The meal was enjoyed by both the guests and the host. Chen Zhongda also felt that Liu Zhaofei was quite good. His family was a little poor, but he was quick at work and could cook.
Speaking of himself, he actually has no other skills besides studying. Liu Zhaofei's grades are not worse than his, and he also has excellent cooking skills.
If Xiuyun marries him, she will probably live a good life, but her family may not agree, which is also difficult.
After lunch, everyone said goodbye, and Mrs. Zhang sent them outside, "From now on, come to our house often. You don't need to bring anything. Our family can still provide us with simple food. It will be lively when you come."
The last two words contained a bit of a cry, and even a neurotic like Yue Ye could tell. The old lady was usually very lonely and liked the excitement at home.
He said with a smile, "Of course that's good. I just like visiting other people's homes. Just don't bother me."
"It doesn't matter if you don't mind, just come."
After sending the person away, the mother and son returned to the house, and Mrs. Zhang shed tears.
Liu Zhaofei said, "Mom, what are you doing? Aren't you very happy? Why are you crying?"
"I'm happy. I'm just crying because I'm happy. The house hasn't been so lively for a long time. I'm just looking forward to having more people in the family. I'm looking forward to you getting a wife and making the family popular."
Liu Zhaofei said, "I'm really embarrassed to bring so many things when someone comes here, and it's hard to invite them to my home."
"Mom knows."
Liu Zhaofei went to clean up the kitchen, and Mrs. Zhang talked to him at the door of the kitchen, "That girl who came this morning, I heard you talking. She wants to marry you, how can you hurt her heart?"
"Mom, don't talk about this matter. We can't delay others."
Mrs. Zhang thought for a while and nodded, "That's true, but I think that not all girls in the world are rushing to live a good life. When I first married your father, his family was also very poor. Our family
At that time, there were still more than ten acres of land, so I just took a fancy to his talent."
"My son is also a good man and is worthy of that good girl. But my mother won't force you. You can just do it according to your own thoughts."
Liu Zhaofei nodded, said nothing, and quickly tidied up the kitchen.
…
Yue Ye returned to the town by himself, and several others returned to the village together. After leaving Lin Xixi, he said, "I think there is a way to do this."
Chen Zhongqian looked at her and said, "Didn't you say that you just mind your own business?"
"It's not nothing, then Xiuyun is still your cousin."
Chen Zhongqian said, "Will Liu Zhaofei agree?"
Lin Yuxi snorted, "It depends on him. If he really has such low self-esteem, the girl who doesn't like him will deserve it. Just be braver in whatever you like."
"Let me tell you, you should persuade him properly. Look at you, isn't that the best example? If you hadn't spent five taels of silver to marry me, you might have lost it by now."
Chen Zhongqian couldn't help but laugh. Lin Xixi rolled his eyes at him, took a child with one hand, and walked away very fast.
Chen Zhongqian looked at her back and nodded to himself.
She was right, without her, he would have been gone long ago.
It was not his own idea to get married back then. It was Chen Mingyi who wanted him to drop out of school and was afraid that Third Grandpa would not agree, so he proposed to get him a wife.
But at the time, he was so ill that he was delirious and didn't know about it at all. When he finally woke up, the bride was coming to visit the next day.
He thought that it was already so difficult for her, and if he still regretted the marriage, he didn't know what kind of gossip he would cause to the girl, so he acquiesced in the marriage.
After the marriage, he moved to live in a small house on the mountainside. He was so sick that he almost couldn't survive several times, but he thought that if he was gone, the family would not know how to support her and she would have to live for a few more years.
Later, Xiaoyu and Xiaoduo were born, and he found a job copying and writing letters, working hard to support his children and her, and trying to survive.
The original plan was to give her a good home after his death, but things turned out to be like this, which was something I never dared to think about before.
…
After Chen Xiuyun returned to the village, she went out to chop pigweed with a basket on her back. She hid in the field alone and cried for a long time, her eyes swollen like walnuts.
Seeing that the time was almost up, she quickly took the sickle to work. If there was no pigweed when she returned, grandma would be angry again.
She still couldn't help crying, and she cried while mowing the grass.
"Chen Xiuyun, are there... any snakes in this land?"
Chen Xiuyun heard someone talking and quickly wiped her tears. When she looked up, she saw someone standing on the field ridge. It was Chen Xiaoya from the same village. She was carrying a basket on her back. It seemed that she was also here to cut pig grass.
"No, no."
"Then why are you crying like this?" Chen Xiaoya didn't believe it and knocked on the side with a stick.
"I just...just have some things I can't figure out."
"That's it. It's fine if there are no snakes. It scares me to death."
Chen Xiaoya also got off the ground. After mowing for a while, she raised her head and asked, "What can't you understand? Let me tell you. Maybe I can give you some advice."
"What can you advise me? You don't understand my affairs."
Chen Xiaoya snorted, "When I was four years old, my father was beaten to death for gambling. My mother was so angry that she jumped off a cliff, but she didn't fall to death. Instead, she became a cripple. I went out to beg for food when I was four years old.
Damn it, after all these years, what else can’t I figure out?”
Chen Xiuyun thought about it and realized that it was true. There should be few people in this village who were as pitiful as Chen Xiaoya.
"Would you be sad if your mother asked you to be someone's concubine?"
Chen Xiaoya put her hands on her hips and raised her voice, "Why should I be sad? It's so great to be a concubine. The old masters are all rich people and they eat all kinds of things. I can also eat all kinds of things when I am a concubine. There's no need for that."
What a wonderful day it is to work."
Chen Xiuyun: "..."
She felt that she had found the wrong person to talk to, and was too shocked to say a word. It took her a while to find her voice.
"But there are many people in that wealthy family. They have so many concubines who fight with each other all day long. It's scary. I would rather marry a man from a farmer's family."
Chen Xiaoya also couldn't understand her thoughts, "Are you stupid? As long as you can eat well, I don't care about so many things. Let's fight. I don't know who will win and who will lose."
Chen Xiuyun felt that although Chen Xiaoya had a pitiful life experience, she lived a very enviable life, at least she was envious.
"I wish I were like you. I can think openly about anything and live well in any life."
Chen Xiaoya threw a handful of pigweed into the basket, "Then I envy you. You have a great grandpa who can get you any kind of marriage. If I can be a concubine for someone, I can wake up laughing even when I fall asleep.
But I have a reputation for being a shrewd woman, so even if I were sold as a concubine, no matchmaker would care about the money."