Chapter 32 Chapter 32
Chapter 32
As soon as Li Daguo appeared, he easily took control of these people.
She has been running the orchard with her father since she was a child. She has to do farm work and deal with businessmen, so how could she not solve the current problems?
Yang Li's eyes were filled with shock, and everyone could see his admiration at the moment.
So awesome.
Just a few words drove his stepmother, who had always bullied him, crazy.
Yang Li's stepmother cried and screamed, and started fighting with Yang Li's father.
In short, the point is that you cannot acknowledge Yang Li as your son and should kick him out of the house!
Everything in the house belongs to her son!
Otherwise, she would remarry with the family property and children! Let's see what this old bachelor will do in the future!
This trick has always worked.
In order to maintain the current family, Yang Li's stepfather made the same choice as he did in the past decade: "I am definitely on your side. Now he wants to marry into the family."
"Then join in! It has nothing to do with me anyway!"
It's shame for the Yang family.
Is it important to have property?
In a way, Yang Li's stepmother was indeed a smart person. She did her best to protect the survival and food of her children.
The other children had nothing to do with her.
Besides, if his father doesn’t protect him, how can he expect her, his stepmother, to do so?
As the saying goes, if there is a stepmother, there must be a stepfather. From the source, it is because of the father. Without his tacit approval and connivance, who would dare to bully the child in front?
Just for the sake of his own comfort, he gave up the child in front of him.
Although Yang Li knew his choice long ago, as a son he couldn't help but have some expectations.
Now I have completely given up and feel completely disappointed.
Even among the onlookers, most people already understood why the servant wanted to marry into the wife's family.
If they were this guy, they would probably agree.
Besides, he thought the woman he was marrying into the family with was much older than him and must be ugly, but she just had rough skin and was a very powerful person.
As expected of a family with some small business, she helped her future husband to stabilize the situation with just a few words.
If they could marry such a woman, they would be willing to do so.
This guy.
What good luck!
Yang Li's father acquiesced to his eldest son's marriage, and no one else could make a fuss about it.
Everyone can see it.
Yang Li was obviously kicked out of the house.
In this case, the Yang family is still in the wrong.
Unexpectedly, instead of obstructing the marriage, he became a laughing stock.
The restaurant owner appeared with a dark face. After hearing the news, he hurried over. There were so many people gathered at the door.
"Who is causing trouble here? Are you going to let people do business?"
The boss drove the man away and was not in a good mood towards Yang Li.
We are about to open for business, and it is really disgusting to have so many people come to watch the fun.
Yang Li took a half step back and was about to apologize when he heard Da Guo beside him say, "Why don't you just quit? After this incident, you won't feel comfortable in the restaurant. Why don't you go work in the orchard? It's a good opportunity to prepare for the wedding."
Have you quit?
Although I have to quit sooner or later, this is too sudden.
Yang Li did not answer. He looked at his boss’ gloomy face and those who were laughing at him, obviously with bad intentions.
Resign.
Anyway, I decided to marry into the family.
It doesn't matter whether you go early or late.
When I thought about quitting my job, I felt relieved.
Su Yinyin and Yuan Rui watched as the clerk Yang Li stood in front of the boss and said directly, "Since I have caused a farce in the store, I might as well quit. Pay me this month's salary and I will leave right away."
Seeing the two sides arguing, Li Daguo went to help mediate. On the other side, Yang Li had already gone to the house where he lived to pack up his things.
Just as the roommate who had followed him secretly was about to mock him, Yang Li said, "Don't be jealous. I'm going to live a good life from now on."
This house accommodates more than a dozen people, and whoever wants to live in it can live there.
A room had been prepared for him in the orchard a long time ago. Although it wasn't spacious, at least it was bright and tidy, and it belonged to him alone.
The guy's thoughts were exposed and he could only jump up and down behind his back.
After Li Daguo and Yang Li came out together, he walked towards Su Yinyin Yuanrui who was watching the sugar man with a smile.
"Thank you very much. If it weren't for you two little kids, things wouldn't have been so smooth." Li Daguo said with a smile.
Su Yinyin was full of admiration.
She really admires Sister Daguo!
Unfortunately, the two of them had something else to do and had to go back to the orchard immediately. However, Li Daguo said, "The peaches will be ripe in a few days. I will invite you to the orchard to eat peaches."
Su Yinyin nodded, and Yuan Rui forcibly pulled her back to his sight, pointing at the sugar man and saying, "It's almost done."
The old man just flicked his fingers and a butterfly candy man as big as an adult's palm appeared.
Good looking, and big in size!
The little girl was holding a candy figure that was as big as her face.
Back at Huinu Snack Shop, Su Yinyin ate candy while telling her mother what had just happened.
Even the neighbors from the sauce shop came to listen.
They all lived on the same street, and the story of Wanjin Restaurant had spread a long time ago, but no one knew it as clearly as Su Yinyin.
At the end, Su Yinyin said enviously: "Sister Daguo is really amazing. I want to learn from her in the future."
Yuan Rui looked at her again, and the gossiping guest asked quickly, "Are you looking for a son-in-law? Is your brother one of them?"
Madam Su smiled and said, "What's wrong with having a brother? Even if you have a brother, you can still marry into the family."
Then again, Madam Su continued, “Don’t mention this kind of thing. My daughter is still young. We’ll talk about it later.”
Just thinking about it made her feel sad.
Su Yinyin didn’t have any ideas. She was only four years old, just four years old!
Afterwards, Sister Li Daguo invited Su Yinyin's family to go to the orchard for fun. Except for Su Xian who was studying hard, everyone else went.
Yuan Rui and the neighbor kid Sun Dongjun went together.
The freshly picked peaches were extremely fresh, and Li Ruiyuan even bought some back to the palace.
Of course, the most important thing is that Li Daguo and Yang Li’s marriage is settled.
Since it was a marriage of sorts, there were no other relatives from Yang Li's family coming, so the wedding did not need to be too complicated.
The two people's horoscopes have been matched, and the wedding is scheduled for the sixth day of August this year.
Yang Li himself has moved to the orchard. He had his own room before marriage, and after marriage he moved into Li Daguo's big house.
Less than half a month after coming to the orchard, he has already gotten used to life here.
I get up early in the morning to pick and deliver fruits, clean the place, apply fertilizer and catch insects, and feed the chickens and ducks in my spare time.
It was indeed hard work, but we would never be scolded. The three meals a day were very timely. There were eggs in the morning, meat at noon, and in the evening the whole family would sit in the yard drinking tea and looking at the moon.
Yang Li didn't dare to imagine how happy life would be if he lived like this.
Who wants to live in a house with more than a dozen people? Who wants to go hungry for three meals a day?
However, Yang Li was a little angry two days ago, not because of the Li family, but because of a waiter at Wanjin Restaurant.
"A few days ago, several waiters from the restaurant came to play." Aunt Li chatted with Madam Su, "One of the waiters actually offered himself to Daguo, saying that he could also marry into Daguo's family. He must be better than Yang Li."
ah?
Madam Su was stunned by what she heard.
Su Yinyin and Li Ruiyuan understood but pretended not to know.
Sun Dongjun leaned over and asked, "Mother-in-law, what does it mean to offer yourself to someone else?"
"Go away, kids shouldn't listen." Aunt Li drove the children away to eat fruit.
However, Su Yinyin could probably guess what happened next. It must be those people who made fun of Yang Li and came secretly to ask to marry into Yang Li's family.
She was right, these people were just jealous!
No wonder Yang Li was unhappy.
Fortunately, the incident has passed, the wedding date has been set, and there will be no more mistakes.
After this incident, the Su family and the Li family not only got to know each other, but they even became friends who could visit each other.
Wait until August and invite the Su family to the wedding banquet. Not to mention the wedding cakes and snacks, you must make reservations at Hui Nu Dim Sum.
August will be extra busy this year.
One reason is that there is a provincial examination this year, and the students in Bian Jing will be active, so business will definitely be good.
Secondly, after the provincial examination, many families were preparing to get married, so there was bound to be a lot of people ordering wedding cakes.
In fact, even his brother Su Xian was watched particularly closely by the teacher because there would be a provincial examination this year, which was a competition for selecting successful candidates, so that they could experience the atmosphere of the provincial examination in advance.
Huang Xiucai, who just passed the provincial examination at the beginning of the year, is also busy. This year is his first provincial examination and there is a high probability that he will fail, but he has to try anyway.
After the provincial examination is over, he can prepare for his marriage to Lan Shuang.
Su Yinyin counted on her fingers.
We have eaten at many banquets in the past two years, all of which were wedding banquets, and their family didn't even have to spend any money.
Is this the benefit of being a matchmaker?
When Su Yinyin was practicing calligraphy, she had some nut snacks that Sister Zhang had sent her.
All in all, Brother Cheng and Sister Zhang have been married for half a year.
Ding Pengzheng's neighbor, Sister Liu, who got married first, even wanted to have a child.
Even her sister Huo Yun from her hometown Suhe Village went to the banquet.
Plus Sister Daguo’s and Huang Xiucai’s.
One day, she will become an expert at eating banquets.
The provincial examination is held in August, and the streets of Taipei City become bustling in July.
There were vendors selling pens and ink everywhere.
There were also many dejected scholars. This was the provincial examination, which was to test the candidates for the Juren degree.
I heard that the examination conditions have been relaxed this year. Although merchants are still not allowed to take the examination, children from military households are allowed to take the examination.
It's a bit of progress.
Yuan Rui told his brother that there was a big quarrel in the court over this.
The emperor seems to intend to relax the threshold for the imperial examination.
No matter what your origin is, you can study and take the imperial examinations.
However, the opposition in the court was too loud, so both sides made concessions and first relaxed the restrictions on military households.
These were a little far from Su Yinyin's mind, but when she heard Yuan Rui's talk, she said, "Mozi said that respecting virtuous people is the foundation of politics. How come the ministers don't understand that?"
Li Ruiyuan and Su Xian subconsciously looked at the baby.
This is not a difficult statement, and anyone who has read books can explain it.
But it's still shocking when heard from a four-year-old baby.
"It's a truth that even babies understand, but they don't." Li Ruiyuan couldn't help but rub Su Yinyin's head, but Su Xian slapped him away.
This is his sister!
Li Ruiyuan thought to himself that he wanted to make those who opposed him understand the truth that even babies could understand.
As August approaches, there are fewer people on the streets.
Su Yinyin, Su Xian and Li Ruiyuan went to the entrance of Gongyuan to watch the excitement and met Sister Lan Shuang.
Sister Lan Shuang was already engaged to Huang Xiucai, so it was normal for her to come and see him off. She was extremely nervous: "I'll be in there for three days, eating and drinking will all be in there, it must be difficult."
That's true.
Since ancient times, studying has been like a thousand troops crossing a single-plank bridge.
Su Yinyin, who had experienced the college entrance examination, could relate to this.
"Why are you here?"
"You're not still thinking about Zhang Lang, are you?"
cockroach? !
Su Yinyin looked over in shock.
Li Ruiyuan whispered, "It's the chapter of the article."
Oh, it’s Zhang Lang, she thought he was that kind of “little cutie”.
How did Yuan Rui know what she was thinking.
"No, third sister, I'm just passing by." Xu Xiaomei was indeed not passing by. She had been reading the Four Books and Five Classics at the hands of her grandparents since she was young, so she was naturally interested in the imperial examinations, so she brought her maid to take a look.
Unexpectedly, she met her third sister who was sending her fiancé to the examination room. This was a bit too embarrassing. Xu Xiaomei lowered her head and dared not say much.
Lan Shuang recognized them and whispered, "This is the daughter of the Yuanwailang of the Ministry of Rites. Her surname is Xu."
Lan Shuang had some reputation and had taken her to some banquets in the capital before. Although she was a marginal figure, she had met many young ladies from wealthy families.
Yuanwailang is a fifth-rank official, much more powerful than Su Yinyin and Lan Shuang's fathers.
Su Yinyin also whispered: "Sister Lan Shuang, who is Zhang Lang they are talking about?"
That's another story.
"I heard that Miss Xu San's fiancé is very talented and will probably pass the imperial examination this year."
"It's just that it was the Xu family's grandparents who told this matter to Miss Xu Wu, also known as Xu Xiaomei."
But things were not finalized. The two elders passed away one after another. The Xu family mourned for three years, and three years later, the marriage was arranged for the third daughter who was of marriageable age.
ah?
There's something wrong inside.
Su Yinyin was curious and happened to meet Xu Xiaomei's eyes.
She has also met Xu Xiaomei.
At Sister Zhang’s chrysanthemum banquet, which was the last small banquet held when Sister Zhang married Brother Cheng last fall.
Sister Zhang’s sisters were invited to the banquet, and this little sister Xu was among them. She was not talkative and was a very gentle person.
Xu Xiaomei obviously recognized her as well, and took the opportunity to say goodbye to her third sister and come to say hello to Su Yinyin.
Last time she thought the baby was cute but didn't have the courage to hug him. But now she sees him.
Approaching Su Yinyin, Xu Xiaomei didn't dare to hug her. She just squatted down and said, "Are you guys here to watch the imperial examination too?"
Su Yinyin nodded. It was lively here and many people came to see it.
After the chance encounter in front of the Imperial Examination Hall, Su Yinyin didn't expect anything to happen next.
On the last day of the three-day provincial examination, Xu Xiaomei came to Huinu Dim Sum alone, with red eyes.
Madam Su was startled. When she found out that he was looking for Yin Yin, she seemed to sense something and asked subconsciously, "Is it because of the bad marriage?"
Don't blame Madam Su for thinking this way, it's because her daughter is really famous.
Xu Xiaomei, who was embarrassed to speak out, nodded slightly and said apologetically, "Madam Su, I'm sorry to bother you."
"No, come in and tell me what's going on." Madam Su said quickly.
After entering the Huinu Dim Sum Hall, Xu Xiaomei did not feel the room was small. Instead, she felt relieved by the relatively enclosed space. It was obvious that this environment made her more relaxed.
Su Yinyin wiped Sister Xu's tears and whispered, "Sister Xu, what's wrong with you?"
Xu Xiaomei didn't know what to say for a moment. She seldom talked to others, and now that she was suddenly asked, she didn't know what to say.
Madam Su brought her some warm tea and asked her to relax.
Holding the teacup, Xu Xiaomei sighed: "It's about marriage. My mother wants to arrange a marriage for me."
Her two older brothers and two older sisters are all engaged.
This year she is over 16 hours old, so it is time to get married.
But I didn't expect it to be so rushed.
With Xu Xiaomei's meticulous mind, how could she not think of the reason?
It must be that on the day of the provincial examination, she went to the entrance of the Imperial Examination Hall and was seen by her third sister, who was worried that she was missing the young master of the Zhang family.
After returning home, she explained many times, but her third sister wouldn't listen.
After one night, her mother sent someone to ask her to come over and tell her about the engagement.
I even took a liking to her. She was an old colleague of my father's, who lived far away in Jixi Road, Dongchang Prefecture, 500 miles away from the capital.
Five hundred miles?
Su Yinyin was shocked.
In modern times, it is considered marrying far away.
Well, in ancient times, if you married someone who lived 500 miles away, you would never be able to see your family again in your entire life.
Madam Su subconsciously thought of her daughter.
Who could be so cruel to let their daughter marry so far away?
It’s not that Dongchang Prefecture is bad, it is also a wealthy place in Shandong, but leaving your hometown and marrying into a strange family, whether your life will be good or bad depends entirely on luck.
No wonder Xu Xiaomei was crying.
Any woman would cry.
Su Yinyin felt so distressed that she wiped Sister Xu's tears with her soft hands without even taking a handkerchief: "Don't cry, Sister. Whether there is room to turn back or not, it should not be determined for such a far place."
It took at least a month to go back and forth, and such a big thing cannot be decided in just a few days.
"not yet."
"Mother said that father wrote a letter at the beginning of the same year, asking mother to find a suitable family in the capital."
"After thinking it over, I think I'm suitable."
"He also said that the Dongchangfu family was quite respectable in the local area, a famous Confucian family, and a role model for the village."
Wait a minute.
A family of Confucianism.
A role model for the village.
The more I listen, the more something seems wrong.
"Isn't there a chastity arch in his family?" Su Yinyin blurted out.
Su Xiaomei looked sad.
It really does exist.
Su Yinyin took a deep breath and held Sister Xu's hand: "You can't get married, you really can't get married."
Xu Xiaomei looked at the baby and secretly held the baby's soft little hand.
Little matchmaker was really smart. She was able to see the problem from the smallest details.
But it is precisely because they can discover the problem that it is so sad.
"Mother, mother and I have never been close. I'm afraid I can't persuade her."
Now that we've come to this point, let me tell you my life story.
Not long after she was born, she was held in the lap of her grandparents.
At that time, the grandfather was already unable to walk, so he brought his granddaughter over to raise her to relieve his boredom.
At the beginning, the mistress of the Xu family would go to see her, after all, she was her own biological daughter.
As time went by, the mistress of the Xu family only thought of herself as having four children. She didn't get close to them often, and even her biological children would become distant.
What's more, Xu Xiaomei's mother has two daughters, so she doesn't need the latter one at all.
Before leaving, the grandparents took their granddaughter's situation into consideration and used their last bit of decency to visit their old friend the Zhang family.
The Zhang family has a clean background and the young men in the family are ambitious. They can only feel at ease after arranging a marriage for their children.
It’s a pity that at the last moment, both of them were gone.
The Zhang family was worthy of being the one they chose, because the elder in the family passed away, and the head of the Xu family was in mourning for three years, which meant he could not hold an official position for three years.
Even so, his family still remembered the marriage with the Xu family and let their son concentrate on his studies until the mourning period for the Xu family was over.
Unfortunately, times have changed, the people in charge have changed, and naturally the people who get married have also changed.
Miss Xu San had been spoiled by her mother for many years and had a naughty temper.
It's not surprising that she tried to steal a husband, especially the husband of her least favored sister.
The fact that her youngest daughter was not close to her and she preferred her third daughter, who she liked more, was not a difficult decision for the mistress of the Xu family.
After the third daughter cried and complained, she decided to marry the youngest daughter off to a distant place, which was considered natural by the mistress of the Xu family.
So that's how it is.
Although they are mother and daughter, they have no affection for each other. No wonder he is so partial to her.
eccentric.
The most unanswerable question.
Let’s not talk about these for now, let’s just talk about those four words.
A family of Confucianism.
A role model for the village.
Chastity arch.
Will anything good come of marrying him?!
"Sister Xu, no matter what, you have to find a way to refuse the marriage." Su Yinyin said solemnly.
Madam Su also nodded.
There were more and more people on the streets of Taipei City. It seemed that the students who had taken the provincial examinations had finished their exams and were leaving the Imperial Examination Hall one after another.
Xu Xiaomei looked at the crowd and sighed, "Sometimes I think, if I were a man and could take the imperial examination, maybe everything would be different."
Even if she only passed the exam to become a scholar, she would still have a world of her own and would not have to be confined to the small courtyard and just wait to get married.
After talking for a while, Xu Xiaomei felt much happier and was able to comfort the baby. She even joked, "Why don't you let me hold you, baby? I'll feel better if I hold you."
What’s so difficult about this!
Su Yinyin threw herself into Sister Xu's arms: "Don't be sad, Sister."
"Don't be sad, life has to go on." Xu Xiaomei said, "Hardships and difficulties will make you successful."
"Maybe these are just to temper my will. Five hundred miles, what if there are different views?"
Xu Xiaomei hugged the baby and felt that the baby felt just as good as she had imagined.
So soft and so well behaved.
If she had a daughter like this, she would definitely spoil her all her life and let her be her own baby forever.
Su Yinyin hugged Sister Xu tightly, wishing she was the reincarnation of Little Matchmaker. It would be best if she could tell them that she was the reincarnation of a god and cast a little magic to help Sister Xu find a better place.
Sister Xu deserves someone better.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Xu Xiaomei was reluctant to leave. Before she left, Su Niangzi packed some snacks for her and even said, "If there is really a happy occasion in my family, you can have some."
Su Yinyin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Normally, both her mother and she refused to acknowledge the so-called Little Matchmaker or any other kind of happy event. Unexpectedly, they now had the same idea.
Xu Xiaomei smiled and took the snacks, but insisted on paying, and even said, "Rumor has it that you have to pay, otherwise it won't work."
ah?
And this one?
Xu Xiaomei put the snacks in the bamboo basket she used to buy pens and ink, and pressed them under the papers. She didn't want her family to know that they were bought from Hui Nu Snacks, otherwise there would definitely be trouble.
God knows she had no feelings for the young master of the Zhang family. They only met twice in total.
The young master of the Zhang family is well-educated and a nice person.
There was just a little bit that she felt was not very good.
That was a little bit not so nice, but I couldn't tell my grandparents at the time. After all, it would be inappropriate to tell them.
I don’t know if I talked too much today.
Xu Xiaomei finally admitted in her heart the slightly unfavorable reason.
The young man from the Zhang family is not handsome enough.
As soon as the thought flashed through her mind, Xu Xiaomei covered her face.
You can't think like that! It's wrong!
People pay more attention to women's appearance, but no one would talk much about men's appearance.
If she had told her grandparents at the time, she would probably have been slapped on the hand.
Covering her face, Xu Xiaomei walked quickly forward and bumped into someone with a "bang".
The man swayed left and right, and finally fell to the ground.
This, what is happening!
There was no one around, so Xu Xiaomei became even more scared. She hurried to check the situation, only to hear the man's vague voice: "Food, is there any food?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Xu Xiaomei quickly took out the snack that was pressed down to the bottom, broke off a piece of crispy pastry and fed it to the person on the ground.
The man ate a few mouthfuls and his breathing finally stabilized. He then propped himself up and sat up, apologizing repeatedly: "Miss, I'm sorry, I scared you."
"I just came out of the Imperial Examination Hall and haven't eaten or drunk anything for a day."
I didn't feel hungry during the exam. I just felt like I was inspired to write. Only after I left the exam room did I realize that my feet were weak and my whole body was dizzy.
He fell to the ground with just a slight touch.
In the evening glow of August, the scholar had a pale complexion, dark eyes, pale lips, and looked a little weak, but he also had a handsome and elegant temperament.
Xu Xiaomei didn't say anything.
The scholar tilted his head to look at her and waved his hand: "Girl? Girl?"
Xu Xiaomei still didn't say anything.
The scholar propped himself up on his knees and sighed, "I am handsome, right?"
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