Husband and Father Youwei

Chapter 43 Let's Get Married

In the afternoon of the next day, Tu Lin was chopping firewood in the backyard, and Ruan Tang came to the backyard suddenly, but when he walked up to Tu Lin, he seemed hesitant to speak.

Tu Lin was just tired from working, so he put down his axe, straightened up to rest, and asked Ruan Tang, "What's wrong?" "

You..." Thinking of what he had just heard, Ruan Tang couldn't help but wonder There was a wave of ups and downs, and he was slightly out of breath. He didn't know whether it was because he was running too fast on the road or because he was too emotional. He looked at Tu Lin, pressed his lips tightly, and finally asked directly: "Did you borrow the money?" One hundred taels of silver from the Song family?"

"You know." Tu Lin was a little surprised, but his tone was affirmative.

When he asked Tu Xinmei to lend money to the Song family, he didn't tell Ruan Tang about it first, but he also knew that Ruan Tang would know sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.

Hearing Tu Lin's words obviously admitted it, Ruan Tang's expression became even more excited, he couldn't help but took a step towards Tu Lin, and said eagerly: "Why did you do this? That one hundred taels is all your savings , How can you borrow them all? Do you know that with the current situation of the Song family, it may not be possible to repay it in a year or two, even a decade or two, you..."

Tu Lin said before Ruan Tang finished speaking. : "I know, when I lent the money, I never thought I could get it back."

Ruan Tang's eyes widened in surprise, and he looked at Tu Lin in disbelief, but there was a little gleam in his eyes. Difficult to distinguish, he said: "Why? Why did you do this? Is it for..."

Tu Lin didn't let Ruan Tang finish his sentence, he said directly: "Of course it is for myself."

Ruan Tang was stunned, Then he heard Tu Lin continue to say: "You are mine, and I won't let that Qiu Lan have the slightest chance of snatching you away!"

Ruan Tang was stunned by Tu Lin's words, and when he came back to his senses, he couldn't help looking at Tu Lin with a somewhat embarrassed expression, and said, "Qiu Lan snatched me, how is this possible? What are you talking about?"

Tu Lin looked at Ruan Tang firmly, his eyes were full of strong and surging emotions that Ruan Tang couldn't understand, and after a while, he said in a deep voice: "You and I both know that the two of us are not at all. Real couples don't even have any relationship at all. If Qiu Lan's husband is really in prison and she has no children, he will probably go back to her natal family and find someone else to remarry. At that time, one of you is unmarried and the other is married. She is waiting to be married, and has a relationship with her since she was a child. She has been waiting for you for several years. She is also a woman who can bear children for you and carry on the family line. Between me and her, who will you choose? Is it obvious?"

"You..." Ruan Tang didn't expect that Tu Lin would know even the old things between himself and Qiu Lan many years ago, so he couldn't help being a little surprised.

But Tu Lin continued, saying: "So I lent her a hundred taels of silver. She can solve her husband's crisis and keep her family, so she won't have the chance to reconnect with you."

As for how Tu Lin knew about himself and Qiu Lan, Ruan Tang quickly guessed that it was Tu Xinmei who told her. After all, the matter between him and Qiu Lan was not a secret in the village back then. This is all in the past, and he has never cared about it for a long time, and Qiu Lan has been married for many years, and the two have nothing to do with each other, but Tu Lin said that the two seem to have an old relationship. Tu Lin said something about "front edge" again, and couldn't help frowning: "What is the continuation of the front edge? Qiu Lan is just like my sister. I have never had any feelings for her. Don't talk nonsense." "

No The relationship between a man and a woman means that there is a relationship between brothers and sisters. They are all feelings. In my opinion, there is no difference. She is not your real sister." Ruan Tang was about to refute, but Tu Lin asked him again: "I just ask You, if there were no accidents in your family, would you marry her? If her husband ends up in prison this time, and she returns to her natal family but cannot get married, and her sister-in-law cannot tolerate her, will you sympathize with her? , want to help her, or even marry her directly?"

He believed that Ruan Tang had no affection for Qiu Lan, but in this era when marriage between a man and a woman was always ordered by his parents and a matchmaker's words, love between a man and a woman was not important at all, and Ruan Tang was a soft-hearted person. How could he remain indifferent to her life? As for whether Ruan Tang would marry Qiu Lan in the end, Tu Lin didn't know, because he didn't want to think about it.

Tu Lin's endless questioning made Ruan Tang more and more helpless, and he felt that he had no way to deal with Tu Lin, so he could only say: "Don't talk about things that don't exist, I've already said that I have no love for Qiu Lan. If she is having a bad time, I will try my best to help her, but I will never marry her. I won't marry her before, and I won't marry her again, do you hear me clearly?" Of course Tu Lin heard every

word clearly. It's true. At this moment, he only felt that a stone that had been pressed in his heart for two days suddenly fell to the ground, and his whole body was brisk as if he was about to fly, but although his heart was full of joy, he did not show it on his face. Pay a dime.

His expression remained unchanged, but as soon as Ruan Tang finished speaking, he immediately asked Ruan Tang again: "Why? Qiu Lan has feelings for you at all, and probably wouldn't dislike you for 'marrying' me, why did you You don't want to marry her? After all, you're going to get married sooner or later, and you don't have anyone you like, no one you want to be with, right?"

Tu Lin said the last sentence in a tentative tone, but Ruan Tang didn't seem to agree. Seeing that Tu Lin was still holding on to Qiu Lan, his attitude became even more aggressive, which made him a little annoyed. For the first time, he got angry at Tu Lin, and said in a rare and forceful tone: "Tu Lin, Let me say it again for the last time, no matter what, I will not marry Qiu Lan, because I..."

Ruan Tang stopped suddenly in the middle of speaking, and the anger on his face also froze, he looked at Tu Lin, and the rest of his words were momentary Some can't say it.

But Tu Lin could no longer maintain his indifferent expression at this moment, he stared at Ruan Tang closely, with obvious urgency in his eyes, and asked, "Because of you?"

Looking at Tu Lin, who was no longer as calm and calm as before, Ruan Tang's eyes showed a little hesitation and complexity. He opened his mouth and said, "Because I, I..." Did not hear the answer he wanted to hear, and

Tu Lin said it was impossible not to be disappointed, but he didn't want to press Ruan Tang again. He is willing to give Ruan Tang time, as long as Ruan Tang doesn't personally reject him, he still has a chance.

Thinking of this, Tu Lin suppressed the disappointment on his face, put on a relaxed smile, and said, "It's okay, it's fine if you don't want to say it, and I don't want to embarrass you." Tu Lin's letting go made

Ruan Tang instinctively breathed a sigh of relief, but seeing the forced smile on Tu Lin's face, he couldn't help but feel a little sour in his heart, and even felt a little guilty involuntarily.

Just when Ruan Tang was about to say something, Tu Lin said again: "Now that the Song family's matter is settled, you can rest assured that you don't have to worry about Qiu Lan anymore." After Tu Lin said, Ruan Tang remembered

again In the dispute with Tu Lin just now, the matter of borrowing money from the Song family had been forgotten by him. Although Tu Lin said before that he helped the Song family because of himself, he knew that Tu Lin was like this, in the final analysis, it was because of himself, so how could he not appreciate it, especially when Tu Lin didn't give out one tael or ten taels, but It was a full one hundred taels, which was almost all of Tu Lin's savings.

Thinking of this, Ruan Tang couldn't help but said to Tu Lin: "Actually, the Song family has collected nearly two hundred taels of silver, only a few tens of taels is enough. You lend them a hundred taels too much, and there is still a lot to spare. , why don't I accompany you to the Song family, and ask for some money back."

Tu Lin shook his head, rejected Ruan Tang's kindness, and said, "I know how much money the Song family is short of, but if you save people to the end, you can send them to the Buddha. If you send it to the west, if you help, you will help thoroughly. Now that the Song family has used up all their savings to raise money to sell the house and land, even if they have enough money to redeem the people, how will they live? Why not just lend them more , the extra can also allow them to maintain their lives and get through this difficult period. If they live well, then you don't have to worry about it all the time. One hundred taels of silver can buy you peace of mind. It's not a loss. It's just... "

Tu Lin paused, and continued apologetically, "Without the one hundred taels of silver, we can only postpone the purchase of a house in the county seat, and I'm afraid I will bother you for a while longer.

" Tu Lin can no longer afford a house in the county seat, but with the remaining silver in his hand, it is enough to buy a piece of land in Zhuxi Village and build a small courtyard big enough for him and Tu An to live in. Agree, but he would never disagree with Ruan Tang on this point. He threw out a hundred taels of silver this time, not just for doing good deeds.

"Don't say that, as long as you want, it doesn't matter how long you live in my house." Ruan Tang hurriedly said, he naturally didn't know what Tu Lin was really thinking in his heart, he only knew that Tu Lin would spend such a large sum of money because of himself So much so that he had to give up the original plan, so how could he dislike Tu Lin living in his house, not to mention that he never disliked it from the beginning to the end.

A strange look flashed across Tu Lin's eyes, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, as if jokingly said to Ruan Tang, "Really? Then if I want to live forever, can I do it?" Ruan Tang didn't want Tu Lin to ask him

such a question Question, I couldn't help being stunned for a moment, so I didn't speak.

The low tide of disappointment swept over again, even stronger than before. Although Tu Lin told himself over and over again in his heart that Ruan Tang didn't reject him, didn't drive him away, then it wasn't time for him to give up, but the expression on his face The laugh is still a little bit unbearable.

Just when Tu Lin didn't want to embarrass Ruan Tang, and planned to say that he was just joking, Ruan Tang relaxed his frowning brows after a long silence, as if he had figured something out.

He raised his head and looked at Tu Lin. The serious and solemn expression on his face made Tu Lin, who had been watching him, couldn't help but his heart skipped a beat, as if he had realized something, his heartbeat increased a lot in vain, and he swallowed what he wanted to say.

Tu Lin stared at Ruan Tang closely, without blinking his eyes, and his eyes were full of tension and apprehension that he didn't realize. His brain seemed to be thinking a lot in an instant, but it seemed to be blank, and then he heard Ruan Tang said a word to him clearly and distinctly, "Okay."

This time, Tu Lin was stunned, and he blinked, as if he didn't react for a while, and it was rare for him to be stunned for the first time. With such an appearance, Ruan Tang, who was a little embarrassed at first because he confessed his feelings, couldn't help showing a little smile on his face.

Dazed by Ruan Tang's smile, Tu Lin finally came back to his senses. He stepped forward suddenly, grabbed Ruan Tang's arm, and said in a hurry: "What you just said is true? I didn't hear it." Is it wrong? You really want me to live in your house for the rest of your life, you really want to be with me..."

Tu Lin couldn't finish his sentence, because he was only halfway through when he met Ruan Tang who was close in front of him with Let He was almost fascinated by the sudden smile, and said to him: "Really."

Ruan Tang's tone was very soft, but it fell in Tu Lin's ears no less than the explosion of fireworks, and his eyes suddenly opened wide , was full of unbelievable surprises and accidents, huge and surging emotions instantly flooded his chest, and he didn't know what to do for a while, and he couldn't even speak.

In the end, Tu Lin expressed his excitement with actions. He hugged Ruan Tang tightly in his arms, feeling as if he owned the whole world, and Ruan Tang didn't move at all, letting him hold him.

After an unknown period of time, Tu Lin's mood calmed down a little, but he still did not let go of Ruan Tang, but whispered a word in Ruan Tang's ear with a voice that was a little hoarse because of being too excited, "Let's get married."

Ruan Tang who didn't know when he also raised his arms to hug Tu Lin had only one word in response to Tu Lin, he said: "Okay."