Flender looked at the girl before him. She was pretty enough, but the calluses on her hands were thick. As a farmer's daughter, it would have been strange if she had delicate hands.
"I came to ask what you think."
When Cuihua offered him tea, Flender accepted it.
He took a sip, and his expression changed.
The tea was too bitter.
No sweetness followed the first taste. It was bitter through and through!
"You and Ma Hongjun are in very different circumstances. If you stay together..."
"Teacher, I've made up my mind." Cuihua looked at Flender earnestly. "I like Ma Hongjun. I'm willing to marry him, and I'm willing to have his children!"
Flender: ...
This was not at all how he had imagined it going.
What he had meant to say was that their circumstances were worlds apart. They simply weren't suited to each other, and he could give her a bag of Gold Soul Coins as compensation!
"Cuihua, perhaps I wasn't clear enough." As Flender spoke, he took out a bag of Gold Soul Coins and set it on the table.
The coins clinked loudly. He opened the bag, revealing gold coins gleaming in the sunlight.
Looking at those Gold Soul Coins, Flender felt his heart bleed.
If Ma Hongjun didn't repay him tenfold, he would break that brat's leg!
"You and Ma Hongjun are both still young. It may be too early to talk about marriage." Flender chose his words as carefully as he could. "If you're willing, these Gold Soul Coins will keep you fed and clothed for the rest of your life. If you want to marry someone else, you have my sincere blessing."
The older couple's eyes went wide at the sight of the Gold Soul Coins.
They had never seen so much money