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  Li Mingyun, however, remained calm and collected as he glanced at Lin Lan, his eyes seeming to comfort her, radiating confidence and determination, which unexpectedly calmed Lin Lan's racing heart. She had solved the Zhang Dahu issue, which was originally his responsibility, so she could just wait and see!

  Four people came out of the door one after another. Lin Lan's home was located at the east end of the village, also the highest point of the entire Jianxi Village. Standing at the door, you could see a group of people carrying several large boxes and a flower sedan chair, blowing and beating their way straight to Lin Lan's house.

  Needless to say, these are Zhang's people. Judging from the situation, it seems that the Zhang family wants to have the engagement and wedding at the same time.

  Yao Jinhua's face lit up with joy, and if it weren't for Lin Feng and Lin Lan's gloomy faces beside her, she would have clapped her hands in excitement and warmly welcomed them. Wang the matchmaker really knows how to get things done! Yesterday, she had only said one sentence, "It's best to settle this matter as soon as possible, lest night brings many dreams," and yet they arrived so quickly today.

  Lin Lan was stimulated by the big flower sedan chair, and when she saw Yao Jinhua's complacent look, she became even more furious. Lin Lan raised an eyebrow and coldly asked her brother: "Brother, what do you say we do?"

  If he still wants to curry favor with Yao Jinhua at this time, then forget about being brothers.

  Lin Feng was also furious, his eyes bulging round, and he shouted: "What to do?" He turned around and rushed back into the house. In a moment, he came out with a knife in hand.

  This knife was left by Father, and Brother has always treasured it, carefully wiping and protecting it. Now that Brother has taken out this knife, he's showing a desperate stance, Lin Lan feels deeply comforted. Fortunately, Brother's bloodline hasn't been ground down by Yao Jinhua, fortunately, she is still very important in his heart.

  Lin Lan called out to Shui Wa Zi, whispered a few words in his ear, and Shui Wa Zi nodded and quickly ran off.

  "What is this? Are you out of your mind?!" Yao Jinhua saw Lin Feng bring out the family heirloom sword, and she was both angry and anxious. She stomped her foot and scolded while pushing Lin Feng: "Quickly put the sword away."

  It's almost there!

  "What kind of nonsense is this? We've already had a matchmaker, exchanged gifts, and had a proper wedding. What right do you have to interfere?" Yao Jinhua's plump white index finger poked Lin Feng's forehead like a chicken pecking at grain.

  Lin Feng's face turned red with anger, he glared at her and shouted: "What's the big idea? She's my sister! If I, Lin Feng, can't even protect my own sister, what kind of man am I?"

  Yao Jinhua snorted coldly: "I think you've gone crazy, why don't you think about it, a girl getting married is to enjoy happiness not to suffer..."

  Lin Feng said: "Want to marry let sister go marry, anyway my sister will not marry."

  Yao Jinhua had always been arrogant in front of Lin Feng, and had never been yelled at or glared at by him before. Feeling wronged, she grabbed Lin Feng's collar, punched him with her fists, and bumped her head against his, bursting into loud sobs.

  "I'm so unlucky... how did I end up marrying such a useless, brainless, penniless good-for-nothing? How am I supposed to live like this? I'd rather die, I don't want to live anymore..."

  Lin Feng's flames returned to his body, but he didn't dare use too much force, and with the injury on his foot from being knocked back by Yao Jinfeng, he retreated repeatedly.

  Li Mingyun couldn't help but frown at this scene, and whispered to Lin Lan: "Hurry up and persuade him! The village head is coming."

  Lin Lan snorted, persuade? She didn't want to persuade, her brother rarely showed his authority, if it weren't for more important people to deal with and bigger things to resolve, she would have added a few more logs to the fire and poured a few more pounds of oil on it, just to make Yao Jinhua look good.

  "Dislike my brother for being useless, go find someone capable! Don't even look at your own behavior, my brother is willing to marry you is already a good deed, still don't understand the situation here. I warn you, if you dare to speak nonsense later, my brother will forgive you, but I won't. Don't believe me? Try it out.

  Lin Lan stepped forward and pulled open Yao Jinhua, fiercely warning her, taking this opportunity to teach her a lesson and make her behave, then turn around and educate her brother properly. Being afraid of one's wife isn't a bad thing, but there must be a limit, can't spoil her to the sky."

  Yao Jinhua was intimidated by Lin Lan's fierce gaze and harsh words, and for a moment she even forgot to cry, only staring at Lin Feng with tearful eyes. Lin Lan may be tough, but as long as Lin Feng helped her, she wasn't afraid of anything. But now that Lin Feng ignored her, Yao Jinhua completely lost her energy and didn't dare to throw a tantrum anymore, standing obediently aside and sniffling pitifully.

  Seeing Lin Lan intimidating her sister-in-law, Li Ming allowed a cold smile to flash in his eyes, and he didn't know what kind of situation Han Qiuyue would be in when she faced Lin Lan.

  "Lin Feng, what's going on? How did the Zhang family bring the wedding sedan chair here?" Village chief Jin Fugui and Chen Liang led several young and strong men from the village to hurry over.

  Lin Lan shot Yao Jinhua a fierce glance, implying: It's all because of her.

  Yao Jinhua saw Lin Lan rushing towards her again, and she shrank back in fear, hiding behind Lin Feng. Pitifully, she tugged at Lin Feng's clothes, but was shaken off by him.

  Lin Lan was secretly pleased.

  Li Mingyu politely bowed and greeted Village Chief Chen Liang and several others one by one.

  Seeing Li Xiuciai was there, Jin Fugui's heart was slightly at ease, it seemed that they had reached an agreement.

  "Li Xiuciai, today's matter is a bit troublesome. Let's reason with the Zhang family first, if it can't be reasoned..." Jin Fugui didn't know what to do either and stopped talking.

  Li Mingyun smiled and bowed his hands: "Let the village chief worry about it."

  Jin Fugui let out a silent sigh, his temples throbbing with pain. This whole ordeal had kept him up all night.

  The wedding procession came to a stop in front of everyone. Matchmaker Wang wore a big flower on her head, held her head high and puffed out her chest, with a smile on her face and joy radiating from her, walked out of the procession, followed by two bridesmaids, each carrying a tray, one with a wedding dress and the other with sparkling jewelry. Matchmaker Wang walked up to Lin Lan and gave her a blessing: "Lin Lan, congratulations!"

  Lin Lan looked at Wang Matchmaker's face, which was painted with rich and strong powder and three layers of varnish, with disgust and coldly ridiculed: "Wang Matchmaker, you're really not doing a good job as a matchmaker!"

  Mother Wang saw Lin Lan's face and knew that Lin Lan hated her to death, but Mother Wang's skin had long been tempered like a copper wall and iron fort, immune to all poisons. She smiled shamelessly: "Miss Lin Lan, today is a great auspicious day, hurry up and change into your wedding dress, don't miss the auspicious hour."

  "King matchmaker, the whole village of Ganxi knows that my marriage is up to me, Lin Lan, and no one else can make decisions for me. Who would dare to replace me? Not to mention that I personally told you just the other day. So, do you think I will agree with the engagement you secretly arranged with my sister-in-law?" Lin Lan glared at her coldly.

  "Yes! Matchmaker Wang, this matter was handled improperly." Village head Jin Fugui said seriously.

  "Lin Lan! Which daughter's family has ever had the final say in marriage? I've been a matchmaker for decades and have never heard of such a strange thing! As for this marriage, we've already received the betrothal gifts, the Zhang family has also received the wedding invitation, and the wedding banquet is all set. What reason is there to call it off? Everyone should hurry up and prepare, the bridal sedan chair is waiting!"

  "Whoever received the bride price and took her away has nothing to do with me." Lin Lan looked up at the sky, with an expression of not being concerned.

  Yao Jinhua listened and became anxious: "What's the point of dragging me into this?"

  Everyone turned around and despised Yao Jinhua. Isn't this trouble caused by her? Who else could it be?

  Wang the matchmaker saw that things weren't going well, furrowed her brow and asked Yao Jinhua: "Jinhua! What's going on here? Didn't we agree on everything yesterday? Just let the sedan chair come and lift you up."

  Everyone glared at Yao Jinhua again, their eyes filled with more anger and disdain.

  Lin Feng had still believed Yao Jinhua's words, about not daring to offend Zhang Da Hu, being forced by circumstances... Now he understood, it was actually Jinhua who was behind the scenes. He forcefully shook off Yao Jinhua's hand that was grasping his clothes and let out a heavy hum.

  Yao Jinhua's face turned pale with fear as she was intimidated by the crowd, and she stammered defensively: "How could it be me? You can't just spit blood at people."

  The matchmaker's face also changed color, looking at this situation, it seems that you want to back out of the marriage...

  At this time, another person walked out of the welcoming team, wearing a brown robe, short and stout, with a pair of triangular eyes narrowed, revealing cleverness and calculation. He looked at the crowd with disdain and opened his mouth with disdain: "Wang matchmaker, didn't you explain to them?"

  "Ah, Liu Guanshi, I, Wang the matchmaker, have been doing this for decades. Which family's affairs haven't I handled clearly and properly? Yesterday, I indeed spoke with Lin Lan's sister-in-law and asked her if Lin Lan would agree. She patted her chest and told me it was absolutely no problem. Look, here is the written guarantee she gave me. If it doesn't work out, we'll return the betrothal gift according to the one-to-three ratio." Wang the matchmaker said, pulling out a piece of paper for Liu Guanshi to see.

  Liu Guanshi looked at them and let out a cold laugh, saying to Lin Lan and the others: "Either hurry up and get on the wedding sedan chair, we'll happily hold the wedding ceremony. If you want to call off the engagement, then return the 150 taels of betrothal gifts. Moreover, our many brothers have come from afar, we can't just let them leave empty-handed, that's unlucky! Let's calculate it a bit less, give everyone 50 taels to drink tea and ward off bad luck. The Zhang family has already set up lanterns and decorations, laid out a banquet, and spent nearly 300 taels of silver on these things, which will also be added to your bill. Lin Lan, young lady, it's up to you to decide whether to get on the wedding sedan chair or return the silver!"

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