"But don't worry, since you don't want to marry me, I won't force you. I just wanted to at least tell you how I feel."
"Okay, I'm leaving..."
Dazhu turned to leave, but before he could take two steps, Da Niu grabbed him.
Da Zhu turned around in confusion and saw Da Niu blushing and saying shyly, "Brother Da Zhu, actually... I like you too."
Now it was Dazhu who stared wide-eyed: "What! Da Niu, is what you're saying true? If that's the case, why do you still want to clarify our relationship?"
Da Niu lowered her head, annoyed, and said, "I thought you were going to announce our marriage today just to salvage my reputation... I thought since you've already gone to such lengths for me, I couldn't make things even more difficult for you, which is why I said what I did just now..."
Actually, there is another reason besides this, which is low self-esteem.
She felt inferior and thought she was not good enough for Dazhu and would hold him back.
But since Dazhu also likes her and has gone to such lengths for her... she doesn't want to let Dazhu down and give up with regret.
Overcoming her inferiority complex, Da Niu mustered her courage and repeated, "Brother Da Zhu, I like you too! I'm willing to marry you!"
The recollection ends here.
Dazhu couldn't help but keep grinning like an idiot: "Hehehe, Da Niu said she likes me, and she's willing to marry me!"
Everyone in the courtyard breathed a sigh of relief and smiled again.
"Great! I have a sister-in-law now!"
"Big brother, you're too good at scaring people. When I saw you looking so dejected, I thought your wife had flown away."
Wan Shu couldn't help but flick Da Zhu on the forehead: "That's right! Your face just now was terrifying! It made us so worried."
Dazhu scratched his head and gave a silly grin: "I haven't realized it yet either."
The atmosphere in the courtyard was joyful.
Meng Wenyuan was infected by the atmosphere and couldn't help but smile, but soon, as if he remembered something, his expression fell into a slump again.
She sighed as she looked at the pig offal on the ground and silently walked out of the yard.
Er Ya noticed Meng Wenyuan's actions. She hesitated for a moment, but still followed him with concern.
Meng Wenyuan didn't know where he could go. After wandering aimlessly for a while, he finally squatted down by the river at the foot of the mountain.
He had just squatted down when he heard a voice: "What's wrong? Are you alright?"
Meng Wenyuan looked in the direction of the voice and was surprised to see Er Ya: "Why are you here?"
Er Ya squatted down beside him, turned her head to look at him, and looked at him with undisguised worry in her eyes: "I saw that you seemed a little off, so I came up here."
She asked again, "What's wrong? Are you alright?"
After these two days of setbacks, Meng Wenyuan had lost the mood to appreciate pretty girls.
But seeing Er Ya's concern for him, Meng Wenyuan couldn't help but reveal his innermost thoughts.
"I'm fine, I just feel so useless."
"Back in college, I was the center of attention, and I thought I knew everything and could do anything. But now that I've left college, I realize that I'm just a useless person who can't do anything."
"I can't win people's hearts and control the academy like Meng Zhenshou, and I can't even do the simplest thing like cleaning pig offal properly... I'm really a useless piece of trash..."
After saying that, Meng Wenyuan raised his eyes and looked at Er Ya with a hint of expectation.
He thought that a gentle girl like Er Ya would surely comfort him tenderly when she saw him so upset.
To everyone's surprise, after listening, Er Ya nodded at him quite seriously and agreed, "Yes, you really are a good-for-nothing."
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