Rebirth of a Village Girl

Chapter 841: 211: I want to divorce you! _7

Wu Yanyun continued, "Mom and Dad, it was my own decision to marry Wu Qiang. I went to the matchmaking session by myself. Even though Wu Qiang is a bit older, his family is well off; marrying him wouldn’t be a loss."

Yan Erju responded, "Xiaoyun, did your grandma force you? Don’t worry, with Mom and Dad here, no one can bully you!"

Wu Jinshu hastily nodded, "Yanyun, your parents are here! You don’t need to be afraid! Whatever the difficulty, our whole family will face it together!"

Pretending to be relaxed, Wu Yanyun said, "It’s truly voluntary, and it has nothing to do with Grandma. Wu Qiang is such a catch, many people want to marry him but can’t even reach him!"

"Xiaoyun!" Yan Erju was in tears now. "Xiaoyun, don’t you still need to go to school? You can’t marry Wu Qiang—he already has two children. I want to support you through university; I don’t want you to be someone else’s stepmother!"

"Mom, don’t cry," Wu Yanyun said with a smile, "Being a scholar is useless, what’s the use of studying so much? It would be better to marry earlier! Meeting someone like Wu Qiang isn’t easy. I’ve made up my mind, I want to marry him! Whatever you two say, I’ll still marry him! You both better get ready, Wu Qiang’s family will be here soon! I’m going to wash the dishes!"

With that, Wu Yanyun hurried with the dishes to the kitchen.

Without another word, Yan Erju went straight to Wu Grandma’s room, beyond caring, she burst out scolding, "You old hag! Was it you? Did you say something to Xiaoyun? You heartless old hag! You will go to hell!"

Wu Grandma holding her cane, came out of the room, "Her mouth is her own, what can I possibly say for her? Yan Erju, today is a great day for the Wu Family, I can let this slide."

Yan Erju, furious, Wu Yanyun hearing the commotion, immediately ran out from the kitchen, threw her arms around Yan Erju, "Mom, don’t be rash, I really am doing this voluntarily! It has nothing to do with Grandma! I want to marry Wu Qiang! If you don’t agree, I’ll go to Wu Qiang’s house myself!"

Wu Grandma scoffed, "Heard what your daughter said? Just like a shrew! Our family, bringing you in, has been unfortunate for generations!"

Around ten in the morning, Wu Qiang, his mother, and Wu Lan arrived punctually, accompanied by Wu Jinjin.

Wu Jinjin with a smile, "Yanyun, Yanyun, come out, important people have arrived at our house!"

Seeing the dilapidated Wu Family home, Wu Mother covered her nose contemptuously, "This place is really a mess." No wonder they are selling their daughter.

Wu Yanyun immediately came out from inside, smiling, "Come in and have a seat."

Upon seeing Wu Yanyun, Wu Qiang’s eyes stuck on her, as if glued.

Wu Jinjin looked at Wu Yanyun, "Where are your parents?"

Just then, Wu Jinshu and Yan Erju came out of the house, "You must be Wu Qiang’s mother, right? We don’t sell our daughter! Xiaoyun definitely won’t marry into your family! Please leave! We’ll find a way to return that 3000 yuan dowry!"

Wu Mother was taken aback, then said, "You want to call off the marriage? Then bring six thousand yuan!"

"Six thousand?" Wu Jinshu’s face turned pale, shocked, "Wasn’t it three thousand?"

Wu Mother pulled out a contract from her pocket, "It’s written clearly here, black on white, backing out costs double the penalty! Either compensate us or marry off your daughter! Seems like today’s meal won’t happen. But let me leave these words here, tomorrow is a good day, either marry off your daughter or pay six thousand yuan!"

Wu Mother was a shrewd person; she doesn’t engage in losing deals.

After speaking, Wu Mother left with Wu Qiang.

Wu Jinjin hurriedly followed, offering appeasement, "Mother-in-law, please don’t go! We’re supposed to be uniting families, not causing disputes. My brother didn’t mean anything by it, please don’t be angry."

Wu Jinjin knew Wu Jinshu wouldn’t have the six thousand yuan to give to Wu Mother, so she desperately tried to smooth things over. Being on good terms with the wealthy Wu Family could only benefit her.

In fact, Wu Jinshu indeed didn’t have six thousand yuan to give to Wu Mother.

Even three thousand yuan was a struggle, let alone six thousand!

Yan Erju sat on the ground, looking up at Wu Jinshu, "Jinshu, maybe we should just take the kids and run!"

"Okay!" Wu Jinshu thought it was a solution, "I’ll go pack our things right now! Let’s leave tonight!"

Upon hearing that the couple wanted to flee, Grandma Wu was frantic!

If they ran off, what would happen to the small western-style house?

She hadn’t moved into the small western-style house yet!

Wu Yanyun said, "Mom and Dad, I’m willing to marry Wu Qiang. Given our family’s current situation, where can we run? Leaving here, you and dad won’t even be able to find decent jobs! We would starve. Moreover, under these circumstances, the local authorities certainly won’t issue us a proof of residence letter, and without it, where can we run?"

It was an era of restricted travel, where everyone needed introduction letters for long journeys, otherwise, they would be deemed undocumented migrants.

Upon hearing this, Wu Jinshu and Yan Erju looked completely disheartened.

Grandma Wu was overjoyed.

Yan Erju hugged Wu Yanyun tightly, "Xiaoyun, my daughter, my poor daughter..."

Wu Yanyun, holding Yan Erju, said, "Mom, I’m doing this voluntarily. After marrying Wu Qiang, I won’t have to do anything; just be a rich wife, I’m not pitiful at all." _{𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑝𝑢𝘣.𝘤𝑜𝘮}

Wu Jinshu was also wiping away tears from behind.

In the blink of an eye, it was the next day.

They were about to move to the small western-style house, and Grandma Wu was very happy. She had cut many "喜" characters overnight and posted them in every corner of the Wu Family house.

Wu Erlong asked curiously, "Grandma, is Big Sister getting married?"

"Yes," Grandma Wu nodded happily.

Wu Erlong didn’t say anything and turned to run to the room, "Big Sister, are you getting married?"

Wu Yanyun nodded.

"Big Sister, I don’t want you to get married! I don’t want you to get married!" Wu Erlong hugged Wu Yanyun tightly.

Wu Yanyun smiled and said, "Silly boy, girls have to get married when they reach the right age!"

Wu Erlong then ran to find Yan Erju, "Mom, I don’t want Big Sister to get married! Big Sister doesn’t want to get married, I heard her crying last night! Mom, please don’t marry her off, okay?"

Yan Erju’s eyes, already swollen, instantly reddened and she wept uncontrollably.

Wu Dalong ran over and pulled Wu Erlong away, "Erlong, come with me."

Wu Erlong cried, "Big Sister is getting married, and you still feel like playing! Are you even Big Sister’s brother!"

The usually naive Wu Dalong seemed to have grown up overnight, "I know why Big Sister has to get married. It’s because Grandma took the money from the landlord’s sister’s brother, those people who came yesterday! Erlong, let’s go find Sister Yangyang, okay? Didn’t Sister Yangyang tell us last time to come to her if we have any troubles? Sister Yangyang will definitely have a way to stop Big Sister from getting married!"

Wu Erlong nodded, "Okay! Let’s go find Sister Yangyang! But I don’t remember the way to Sister Yangyang’s house."

Wu Dalong said, "No worries, I have a good memory, I know the way!"