Chapter 582 Am I Good-looking?
Guan Xin was one of the veterans who called his friends to the streets last year to drink and eat meat, and he was even the leader of a group of people.
Manbao suggested to Yang Heshu, "Just get married," and then Yang Heshu found a way to find a wife for them.
Of course it was on a voluntary basis, so Guan Xin, who didn't like those women, just stayed single. Finally, he fell in love with Zhou Xi when he went to Qianji for dinner.
It is not easy for these soldiers to get married, especially since they are a group of veterans who have fought in the battlefield. They are old and injured, but have not accumulated merits to be promoted to official positions. If there is a war on the border in the future, they will be the first to be transferred to fight.
So who would be willing to marry them if they were girls with good conditions?
Basically, the women Yang Heshu introduced to them were either widows or women who had remained single for various reasons until very late, so late that the court had to forcibly assign them a partner.
Of course, Yang Heshu was not so domineering. He just called the two groups of men and women together and let them meet in the courtyard of the county government office.
Then they arranged for two matchmakers to run around and pass on messages, and within three days, most of the newly transferred single soldiers got married.
As a result, the streets of Luojiang County became much quieter, and there were no longer a group of drunk soldiers arm in arm and shouting in the streets.
Guan Xin and the remaining soldiers failed to find suitable partners at the blind date event. Later, Yang Heshu arranged two more events, but in the end, only Guan Xin was single.
He looked happy last week.
They had a very pleasant first meeting. Of course, this was Guan Xin's unilateral opinion. Zhou Xi didn't think their first meeting was pleasant at all. At that time, she didn't even remember Guan Xin.
It was already February at that time, and the family started plowing the fields. Zhou Dalang and Zhou Wulang went home to do farm work, leaving Xiao Qianshi and Zhou Xi with Datou and Daya to work in the store.
Although Guan Xin was a high-ranking soldier, he earned a good salary. After all, one man's food provided for the whole family. So one day, after leaving the barracks, he headed to his usual tavern for a drink and a meal. As he passed by Qian's Restaurant, he saw a man kneeling in front of it, weeping bitterly. He stood there, curious, watching for a moment. Then, just a moment later, Zhou Xi burst out of the restaurant, a kitchen knife in hand, rushed past him, and slashed at the man...
Then Guan Xin could not move his feet anymore. After a quarrel, he learned that the man was Liu Dalang, Zhou Xi's ex-husband.
The reason he knelt here was to beg Zhou Xi to go back and marry him again.
Then he learned about their grudge from Xiao Qian's angry curses.
Liu Dalang once wanted to divorce his wife Zhou Xi on the grounds that she had no children. Although they finally divorced, the feud between the two families remained.
Liu Dalang then married a widow and had a child. According to Xiao Qian, the child was not Liu Dalang's.
So in the end, the one with the problem was not Zhou Xi, but Liu Dalang.
The reason why Xiao Qianshi dared to say this was because Zhou Xi had seen a doctor. This breath had been stuck in Xiao Qianshi's chest for many years, and since Liu Dalang had come to her house without any eyes, she would certainly not let him go.
Did he really think that Zhou Xi would never get married since she hadn't gotten married for so many years?
He is so beautiful!
The aunt and the sister-in-law, one holding a knife and being aggressive, the other with sharp tongue, directly harassed Liu Dalang so much that he turned pale and fled in panic.
Then it was said that the Zhou family's brothers found Liujia Village the next day, arrested Liu Dalang and beat him up, and no one in the Liu family dared to say a word.
From that day on, whenever Guan Xin could leave the barracks, he would go to Qianji Restaurant for dinner, and then find time to talk to Zhou Xi.
As for Manbao, he would sneak into the county town to eat delicious food whenever he had free time. After a few visits, the two got to know each other.
Guan Xin knew that this little girl was the most beloved child of the Zhou family; Manbao knew that this bearded soldier had bad intentions towards her elder sister.
Meeting here at this time, no matter what everyone thinks in their hearts, everyone has a smile on their face.
When the shopkeeper brought out two baskets from the kitchen, Manbao and Bai Shanbao lifted the lids and took a look. After confirming that everything was correct, they were about to pay. Guan Xin immediately stopped them and took out the money, saying, "I'll do it, I'll do it. Since Brother Guan has met me, how can I ask you to pay? Brother, please."
Bai Shanbao looked at Manbao.
Of course Manbao was not happy. She didn't know what her elder sister was thinking, so how could she owe her a favor in this regard?
So Manbao insisted on paying for it himself.
Seeing that Guan Xin's hand was holding hers and not letting her pay, Manbao got a little angry and said with a stern face, "Brother Guan, I want to pay myself!"
Guan Xin was stunned for a moment, and when he looked at her expression, he was hesitating whether to insist a little longer, Bai Shanbao had already taken out a piece of silver from his pocket and handed it to the store owner: "Put it on the account, and our meal money can be directly deducted from it in the future."
The shopkeeper quickly agreed and saw them out with a smile.
Guan Xin watched them leave with a look of regret.
His companions were amazed and said, "How can that young lady be so imposing at such a young age? But Brother Guan, things are not going well for you. That young lady doesn't want you to pay the bill. It's obvious that her family doesn't want to marry you."
Guan Xin also sighed, "I wish I wasn't a soldier."
"That might be a little difficult. We can't just put it back into the womb and be born somewhere else."
Bai Shanbao walked beside Manbao, carrying a basket, and looked sideways at her, "Do you also dislike him because he's a soldier?"
"I don't despise them," Manbao said, "They are the ones guarding Dajin, and they are also the ones guarding us. Why should I despise them?"
She paused and said, "But getting married is my eldest sister's business. It's her own choice. I don't know if she's willing. If she's not willing, and I've accepted his favor, how difficult will it be for my eldest sister?"
Bai Shanbao nodded, thought for a moment and said, "Actually, Guan Xin is a pretty good person. I think he's worth considering."
"I have to tell my eldest sister this." Manbao was distressed, "I don't know what my eldest sister likes."
Bai Shanbao asked her curiously, "What kind of people do you like? You're sisters, so your preferences should be similar, right?"
"That's it. Brother Guan doesn't stand a chance at all."
"Why?"
Manbao: "Because I like good-looking ones."
Bai Shanbao: "...What's considered good-looking?"
Manbao's eyes sparkled, and after a moment of fantasizing, he said, "That would have to be like a god. In short, he'd have to be very handsome. I don't know yet, but I'll tell you when I see him."
Bai Shanbao took two quick steps, then turned around and stood in front of her, raised his chin slightly and asked, "Am I not good-looking?"
Manbao looked at him and said politely, "It's okay."
Bai Shanbao frowned, "What kind of answer is that?"
"I know you too well, so I can't tell whether you're pretty or not. I guess you haven't grown up yet."
"I haven't grown up yet, have you grown up yet?"
Manbao said: "I didn't say I've grown up. My sister-in-law said that in three or four years I will be more beautiful..."
Bai Shanbao: ...It seems that they are talking about the same topic, but it also seems that they are not the same topic.
Do I look good?
Also, you said it would be updated at 11 o'clock, look, I updated it at 9 o'clock.
Finally, good night
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(End of this chapter)
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