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  Yao Jinhua wailed and rolled on the ground: "I won't live anymore... This life can't be lived..." At this moment, she really wanted to die.

  "What's all the commotion about? Is this still a place of reason?" A stern voice boomed from outside the door.

  The village head, Jin Fugui, walked in with a cigarette holder, his face sinking. He saw Yao Jinhua rolling on the ground, her hair scattered and her clothes disheveled. Lin Lan was standing aside, her face red with anger. Jin Fugui's eyebrows furrowed into a "川" shape.

  "What's going on?" Jin Fugui asked Lin Lan, who had heard from Bao Zhu that something was wrong with this family. Bao Zhu hadn't said what it was, just that he looked very anxious and had rushed over without even taking his afternoon nap. Although he didn't know what conflict the two sisters-in-law were having, Lin Lan's character was clear to him - kind-hearted, good-natured, and lively, with no one in the village not praising her. As for Yao Jinhua, she was lazy and gluttonous, and Jin Fugui couldn't help but look at her with disgust as she sat on the ground crying and wiping away tears. His sympathies naturally leaned towards Lin Lan.

  "Village head, when my mother was dying, you were also present. My mother left a message that I would be in charge of my own marriage. Do you still remember?" Lin Lan tried to control her emotions, now is not the time to get excited.

  Jin Fugui nodded: "Mother has said so."

  The silver was snatched away by Lin Lan, and Yao Jinhua's heart ached to the point of death. However, she also understood that this wasn't the time for heartache, and she couldn't let Lin Lan report her to the village chief first. So, she quickly scrambled up, put on a pitiful expression, and sighed: "Village Chief, please judge this matter fairly. Although my mother-in-law left it to our discretion to arrange marriages, now that my sister-in-law is no longer young, how can she possibly arrange her own marriage? As siblings, we can't just stand by and watch her waste her youth. A daughter's family can't afford to be delayed, so I, as the sister-in-law, kindly arranged a suitable match for her. Who knew that not only did she not appreciate our kindness, but she also scolded me, pushed me to the ground, and said... said she wanted to trample me to death! Poor me, still pregnant, was bullied by her like this. Luckily, Village Chief, you arrived just in time; otherwise..." Yao Jinhua sobbed grievously.

  Lin Lan was really fed up with her, this dead woman was indeed good at pretending to be pitiful, pretending to be a little white flower, pretending to be innocent...

  "Village head, don't listen to her nonsense. She's not kind-hearted at all! She wants to sell me to Zhang the wealthy as a concubine. I, Lin Lan, would rather marry a pig or a dog than be someone's concubine!" Lin Lan said angrily.

  Yao Jinhua said with a grievance: "Even if you don't want to, can't you say it nicely? You hit me and I'm pregnant! Your hands are so ruthless, even if you dislike me, but the child in my belly hasn't done anything wrong!"

  Jin Fugui heard that the matter involved Zhang Dahu, and he suddenly felt a headache. Zhang Dahu was someone you couldn't afford to offend, but thinking about Lin Lan becoming his concubine was really too humiliating for her.

  "Yes, Lin Lan, if you have something to say, then say it properly! How can you lay hands on your sister-in-law?" Jin Fugui was straightforward and matter-of-fact, no matter what, hitting someone was never right.

  "Hmph! Yao Jinhua, you really are something! You pretend to be a weak and innocent girl so successfully. If you can pretend, why can't I? Lin Lan pouted and her eyes welled up with tears as she said sorrowfully: "Village Chief, do you think I'm an unreasonable person? I just wanted to return Zhang Dahu's betrothal gift to him, but my sister-in-law got angry and rolled around on the ground, saying that it was her money. She said that if I took the money away, she would die... Poor me, I have no parents, and my brother is a honest man, nobody can stand up for me. If I had to marry Zhang Dahu as his concubine, I'd rather die..." Lin Lan became more and more distressed as she spoke, tears streaming down her face.

  Jin Fugui knew that Yao Jinhua was indeed a greedy person. Seeing Lin Lan cry so sadly, he already believed Lin Lan's words and said to Yao Jinhua: "This sister-in-law, how can you not discuss with Lin Lan before taking the betrothal gift on your own initiative?"

  "Village chief, I just casually mentioned it to matchmaker Wang and didn't expect anything to come of it, so I didn't discuss it with my sister-in-law beforehand. Who would have thought that they'd send the betrothal gift today? It's not that I'm reluctant to part with these few taels of silver, Village Chief, you also know what kind of person Zhang Dahu is - in all of Feng'an County, who dares to cross him? If he takes a liking to which family's daughter, who can escape his grasp? If my sister-in-law returns the betrothal gift, we'll offend Zhang Dahu and our whole family will be doomed. That's why I won't let her return the gift." Yao Jinhua shifted the blame cleanly, making it seem as though Zhang Dahu was going to force the marriage, and she seemed helpless about it.

  Jin Fugui is in trouble, and regardless of Yao Jinhua's intentions, Zhang Dahu has already sent the betrothal gifts, so it would be difficult to refuse.

  Lin Lan saw the village chief show a hesitant expression, and in her heart she was furious! Yao Jinhua was indeed eloquent, and with just a few words, he had cleared himself of all blame.

  "Sister, stop pretending. I said why you're suddenly being so nice to me today, even calling my brother to sell fabric for me and make new clothes for me. It turns out that you had already made plans in your heart, wanting to use Zhang Dahu to pressure me, forcing me to obey. Unfortunately, your plan was wrong, I've already prepared to get engaged with someone else. As for Zhang Dahu, I will absolutely not marry him." Lin Lan dropped a bombshell, and now she can only come up with an excuse to temporarily cover herself.

  Jinfu Gui and Yao Jinhua were both stunned, did Lin Lan already have someone she liked?

  Lin Lan's mind was racing fast, the words had already slipped out, who should she find to take the blame? Familiar ones, fellow villagers, neighboring villages wouldn't do, what if they accidentally made a mistake, and turned fake into real...

  Yao Jinhua was initially startled, but Lin Lan had secretly arranged her lifelong marriage? Wouldn't that make her efforts all in vain? When the time came, not only would the cooked duck fly away, but she would also offend Zhang Dahu. However, she quickly calmed down and thought: where could Lin Lan go to find her soulmate? Every day, she was either picking herbs on the mountain or working at home, occasionally going into town; as long as Lin Lan left the village, Jin Baozhu from the same village would follow her. Could it be that Lin Lan wanted to push Baozhu out as an excuse? Lin Feng had asked Lin Lan last night, and Lin Lan had clearly said she didn't like Baozhu. Yao Jinhua thought for a moment and wondered if Lin Lan was trying to avoid marrying Zhang Dahu by choosing Jin Baozhu instead. No way, even if Lin Lan was just looking for an excuse, it wouldn't work; the betrothal gifts had already been exchanged, this marriage was set in stone, and there could be no changes or deviations.

  "Little aunt, it's not embarrassing to say this out loud. Even if the mother-in-law has made arrangements, we can decide on our own marriage, but at least we should ask brother and sister-in-law to be present as matchmakers. To privately settle one's own marriage is really losing face." Yao Jinhua said disdainfully: "If this were in a big family, they would have been dragged away to soak in a pig cage long ago."

  Lin Lan said in a bad tone, "Which ear did you hear that I privately settled my life? Listen clearly, I'm saying preparation, preparation... to soak the pig cage, it's this kind of vicious sister-in-law who should be dragged to soak the pig cage." Lin Lan ignored Yao Jinhua's gritted teeth and only said to the village chief: "My mother's last words, Village Chief, you are a witness with your own ears. You must come again tonight after dinner when my brother is not at home."

  Although it was a difficult problem, Jin Fugui still agreed to take it on. After all, he was the village head.

  Yao Jinhua didn't think so, she believed that Lin Feng absolutely wouldn't dare to sing a different tune with her, and the development of the situation also wouldn't allow Lin Feng to oppose, who would have the guts to offend Zhang Dahu? As long as Lin Feng was on the same page as her, she wasn't afraid that Lin Lan wouldn't submit.

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