Nowadays, everyone who grows medicinal herbs with Xie Baotian is all smiles. With money in their hands, they feel more confident. The men have also started to frequent Xie Baotian's small shop. Those who couldn't afford to replace their glass before are now buying a few pieces to replace it, and they're also getting the latest glass tea sets. Living life is all about having a certain spirit; if others have it, they should have it too.
Young women and married women would go out in groups of three or two to buy fabric and make clothes, and children also had delicious snacks, and their happiness index rose sharply.
Autumn to the Lunar New Year period has always been a good time for matchmaking in rural areas. Everyone knows that Xiejia Village has become rich, and young women from other villages all want to marry a young man from Xiejia Village.
Young men from other villages also want to marry girls from Xiejia Village, not only for a better life, but also because they hope that by establishing a marriage alliance, they can benefit from any good things that happen in Xiejia Village.
Suddenly, the value of the young men and women in Xiejia Village skyrocketed, and matchmakers from all around flocked to the village. Even Xie Tianqi and Xie Yumin were targeted.
Xie Tianqi did try to arrange a marriage for Xie Yumin when she was only twelve years old. However, Lu Shi and Wang Shi refused, saying that they couldn't manage the marriages of their children and that Xie Yushu should make the decisions.
Upon hearing this, the matchmaker gave up her idea.
Those who had previously said that Xie Yushu was divorced and that Xie Yumin would definitely be unwanted are now all smiling and praising Lu and Wang for their good fortune.
Even Wang's nephews became highly sought-after suitors for young women.
In the past, Xiejia Village would only get three to five wives a year, but this autumn alone, more than twenty marriages have been arranged!
Not only have the older young men who were delayed by the drought in the past two years finally gotten married, but even thirteen- or fourteen-year-old girls and boys have been betrothed early on, and the betrothals are all quite good.
When one person attains enlightenment, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven—this is probably what it means!
Huya and Xiao Dayong's families made money, while the people of Phoenix Mouth felt a mix of emotions. They regretted once again not having cultivated a good relationship with Xie Yushu when she was around. Now, they couldn't even find a way to be related to her!
Look at Huya and Li Shi, they only helped Xie Yushu with a few small favors, and they've already turned their lives around!
Why don't I have eyes in the front and back of my head?
Even Xiao Zhengde regretted his shortsightedness, not planting a few more acres of medicinal herbs, thus missing out on a hundred or so taels of silver!
His family already owns a lot of land. If he were like Xie Baotian, taking out ten or twenty acres to grow medicinal herbs, wouldn't he become a small landlord in two years?
Unfortunately, there's no going back.
Since Xiao Dayong and Huya made money, the two companies have become the focus of attention in Phoenix Mouth.
Xiao Dayong and Li Shi were both honest and hardworking. They had completely separated from Old Mrs. Xiao and the others, and the couple had long ago built houses for their two sons.
Now that the medicinal herbs have been sold, both of his sons are engaged and are waiting for the betrothal gifts to be given next January so that they can bring their wives into the family!
Huya acquired four acres of wasteland and had seven or eight taels of silver left. Huya's grandmother planned to find Huya a wife so she could rest easy.
Tiger Tooth insisted on using half of the dowry to prepare a dowry for Tiger Sister. He said that if he found a suitable girl, he would get engaged first and marry her a year later. This way, he could save up the dowry for another year, and both brother and sister could have a decent marriage.
Grandma Tiger Tooth thought this was acceptable, so she agreed and spread the word that she would arrange a marriage for Tiger Tooth.
Before the matchmaker could even arrive, Xiao Yan came to visit first.
Tiger Tooth grew quite well. He used to be short and thin, but when Xie Yushu was around, she helped him collect medicinal herbs to exchange for money. When she sent Chu Jinyu back, Xie Baotian also packed some food and sent it over to express his gratitude. Now that he could eat his fill, he also grew taller.
Especially since they earned more than twenty taels of silver this year, the three of them, grandfather, grandmother, and grandson, were willing to eat better and buy new clothes. As the saying goes, clothes make the man, and with this new look, Tiger Tooth was considered an outstanding young man in the village.
Before, Xiao Yan looked down on people because they were poor, but now that they're doing well, Xiao Yan suddenly thinks that tiger teeth are actually quite handsome!
So, while he was washing clothes for Widow Liu and her daughter, he secretly grabbed Tiger Tooth, who was going up the mountain to chop firewood.
Tiger Tooth saw Xiao Yan drop the half-washed clothes and run towards him from afar, but he didn't expect her to grab his hand so quickly. He immediately pulled his hand away and frowned.
"What are you doing! Get to the point, stop pulling and shoving, and ruin my reputation!"
Seeing him shake her off as if she were something dirty, Xiao Yan said, feeling wronged.
"What do you, a grown man, need to prove your innocence? I'm not even worried about ruining my reputation, yet you're worried about yours!"
Tiger Tooth asked her impatiently.
"What exactly do you want? If you have something to say, go talk to my sister or my grandma. My grandma is looking for a wife for me. If something ambiguous gets between us, wouldn't that be a waste of my time?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan immediately became anxious, disregarding her dislike for Huya's unpleasant words, and directly said...
"Brother Huya, actually, there's something I want to talk to you about privately."
Huya didn't want to talk to her, but she blocked his way, so he had no choice but to ask...
"Then hurry up and tell me, but I'm telling you this first: I don't have any money to lend. I've used all the money I earned to buy land."
Huya is probably asking him for money again. He already feels he doesn't have enough money. If it were someone who helped him before, he would be willing to lend them some to help them out in an emergency. But this Xiao Yan looks down on him every time she sees him. She still wants to borrow money from him? No way!
Xiao Yan cursed inwardly at Huya's sharp teeth, but given the circumstances, she had no choice but to back down. So she pretended not to care and said...
"How could that be? Tiger Tooth Bro, I'm not asking you for money. I know you used the money to buy land. I just wanted to say..."
"What did you say? Stop dawdling and you're delaying my work."
Xiao Yanqi thought Huya was completely oblivious to romance. She gritted her teeth, gave Huya a flirtatious look, and then grabbed his hand.
"Tiger Tooth Bro, I was young and naive before, and I was fooled by my fourth brother into marrying Cao Cheng'an. Actually, the person I really love is you!"
My parents insisted that I marry into the Cao family so that they could receive a dowry of one hundred taels of silver in order to support my fourth brother's education.
Tiger Tooth Bro, I really regret not insisting on not marrying you back then. If I had, maybe I would have been your wife long ago.
Now that I'm single again, I can finally tell you my feelings openly: I love you, I want to see you every day, Tiger Tooth Bro, will you marry me?
After Xiao Yan finished speaking, she made a gesture resembling Xi Shi holding her heart, looking at Hu Ya with deep affection.
Tiger Tooth was caught off guard when she directly confessed her feelings for him. His ears turned red and his face flushed. After all, he was only fifteen or sixteen years old. How could he not be excited when a woman intercepted him and confessed her feelings? But after the excitement subsided, he remembered the disdain Xiao Yan had shown him in the past and immediately sobered up.
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