"Please take a seat, please."
"Mrs. Guang's yard is very well maintained. The chickens and ducks look healthy and strong."
"They are just little things. Please don't laugh at me, Madam Zhang."
When Zhang Fangyuan entered the yard, the two women started chatting and laughing like a family. He was really tongue-tied about these things and only women could talk. It was indeed a good idea to ask his aunt to come.
He followed behind He obediently, taking gifts when asked and calling people when asked, and everything was arranged very well for him.
"Can you ask the girls to come out and take a look? We still have to get along well with these young people, don't you think, Madam Guang?"
After chatting about family matters for a while, He returned to the main topic. Guang's mother also came up and called out to the house, "Qiu'er."
Zhang Fangyuan was waiting for someone to come out. Seeing that Guang's mother was not ugly, he thought that her daughter, who was in her prime, would also be pretty.
At this time, it is usually time to exchange greetings, and the girl would keep urging and pretending to be shy. Zhang Fangyuan waited patiently, but the girl didn't call out, but a man carrying a chicken came in from outside the yard first.
Several people's attention was naturally attracted.
Guang's mother noticed the familiar tone of the scolding, as if blaming him for coming back at the wrong time: "You didn't take good care of yourself when you were sick, and you had to go out to do the work when your sister was getting married."
He turned around and smiled as he introduced them to He and Zhang Fangyuan: "This is our good-for-nothing second child."
Zhang Fangyuan tilted his head and looked at the chubby figure, feeling that it seemed somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a moment. When the second son of the Guang family raised his head, the shifty look in his eyes made him stand up without any courtesy.
He had a fierce look to begin with, and even a little anger made his face even more intimidating. He was startled and asked in a low voice, "Fang Yuan, what's going on?"
She gently pulled the man's clothes, hoping that there would be no conflict at this critical moment.
The second son of the Guang family seemed to have drunk some wine, and his mind was in a fuss. He looked up and saw the man standing in the yard. He shuddered reflexively and dodged backwards. His hands loosened, and the half-dead chicken jumped out of his hands.
Zhang Fangyuan stared at the panicked chicken, narrowed his eyes and asked the second son of the Guang family: "Are you from this family?"
The man shrank back and didn't dare to answer him, hiding behind Guang's mother: "Mom..."
Guang's mother also noticed that the two had a dispute, and immediately tried to smooth things over: "Child, if you feel uncomfortable, go inside first. It's too late for a grown man to show his cowardice outside. Madam Zhang, where were we talking about?"
He was about to respond, but Zhang Fangyuan said directly, "No need to look at each other, aunt, let's go."
"What's going on?"
He quickly grabbed the man with a dark face.
Zhang Fangyuan said: "It's not that fate."
Guang's mother knew that Zhang Fangyuan had a bad reputation, but when she saw him in person, she was impressed and thought he was a very talented person. He was still humble in front of his elders.
The young girl has a very one-sided view of men. She only knows to choose a scholar who is gentle, considerate and speaks with an accent. Little does she know that after marriage, she has to choose someone like Zhang Fangyuan, who has many advantages. Yuan Guang was quite satisfied with the person, except that he did not get along with his son. But now his face changed so suddenly that he didn't even care about the situation, which made her unhappy.
"Madam Zhang, what do you mean by this? You asked the matchmaker to come and see us, but now you're going to cancel it before you even see us. Do you really think that our Guang family is easy to bully because we just moved here?"
He was embarrassed and looked at Zhang Fangyuan: "This..."
Zhang Fangyuan didn't want to expose someone's shortcomings directly, but Guang's mother insisted, so he didn't hesitate to ask: "May I ask what the two brothers of the Guang family do for a living?"
When Guang's mother heard this, her face immediately turned ugly, but she still said, "The second son is not talented. He takes odd jobs in the city and occasionally works as a helper in the neighboring village."
Zhang Fangyuan glanced at the chickens in the yard and said, "You should know what the second brother is doing. After all, you have brought everything into the house. Even if a man is poor, his ambition should not be poor. Although I, Zhang Fangyuan, am not a good person, I am not qualified to be the brother-in-law of the second brother Guang."
"I warned him last time he touched my head, haha." Zhang Fangyuan sneered: "It seems that the second brother will not repent. I can't swallow this kiss."
Although she didn't say it directly, He was a smart person and she understood the situation immediately from the words. Although she was dissatisfied with her nephew's sudden change of hostility, she would definitely not tolerate the marriage since there was a brother with bad character in the family.
"Mrs. Guang, if that's the case, then we're sorry to bother you." Mrs. He stood on her nephew's side and picked up the things she brought and was about to leave. This move made Mrs. Guang jump up.
The shameful things in the family were exposed, and Guang's mother lost her marriage because of it. She was ashamed and angry. When a person is not in the right, he will try to regain some strength from other places.
"So it was you who beat our second son like that. He injured his ribs and got frightened, and stayed in bed for two days. Now that he can go out, you're threatening him again. Just because you're a butcher, you can bully people like this? We can cancel the marriage today, but you have to pay for my son's medical expenses!"
The second son of the Guang family hid behind the door. The brother and sister were together, listening to the quarrel outside. Miss Guang Wu looked at her brother and felt very embarrassed. She wiped her eyes and ran into the inner room crying: "They said that brother's job is not right, but he still keeps doing it."
Guang Er cursed: "Why didn't I see you say these words when we were eating meat? You still eat the most delicious meat!"
After cursing, he secretly looked at Zhang Fangyuan in fear, secretly hating his mother for saying such words.
He had personal experience of how vicious this butcher was. If it was not a good deal, he would just let the person go and that was it. But now he said he would pay compensation. If the butcher got mad, he would beat up the whole family.
He was very scared and didn't dare to go out. He only blamed himself for not asking where the man came from when the matchmaker came to propose marriage. But all these things at home were taken care of by his mother, who could barely get enough food to eat, so who would have the time to take care of this?
After hearing what Guang's mother said, Zhang Fangyuan put He behind him with a fake smile. He looked down at Guang's mother and said, "What? If I don't pay today, will Guang's mother keep me for dinner? I have seen many shameless people, but I didn't expect Guang's mother to be even more shameless."
Guang's mother changed her usual taciturn image in the village. She thought that since she was in her own territory and had many children and a large population, Zhang Fangyuan would be afraid of her. So she pointed at Zhang Fangyuan's nose and cursed: "You hit someone and you don't pay for it. Do you think I am your father? Don't tell me you don't want to. I don't want to marry my daughter to such a arrogant person like you. Who in the village would marry a girl or a boy to you? Be a bachelor for the rest of your life, old widower!"
All sorts of things from his past life flashed through Zhang Fangyuan’s mind. His eyes grew fierce, and with a bang, he punched down in front of Guang’s mother, breaking a corner of the wooden table in the yard.
Guang's mother shuddered, her shoulders trembled, and she stared at the person blankly without being able to shout anymore.
"Mrs. Guang, why don't you try to see whether your mouth is harder or my fist is harder."
Zhang Fangyuan turned around and called He: "Aunt, let's go." The two of them came and left the same way.
After the people walked away, Guang's mother's legs softened and she fell back on the chair. Guang'er, the fifth daughter and the youngest son who were at home quickly surrounded her and asked, "Mom, are you okay?"
"This butcher is so cruel. Fortunately, the marriage failed, otherwise my daughter would have suffered a lot if she married him."
"Mom, he won't sue us, will he?"
The ears were buzzing like mosquitoes, and Guang's mother didn't even have time to catch her breath: "What can he sue with? If he says it's true, then it's true. The court requires evidence. Can he produce it?"
Guang Er heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this: "Don't be angry, mother and fifth sister. It's just right to stew this chicken tonight. Mother can calm down and replenish her body."
Guang's mother was quite tired physically and mentally. She had no strength in her legs as she sat on the chair. She waved her hand and said, "Lao Wu will cook tonight."
Miss Guangwu pinched her fingers, feeling a little sad, but she still obediently went to get the chicken to kill it, as if no matter how big the problem was, it could not compare to a bite of meat.
"Fang Yuan, don't be upset about this. It's better to know his character earlier than to find out after marriage. You did the right thing. We can't pick on a family that steals." He, who knew the whole story, consoled him: "Who would have thought that this family would be like this? Guang Er did this and Guang Mu didn't even advise him. How can this be allowed?"
Zhang Fangyuan sighed, "I was wondering how that boy could have asked me, the butcher, to recognize me when he was stealing in the mountains. But I looked at him and he looked unfamiliar. It turned out that he was from the Guang family. I only regret that I didn't break his hand last time. He could still do such a thing."
He shook her head and said, "Forget it. We won't have any more contact with the Guang family. Auntie, go to your Aunt Gan again. I'm sure you can find someone suitable."
"Let's talk about it later."
Zhang Fangyuan was a little annoyed. He had thought that things might not work out, but he had never thought that it would not work out in this way.
The matter of marriage had been a hot topic in the village. Although no one had told anyone that the marriage had not been successful, there were always people who were curious and asked about it.
The villagers naturally didn't dare to ask Zhang Fangyuan, but they always chatted with He.
He was not a gossipy woman and did not want to gossip about others. She just said that the two parties were not suitable for each other. Thinking about the children in the house who were all parents, she still showed some mercy to the Guang family.
The failure of the marriage seemed to be an expected result, and the women in the village just laughed it off and didn't take it too seriously. However, within a few days, an evil wind blew in the village.
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