Chapter 217: Difficulties of the Stepmother (9)
"Mother Shi Yi, what are you cooking? It smells so good." Matchmaker Wu threw the red handkerchief in her hand, twisted her waist, and entered the Zhang family's door. Qi Yangui, who was carrying something behind her, stopped at the door and looked at Shi Yi, who was combing her hair under the grape trellis, with his eyes wide open.
"Nothing to cook, just pancakes and stewed beans." Mother Shi Yi glared at Qi Yangui. She
had only known that he was a coward, but she had never thought that he was also a lustful person.
Seeing that he was discovered peeping at Shi Yi, Qi Yangui walked in dejectedly. After receiving a look from Matchmaker Wu, he cleverly called out, "Auntie."
"Yes." Mother Shi Yi responded unnaturally.
Old Zhang came out from behind her and saw Qi Yangui, frowning again and again, "Matchmaker Wu, I asked you to find a husband for my daughter, and you found me such a person?"
The play had to be finished.
"Hey, brother, you really don't know the value of a gold inlaid jade." Matchmaker Wu turned around and gently put the handkerchief in her hand on Qi Yangui, "Call someone. This child."
"Hello, Uncle Zhang." Qi Yangui was frightened by the look in Old Zhang's eyes and immediately backed out.
"It is said that you should not hit a smiling person. We have come in. It is not reasonable to just drink a sip of water and leave." Matchmaker Wu held back Qi Yangui who was about to retreat.
Although she looked down on Qi Yangui in her heart, since the Zhang family was interested, she just did her job well.
"Come in." Old Zhang rolled his eyes at Qi Yangui behind her and said, "You want to marry my daughter even though you are so useless."
If it were not for the child Mai Huaer, he would never agree to anything.
Qi Yangui lowered his head, with resentment flashing in his eyes, but he was determined to marry Shi Yi.
The food was served, and Shi Yi left the table after eating a few bites. The matchmaker quickly took out the wine from the top-quality wine brought by Qi Yangui, and signaled Qi Yangui to fill up the glass for Old Zhang. She then left with Shi Yi's mother.
"Uncle Zhang, please go first." Qi Yangui filled the glass attentively. Old Zhang snorted heavily, lowered his head to eat the food, and ignored him.
"Uncle Zhang, please take a sip, as I, Qi Yangui, apologize to you." Qi Yangui drank the wine in front of him and said, "I'll drink this glass first as a respect, you can do whatever you want."
"Since you know your mistake, I'll drink this glass of wine." Old Zhang poured the wine into his mouth and swallowed it refreshingly.
"Hey, Uncle Zhang, you are generous. I, Qi Yangui, toast you a second glass." Qi Yangui saw the opportunity and quickly filled the second glass.
It's easy to get things done at the wine table. When he got Old Zhang drunk, he dared to say some things.
After three rounds of drinking, Old Zhang and Qi Yangui have become close friends.
"Uncle Zhang, you see Shi Yi is old, and she was raised by you. Can you feel at ease if she marries someone else?" Qi Yangui squinted and filled his glass again.
"I am indeed worried." Old Zhang took two sips from the wine glass and sighed, "What can I do if I am worried? A girl has to get married when she grows up."
"But you have to marry someone reliable. If Shi Yi marries someone else, you will also feel at ease. Besides, Shi Yi is older than other girls..."
"Although our daughter is old, she will not have trouble getting married. Our Zhang family, apart from other things, definitely has the largest dowry in this village." Old Zhang half tilted his head, and his other hand was still tightly holding the wine glass, obviously dissatisfied with what he said.
"Uncle Zhang, that's not what I meant. I know that Shi Yi will definitely get married..." He patted his thigh, as if blaming himself, "But you don't know how bitter I feel."
"What bitterness do you have?" Old Zhang took the initiative to fill his glass.
"I have always liked Shi Yi, ever since I was a child... But I, Qi Yangui, am incompetent, my family is poor, and my mother is very strict. I didn't want to marry Mai Huaer before." Qi Yangui took the wine glass and drank it in one gulp, not daring to look up at Old Zhang.
He knew that what he said was very bad, but marrying Mai Huaer was indeed not what he wanted.
"Hey, kid." Old Zhang squinted his eyes and filled his glass again, "I thought you were feeling bitter."
"Uncle Zhang, what I said is true... I really like Shi Yi, but I, Qi Yangui, do feel uncomfortable because I have nothing... If you marry Shi Yi to me, I... will never let her suffer any grievances." Qi Yangui's face was already as red as a monkey's butt, and he was almost unable to speak clearly.
"Originally I didn't like you. Your mother is like a shrew. I really don't want my daughter to suffer there. But after today's dinner, I found that I really get along well with you." After drinking a glass of wine, Old Zhang felt more dizzy and his words were more convincing.
"Uncle Zhang, don't worry." Qi Yangui tightly grasped his hand holding the wine glass, patted his chest and said earnestly: "As long as Shi Yi enters my Qi family, I will never let her suffer any grievances. No one can, not even my mother."
Seeing that he had promised, Old Zhang stood up stumblingly, patted his shoulder heavily, and said emotionally: "Good boy, I was right about you."
"Uncle Zhang, you and aunt should put your hearts at ease." Qi Yangui lay on the table, his face flushed, "If I marry Shi Yi, I will definitely worship her. If she is unhappy at all, let me, Qi Yangui, be struck by lightning."
Old Zhang patted his shoulder heavily again, and said happily: "Come, drink this glass of wine, I agree to this marriage."
"Uncle Zhang, I will never let you down, or Shi Yi down." Qi Yangui felt relieved after hearing this, and the moment he relaxed, he got completely drunk and fell asleep on the table. The half-empty glass of wine fell to the ground, making a clanging sound and spilling all over the place.
Old Zhang felt heavy on his head, his feet tilted, and he fell on the table, and then he also fell drunk beside the table.
"Why did these two drink so much?" Wu Matchmaker and Shi Yi's mother, who came over after hearing the noise, each helped one of them.
"Wu Matchmaker, take him back." Shi Yi's mother didn't look at Qi Yangui in a good mood.
"Okay, okay, I'll take him away right now." Wu Matchmaker deliberately acted helpless.
"No... You're not allowed to leave..." The drunken old Zhang grabbed Wu Matchmaker's hand and repeated, "You're not allowed to leave. My son-in-law is not allowed to leave."
"Hey, old Zhang, since you've accepted your son-in-law, I won't meddle in your business." Wu Matchmaker threw her hand down and walked away on her feet like a cat.
"You two drunkards, I don't care about you anymore." Shi Yi's mother pushed Old Zhang to the ground and didn't care about anything.
Old Zhang got up and grabbed Qi Yangui's arm and said, "Son-in-law, don't worry, you are half my son now. It's so late, I will definitely not let you go."
Although Qi Yangui was drunk, he still had some feelings. Seeing that Old Zhang insisted on stopping him, he was more or less moved.
(End of this chapter)
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