Looking at Mingyue's expectant expression, Aunt Xiu's face showed excitement and she immediately grabbed the wet clothes in her hands.
However, after seeing the man's clothes in Mingyue's hand, she quickly calmed down.
Yuewa already has a father at home, and she can't decide on her own whether to recognize someone as her godmother. Besides, Aunt Xiu really doesn't want to have anything to do with a man like Liu Dadong.
Aunt Xiu hesitated for a moment, then smiled stiffly: "I'd love to be your godmother, but I don't know if your husband is happy about it."
Mingyue knew her concerns instantly, and smiled: "If it were any other family, I'm not sure if my dad would agree, but if it's you and Uncle Chao, my dad will definitely agree. You are such good people, my dad would probably like me to be closer to you."
After hearing this, Aunt Xiu became even more hesitant. After all, Liu Dadong was a very snobbish man, and he liked to take advantage of others. If she really got close to him, he might take advantage of her often in the future.
But then she thought again, Yuewa is going to become a university student at a prestigious university, which is unique in the village, and who knows what great fortune she will have in the future. If she treats Yuewa better now and has a closer relationship with her, who knows how great things will be for her in the future.
Besides, even if she doesn't consider herself, she should think more about her son at home.
Yuewa is so promising, and she is the only one in the family. After the two families become close, Junhao will be her younger brother. If she helps Junhao a little in the future, it will be a great deal even if Liu Dadong takes advantage of her.
In just a moment, Aunt Xiu had made up her mind.
She looked deeply at Mingyue and asked tentatively, "That's great. If your husband is really willing, I will let your uncle Chao treat the villagers to a meal. It can also be regarded as a witness. What do you think, Yuewa?"
Mingyue couldn't help but smile: "Let's put it this way, godmother. I'll wash the clothes and then go back and tell my dad."
Hearing her calling her godmother directly, the smile on Aunt Xiu's face became more genuine, and she quickly agreed, "Sure, sure."
As she said this, she put the clothes and sticks in her hands into the wooden basin and said, "I will go back first, and discuss with your uncle about who to invite."
Mingyue naturally nodded, and reminded her to be careful of the slippery road, which made Aunt Xiu smile all the time.
After watching her walk away with a smile on her face, Mingyue slowed down her washing of clothes and a thoughtful look appeared in her eyes.
Although today's events were somewhat different from what Mingyue had expected, the result was the same and even better than she had originally thought.
Although Mingyue originally wanted to use benefits to lure him, saying that her admission to a prestigious university would bring a lot of good reputation to the village and that she would try her best to help the villagers in the future, she asked the village chief to speak for her and let Liu Dadong let her go out to study.
But these are too far-fetched after all, and there is a suspicion of empty promises, which may not necessarily impress the village chief to intervene. After all, just from Liu Dadong pretending to drink pesticide to force his daughter, it can be seen that Liu Dadong has a rogue character, and I am afraid that the village chief is not willing to touch his sticky candy.
But now it is different, in this village where godparents are very close, if she becomes the goddaughter of the village chief, then the interests of the two families will be closely related. The village chief will naturally want her to spread her wings and help his son in the future.
Moreover, Mingyue thought that it was not a bad idea to adopt a godparent. First of all, Aunt Xiu was really good to Liu Mingyue. She bought her underwear several times and secretly gave her New Year's money several times without the knowledge of the villagers. Even when Liu Mingyue had her first menstruation, it was Aunt Xiu who taught her how to use sanitary napkins.
You have to know that Liu Mingyue's mother died early and her father was a neglectful person. Aunt Xiu was indeed the closest woman to Liu Mingyue during his growth process, so it was not against his will to recognize her as his godmother.
Secondly, after Mingyue finishes her studies, she will definitely have to find a way to change the poverty of Liujia Village according to the original owner's wishes, and this will definitely require the cooperation of the people in the village. Therefore, it will be easier to get things done in the future if she builds a good relationship with the village chief in advance.
Thirdly, Mingyue would be really worried if there was no one in the village to restrict Liu Dadong. With the village chief watching over her, she would feel more at ease studying outside.
Seeing such a thing that could kill two birds with one stone, Mingyue blinked, a glimmer of determination flashed in her eyes.
After scrubbing the clothes in her hands, Mingyue twisted the water stains on each piece of clothing. Seeing that the water had stopped flowing on the clothes, she picked up the wooden bucket and detergent and went home.
When Mingyue returned, she happened to see Liu Dadong coming back from outside with a very unhappy look on his face.
Especially when he saw the bright moon, his expression instantly became even uglier.
Mingyue raised her eyebrows slightly, and immediately knew that something was wrong.
Sure enough, she had just hung the clothes and returned to the house when she heard Liu Dadong, who was sitting on the bench, say in a tone that could not be refuted: "I've thought about it. It's too far for you to study outside. If anything happens, no one can take care of it or help you. I'm also worried, so you should just study nearby."
Mingyue gritted her teeth secretly, but said calmly: "Okay, I've already said it, whatever you say is what it is, I'll listen to you."
While Liu Dadong was speaking, he was always paying attention to the expression on Mingyue's face. When he heard her words, the expression on his face relaxed and became a little less ugly.
There was something murky in his eyes, and he kept muttering, "You have to trust the old man. He is definitely doing this for your own good and will not harm you. Besides, what's the point of you being a girl and studying so much and going to such a good university? You will get married anyway, and it will be hard to get married if you study too much and get older. Besides, once you get married, the person will belong to someone else's family, so you are just letting them get away with it."
His voice became softer as he spoke, but the room was small and Mingyue could hear it clearly and immediately understood the words that were used to persuade him.
It's nothing but gender discrimination. They instigate him with the words about getting married and tell him: your daughter will get married in the future anyway, and letting her go to a prestigious university will only help other families.
No wonder Liu Dadong looked so unhappy just now. Perhaps the more he thought about it, the more he felt that what he said made sense, so he just held back his anger.
Mingyue's eyes turned cold. No matter what era or what dimension, gender seemed to have become a constraint for women. There were always people who used the phrase "You are a woman, you have to do this and that" to belittle and suppress women. Women seemed to have been defined as being able to only do certain things, otherwise they would be heretics and would be unacceptable to the secular world.
But she refused.
(End of this chapter)