Chapter 62: Guaguaguagua, I'm not spitting at you, I'm spitting out toothpaste foam...
Several people were arguing in the courtyard, each with their own thoughts. Finally, Zhang Juhua demonstrated the decisiveness of a patriarch: "Stop talking! This matter is settled!"
She looked at Ye Fang and said, "Xiaojun's wife, go tell your great aunt's family that it's set for August 17th!"
Ye Fang glanced at Xiang Yao out of the corner of her eye, unable to conceal the joy in her tone: "Hey! When I go back to my parents' home during the Mid-Autumn Festival, I'll tell my great aunt about it."
Zhang Juhua nodded. "Yeah. Yao girl, don't overthink it. What girl wouldn't listen to her family when it comes to dating? This doesn't make sense no matter how you look at it. If your family didn't introduce you to someone, how could you find a partner?"
Zhou Aihua squeezed the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and smiled, saying, "Yes, Yaoyao, your family is doing this for your own good. It would be wonderful to marry into someone else's family and enjoy a happy life. Other families just want to find such a suitable match, so the matchmakers are reluctant to introduce you to someone else."
Xiang Yao snorted and laughed. She felt uncomfortable if she looked at these mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law any longer.
He didn't say anything at the moment, stood up, brushed the dust off his trouser legs, turned around and went back to his room.
"This girl is so irritable! Look at her. The elders were talking to her, but she just walked away without a word. She didn't even pay attention to us!"
Zhou Aihua heard the door slam and felt the entire wall shake. He couldn't help but mutter.
Zhang Juhua sneered, "It's because she's been going to the Shiniu Brigade so often lately. I think it's all instigated by her mother's relatives. The Liu family is really good at making trouble."
But when they thought that this annoying girl would soon marry into another family, the Xiang family would receive a large betrothal gift, and this big house would be vacant, the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law suppressed their dissatisfaction.
As for the fact that the eldest son of the Zhou family had a lame leg, everyone tacitly kept it from Xiang Yao.
In short, we can talk about it when we meet. Based on this point, we can negotiate a little more for the betrothal gift.
And Xiang Yao's opinion, haha, is not important at all.
Could she really refuse the good partner and good in-laws that her family had taken so much trouble to find for her?
In the room.
Xiang Yao picked up a big tomato and started to eat it, but in his mind he was thinking about the little bit of plot about his original self in the original book.
According to the very few descriptions in the book, the original body was married to a lame domestic violence man whose family was extremely poor.
But what the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law described today was that the family was in very good financial condition, at least better than the Xiang family, and they did not mention whether the eldest son of the cousin was a cripple.
So, she would not have married into this family in the first place?
He took another big bite of the tomato, feeling the sour and sweet juice dancing in his mouth, and shook off all the thoughts in his mind.
Well, why bother? No matter who the other person is, she will not agree to marry him.
Those people were so active, it must be because they gained something by facilitating this marriage.
But if he is too active, then how can the man be a good person?
but……
Xiang Yao blinked. It's not impossible to understand the situation in advance so that a better countermeasure can be made...
…
"Tell me, what do you want to check?"
The clouds at dusk in the sky present various levels and shades of yellow, purple and red, as magnificent as a magnificent impressionist painting.
The sun had already set below the mountains, casting a bright and dark shadow on two young men, one tall and one short, facing each other, which complemented each other.
Xiang Yao tilted her head slightly, her brows curved, and her voice was like a bell swaying in the wind: "Check the family surnamed Zhou in the Shilin Brigade next door. They have an eldest son who is about 27 years old now and has not yet married."
In the countryside these days, children of this age can already run around the village and play mischievously, and there are not many who are still unmarried, so Xiang Yao felt that it would not be difficult to find one.
"Why do you want me to investigate this person?" asked another clear and magnetic voice.
The person who spoke was Nie Baichuan, who was frowning slightly at the moment, puzzled by Xiang Yao's arrival and request.
Xiang Yao blinked twice and spoke of this matter without any shyness: "Well, find out about the other party's character and so on. My family is looking for a match for me. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle!"
Only by knowing the situation at the other person's home can we respond better.
Of course, it would be best to find the other party's shortcomings so that she can stand on the right side.
"Meet each other?" Nie Baichuan repeated.
He lowered his eyes and stared at the girl in front of him. He saw that her eyes were full of smiles and she confidently said, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle." It seemed that she was looking forward to this meeting very much.
"Yes," Xiang Yao nodded. "I just thought that you seem to have a lot of partners helping you sell goods around here, so it should be easier to find out."
Nie Baichuan's voice turned a little colder: "Are you mainly interested in checking my character?"
Xiang Yao: "Yeah, I just want to see why this person hasn't found a partner yet at such an old age. Oh, and I also want to check what their family situation is like, to see if there's anything wrong with them."
Nie Baichuan frowned, and could hear from Xiang Yao's words how much importance she attached to this matter.
Seeing that he was silent, Xiang Yao thought that he had made such a rash request and made the other party unhappy, so he quickly said:
"Don't worry, I'm not asking for your help for nothing. If you're still willing to cooperate with me, I'll give you some more fruits next time. Or if you want to exchange it for something else, as long as I have it, I'm happy to give it to you."
She had thought it through from the beginning that she would not ask for help for free. After all, they were not related to her. Of course, it would be best if the payment was in full. That way, the other party would work more attentively.
But after hearing this, Nie Baichuan's expression turned even more indifferent. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Last time..."
Xiang Yao tilted his head, confused: "What?"
Nie Baichuan shook his head: "Nothing. I'll ask someone to find out for you."
Xiang Yao's eyes lit up: "Okay, okay! Thank you so much!"
Nie Baichuan said calmly, "It's okay. Is there anything else you want to say?"
Xiang Yao understood that they were about to drive him away, so she quickly waved her hands and said, "It's okay, it's okay. I'm going home first."
Nie Baichuan nodded slightly and watched her leave.
The thin figure passed through the ridge of the field in the middle of the valley, and his thin shoulders trembled slightly as he walked, like a butterfly in flight.
Nie Baichuan's eyes were deep as he stood there until the figure passed half of the hill and disappeared from his sight. Only then did he turn around and go home to get his bicycle.
"Why are you still going out at this time?" Old Nie came out of the house, shook his wet hands and asked casually.
But there was no answer. The boy had already got on his bicycle and glided away like the wind.
"You little brat! Running around all day long!" Old Nie muttered a few words, shook his head, and decided to ignore him.
Of course, he never managed it, so sad!
…
The next day was Mid-Autumn Festival.
According to the custom in Shangfeng County, on the Mid-Autumn Festival, married girls will bring their sons-in-law back to their parents' home.
Therefore, the Xiang family started to get busy early in the morning, because Xiang Yao's eldest aunt, younger aunt's families, and eldest cousin and her husband would all come to visit today, and it would be crowded together, and it would be another large group of people.
Xiang Yao had been hoeing in the melon field for most of the night and was extremely sleepy, but the noise outside was so loud that she had to get up yawning.
As soon as I walked out of the room, everyone in the yard turned around.
Xiang Yao couldn't help but pause when he covered his mouth and yawned - Wow, everyone is back except his third cousin Xiang Ming.
"Yaoyao, you really know how to sleep. Others get up early to work, but you sleep until noon."
Liu Xiaolan was picking loofahs under the melon rack at the edge of the yard. Seeing Xiang Yao looking sleepy, she felt very annoyed.
Her daughter Xiuxiu finally had a day off, but she didn't sleep in. She got up early in the morning and was ordered to do work by her mother-in-law. But Xiang Yao slept until she woke up naturally, and no one seemed to have any objections.
Humph, her aunt can’t stand it!
Zhou Aihua laughed, "She's still a girl, she doesn't get enough sleep all year round. Everything will be fine once she gets married. She'll have to get up every day to prepare three meals a day, won't she?"
She didn't finish her words, but everyone heard them.
Being a daughter-in-law is certainly not as comfortable as being a daughter. If you go to someone else's house as a daughter-in-law and stay in bed every day and don't do any work, won't you be scolded to death by your mother-in-law?
Xiang Yao stretched lazily and said in a light tone, "Don't bother the uncles and aunts to worry about this. What's the point of being a human being if you can't even get enough sleep? As for me, I really need to sleep a little longer every day."
After saying that, without even looking at everyone's expressions, she took her toothbrush and went straight to the well to wash.
"This girl," Liu Xiaolan glanced at Xiang Yao, who was squatting by the well rinsing her mouth, and said with a slight frown, her eyes rolling: "Sister-in-law, I heard that you introduced a boyfriend to Yaoyao?"
Zhou Aihua quickly looked at Xiang Yao and smiled awkwardly: "Well, this matter hasn't been confirmed yet. Mom said we should wait for two days to see each other."
Liu Xiaolan threw the loofah into the basket and picked two bitter melons, saying with some disdain:
"That's right. If she doesn't study anymore, she'll have to get married early. Unlike my Xiuxiu, after graduating from high school, she might even go on to become a worker-peasant-soldier university student. Marriage is still a long way off!"
"Pooh!" Xiang Yao grinned and said to the slightly annoyed Liu Xiaolan, "Don't get me wrong, Auntie San, I'm not pooh-poohing you, I'm spitting out toothpaste foam!"
Liu Xiaolan knew very well that she was being insulted, but the other party had already explained it first, and she didn't want to dwell on it. She just turned her back to everyone and rolled her eyes, picked up the basket on the ground, and went to wash the vegetables.
Xiang Yao washed her face and knew that there would be no breakfast left for her in the kitchen, so she prepared to go back to her room and fill her stomach with some sweet potatoes and tomatoes.
Before leaving, she looked at Zhou Aihua with a smile and said, "Come to think of it, I refused to meet someone yesterday. If my aunt and grandma insist on bringing him home, and then we lose face, don't blame me~"
Zhou Aihua paused in his work and was about to say something when he saw Xiang Yao walking away without looking back.
Being threatened and ignored so tenderly by a junior, she couldn't suppress the anger in her heart.
But thinking of the future plans and the fact that her daughter and son-in-law were coming to visit today, she suppressed her surprise.
Oh, wait until this girl gets married, and see what she can still do!
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