Later, the village matchmaker Aunt Hua came to our house with a happy face to propose marriage: "Guixiang, the Lin family in the east of the village is eager to marry off their daughter. They are not picky about conditions and do not want a dowry, as long as she can get married!"
Xue Guixiang hesitated: "I heard that the Lin family's daughter..."
Before she could finish her words, Aunt Hua interrupted her, spouting off a barrage of words: "Sister Guixiang, I'm doing this for the good of the Zhou family. Don't you think about Zhou Zhuo's current situation? If someone is willing to marry him, it must be the Zhou family's ancestors appearing! The Lin family's daughter is so beautiful. If she didn't have shortcomings, would anyone be interested in Zhou Zhuo? Besides..."
Aunt Hua lowered her voice. "I've found out everything for you. The old widower didn't accomplish anything that night, and Lin Qingqing is still an innocent virgin. Sister Guixiang, you've got a good deal."
Aunt Hua's smile was mysterious. Xue Guixiang nodded in agreement with her thoughts and soon arranged a wedding for Zhou Zhuo.
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Xue Guixiang brought the corn cakes into the house and invited Lin Qingqing and Zhou Zhuo to eat. Zhou Yuan had not returned yet, and no one had suggested looking for her.
There were three bowls of porridge and a plate of black eggplant on the table. The eggplant was not fried but steamed in a pot. After taking it out of the pot, some salt was added. If the taste was too bland, some mashed garlic was added to it. Naturally, it did not look good.
It was too shabby to let a newly married daughter-in-law eat this, but what else could she do? Xue Guixiang looked ashamed: "We still have some white flour at home, but we used it to treat the villagers during the wedding. I'll borrow some tomorrow and make dumplings for you."
Xue Guixiang was really afraid that her daughter-in-law would complain about the poor food and jump into the river again out of frustration!
Chen Qingqing took a big bite of the cornmeal pancake and said, "Mom, just eat home-cooked meals. Who eats dumplings every day? I think this pancake is delicious. You don't have to look at other people's faces to make me happy!"
Xue Guixiang thought she had misheard. Why did her daughter-in-law seem like a different person? "Qingqing, are you really saying this?"
"Mom, don't worry, I won't commit suicide again. From now on, I will live a good life with Zhou Zhuo, make more money, and let my family enjoy a good life with me!"
Xue Guixiang wiped her tears excitedly: "Good child, I feel relieved when you say this."
Zhou Zhuo just grinned after hearing what his wife said.
After dinner, Lin Qingqing rushed to wash the dishes, but Xue Guixiang drove her out of the kitchen: "You are weak, go and rest!"
Back in the house, Zhou Zhuo smiled and took her hand: "Wife, you didn't eat enough just now, I left some good food for you."
Zhou Zhuo pulled a few cooked peanuts from his pocket and placed them in Lin Qingqing's palm. The peanuts were plump and carried Zhou Zhuo's warmth, leaving her with a mixture of emotions.
At night, the two of them lay in the same bed. Zhou Zhuo fell asleep quickly and did not do anything inappropriate to Lin Qingqing.
The next day, Xue Guixiang cooked dinner early. Zhou Yuan didn't come back all night, and Xue Guixiang said she was staying at Zhou Hongxing's house in the same village.
There were still three bowls of porridge on the table, with a plate of pickles in the middle. What was unusual was that there was a raw egg in front of each of Lin Qingqing and Zhou Zhuo.
"Why are there only two eggs? Where's yours?" Lin Qingqing found something wrong as soon as she sat down.
Xue Guixiang smiled awkwardly: "I've already eaten in the kitchen, you guys should eat quickly."
Lin Qingqing knew that eggs were precious and could be sold for money. The villagers had no other income and relied on making some pocket money from the chickens. When Xue Guixiang said that she had eaten them, Lin Qingqing didn't believe her at all.
Zhou Zhuo seemed to have noticed something and placed his egg in front of Xue Guixiang: "Mom, you eat it."
Xue Guixiang was about to put the egg back when Lin Qingqing spoke up: "Mom, you work hard for this family all day, what's wrong with eating an egg? Just listen to Zhou Zhuo and eat it quickly."
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