Chapter 311 I want to recruit Mr. Jiang to be my son-in-law!
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It's the seventh day of the seventh lunar month again. The sun had only been out for a short while when a lot of old men and women had already gathered under the tree at the village entrance.
Granny Wang, who was fanning herself with a palm-leaf fan, noticed that her third aunt sitting opposite her was busy embroidering shoe uppers, and praised her, "Your craftsmanship is good enough to sell for money."
Hearing this, Third Aunt put down her needle and replied to Granny Wang with a smile, "Oh, it's just embroidering tiger-head shoes for the kids at home. They're nowhere near as good as the ones sold in the shops outside."
"If it's for our own kids, we'll wear it; we won't mind it ourselves."
"Oh dear, now that you mention it, I haven't seen your big head today?"
"Big Head" was the nickname of the baby boy born to Li Shiliang and Zhao Min. Li's mother and Zheng Meiniang were the ones who delivered the baby.
Because the baby had a large head, Zhao Min suffered a lot before finally giving birth.
They gave him an easy-to-remember nickname: Big Head.
Li Shiliang felt sorry for Zhao Min's suffering during childbirth, so he specially told his third aunt to let Zhao Min have a double postpartum period to recuperate properly.
When Zhao Min's family came to visit her and Da Tou, they all said that Zhao Min had finally found a blessed place.
Not only did she have to undergo a double postpartum period, but she was also given five or six poached eggs to eat with every meal.
Third Aunt truly doted on Zhao Min even more than Zhao's own mother.
Normally, Third Aunt would take Datou to send Li Yanqiu to school, and then watch Datou play with the other children under this tree. When it was almost lunchtime, she would take Datou home to cook, and then go to pick up Li Yanqiu to come home for lunch.
In Lijiatun, every household now prepares three meals a day, a practice they learned from Li Shiyue's family.
It was after the paper mill was built in the village that every household in Lijiatun managed to save up some money, which allowed them to afford to eat well three times a day.
Otherwise, it's just two meals a day.
At this moment, Third Aunt explained to Granny Wang, "Minniang took Yanqiu and Datou back to her parents' home early this morning, which is why I had some free time."
Minniang's second brother's family had another baby, and Minniang took the child back to deliver the gifts.
"I knew it! Why didn't you bring Big Head out?"
Didn't your third child come along?
Just as Third Aunt was about to reply, she heard a commotion coming from behind. The old men and women sitting together under the tree all looked towards the back.
An old man with sharp eyesight spotted something, turned around and shouted to the crowd, "It's her elder sister going to fetch her bride in October!"
Upon hearing this, Granny Wang suddenly remembered that there was a big celebration in the village today!
She clapped her hands and exclaimed, "Ouch!"
I almost forgot, today is Mr. Jiang and Xia Tian's wedding day!
Then Granny Wang turned to Third Aunt and asked, "Did your third son go to the prefectural city to fetch his bride?"
Before her third aunt could answer, Granny Wang said to herself, "I knew it! Your third son cherishes his wife so much, how could he not see her off when she goes back to her parents' home?"
"It seems you were delayed because of some happy event!"
As for Li Shiliang, whom Granny Wang mentioned, he was no longer with the Jiang family in the prefectural city. He, Li Shiyue, Li Qiutian, and the others were currently in the small courtyard that the Li family had bought in Sanshan County.
Yes, Jiang Huai and Li Xiatian did end up together!
Although Li Xiatian learned from Li Shiyue that Jiang Huai had once been Jiang Huijun's spy, he secretly wrote down and reported all the things about Li Shiyue and Lijiatun to Jiang Huijun.
At the time, Li Xiatian even said, "He's an ungrateful and despicable scoundrel!"
However, Li Xiatian still couldn't let go of Jiang Huai.
Even when Li Xiatian saw Jiang Huai again afterward, he never gave him a kind look;
However, the word "love" is the most difficult to understand.
Over the past three years, Jiang Huai has persevered and finally regained a place in Li Xiatian's heart, winning her favor.
Marriage is something that worldly people do.
However, Li Shiyue of Lijiatun set a rule for himself that the village women would not marry out of the village, but would only take in men who came from outside the village.
There are few women of marriageable age in the village, so it will be at least eight years before Li Yueniang and the other young women grow up to be able to get married.
Nowadays, in Lijiatun, only the three sisters Li Shiyue, Li Qiutian, and Li Xiatian, and the two widows Yu Zhenniang and Erdan's mother are capable of discussing the matter of taking in a son-in-law.
Yu Zhenniang initially wanted to leave Lijiatun, but ever since Li Shiyue set the rule that female mothers would only take in sons-in-law and not marry out, Yu Zhenniang devoted herself to Li Shiyue and had no further thoughts about finding a man.
For Erdan's mother, the death of Erdan's father was an insurmountable obstacle in her heart.
Now that she's in Lijiatun, her son can go to school, and she has a job as a rabbit farm owner, so why would she want to find another man?
As for Li Shiyue and her two sisters?
Li Qiutian has followed Li Shiyue everywhere these past few years, but she hasn't actually met anyone she likes.
Li Shiyue had no interest in romance. In this world, she had her mother and others behind her, as well as the Li family village. She felt she didn't have the time to coax a man.
Besides, now that she holds an official position and is incredibly strong, what man would dare to say he "likes" her?
He probably just likes her official position and family wealth.
Therefore, only Li Xiatian, who had long harbored feelings for Jiang Huai, remained.
After Li Xiatian and Jiang Huai reconciled, Li Shiyue went to Zheng Meiniang behind Li Xiatian's back and said to Zheng Meiniang, "Aunt, although I told everyone that the women in our village don't marry out, they only take in sons-in-law."
However, Jiang Huai at least had the title of a scholar and came from a prominent family like the Jiang family.
If Jiang Huai is unwilling to marry into the family, and his elder sister insists that she will only take in a son-in-law, the two of them will probably find it difficult to be together.
Aunt, I have no intention of getting married. All I want in this life is to live with my brother and stay with my mother.
When I reach a certain age, I will adopt several children and teach them all that I have learned, just like Dr. Jin. I will not have to worry about no one taking care of my brother and me in our old age.
So, Aunt and Mother, don't be afraid. Even if your sister marries out, you still have me. Living with me is no different from living with your sister.
My aunt is also a mother, and I will definitely take care of her in her old age and see her off when she passes away!
Therefore, I thought that if Jiang Huai asked to marry her, my aunt would agree and marry my sister to him.
Jiang Huai has no father, mother, brothers, or sisters. He is all alone. Even if his older sister marries him, he will still live in our Lijiatun.
Therefore, the formality of the marriage is not so important.
What could Zheng Meiniang say?
Sons grow up and are no longer under their mother's control; daughters grow up and are no longer kept at home.
Zheng Meiniang simply nodded to Li Shiyue.
But who would have thought that one day, Li Xiatian brought Jiang Huai to her house and announced to everyone, "I want to recruit Mr. Jiang to be our son-in-law!"
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