Chapter 002 If she is willing, I will come to ask for her hand in marriage
After leaving the village chief's house, Lin Wanxia went straight to Chen Bin's house in the next village.
Chen Bin is Lin Yaoyao's boyfriend. He is a retired soldier. His family has a large fishing boat and hired several sailors. He is a well-known 10,000 yuan household.
During the flood season, Chen Bin rarely goes home. He lives on the fishing boat and spends most of his time fishing at sea.
When Lin Wanxia found the fishing boat, Chen Bin and another young man were smoking and chatting on the shore.
The young man is tall and has long legs, sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, a straight nose and thin lips. His facial features are like those carved by a knife and an axe, and his contours are sharp and masculine.
The original owner slept with him, Jiang Sinian.
To be honest, Chen Bin is not bad looking, but compared with Jiang Sinian, they are a contrast group. It's no wonder that the original owner slept with the wrong person.
"It's my fault that you got into trouble." Chen Bin patted Jiang Sinian's shoulder, "What are you going to do now? How about going back to avoid the limelight?"
Jiang Sinian shook his head, "No matter what the reason, it's true that I have tarnished the girl's reputation. If she is willing, I will come to her house to propose marriage."
Chen Bin: "But..."
"I am willing!" Lin Wanxia interrupted Chen Bin crisply.
Jiang Sinian and Chen Bin looked at Lin Wanxia at the same time.
"Lin Wanxia?" Chen Bin was surprised, and then changed his face to anger, "You are a girl, do you still want to..." shamelessly?
Halfway through the sentence, she felt that it was too unpleasant, so she changed it to, "Reputation?"
Not only did she drug the man, send him to bed, but she also eavesdropped on his conversations and dared to agree to the marriage.
This Lin Wanxia is really just as Lin Yaoyao said, her character is problematic.
"Reputation can't be eaten." Lin Wanxia rolled her eyes at Chen Bin and turned to Jiang Sinian, "Are you serious about proposing to me?"
Jiang Sinian nodded.
Lin Wanxia took Jiang Sinian's hand and left without saying a word.
Jiang Sinian lowered his head, his tanned wrists made Lin Wanxia's skin look like cream, but there were many traces of hard work on his hands.
He stood still and asked Lin Wanxia, "Where are we going?"
"Get married!" Lin Wanxia didn't let go, but turned her head and looked at Jiang Sinian in confusion, "Didn't you say you would marry me?"
Chen Bin said in disbelief, "Lin Wanxia, are you crazy? Do you know what you are saying and doing?"
Lin Wanxia ignored Chen Bin and looked straight at Jiang Sinian.
Jiang Sinian nodded and shook his head, "I want to marry you, but not so soon. I'm just... my family is strict, and it's a bit troublesome to register for marriage. It takes some time to prepare."
"No need to prepare." Lin Wanxia shook her head, "We don't want a marriage certificate, and I don't want a gift. We just need a wedding banquet."
She knew that in this era, most people recognize wedding ceremonies instead of marriage certificates.
She didn't really want to marry Jiang Sinian, so why did she need a marriage certificate.
Chen Bin, an old smoker, was almost choked to death by a puff of smoke. He coughed and gasped, and pointed at Lin Wanxia with tears in his eyes and couldn't speak.
He was scared!
How much does Lin Wanxia want to get married? First she drugged and forced herself, and now she can't even wait to get the marriage certificate? !
Jiang Sinian's eyebrows were also puzzled, and he asked Lin Wanxia: "Why?"
Lin Wanxia had already thought of the reason. She let go of Jiang Sinian's hand, covered her face and narrated her experiences from childhood to adulthood with tears, emphasizing the fact that Zhu Qiaoyun wanted to sell her to the stupid son of the Cheng family, and how she had to sleep with the wrong person and was excusable, and hinted that if Jiang Sinian didn't agree, he would be helping the evil and pushing her into the fire pit.
Chen Bin: "..."
He and Lin Yaoyao were introduced by a matchmaker. They have not been together for long and have never been to the Lin family, but he knows that Lin Yaoyao has a cousin whose parents have both passed away and is staying at her house.
Of course, the Lin Wanxia described by Lin Yaoyao and the Lin Wanxia herself are completely different people.
The Lin Wanxia described by Lin Yaoyao is a bad relative who doesn't know how to be grateful and likes to steal her clothes.
Jiang Sinian remained silent, frowning.
Lin Wanxia saw the expressions of the two people through the gaps between her fingers and cursed in her heart.
Chen Bin was brainwashed by Lin Yaoyao and he looked at her with sympathy. How could Jiang Sinian be so hard-hearted? He didn't show any sympathy for women and didn't even say yes to him.
No matter how she cursed in her heart, Lin Wanxia put on a good face, wiped her tears with her hands, looked at Jiang Sinian with red eyes, and made an OK gesture, "We will be married for three months. After three months, we will have nothing to do with each other. Legally speaking, you are still innocent."
Chen Bin was scolded again.
This time it was saliva.
What did he hear?
A young girl, who slept with Jiang Sinian last night and was getting married today, dared to say to him "you are innocent"!
Chen Bin didn't dare to look at Jiang Sinian's expression, and quickly fled the scene under the pretext of drinking water.
Jiang Sinian finally spoke, "Marriage is not a joke."
Obviously he did not agree with Lin Wanxia's approach.
Lin Wanxia: “…”
She resisted the urge to roll her eyes, “Ignoring the moral and responsibility issues, are you really willing to marry a girl like me who you don’t even know and who is unscrupulous?”
Jiang Sinian: “…”
I don’t want to.
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Lin Wanxia took Jiang Sinian and Chen Bin, who was forced to act as a matchmaker, home to propose marriage.
As soon as they entered the yard, they could vaguely hear voices coming from the house. When Lin Wanxia heard her name, she raised her index finger to her lips, signaling Jiang Sinian and Chen Bin to lighten their steps.
When they arrived at the door, the conversation in the house was clearly audible.
Jiang Sinian stopped after hearing only one sentence, and lowered his eyes to scan Lin Wanxia.
Lin Wanxia took a step forward with a gossipy look, and her ears almost stuck to the door.
“If you don’t want to cancel the engagement, it’s okay. The betrothal gift will be reduced by half.” A strange middle-aged male voice.
Lin Wanxia knew him. The novel mentioned that this was Cheng Shazi's father, Cheng Tiezhu.
Zhu Qiaoyun disagreed, "Reduce it by half? Impossible! Don't be angry, I'm telling you the truth. Given your son's situation, even a widow wouldn't want to marry into your family, let alone a first-time married girl. Lin Wanxia made a mistake in a moment of confusion, but we went there in time and she... maybe she didn't make any mistakes! Besides, is innocence so important to your family?"
"Sister Lin, if you keep talking like that, we have nothing to talk about! Give me back the 600 yuan meeting gift I gave you!" Cheng Tiezhu turned hostile.
When she heard that money was needed, Zhu Qiaoyun immediately changed her attitude and said with a sly smile: "My dear relatives, we can discuss it. Marriage is not a joke, how can you just give up?"
"Our Cheng family is also a well-known family in our island city. You want to marry a slut who would take the initiative to climb into a man's bed? Dream on! For five thousand yuan, let alone a widow, it won't be difficult for me to marry a virgin!"
"..."
Zhu Qiaoyun tried to persuade him kindly, but Cheng Tiezhu refused to give in. He pinched his waist with both hands and started to get angry.
"Don't think I don't know what you are up to. On the surface, you said you were looking for a wife for your son, but your stupid son can't even take off a woman's clothes. In fact, you are just looking for a concubine for yourself.
Don't you just want to use your daughter-in-law's belly to have a child? Isn't it okay if Lin Wanxia can still give birth?"