Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 312 - 310

Chapter 312: 310

The villagers were stunned at the sound of joy. Who was getting married, and they haven’t heard anything about it!

The wedding procession was approaching and sharp-eyed ones even noticed a man on a horse carrying a rooster...

A rooster?! What?

Everyone looked at each other and then turned their gaze towards the Shen family.

It seemed like it really was a ghost marriage!

But wasn’t the wedding scheduled for a month later? Why was it moved up?

Mr. Shen had a bad feeling about this when he heard the noise from inside his house.

His second child and his spouse had left yesterday afternoon and hadn’t yet returned.

"Yuzhu! Quickly! Hide!" Mr. Shen pushed Shen Yuzhu off the kang bed.

They were desperate! Were they trying to scare Yuzhu to death? They were trying to scare both the elders to death!

"Old man, what’s wrong, why does Yuzhu need to hide?" Mrs. Shen looked at Mr. Shen’s anxious face, puzzled.

"I guess the Tian family is here for the marriage, quickly! Otherwise, it will be too late!"

"What! Oh! That murderer of a second child! It’s like tearing my flesh, sucking my blood!" Mrs. Shen, hearing this, pounded her thigh while sitting on the kang.

Shen Yuzhu was paralyzed with fear, a marriage procession? They were going to marry her?

The ghost groom is here for the marriage? She doesn’t want it, she doesn’t dare to get married!

When it came to dealing with problems, they were all unreliable. Mr. Shen was running in circles in anxiety: "The eldest daughter-in-law, quickly! Take Yuzhu and hide!"

"Okay!" Mrs. Lan immediately pulled the frozen Shen Yuzhu and ran out!

Upon leaving the main house, Mrs. Lan looked around. Where to hide?

The wedding procession was getting closer...

"They’re here!"

"They’re here!"

"Yes, it’s real! It’s people from Landlord Tian’s house coming for the marriage!"

"A rooster! It’s a rooster! God! It’s really a ghost marriage!"

Hearing this, Shen Yuzhu’s legs turned to jelly. She didn’t want to, didn’t want to marry a ghost, didn’t want to bow to a rooster!

After hearing the people outside, Mrs. Lan knew that they couldn’t run out of the gate, or they would be caught red-handed!

Shen Yuzhu absolutely cannot be taken by the Tian’s family! She has to marry Mr. Tan’s younger brother!

What to do? Where to hide?

At this point, Mr. Shen had moved a ladder out, "Quick! Quick! Climb the ladder to the wall, jump to the yard of the Lin family next door!"

Mrs. Lan quickly pushed Shen Yuzhu to climb the bamboo ladder: "Yuzhu! Quick! Or else you’ll have to marry a dead person."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yuzhu finally came to her senses, she hurriedly climbed the ladder to the wall, Mrs. Lan followed closely behind her.

"Yuzhu, jump! Jump down quickly!"

"I, I’m scared!" Shen Yuzhu looked down at the ground far below her, her legs shaking.

"Whether you’re scared or not, you have to jump, or wait to be taken by the Tian family to bow to the rooster!" Mrs. Lan was almost dead from her anger! She didn’t dare to push her down directly for fear of hurting her, and then Mr. Tan wouldn’t want her.

Hearing this, Shen Yuzhu took a glance at the ground covered with chicken feces and became timid again.

At this time, the wife of the neighboring Lin family moved a ladder against the wall,

"Quick! Climb down quickly! Don’t be afraid, I’ll hold the ladder for you!" She waved at Shen Yuzhu.

Shen Yuzhu then quickly climbed down the ladder.

"Eldest daughter-in-law, find a chance to escape from the village, take Yuzhu to the Imperial Capital now, marry Mr. Tan’s younger brother, Yuzhu’s marriage is up to you!" Mr. Shen gave Mrs. Lan a bag with money.

Mrs. Lan took it, nodded her head, and hurriedly climbed over the wall: "Father, don’t worry, I will take good care of Yuzhu!"

Just as Mrs. Lan climbed down, and before Mr. Shen could put away the ladder, the people from the Tian family’s marriage procession walked in.

"Master Shen, my young master can’t wait any longer, he must marry Miss Shen today." The housekeeper bowed to Master Shen before speaking.

Mr. Shen steadied his heart and tried to remain calm: "The marriage between our two families is not counted! I didn’t know beforehand that this was a ghost marriage! So this marriage is not happening! I absolutely will not let my daughter go there to be a living widow!"

"Not count? You have accepted the betrothal gift and exchanged the marriage letters, it’s not up to you anymore! Whether you are willing to marry or not, today I am determined to marry a wife for my young master! People! Go and bind Miss Shen up to the sedan chair!" The housekeeper’s face changed when he heard these words.

"Wait, the betrothal gifts can be returned to you, but this marriage absolutely cannot happen!" Mr. Shen was busy stopping them.

"Search! We must bring the young mistress back to the mansion!" The housekeeper didn’t listen to Master Shen’s words.

Hearing this, several strong women rushed in, and Mr. Shen couldn’t stop them!

But they searched through several rooms and found no one.

The housekeeper of Tian family thought about it and then said: "The courtyard next door! She must have climbed the wall and hidden in the neighboring courtyard!"

"No! How can you disturb the neighbors like this!" Mr. Shen saw him figuring it out, was frightened, and tried to stop him.

But Mr. Shen had been in prison and his body wasn’t what it used to be. How could he block several strong women with the strength of a bull? He was pushed aside in one fell swoop!

Today, the Tian family came prepared. They were determined to steal people, so they specifically called up several strong women for the wedding procession.

Several people then ran to the house of the Lin family’s daughter-in-law, she set her hands on her hips, blocking the courtyard gate: "What’s the matter! You dare to break into civilian houses, I’ll report to the officials and catch you!"

"This sister-in-law, I saw our young mistress climb the wall and hide in your house! I advise you to hand over the person! Otherwise, I will be the one to report to the officials!" Report to the officials? Was this to intimidate them like ignorant villagers?

"I don’t know your young mistress, how would I allow a stranger to hide in my house! I’m not a dog to catch rats, I don’t interfere in other people’s business!"

"My young mistress is the fifth lady of the Shen family! You’d better let us in, big sister, or we’ll have to be impolite!"

"How did I not know that Yuzhu got married? When did Yuzhu become your young mistress."

"Today I am here to marry on behalf of my young master..."

Wait, the house manager looked at the Lin’s daughter-in-law, who was pretending to be calm. She was stalling for time with him here!

Why was she stalling? It must be that Shen Yuzhu was running away, she was buying more time for her!

I have to say, as a housekeeper of a landlord’s family, he was quite smart.

"Quick, quick, go check on the official road! The young mistress has run away!"

Several servants, hearing this, ran to the official road.

"Everyone else, spread out and look!"

Mrs. Lan dragged Shen Yuzhu out of Mrs. Lin’s back door and ran. They were now taking the village’s small road, running towards the town.

As long as they make it to the town and rent a carriage to the Imperial Capital, they are safe.

The coachman who had just taken Mrs. Lan back to the village had gone to the hut to relieve himself and had taken the opportunity to eat the dry food he had brought with him, so he left just now.

When Mrs. Lan saw this carriage, it was just like seeing a lifesaver, "Coachman, quick, get us out of here quickly."

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