Chapter VI: Refusal to Propose
On this day, the two returned from hunting and were handling their prey in the yard.
Lin Luo's eyes were slightly off, and he saw that the two of them were walking towards his house, it was the village chief Niu Mang and the aunt of the Niu San family.
Lin Luo frowned slightly, but still got up and went out.
After entering the house, Lin Luo sat down for the two and served tea, and the village chief greeted Lin Luo leisurely, using dialects, Bai Wen and Lin Luo's father and daughter were together for a few days, and they could roughly understand.
"Brother Niu, how is your Niu Dan recovering recently?"
"My Niu Dan, those bones that were broken by Bai Wen, I have medicine to cure them, and it is not a big problem. But his brain has been not very good lately, he often has amnesia, and he is babbling nonsense, and he really doesn't know what to do!" Niu Mang was quite anxious.
"If this is the case, I must take Bai Wen over to take a look, so that he will not be so heavy in the future!" Lin Luo was polite on the surface, but he didn't believe Niu Mang's words at all in his heart.
"Brother Lin, put this aside in advance, today I brought my aunt of the Niu San family to your house, but there is a very important matter to discuss with you!" The village chief asked, "Your family Quanyin is well-behaved and smart, and she is the best at taking care of people, how old is she this year?"
"By the end of the month, it was just over 17. Lin Luo replied.
"Brother Lin is so blessed!" Aunt Li, the third aunt of Niu, said, "As the saying goes: the marriage of a bird cries, and the daughter is seventeen." Your daughter is just the age of Fanghua, and she is so beautiful and smart, she will definitely be able to marry a good family, and she will not be happy with your daughter?"
"It turns out that I came to propose. Bai Wen secretly thought, "This Aunt Li can speak well with one mouth." ”
"Where, where, how can the little girl be as good as Aunt Li said. Lin Luo humbly agreed, thinking about how to send the two away, "The children's affairs still depend on their own fate." ”
"Isn't this just a good marriage. Aunt Li smiled, "Niu Dan, the second son of the village chief, is burly and handsome, with a sincere character, and I like your Quanyin the most." And you know the conditions of the village chief's house, and the ten miles and eight townships are also the number of the best. You have two married families, and the benefits are self-evident. Brother Lin, you have suffered for half your life, our neighbors are all in the eyes, now that your daughter is growing up and getting married, you should enjoy the blessings, we are all happy for you. ”
Lin Luo was silent, but in his heart, he scolded Aunt Li for being bloody, and his shamelessness towards Niu Mang was raised to a new level. If it is really beaten into a brain-dead by Bai Wen, it is not false to say that he has a sincere character, but he is a fool to get rid of it. In front of the village chief, Lin Luo couldn't say anything, but if he wanted this family business, he didn't agree with it.
"Brother Lin, fifteen years ago, you left your hometown and came to my village alone, wanting to settle down, but no one in the village agreed. The village chief took a sip of tea and said slowly: "It was I who saw that you were pitiful, and I tried my best to give you a place to live." You said that you are a single family and a single surname, and without the help of our Niu family, can you live like this? You live in three wooden houses, eat dried fruits and animal meat, and you went hunting in the mountains that year and were bitten by a red-toothed snake, so I asked someone to invite the doctor in the town to cure you, otherwise you can sit here and drink tea now?"
"It's been a long time coming, so we won't say much about it. Let's just say that right now, the relationship between my son Niu Dan and your daughter has been very good. If it weren't for this white text a few days ago, we would all be able to be in-laws soon. As a result, this stunned boy was inserted sideways, not to mention the good things of my two families, and also beat my son to the point of amnesia and slurred speech. Tell me, you can't shirk this responsibility!"
"Niu Dan bullied Quanyin that day, Uncle Lin and I both saw it with our own eyes, and we were so angry that we beat him! It was definitely not that we wronged him!" Bai Wen defended.
"Okay, even if you take 10,000 steps back, Niu Dan is confused and insults Quanyin. It really should be beaten, even if the bones of his whole body are broken, I won't say anything. But there's no need to beat him up? He's still an unmarried child, and he still has a long way to go!"
After hearing these words, Lin Luo couldn't help but hang his head, not daring to look directly at the village chief's gaze.
Bai Wen sneered on the sidelines, but he couldn't answer.
"To be a human being, you still have to know how to repay your kindness, otherwise the gods will not forgive. The village chief glanced at Lin Luo and continued: "Now the war ahead is tight, and soldiers are being recruited everywhere, and I have not yet submitted the task quota assigned to me by the town. We all know that magicians are the key to determining victory or defeat, and we ordinary people are all cannon fodder, and one or two out of ten can't survive, I really don't want the people in the village to go to such a dangerous place. ”
"I don't want you to be embarrassed, but Quanyin's child is really likable, so I want him to be my daughter-in-law. Not only is the dowry not less than one point that should be given, but the prize money is also double, if Brother Lin has any other requirements, as long as he can do it, I will definitely agree. The village chief changed his words and said politely, "If you are ungrateful and do not agree to my request, then I can only settle the old accounts with you! Niu Dan's injury is so bad, you must not only compensate him for his medical expenses, but also for his future living expenses, at least 100 gold coins! In addition, you Lin Luo must be one of the places to catch strong men this time! I kindly remind you that you will not end up with both people and money. ”
"Awesome! The village chief's words were coercive and tempting, and what he said was interlocking, and Uncle Lin couldn't argue with it. It seems that the village chief is not so easy to be, I used to underestimate it too much. Bai Wenxin said.
Lin Luo's face was flushed, he rubbed his hands in embarrassment, and he didn't know how to deal with it, Bai Wen interjected: "Uncle Lin, after all, this marriage is still Quanyin's own business, and we should also listen to her opinion." If she agrees to this family affair, I will naturally have nothing to say; if she does not agree, even if the king of heaven and Lao Tzu comes to force marriage, I will not agree! I will go and call her over. ”
"Other people's daughter's marriage matters, how can you, an outsider, interfere?" Niu Mang had a calm face and shouted angrily.
Bai Wenli ignored it and walked out directly.
Lin Quanyin walked in the door, glanced at the village chief and Aunt Li timidly, walked to Lin Luo's side, and said coquettishly: "Dad, my daughter is still young, and I haven't repaid your great kindness, so I don't want to marry so early." ”
Lin Luo looked at his daughter and said helplessly: "Sooner or later, you still have to get married, how can you help yourself? I just want you to live well, and I don't want anything in return." ”
"But people don't like that Niu Dan at all! Last time he bullied me so rudely, I hate and hate him to death, how can I marry him?" Thinking back to what happened that day, Lin Quanyin was about to cry, obviously palpitating.
"Miss Quanyin is really a good boy who knows how to repay her father! Unlike the eldest daughter in my family, she still picks us when she gets married, how can she understand the truth of 'parents' kindness, as big as the sky'. Aunt Li praised it in her words, "Women, obey the arrangements of your elders, and you must marry a good family, which is the right reason." Otherwise, I was deceived by an unfamiliar person, but it's a lifetime thing!"
"My kid is young and ignorant, and it is precisely because he loves Miss Quanyin so much that he will be so reckless and abrupt Miss Quanyin, and I apologize to the girl on his behalf. I really hope that our two families can get married, and from now on, your Lin Mansion will truly be integrated into the big family of this Woniu Village. The village chief smiled and said, "Miss Quanyin, if you have any requests, just say it." ”
"I don't have any requirements..."
"Nonsense!" Aunt Li interrupted Lin Quanyin's words, "How can a girl marry without a request?"
Niu Mang hurriedly took over, "It's good to marry into my family, so you can't be cold no matter what." In this way, the dowry will be twice as normal as usual, and I will prepare a lot of everything else that should be there. Brother Lin, what do you think?"
"Hmmm... Uhhh Lin Luo, who lives in a simple place in Pingjapan and is not good at communicating, was so pressed by Aunt Li and Niu Mang that he couldn't answer at all. Sitting there, at a loss, not knowing how to respond. I felt in my heart that I couldn't say yes, and I didn't know how to refuse.
Bai Wen on the side immediately squeezed Lin Quanyin's eyebrows and signaled her to find a way to refuse.
"No! I can't agree to such a dowry!" Lin Quanyin was also quite assertive, knowing that his father was not good at words, so he hurriedly spoke.
"Oh, what kind of dowry is needed, Miss Quanyin, you say it yourself, it's the best!" Niu Mang said with a smile.
"No matter what I ask, you say yes, is it true?"
"Of course, I'm the village chief, and I'm the best at talking here. Niu Mang is quite complacent.
Lin Quanyin said: "My father is alone, raising me so big, he is really tortured, no matter what dowry I get, I can't repay him." I know that the most valuable thing in this world is the magic crystal nucleus, and if anyone can use the magic crystal nucleus as a dowry, I will definitely agree to marry him. ”
"What? Niu Mang said with a glare.
"I said - I want a magic crystal nucleus as a dowry, and I will marry. Lin Quanyin looked at the village chief with wide eyes without showing weakness.
"Quanyin, don't mess around. Lin Luo stopped.
"I'm serious. Lin Quanyin said: "If you can't do it, don't think about me getting married." ”
"Good, good, good!" Niu Mang said three good words in a row, shook his hands, and walked out angrily. Aunt Li was also shocked and followed without saying a word. The two came suddenly, and they went quickly.
"Quanyin, who told you to say that?" Seeing Niu Mang go away, Lin Luo couldn't help but be furious, "Offending him is equivalent to offending the entire village, do you know?
"It's him—" Lin Quanyin pointed at Bai Wen, his eyes wide open, pure and flawless.
"I didn't say anything, it's none of my business!" Bai Wen spread his hands, his face full of innocence, "If these are all said by Quanyin himself, do you believe it?"
Lin Luo obviously didn't believe it, in his heart, Lin Quanyin had always been a very introverted child, with a personality similar to himself. Fortunately, Niu Mang and the two were finally dismissed.
However, new troubles have also come.