After rebirth, I still experienced a mess

8 Forced Marriage

The mother and daughter who had asked for divination thanked him and said goodbye. Xiao Wei followed and helped the old Taoist priest to his room, trying hard to ignore Wang Youfu.

Wang Youfu did not follow him. He washed his hands in a clay basin beside him and burned incense and shook the divination sticks in a serious manner.

The old Taoist priest lay down and suddenly whispered to Xiao Wei who was about to leave: "Hurry up and leave. Don't worry about me. I'm afraid that guy will use force."

Xiao Wei hurried out without waiting for further explanation. Not daring to go through the front hall, he entered the field from the wall at the backyard and quickly ran back home.

Farmers were not busy waiting for the harvest. They gathered together almost every day to hold meetings and set up mutual aid groups and cooperatives. Xiao Wei knew that the land they were given would soon belong to the collective. They would work and eat together, and then they would have to live in poverty for more than 20 years.

A few villagers saw Xiao Wei but pretended not to see him, which made Xiao Wei very happy. When passing by his house, Xiao Wei did not go in front of the house, but pretended to be dull and unsteady, and went to the afternoon bamboo garden and stopped by the small window of the main room.

My parents and my second brother and second sister had just returned from a meeting and were sitting on stools chatting. I heard my mother say in a hateful voice, "Xiao Wei is already stunned, so let him touch her if he wants, we should just ignore her."

The second brother seconded the proposal: "If you really touch it, you don't have to return a single cent of the betrothal gift."

The second sister sighed: "My little sister is so beautiful, why is she so stupid?"

The father remained silent, obviously agreeing with the mother's idea.

It seemed that the meaning of his existence was limited to this. Xiao Wei smiled bitterly and shook his head. He didn't want to listen to such normal and correct advice anymore. He tiptoed across the bamboo garden and quickly went to his brother and sister-in-law's room.

The eldest brother was very surprised to see Xiao Wei come back, but he didn't say anything. He just looked at her vigilantly, ready to guard against her going crazy at any time.

The eldest sister-in-law who was sewing the soles of shoes stood up, put down her needlework, pulled Xiao Wei into the room and whispered, "Is that guy bothering me again?"

Xiao Wei nodded: "We need to leave as soon as possible."

"Can't we wait until the wheat is harvested?"

"No."

"Your brother will definitely not agree."

"Then I'll go first."

Xiao Wei didn't want to say anything more, so she turned around and left. The eldest sister-in-law hesitated for a moment, but didn't stop him in the end.

After walking around and returning to the temple, the old Taoist priest sighed and said, "You can avoid the first day, but you can't avoid the fifteenth. Dig quickly to find what you want, and leave as soon as you find it."

Xiao Wei resisted the urge to speak, quickly cooked some porridge, spread a pot of sesame cakes, ate with the bowl in hand, looked around to make sure there was no one around, and continued digging.

After digging in three places, she still found nothing. She thought the old Taoist priest knew what she was looking for, so she stopped hiding it and openly observed him in his room. She even stood on the bed and knocked on it with a small shovel. She dug in two places, but still found nothing.

Remembering Shanzi's words that one should put oneself in other's shoes when encountering things, Xiaowei imagined himself to be the treasure hunter. He walked around slowly but still found nothing.

When I was boiling water to wash, I suddenly realized that I had overlooked the back wall of the kitchen, which was covered by a pile of grass. I had to dig it up and take a look.

Just as he stood up, a figure flashed behind him and Xiao Wei was instantly tied up with a hemp rope. He raised his foot and kicked, but the person dodged nimbly and then he was pressed down on the haystack. The strong pain made Xiao Wei unable to remain calm and he resisted like a conditioned reflex.

Wang Youfu said with a joking smile: "Your whole family agrees, so just obey me."

She struggled to twist and roll for a few times, but was tied up tightly. Wang Youfu smiled and untied her pants: "How can a lunatic be so clean? Let's see how long you can pretend."

Unable to break free, Xiao Wei simply gave up resisting, trying to endure the constant temptation of the dirty hands, staring coldly into his eyes.

Shanzi said that even if there is a huge disparity in power, forcibly insulting a sober woman will most likely fail.

Wang Youfu noticed this very quickly. He was frightened by the glare and stopped unconsciously, but he said unyieldingly: "You can't run away anyway. Sooner or later, I will make you willingly do it."

After being untied, Xiao Wei stood up calmly, straightened her clothes, continued to sit by the stove and light the fire, and no longer looked at him.

Although Wang Youfu felt bored, he didn't care. He was as excited as a cat teasing a mouse. He suddenly bent down and kissed Xiaowei on her messy hair, then left humming.

Xiao Wei did not dare to delay and immediately pushed aside the haystack. He found a place about a foot above the ground where the bricks were obviously loose. He dug it up easily and found that it was indeed where the treasure was hidden.

The cloth that wrapped the body had already rotted, so I quickly picked it out, wrapped it in a piece of clothing, put it on the straw under the mat, and covered it with a quilt.

After sitting on the edge of the bed and thinking for a few minutes, Xiao Wei counted out ten silver dollars and two silver ingots, picked them up and put them back into the wall, restoring them to their original state.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket. If they are lost or stolen, you can always get them again.

Then he took another five silver dollars, went to the old Taoist's room, pretended to make his bed, and secretly put the five silver dollars under his pillow.

The old Taoist priest obviously noticed something was wrong, but he said nothing. After all, it was not strange for an old Taoist priest to collect a few silver dollars.

Xiao Wei was even less worried. With his experience and knowledge, he was sure he knew the pros and cons. It was great that people played dumb with each other, a tradition that has been passed down through the ages.

The old Taoist priest was so excited that he did not sleep well the whole night. When he was woken up, it was already dawn. He cooked breakfast for himself, but before he could finish his meal, the young man who came to ask for divination yesterday came again and brought two crucian carps weighing two to three taels. He said that he caught them in the river and gave them to the old Taoist priest to replenish his muscles and bones.

Xiao Wei gave him a meaningful look, then carried the fish to the kitchen. The young man followed and took up the kitchen knife first: "Let me do it."

I watched him operate skillfully, and finally couldn't help asking, "What else do you want to know?"

The young man didn't look up and asked quietly, "Is that man yesterday really your husband?"

Xiao Wei replied calmly, "We were engaged last year, and he wanted to cancel the engagement some time ago. Now he's acting like a rogue again."

The young man said "Oh" and didn't comment.

Xiao Wei snorted: "Is your partner from this village?"

"Yes. We agreed to get engaged in the next few days, but suddenly changed our minds last night."

"Is the girl richer than you?"

The young man said "hmm" and stood up to fetch water to wash the fish.

Xiao Wei's heart moved: "Who else is there in your family?"

"It's just me and my mom. My mom has tuberculosis and is a sickly person. But now is a new society, and things will get better soon."

Xiao Wei smiled bitterly: "Have you ever thought about leaving this place?"

The young man was stunned: "I have land to farm and money to earn, why would I leave?"

This answer did not surprise Xiao Wei. He said calmly, "I will leave soon and find a doctor outside to treat me."

"Are you really sick?"

"Yes, the fever has damaged my brain, and I become dazed if I'm not paying attention."

"Where do you want to go for medical treatment?"

"I don't know. The farther the better, and I won't come back. Would you like to take me with you?"

"Well—I have to ask my mom."

Watching the young man go away, Xiao Wei sighed: This guy is obviously not as smart as I thought.

Until the evening, neither brother nor sister-in-law came, and Xiao Wei felt abandoned and lost.

Wang Youfu didn't come to harass her, and Xiao Wei became a little worried again.

Sure enough, after washing up and sitting on the edge of the bed thinking about how to convince his brother and sister-in-law, he heard footsteps approaching. Before he could close the door, his parents and brother and sister rushed in. Without saying a word, Xiao Wei was rolled up in a quilt and his hands and feet were tied.

By the time they figured out what was going on, Xiao Wei had already been carried out of the temple by her second brother and father, heading straight to the village chief's house in the east. It was clear that they were going to force Xiao Wei to marry.

A fool is indeed not a human being. This action is not excessive at all and is reasonable.

Soon, Xiao Wei was thrown onto Wang Youfu's bed. Fortunately, she did not faint or vomit from the torture.

"We've delivered the person, so we're even now."

The mother was very confident, but the village chief said firmly: "We don't want it, take it away quickly."

The village chief's wife chimed in: "You want to swallow our betrothal gift? No way."

Some villagers started to make a noise: "It's unreasonable to force a madman in here."

Xiao Wei was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. What was the rationale in this magical land?