Chapter 2

"Okay son, how can the nation be equal to the city. What do you care about?"

Mrs. Leona spoke up mocking her. From beginning to end, she remained silent in the corner of the car door, not daring to say a word. Not even a strong breath dared. Aubrey turned to take her hand, looked at her lovingly, and whispered in her ear:

"I don't care what Amec says. I have you by my side, don't be afraid."

Maria Linda nodded slightly, but from time to time her eyes still glanced at people's attitudes.

"Are you coming to your house soon?" The Amec said annoyed.

Maria Linda swallowed, looked worriedly at Mr. Brene and Mrs. Leona, softly said:

"Go a little further and you will come. My house is deep in the village."

"Please stop here. The road in here is small, you can't go in by car."

Mr. Brene said nothing, parked the car close to the side of the road, took a deep breath, then opened the car door and got out.

"Oh my god, the road is full of buffalo shit. It's so dirty and it smells bad. It's so nauseating. You know this, even if my father caught me, I wouldn't go."

"Speak a little."

All the way, the first sentence Mr. Brene said made the Amec silent, sullenly following behind, his eyes constantly glancing at her, as if he wanted to tear her to pieces.

Because her house is deep in the village, moreover, the houses here are far apart. Walking more than a kilometer finally reached her house. From a distance, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and even parents and aunts were waiting at the door. Everyone was beaming, happy for her to marry the city.

The Amec looked around, the children were about to approach it, but it was chased away: "Get out, don't come near, you dirty children."

The children were threatened by Amec, their faces were as green as fake ass, and they ran away. Brene and his wife also try to greet everyone with the brightest smile possible.

"Maria Linda, I want to go to the bathroom."

"Let me take you."

She led Amec to the back of the house, she looked at him shyly:

"I'll go in."

"I told you to take me to the bathroom, but I didn't ask you to take me out to this shack."

"That's my bathroom. You go in, I pull the canvas off so no one will see."

The Amec stared at her, sullenly entering. As soon as he came out, he vomited for a while:

"Disgusting, how many years have you lived. I agree with you."

The Amec's words pierced her heart like a sharp knife. The bridge of her nose stinged, she quickly raised her face to the sky, preventing the tears from flowing from the corner of her eyes. Poverty is not her fault.

Upstairs, when her father reached out and shook Mr. Brene's hand. Looking at the black tips of her father's fingernails, Mr. Brene looked very annoyed, trying to be patient until the end of the session.

During the whole meal, everything was in her eyes. From the gestures and actions of his parents towards her family, she will remember.

"I have to go. The groom's family will set a date, and then notify the girl's family."

"I work hard. Don't worry about my parents, try to keep the baby healthy."

"Yes, I remember."

Maria Linda said goodbye to her mother and sisters. Then back to the city. During the whole way back, the atmosphere in the car became suffocating, no one said a word to anyone. Everyone's faces were filled with displeasure.

"What a bunch of peasants. Dirty to my death." Mrs. Leona had just got home when she started screaming.

"That's right mom, my shoes are all dirty. It's a real rat. No matter what, it must be married."

The Amec stood beside the accompaniment, Mr. Brene was silent for a long time, and then spoke for a long time:

"Let's have them get married next month."

"No, I have to give birth to the baby first. I still have to have a DNA test to see if it's really my grandchild before I can get married."

"So what do you think?"

"There is a wedding ceremony to ask the bride to be sent to the girl's family. As for the party at home, I don't care about them. My family will let me get married as long as it's true."

"It's up to you."

Mr. Brene lay down on the bed wearily. After all, his son is also a true grandchild in the family, getting married early is not a problem. But in terms of family background, it is not worthy of his family at all.

The wedding ceremony took place quickly, her family could not do a wedding according to her custom. All rituals and procedures were canceled, instead, only a few trays of rice were made, inviting relatives to join in the fun.

"It's too urgent, the buffalo hasn't grown up yet. My mother sold the buffalo for a little money, went down to town to buy me a tripod. If only the buffalo were bigger, I could sell it for a little more money. My family is poor. I'll work hard there."

Maria Linda's mother said while crying, looking at a wedding with only a few people was like a funeral like this. As a mother, she also felt sorry for herself and wanted to cry.

Mina stood next to her, wrapping her arms around Maria Linda's mother. Maria Linda's fingers touched the necklace around her neck that her mother had just given her. Two lines of tears have been running down both cheeks ever since. She loves her mother, because of her she sold the buffalo herd. Her voice choked.

"Where's the money to buy another buffalo?"

"You don't have to worry. Remember what my mother told me, know your identity, work hard, son."

Her mother finished speaking, opened the towel, took out a small roll of money, and gave it to her:

"You take it, when you're pregnant, it's morning. You can buy whatever you want to eat."