"Chuxia, just listen to your mother. Li Guangyuan is a sought-after young man within ten miles, skilled at fieldwork just like you. Teaming up together, how could your married life be bad? Mom isn't going to harm you."
"At that time, Mom will ask for 300 yuan as the bride price for you. Don't worry, Mom will keep the money for you; it'll be your backbone in the future."
Lin Chuxia looked at her middle-aged mother in front of her, finally coming back to her senses after the shock.
She thought she had died in a car accident but unexpectedly, she returned to the year she got married at twenty.
Her family was arranging her marriage to her husband from her past life, the farmer from the neighboring village—Li Guangyuan.
Hearing his name, Lin Chuxia's breathing quickened, and just as she was about to refuse the marriage proposal, suddenly a figure rushed over, "I don't want to marry someone surnamed Qin, I want to marry Li Guangyuan."
It was her older sister, Lin Jiayi.
Mother Lin was also startled, "What tantrums are you throwing? Stop talking nonsense."
"I'm not talking nonsense, Mom, I don't want to marry into the Qin Family, I want to marry into the Li Family and marry Li Guangyuan. Let my younger sister marry Qin Yang."
Lin Chuxia squinted her eyes. Was her elder sister also reborn?
Seeing her eldest daughter's eyes turning red with urgency, Mother Lin stood up and pulled her aside, "Child, the Qin Family was carefully chosen by your mother. Qin Yang works as a laborer. Although it's in another place, he sends money home every month; once married, you can go with him and you won't even have to take care of your in-laws..."
Lin Chuxia leisurely watched the mother and daughter, her mother's attitude of fooling herself never seemed to change, in the end, it's just indifference.
Suddenly raising her voice, "Yes, elder sister, Mom is right. Let me marry into the Li Family then. You never have to do fieldwork at home; how would you manage if married into the Li Family?"
Lin Jiayi sharply turned her head, her eyes bloodshot as she stared at Lin Chuxia, "You want to compete with me?"
Lin Chuxia spread her hands, "I'm just considering it for elder sister."
Mother Lin also felt Lin Chuxia made sense, "Your younger sister is right. Mom looked everywhere just to find you a match where you don't have to work the fields," a marital home is really different from a parental home.
Lin Jiayi took a step back, her expression fierce, "If Mom and Dad don't agree, I'll just kill myself."
Mother Lin had never seen her eldest daughter like this. She hurriedly comforted her, "There's no need to marry if you don't want to. We'll look for another proposal tomorrow. Let's not marry into the Qin Family, I assure you we'll find you a better match."
Lin Jiayi's face, which had just eased up, grew anxious again with the words that followed, "I don't want anyone else; I just want to marry Li Guangyuan, otherwise, I'll die and let you all see."
Where could Mother Lin dare to disagree? She quickly complied, "Alright, alright, alright, marry, marry Li Guangyuan. Later, I'll have the matchmaker talk to the Qin family to cancel this marriage. What a pity, such a good proposal! Dad, perhaps you should find another matchmaker..."
Before Mother Lin could finish, Lin Jiayi grabbed her, "Mom, why all the trouble? The younger sister also needs to get married, right? Let her marry Qin Yang then. You said it yourself, such a good proposal; what a waste if not given to younger sister."
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