Chapter 207 The men of Liujiatun became highly sought after.
(Thanks to Sleepy Pig for casting 4 monthly tickets.)
Li Shiyue eventually found out that Wang Ergou had died.
The news was told to her by Ma Zi, who had returned to the village.
As for how Ma Zi knew?
This brings us to two recent happy events in Liujiatun.
The good news is that both Pockmarked and Mole are engaged!
The family that got engaged to Ma Zi was the family of Zhao Sanhe, the sixth uncle's third cousin of Wang Cuihua's husband's family. They were once engaged, but the former groom died in an accident.
The family that got engaged to the woman with the mole was a family in Sunjia Kiln with three daughters but no sons.
When Zhou Lanhua arrived at Li Shiyue's house and started talking to Li Shiyue, she didn't stop talking and working at the same time. While talking to Li Shiyue and the others, she also helped Li's mother and the others with spinning hemp rope.
"...She tried to get close to me, and in October, I learned my lesson and never told anyone about our personal matters again."
However, when she saw that I kept my mouth shut, she told me directly that she wanted to arrange a marriage for Ma Zi.
They asked me about Ma Zi's family and even asked me to ask Ma Zi if he cared about the fact that the girl's mother had been engaged before.
I was convinced this was a good thing, so I rushed to Ma Zi's house to ask.
"Hey, what's wrong with being engaged?"
Women who have given birth can remarry.
What's there to be afraid of?
"That's not the kind of person Ma Zi is. How could you say something like that?"
Zheng Meiniang was sharpening all the knives in the house and oiling the ones that needed oiling. When she heard Zhou Lanhua say this, she immediately responded.
Zhou Lanhua nodded: "Isn't that right?"
What's there to complain about?
Ma Zi's family also said they didn't care about that, and even asked me to inquire about the expected dowry.
"Auntie, what happened next?"
"later?
Later, they arranged for Ma Zi to go to someone's village to find a partner. Ma Zi was not bad-looking, and when the other party heard that Ma Zi would work for October, they were quite willing to go.
Ma Zi was quite generous; on his second visit, he took Zhao Yan and her mother to the county to prepare the betrothal gifts.
Li Shiyue was somewhat surprised when she heard this. Before she could ask anything, Yan Jiuniang, who had been assigned to pick up beans, asked in surprise, "Ah?"
"You've already prepared betrothal gifts after only meeting twice?"
"Oh dear, Ninth Sister, how can this rural place compare to your city?"
Most families would meet two or three times, ask around, find out there were no major problems, and then decide on the marriage.
Isn't Ma Zi just being unafraid that the other person was already engaged?
The family also felt that although Ma Zi was a bit old, she had a family business, and our village was so nice, so they were willing to marry her into the family.
This was a natural progression, and the decision was made immediately.
Yan Jiuniang had no choice but to suppress her surprise and listen to Zhou Lanhua continue.
As they were talking, Zhou Lanhua suddenly remembered something and looked up at Li Shiyue with a hint of caution, asking, "Shiyue, did Ma Zi tell you?"
Li Shiyue looked over with a questioning expression, "That Wang Ergou is dead!"
Yes, the news of Wang Ergou's death was told to Li Shiyue by Ma Zi as soon as he returned from Sanshan County.
It turned out that Ma Zi had taken Zhao Yan and her mother to Sanshan County to buy things. Originally, it was Ma Zi's parents who should have been responsible for preparing the betrothal gifts, but his parents had died on the way to escape famine.
After Ma Zi settled in Andong, he worked with Li Shiyue and saved up a lot of money. So he told the Zhao family that he would take his mother-in-law and Zhao Yan with him to buy the dowry. That way, they could choose carefully, since the dowry was originally intended for the Zhao family.
After leaving Sanshan County, they went to Qingsong Town on the way. They stopped at a tea stall to rest for a while and overheard several men talking at a nearby table. The more they listened, the more convinced they became that the person they were talking about was Wang Ergou.
Ma Zi took some money and asked the men, and that's how he found out that the gossip they were talking about was indeed about Wang Da and Wang Er Gou.
After Ma Zi learned about this, he left his mother-in-law and Zhao Yan to sit at the tea stall, ordered two small dishes for them, and then hurried off to the town to inquire about it.
Having found out everything, Ma Zi quickly sent his mother-in-law and Zhao Yan back to Zhao You's house. Then, he drove the mule back to Liujiatun and told Li Shiyue that "Wang Ergou is dead."
So when Zhou Lanhua asked, Li Shiyue naturally nodded in agreement: "Brother Ma Zi told me as soon as he came back."
"Auntie, someone like that, if they die, they die. It's no big deal."
"In October, I heard from Wang Cuihua that Wang Ergou had died. I knew that kind of filthy person, so it was fine when he died."
But if he dies, won't it implicate you?
"I hope those guys (Sun Laoliu and his gang) don't come looking for trouble in our village!"
Li Shiyue smiled and reassured Zhou Lanhua, "Auntie, don't worry."
If they really wanted to find me and say that I killed them, they would have come here long ago. Why would Brother Ma need to go to town to listen to people talking about it?
Don't worry, everything will be fine.
With Li Shiyue's words, Zhou Lanhua felt relieved, or at least she appeared relieved on the surface.
After saying that, Zhou Lanhua looked at Li Shiyue with a smile: "Shiyue, your aunt won't beat around the bush with you anymore. Well, Wang Cuihua asked me to ask you if the school in our village accepts people from outside."
"If I were to accept it, how much would it cost to repair this bouquet?"
Upon hearing Zhou Lanhua's words, Li Shiyue became curious: "Oh? Does she have a child she wants to send here to study? Is it a boy or a girl?"
Zhou Lanhua told Li Shiyue about Xi'er's situation. Li Shiyue nodded and then asked, "Auntie, is it just her family who came to ask you about this?"
After Zhou Lanhua nodded, Li Shiyue said, "Since she was the one who brought Ma Zi Ge and Zhao Yan together, and her family has a girl, then let's take her little girl to our school."
Auntie, if anyone asks again, just spread the word that our village school can accept girls from other villages to study. If boys want to come, it has to be something that will benefit our village.
As for the tuition fee, we don't need much, just like the private school in Qingsong Town. This money is specifically for Mr. Jiang; we won't handle it ourselves.”
After saying this, Li Shiyue told Li Xiatian to go to the school when she had time and talk to Jiang Huai about it.
At first, Li Shiyue would have either Shi Tou or Li Xia Tian tell Jiang Huai about anything related to the school.
Although Stone's mind is not clear, he can still learn to speak well.
Later, Li Shiyue discovered that whenever she asked Li Xiatian to pass on a message to Jiang Huai, Li Xiatian would insist on going. So Li Shiyue gave in to her wishes and from then on, she always made Li Xiatian go to talk to Jiang Huai.
Li Xiatian hummed in agreement, and Li Shiyue let the matter drop. Instead, she thought about asking Ma Zi and Wei Zi when they were going to get married.
She was just about to tell Li's mother to go and ask Ma Zi and Wei Zi's families when Yan Jiu Niang asked her, "In October, why are they only accepting girls and not boys?"
Girls can't take the imperial examinations; only boys can.
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