Chapter 777 Donghua's Marriage is Settled
Donghua and Qiuhua were in the backyard researching new desserts.
Their shop mainly sells all kinds of drinks and sweet beverages, and like Daheyan, they launch new products every month.
This time when they came to the capital, they insisted on researching ten or eight varieties so they wouldn't have to rack their brains anymore.
Just as she was busy, Granny Qi came over: "Miss Donghua, Madam wants you to go to the front yard."
"That's perfect," Donghua said with a grin. "Let my aunt try my newly made morning dew flower drink and give me some feedback."
Seeing that she still looked so immature, Granny Qi was a little worried: "Ahem, Miss Donghua, put things aside for now. Madam asked you to go mainly to discuss your marriage."
"My marriage?" Donghua's eyebrows shot up. "Qiuhua hasn't even been engaged yet, how come it's my turn? No, I have to stop it right away!"
She rushed to the front yard.
She ran to the living room and immediately saw Li Haoyang standing in the middle of the room.
A smile immediately appeared on her lips, and she rushed over in one stride: "Why are you here? By the way, how are you feeling? Are you feeling better?"
"Donghua!" Old Mrs. Zhao said with a headache, "This is Madam Li, and this is Young Master Li. Please greet him first and don't be impolite."
Donghua then stood properly and performed a standard greeting as taught by Granny Qi.
After performing the ceremony, she reverted to her original form and pressed on, "By the way, you still haven't told me why you're here."
Li Haoyang looked away, his face slightly flushed, and said softly, "My mother and I came to propose marriage."
"Propose... propose marriage?" Donghua was stunned. She remembered what Granny Qi had said, and her eyes widened instantly. "You... you... you don't mean you want to marry me, do you?"
Li Haoyang blushed, unsure how to answer.
"I'm only thirteen years old." Donghua swallowed. "If you want to get married, find someone else. Don't look for me. I'm busy."
The elders in the room remained silent, and several pairs of eyes were fixed on the two of them.
Li Haoyang grabbed Donghua's upper arm: "Let's talk somewhere else."
He dragged Donghua to the open courtyard outside. The servants were very sensible and walked away a little, but not too far.
Li Haoyang said softly, "That day in the attic, you gave me food, which saved my life. I..."
“If you want to marry me because of this, then you don’t need to.” Donghua waved her hand. “I often give food to the little kids in the village. It’s nothing.”
Li Haoyang took a deep breath: "In the attic, you rode on my shoulders, your reputation..."
Donghua said nonchalantly, "Didn't I tell you that people in the village don't talk about a woman's reputation? I didn't take it seriously, so why do you keep bringing it up?"
“But you tore my pants,” Li Haoyang said, turning his head. “You saw my thigh, shouldn’t you take responsibility for that?”
"You're really something," Donghua said, tilting her head. "Back in the village, lots of boys my age would just take off their pants and go into the fields to plant rice seedlings. According to you, I must have married so many, many men..."
Li Haoyang: "..."
There's really no way to communicate anymore.
He looked dejected, his lips pressed tightly together, unsure of what to say.
"With your looks, you shouldn't have trouble finding a wife, right?" Donghua blinked. "I have an older sister who's much prettier than me, has a gentle personality, and is a better cook than me. How about..."
Li Haoyang: "..."
He liked her as a person, not because she was pretty, nor because she could cook.
This little girl is completely clueless.
He inhaled and exhaled repeatedly, and the frustration in his heart finally dissipated somewhat.
"You'll get married sooner or later, won't you?"
Donghua nodded. If she didn't get married, her parents and grandparents would scold her to death.
"If you're going to get married, you should marry someone who's good in every way, right?"
Donghua nodded. Isn't that obvious? Who would marry a scumbag? Wouldn't that just be asking for trouble?
"Once you get married, you'll definitely have children. You probably want to have a beautiful child, right?"
Donghua continued to nod.
“I think I’m pretty good.” Li Haoyang coughed. “Although I’m only fourteen years old now, I’ve already passed the county-level imperial examination and become a Xiucai. If nothing unexpected happens, I’ll pass the provincial-level examination in two years, and with some effort, I might even become a Jinshi. If you marry me, your status will be different from what it is now. Besides, I think I’m pretty good-looking, and the children we have should be very good-looking too. What do you think?”
Donghua blinked at him and asked, "Do you really want to marry me that badly?"
Li Haoyang blushed bright red as she stared at him: "I guess so."
Donghua was slightly tempted.
Over the past two years, many men from the village have come to propose marriage, but she has no desire to marry any of them.
Moreover, she likes good-looking people, and there are very few good-looking people in the village, almost none better looking than this young master Li.
If she marries the man in front of her, she will definitely give birth to the most beautiful child in the entire Dahe Town.
"Then I'll make three requests. If you can agree to them, we can finalize the marriage today."
"First, after I marry you, I am no longer sold to your Li family. I can go back to Dahe Town whenever I want, and neither you nor your family are allowed to interfere."
"Secondly, I enjoy doing business. Once you become an official, you are not allowed to deprive me of the pleasure of doing business."
"Third, if I can only give birth to daughters, your family is not allowed to force me to have a son."
"Fourth, my aunt separated from us a long time ago. You are not allowed to go to my aunt for anything that happens to the Li family."
"Can you agree to all of these?"
Li Haoyang immediately said, “First, you are first and foremost a daughter of the Zhao family, and only then a wife of the Li family. The Li family will not interfere in your affairs. The second point is the same. Third, whether you have a son or a daughter is predestined, and no one will force you. Furthermore, my eldest and second brothers both have sons, and the Li family already has someone to carry on the family line. My parents will not put this pressure on the two of us. As for the fourth point…”
When the fourth point was mentioned, Donghua immediately became nervous.
Although she was slow to grasp the concept, she could still think of some key issues. She was also worried that the Li family was only asking her for marriage because of her aunt.
"Besides following your lead and addressing you as 'Auntie,' I will never trouble Madam Sui with anything," Li Haoyang said earnestly. "Although the Li family is only a minor official family of the seventh rank, we are by no means the kind of people who would try to climb the social ladder. If I go back on my word today, may I be struck by lightning!"
"Okay, okay, I believe you." Donghua smiled. "By the way, what do you like to eat? I'll make some later..."
In the reception room not far away, several elders watched the two children chatting and laughing, and they knew that the marriage was probably settled.
However, both children are still young, Li Haoyang is fourteen and Donghua is thirteen. It is too early for them to get married now, so they plan to settle the marriage first and then hold the formal wedding two years later after Li Haoyang passes the imperial examination.
After the marriage was arranged, Madam Sun sighed with melancholy.
She was annoyed by Donghua every day, but when she thought about Donghua getting married and moving to the capital, and not knowing how long it would be before she could see her again, she felt reluctant to part with her.
"We can only hope that Xuanxuan can become the top scholar in the imperial examination." Madam Sun stared at her son with anticipation. "Once Xuanxuan becomes an official in the capital, our third branch of the family can move here. At that time, Donghua won't be considered to have married far away, right, sister-in-law?"
Cheng Wanwan: "..."
Let's light another candle for Zhao Mingxuan, hoping this child can withstand Sun's torment.
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