Chen Qiushu arrived outside the Li family compound with a feeling of grief and indignation.
I waited for a long time before I saw Li Xiaoqin going out.
Chen Qiushu called out her name in a crying voice: "Xiaoqin..."
When Li Xiaoqin heard Shen Qiushu's voice, she was delighted, but when she saw the expression on his face, she was shocked.
"Qiu Shu, you...what's wrong with you?" Li Xiaoqin hurriedly walked to his side and asked with concern.
Chen Qiushu looked at her with a sly look and asked her directly, "Can your family really ask for no less betrothal gift?"
"My father really can't afford it. He has already started looking for someone to introduce me to someone from the next village."
"Xiaoqin, we...we really can't be together?"
Li Xiaoqin shuddered when she heard this, and confirmed with Chen Qiushu in disbelief: "Is your father going to introduce someone else to you?"
Shen Qiushu nodded: "Yes, the matchmaker has already told my father that she will take me there in a couple of days."
"Xiaoqin, can't you discuss it with your family? I really want to marry you!"
Li Xiaoqin looked at Shen Qiushu's pleading expression, and her heart softened a little, and tears immediately filled her eyes.
"Qiu Shu, I have been with you secretly for so long, despite the cold stares from my family and outside. Are you going to let me go now? How am I going to live in the future?"
Shen Qiushu hit his head with both hands and squatted on the ground in pain: "I tried, but I can't get the money in such a short time!"
"My father can only give me 5 yuan now. I have made a fuss and tried to borrow money from him, but it's all in vain!"
Li Xiaoqin turned around and looked around. Afraid of being seen by others, she pulled Chen Qiushu up from the ground and took him to the woods outside the village where they often dated.
"Qiu Shu, from the day I met you, I have been determined to be with you. Are you going to abandon me now?"
Li Xiaoqin looked at Chen Qiushu with tears in her eyes, like a poor young wife abandoned by a heartless man.
Shen Qiushu's heart was broken: "It's my fault, I'm incapable, it's my fault..."
Li Xiaoqin felt a little angry when she saw Shen Qiushu, who only knew how to complain about himself, but she couldn't show it.
Thinking about the situation at home, he gritted his teeth secretly, and held Chen Qiushu's shoulders, like a soldier about to go to the battlefield: "I will go and tell my parents. If they still don't agree, I will hang myself in front of them."
The reason why Li Xiaoqin said this was because she overheard her parents say that now only 6 yuan was needed and they would not give her any pocket money.
So for her, what difference does it make whether it's 5 yuan or 6 yuan?
When Shen Qiushu heard this, he immediately looked up at Li Xiaoqin with hope: "Xiaoqin, I know you have me in your heart. Don't worry, I will definitely listen to you in the future, and I will treat you well for the rest of my life."
The two of them couldn't stay in the grove for too long. It was freezing outside and their feet would almost freeze if they stood for a while.
Li Xiaoqin asked him to come again tomorrow, and see if it works out, so they can make a conclusion tomorrow!
After parting, Li Xiaoqin pursed her lips and returned to the Li family with a serious face.
He said to Li Jianbang in a retreat: "Dad, don't mention the Shen family's marriage anymore! Qiu Shu came just now and said that his father had introduced someone else to him. We are not destined to be together."
"What?" Li Jianbang was shocked.
Zhang Guilan took a few steps forward and grabbed Li Xiaoqin's hand, and asked her anxiously: "What's going on? Aren't you still discussing it? Why are you suddenly going to see someone else?"
Li Xiaoqin covered her face with her hands and started crying: "What else can happen? How many times have the matchmakers from Dongliang Village come here? Others want 4 yuan for the betrothal gift, the Shen family must be tempted!"
"Oh, old man, what should I do?"
Zhang Guilan looked at Li Jianbang anxiously.
Li Jianbang's face turned pale. He wanted to say that if he didn't want his daughter to marry, then she wouldn't marry. Could it be that his daughter couldn't get married?
But when I thought about the 5 dollars that I would get soon, I felt a little reluctant.
Looking at his crying daughter, Li Jianbang yelled: "Why are you crying? You are a grown-up girl, do you still have any dignity?"
Li Xiaoqin cried even harder this time: "Dad, please agree to it quickly. Maybe other families won't be able to give so much."
"Chen Qiushu, listen to me. As long as I marry into the Shen family, I will subsidize my parents' family in the future. If I marry into another family, I am not sure if I can have the final say."
Li Xiaoqin's words put Li Jianbang and his wife in a dilemma.
It's a bit embarrassing to agree to it.
If you don't agree, the fat meat in your mouth will fly away.
For a moment, the only sound in the room was Li Xiaoqin's sobbing.
After a long while, Zhang Guilan looked at the silent old man and said hesitantly: "How about you just agree to it?"
"Xiaoqin is right. As long as the man listens to her, he won't be afraid of not being able to support his parents in the future."
"And I heard that the old lady of the Shen family is paralyzed on the kang and can't even speak. She probably won't live for many years. If Xiaoqin marries there, she won't have a mother-in-law to pressure her, and she will be able to live a more stable life!"
Li Xiaoqin looked at her mother with swollen eyes, somewhat surprised. She didn't expect her mother could think so much about her.
In fact, Shen Zhang Guilan was thinking that after a few years when her mother-in-law passed away, the three brothers would definitely have to separate, and her daughter would be able to be the head of the family, right?
Then how to subsidize her parents' home is up to her daughter, right?
Li Jianbang, who had not spoken for a long time, said with a dark face: "But now the Shen family is already looking at someone else. If we bow our heads at this time, wouldn't it be too embarrassing?"
When Li Xiaoqin saw that his father had given in, he quickly said, "Dad, as long as you agree, I can tell the Shen family that I forced you to agree at my own risk."
"This will not only save your face, but also allow me to gain a good reputation in front of Shen Qiushu. It's the best of both worlds."
"Yes, yes, that's fine." Zhang Guilan nodded repeatedly beside her.
Li Jianbang looked at Li Xiaoqin and asked, "Do you really want to marry him?"
Li Xiaoqin swallowed her saliva and said, "Yes, I have chosen him."
If she didn't marry Chen Qiushu, her parents wouldn't necessarily find a good family for her.
At least now it seems that Chen Qiushu listens to her in everything and is not cunning, so she is confident that she can control him.
"All right, it's true that when a girl grows up, she can't be kept. If she is kept, she will become an enemy. You were the one who insisted on getting married, so don't regret it later."
Li Jianbang looked helpless, as if he had tacitly agreed to the marriage.
Li Xiaoqin happily wiped the tears from her face.
The next day, Shen Qiushu came early as expected.
Li Xiaoqin smiled and motioned for him to talk after leaving the village.
The two of them were separated by a long distance and entered the grove one after the other.
"How about it? Did your parents agree?"
As soon as they entered the woods, Shen Qiushu couldn't wait to ask her.
Li Xiaoqin had an expression of shame on her face: "For you, I really don't care about my dignity at all. You must treat me well in the future."
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