A lot can happen in more than a month, just like at this moment——

Li Tian shyly and sweetly told Yuan that she was going to get married, and her husband was:

"The guy in the water shop, what about him?"

Yuan has a good memory, so of course he remembers who he is.

How could He be the water delivery guy in 'that water shop'?

Since few people here have wells at home, many people living nearby go to "that water shop" to buy water.

It's close, the water is sweet, and the water delivery guys come on time every day without delay. The price is also cheap.

When Yuan's family lived here, they also bought water from his house, but they were stingy and sometimes bought water and sometimes not. Most of the time, they would rather walk a long way to find water from a well than spend money.

Li Tian buys water every day and settles the bill every month. It is said that her family has been buying water from that water shop since they moved in.

He Hui also delivered water to her family for many years.

However, because her father passed away and her mother remarried, she was alone at home. In order to avoid suspicion, He Hui would only deliver water to the door every time, and Li Tian would carry it in herself.

He Hui was in his twenties and was a very taciturn person. Yuan had never seen Sister Li speak to him.

Even she, who was so talkative, couldn't have a conversation with him.

However, all the neighbors like him very much. He doesn't talk much and doesn't look around. He just delivers water and is punctual. If the neighbors ask him to help with something, he rarely refuses.

He is a good man, but he is very poor and his family couldn't afford to support him, so they sent him to the city.

The owner of that water shop was his uncle, but the two didn't seem to be very close.

He earned one or two taels of silver a month, and had to send most of it home.

After coming to the capital, he and another employee lived in a storage room in the backyard of a water shop. They couldn't afford to buy a house and had no place to live.

Although the shopkeeper, his uncle, was not very close to him, he was tolerant of him. Besides, He could do the work of two people.

But the shopkeeper's wife, his aunt, was not easy to get along with and she always disliked him.

He was ordered around in circles every day, but he was still not satisfied.

The residents around here could often hear his aunt scolding him.

If his aunt got angry and kicked him out one day, he would definitely be homeless on the streets.

He has no money, is boring and can't say nice things to please people, so no girl is willing to follow him.

Yuan doesn't hate He Hui, but he doesn't really want Sister Li to marry him.

Apart from anything else, Yuan's family has been poor for so long, so Yuan especially knows what it feels like to be poor. Her family is relatively united, but they will also quarrel over who eats more and who eats less.

It’s not that I can’t bear to see the other person being comfortable, I’m just afraid that if I don’t say anything for the time being, I’ll starve to death one day.

Those quarrels are the sorrow of the poor.

Not to mention those families who are not of one mind.

Getting married is not just a one-person thing. The relationship between grandparents, parents, and uncles and aunts is very good.

But I would always tell the girls in my family not to marry into a family as poor as theirs!

Unless the other person is exceptionally good to you, and you are prepared to suffer for the rest of your life, you will never regret it!

They would also say that if they had any other options, they would not have married into the Lao Fu family for the betrothal gift, no matter how nice the other person was.

Yuan thought a lot in an instant, silently put down the wedding cake he had picked up, put his hands in his sleeves and asked her:

"How could it be him?"

A Yuan actually wanted to ask Li Tian: Have you ever tried eating only one meal in winter?

But then I remembered that the money Sister Li earned from making snacks was enough to support myself, so I didn't say that.

But Yuan still didn't understand why Sister Li suddenly fell in love with He Hui.

Li Tian also knew that He Hui was not a good candidate for marriage, but she still explained to Yuan:

“I’ve known him for a long time, but I still feel quite strange and familiar with him. I never thought I would have any feelings for him.

But that day, I went out to buy groceries and met a thief on the street. He wanted to steal my purse, but I found him, so he snatched it and ran away. Brother He happened to be nearby at the time..."

Li Tian paused here.

A Yuan asked curiously:

"And then what? He rushed over to help you get your purse back?"

Li Tian shook her head: "No, he rushed over and was blocked by the thieves in the alley and beaten up. His face was swollen and his water carrying pole was broken by him."

Yuan: ...

"Is the thief's name Lai San?

Does he have a second brother named Lai Dagui? And an older brother named Lai Dafu? "

Yuan felt that this behavior of robbing people when he failed to steal and beating them while robbing was very familiar to him.

He looks just like a thief who has an elder brother who works as a steward in the Shengyang Marquis's mansion and serves as his backer!

"ah?"

Li Tian was stunned for a moment and shook his head:

"I don't know about that. They beat people up and ran away. Do you know who those thieves are?"

Yuan: “If it’s the same gang, our house was also robbed when we first arrived.

This is not important, what happened next? "

Li Tian took a sip of water and continued:

“Later, when I saw they had all left, I dared to go over and help them.

He was beaten so badly that he was vomiting blood. He was trying to help me, so I thought of sending him to the clinic first and then going back to get the money.

When I came back, I found that he came out of the clinic as soon as I left, squatted at the door and said he would not see the doctor no matter what.

When he saw me coming back, he said to me, "You don't need to see the doctor anymore. Can you just give me the money for the consultation?"

A Yuan: "...For ten cents, he didn't even bother to treat his injury?"

Li Tian happily told Yuan:

"I also find it incredible, but guess what he said?"

Yuan scratched his head and thought: "Does he need money for something?"

Li Tiantian nodded: "More or less, I asked him, and he squatted there and told me pitifully, 'I want to save money to marry a wife.'

I looked so silly at that time, not to mention how pitiful I was.”

Li Tian imitated the story vividly, and Yuan couldn't help but smile. He smiled and asked Li Tian: "Sister Li, you don't like him so much, do you?"

"How can that be possible!" Li Tian glanced at Yuan in disapproval.

“I’m not that easy to fool.

At that time, I was afraid that he would do something bad again in order to save money, so I said I would give him ten cents more.

He asked me to give it to him first. I was a little unhappy at the time, but he was helping me after all, and ten cents was not a lot, so I should give it to him, so I gave it to him.

Then as soon as I put the money in his hand, he ran away in a daze.

He was beaten like that and couldn't run fast. I could catch up with him, but I couldn't catch him.

He just wanted the ten cents, and said he didn't want to see any doctor about his injury, saying it was nothing. I wanted to leave him some money, but he refused. I kept chasing him to the water shop. His aunt heard it and came out to curse in the street while trying to take the money, but he refused to let her.

When he said he was helping me, he didn't want money, and I didn't ask him to help me. Besides, he didn't help me clearly, so I felt embarrassed for him to take ten cents from me.

It was at this time that I began to have a good impression of him and felt that he was a pretty good person.

He could obviously extort money from me, but not only did he not do that, he even stopped his aunt.

The matter ended at that time, but I heard later that because the shoulder pole was broken and he was late in delivering the water, his aunt deducted half a month's wages from him.

For my ten cents, he lost at least five hundred cents."

This made Yuan feel sorry for him: "How pitiful! How could there be such an unlucky person?"

Li Tian: “Who said it wasn’t?

But he brought me water every day and never mentioned it.

I heard that I wanted to give him the money, but he refused to accept it and still used the same excuse.

What he said was, 'You didn't ask me to help you, and I didn't help you well. You're a grown man, but I couldn't even protect a carrying pole. How can I have the nerve to ask you for money again!'"

Yuan felt that he had no sympathy at all:

"Why do I feel so sorry for him and yet want to laugh at him?"

Li Tian looked at her, holding back tears of sympathy while struggling to hold back a smile, and waved her hand and said:

"I was the same. When I saw his pitiful and depressed look, I couldn't help but burst out laughing, which made him look even more pitiful.

It looked like a big dog that had been bullied, with its tail, ears and head all drooping.

He was about to leave with the shoulder pole. I felt really guilty, so I called him and stopped him. Fearing that he would refuse, I asked him to help carry the water in. Then I took this opportunity to pack two bags of snacks for him.

He refused to accept it at first, so I stopped him from leaving. He was afraid that someone would see him and it would be bad for my reputation, so he accepted it and left quickly.

I think this guy is quite interesting and honest. When he comes again, I can't help but say a few words to him.

After chatting with him, I found that he is quite a man. "

A Yuan started to eat the wedding cake and listened with great interest, waiting for Li Tian to say the next part.

Li Tian didn't keep the secret and timidly told A Yuan about the good things about this person.

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