Zhao Miao didn't look away until the two figures completely disappeared from his sight.

She turned and walked towards home. In the cool night, the wind blew, her eyes became hot, and the bitterness in her heart surged.

Zhao Miao likes Zhang Xiuyuan.

She fell in love with Yuan Ge'er the moment she moved next door to their house from the Zhao family. Yuan Ge'er met all her standards for a husband.

He was handsome. Even in the county town, Zhao Miao had never seen a man as handsome as Yuan Ge'er. His facial features were almost all in the spots that Zhao Miao liked.

He has a good temper, although he is aloof and always appears distant and indifferent when interacting with others. Even so, he still attracts her attention.

He is hardworking, filial and smart. If you marry him, he will definitely be a good husband.

It wasn't long before she wanted to ask her mother to find a matchmaker and propose marriage. At that time, another family went to the Zhang family to propose marriage, but Zhang Xiuyuan personally refused, saying that the betrothal gift was not enough.

The betrothal gift given by that family was five taels of silver.

Zhao Miao didn't think Zhang Xiuyuan liked money. She understood that as the eldest son in the family, Zhang Xiuyuan was the one who supported the family in addition to Zhang's wife. Once he got married and had his own family, it would be difficult for him to take care of it, so he asked for a high betrothal gift to leave to the Zhang family.

This is Zhang Xiuyuan's filial piety.

That night, Zhao Miao took out the seven taels of silver he had saved over the years and fell into deep thought.

The next day, she returned to Zhongcuilou in the county town. The boss had an urgent matter and wanted her to make a long trip.

Zhao Miao weighed it up and decided that with the three taels of silver she could get from this long journey, plus the seven taels of silver she had saved before, she would have nearly ten taels in total, which should be enough for her to go to the Zhang family and propose marriage.

He was ecstatic and agreed immediately.

But she didn't expect that when she returned to Zhaojia Village with the silver, the first thing she heard was the news that Yuan Ge'er was marrying Zhao Chuchu.

The Zhang family's wife died of a sudden illness, and the Zhang husband was bedridden. The Zhang family was in a difficult situation. One day, Zhang Dacui came to the Zhang family's door and tried to force Yuan Ge'er to marry her. It was Zhao Chuchu who rescued Yuan Ge'er and gave him a betrothal gift of fifty taels on the spot. After that, the two of them got married and the Zhang family moved into Zhao Chuchu's house.

When she learned that Yuan Ge'er was at the edge of the field, she ran over immediately and saw Yuan Ge'er pouring water for a woman to drink. The woman looked at Yuan Ge'er with fiery eyes and got close to him from time to time. Yuan Ge'er did not refuse, and even his usually cold eyebrows softened a little.

The joy I felt at seeing Yuan Ge'er disappeared at that moment, and my heart felt empty, as if a winter wind was blowing in, making it extremely cold.

In the next few days, she couldn't help but secretly go to see the two of them.

She didn't know why she did this, was it because she missed Yuan Ge'er too much, or was it because she was unwilling in her heart to see the person she loved so much be with another woman? She even secretly hoped that if Zhao Chuchu treated Yuan Ge'er badly, she would be able to take Yuan Ge'er back openly and be with her.

But after a few days, the closeness and tacit understanding between Zhao Chuchu and Yuan Ge'er hurt her eyes.

Zhao Chuchu was very nice to Yuan Ge'er, and Yuan Ge'er did not refuse Zhao Chuchu.

She knew she had no chance at all.

Sometimes fate plays tricks on us.

She wanted to leave quietly, but she couldn't help but linger outside the Zhao family's fence, and finally met Yuan Ge'er.

For a moment, she wanted to tell him all her feelings for him, but in the end she held back.

Yuan Ge'er is living a good life now. She likes Yuan Ge'er. The only thing she can do now is not to disturb his happiness.