Aunt Zhao was so scared that she turned around and ran.
Lin Nian followed behind, and it took her a while to realize that she had scared her.
She quickly spoke up.
“Aunt Zhao! It’s me!”
“I’m Lin Nian!”
Aunt Zhao still didn’t turn her head.
She heard that there was a kind of monster in the mountains that would imitate people’s voices. Once you turned around and blew out the flames on your shoulders, it would bite your neck off!
It wasn’t until Lin Nian fell to the ground and subconsciously cried out in pain that she stopped, cautiously protecting her shoulders and turning her head to look.
When she saw her face clearly, she breathed a sigh of relief.
“Oh, Nian girl!”
“What are you doing in the middle of the night? You scared me to death!”
Lin Nian felt a little wronged.
She ran too fast just now and didn’t notice the pit under her feet. She tripped and sprained her ankle, which was hurting badly.
But she couldn’t care about that at the moment and quickly explained.
“Aunt Zhao, I have something to ask you!”
“My dad… my dad wants me to marry Shen Chengye!”
When Aunt Zhao heard this, her face immediately darkened.
She put the bucket in her hand on the ground and began to scold with her hands on her hips.
“Lin, what do you mean by your family?”
“One moment you say you want to marry that Shen guy, the next you want to see those Gu family people. Do you think you’re a celestial being, and all the men in the world are for you to choose from?”
“What do you Gu family people, what do I, Zhao Guiying, count for?”
She was full of anger and wanted to step forward to pull Lin Nian up and demand an explanation from her.
But when she got closer, she saw that Lin Nian’s face was full of tears, and her eyes were bright and shiny when she looked up, making her look extremely pitiful.
Aunt Zhao’s heart softened instantly.
Lin Nian has been a good girl since she was a child. How could she be wrong?
Damn it! It must be the fault of that old, immortal Lin Jianguo!
She considered her tone and tried to make herself sound less fierce.
“Tell me, what’s going on now? If it doesn’t work, return the brown sugar to me, and I’ll go apologize to them.
“You can’t let your family take all the good things, can you?”
Lin Nian had actually wanted to speak for a long time.
But she was in so much pain that she couldn’t stop the physiological tears, and she could only subconsciously gasp for air.
Hearing this, she quickly spoke.
“I, I want to marry!”
“You’re good to me, Auntie, and the Gu family is good to me too.”
“It’s my dad, he’s afraid that the Gu family won’t be willing to give the bride price, so he asked my brother to go to Shen Chengye, wanting him to ask Shen Chengye for money.”
“I don’t want to, that’s why I came to you.”
“Aunt Zhao, you be the judge! Isn’t it too undignified for my dad to do this?”
“If the Gu family finds out, how can I gain a foothold in their family!”
“My reputation is ruined!”
Lin Nian cried as she spoke, gasping for breath, which made Aunt Zhao’s anger burn even more, wishing she could give Lin Jianguo two big slaps.
She had long been unable to stand that old, immortal man!
Zhao Guiying and Zhao Shuzhen were married from the same village and had some feelings.
Lin Jianguo was quite old when he proposed marriage. Zhao Shuzhen’s sister-in-law said that older men would be more considerate, so she married him.
But what kind of life was that?
Other families mixed white flour and coarse flour to make food, but Lin Jianguo was different. He made Lin Nian make two separate portions.
He and the younger one only ate white flour, while Lin Nian and her mother ate wild vegetables and coarse grains.
He never thought that Lin Nian was good, scolding her for being a money-losing product and suppressing her everywhere.
Sometimes, when outsiders praised her, he would spit and refute, belittling Lin Nian to nothing.
When she reached the age of marriage, he changed again.
He said that Lin Nian was beautiful and capable, and that it was not easy for him to raise his daughter. If the son-in-law didn’t know how to be filial to him, he would rather push Lin Nian into the water and drown her than let those stinky boys in the village take advantage of her!
Tell me, what kind of father is that?
But before, it was someone else’s business, and she was just an outsider, so it was not good to intervene.
Now it’s different!
She was the matchmaker for the Gu family, and Lin Jianguo’s actions were not right. No matter how much she made a fuss, she would be justified.
Aunt Zhao stepped forward to help Lin Nian up and patted her chest heroically.
“Let’s go! I’ll stand up for you!”
Hearing Shen Chengye’s words, Liu Yun widened her eyes in disbelief.
“Brother Shen, you’re asking me to borrow money?”
Shen Chengye was a little embarrassed by the question, but he still nodded firmly.
He actually knew that Liu Yun had money.
When her husband sacrificed, the pension was paid in a lump sum of 500 yuan, and their dozens of brothers also put together a sum, giving Liu Yun 1,300 yuan.
Because the family had already been divided at that time, this money was given directly to Liu Yun alone.
Later, her mother-in-law and eldest brother wanted the money, but Shen Chengye helped to solve it, so he knew clearly that the money was in Liu Yun’s hands.
How much can she and Xiao Jun, a widow and orphan, spend in the village? He still gives her twenty-five yuan every month!
Xiao Jun is only in elementary school, so he doesn’t spend much.
Although Liu Yun doesn’t do farm work, she buys grain with money, but this is enough for them to live on.
You know, the salary of workers in the town is only thirty yuan!
That’s enough to support a whole family.
And if you calculate…
He had been subsidizing Xiao Jun for more than three years, and the total amount had long exceeded five hundred.
Although it was a bit shameful to borrow money from a woman, he was really anxious!
Shen Chengye was afraid that if he didn’t send the bride price immediately, Lin Jianguo would be persuaded by Gu Zeyun again, and he wouldn’t marry Lin Nian to him. What would he do?
He had to finalize the matter now!
Once they got their marriage certificate, it would be against the rules for Gu Zeyun to do anything.
Thinking of this, Shen Chengye felt a secret pleasure and couldn’t wait to take leave and return to the team to file a marriage report. He looked at Liu Yun with more enthusiasm.
“Yes, Comrade Liu Yun.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll find someone to help me raise some money when I return to the team and pay you back first.”
He said it sincerely, but the second half was a bit lacking in confidence.
When the time came, he would have to pay back the money to others, so he definitely wouldn’t have any money to give to Liu Yun.
But he couldn’t care so much now.
In his anxiety, Shen Chengye became a little reckless.
“I’ve given you almost a thousand yuan, are you still worried about this little bit of money?”
The next second, with a bang, the door of the main room was kicked open, and Shen’s mother’s shrill voice almost exploded in the night.
“What? A thousand yuan?”
“Are you trying to die! You actually gave this little slut so much money!”
Shen Chengye’s heart skipped a beat, knowing that things were bad.
He used to give money to Widow Liu secretly from his family, saying that it was the team’s money and he was just helping to transfer it.
Now, in his anxiety, he let it slip.
As expected, Shen’s mother started making a scene.
“Why give her money? That son of hers isn’t yours!”
“That little slut runs to our house every day, is she here to sell herself?”
“Return the money! Otherwise, I’ll report you to the town for having an affair! Let everyone know that your son is a bastard!”
Shen Chengye’s head was buzzing, and he quickly stepped forward to stop her. Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Yun quickly turned around and ran away.
Lin Dong looked at her back, then looked at Shen Chengye, and couldn’t help but click his tongue.
Goodness, a thousand yuan!
He was actually able to give Liu Yun a thousand yuan?
It seemed that their family’s bride price was still too low!
He had to go back and tell his dad that the bride price should also be a thousand yuan.
No! Fifteen hundred!
Before Lin Dong could figure it out, Shen’s mother suddenly pointed her finger to the side, shifting the conflict to him.
“And you! Go back and tell that little fox spirit in your family, no money! Not a single penny!”
“She’s been with my son for so long? Who knows if she’s still chaste!”
“She actually wants money? Bah! Shameless!”
Shen’s mother had never liked Liu Yun.
Her husband died, what did it have to do with her son?
He took the money over, and she had the nerve to accept it!
So when Liu Yun came over, she lay in the room, deliberately not saying a word and not going out.
When she heard her crying outside, she and the old man gathered together and laughed secretly.
They laughed at her for being like an actress outside, crying so fake!
When she heard Lin Dong coming to take advantage of her, she didn’t say a word.
Wasn’t she saying that she would guard her chastity for her husband? She wanted to see if this girl was really sincere or just trying to take advantage.
As a result, Shen Chengye came back at this time.
She didn’t get to see a good show and had been scolding in her heart.
When she heard that Lin Dong wanted to ask her son for money, and he really wanted to give it, she couldn’t help it!
She didn’t like either of these two girls!
Lin Nian’s small body could be blown down by a gust of wind. Who would do the farm work when she married into their family?
Did they have to support this daughter-in-law?
She gave birth to a son to enjoy happiness, not to serve others!
Still want money? Impossible! It’s almost the same as paying them to take her!
Lin Dong was angered and rolled up his sleeves, wanting to fight her.
But looking at Shen Chengye’s size, he gave up and could only roll his eyes and fight back.
“You old hag, who are you scolding?”
“It’s your son who begged to marry my sister, it’s not my sister who wants to marry him!”
“My sister has a blind date in the city!”
“If it weren’t for seeing your son kneeling at our house, we wouldn’t give him a chance!”
“Bah! You fat old woman, just hug your son until you die!”
“No money? Our family won’t marry!”
After saying this, he turned around and left.
Anyway, their family didn’t really want to marry Lin Nian to Shen Chengye. It was just to leave a way out and give Gu Zeyun a little sense of crisis.
If it really didn’t work, they could look at others!
They could even talk about a city match, maybe they could meet someone better if they picked and chose again?
Lin Dong thought easily and went home humming a song all the way.
As soon as he walked into the courtyard gate, he shouted.
“Dad, I’m back!”
“Let me tell you, that stinky brat Shen Chengye gave Liu Yun a thousand yuan!”
“When he comes to give the bride price, you have to talk to him properly and make him add another thousand!”
When he pushed open the door, he was dumbfounded.
There were other people in the house!