HLnovel Chapter 174 I'm telling you
Chapter 174 I'm telling you
"It's a happy event, it's a happy event." She swallowed and kept looking into the main room out of the corner of her eye.
It seemed like he wanted to see something, but still had some reservations.
The young woman pushed the old man. The man was startled and glared at the young woman before continuing.
"My last name is Li, you can just call me Aunt Li." The older woman pointed at herself and introduced herself, then pointed at the young woman next to her and said:
"This person's surname is Xu, you can just call her Aunt Xu."
"Hello, Aunt Li and Aunt Xu!" Gu Wan smiled and nodded, which counted as a greeting.
The two of them responded, their eyes narrowed into slits with smiles on their faces, and they licked their lips excitedly from time to time.
"Gu Zhiqing will be twenty this year, right?"
"I was eighteen before I went to the countryside. My actual age is eighteen, but my virtual age is nineteen," said Gu Wan.
"Well, after the New Year, you will be one year older, and you will be twenty years old." Aunt Li stopped laughing and said seriously.
Although Gu Wan somewhat disagreed with this statement, she just thought that the way of calculating age was different in each place.
She didn't argue with them. Her silence made Aunt Li and Aunt Xu think that she had convinced Gu Wan.
"My second daughter-in-law is the same age as you. This year, the child is already five years old. After the Chinese New Year, she will be six years old."
"That's right. There are many people in the village who get married at the age of 14 or 15. Isn't Gu Zhiqing's family worried?"
"Fortunately, the elders at home didn't urge me. They thought I was still young and there was no rush for this kind of thing."
Gu Wan said there was no rush, but the two aunts became anxious.
"Gu Zhiqing, you are a girl, how can you not be anxious? The older a girl gets, the less valuable she becomes. Don't think you don't have to be anxious just because your family is well off. When you get older, only others will be able to pick you!"
"That's right. There's a girl in my family. She was 18 or 19 years old when she finished high school. She was too old to find a husband. My family thought it was embarrassing, so they found her a divorced man with two kids last year. They didn't even ask for a dowry and she got married happily."
She spoke seriously, but Gu Wan's brows furrowed more and more as she listened.
She felt sorry for these girls, but if the two aunts in front of her had nothing to say, they would always say such uncomfortable things. Gu Wan didn't want to force herself to continue listening.
"Gu Zhiqing, you live alone now. As a girl, you must pay attention to your safety."
"I will. The atmosphere in our village is pretty good."
"That's true. There is no one in our village who is cunning and dishonest. They are all very good." After she finished speaking, she changed the subject and said:
"Gu Zhiqing lives alone. He has to cook, take a bath, and get firewood and water by himself. It's too hard."
Aunt Xu took over the conversation: "That's right. Look at the thin arms and legs of the educated youth. It makes you carry water and collect firewood every day. It's heartbreaking to see you like that."
Gu Wan: "It's OK, everyone can do it. I also want to learn to do it a little bit. It's nothing."
"That's right. If you don't know how to do anything, your husband's family will dislike you after you get married."
Gu Wan smiled but didn't respond. The two of them felt a little awkward as no one responded. Finally, she cleared her throat and stated the purpose of coming here today.
"Gu Zhiqing, you are already 20 years old this year, so it's time for you to get married. My fourth child is one year younger than you this year. Although you are older, I think you are an honest person and I think we can make do. What do you think?"
The smile on Gu Wan's face faded. "Aunt is planning to get married?"
Aunt Li's mouth twisted, and she didn't react for a moment. After a while, she smiled and said:
"What? How can a woman like me get married? I mean my fourth son is eighteen years old this year. Do you want to find some time to meet him?
I mean, my fourth child is a good worker, and he is one of the few in the village who has even attended primary school.”
When talking about her son, Aunt Li's face was full of pride.
"I just came to you because I saw that you are hardworking and your temper is different from those educated youths. You are not someone who likes to cause trouble. Otherwise, there are countless people who would like to marry my son."
Gu Wan's face turned cold. Although kissing is voluntary on both sides, if one party disagrees, it shouldn't make too much of a fuss.
But she should never, ever belittle women. Isn't she a woman herself?
"Thank you so much, auntie, for taking a liking to me. But I don't have the blessing to be your daughter-in-law. You should find someone else."
Aunt Li did not hear the rejection in Gu Wan's words, and even if she did, she pretended not to hear it.
She finally realized that Gu Zhiqing was stupid but rich. If she let her son marry such a wife, wouldn't all the money belong to them?
"Hey, some people say they are not blessed. I think you are the most blessed."
Aunt Xu: "That's right, Gu Zhiqing, don't be embarrassed. Originally, we should have discussed these matters with our elders, but we heard that your parents had passed away, so we came directly to you.
I tell you, Aunt Li is famous in the village for her good temper. How can it not be considered a blessing to be her daughter-in-law?"
It sounded as if the marriage had already been arranged. Gu Wan turned to look at Aunt Xu coldly:
"Since you think being Aunt Li's daughter-in-law is so lucky, why doesn't Aunt Xu want to be one? I think Aunt Li has such a good temper, she definitely doesn't care about her daughter-in-law's age, right?"
Aunt Xu was stunned with her mouth open, and the smile on Aunt Li's face gradually faded.
"Gu Zhiqing, what do you mean by that? You're from the city, if you look down on us country folks, just say so directly. There's no need to be so sarcastic."
"Since you want me to speak frankly, I will speak frankly."
She paused, stood up, and looked down at the two of them. “I don’t look down on rural people, nor do I think your son is bad, but I look down on you two.
As a woman, you keep belittling girls. What? Are you born to be a slut and think you deserve to be inferior and be chosen by others? "
"What did you say?" Aunt Li stood up suddenly, her eyes wide open, and reached out to hit Gu Wan in the face.
Although she is old, she looks very strong. Gu Wan is not someone who is stupid enough to confront her head-on.
She picked up a bench on the ground to resist, and Aunt Li slapped her on the bench.
The slap was so powerful that it hit the stool and she felt like her wrist was going to break.
With a loud cry, he bent over and hugged his hands, crying out in pain. Seeing this, Aunt Xu didn't dare to cause trouble for Gu Wan, and hurried to check on Aunt Li's hand.
When Zhao Congyi walked in anxiously from outside the door, he saw Gu Wan holding a stool with a hint of excitement on her face, but her hands were a little unsteady.
The aunt on one side was bending over and holding her hand, crying out in pain, unable to utter a complete sentence. The other aunt wanted to take a look, but was afraid to touch her injured hand, so she stood by, at a loss as to what to do.