Countdown to Awakening

As soon as these words came out, Chen Juan's heart instantly burned with anger. Why? Why couldn't she decide for their daughter to marry off?

She respected Zhao Zhikang as the village chief, and because he was old, she didn't lose her temper. Who knew that Zhao Zhikang would actually extend his hand to their family? He was really meddling too much!

"Village Chief, this is wrong, isn't it? This is our family affair, why are you interfering? Besides, Pan Di is already 18 years old, she can get married at this age! Why can't she?"

Chen Juan was not convinced. They had child brides in their time, so why not now?

"How can they be the same? Sun's wife, if you want to marry your daughter off, you should find someone around Haifeng's age. How can you find someone around your age? Aren't you pushing her into a pit of fire? Besides, Pan Di is at least a college student. How can you do this?"

Sun Degui was also dissatisfied.

"Why not? She's our own daughter. You know our family's situation. We can barely make ends meet! Don't we have to marry her off to get money? Is there any grievance she will suffer if she marries Ma Hui? Ma Hui's family is the richest in the village! This will not be bad for either family! You are just worrying for nothing! Didn't my wife get married at the age of seventeen?" After he finished speaking, he looked at Chen Juan next to him.

Chen Juan also nodded.

Qi Yuanyuan had heard from her grandmother that people did get married this early in the past. It seemed one of her grandmother's relatives had married just as young...

Qi Yuanyuan: "How can it be the same? You guys are all voluntary, but is Pan Di voluntary? Besides, the people you are marrying are all around your age, but what about her? She's marrying an older man!"

Ma Hui was originally looking at his future mother-in-law with a smile, but when he heard what Qi Yuanyuan said, his face instantly turned sour.

Is he an old man? He's clearly still young, isn't he? His family is so wealthy, will Sun Pandi be wronged if she marries him?

"How can you talk like that, little girl?" The person who spoke was Huang Ping, a well-known matchmaker in the surrounding area. She was also the one who tied the knot.

To a certain extent, Ma Hui is her financial backer. How could she tolerate others speaking ill of her financial backer?

How can we do business after hearing this?

"Am I wrong? Ma Hui is an old man!" Qi Yuanyuan repeated.

"What do you know, little girl? Ma Hui is a little older, but he is caring. Besides, if Pan Di gets married, she won't have to have children and will have endless money. How can this be a bad thing? Since ancient times, marriages have been decided by parents and matchmakers. Ma Hui doesn't have any parents yet, so isn't it enough for the Sun family to agree? What do you know, little girl?" Huang Ping said a lot in a row.

Only then did Ma Hui smile.

"I don't! Anyway, I just don't want to! I don't want to marry Ma Hui! I don't like him!" Sun Panddi resisted.

This successfully made Ma Hui's smile disappear...

"Wife, what are you talking about? You're still young and you definitely don't understand what love is. Marriage is a big deal, and my mother-in-law has the final say. It's not unfair for you to marry me. Why don't you agree to go ahead?"

Seeing Ma Hui like this, Qi Yuanyuan just felt sick...

He is so old, with a greasy face, a big belly, and a short stature... Let alone someone as pretty as Sun Pandi, who would be interested in him?

Zheng Haifeng also jumped out to stop them: "We all disagree. Pan Di is only eighteen years old, how could she possibly marry someone else? Or Ma Hui, who could be his father at his age!"

Chen Juan immediately understood what Zheng Haifeng meant. Wasn't he just trying to marry that money-loser? Humph! Just because you think you can't do it doesn't mean you can do it! He doesn't even have the money!

Then he taunted her, "Zheng Haifeng, Zheng Haifeng, look at you! You want to marry my money-loser? Don't you even consider whether you have the means to do it? With your shabby little house, can you, an orphan and a widow, come up with the money? Ma Hui gave her a full 200 yuan as a betrothal gift! Can you even come up with a fraction of that?"

Zheng Haifeng instantly lost his confidence after hearing this.

Seeing this, Chen Juan continued, "I used to respect you as a martyr's relative, but that was so many years ago. How can you bring up your father's actions after so many years? I just despise you for wanting to eat swan meat. You don't even look in the mirror to see what you look like..."

A voice rang out from the crowd: "Juan'er, aren't you going too far? Haifeng's father helped your family a lot when he was alive. If it weren't for Haifeng's father, our village wouldn't have been wiped out by the flood so quickly, right? Isn't that all thanks to Haifeng's father? How can you say such things? What would Haifeng's father think of you if his spirit knew this?"

"Look at it however you want. It's been so long. Can he still crawl out of his grave?"

Zheng Haifeng got angry instantly when he heard her say this.

"What do you mean? It's enough for you to talk about me, why bring up my dad?"

If it weren't for his father and his comrades, this village might have ceased to exist.

The onlookers also felt that Chen Juan's words were too much. Sun Pandi also looked at Chen Juan. She didn't expect Chen Juan to say such a thing...

Seeing that no one was on her side, she had no choice but to change her words.

"Okay, let's not talk about him anymore. Then what's wrong with me marrying off my own daughter? Why can't I? Don't stop me. You're just jealous of me marrying off my daughter and getting rich, right?"

Chen Juan must marry this money-losing girl to Ma Hui no matter what, otherwise they will have to return the 20,000 yuan they got!

When everyone was watching the show, Sun Pandi suddenly fell to her knees in front of Chen Juan.

This really scared Chen Juan. "What are you doing, you money-loser? Your father and I are still alive, and you're kneeling down? What bad luck!"

"Mom, Dad, I beg you to just let me finish college. I worked so hard to get in... After I finish my studies, I will definitely be filial to you... Just consider that the money you borrowed from me, I will definitely return it to you..." Sun Pandi burst into tears.

After hearing this, Chen Juan said proudly, "Lend it to you? That's impossible. My child is about to start high school. How can we do that without money?"

At this time, Ma Hui suddenly stood up.

"How about this, I will pay for my wife's college education, but you have to come back and marry me after you graduate. I will find someone to find a good day to hold the wedding banquet first. Otherwise, who knows if you will run away after you graduate from college? Is this okay, my wife?" Ma Hui stared at Sun Pandi with lustful eyes.

Qi Yuanyuan stared at him with wide eyes. Is this something a human could come up with?

"No? Well, I can't help it. I don't do business at a loss..."

Zheng Haifeng only regretted that his family had no money...

Sun Pandi ignored Ma Hui's words and kept begging Chen Juan.

Chen Juan was very proud.

I knew she couldn't do anything! How dare she come out and ruin their good thing...Will she suffer any loss if she marries Ma Hui? There are so many good days ahead! And she still doesn't know what's good for her!

"Mom, I'm begging you, please lend me some money. I'll definitely pay you back after I finish college... I mean what I say. I can sign a document..."

Chen Juan and Sun Degui acted as if they didn't hear anything.

Chen Juan was so happy now. In the end, she still had to rely on them? Didn't she still have to marry Ma Hui obediently?

"It's not that I don't want to help you, I just don't have any money. You can either marry Ma Hui and ask him to support your studies, or just give up studying."

Sun Pandi looked at Chen Juan with a deadpan expression. The people around her also had a look of spectators watching...

Not to mention Qi Yuanyuan and Zheng Haifeng, they have no money at all, their own lives are difficult, let alone whether they can help Sun Pandi...

Sun Pandi also figured it out. How could they not have money? They just didn't want to give her...

Chen Juan and Sun Degui still looked indifferent.