“Zhi’er? Why are you here?” Doctor Lu stopped and asked in surprise.
Bai Zhi smiled and said: “Lu Dafu, may I have a few words with you, please? I have something to tell you.”
Doctor Lu thought Bai Zhi wanted to talk about the wild ginseng. The wild ginseng was inside the bag in his hand: Does she want to take it back?
With some doubts, Doctor Lu went down the ox cart and walked under the shade, then asked: “What’s wrong?”
Bai Zhi went closed and whispered a few words in Doctor Lu’s ear.
Doctor Lu was shocked and hurriedly waved his hand: “This can’t be done. If this spread, how are you going to marry in the future? Your reputation will completely be ruined.”
Bai Zhi shook her head: “I’ll think about it in the future. But for now, I don’t want to be sold by my grandmother and my aunt. First Aunt will go to the Baiyang Village today, to find me a husband. It’s good to get married, but not in this nasty way. They only want to sell me. I still want to stay with my mother and repay her kindness.”
When Doctor Lu heard her words, he couldn’t help but gritted his teeth: “This Bai Family is really a beast. They are all wicked people. It’s only really a waste for your mother to lose her youth and work hard for those people.”
Doctor Lu turned his head and said to Bai Zhi: “Zhi’er think about it again. Once you destroyed your owned reputation, we can’t do anything about it. You might not be able to get it back.”
Bai Zhi nodded: “I carefully thought of it. I don’t care about my reputation. As long as I can live with my mother, I am more satisfied.”
Doctor Lu understood Bai Zhi’s current mood. If such thing really happens, although reputation was important, nothing else was more important than life. Doctor Lu was very familiar with Baiyang Village’s situation, some people there who don’t have money cannot get married. But, some people who have money, also cannot get a wife.
Most people there were an old bachelors. Why they can’t get married even though they have a little bit of money?
Aside from the bad feng shui, there was another big reason, these old bachelors have very tyrannical character. Who knows how many ordinary girls were tortured to death in that village. However, some wives who successfully sneaked out, spread news about those old bachelor’s notorious behavior, which causes the other old bachelor had a hard time to look for a wife. The price to get a wife increase, because only people who needed money was willing to marry off in the Baiyang Village.
Doctor Lu looked at the ox cart that was not far away from the shades, then said in a low voice: “Zhi’er, don’t worry, I’ll help you in this matter. I will look for an opportunity to spread some wind to a few women in the village that will go to the town. We will use their mouth to spread a news. By then, this incident you think off will spread throughout the village.”
Bai Zhi’s lips curved into a smile: “That’s good. The sooner the news spread, the better. Today, First Aunt went to the Baiyang Village. Once she finds someone, it is estimated that person will investigate me in the next two days.”
The two people continued whispering to each other. But, when someone came, they separate their ways.
Doctor Lu went back to the ox cart. Seeing this, Zhao Lan pulled Bai Zhi and asked: “This child, what did you talk about with Lu Dafu?”
Bai Zhi understood that this matter shouldn’t be hidden from her mother, and so she simply told her.
Zhao Lan became anxious. She wanted to chase after Doctor Lu, but Bai Zhi stopped her: “Niang, don’t worry, listen to me first.”
Zhao Lan hurriedly said: “How can I not worry? Don’t you know how important a girl’s reputation is in this world? How can you destroy your own reputation? If this spread, how are you going to marry in the future?”