Chapter Ninety-Seven: Refuting Rumors 2
"Then we built a house made of wood and bamboo, and everyone who was there had seen it. Then our days got better and better, and I wanted it greedily, but I knew I had used her enough, so I didn't dare tell her about it again. β
Later, she accidentally picked up a good Ganoderma lucidum and sold it to buy a few acres of land. One of them told me Bokang, I'll send you there! You don't know how excited I was at the time, but I hesitated, I don't know how much money I have at home, but we spent a lot of money to buy land at that time, and we don't have much money left. β
"The most important thing is that I went to the school, because because of the place where we lived, I stayed in the gentleman's house in the town, and she asked for it. Since then, I have to pay living expenses and rent every month in addition to my tuition, which may not seem like a lot now, but it was a lot of money for my family at the time. β
Later, she opened a piece of land by herself to grow sweet potatoes and raise pigs to sell for money, and then my husband recommended me to take the exam, but because I couldn't go because I was in filial piety at that time, I couldn't delay it for a year. Then I went to take the exam, in order to save money, we ate and slept in the open air, and I was lucky that I won the show and ranked well, and I had some silver money every month. β
Then she persuaded me to go to the county school, and told me a lot of reasoning, and I went. Then something happened that made me clearly understand my feelings for her, not what I used to call a sister and brother relationship. β
"I confessed to her, but she refused. After that, we lived together as if nothing had happened, and I lived in the county school house and went home once a month. β
"It wasn't until last year that I participated in the Autumn Festival, and I unexpectedly won the lift. This year, a lot of matchmakers came to the family to tell me about her, and there were some other things, I confessed to her again, but she still didn't promise me. β
She said that she was afraid that being with me would make me bear the gossip of others and that it would affect my future prospects. I tried to persuade her to say yes, but our lives didn't change, they were the same. β
"Speaking of which, I have to thank the people who spread the rumors this time, if it weren't for them, maybe we wouldn't have married so quickly."
"Having said all this, I mainly want to tell you the story between us, not as the rumors say. You all know how important reputation is to a person, so I would like to take this opportunity to explain to you today that I don't want her to be burdened with such stigma. β
"In addition, we bought 60 acres of land before, and this time we also let everyone testify, and I gave her this 60 acres of land as my marriage gift to her. She had been saying that these were mine, but from now on these are hers, just hers. Okay, that's all I have to say, let's eat. As he spoke, he made a gentleman's salute to the people present.
The people in this room have not yet recovered from his words, and are still thinking about what he just said.
After he finished speaking, Dr. Shi got up and said, "What Bokang said is true, and I can testify that I am the doctor he said saved him." β
After Dr. Shi finished speaking, Li Afu also stood up and said, "I can also testify that they have been coming to our store to buy food in the past. β
"And I can testify as well." It was the shopkeeper Li at the grocery store in the town who spoke.
When the people here heard what they said, they roughly believed what he said, and they also vaguely heard the rumors he had said before. But they don't really believe this, and they won't believe it anymore after he says so.
It's just that many of them didn't think that his fiancΓ©e would be her, and they were still very surprised by this matter, and they would inevitably use it as a talking point in the future. It's just that the direction of the discussion is not what the rumors say, but the good words of his kindness.
In short, there will be different versions of this matter in the future, and some bad rumors are inevitable.
Then I started eating, and this time the dishes were all filled with the chicken essence she had developed. It can be regarded as making some preparations for the future, and seeing how the reaction is, today can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.
In the front yard, when Li Bokang was talking, she also talked to the female guests in the back, and what she said was similar to Li Bokang's. It's just that she is much simpler, what she told them is: she saved Li Bokang when he was twelve years old, and later sent him there. They only established a relationship in June this year, and their relationship is not as rumored outside, they are very simple.
She didn't say anything else, so they had dinner a little earlier than they had in the front yard. But it wasn't much earlier, although Li Bokang said a lot, he also said it quickly, and he didn't delay too much time.
When the guests started eating, they were able to see a difference in the dishes that were much more delicious than what they had at home. They ate a lot more, and in the end the dishes on the table were basically all eaten, and there was not much left.
There are a few old ladies and ladies with better family conditions who are a little embarrassed to see this. Later, they also asked them: "Why does your food taste so good, it is much more delicious than what we eat in the restaurant, and I think the dishes are all very ordinary dishes." β
The two of them didn't know how to explain it, they didn't plan to launch the chicken essence yet, and she wanted to experiment with some more. So there is no way, I can only find a random reason to fool them. He said, "Maybe it's the chef." β
When those people saw them say this, it was not easy to ask anything else, and after a while after eating, some people took their leave. In the end, there weren't many people left, and there were only a few people left who lived closer and helped.
The meal was started relatively early in the afternoon, after all, others had to rush back, and they couldn't live at home. In the end, it was Li Afu and Li Tiegen's two families who left, because it was quite late, so she asked Uncle Laifu to drive the ox cart to send them back.
When they left, she also asked them to bring back some good food left at home, although it was some leftovers, but it was much better than what they usually ate at home. Several people refused at first, but after her persuasion, they agreed, and each packed a lot of it and brought it back.
After everyone left, she sat in the hall to rest, and the work of the family was basically done with their help. The rest can be saved for tomorrow, and she also asked Chunyue and them to take a rest, and their family is tired today.
During the break, she and Li Bokang were still discussing today's affairs, and she said to him: "Why did you say that you would give me all the sixty acres of land today?" β
"This is my gift to you, and I was supposed to prepare, but I just used this instead." Li Bokang replied.
She didn't know what to say about him when he said that, and then she said something about the rumors. She said, "What did you say today?" How did they react? β
"It's okay, I think they basically understand and won't believe the rumors. It's just that people's hearts are unpredictable, and there will still be people who say something ugly, you ......" Li Bokang looked at her without finishing speaking.
"I know."