Chapter 3401 Extra Story Zhou Yin 17

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

His face was blushing, and his voice lowered, "He said he intends to betroth me to you..."

Xia Xin was stunned, "What?"

Zhou Yin's neck was red, "No, I betrothed you to me."

You two looked at me, I looked at you, blushed, and neither of them spoke.

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 said in a low voice, "If you don't want to..."

"I am willing," Xia Xin bit her lips after she finished speaking, feeling that she had spoken too hastily and lost the restraint of a girl, but seeing Zhou Yin's suddenly bright eyes, she still suppressed her shyness and whispered Said: "I listen to my father."

Zhou Yin felt so happy in his heart. He had never been so happy in his whole life. He couldn't hold back the smile on his mouth, so he simply grinned, his eyes narrowed, "Don't worry!"

Meeting his smile, Xia Xin couldn't help but smile, and asked in a low voice, "What am I worried 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 stretched out his hand to hold her, but Xia Xin's hand shrank back and stopped, allowing him to hold it.

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

The two went back hand in hand, there were a bunch of children setting off firecrackers at the entrance of the village, Xia Xin struggled with her hand, Zhou Yin let her go, and the two went back shoulder to shoulder.

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

It's just that his fire-burning skills are really not very good. It just happened that Xia's mother was in a bad mood, so her patience dropped and she kept nagging him.

Seeing Zhou Yin and Xia Xin coming back, Xia Yan immediately went out of the kitchen relieved, and said to Xia Xin, "Come help your mother light the fire."

Xia Xin's mind hadn't fully recovered yet, and she was stunned for a moment before she realized, "Oh, okay."

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

Zhou Yin hesitated for a moment before saying, "Sir, she seems to have been bullied by the clan."

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

Zhou Yin blushed, lowered his head and said, "I, I told you what you mean."

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

"I'm not unwilling," Zhou Yin said hastily, "it's just that the boy is penniless, and I'm afraid he won't be able to give Xinniang 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 wide in surprise, and it took him a long time to find his own voice, "Actually, even if you don't marry, my property will be left to you."

Xia Yan has already made up his mind, when Xin Niang gets married, he will give her all the land, shop, and house under his name as a dowry.

When Xinniang gets married, the remaining things will not be so exciting that they can be adopted.

Zhou Yindao: "The property in the family belongs to Xinniang, so naturally Xinniang is the head of the household."

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

Both of them knew that this was just Zhou Yin's excuse, and his real purpose was to make Xia Xin more independent and secure.

Because, based on what Xia Yan promised him just now, even if he doesn't get married, he can get everything he got when married.

When did Xia Yan see Zhou Yin?

Looking into it seriously, it should have started more than a year ago when they discovered that Xia Yi's family had hired someone to watch their house.

He was already hesitant about whether to adopt Xia Yi. First, Xia Yi was old and his parents and family were present, so he would definitely prefer his biological father and biological mother;

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

After that incident happened, he knew that the family was not completely ignorant of the matter, not only letting it go, but even implicitly supporting it, so he didn't trust the family very much.

The Xia family is only in Hongtian Village, and it is not a big family. His family property is the largest in the family. He didn't know what consensus they had reached in private, but their family must have become the meat on their chopping board, and as long as he fell, they would be able to swarm up and share the meat.

Their actions are not secret, and their scheming is not that deep, at least in Xia Yan's case, once they find clues, their conduct 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, and he would prepare some more dowry for her. In Shangzhou City, she had siblings, family, and dowry, so she shouldn't suffer a loss.

Seeing that it was impossible for Xia Yi and his family to take care of Xia Xin, he had to consider other possibilities.

He wanted to choose a husband of the same character for Xia Xin, who would always 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 the child's ability was, he must be a person who would reciprocate his kindness.

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

Because no matter whether he is married or not, he has already decided to leave these things to them, so why bother to suppress Zhou Yin?

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

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

So he asked Zhou Yin repeatedly, "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 indifferently: "There are ways to live as an official, and there are ways to live if you are not an official. As long as you live a good life."

Xia Yan likes his open-mindedness the most. Hearing this, he burst into laughter, nodded and said, "Okay!"

That's it.

After returning after the new year, Xia Yan formally engaged the two of them. Hongtian Village did not expect Xia Yan to move so fast. During the Chinese New Year, they were still questioning and talking about this matter. Xia Yan took a look, and as soon as he returned to the city, he settled Zhou Yin and Xia Xin's marriage, and sent out a message to Xia Xin to recruit a wife, directly cutting off all their paths.

Not only Xia Yi's family was not convinced, but other members of the family were also not convinced. They went to the city every day to persuade Xia Yan about this matter.

But Xia Yan refused to accept their suggestion on the grounds that it was his family's private matter. They had no choice but to let the young people in the clan go to trouble Zhou Yin.

I am too tired today, so I will update two chapters, see you tomorrow