“Wuwuwu…! Wuwa…”
As they got closer, amidst the hustle and bustle, they could hear faint cries coming from the yard, which made the brother and sister realize it at the same time.
Something must have happened at home again...
"etc!"
Hua Shi stopped Hua Yu who was about to rush into the crowd, and stuffed the pheasant in his hand and the basket with the black cat in it into his hands.
"What are you doing?!"
Hua Yu frowned and was unwilling to accept these two things.
Hua Shi raised the corner of his mouth slightly, his eyes flickering with anxiety as he said, "What else can I do? Don't you see what time it is? If you rush back now, aren't you asking for trouble? And what else can you do if you go back? Are you waiting to be scolded along with me?"
Her words were reasonable and sharp.
Hua Yu pursed her lips in silence, stubbornly saying nothing, and still refused to take the things.
"Okay, take your things and find a place to wait. Come back when it's almost dark. You don't need to water the soybeans in the field anymore. And you can't let your mother see the pheasant, otherwise you won't have anything to eat.
I'll go back and see what happened. If Xiao and the others did something to make Grandma angry, I can still give them some advice. If you go back, you'll just be scolded too. Don't ask for trouble."
Hua Shi forced the thing into his hand, ignoring his reluctance, and squeezed into the courtyard gate, past the crowd of onlookers outside.
Hua Yu's frown never relaxed as he watched the figure disappear from his sight, but he was unable to do anything.
Of course he knew that what Hua Shi said made sense. It was only the afternoon now, and he would not be home until the evening when he went to work in the fields.
If he ran back without caring about anything now and was seen by Li, it would only add fuel to the fire and be useless...
…
"Oh my... why are you crying, my little girl? This is a happy day. If you keep crying like this, you'll cry away all the blessings, which would be bad..."
As Hua Shi stepped over the threshold, he heard the hoarse voice of an old woman.
When I looked up, I saw an old woman with a big red flower on her head and wearing a bright red coat, sitting at the table.
Li's face was stiff, and she didn't know whether to smile or not, and she looked very embarrassed.
On the opposite side of Li, there was an old woman who looked familiar. She seemed to be the grandmother of the Xie family...
The one she carried down the mountain that day...
Hua Xiao and Hua Li, the two siblings, hugged each other and sat on the ground, crying loudly, and a broom was thrown not far away.
Hua Xiao cried so hard, as if she had just been beaten by Li, that her face was covered with tears and snot.
Hua Li also buried her head, as if she was sobbing softly, but her crying was not that loud...
"Oh! This must be my eldest daughter, she's back! We've come just in time!"
The woman with a big red flower on her head and wrinkles on her face wrinkled with smile, when she noticed Hua standing at the gate of the yard, she stood up and waved at her.
Hua Shizheng breathed a sigh of relief, but before he could figure out the situation, a woman came over in two or three steps, grabbed his hand and dragged him inside.
She felt uneasy, and before she could ask, the woman forced her to sit on a bench.
Then the woman was heard saying cheerfully, "The eldest daughter is really pretty. She must be seventeen this year. That's a bit old, but just right."
Hua Shi's hair stood on end when she stared at him. He turned his head and subconsciously looked at Li, who had a gloomy face, and called out softly, "Grandma..."
The woman walked around her and pinched her shoulders with both hands, which made her almost jump up. The woman smiled and said,
"She's a little thin, but she'll be fine after some rest. Oh, look at my memory. My eldest daughter just came back from outside, so you might not know. I'm Matchmaker He. Your grandma is arranging a marriage for you. This is your in-laws' mother-in-law..."
Before matchmaker He could finish her words, Hua Shi jumped up in shock, a look of horror on his face.
"Matchmaker...?"
Talk about kissing?!
Hua Shi looked at Li in astonishment and called out hesitantly, "Milk?"
Li's mood was already extremely bad. When she saw Hua Shi's gaze, she looked at the smiling matchmaker He and the old lady surnamed Xie.
Thinking of the old woman's threats to her, Li weighed the pros and cons in her mind for a long time, let out a sigh of anger and annoyance, and glanced at the old woman Xie sitting opposite with her dark eyes.
He was so angry that his teeth itched. After slowly taking a deep breath, he said, "Ashi is still young. I have loved her for more than ten years and I don't want her to get married so early..."
Xie turned her head and glanced at He the matchmaker. He the matchmaker caught her eye and immediately understood what she meant. She pinched her handkerchief and waved it at Li, smiling.
"What do you mean by 'young'? You're already seventeen, and if you don't get married, you'll be an old maid in two years and no one will want you. Seventeen is still a little old, Aunt Lianxin, please don't be confused. This will delay your daughter's life, so you can't be careless."
Matchmaker He's long speech completely blocked what Li wanted to say.
Xie, who had been silent all this time, coughed lightly and looked up at Li.
The two old ladies, both in their fifties, exchanged glances, their expressions full of tension.
Li saw the naked threat in the old woman's eyes.
Xie whispered, "Lianxin, please don't be confused..."
Li's face was gloomy, and she didn't know what she was thinking. Suddenly she raised her eyes, glared at Hua Shi who was looking confused, and said in a slow voice,
"Ashi is my most precious granddaughter. If your Xie family wants to marry her, it's not impossible. Just give me five taels of silver as a betrothal gift, and I will agree to the marriage."
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