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      The second son of the Wang family has been lying in bed for several months and has not been able to get up. His illness has been dragging on for a long time and has not shown any signs of improvement. In recent days, he has been in a coma and seems to be terminally ill.

      Mother Wang, Cuizhi, was panicked. Country women were the most superstitious, so she quickly invited the most famous “Wang Banxian((half immortal Wang))” in the village to come to her house to check whether she had offended the gods.

      Otherwise, how could a young man in his prime end up in bed because of a cold and now look like he is about to die? !

      ”Wang Banxian” asked for Wang Yuanzhou’s horoscope, and his frowning, smacking lips and bitter and vengeful look frightened the mother Wang.

      ”Master Banxian, is there something wrong with my son?”

      ”There is a big problem with the name you gave your son. He is already weak and prone to losing his soul. Now you name him Yuan Zhou. Isn’t that pushing his soul further away((Yuan Zhou means far floating))?”

      The mother Wang thought that her youngest son had been in good health since he was a child, but he became more prone to illness as he grew older.

      She was already convinced, “Master Banxian, what should we do? Could it be that changing my son’s name might heal him?”

      ”No, no, he has been named this for so many years, what’s the point of changing it?” He counted with his fingers and left an eight-character horoscope on the paper, “Find a girl with this horoscope and marry her in, to bring good luck.”

      As if the mother Wang had obtained a treasure, she quickly put the paper away. She would spend all her wealth to find the girl and save her son!

      Seeing Banxian about to leave, she hurriedly handed over the prepared red envelope. Banxian felt the thickness of it and was very satisfied. He added, “The marriage must be concluded within a week, otherwise…it will be dangerous.”

      After saying this, he turned around and left with his clothes fluttering.

      ”One week, one week.” Such a short time is really very short. The mother Wang immediately cried loudly, “My poor son.”

      The Wang family was well off, as their eldest son was a soldier away from home, and luckily he was doing well and often sent money home to support them.

      The younger son was also very hardworking and did well in school. He was about to get out of this poor situation and go to college, but he lay down on the bed. It was difficult for him to even wake up, let alone study.

      These days, the mother Wang has not taken care of the fields, and has been focusing on her youngest son. She is so anxious that her mouth is covered with blisters. There is no news from her eldest son, and she really has no one to talk to. Who asked her to be a widow with two sons?

      She had spent a lot of money on her youngest son, and now that she had found a life-saving prescription, she would do everything she could to find it.

      Fortunately, in the neighboring Lijia Village((Village with Li surname)), there is a girl whose horoscope matches hers. The girl is also a pitiful one, her mother died when she was young, her family married a stepmother who beat and scolded her, her father was not in charge and was in poor health, and her father also passed away two years ago.

      Now all the money was in the hands of the stepmother. The poor girl had to do all the housework and farm work at home, and was insulted all day long. Her half-brother not only did not get close to her, but treated her like a nanny.

      As soon as the suitor arrived, the stepmother began to think about it. She heard that this marriage was urgent and she needed to save someone’s life. The gleam in her eyes could scare people to death. She asked for a betrothal gift of 800 yuan.

      You know, in this village, only wealthy families can offer a dowry of 300 yuan.

      Although the Wang family’s financial situation is acceptable, they have already spent a lot on their youngest son’s medical treatment. Now, isn’t this family’s betrothal gift adding insult to injury and making matters worse?

      Mother Wang gritted her teeth and agreed for the sake of her son’s life. She couldn’t contact her eldest son for a while and her family didn’t have enough savings. What could she do? She sold everything she had and raise money everywhere.

      Fortunately, Wang’s mother was usually a kind person, and she got along well with her relatives and neighbors. Most importantly, her eldest son was promising, and soldiers could make money, so the neighbors would not have to worry about the Wang family paying it back!

      In this way, everything was settled in just three days, and the bride was arranged to be carried home in the bridal sedan the next day.

      It was called a bridal sedan, but who would bother with such fancy things these days? Being able to eat was good enough. Even if it was just a bullock cart, it would be a great honor.

      Li Shulan, this unlucky girl, the young lady who is suddenly going to marry. Her grandfather was a scholar and gave her such a unique name.

      She is very eye-catching among the many brothers and sisters. It’s a pity that she has a bad fate.

      If another girl was asked to marry a dying man, she would definitely cry and scream! But she was not afraid, instead she felt relieved.

      She wished she could escape from this horrible cage and climb onto the ox cart right now to guard that sick ghost.

      She was not afraid of being scolded for doing housework, but she was frightened by the stepbrother brought by her stepmother, who played tricks on her all day and looked at her with eyes as vicious as those of a snake or scorpion.

      Li Shulan developed late, and naturally grew slowly due to years of abuse. She used to look like a bean sprout, which was naturally inconspicuous, but now her breasts and hips have grown curves.

      She was also pretty, so naturally she attracted attention. The stepbrother often came to her during this period, making her hair stand on end.

      Look, there’s someone knocking on the door again.

      She hid in the corner, with a stool blocking the door, but she knew it was futile. The man knocked louder and louder, “Girl, open the door. Open the door quickly, damn it!”

      Stepbrother Lin Qiang still uses his biological father’s surname. In fact, he used to live with his own father. But after Li Shulan’s father died and her stepmother inherited the property, and Lin Qiang stayed in the Li family like a fly that smells shit.

      The stepmother was fierce and no one could control her, so naturally Lin Qiang stayed there. In the past, when he invited Shulan, her stepmother pretended not to see it. Anyway, Lin Qiang, a second-rate guy, couldn’t get a wife. Li Shulan was pretty and hardworking, and she was used to being suppressed by her since she was a child. It was not a loss for him to marry her. It also saved the bride price.

      It’s different now. This is a bride worth thousands of dollars, and there must be no mistakes.

      ”Qiangzi((zi=son)), get over here right now or else!” The stepmother shouted at him in a shrill voice, “You bastard, stay away from her. Don’t go near her room these days. Do you hear me?”

      Lin Qiang cursed a few times and went out to play with the widow at the village head. “Damn it, I’m going to fuck this little bitch to death sooner or later.”

     

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