Chapter 177 The Zheng family is choosing a concubine
Zheng's mother didn't notice her daughter's emotional changes at all. She smiled and pulled Xiaotuanzi to inquire about Shu Mingli's personal situation.
Xiaotuanzi opened his mouth and praised: "My third uncle is a very nice person. He is very hard-working and capable. He is very strong and can carry eight plates of food at a time! But he is also very good at eating. He can eat eight bowls of rice in one meal!"
"Eight bowls of rice?!" Mother Zheng's eyes widened, "How can he eat so well?"
Xiaotuanzi scratched his head innocently, "What's wrong with being able to eat? The more you eat, the stronger your energy will be. Isn't it bad?"
"It's good, but it's too delicious." Zheng's mother looked disgusted and turned around and divided the families. One pot of rice was not enough, and over time, the family had to be emptied?
Zheng Fang'er didn't have a good impression of this tall and strong man at first. When she heard that he was so good at eating, she felt even more resistant. She quickly took her mother's hand and said, "Mom, let's go, I don't want to see it anymore."
Zheng's mother held the bowl and kept picking up the rice, "Wait a minute, wait until I finish eating this plate of food. I bought it with money, so don't waste it."
The two of them devoured a plate of food, wiped their mouths after eating, and ran away without looking back.
After the task was completed, Xiaotuanzi ran to the kitchen humming a song and reported the results to his grandmother: "Grandma, they heard that the third uncle could eat eight bowls of rice in one meal, and ran away immediately after eating. He ran so fast!"
Mrs. Shu nodded, "It's better to run away. They don't like us, and we don't like her either!"
Although she kept telling Shu Mingli to eat less so as not to scare other girls, she couldn't really mean it.
A couple gets married and spends a lifetime together. If they can't understand each other, how can they survive?
The old lady thought that this matter was over, but unexpectedly, the Zheng family started making trouble again.
Zheng's mother looked down upon Shu Mingli and firmly disagreed with the marriage. However, Zheng Blacksmith believed that being able to eat was not a shortcoming. These days, there are still more laborious jobs, and only those who can eat can be energetic.
The two had a fight, but neither could convince the other. Finally, Zheng Fang'er wiped her tears and said, "Mom and dad, please stop arguing. I don't like Shu Mingli and I don't want to marry him."
Mother Zheng found an opportunity to retort: "Look, the child is not willing, so just..."
Before she could finish her words, Zheng Fanger blushed again and said, "I think Shu Mingli's brother is okay."
"Shu Mingli's younger brother, the young man who welcomes guests?" After she mentioned it, Zheng's mother immediately became more energetic, "That young man is pretty good, and my mother also likes him."
A flash of light flashed in Zheng Tiejiang's eyes, "How about we go to the matchmaker and talk about what kind of brother we can replace him with? It's just an older brother and a younger brother. I'm afraid the Shu family won't agree."
Zheng's mother snorted arrogantly and said: "Our Fang'er is so beautiful, and she is lucky enough to fall in love with whoever. How can they not agree?"
"Okay, let's have dinner outside. If we don't make it, please invite the matchmaker over quickly and let's talk about this." Zheng Blacksmith urged her impatiently.
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The next day.
Shu Mingli finished his lunch with excitement. He originally could have eaten five or six bowls, but he put down his chopsticks after eating three bowls today.
Mrs. Shu felt strange, looked at him suspiciously and said, "Why don't you eat? Are you afraid that I will scold you?"
Shu Mingli rubbed his hands, "No, didn't you ask me to go to the blacksmith shop today? I'm nervous and can't eat."
Mrs. Shu: "..."
Is that why?
"Then don't be nervous, sit down and continue eating."
Shu Mingli didn't know why, "Why?"
"Because Third Uncle, you are so good at eating that you scared your wife away!" Xiaotuanzi replied crisply.
Shu Mingli was startled and quickly looked out the door. It was empty outside and no one was peeking.
And he only ate three bowls of rice today. Although the bowl was a bit big, it wasn't too much, right?
"Why did you scare me away? Why don't I know anything?"
Old Mrs. Shu shook her head in disgust, "You have such a stupid head, wait until you know that the day lily is cold. Anyway, your marriage to the blacksmith shop girl is considered a dirty one, wait for the next one."
The client, Shu Mingli, sat back in confusion, feeling that the steaming rice in the pot was no longer fragrant.
What did he do wrong?
A good wife will fly away as soon as she closes her eyes and then opens them again.
Is it true that as Shu Mingzhi said, a man like him can't find a wife at all?
For a moment, Shu Mingli didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
Mrs. Shu personally filled a bowl of rice for him, "Don't be so sad, just eat. Mom won't talk about you today."
Shu Mingli turned his grief and anger into appetite. He held the big bowl and made three more bowls of rice. When he was about to fill the fourth bowl, the matchmaker came.
Mrs. Shu had expected that she would come, and even made up her rejection words for her. However, the matchmaker did not follow the routine, and the first thing she said when she entered the door was: "Happy event, great happy event!"
The old lady blinked her eyes in shock, turned her head to look at Xiaotuanzi, and asked with her eyes: What's going on? Did you send the wrong message?
Xiaotuanzi looked silly and cute: I don’t know! They were obviously scared away, why did they send a matchmaker here again?
Soon they learned from the matchmaker where the happy news came from.
"I see that your fourth child is not young anymore. Do you want to consider finding a wife for him? I happen to have a ready-made girl here who would be a perfect match for him."
Shu Mingzhi, who had eaten melon on his own head, choked on his tea and coughed for a long time before he regained his composure. "Auntie, I don't plan to find a wife for the time being. You'd better help my brother find one first. He's older and is more mature."
in a hurry."
Shu Mingli turned around and kicked him, "Auntie, don't listen to my brother's nonsense. He is also very impatient. Please tell me which girl you found for him."
The matchmaker looked at the silly big man in front of her and smiled a little awkwardly, "Haha, what I want to say is the girl from the blacksmith shop in the town."
Shu Mingli: "?"
That's not his wife, no, wasn't that meant for him?
The matchmaker struggled to speak under the glare of more than a dozen scorching eyes: "The old couple of the Zheng family feel that your third child is too old and not suitable for their daughter, and the fourth child is just the right age..."
"Are they, the Zheng family, choosing a concubine? If the third child doesn't work, then the fourth child will be chosen. I think the fourth child is too old, so why not choose the fifth child? My fifth child is 16 years old and can read and read. Do you think it's okay?
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Old Mrs. Shu's sinister tone made the matchmaker so angry that she couldn't get off the stage.
"Sister Guizhi, please calm down. I just mentioned it casually. If it doesn't work, forget it. Talking about your parents is a happy thing, why do you need to be so embarrassed?"
"Sister, let me tell you the truth, I don't agree with the Zheng family's marriage. Yesterday, the Zheng family's mother and daughter came to my store. We all heard what they said, what should be heard and what shouldn't be heard."
Mrs. Shu leaned back in her chair and said with an imposing manner, "She hasn't even entered my house yet, but she is still thinking about the separation of the family and the little money. Even if she comes to earth, we can't have her!"
"Ah? Is there such a thing?" The matchmaker was stunned.
Then he scolded the Zheng family and his daughter thousands of times in his heart. If you want to think about it, plan it, just plan it. Don't say it out loud.
Just say it, and still say it in other people's stores. Isn't this being careless?