The sound of firecrackers welcomes the New Year.

At twelve o'clock in the morning, the sky is filled with gorgeous fireworks, and even poor rural areas are indispensable for these things that represent a sense of ritual.

Hutao stood by the window, looking at the fireworks in the distance, feeling emotional.

Time flies by. I still remember when I first entered college. My family was so poor that I couldn’t even pay for my own tuition.

She goes to the mountains every day to find some mountain goods to exchange for money.

Four years have passed in the blink of an eye.

This year can be regarded as a year spent peacefully at home.

The group in the ‘Old Revolutionary Quarter’ is very lively, and everyone is blessing each other.

Hutao looked at the fireworks outside the window with a satisfied smile on her face.

In the next few days, Hutao was busy visiting relatives.

I went to my grandparents’ house, my uncle’s house, my aunt’s house, and my aunt’s house.

The long vacation makes Hutao feel very comfortable.

Until a group of people came to her home, breaking Hu Tao's peaceful life.

It was an evening, and the sky was filled with colorful clouds, which was very beautiful.

Her mother came upstairs and called her: "Taozi, your father called you, please come down."

Hutao stopped typing and looked at her mother at the door and asked, "What's going on? I'm a little busy, can you wait?"

Hutao's mother didn't stand at the door. She went directly into her room, closed the door gently, and then said to Hutao: "Hutao, your dad seems to have proposed a marriage to you. His family came to propose marriage tonight."<

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Hutao almost jumped out of her chair and panicked. She thought she heard wrongly: "Mom, don't be ridiculous."

Her mother said: "It's true, your dad asked you to go downstairs now."

Hutao still didn't believe it and asked: "Really or not, Mom, don't lie to me."

Her mother said nothing and kept looking at her.

She said in disbelief: "Aren't those people downstairs my dad's friends? How could they come to me to marry me?"

Her house is only so big, so many people came, and she had already heard it from upstairs.

She never imagined that it was his father who brought him back to kiss her.

She said to her mother: "I don't want to go down, can I not go?"

Her mother shook her head: "It doesn't seem possible."

Hu Tao was still calm, stood up from his seat and said, "Okay, I'll go take a look."

Then she went out with her mother.

When she reached the stairs, she turned to look at her mother behind her and asked: "Mom, if I don't like it, will you force me to marry someone I don't like?"

Her mother shook her head and whispered: "No."

Hu could tell that she was unhappy from the moment her mother came upstairs to call her.

There is no smile on the whole face.

Hutao knew that her mother had no right to speak in this family, and she could only do whatever her father asked her to do.

Hutao has been aware of her mother's weakness and incompetence in following orders since she was a child.

This is the deep-rooted sorrow of rural women.

She feels it more deeply than anyone else.

Hutao showed a nice smile to her mother and comforted her: "Mom, don't worry, I won't let anyone force me to do anything I don't like. When I grow up, I will protect myself."

After saying that, the sound of tapping was heard, and she calmly went downstairs.

Her mother stood behind her without moving.

How could she not be worried? She was afraid that her daughter would follow in her footsteps and fall into a tragic marriage for the rest of her life.

She used to obey her parents' orders. When she was nineteen, her parents arranged an arranged marriage and married Hu Tao's father.

Then I never had a peaceful day again.

Hutao didn't notice that her mother behind her did not go downstairs, but sat at the top of the stairs, looking at her back sadly, thinking of her whole life.

Then tears fell down.

Hutao went downstairs and saw several people looking at her.

Hu Tao knows these people from the village next door to them.

Almost seven or eight people came, and Hutao kept staring at her as she came down from upstairs. It wasn't until Hutao walked downstairs that Hutao's father said: "Hutao, come here and call someone."

Hutao obediently called her uncles and aunts.

Then he looked at the youngest boy.

Hu Tao knows him as He Jun.

They were classmates in junior high school.

I was bullied by him a lot when I was in school.

"What are you doing here?" Hutao asked directly.

He Jun hesitated and said: "Well, um, let's propose marriage. I want to marry you."

Another person next to him quickly helped: "Yes, yes, Hutao, right? You are a classmate of my He Jun, right? My He Jun likes you very much. I see you coming back this time, and I want to make a reservation early."

Come down, although my He Jun only graduated from a junior college, he has already been assigned a job. He works in the city, and his family has bought a house. After you get married, the young couple will live in the city, and you don’t have to work hard.

In our countryside."

The one who spoke, Hutao knows, is He Jun’s aunt.

Wearing a bright red coat and a pair of black high-heeled boots.

A golden gold necklace hangs around her neck, and the earrings and bracelets are made of silver.

Then he added: "Originally, we also persuaded him to let him take a look again. His condition is good enough and he can take his time to take a look, but he was determined and said he wanted to marry you. Our family

There is nothing we can do, now we come to propose marriage."

Between opening and closing her mouth, she revealed all the conditions of his family, and Hutao also sensed that she was trying to outdo him.

Hutao didn't reply and asked her father directly: "Dad, what do you think?"

Hutao's father said: "What else can you think about? He Jun and you two are classmates, and his father and I are also classmates. His family has good conditions, so you don't have to suffer too much to get married."

Hu Tao understood what he meant: "Does that mean you have agreed?"

Hutao's father said: "Well, He Jun brings his family over tonight, just to make an appointment. Isn't it a while before you go to school? You should hold the wedding first and then go to school. When you come back from graduation, we will meet He Jun.

People go to live in the city."

Hu Tao smiled bitterly in her heart. His father was still the most important person in this family as always, and they were here to inform her tonight.

She was very angry, but she told herself not to make trouble and to deal with this group of people calmly.

He Jun's aunt added: "It's better to get married first. I heard that your senior school has no classes. After you get married, you can go back to school to get your diploma. I'm slowly looking for a job, but I really can't find one. Our He family

Help you arrange it."

Then several people began to discuss the wedding day and the bride price.

Hu Tao has been silent, and He Jun has been silent, but when several adults were discussing, he quietly moved next to Hu Tao, and then secretly looked at Hu Tao from time to time. Hu Tao knew that he was looking at her, but ignored her, and just stood there and looked at her.

A few adults.

Until the families of both parties finalized the decision, they will get married ten days later and the bride price will be 50,000 yuan.
Chapter completed!