Xiaoyue craned her neck, held her breath, and listened carefully to what Hu Zhushi was saying. Niu Lishi was already angry with Hu Zhushi because Hu Zhushi was winking and making friendly gestures to Niu San under the oxcart, and wanted to switch seats with Niu San.
But upon hearing the gossip about the Ge family, he felt a surge of interest. Raising an eyebrow, he realized they were kindred spirits, both loving to spread gossip, so he couldn't bring himself to be rude and turned back to reply, "You know?"
Hu Zhu glanced at the people in the carriage. Some were eavesdropping, like Xiaoyue and Li Qianqian, while others, like Gao Yu and Liang Qi, could choose not to listen.
There were also those who listened openly, such as Niu San and Li Shuanshu across the street, both of whom were looking towards Hu Zhushi.
Hu Zhu looked around at everyone, then smiled mysteriously, "Don't tell me you know, I experienced it firsthand." Her smug expression made it seem as if she held some kind of state secret.
Niu Lishi nudged Hu Zhushi through Li Qianqian: "Tell me quickly, what happened?"
Everyone on the cart was listening intently. Hu Zhu found a comfortable position, leaned against Xiaoyue's basket of elm mushrooms, and with one hand still holding the cart shaft, she began to gossip mysteriously.
It turns out that Hu Zhushi also came from Wangjia Village in Lijiabao Town, which is next to Lijia Village, the hometown of her sister-in-law Li Qing. This time, the husband that her sister-in-law Li Qing found for her younger sister-in-law Ge Erping was Zhu Yan, the eldest son of Zhu Hegui from Wangjia Village.
Zhu Yugui and Zhu Hegui are cousins, and Zhu Yugui is Hu Zhushi's father. When Zhu Hegui brought Zhu Yan to the Ge family to meet them, they had to ask their relative Hu Zhushi to be present.
Zhu Hegui and Zhu Yanxian went to Hu Zhushi's house first, and then the three of them went to Ge's house together.
Old Man Ge, Old Lady Ge, and Ge Erping all got up early to prepare to entertain the guests.
The eldest brother, Li Dalin, arrived in the living room to prepare to entertain the guests.
Sister-in-law Li Qing and Ge Erping went to the kitchen to prepare a meal.
Two small willow branches, but the willow leaves are at home and didn't come.
Ge Erlin was tied up at Hou San's house yesterday and wasn't allowed to come back.
Second sister-in-law, Xiao Sun, went back to her parents' home in the middle of the night.
Although Ge Daming was young and immature, when his father didn't come back and his mother returned home disheveled, he went to his mother's house and cried as he found Old Madam Ge.
The whole family was terrified, hoping the blind date would come and go quickly, and that they could keep yesterday's events a secret as much as possible.
As soon as Zhu Hegui and his family entered the Ge family's gate, Old Mrs. Ge took a liking to the young man following behind Zhu Hegui. He was sturdy, heavy-looking, and not short either.
As soon as they entered the house, they quickly instructed their sister-in-law, Li Qing, to bring up some tea. The two in-laws were chatting warmly when He Si came in.
"Old Ge, the village chief wants you to go to Hou San's house." He shouted in the yard before even entering the house.
Old Man Ge's heart skipped a beat when he heard He Si's words. Although he hadn't been there yesterday, Ge Erping had told him everything when he got back. That troublesome Erlin gave his in-laws an embarrassed smile.
"Brother, I'll be right back. Please sit for a while." Old Man Ge hurriedly ran outside.
As soon as Zhu Hegui saw Old Man Ge leave, his displeasure became apparent.
Grandma Ge quickly stepped forward and said with a smile, "It's probably nothing serious, the old man will be back soon."
Ge Dalin and his sister-in-law Li Qing asked the Li family to arrange a blind date for their sister-in-law Ge Erping. The elders should have been present, but now Old Man Ge has left after putting down his guests.
There was only Ge Dalin in the room, who was entertaining Zhu Hegui, Zhu Yan, and Hu Zhushi. Ge Dalin felt regretful and ashamed when he thought about what happened last night. His face was flushed, but he couldn't say a word.
Knowing all the messy things going on in his family, he absolutely refused to propose this marriage.
Ge Dalin sat on the opposite stool, his face flushed, head down and silent. Zhu Yan sat next to Ge Dalin, also awkwardly at a loss for words.
Old Man Ge used to sit on the west side of the kang, but he was called away. Old Mrs. Ge and Hu Zhushi sat in the middle, while Zhu Hegui sat on the east side of the kang, smoking in a huff.
Zhu Hegui wasn't stupid. Visiting the woman's family home to inspect the house meant the man had nothing to say. If they could get engaged, they should. Otherwise, why would anyone travel so far to inspect the woman's home? Unless it was something extremely important, why would they send their husbands?
Looking at Ge Dalin across from her, her face flushed red, she was furious: "Ge Dalin, what happened to your family? You know the distance between Wangjia Village in Lijiabao Town and Niukou Village. I set off at three in the morning in an oxcart, and it's already past ten o'clock when I got here."
If I wasn't sincere, I wouldn't have come. Your husband was just called away like that; what's the point of this marriage proposal?
After saying that, he knocked his pipe to the ground and beckoned Zhu Yan and Hu Zhu's wife to leave.
Grandma Ge quickly grabbed Hu Zhu's hand, her pleading obvious. Hu Zhu, with a conciliatory mindset, carefully spoke up: "Uncle, don't worry. Actually, I know pretty much everything about why Grandpa Ge was called away."
Isn't that right? Last night, Ge's second son went to Hou San's house and got beaten up.
Zhu Hegui frowned, something didn't sound right. Did she have to go back to her father after being beaten? He angrily scolded Hu Zhushi: "Speak the truth, don't hide anything."
Seeing that Zhu Hegui was truly angry, Hu Zhushi dared not lie any longer: "Yesterday, Ge Erlin went to Hou San's house to have an affair with Hou San's wife, but Hou San caught him in bed. Hou San gave Ge Erlin a good beating, and then took him to Hou San's house."
Monkey Three has no parents, only an older sister in town. I guess his brother-in-law came to stand up for him today. That's why the village chief sent Old Man Ge.
Hu Zhu's explanation only made things worse. Zhu Hegui's face turned green. "If you hadn't told your uncle, I wouldn't have known! What kind of family is the Ge family? We can't let Zhu Yan marry a girl from the Ge family."
After saying that, he shouted sternly, "Get out of here! Aren't you leaving? Are you still waiting to eat here?" With that, he pushed open the door and stepped outside.
Grandma Ge was so anxious that she wanted to grab Zhu Hegui and pushed Ge Dalin to go out and mediate.
Ge Dalin felt so embarrassed that he kept backing away, too ashamed to even see the person out.
Seeing that she couldn't rely on Ge Dalin, Old Mrs. Ge hurriedly took her short legs to try and stop the three of them.
Men and women should not touch each other, so seeing that the guest was about to leave, he hurriedly called out, "Eldest daughter-in-law, eldest daughter-in-law."
The eldest daughter-in-law, Li, was too ashamed to come out.
When Zhu Hegui and his group came out, they ran into Old Man Ge, who was leading Ge Erlin, who was covered in injuries, holding up his pants, barefoot, shirtless, and limping behind Old Man Ge.
Zhu Hegui snorted, untied the reins of the oxcart, and ignored Old Man Ge completely.
Seeing this, Hu Zhushi realized that the Zhu family could not arrange a marriage between them and the Ge family. She then approached Zhu Hegui and said, "Uncle, you did the right thing. That old man Ge isn't a decent person either."
A few days ago, I went to Xiaoyue's house to steal something and fell into her family's well.
Zhu Hegui glared at Hu Zhushi: "Why didn't you say so earlier? Luckily someone called Old Man Ge out today, otherwise this engagement would have caused quite a stir."
"Even if I make the order, I still need to tell my uncle about the Ge family. He needs to understand what kind of people the Ge family are!"
Before the oxcart had gone far, Ge Erping's shrill voice roared, "Ge Erlin, give me back my marriage!" He then burst into tears.
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