Chapter 187: Incident (Additional update for Yunqi's 165,000 recommended votes)
There are three days of holiday during the winter solstice, and this day is the last one.
Manbao found his best set of clothes and put them on, then happily took his mother's hand and went to Dali Village.
After Qian's health deteriorated, she rarely left the village, but walking was not difficult, as long as she took it easy and didn't walk so fast.
The matchmaker had already greeted the Fang family. She was waiting at the entrance of Dali Village. When she saw the Zhou family, mother and son, she went to greet them and said to Qian, "The young lady from the Fang family is at the meat stall today. Madam, please take a look when the time comes, and let the Fang family take a look at Silang as well."
Qian agreed.
This time, I still found sufficient excuses for the blind date, and I would only start a formal relationship if both parties were satisfied.
Because they were meeting outside this time, Zhou Silang didn't have the courage to only care about style and not warmth, so he wore his own clothes.
However, he had washed his hair and washed his face carefully early in the morning. He was now refreshed and looked quite normal.
Not to mention Manbao, even Qian couldn't help but look at her son a few more times.
She gave birth to six sons, the fourth and sixth of whom were the best-looking.
But everyone in the Zhou family is good-looking. Wasn’t it because she fell in love with Zhou Jin’s face back then?
Ahem, Qian's face turned slightly red as she led her son and daughter to the meat stall.
There were a lot of people at the Fang family's meat stall today. Not only was Fang the butcher there, but his wife Cheng was also there, his eldest son Fang Dalang was also there, and even the real owner, Miss Fang, was there.
So the people who came to buy meat were surprised, "Lao Fang, why are there so many people at your house today?"
Butcher Fang coughed uncomfortably and said, "Isn't this a festival? There are many people coming to buy meat. Let them come and help."
Is it a lot?
It's just a little more than usual, not so many people coming, right?
But before he could ask any questions, Fang the butcher suddenly slammed his boning knife into the wooden board, giving him a big fright.
Not only he was frightened, but also Zhou Silang who took the money and came up to buy meat.
He was frightened by Fang the butcher, then stepped forward under his piercing gaze, "I, I want to buy two pounds of meat."
Butcher Fang looked him up and down, left and right, then pulled out his boning knife and asked, "Which piece of meat do you want?"
Zhou Silang stared at the knife, swallowed his saliva, and said, "Let's buy some shank."
Qian stood aside holding Manbao's hand, watching with a smile.
Butcher Fang slowly cut the meat and asked, "Which village are you from? Why do you look so familiar to me?"
Zhou Silang hadn't said anything yet when the people waiting to buy meat laughed out loud, "Old Fang, what a terrible memory you have! This is Zhou Si from Qili Village. He's a regular at your butcher stall, buying meat every now and then. And you can't even remember him?"
Butcher Fang: ...
Zhou Silang: ...
Miss Fang, blushing beside her, stepped forward, snatched the knife from her father's hand, and said, "Dad, let me do the cutting."
She skillfully cut the meat for the person next to her first. After collecting the money, when it was Zhou Silang's turn, she also hesitated and did not cut the meat immediately.
Qian then took Manbao's hand and went forward to talk to her, "Young lady, you are really capable. Do you often look after the stall for the family?"
Finally, Cheng had a place to use her skills. She immediately pushed her husband aside and went over to talk to Qian. "That's right. My family is small, with only one son and two daughters. Her eldest sister married a long time ago, so she comes out to help out when the housework is too busy."
Cheng smiled and said, "I was mad at her father before. She's a good girl, but if you let her come to the meat stall, it would be bad for her reputation. Who would be willing to marry her?"
Qian smiled and said, "How could there be no one to propose marriage to a girl who cares so much about her family? It's just like working in the fields..."
"That's right, I figured it out later. My daughter has no other advantages except that she's good at work..." Cheng praised her daughter and then looked at Zhou Silang, "Sister-in-law, this is your son, right? He's so handsome."
Otherwise, her daughter wouldn't be so attracted to him and would insist on talking about him.
Qian smiled and said, "Yes, this is my fourth son. He only has a good-looking face. I have many sons, so it's a bit difficult. Fortunately, he is not lazy, otherwise I would be worried to death..."
The topic was opened like this.
Manbao was short, only as tall as the chopping board of the meat stall. When she stood next to Qian, only her little head was visible, so she watched the two mothers talking back and forth.
Cheng: I have few children in my family, so even though my youngest daughter is a girl, she is very dear to me.
Qian: My family has no other advantages except that we have many children, and all of them are good. The fourth child is not particularly outstanding, but he is not bad either.
Cheng: My daughter can work in the living room, in the kitchen, and can also sell meat, run a stall, and farm.
Qian: The fourth child in my family can farm, fish, do business, has a sweet mouth, and can endure hardships and work hard.
Cheng: My daughter is obedient.
Qian: My son is filial and polite.
Cheng: My daughter is not bad looking.
Qian: My son is handsome.
The two mothers were talking back and forth, and Manbao's little head was turning around. Zhou Silang was watching from the side, afraid that she would turn her head off. Finally, he couldn't help it, and reached out to hold her head down to stop her from turning.
Miss Fang listened with a red face and kept secretly watching Zhou Silang. She noticed it as soon as Zhou Silang stretched out his hand.
She lowered her eyes and saw Manbao.
She blinked and asked, "This is..."
Zhou Silang immediately withdrew his hand and whispered, "This is my sister."
Manbao stood on tiptoe to make himself look taller: "...Sister, my name is Manbao."
Miss Fang smiled at her, "Hello, Manbao, you are so cute."
It’s so cute that you didn’t notice me at first.
But Manbao was a polite and good child, so he praised her back: "Sister, you are also very beautiful, Fourth Brother, don't you think?"
Miss Fang looked at Zhou Silang.
Zhou Silang blushed and nodded under the gaze of the two girls.
Naturally, the noise here could not be hidden from Cheng and Qian who were standing nearby.
The conversation between the two came to a temporary end. Cheng felt a little disappointed with her daughter, thinking that she was too impatient. Even if she liked someone, she should be more reserved.
Qian was also a little disappointed with her son. He was a grown man after all, so why are you blushing? Your sister has already opened the topic for you, so you should praise her more now.
But they couldn't talk anymore because they had been standing there for too long and someone had noticed and came over.
Qian took out the money to buy the meat, and Cheng took the knife from her daughter and cut the meat for them. After the payment was made, the two mothers looked at each other, smiled slightly, and then went about their own business.
Qian took the two children home.
Zhou Silang scratched his head and wanted to ask, but he didn't know how to open his mouth, so he could only look at Manbao frequently.
Manbao still remembered the time he pressed her head, so she pretended not to see it.
Qian decided to return home and discuss this with the fourth son in detail, so she glanced at him and said, "You're all grown-ups, why are you still so impulsive? Let's talk about it when we get home."
As soon as he got home, Old Zhou yelled at Zhou Silang, "Kneel down!"
Zhou Silang was startled and jumped up to refute, but when he looked up, he saw Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang kneeling in the yard. He was shocked and seemed to have thought of something. He didn't dare to run and knelt on the ground with a thud.
(End of this chapter)
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