The Second Sister of a Farmer's Family's Path to Imperial Destiny

When Master Liu heard the maid come to his house and say that the girl he had set his eyes on, Guo Daya from the next village, said she didn't want to get married, he was so angry that he threw the teacup beside him away.

With a "clang", the white teacup filled with tea fell to the ground and broke into several pieces, and the fragrance of tea rushed into the ground.

"She said she doesn't want to marry, so she won't marry? Don't you see who you are? You are just a dead woman, relying on your beauty to boss me around!"

The maid stood by, not daring to say a word, for fear that the teacup would hit her head if she was not careful.

Mr. Liu had a very bloated figure, and his chest moved up and down due to anger, and his fat also swayed along with it.

"Tsk, a woman begging me to take her as a concubine, I want to see who gave her the courage to come to me and ask me to cancel the engagement. Call her in! If she can't convince me, she will be in trouble."

……

The weather in September was already very cold, but Daya, who was standing outside the door, had a few beads of sweat on her face and her hand was tightly clasped Guo Xin's hand.

She muttered, "I shouldn't have asked to cancel the engagement this time. Since ancient times, there is no reason for a woman to cancel an engagement..."

Guo Xin listened to Daya's words without saying anything. She held Daya's hand tightly, trying to calm her down.

In fact, I was a little nervous on the way here. I made the decision to cancel the engagement based on my intuition that I had developed during the apocalypse. Therefore, I was also asking about what kind of person Mr. Liu was on the way here.

I heard from the villagers that although he abused his concubines, he was very good to his wife and children. Not only did he send them to school, he also respected his wife very much.

Mr. Liu is extremely profit-oriented and has a long-term vision. As long as there is a greater benefit, he can temporarily give up short-term benefits. It can also be said that he is casting a long line to catch a big fish.

This time of famine, some tenant farmers could not pay the rent, so Mr. Liu asked a fortune teller to calculate that the next year would be a good year.

So Mr. Liu proposed that the rent could be postponed this year, but next year the rent must be double this year's rent, plus next year's rent, that is, triple rent. As long as the tenants agreed, they could be let off.

Therefore, Guo Xin believed that he could start from the aspect of interests and talk to Mr. Liu about breaking off the engagement. After all, businessmen do not do anything without benefits.

……

Guo Xin followed Daya into the house and what came into view was a rather bloated man wearing a green round-necked robe. From a distance, he looked a bit like a bulging cabbage.

The man had an extremely ugly expression on his face. Although the debris on the ground had been cleared, there was still a damp spot, and it could be seen that the tea had soaked the ground.

"Hello, Second Master." Although Guo Xin was constantly commenting on the man in his heart, he still greeted him together with Daya.

The man didn't even look up at them. He just sneered with disdain, playing with a string of Buddhist beads that had been played with to a certain color. He said in a deep voice, "I heard that you want to cancel the engagement?"

The eldest girl saw a man with such a strong sense of pressure for the first time, and he was her future husband. Her voice trembled, "Yes..."

When the man heard Daya's certainty, he became even angrier and was about to explode.

Guo Xin immediately knelt down and said crisply, "Second Master, don't be angry yet. If this marriage is cancelled, it will definitely be better than taking your sister as a concubine."

When the man heard such ridiculous words, he couldn't help but sneer and looked up at Guo Xin who was speaking.

Guo Xin looked like a beauty, with an oval face, widow's peak, red lips and white teeth, skin that was different from the whiteness of a peasant, and a slender figure. But perhaps due to long-term malnutrition, she looked a little lifeless.

If she grows up a little more, I'm afraid her appearance will surpass Daya's.

Therefore, the man looked at Guo Xin and couldn't help wanting to possess her. His anger subsided a little, and he asked, "Is there such a perverted logic in the world? I'm afraid that if I cancel the engagement, within a quarter of an hour, within a radius of ten miles, people will laugh at me, Mr. Liu, for not being able to control a woman."

Guo Xin was not frightened and continued, "Second Master, there is no need to cancel the engagement in such a hurry. You only need to say to the public, 'I see that Second Master is so romantic and charming, and I have fallen at your feet. I also want to ask you to let me marry my sister together. If you don't allow me, I will die in front of you on the day my sister enters your house. But Second Master is unwilling to marry a pair of sisters, so he said, 'This time, I will postpone the concubine until the autumn harvest next year. If I return five times the betrothal gift by the autumn harvest next year, I will cancel the concubine this time.'"

When Mr. Liu Erye first heard that he could take Guo Xin as his concubine, he was secretly happy.

The words changed slightly and became five times the amount of the betrothal gift to be returned, and neither of them entered the house.

Mr. Liu thought about it, not to mention whether Guo Daya's family could pay the money, even if they could. Five times the amount was a lot, but it was not so much that he would change his mind.

However, it was Guo Daya who came to the door to ask for a concubine this time. The lady originally did not agree to take a concubine, but only agreed to let her take a concubine when she saw that Guo Daya was really pitiful.

Mr. Liu thought that even if he agreed to cancel the engagement and did not get a penny, his wife would be very satisfied.

As for outsiders, who dares to gossip about me?

Besides, this is how a loving wife should be.

Guo Xin, who was kneeling below, had long since changed from talking with his head down to looking up and observing Mr. Liu Erye. Seeing that Mr. Liu Erye's face turned from black to white, he knew that it should be done now. However, he estimated that the reason of interest alone would not be enough to make Mr. Liu Erye change his mind. There must be other unknown reasons.

It seems that the intuition I developed in the apocalypse has helped me once again.

Master Liu clearly understood what was going on, but he still didn't want to let go of these two women who were supposed to be his concubines so quickly, so he shook the teacup in his hand and sipped the tea slowly.

After an unknown amount of time, Mr. Liu finally said, "Get up. I agree."

Guo Xin knew that Master Liu had vented his anger, but his knees were numb from kneeling for so long, so when he slowly stood up, he accidentally fell to the ground.

Daya, who had also been kneeling for a long time, quickly helped Guo Xin up, and the two of them supported each other.

Seeing Guo Xin's embarrassment, Mr. Liu could not help but slowly said, "If you want to thank me and kneel down to pay your respects, then you should do it in a nice way. This is nothing."

Guo Xin had just stood firm when he heard this. He bowed politely and said, "Thank you, Second Master."

"But this time, I can't just say it with my mouth. What if I come to you and you don't admit it and don't want to return five times the betrothal gift? What should I do? So, you have to sign and seal it. As for the reason for breaking off the engagement, your reason is too poor, I can't tell it to others."

"I will announce to the public that your parents helped me when they were alive. I promised that if you need anything, you can exchange the token for a promise. And why your parents didn't come to me when they couldn't pay the tax was because the token was lost. You found it when you were cleaning up the house."

"So you took this token and asked me to cancel the engagement. I, Master Liu, kept my promise and let you live."

Guo Xin and Daya heard this and said in unison: "Thank you, Second Master. If there is anything we can do to help, we will do our best."

Mr. Liu didn't care what help a poor man who couldn't even afford to eat could provide him.

But he didn't know it at the time, that it was this moment of kindness that saved his life. Of course, this is a story for later.