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  Lin Lan sulkily returned to the village, just about to go to the creek to retrieve her clothes, when she saw Bao Zhu rushing over in a panic: "Lin Lan, it's not good..."

  "Sister-in-law has promised to marry Zhang Da Hu." Bao Zhu wiped away his sweat, his eyes full of anxiety.

  Lin Lan was taken aback, thinking she had misheard: "Really?"

  Bao Zhu hurriedly said: "It's absolutely true, it was Wang the matchmaker who personally admitted it, saying that his sister-in-law had already received the betrothal gift from Zhang the wealthy merchant."

  "When did it happen?" Lin Lan felt incredulous, she had just gone up the mountain to practice her kung fu for a while, and then Yao Jinhua sold her out? Or... did it happen yesterday?

  "Just now, my mother helped to send the clothes back and saw Matchmaker Wang coming out of the house. She asked her sister, but her sister refused to say anything. I had no choice but to chase after Matchmaker Wang. At first, she also refused to speak, and I was so angry that I almost threw a punch. Only then did Matchmaker Wang tell me that my sister had accepted fifty taels of silver as betrothal gifts." Baozhu was anxious beyond measure. Lin Lan could marry anyone, but she absolutely couldn't marry Zhang the wealthy merchant. That Zhang already had seventeen concubines, and who knows how many girls he had ruined in his daily life? If Lin Lan were to marry him, her whole life would be destroyed.

  Lin Lan's anger soared: "What right does she have to accept someone else's betrothal gift? Fifty taels of silver and she thinks she can sell me off, do I deserve to be sold by her? No way, I'll go settle the score with her."

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  "She thinks she can buy me off with just a chicken leg and a new set of clothes? Does she think I, Lin Lan, am that easily bullied?"

  "Lin Lan, shall we call my mother to go together?" Bao Zhu was afraid that Lin Lan alone could not handle her sister-in-law, and he himself did not want to show up, so he thought it would be better to call his mother.

  "No need, really can't, I'll go find the village head." Lin Lan refused Baozhu's kind intentions. If Golden Aunt helped her speak up, everyone would misunderstand that she wanted to marry Baozhu.

  Lin Lan ran back home in a huff, and as soon as she entered the courtyard, she heard Yao Jinhua humming a happy tune inside the house.

  Lin Lan was lying on the door gap, seeing Yao Jinhua sitting at the head of the bed, happily counting her silver coins, which were the money she had received for selling herself. Lin Lan's anger burned, and with one kick, she opened the door.

  "Yao Jinhua, I advise you to return the silver as soon as possible and make things clear with Zhang Daifu. Otherwise, don't blame me for turning against you." Lin Lan said with a scowl.

  Yao Jinhua was startled, and hastily hid the silver behind her back, smiling with extreme warmth and gentleness: "Lin Lan! I was just about to talk to you about this. Come, sit down quickly."

  It's almost there~

  "Hey... Lin Lan, don't be so hot-headed! Sister-in-law is doing it for your own good!" Yao Jinhua said calmly, putting the silver away in her small box and locking it.

  "It's not getting any younger, if it drags on like this, it'll become an old maid. Zhang Daifu is the number one person in Feng'an County, although his concubines are a bit many, those are just decorations, can't give birth to sons, useless. Zhang Daifu said that whoever can give him a son, he will reward 300 mu of good land and 800 taels of gold. Lin Lan is a blessed person, marrying over there will definitely give birth to a boy, in the future, the Zhang family's property will all belong to her and her son. Our old Lin family will also jump out of poverty, one step to heaven! How great!"

  Moreover, Wang the matchmaker said that this time Zhang Dahu took in his 18th concubine, originally only gave 30 taels of betrothal gift, but as soon as they heard it was him, they immediately handed over 50 taels of betrothal gift. This is not all, they have already agreed to send a generous betrothal gift after matching the birthdate and eight characters, and welcome her with a grand sedan chair, which shows that they are very sincere! Look, before she even married in, Zhang Dahu is already so attentive, after marrying in, he will definitely be even more loving and doting, this is a good thing that's hard to find even with a lantern.

  Lin Lan was furious and laughed: "Yao Jinhua, such a good thing, why not leave it to your own sister? I remember that my sister didn't promise anyone either."

  Yao Jinhua smiled and said: "My sister can't compare to her, even if she lets her go and serve as a shoe polisher for Zhang's family, they may not even look at her."

  "Now you're showing some self-awareness, Yao Jinhua. Let me make it clear to you: even if my mother didn't leave any last words, I'm in charge of my own marriage. Even if she had wanted to sell me off or push me into a fire pit, it would be just a dream. I advise you to back off quickly, or else you'll end up with egg on your face and bring misfortune upon yourself." Lin Lan said resolutely, walking swiftly to the bedside in three strides.

  "What's going on here?" Yao Jinhua saw that things were taking a turn for the worse and hastily stepped forward to block Lin Lan.

  Lin Lan glared at her: "This silver is not right."

  Yao Jinhua took a step forward, tightly hugging the box to her chest, and anxiously looked at Lin Lan, stubbornly arguing: "Elder sister is like mother, elder brother is like father, why can't I decide on this marriage? This reason I've said loudly everywhere. And let me advise you, I've already accepted the betrothal gift, and given the engagement letter to Matchmaker Wang, so this marriage is settled. You also know what kind of person Zhang Dahu is, who dares to play tricks with him? If we provoke Zhang Dahu, our whole family will suffer."

  "This is something you've gotten yourself into, it has nothing to do with me. If you want to get married, go ahead and get married, don't drag me into this." Lin Lan reached out to grab the box, she had to take back these silver coins, otherwise they would be squandered by Yao Jinhua, and when the time came to return the silver coins to Zhang Da Hu, she wouldn't care, she could just walk away with a clear conscience, but what about her brother?

  "Murder! The young aunt is bullying her sister-in-law!" Yao Jinhua tightly hugged the box and rolled onto the ground, wailing like a slaughtered pig.

  Lin Lan looked at her this rascal appearance, really want to kick her away, how Lin family got such a rascal wife.

  "Don't think I don't dare to move, normally I wouldn't bother with you because of your brother's face, but this time you've gone too far, take out the silver." Lin Lan viciously warned Yao Jinhua.

  Yao Jinhua cried with great grievance: "I'm doing this for the sake of the Lin family, isn't it all for the good? Being a sister-in-law is easy? Lin Lan, don't be so stubborn, what do we women want in life? Isn't it just to have food and clothing without worry? What's wrong with marrying Zhang Da Hu? It's better than marrying those farmers who toil their whole lives facing the yellow earth and with their backs to the sky..."

  "Hmph! Stop spouting nonsense, are you going to give it to me or not? If not, I'll take action!" Lin Lan threatened.

  "Dare to move, I'll die and see, no more than one corpse and two lives, come on...!" Yao Jinhua hid the box behind her back, puffed out her chest, and put on a fearless posture, this was the kind of Lin family's breed, she didn't believe that Lin Lan would really dare to move.

  "If you want to die, hurry up and go. Who wants a lazy wife like you? If you die, I'll turn around and find a better one for my brother, and give birth to a bunch of white and chubby sons." Lin Lan was not fooled by her nonsense, and even if someone died, she wouldn't be willing to die herself.

  Yao Jinhua did not expect Lin Lan to be so stubborn and unyielding, refusing to back down or give in. Instead, she turned the tables on Yao Jinhua, threatening her. What could she do? She couldn't win a fight against Lin Lan, and if Lin Lan were to take the silver away from her, Yao Jinhua would truly be heartbroken. In her entire life, she had never seen so much silver!

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