webnovelfull Chapter 286 It’s not time yet
Chapter 286 It’s not time yet
Li Yan'er bit her lip and couldn't speak, tears welling up in her eyes. She was a lady from a wealthy family in the capital, and she knew what a lady from an wealthy family should look like, but...
She is almost twenty this year!
Her family had originally said that she would be promised to her cousin, so she had been waiting for him. But who knew that Xie Jiaojiao would appear and her cousin would marry her instead, and she was getting older and older!
She didn't even dare to attend the gatherings of noble ladies in the capital. She used to have her elder sister to protect her, but after her elder sister got married, there was no one to protect her. At the banquet, everyone laughed at her!
Because of this, she went back and complained to her grandfather twice, and her grandfather threatened to marry her to her cousin. She couldn't stand it anymore, so she ran away...
She had originally thought that she would come here and pester her cousin to marry her, but who knew that Xie Jiaojiao was so powerful that she couldn't beat him or scold him...
Finally, He Hu appeared and saved her...
Why does everyone disagree...
Seeing her expression, Xie Jiaojiao wondered if what she had just said was a little too harsh, and changed her tone.
"We are not against you being together, but shouldn't there be a process for everything?"
"Process?" Li Yan'er raised her head and looked at Xie Jiaojiao with tears in her eyes.
Xie Jiaojiao nodded slightly: "Since ancient times, marriage has always been decided by parents and matchmakers. If he is sincere, he will naturally know this."
"But my grandfather and my father are so far apart, how can we go through this process? Do we have to ask He Hu to go to the capital to propose marriage?"
"If he is sincere to you, it's not impossible!"
Li Yan'er stopped talking.
Xie Jiaojiao looked at her: "See, you yourself don't believe that he would go to the capital to propose marriage for you, right?"
Li Yan'er buried her head in her arms, and Xie Jiaojiao could see that she was crying.
He sighed, stood up, and walked over to her: "I know what's on your mind."
Li Yan'er raised her head and looked at Xie Jiaojiao: "You don't know!"
Xie Jiaojiao sat down beside the couch: "With your looks and family background, it's not difficult to find someone of equal status to marry in a place like the capital! But you're afraid that others will laugh at you, so you don't want to, right?"
Li Yan'er looked at Xie Jiaojiao with some disbelief.
Xie Jiaojiao also heard all this from Jiang Ruonan. After all, the explanation was very tactful. They, the young generation, were not at fault, and the fault lay with the generation before them!
Jiang Caifeng had once spread the word that Li Yan'er was going to be promised to his own grandson, thus strengthening the relationship between the two families. But who knew that something went wrong and she married Jiang Weinan. Then Li Yan'er became a laughing stock in the eyes of others.
In the capital, families with some power all know each other well, so if she wants to marry into a good family in the capital, it is possible, but she is afraid that she will be laughed at by others in secret for many times, so Jiang Caifeng is thinking of marrying her to Jiang Ruonan again...
Xie Jiaojiao continued, "Regarding the matter between you and Young Master He, your cousin has already written to the capital. I believe there will be a reply in the next few days. Why don't you wait a while? It is not impossible that Grandpa and Second Uncle agree to this marriage."
The tears in Li Yan'er's eyes were so severe that she forgot they were about to fall.
"Do you think Ruonan always speaks so harshly because he is trying to stop you from being with He Hu?"
Li Yan'er wanted to say something else, but she didn't dare to say it.
"He just can't bear to see you acting like you don't care about money, and he doesn't want others to look down on you."
Li Yan'er wanted to curse in the first sentence, but couldn't say the second one.
Xie Jiaojiao didn't want to talk to her: "Okay, get up and eat. This matter hasn't been settled yet, and you look like you're dying. It's not time yet!"
Li Yan'er had been sitting there for quite some time and was indeed hungry, so she sat down at the table.
Xie Jiaojiao handed her the chopsticks and she took them.
Seeing that she had finished eating, Xie Jiaojiao cleaned up the dishes and went downstairs.
Everyone looked at her, and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the food on the tray was finished.
After this day, Li Yan'er at least didn't talk about returning to Jiangbo City again.
An incredible incident also happened in the village. Chen Zimo, the eldest son of the village chief, had an affair with a woman from the neighboring village. The woman's parents came to the door and asked Chen Shouren to give them an explanation. The scene was very scary!
And I heard that the girl who was having an affair with Chen Zimo is almost two months pregnant!
Wang Qiushi was throwing a tantrum at home for a long time, not wanting to admit the affair. He even threw dirty water on the woman, saying that she didn't know whose child she was pregnant with and blamed her son.
As soon as she said this, the girl started to cry.
But the girl's parents were not afraid and immediately went to the government office to sue Chen Zimo for bullying their daughter. Only then did Wang Qiushi become scared.
Chen Shouren was so angry that he was shaking all over. As a village chief, this was the first time he was forced to this point!
Finally I had to agree to the marriage!
When the girl's parents saw that he had compromised, they also made a huge request, demanding a dowry of thirty taels!
Wang Qiushi was so angry that he started cursing, "They sold my daughter!"
When the villagers heard this, they just said it was a tit-for-tat. Everyone still remembered how Wang Qiushi's elder brother and sister-in-law asked Wang Po for money!
But then the villagers said, "It's not bad, it's not bad, they only want thirty taels! Last time, Mrs. Wang took fifty taels!"
After everyone finished speaking, they started laughing again.
Chen Shouren felt that he had lost all his face.
Wang Qiushi didn't want to give it at first. She said that if they wanted money, they should wait until the girl's belly got big and the baby was born, and then do a blood test to see if it was hers. If it was, she would give it. If not, she still didn't want to give it, because by then it would not just be their family that would be embarrassed.
When the girl's parents heard her say that, they were not to be trifled with. They immediately turned around and took the girl to the government office, saying, "Your son bullied my daughter. Someone in our village saw it. I will sue him!"
Wang Qiushi immediately became scared again, turned around and angrily hit Chen Zimo several times.
Finally, they reluctantly paid the money, and the woman left contentedly, and told them that if the matchmaker didn't come to propose marriage tomorrow, they would still have to go to the government office! This simply blocked Wang Qiushi's way!
After everyone left, Wang Qiushi was so angry that she wanted to beat Chen Zimo up, but before she could do anything, Chen Shouren couldn't wait any longer. Seeing that Chen Shouren was too cruel, she couldn't bear to do it and kept protecting him. Chen Shouren didn't pay attention and hit her several times.
Wang Qiushi was grimacing in pain, and the next morning he arranged for a matchmaker to go to the next village to propose marriage.
When Sun Ruhua brought up this matter, everyone looked at Li Yan'er. Li Yan'er felt like her whole face was about to burn.
When she was with He Hu, there were always maids watching over them, and they were always affectionate but polite.