Chapter 175: Thinking (Additional chapter for 35,000 recommended votes)
The eighteen-year-old young man had a very tender face. Although he had become darker and thinner due to his military service and the reclamation of land for Dingtian some time ago, he had recovered a little during this period of time.
Everyone wants to gain weight in winter, and Manbao is the same, so he often uses his private money to buy some meat. In addition, some of the chickens raised at home have to be killed, so the family eats well during this period.
I eat well and rest well. The new house was completed some time ago. I have nothing to do every day, so I happily take the children to play in the fields, or take bird eggs, or catch sparrows, or go fishing, so I am in great spirits.
So when the aunts and sisters-in-law took a look at him, they were surprised to find that Zhou Silang was actually quite handsome. Last year he was skinny and a gambler, and everyone thought he was a bit of a scoundrel.
Zhou Silang was already sweating as he pushed the millstone, and being stared at by so many people made him sweat even more. He thought he was thick-skinned enough, but at this moment he couldn't help blushing and almost buried his head in his chest.
The aunts and sisters-in-law were even more satisfied and began to think about whether there were any nieces or nephews from their mother's family who were suitable.
In fact, the Zhou family was in good condition, especially after they built seven large blue brick and tile houses, which was the first of its kind in their Qili Village.
Of course, the families of Mr. Bai and Young Master Bai are excluded.
Everyone started to think that Old Zhou's family might not be as good as the village chief's family. Although they had more blue brick and tiled houses, that was because he had many sons. The village chief's house was also made of blue brick and tiled houses, and there were some extra ones.
Their family background is not as good as theirs, but the advantage of his family is that they have many brothers. With six brothers born from the same mother, who in the village dares to bully their Zhou family in the future?
In addition, the brothers are quite united. As long as they are willing to help each other, their lives will get better and better. If the husband's family is prosperous, they will naturally be able to help the wife's family a little.
After looking at the family’s financial situation, look at the person himself.
Well, Zhou Silang’s shortcomings are obvious. He is lazy and has a history of gambling. These are serious problems, but it seems that he has corrected them in the past year or so. The Zhou family has strict education, so he should not dare to do it again in the future, right?
Many people thought so in their hearts, but still hesitated to let it go. They were not well-off families, and the harm of having a gambler was too great.
This is a high-risk investment.
But some people looked at Zhou Silang's face again and thought to themselves: I'm afraid that once the young ladies see this face, even a gambler will be willing to do it, not to mention that he has a good mouth.
Zhou Silang is also famous for his laziness in the village. It’s not that he is famous for his laziness in the village. The most important thing is that all the Zhou brothers are hardworking, especially his three older brothers.
Not to mention Zhou Dalang, the eldest son in the family, has learned to do all the farm work since he had a son. He is an old hand at farming. He goes out early and comes back late every day. Most of the time, after dinner, he still has to carry a hoe to the field, either to check the water, loosen the soil for crops, or weed. In short, he never has a moment to rest.
Let’s look at Zhou Erlang again. Whenever he has free time, he either goes up the mountain to cut bamboo, weaves bamboo at home, or goes to the market. He is also as busy as a top.
Needless to say, Zhou Sanlang was a well-known farmer in the Zhou family and in the entire Qili Village. He was also willing to work hard. Every year when Mr. Bai's family wanted to hire a temporary worker, he was always the first one chosen, and sometimes he could even get two extra steamed buns for meals.
So this comparison made Zhou Silang look extremely lazy. Unless his father and brothers assigned him to do housework, he would not even pick up the broom if it fell in front of him.
This is normal in other people's families, but not in Lao Zhou's family.
So the aunts and sisters-in-law who were originally 80% willing became 30% more excited, while the aunts and sisters-in-law who were originally just hovering at the passing line buried their thoughts and felt that they had to wait and see.
So when Manbao ran over to join in the fun during the break, he saw everyone surrounding Zhou Silang and joking with him.
Because the aunts and sisters-in-law had lost their minds, they teased Zhou Silang even more rudely, making him blush and wish he could just abandon the millstone and leave.
Zhou Dalang, who had no brotherly love at all, watched with joy from the side. After all, this kind of thing happens before everyone gets married, and it was the same when he proposed marriage.
Manbao didn't understand why. Seeing that his fourth brother's ears were about to bleed, he quickly squeezed through the crowd and stepped in front of him, pinching his waist. He raised his little head and asked, "Are you bullying my fourth brother?"
"Hey, Manbao is here," everyone just saw this little girl, and also saw Young Master Bai who squeezed in with her. He said with a smile, "I'm not bullying your fourth brother. It's your fourth brother who's getting married, so I asked him what kind of girl he likes."
When Manbao heard this, he immediately put his hand down and said as a matter of course: "Of course I like beautiful ones."
"Hey, everyone knows that you should marry a beautiful wife. So, what kind of girl is beautiful?"
Manbao had read a lot of storybooks recently and felt that he understood women very well, so he said without thinking: "A woman like my sister-in-law is very beautiful."
When the other party heard this, he was so happy that his waist bent with laughter. He hugged Manbao and Xiao Qian and said happily: "I don't know how your family raised this child. How did you raise him so well?"
Little Qian glanced at Manbao and said with a smile, "It's all thanks to grandma's good teaching."
A voice in the crowd said, "I'm afraid it's hereditary. Her mouth is exactly like her father's when he was a child. It's like she loves to be nice."
The sound wasn't very loud, but Manbao and Bai Shanbao had sharp ears and heard it. Before they could ask, a very young wife in the crowd exclaimed, "Uncle Jin was so powerful before."
No one in the crowd answered at this moment. Instead, the sister-in-law who was holding Manbao laughed and said, "I didn't see her until yesterday. How come after seeing her again a day later, her face looks younger, fatter, and whiter?"
Manbao puffed out his chest and said, "It must be because he's eating tofu."
Bai Shanbao said, "Maybe it's because of the loaches I eat. I often eat tofu, but I haven't become whiter or fatter."
Manbao turned his head to look at him, and after sizing him up, he said, "You've obviously gained weight. Look, there are fat knots on your hands."
Bai Shanbao hated being called fat, so he said, "You're fat, you have the knots on your body."
Manbao, however, really likes getting fat. Upon hearing this, he happily showed his chubby little hands and said, "My goal is to eat until I'm as fat as a lotus root. The books say that people like that are the best looking and the cutest."
Koko: ...You must have some misunderstanding about the content of the book.
Unexpectedly, this statement was supported by the adults present, who nodded and said, "Being fatter is better, being fatter is better."
"Being fat looks like a blessing."
"Look how beautiful Manbao is now. She was just too thin before."
"If he gets a little fatter on Thursday, he'll be even more handsome. By then, when the older girls see him, they'll probably come to him without anyone proposing."
The topic slowly returned to Zhou Silang.
Because of his sister's arrival, the blush on Zhou Silang's face had just faded a little, but now it was showing signs of returning again.
(End of this chapter)
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