A Good Country Wife

"Isn’t that settled then, Erhu will be your brother-in-law in the future, so stop calling him a brute all the time, and call him brother-in-law instead." Lin Yue looked at Lin Qing with satisfaction. He saw potential for instruction, and with the proper guidance, he could indeed become a good big brother.

Jiang Wenshu saw them behaving like this and became somewhat anxious, "Lin Qing, you can’t just let Xiaoyue do as she pleases. Xiaoyue is still young and doesn’t understand these things. Moreover, she doesn’t remember anything from before. If she recalls it later, she will definitely regret such a decision. You, as her brother, can’t just indulge her whims."

Jiang Ziqi sneered as he listened from the sidelines, "Not indulge Little Yueyue’s whims? Should we indulge yours instead? Little Yueyue is already Erhu’s wife. You’re a scholar, yet instead of focusing on your studies, you’re preoccupied with thinking about how to run away with someone else’s wife. If Confucius knew about this, he would be rolling in his grave, pointing at your nose and cursing you for lacking even the basic morals of being a human."

Jiang Wenshu looked at Jiang Ziqi, and noticing his refined appearance, assumed he must be a do-nothing rich young master. He loathed these types of rich playboys who relied on their family’s wealth to misbehave outside, viewing them as parasites with money being their only asset. Thus, his words were tinged with disgust.

"Who are you to talk like this? If you don’t know the full story, then don’t speak nonsense. Who says Yueyue is Erhu’s wife? Yueyue and I grew up together like siblings, and we’ve long cherished mutual affection and pledged to spend our lives together. It was Erhu, that brute, who interfered and took advantage of my absence with Axin to abduct Yueyue. Yueyue should rightfully be my wife."

Upon hearing Jiang Wenshu daring to insult their young master, Axin immediately jumped up in anger, "And what are you? How dare you insult our young master? Do you know who our young master is? You shameless thing, saying that Miss Lin should be your wife, but you have neither the directive of her parents nor the matchmaker’s word, and you haven’t even gone through any engagement with Miss Lin. No matter what, Erhu did marry Miss Lin with the matchmaker’s arrangement and her parents’ consent, and even if he bought her with silver, that’s still a legitimate and lawful marriage. You, an outsider, spout such words; it’s truly laughable!"

Lin Qing’s expression turned grave as well. He found himself increasingly unable to understand this friend. Wenshu was usually a very polite person, so why was he now behaving so inappropriately? Such words should not be said casually. Although Lin Qing had a good relationship with Jiang Wenshu, hearing him tarnish his sister’s reputation made Lin Qing very angry.

"Wenshu, don’t say such things again. Although you and my sister have known each other since childhood, it has always been with feelings governed by propriety. Xiaoyue has always been obedient and never overstepped bounds. Such talk will only damage Little Yueyue’s reputation. Moreover, now that Xiaoyue has decided to stay at Erhu’s house, she is Erhu’s wife from now on. Your words could lead to unnecessary speculation. This young man here is not wrong. Even if we were unaware of Xiaoyue being married off to Erhu by our parents, the fact remains that Xiaoyue is now Erhu’s wife. In the end, it was our parents who decided, and Xiaoyue also wished to stay. You should give up on Xiaoyue for everyone’s benefit. I don’t want my sister to suffer a bad reputation."