Chapter 15 Jinjiang First Release Chapter 15 Fang Shu Wants to Marry Long Ge'er...

Fang Wu was counting the spring expenses on her fingers when she heard her son shouting and rushed in like a gust of wind. She rushed over and slapped his arm: "What are you yelling about! You're ruining my reputation!"

Fang Shu subconsciously covered his mouth when he heard this, then lowered his voice and said anxiously, "Mom, I'd like you to find a matchmaker to help me propose marriage. If you're too late, someone else will get there first!"

So popular?!

Mrs. Fang Wu was now in high spirits. She ignored the account and pulled her son to sit on the kang. "My dear son, are you saying that you have found your ideal partner? Is it a girl or a boy? Whose family is it? Is it from our village?"

Fang Shu said, "He's not from our village. He's from Shangxi Village. He's a boy, and his last name is Yu."

Last name Yu?

The two villages were close, and Shangxi Village had its own land. Fang Wu knew many people from Shangxi Village. It seemed that there were only those two families with the surname Yu.

She thought about it and said, "Are you talking about the youngest son of Yu Dagui? He has an old lady at home, and he also has an uncle. It seems that the uncle's child is still studying in the town school, right?"

"It's not the Yu family. It's related to his family. He should be the brother of the boy you mentioned."

"Brother? Isn't his brother a man?"

"No, it's my cousin, from the eldest branch of the Yu family."

Fang Wu racked her brains for a long time, and suddenly said in disbelief: "You, you mean Yu Qinglong?!"

Fang Shu said in surprise, "Yes, yes, yes! That's right, mother, do you know him?"

She knew them all! She had put a lot of thought into finding out all the good girls and boys for her son in advance. There were only a few unmarried girls and boys in the surrounding villages that she didn't know!

But how could it be this Yu Qinglong? !

Fang Wu's face was filled with frustration and disappointment. "No way! Are you crazy? You could choose anyone but him! That kid's engagement was just broken off not long ago. Besides, his family has nothing. He's tall, almost as tall as you, but not pretty. Only you, a blockhead who plays with stones all day, don't know that. What do you like about him?"

"Being taller makes one stronger, which isn't a bad thing. Besides, we don't have much at home, and if he and his son work hard together, won't we have something? And who says he's not handsome? He's obviously very good-looking."

"How can she be good-looking? She looks like a man, but she's so timid. No, I can't afford to lose face like this!"

"Mom, I like him. If you don't propose, I won't marry you."

"You! What nonsense are you talking about!"

Fang Shu was so anxious that he stood up and started to massage Fang Wu's shoulders, not caring how hard or soft the massage was. "Mother, I heard someone has come to his house to propose marriage. If you don't go, I'll be single for the rest of my life!"

Fang Wu felt something was wrong the more she listened, and hurriedly turned around and asked, "Why is he so obsessed with you? Have you ever met him in private?"

Fang Shu quickly waved his hands: "No, no!"

Fang Wu didn't believe it at all. She stood up suddenly and pinched her waist like a teapot. "Good boy, you dare to lie to your mother. I was wondering why you always wanted to go to Doctor Mo's house recently. It turns out you are not going to see the waist, you are going to see the fairy! No, there is no fairy like him. You are going to see him, right? You bastard! Tell me! When did you two meet?"

Fang Shu suddenly felt guilty: "Mom, please don't make it seem like something happened between us. He just helped me move rocks by the river once. At that time, I didn't even know he was a boy. He didn't even tell me his name."

"Then why do you suddenly want him?"

"I just think he's an interesting person, much more interesting than anyone else. I've never met anyone like him, and I'm afraid if I miss him, I'll never find him again."

"That won't work. Your father and your uncles wouldn't agree. Besides, you're the only scholar in our family. You were a scholar at the age of fifteen. If you hadn't been injured twice and missed the exam, you might have been a juren by now. You want to marry him? Don't even think about it!"

Fang Shu was shocked when he heard this: "Mother, this is the only time. If you propose marriage and he doesn't want to, then I have nothing to say."

Fang Wu refused to agree: "Who are you kidding? Oh, if I go to propose marriage and he agrees immediately, how can I regret it? What kind of person would I be then? Besides, you are the only scholar in this village. Why would he not agree?"

Fang Shu didn't know why he felt this way. But he felt that even if it was his family, if he proposed marriage, he might be rejected.

He couldn't explain why, but that was how he felt.

The way Yu Qinglong looked at him was different from the way any other boy looked at him. Those eyes were so calm when they looked at him, as if they were devoid of any worldly thoughts, even less passionate than when they looked at the fifty coins, which made him always think about them.

When Fang Wu saw her son suddenly stop talking, she thought he had been persuaded by her. However, when she looked into his eyes, she found that he was seriously distracted.

It doesn't seem like I've been able to make it through, it's more like my soul has been hooked away!

But how is this possible?

Fang Wu suspected she was still asleep and pinched herself secretly. Hiss… It hurts!

Fang Shu bowed solemnly to his mother and said, "Mother, you always asked me what kind of person I wanted. Now I have the answer. I want someone like him. No, I want him. If you don't agree, I will never find someone like him again and will have to live alone for the rest of my life."

Fang Wu was so angry that she slammed the table: "Who are you trying to scare?!"

Fang Shu did not argue with her anymore. He bowed again and left.

Seeing that he was determined, Fang Wu quickly went to the head of the family to seek justice. "How could he be so rude? He's trying to piss me off to death! No one wants that guy within a few dozen miles. If he comes, won't our Fang family become a laughing stock?"

"Is it really that serious?" Fang Dingman said, "I've seen the boy you're talking about. I think if he were to marry into our family, he might really be able to help us take care of Shu'er."

"You've seen him too? Then why haven't I heard you mention him? Where did you see him? What was he doing at the time?"

"In their Shangxi Village, the kid pinned his cousin down and beat him, leaving him with a black eye and swollen face. But I later heard that his cousin was a jerk. He was lazy and gluttonous, and bullied the weak, so he deserved the beating."

"Impossible, you must be mistaken. I've seen that kid once. He was there when I went to the Erma family's funeral. I won't tell you what he looked like, but he kept his head down so I couldn't see him clearly. I mainly don't like his timid look. He looks like a mouse seeing a cat when he sees everyone. How can I take him out like that? Absolutely not."

"That was in the past. This kid is so bold now that he can even beat people up in public."

"That's even worse. If she's so powerful, wouldn't she turn the family upside down if she were to marry him? Our Shu'er is an honest man, and he's being controlled like a straitjacket." Fang Wu paused, "Do you mean you agree to this marriage?"

"What else? Can you really convince Shu'er? If you could, his house full of rubbish wouldn't have stayed there for so many years. Our son is a stubborn ass, don't you see it by now? Besides, Doctor Mo has already accepted that kid as his apprentice. You know Doctor Mo, too. If it was really that vicious kid, he wouldn't have accepted him as his apprentice. If your son is happy, go ahead and ask for it. You can't beat him anyway."

Fang Wu knew her son could sometimes be so energetic that even ten salted egg yolks couldn't stop him. But she was still reluctant. Of all the other families, why did he choose Yu Qinglong?

She decided to wait. Maybe in a couple of days, her son would change his mind. Besides, her son had already said that there were other families proposing marriage. If that family succeeded, her son would no longer have any point in worrying about it.

You can't blame her for being cruel as a mother. It's really not a good match between the two families!

Fang Wu pretended not to hear what her son had said and continued to go about her business. Fang Shu, on the other hand, locked himself in his room, fiddling with the waterwheel, thinking of what he had said not long ago: when water and wood meet, there is an abundance of blessings.

When he said, "Blessed be 'Yu,'" he didn't harbor any ill intentions toward Qinglong. Instead, he truly felt that if he had such a confidant, he would be filled with joy and peace. If Yu Qinglong were a man, he wouldn't even consider proposing marriage, and would just spend his days drinking and chatting. He taught him to read, he made wooden toys for him, and if he could just live like this for the rest of his life, what was wrong with that?

But she's a boy! If I don't marry her, she'll belong to someone else!

Who on earth is so anxious? Fang Shu instinctively thinks it's not Zhao Laosi.

Yu Qinglong also wanted to know who was so tactless as to cause him trouble.

He and his parents hurried on and finally arrived in town at the beginning of the morning. They had just delivered the embroidery to the embroidery workshop and received three hundred coins.

This was the money Zhou Yuehua had earned after working hard for nearly a month and a half. This kind of opportunity doesn't always come around, so it's very precious. Zhou Yuehua carefully put the money away and asked Yu Qinglong, "Are you hungry, Long'er? Come on, Dad will buy you some osmanthus cake."

Yu Qinglong was already a little hungry. After all, he had walked such a long distance without stopping, and had started walking before dawn. How could a grown man like him not be hungry?

But osmanthus cake is still a bit of a luxury for them. This place is located in the north, where osmanthus flowers are not grown. Osmanthus flowers are shipped from other places, so the price is high.

"No need, Dad. Let's just make some simple noodles, or buy some steamed buns."

A bowl of plain noodles cost only two cents, which could buy four steamed buns or a vegetable bun. It wasn't expensive, really; prices in small towns were still low. Even though his family still owed money, Yu Qinglong saw how difficult it was for them, and he didn't think it had anything to do with him. They were now in the same boat, rising and falling together.

Zhou Yuehua also knew that his youngest son was sensible, but hearing him say that made his father feel uncomfortable. But then Yu Dayou came over with a paper bag from not far away. When he opened it, there were actually eight steamed buns and three meat buns inside!

Yu Qinglong hadn't smelled meat in a long time. He'd thought about fishing before, but he couldn't find the right tools. Plus, the seasonings here were limited, so eating fish without the fishy smell was a bit difficult, so he didn't rush out.

"Qinglong, eat this." Yu Dayou gave Yu Qinglong a meat bun and one to Zhou Yuehua. He bought them with the money he earned from chopping firewood.

"Thank you, father."

Yu Qinglong thought of the buns he could eat anytime in his previous life, and he felt greedy, but he couldn't bring himself to eat them because he found that Yu Dayou gave him one bun and another to Zhou Yuehua, but he didn't eat the last one. It was obvious that it was for Yu Qingye.

So he broke it in half and put it on the paper: "Half and half each, father?"

He said it was half, but in fact he took the smaller one.

Yu Dayou said: "I only need to eat steamed buns. You are still growing, so eat more."

Yu Qinglong said with a smile, "I'm already this tall, but some people say I'm too big. If I grow any taller, won't I be criticized even more?"

Seeing that his son wasn't feeling inferior and was just speaking as if it were a normal thing, Yu Dayou also laughed: "The sun rises during the day, and children grow up when they are born. How can we control this?"

Yu Qinglong also thought so and was about to say that he didn't need to eat so much, but Zhou Yuehua stuffed the one in her hand directly into his mouth and said with a smile: "Eat it quickly. The sun is shining today. After eating, my brother Long will grow faster." After that, she gave the half on the paper to Yu Dayou and ate Yu Qinglong's smaller one herself.

Perhaps because his parents were not with him in his previous life, he was always more sensitive to the true kindness of others.

In fact, it is easy to judge whether a person truly cares about another person. If they just interfere or ask questions without any substantial help, it is useless and is just another way to gain a sense of superiority over the other person.

But this family is different, they really treat him well.

The three of them came to the carpentry workshop where Yu Qingye was an apprentice, and the last meat bun actually went into Yu Qingye's mouth.

Yu Qingye chewed quickly and asked vaguely, "Father, Dad, little brother, why are you here? What happened at home?"

Zhou Yuehua pulled her second son aside and whispered, "That day when you and Long'er were getting birch bark, you met a matchmaker going to the old house. Your Aunt Zhang, who lives across from the old house, said the old lady wanted to marry Long'er to a bun seller. Do you know how many bun sellers there are in this town?"

Yu Qingye said, "There are only two in total. The one I just ate at must have been bought nearby, right? This family only has two daughters, so they are definitely not his family. There is another family in the west of the town. There is a man in that family, but he is very young, and he has a silly brother. The old lady wants..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw his parents and brother frowning together, and Yu Qingye knew he was probably right. If they were from a good family, why would the old lady tell her younger brother about this?

Now he remembered who the person next to the matchmaker was. Wasn't that the person who often drank with his third uncle and Zhao Laosi?

Yu Qinglong then asked, "Brother, do you know where Qingxi is studying?"

Yu Qingye said, "I know. There's a Wende School just west of the town. Why are you asking about that?"

Yu Qinglong thought to himself: Because this matter can only be completely resolved by finding Yu Qingxi.

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Yu Qinglong: I have to solve this problem once and for all, so that these people won’t dare to come and propose marriage [sunglasses]

Fang Shu: No, I must convince my mother to go to Long Ge'er's house to propose marriage [bursts into tears]