A Happy Event in a Farming Family: Marrying a Hunter

Yunluo and Pangya almost stumbled and fell. Huzi turned around, his face apologetic, "Are you two alright?"

Fatty quickly smoothed her hair, shook her head with a smile, and said, "It's alright, is the oxcart okay?"

"No problem, there's just a shoe on the ground that I feel like I've seen somewhere before," Tiger said, bending down to pick it up.

It was a pink embroidered shoe with lotus flowers embroidered on it. It was neither new nor old. Yun Luo thought it looked somewhat familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it before.

The three talked for a while, then decided to pick up the shoes and look around to see who had dropped them.

As soon as they got on the oxcart, some noisy sounds came from the woods, like people arguing. The three of them listened intently for a while, and the sounds grew closer and closer.

"Lotus, listen to me. I can't marry you right now. You know my situation. Once our child is born, I promise I'll give you an explanation. You have to give me a future."

“Sun Fugui, are you trying to shirk responsibility? My belly is getting bigger every day, Qin Zheng married Yun Luo, and Hu Zi’s mother ignores me. What am I supposed to do? There’s also that old bachelor Zhou Fengzi. If you don’t mind, I’ll marry him. Anyway, once I get pregnant, the villagers will gossip about me. I might as well marry that madman…”

Before the word "zi" could be uttered, Bai Lianhua and Sun Fugui emerged from the woods and stared at the three people on the oxcart.

Yunlu already knew this and wasn't surprised.

Tiger and Fatty were so shocked their jaws almost dropped.

Is the white lotus flower pregnant?

Or is it Manager Sun from the town?

Getting pregnant before marriage is a disgrace to one's ancestors!

"Yunluo, Pangya, Huzi, you...you...when did you get here? What are you doing here?" Bai Lianhua held onto the last thread of hope.

Fatty scoffed, her eyes full of disdain. "You white lotus, aren't you ashamed? You're pregnant with someone else's child, and you still want to seduce Brother Tiger? Aren't you just ruining him?"

Her words were like a bolt from the blue. Bai Lianhua's face quickly turned from red to deathly pale, and her whole body trembled as if she had fallen into an ice cave.

Did they all hear that?

How to do?

What is she going to do?

There was a deep fear in her eyes. Sun Fugui, who was standing next to her, seemed to have never expected to be caught, but he didn't care. "Lianhua, since you've met people from your village, I'll be leaving now. Remember what I told you, okay?"

He patted the innocent-looking woman on the shoulder, turned around and left, behaving exactly like a scumbag.

Bai Lianhua collapsed to the ground, her lips pale.

"Tiger, let's go back," Yun Luo said indifferently. She couldn't be bothered with her shameful affairs.

Tiger's good impression of White Lotus went from heaven to hell, but he wasn't the gossipy type after all, so he had no interest in her, tightened the rope, and was about to leave.

"Don't go!" Bai Lianhua spread her arms and blocked the oxcart. Her eyes were bloodshot as she looked at the three of them as if they were her enemies.

"You made a mistake, what does it have to do with us? Why won't you let us leave?" the chubby girl said irritably.

"The three of you must swear an oath not to reveal what you have learned today!"

"Why don't you examine yourself? Your belly will show soon enough. Even if we don't say anything, others will know," the chubby girl said disdainfully.

Why couldn't she have just married a farmer instead of becoming someone's concubine?

The white lotus flower didn't care. "No, the three of you must swear an oath, or else... or else I'll die right here!"

She lost one shoe, stepped on a tree branch with bloodstains, and the other shoe was the one Yunluo and the others had found.

Yunlu returned her shoes and said calmly, "White lotus, what are you after? You're pregnant with his child, do you even care about him? Why is he waiting until your child is born before marrying you? Isn't it just because he wants you to give him a healthy son? What if you give birth to a daughter..."

"You're talking nonsense. I've had my fortune told, and I'm sure I'll have a son."

Yun Luo scoffed, "She really is stubborn."

"Xiao Luo, let's not waste our breath on her, let's go!" Fatty stretched out her hand and pulled Yun Luo back onto the oxcart.

Tiger pulled the rope, and the oxcart rushed forward. When White Lotus saw the oxcart coming, she didn't dare to stop it and fell on her bottom.

"You...you are not allowed to say it. If you do, I will not let you off..."

"If you dare tell anyone, I'll kill myself right here..."

……

Screams rang out. Fatty pinched her nose. "Screaming so loudly, as if nobody knows. You had your fun when you were doing this, so who are you going to take it out on now?"

Yunlu thought she was fierce enough, but she didn't expect Fatty to be even fiercer. She poked Fatty's arm and gestured with her chin that there was another tiger.

The chubby girl's face instantly turned red. "Xiao Luo, what should we do about this?"

"What else can we do? Just pretend we don't know. We're not those gossipy women in the village!"

"Too!"

Compared to the innocent girl's affair, Fatty has more important things to do.

Losing weight, chasing tigers.

She chuckled as she recalled Hu Zi's honest eyes, nudged Yun Luo, glanced at Hu Zi, and blushed shyly.

Yunlu was helpless.

Can this chubby girl tone it down a bit?

……

Yun Family, Qingshui Village.

The whole family was waiting for news from Widow Wang. There was a procedure in the village for arranging marriages: the matchmaker would go to the man's house first, just to let him know so he could prepare. Then the woman's family would go, and the matter would proceed smoothly.

Yunlan had already changed into a brand new outfit and sat upright at the table, waiting for Widow Wang's good news. Soon, she would be going to her brother Lang's house, and she was a little excited.

Yunlan wasn't the only one who was excited; Yun Gui was also watching from the side. Old Madam Yun was getting a little annoyed and glared at him irritably.

People who don't know the situation might think he's getting married.

The scholar's home.

Widow Wang sat in the courtyard, next to a square table with a cup of tea and a plate of slightly burnt melon seeds on it, which she found very unpalatable.

She held a melon seed in her hand, and after the conversation, she realized something. She smiled and said, "Sister Juan, is Pinglang's schoolwork still so demanding?"

"That's right. The autumn examinations are just around the corner, and Pinglang has to hurry up. I like Lan'er, and I keep their marriage in mind all the time. I'm just waiting for Pinglang to finish the exams so I can bring her over."

Having said all that, Widow Wang understood. "Alright, then I'll reply to them like that."

Shen Juan smiled her standard smile, saw Widow Wang off, and then entered Li Pinglang's room. "My son, the Yun family is urging us to bring Yunlan into the family. What do you think? Why won't you let your mother agree?"

A fleeting hint of unease crossed Li Pinglang's eyes as he said softly, "The autumn examinations are approaching. If we get married, there will be many things to do. I'm worried that it will upset Yunlan and delay her studies."

That makes sense.

Shen Juan nodded, "That's right, let's wait until you take the exam. As for the Yun family, there's no rush. Anyway, Yun Lan likes you and will wait for you."

"Thank you, Mother." For the first time, Li Pinglang felt guilty.

He didn't want to get married so soon, not because of the imperial examination.

He knew that Yunlu could read and write, and could keep up with his conversations. Moreover, she was becoming more and more clever. Compared to Yunlan, who could only act coquettishly, he felt a little uncomfortable.

He used to think that women should be like Lan'er, delicate and lovable, but after a long time, he would feel tired.