Rebirth of a Farmer's Dad

Luo Feng originally wanted to find some information about the fraud gang for Dunzi, hoping to get a reduced sentence so he could be released sooner. However, before Luo Feng could come up with a solution, someone came knocking on his door.

The visitor was a middle-aged woman, around forty or fifty years old, with a kind face and seemingly a smooth talker. When she revealed her purpose, Luo Feng was completely bewildered. She was a matchmaker, intending to introduce him to a potential marriage.

"Auntie, my daughter is already so grown up, how could I still have those kinds of thoughts?" Luo Feng was so preoccupied with the matter of Apricot Blossom that he had no time to think about anything else.

"Look at what you're saying. How could a man your age not want a woman who cares about him?" The aunt thought Luo Feng was just being coy.

"Auntie, to be honest, I really don't have time to think about these things right now," Luo Feng said helplessly. Why are people so stubborn these days?

"You're worried about your daughter, aren't you? It's alright, she's still young. Just treat her well in the future, and there won't be any problems." The aunt seemed to be an experienced woman, and she understood the thoughts of most people perfectly.

"Auntie, that's not what I'm worried about. Let me be honest with you, someone like me, so old, with a daughter to raise—what girl would want me?" Luo Feng knew he couldn't just reject her without a reason. He needed an excuse to politely decline.

"You don't need to worry about that. To be honest, I've already been to the girl's place, and she's very satisfied with your conditions. Now all that's left is for you to agree." Seeing that Luo Feng seemed ready to relent, the other party looked delighted.

"Auntie, you mean you've already been to that girl's place?" Luo Feng was speechless for a moment; it seemed the other party had come prepared!

"That's right, your auntie has already made arrangements for you. How about you go and meet the girl?" the auntie asked Luo Feng tentatively.

"Auntie, you've really gone to a lot of trouble. What are you after?" Luo Feng realized that he seemed to have been completely outmaneuvered by the other party and had no power to resist. He didn't know what was going through his mind when he suddenly said this.

"What's the point? What could your auntie possibly be after? Doing good deeds and accumulating merit. So that when your auntie passes away, she'll have a good place to go." The auntie said with a smile, patting Luo Feng on the shoulder.

Hearing the aunt's words, Luo Feng immediately understood. This was a superstitious belief in rural areas. It was said that by helping others with matchmaking and transportation in one's lifetime, one would accumulate good karma and be blessed with a good afterlife. It was similar to the Buddhist concept of karma, that good deeds bring good results.

Needless to say, this woman firmly believed this claim. Otherwise, she wouldn't have gone to such lengths to act as a matchmaker for herself!

"It's not about choosing this one. Well, I can't just meet her whenever I want. Besides, I don't even know her name." Luo Feng thought that since he couldn't refuse now, he might as well meet the girl and then find a way to back out later. After all, no one can guarantee that every blind date will be successful.

"None of these things are important. You can ask the girl yourself when you meet her. Are you already impatient and want me to give you a heads-up?" The auntie had a smiling face. In her opinion, this was probably a done deal.

"No wonder people say old people are shrewd, so shrewd. I think you're just as shrewd; nothing can escape your eyes." Luo Feng deliberately continued the conversation.

"Your auntie has seen it all, what kind of people haven't I seen? Someone like you doesn't think you can fool me." The auntie beamed with smug satisfaction after hearing Luo Feng's words. She clearly enjoyed Luo Feng's flattery.

"Alright, I'll tell you. The girl's name is Wu Muxiu. She's pretty, has a good figure, is gentle and virtuous, and can do all the housework. You can find out the rest yourself." Luo Feng's flattery pleased the aunt, who naturally granted his request.

"Auntie, can't you reveal a little more?" Luo Feng pretended to be very dissatisfied, yet quite tempted.

"That's enough for you to know. If I, your aunt, blurt it all out, then there won't be anything left to talk about, will there?" The aunt noticed Luo Feng's expression and decided to tease him. She deliberately kept him in suspense, hoping he would agree to the blind date. She wondered what Luo Feng would think if he knew how he was planning to reject the girl. He'd probably be cursing his ancestors for eighteen generations.

Luo Feng wasn't thinking about all that right now. He just wanted to get the girl to meet him as soon as possible, then find a suitable reason to reject her, so the matchmaker wouldn't bother him anymore. That way, he could finally have some peace and quiet.

I've arranged with the matchmaker to meet the girl in a few days. The location? My own home. I'm not really in the mood to go out and about right now.

This matter was already chaotic enough, but unexpectedly, just as no one was seen off at the door, Xinghua ran in crying from the doorway.

"Xinghua, what's wrong? Tell Daddy if someone bullied you. Tell Daddy, and we'll go find him." Seeing his daughter crying so sadly, Luo Feng instinctively thought that his daughter had been bullied.

"Father, please don't leave Xinghua, okay? Xinghua is so scared. Mother is gone, and Father is all I have left." Xinghua threw herself into Luo Feng's arms, sobbing as she spoke.

"What nonsense are you talking about? How could Father not want Xinghua? Father loves you too much." Luo Feng looked bewildered; he had no idea what had happened.

"But I just heard you say at the door that you're going to find Xinghua a new stepmother. I remember Sister Guihua from the neighboring village, after her father found her a stepmother, she was kicked out of her home." Xinghua threw herself into Luo Feng's arms, finally managing to explain herself in broken sentences.

"Father, please don't send me away, okay? I don't want to leave home, I don't want to leave you, Father." Suddenly, Xinghua raised her head and said to Luo Feng, word by word. After speaking, she stared at Luo Feng without blinking, her eyes full of hope.

"Don't worry, Daddy won't kick Xinghua out of the house, and Daddy won't find Xinghua a stepmother. If anyone wants to be Xinghua's stepmother, they must get your consent first." Luo Feng knew the little girl must have misunderstood. These days, there are so many messy things going on, and he didn't know where the little girl had heard them from. Children don't know much, and if they believe rumors, they're prone to overthinking.

"Father, are you telling the truth? You're not lying to Xinghua." The little girl's crying finally subsided. But then she stared into Luo Feng's eyes and asked, word by word.

"Daddy didn't lie to you. If you don't believe me, let's pinky swear." The child's eyes seemed to have a kind of magic that could penetrate people's hearts. In any case, Luo Feng couldn't stand being stared at by a child. Let alone this child being his own daughter.

"Then let's pinky swear, and you have to keep your word!" Xinghua said, extending her right little finger.

"Pinky promise, a hundred years from now, only a dog can lie." In a childlike nursery rhyme, the father and daughter reached an agreement.

Children are actually quite easy to coax, but the most important thing is for adults to be honest. In fact, many of a child's behaviors are learned from adults. If adults develop an image of frequently deceiving children from a young age, then the children will imitate them and lie without thinking.

This was clearly not what Luo Feng wanted. So he was now extremely troubled about how to reject the girl named Wu Muxiu.