The Cultivator's Reborn to 1970s
Chapter 102 - 88

Chapter 102: 88

"Grandma Sun, our youngest brother grew up under your watchful eye, so you know what kind of person he is. I think it’s about time for your Lan Tian to get married too. What do you think about her and our youngest brother as a match?" Chunlai’s wife beamed with joy as she looked at the two women.

Zhao Li couldn’t contain her anger. She had never seen such a shameless person. Your Hua Zi can’t find a wife, so you set your sights on their Lan Tian? How old is Hua Zi and how old is Lan Tian? Hua Zi is even disabled, yet their Lan Tian is a future college student. You really have some nerve to even think about it.

Why don’t you try asking the village chief’s daughter instead?

Zhao Li grabbed a broom and shooed the woman away, "I’ll beat you senseless, you shameless wretch, get out, get out now, or I’ll break your legs. Ugh, what a piece of trash! How dare you come here, I’ll break your legs!"

Seeing Zhao Li truly about to hit her, Chunlai’s wife ran away with her head covered, yelling as she went, "Fifth Aunt, please think it over, our brother hurt his leg saving Grandma Sun, one must not be ungrateful!"

Her loud voice echoed throughout the village.

Grandma Sun remained silent, likely deep in thought.

After driving away Chunlai’s wife, Zhao Li returned to find Grandma Sun lost in thought, which made her feel uneasy.

"Auntie, Chunlai’s wife is just raving mad, please don’t take it to heart! Tiantian has already said, Hua Zi won’t stay disabled forever."

Inside the house, Lan Tian couldn’t understand how things had gotten to this point. She recalled when she was six years old and offer incenses, resting in the pavilion outside the main hall, overhearing Sura’s words, ’Destiny is predetermined by heaven and cannot be reversed; let nature take its course, when the time comes, you’ll naturally understand the cause and effect.’

Back then, Lan Tian had responded, "So what if it’s changed?"

But no one replied to her.

Lan Tian pondered the meaning behind those words and suddenly opened her eyes, a cold glint flashing across them.

Fate - could it be referring to her and Mo Junhua? Does it mean that in this life she is destined to end up with Mo Junhua again, and that this cursed fate was ordained by the heavens? She figured if she didn’t follow the will of the heavens, it was clear that the monk hadn’t mentioned divine punishment, but Lan Tian thought she wouldn’t have a good ending, that much was certain.

Lan Tian wasn’t afraid of divine punishment, she was just afraid it would fall upon Grandma Sun, Mo Yuanle, and Zhao Li.

In her past life, Grandma Sun had passed away when Lan Tian was seventeen. In this life, thanks to Lan Tian’s care with Spiritual Vegetables and Magic Artifacts, Grandma was in excellent health, living to a hundred seemed not to be a problem. If heaven were to meddle this time, no amount of Magic Artifacts could stop it, Lan Tian dared not to try.

Lan Tian had planned not to marry, but the heavens seemed to be forcing her hand. Since she had to marry someone anyway, it was better to marry someone familiar rather than a stranger. According to her previous life’s trajectory, it was fine for the two of them to have a village wedding without a marriage certificate – that held no legal effect, so when she wanted to leave, she could just walk out without any ties – isn’t that more carefree?

Inside the hall, Grandma Sun was still silent. Lan Tian guessed that by tomorrow morning at the latest, Grandma Sun would agree to Chunlai’s wife’s proposition. Grandma Sun didn’t have many faults except that she was too soft-hearted. Owing someone a debt, she always thought of ways to repay it. Since Mo Junhua had lost a leg saving her and now couldn’t find a wife, she felt immense guilt deep in her heart.

Lan Tian didn’t want her to worry; she walked out of the room and sat next to Grandma Sun, resting her head on her shoulder.

"Grandma, I agree to marry Mo Junhua. You always say he’s a good man, that the girl who marries him will be lucky. Hehe, now the lucky girl is me."

Zhao Li suddenly turned around, panic-stricken, and asked, "Tiantian, did you hear?"

Zhao Li slapped her forehead, looking at how foolish she had been. Just now, she had been driven mad by Chunlai’s wife and hadn’t thought to lower her voice, forgetting that Lan Tian was at home. The courtyard was a mess of noise, and Lan Tian wasn’t deaf, how could she not have heard?

"He’s much older than you, could almost be your dad." In the eyes of the parents, their own child is always the best. No matter how good someone else’s child is, they can’t be better than their own. Zhao Li looked and looked, but she couldn’t find anything likeable about Mo Junhua.

Zhao Li was being a bit unreasonable, and Lan Tian found it amusing.

"An older man knows how to take care of others. Besides, if I marry far away and get bullied in my in-laws’ home, you guys wouldn’t even know. If I marry Mo Junhua, we still live in the same village, you’d have peace of mind, wouldn’t you? It’s just moving from our house to theirs, it’s like I haven’t married out at all, just a few steps away. He’s honest and sincere in normal times, and if he dares to be mean to me, my uncle would immediately go over and scrape him."

"That does make sense," Zhao Li realized that it was indeed as Lan Tian had said.

Listening to the conversation between mother and daughter, Grandma Sun’s heart was in turmoil. She wasn’t willing to let Lan Tian marry either, the girl was so clever and sweet that she couldn’t bear to part with her, but what use was that sentiment when the girl would have to marry sooner or later?

Hua Zi was someone they had watched grow up, honest and sincere, simple and straightforward, always kind to Lan Tian since childhood. When he joined the army, he wrote letters to Lan Tian, and many little trinkets at home had been sent by him from the military.

Don’t go out and play too much in the winter to avoid getting sick from the cold, wear more clothes when it’s cold, drink more water when it’s hot, find a cool place, avoid the sun. Don’t study too hard, balance work and rest, eat more, and don’t be picky about food and so on.

As Grandma Sun thought about this, she suddenly realized that Hua Zi didn’t seem to be bad for their girl, rather, he was too good for her. There were so many boys and girls in the village that grew up with naked bottoms together; she hadn’t seen many like Hua Zi, who paid special attention to Lan Tian’s affairs. Shitou, Tie Jun, Hei Gouzi, and others, who from childhood had a good relationship with Lan Tian, had not been so considerate towards her.

Could it be that Hua Zi...

Before Grandma Sun could figure it out, Lan Tian said again, "Of course, if Grandma dislikes him, then I won’t marry, and will keep you company forever, is that okay?"

Grandma Sun smiled helplessly, "What kind of girl doesn’t get married? What would people say?"

Grandma Sun figured it out, the new society was not the era where parents arranged marriages. The new society advocates free love, if the girl is willing, she doesn’t object. Just as the girl said, an older man would be more caring. If the girl is not happy, she doesn’t force it, even if the villagers talk behind her back, for the happiness of the girl, she’s not afraid.

"The girl has thought it through, marriage is not a joke, it’s not like playing house, it’s not for fun if you stop liking it. Once you’re married, it’s for life, whether it’s bitter or sweet, you have to swallow that fruit yourself."

"I’m not one to suffer, I can only handle the sweet," Lan Tian refused to back down on principle, her lips curled into a proud smile, "Grandma, you think too highly of Mo Junhua. With your granddaughter’s temperament, he should be grateful if I don’t make him suffer. You, just put your heart in your stomach!"

The words were directed at Grandma Sun, but deep down, Lan Tian was not pleased; the two people’s worlds had intertwined again, just as he had wished.

Mo Yuanle came back from the fields, and Zhao Li immediately told him about everything, including how Chunlai’s wife had come to their door, pressuring and forcing Lan Tian to marry Mo Junhua, and how the girl was actually happy to marry.