Chapter Eighty-Four: Call Old Man Yang Over
“Now that things have come to this, you two families should discuss what to do!”
“Village Chief, my Shunzi would never marry Jiao’e Lin. Even if they took me to Yamen, I wouldn’t agree!”
“Wuwu, my poor Jiao’e, her purity has been defiled in vain, and yet he refuses to take responsibility.”
“Pah, your daughter! I bet she’s slept with half the village. And you still want her to marry my Shunzi? Go dream on about your spring and autumn fantasies!”
The Village Chief came to break up the fight this time, simply wanting to mediate the conflict and prevent Yang Family Village from deteriorating into a murder case due to a verbal dispute. Otherwise, his role as Village Chief would be deemed incompetent.
However, neither Madam Li nor Widow Lin were easy to deal with!
The Village Chief was also in a headache at this moment. He, a scholar, trying to reason with two village shrewish women; even if they discussed for three days and three nights, no conclusion would be reached.
Therefore, the Village Chief decided at this moment to find a breakthrough from elsewhere.
“Stop, all of you! Madam Li, go call your old man out. You, as a woman, cannot resolve such a matter. Let your family’s head come out.”
“What do you want him for? I can resolve it myself.”
“Are you the head of the Old Yang family?”
“I…”
“Stop spouting nonsense here with me. If you don’t call Yang Xingwang out today, I will invite the clan elders from the village to open the ancestral hall and pass a resolution to strike your shrewish self from the Yang family’s genealogy and directly divorce you from the village.”
When the Village Chief mentioned divorcing Madam Li, she clearly became afraid. She then pouted unwillingly and reluctantly returned to the courtyard to call Yang Xingwang out.
After seeing Madam Li go in, Widow Lin and Lin Jiao’e’s eyes both lit up, thinking the Village Chief’s arrival was indeed timely, as he could actually control the fiery Madam Li.
At this time, one should really thank the schemes of Madam Li and Yang Shun. They wanted to plot against the Gu family, but ended up falling into their own trap… For Lin Jiao’e, it wasn’t a loss to have Yang Shun as the suitor instead!
Although Yang Shun wasn’t as good-looking as Gu Yu, he was also someone who had passed the Tong Sheng examination at a young age. Marrying him would also be a good choice.
Even, Lin Jiao’e had personally seen a young lady from the town actively seeking out Yang Shun today!
This indirectly proved that Yang Shun was a man with potential. Not only were girls from the village attracted to him, but even women from town had come looking for him.
As for Gu Yu, even if Lin Jiao’e eventually married Yang Shun and became a married woman, it wouldn’t mean she would be separated from Gu Yu by distance.
At worst, she could secretly continue her relationship with Gu Yu in the future.
The thought of Gu Yu’s beautiful little face made Lin Jiao’e’s heart burn. Seeing that everyone’s attention was focused on the Yang family, she furtively glanced at Gu Yu standing to the side, almost drooling.
Not only was Gu Yu good, but Gu Qingheng was also quite cute.
As Lin Jiao’e was looking enviously at the two men, she suddenly encountered a gaze filled with anger. This made Lin Jiao’e subconsciously look over, only to discover it was Mengyao Gu, the tigress who had married Gu Yu.
Hmph, this kind of tigress who liked to go up the mountain to hunt and kill, she couldn’t compare to her at all!
As Lin Jiao’e thought this, a hint of disdainful laughter involuntarily appeared at the corner of her mouth. Gu Mengyao, seeing this, felt a small flame in her heart immediately flare up.
Originally, Gu Mengyao had some sympathy for Lin Jiao’e, after all, her falling into the water with Yang Shun wasn’t a coincidence. Her whole life as a woman was ruined like this, truly pitiful.
However, now seeing Lin Jiao’e drooling over her man made Gu Mengyao feel… Lin Jiao’e marrying Yang Shun, the two of them were truly a match made in heaven.
Thinking this, Gu Mengyao immediately raised her hand and tightly clasped Gu Yu’s arm, as if marking her territory. Gu Yu, after his initial surprise, then secretly started to laugh.
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Well… although I boasted yesterday that I would update three chapters daily, it seems many readers have said it’s too short and unsatisfying… So, this author is asking, would you prefer three chapters of one thousand characters each, or one chapter of three thousand characters? (Don’t say you want both, I beg you on behalf of my hair.)
Actually, it’s still the same amount, just changing from three updates a day to one update a day, but you can read it all in one go. (It’s not that the author doesn’t want to update more, it’s just that writing takes time. A second for the reader is an hour for the author, plus I have to painstackingly revise the text and be careful not to leave any loopholes… As for the hundred thousand characters update after the book goes on shelves, that’s also something the author is planning to pull all-nighters for next month. Of course, it also depends on the results of my classification this month. Otherwise, I won’t have the motivation to work so hard!)
The results will be tallied at 5 PM. Please like a choice in the comments section on the right. The most liked choice will be considered the final result.
