Chapter 3401 Extra Zhou Yin 17

Zhou Yin swallowed nervously, clenched his fists and said, "Sir, he, I, he wants to..."

His face turned red and his voice lowered, "He said he intended to betroth me to you..."

Xia Xin was stunned, "What?"

Zhou Yin's neck turned red, "No, you are betrothed to me."

The two of them looked at me and I looked at you, their faces turned red, and neither of them said anything.

The two stood facing each other for a long time, but the sudden sound of firecrackers in the village brought them back to their senses. The flush on Zhou Yin's face faded a lot. He took a deep breath and whispered: "If you don't want to..."

"I do," Xia Xin bit her lip after saying it. She felt that she had spoken too hastily and lost the restraint of a girl. However, when she saw Zhou Yin's suddenly bright eyes, she still suppressed her shyness and whispered.

Said: "I listen to my father."

Zhou Yin felt so happy. He had never been so happy in his life. He couldn't suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth, so he simply grinned and narrowed his eyes. "Don't worry!"

Facing his smile, Xia Xin couldn't help but smile with the corners of her mouth raised, and asked in a low voice: "What should I worry about?"

Zhou Yin said to her seriously: "Don't be afraid," he said: "I won't let you be wronged."

Xia Xin looked down at her toes and whispered, "I'm not afraid."

Zhou Yin reached out to hold her, but Xia Xin's hand retracted and stopped, allowing him to hold it.

Zhou Yin blushed and whispered: "Let's go back."

The two of them went back hand in hand. There were a bunch of children setting off firecrackers at the entrance of the village. Xia Xin struggled to hold her hand away. Only then did Zhou Yin let go of her. The two of them went back side by side...

Xia Yan and Xia's mother have returned to their old house. Xia's mother is making dinner and Xia Yan is lighting a fire in the kitchen.

It's just that his fire-making skills are really not very good, and it happened to be when Xia's mother was in a bad mood, so her tolerance dropped and she kept talking about him.

Seeing Zhou Yin and Xia Xin come back, Xia Yan immediately came out of the kitchen with relief and said to Xia Xin: "Come and help your mother light the fire."

Xia Xin's mind hadn't fully returned yet. Hearing this, he was stunned for a moment before reacting, "Oh, okay."

Xia Yan watched his daughter enter the kitchen, then turned back to look at Zhou Yin, squinted his eyes, and asked, "What's wrong with Xin Niang?"

Zhou Yin hesitated for a moment and then said: "Sir, she seems to have been bullied by the clan members."

"I know," Xia Yan said, "I was asking why she looks so happy?"

Zhou Yin's face turned red, he lowered his head and said, "I, I said what you meant."

Xia Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Aren't you unwilling?"

"I'm not unwilling," Zhou Yin said quickly, "it's just that I'm penniless and I'm afraid I won't be able to give Xin Niang a good life and take care of her."

"Then it's okay now?"

Zhou Yin said with a serious face: "It's still difficult to do, so I decided to get married!"

Xia Yan opened his mouth in surprise, and it took him a long time to find his voice, "Actually, even if you are not married, I will leave my family property to you."

Xia Yan has already made plans. When Xin Niang gets married, he will give her the land, shop, and house in his name as a dowry.

When Xin Niang gets married, the remaining things won't be so exciting that people can adopt them.

Zhou Yin said: "The property in the family belongs to Xin Niang, so naturally Xin Niang will be the head of the household."

Xia Yan raised his eyebrows, looked at Zhou Yin deeply, and asked, "Have you thought clearly?"

Both of them knew that this was just an excuse made by Zhou Yin. His real purpose was to make Xia Xin more autonomous and secure.

Because, based on what Xia Yan had just promised to him, even if he didn't marry into his wife, he would still get everything he could get from marrying into his wife.

When did Xia Yan see Zhou Yin?

If we investigate carefully, it should have started more than a year ago when we discovered that Xia Yi's family hired someone to keep an eye on their home.

He was originally hesitant about adopting Xia Yi. First, Xia Yi was old and his parents and family members were all around him. He would definitely prefer the side of his biological father and mother;

The second is that he does not trust Xia Yi's character, nor does he trust the character of his parents and family.

After that incident happened, he found out that the family was not completely unaware of the matter. Not only did they let it go, but they also implicitly supported it, he no longer trusted the family very much.

The Xia family is only in Hongtian Village and is not a big family. His family property is the largest among the family. He doesn't know what consensus they have reached in private, but their family must have become their chopping block.

As soon as he falls, they will swarm up and eat the meat.

Their behavior is not confidential, and their scheming is not that deep. At least to Xia Yan, once the clues are discovered, their character will be invisible in his eyes.

At that time, he began to think about Xia Xin's future.

Originally, if he wanted to adopt, Xia Xin could marry normally. He would prepare an extra dowry for her. In Shangzhou City, she had brothers, a family, and a dowry, so she shouldn't be able to suffer the loss.

Seeing that it was no longer possible for Xia Yi and his family to take care of Xia Xin, he had to consider other possibilities.

He wanted to choose a husband with consistent character for Xia Xin, who would always be able to take care of her even if she had no brothers or family in the future.

Zhou Yin is the best candidate.

He believed in his own vision. No matter what his abilities were, this child must be a person who repays his kindness.

That's why he deliberately kept Zhou Yin. Over the past year or so, he has become more and more satisfied with Zhou Yin, but he never thought of asking him to marry him.

Because regardless of whether he married into his wife or not, he had already decided to leave all these things to them, so why bother to suppress Zhou Yin?

Moreover, he has been teaching Zhou Yin to read for more than a year. He is really smart, and given time, he can definitely become an official.

It is not easy to become an official as a son-in-law.

So he repeatedly asked Zhou Yin, "Have you really thought it through?"

Zhou Yin said firmly: "Yes."

Xia Yan, "You don't want to be an official anymore?"

Zhou Yin said nonchalantly: "When you are an official, you have to live your life as an official, and when you are not an official, you have to live your life not as an official. As long as you live a good life, that's all."

Xia Yan liked his open-mindedness the most. He laughed loudly when he heard this, nodded and said: "Okay!"

That's how things were settled.

After returning home after the New Year, Xia Yan formally engaged the two of them. Hongtian Village did not expect that Xia Yan would act so quickly. During the New Year, they were still questioning and talking about the matter. In private, they began to choose a suitable young child and wanted to bring it to them.

Xia Yan took a look and found out that as soon as he returned to the city, he decided to arrange the marriage between Zhou Yin and Xia Xin and sent word to Xia Xin to recruit a bride, thus cutting off all their paths.

Not only was Xia Yi's family unconvinced, but other members of the clan were also unconvinced. They went to the city every three days to persuade Xia Yan about this matter.

However, Xia Yandu refused to accept their suggestion on the grounds that it was their own private matter. They had no choice but to let the young men in the clan go to trouble Zhou Yin.

? ? ?I am too tired today, so I will update two chapters. See you tomorrow.

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