"I... I brought you something." Zhao Yu was so nervous that he stuttered. He glanced at Yu Fuling, then quickly looked away and sat down on the stool Yu Fuling pointed to.
He stiffly handed the bundle in his arms to Yu Fuling, "I... I picked out a piece of cloth for you, you can make... make new clothes."
Yu Fuling was originally very nervous, but when she heard a burly man like Zhao Yu stuttering, she couldn't help but want to laugh. This way, she didn't feel so shy anymore.
She took the small bundle, opened it and took a look. Inside was hibiscus-colored cotton gauze. It was amazing that for a man he picked such a beautiful color.
Seeing Yu Fuling didn't say anything, Zhao Yu felt a little uneasy. He rubbed his hands and asked stutteringly, "You...you don't like it?"
Seeing his tense face, Yu Fuling curled the corners of her lips. Following Yu Jiao, she also became bolder and asked, "Are you stuttering?"
Zhao Yu's face flushed, and he shook his head vigorously, "No... no stuttering..."
Yu Fuling laughed out loud when she saw this. Zhao Yu looked at her and laughed too with a red face. The originally tense and awkward atmosphere was eased a lot because of this laugh.
Zhao Yu quietly wiped the sweat from his palms on his coat and took out a wooden box from his arms, "I also bought you a hairpin."
This sentence was said without any stuttering, but very fluently.
Yu Fuling took the wooden box from him and rubbed her fingertips across the man's slightly rough palm with thick calluses. Yu Fuling's cheeks flushed and she withdrew her hand in a panic.
Zhao Yu felt as if his palm was lightly scratched by a cat, and his heart was itchy.
Looking up, he saw that Yu Fuling's cheeks were flushed, as if she had been stained with rouge. She looked very beautiful. Especially when he thought that this was his future wife, Zhao Yu couldn't help but smile.
Yu Fuling lowered her head and opened the wooden box. Inside lay a silver hairpin with a silk flower on the head. Although the hairpin was not heavy, it was novel in style.
Yu Fuling didn't hesitate and thanked him softly, "It looks great."
Seeing that she liked it, Zhao Yu was very happy. He raised the corner of his mouth and smiled. He thought to himself that he should work hard and make more money, and save it all to buy things for Yu Fuling. He liked to see her smile.
Seeing him staring at her and smiling foolishly, Yu Fuling put the hairpin back into the wooden box, stood up and said, "Wait a moment." Then she walked towards the next room.
Zhao Yu adhered to the etiquette of a gentleman and knew that the next room was Yu Fuling's boudoir. He looked straight to the other side without turning back to peek, but just quietly moved his stiff and numb feet.
Ever since he sat down on this chair, he has kept his back straight, sat upright, and did not dare to move at all.
Yu Fuling quickly came out from the side room, lowered her eyes and shyly handed the thing in her hand to Zhao Wu.
Zhao Yu was stunned at first, but then he reacted and took the purse from Yu Fuling with some surprise.
He didn't expect that Yu Fuling had embroidered a purse for him. With a happy look on his face, Zhao Yu carefully stuffed the purse into his shirt. He said to Yu Fuling solemnly, "I will never leave this purse."
Yu Fuling glared at him but was very happy in her heart. Zhao Yu attached so much importance to the gift she gave him, which also showed that he cared about her.
"If you like something, just tell me and I will buy it for you later." Zhao Yu said.
Yu Fuling knew the Zhao family's situation. She shook her head and said, "I don't want anything. Don't spend money recklessly."
Zhao Yu felt more and more that his young wife was good. She felt sorry for him and was reluctant to let him spend money before she even married into the Zhao family.
Although they are engaged, it is not good for a single man and a single woman to stay in the same room for a long time.
Zhao Yu was very satisfied with the purse embroidered by Yu Fuling. He didn't stay in the room any longer. He stood up, looked at Yu Fuling and said, "Then I'll leave first."
Yu Fuling nodded and watched Zhao Yu’s tall figure walk out of the east room.
After waiting for a while, she covered her face and laughed. She liked the marriage arranged by her parents very much.
Yu Jiao, who was eavesdropping in the inner room, pushed the door open and came out. Seeing Yu Fuling hiding and laughing, she knew that she must have fallen in love with Zhao Yu and liked him from the bottom of her heart.
Hearing Yu Jiao pushing the door open, Yu Fuling quickly stopped laughing and a hint of embarrassment appeared on her face.
Yu Jiao laughed when she saw this, "Brother-in-law is so heroic, it's not shameful for you to be happy watching him!"
Yu Fuling heard her teasing her again, and she made aggressive movements towards Yu Jiao, but they had no lethality, just cuteness.
Yu Jiao was really happy for Yu Fuling. It was very rare for a blind marriage to happen to be with someone she liked in such a big background.
In the main room, when Zhao Wu saw his son coming over, he couldn't hide the smile in his eyes, and he knew that his son must be getting along well with the girl from the Yu family.
The purpose of this trip had been achieved, so he said goodbye, "Brother Yu is working in the grain store in town. The shopkeeper only allowed him to stay for half a day, and he has to go back to town, so we won't bother him any more."
"Brother Yu is working in town," Yu Mengshan said, trying to persuade him to stay. "It's still early. It won't be too late to go back to town after lunch. His aunt is already cooking."
"No, no, it's too late to go back, and their boss will deduct my wages." Zhao Wu stood up, with no intention of staying for dinner.
Zhao Yu also nodded.
"We have a carriage at home. After dinner, let Fifth Brother drive you to town." Yu Mengshan said hurriedly.
Zhao Wu waved his hands repeatedly, and the father and son walked outside.
Song was busy in the kitchen. When she heard the noise, she came out to try to keep them. But when she realized she couldn't keep them, she counted out ten eggs from the kitchen and gave them to the two men, asking them to take them with them on their journey.
Unable to refuse, Zhao Wu and his son accepted the eggs and left Yu's house.
After leaving the village, Zhao Wu saw that his son's smile had not yet faded, so he narrowed his eyes and asked with a smile, "The girl from the second branch of the Yu family is not bad, right? Is your father and mother's taste okay?"
Zhao Yu smiled and nodded repeatedly, "She is a very nice person. I said I wanted to buy her something, and she told me not to spend money recklessly."
He took out a purse from his chest and showed it to his father, "This is what Fuling embroidered for me!"
"Silly!" The old man of the Zhao family looked at his son's satisfied and proud look, and smiled and warned him, "The fifth brother of the Yu family has passed the imperial examination and may even pass the imperial examination in the future. You have a brother-in-law like him. When you get married in the future, you must treat the girl of the Yu family well and make good money. The Yu family doesn't mind our poverty, but you can't let their girl marry you and live a hard life with you."
Zhao Yu took all these words to heart. He stopped laughing and nodded seriously, "I will definitely work hard and not let Fuling suffer with me."
He was strong and not afraid of hard work, so it was easy for him to find laboring work in the town. Although his job in the grain shop was hard labor carrying grain, he also secretly learned how to use an abacus from the accountant.
When you have learned enough in the future, you can work as an accountant and earn more money.
Zhao Yu made up his mind to go back and buy half a chicken from the accountant of the grain shop and ask him to teach him well.
Zhao Yu became full of energy when he thought about marrying his wife after the New Year.
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