Yang Anjin shook his head. He definitely couldn't tell the truth, so he made up an excuse: "No, I'm bored staying at home, so I wanted to come and talk to Dong Hu."
"It's boring to stay at home all day. It's good to go out for a walk. Look at Fang Chu. I said that if he was half as quiet as you, I would feel relieved."
She said, seeing that Yang Anjin didn't touch the food in his hand, she urged: "Eat, eat quickly."
"Yeah." Yang Anjin agreed, but he really had no appetite at the moment. He picked up a piece of mung bean cake and took a small bite.
After all, they hadn't married yet, so Yang Anjin couldn't stay at the Zhao family's house. Anyway, everything that needed to be said had been said clearly. He was worried that Zhang Lanzhen would be sad alone at home, so he didn't stay for long and left after sitting for a while.
Zhu Cuilan picked a lot of fresh seasonal vegetables from the vegetable garden for him, as well as two plump summer melons. Although these things were abundant in every household's vegetable garden, they were still a token of Zhu Cuilan's thoughtfulness.
Yang Anjin couldn't refuse, so he had to accept it. Yang Donghu walked him to the door and said, "Don't be impatient about that matter. You need to talk about it slowly. Although my aunt is interested in showing Fang Chuxiang someone else, she hasn't been satisfied with several people in a row. Maybe there will be a chance for them. Go back and persuade my aunt not to worry too much. It's hot and it's easy to get sick."
"I understand. I'm really sorry to trouble you, Donghu."
"What are we talking about? Let's go back. It's so hot."
Yang Anjin sneaked into Zhao's house and was afraid of being scolded by Zhang Lanzhen after bringing the things back. Fortunately, Zhang Lanzhen was worried about Yang Anchen and didn't ask where these things came from.
Zhao Fangchu and Chen Ran played outside until noon before returning home. As soon as they got home, they gulped down several gulps of water.
Seeing him sweating profusely from the heat, Zhu Cuilan scolded him and told him not to go out at noon: "Look at how crazy you are. Why don't you learn from An Jin? Look at how quiet she is sitting here. What good family would be interested in someone like you?"
Zhao Fangchu didn't care about this at all. He swallowed the last sip of water in his mouth and asked Yang Donghu: "Is An Jin here today?"
"Yeah." Yang Donghu handed him a piece of cut summer melon to quench his thirst: "Wipe off the sweat after you finish eating."
Now that there was not much work to do at home, the two boys went back to Yang Donghu's house to rest after lunch.
It turned out that whenever Zhao Luochuan left, Yang Donghu would run to the next yard to eat and sleep with Zhao Fangchu. But now that grandma is here, Yang Donghu wanted to accompany her, so he didn't live in the next yard.
Since he refused to go over, Zhao Fangchu brought the bedding over himself. Anyway, the two of them had to sleep together.
The two of them took off their outer clothes and lay on their backs on the bed. It was hot and a cool mat had already been placed on the mattress. Yang Donghu had a cold body and was not very afraid of the heat. Only Zhao Fangchu was fanning himself with a fan in his hand.
Zhu Cuilan went to see a matchmaker again in the afternoon, but the matchmaker was not at home at the moment. Yang Donghu had promised to do something for Yang Anjin, so he planned to sound out the situation with Zhao Fangchu first.
"Have you seen the houses that Auntie went to see? What do you think?"
Zhao Fangchu seemed a little bored when he mentioned this. He turned over and said lazily, "Not really. I haven't seen the person myself. My mother told me about it after she came back."
"What did Auntie say?"
"As my mother would say, they're all mismatched, no wonder they're still around. I heard one of them isn't even as tall as my mother, and looks like a child."
Zhu Cuilan had been looking for a date more and more frequently recently. It turned out that she hadn't found a good match. Yang Donghu thought of the carpenter's son and asked, "The carpenter's son from last time wasn't suitable either?"
"It seems okay, but my mother said I can't hang myself on one tree. I have to visit more families and compare them." Zhao Fangchu sighed: "Oh, you don't understand, I haven't even seen the noses and eyes of those people clearly, and they actually want me to spend my whole life with them. It's scary to think about it."
There was no need for two people to worry too much when talking in the room, and there was no need to worry about being overheard and thought of as indecent by others when talking about men. Zhao Fangchu spoke in long paragraphs as if he was pouring out his grievances.
"You said the two of you haven't had much contact, so how can you tell if he's good or bad? Some people are born to pretend. If they start after you get married, wouldn't that be deceptive? You only meet once or twice during your wedding night, and you may not even be able to see what the other person looks like. If you find out he's ugly during the wedding night, you won't be able to escape even if you want to."
"I just said I wanted to stay home and not be in a hurry. My mother scolded me when I said that. Do you think she really wanted me to go to someone else's house?"
"Hey, Dong Ge, what were you thinking when you came back with my brother Dachuan last year? Were you scared? People say he has a bad temper and is prone to violence. He can kill people with one punch. Although the rumors are a bit exaggerated, he is still really scary when he gets angry."
Looking back, when Yang Donghu first came to the Zhao family last year, it seemed like it was a thing of his past life. Some details were a little vague, but he was definitely scared. He even seemed to cry that night.
Yang Donghu wanted to laugh when he thought about how nervous he was back then: "Of course I was scared. I was pushed out to ward off disaster for no apparent reason. I was terrified of the river back then and even cried at night."
"Ah, really?" Zhao Fangchu became interested and lay on the bed with his legs raised and swinging back and forth.
"Of course, he was so tall and never smiled, so he could scare people to death if he stuck his head in there. But after a little interaction, I felt he was a very nice person. That night, he was afraid that I would be scared, so he went to sleep in the bed in the west room. The next day, he even picked hawthorns for me. So I wasn't afraid of him anymore."
Zhao Fangchu nodded in agreement: "Brother Dachuan is really scary when he gets serious."
"I've only talked about it, what about you?" Yang Donghu turned his head to look at him.
"Me what?"
"Now that there are no outsiders around, let's talk privately. Do you have someone you like?"
Zhao Fangchu thought seriously for a while, then shook his head: "I don't know what love is. I think all the men out there are the same, nothing special."
"But you don't feel happy when you think about it?"
Zhao Fangchu continued to shake his head: "No."
"Hmm..." He was still young. Yang Donghu thought for a moment and then changed the question: "Have you thought about who you want to spend your life with?"
To Zhao Fangchu, such a life seemed far away. His mind was full of food, clothing, and fun, so he had no time to think about who to be with.
He shook his head honestly: "No."
The young girl's love affair was suddenly stirred up, and Zhao Fangchu's earlobes still blushed slightly. He paused and added, "But if such a person really does appear in the future, I hope he can take me to eat lots of delicious food and take me to places I haven't been to. He also needs to have a good temper and not get angry with me. Otherwise, with my temper, won't we be arguing every day? That would be so boring."
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