Xu Zhiyi wanted to hear what Zhou Shuan would say.
On the contrary, Zhou Shuan, who always acted like a ruffian, didn't speak for a long time, his face sometimes confused and sometimes depressed.
Xu Zhiyi didn't rush him and just waited for him to speak whenever he wanted to.
When all the dishes were served and Xu Zhiyi started eating, he hadn't spoken yet.
"What are you struggling with? You have to tell me so that I can know what's going on between you two."
Xu Zhiyi picked up a piece of shredded pork with green peppers with chopsticks. Hmm, it tasted pretty good, but not as good as Pei Yan's cooking skills.
"Xu Zhiqing, can you help me ask Zhaodi? I...I want to marry her!"
Zhou Shuan confessed directly and decided to go all out.
"Then you have to ask about this yourself. It would seem insincere if someone else asked."
"I asked, but before she could answer me, she came straight here. When I went to look for her again, she had already ignored me."
Zhou Shuan showed a distressed look. Ever since Grandma Zhou passed away, no one told him how to get along with the girl he liked.
In the countryside, there are many men and women of marriageable age. If a man likes a woman, he will first find a matchmaker to visit her home to find out the accent of her parents.
Once the girl's parents agree, the boy's family will choose a day to give gifts and place the engagement.
Zhou Shuan told the whole story.
Ever since Shen Zhaodi came to Xiangyang Village, she had only wanted to work. However, due to her family's preference for boys over girls, she was not suited to the heavy and tiring farm work in the countryside during her first year.
Her family did not prepare anything for her, and after she went to the countryside, they hardly ever sent her any letters, let alone food.
Shen Zhaodi, who had been working at home for a long time and had not had enough to eat, could barely make ends meet with the food and money subsidized by the educated youth from the countryside.
Even if you live frugally, you can't afford to spend more than you earn in the long run.
Therefore, after work, Chen Zhaodi often went to the outskirts of the back mountain to look for edible wild fruits and vegetables.
If you are lucky, you can even pick up one or two pheasant eggs.
Unexpectedly, one day she walked a little further away, but not far from Zhou Shuan's home.
He was hungry, dizzy, and sweating profusely, and suddenly fainted on the road.
When Zhou Shuan came back from outside, he found Shen Zhaodi fainted.
Although he didn't work much, he still knew about the new educated youth who came to the village.
You can tell at a glance that this person is a new educated youth from his unfamiliar face.
Zhou Shuan seems to be doing very well in front of outsiders, but in fact he is a kind person at heart.
He brought Chen Zhaodi home. The girl was so skinny that it was difficult to hold her bones in his arms.
After Zhou Shuan brought the girl back, he also made some porridge for her.
Shen Zhaodi, who had just woken up in a strange house, was a little panicked, but Zhou Shuan was gentle and did not enter the house.
At least Shen Zhaodi let down her guard. She was so hungry that she finally drank the white porridge that Zhou Shuan had cooked for her.
The aroma of soft and glutinous white rice brought tears to Shen Zhaodi's eyes.
Zhou Shuan looked at Chen Zhaodi, who was well-behaved and drank a bowl of porridge slowly and reverently, as if she was tasting some delicacies from the mountains and the sea.
Shen Zhaodi drank a bowl of ordinary white porridge slowly for a long time.
Zhou Shuan inexplicably felt pity for this educated youth who came from the city and seemed to be not living a good life.
After eating a bowl of white porridge, she finally regained some energy. Despite Zhou Shuan's obstruction, Shen Zhaodi insisted on helping him clean the house to thank him.
She couldn't afford to pay him back with food, so she could only repay him in this way.
Shen Zhaodi has been helping with housework since she was four or five years old. Even if Zhou Shuan's house is a mess, she can take care of it.
Soon, the messy house became clean and tidy.
Only then did Shen Zhaodi quietly thank Zhou Shuan and prepare to return to the educated youth site.
"Little educated youth, what's your name?" Zhou Shuan looked at the skinny little educated youth he brought back, and a smile unconsciously appeared in his eyes.
Shen Zhaodi was still a little afraid of Zhou Shuan. Looking at the unruly man, she naturally didn't dare to stay any longer.
"Shen Zhaodi."
He whispered three words and left without looking back.
Since then, Zhou Shuan has inexplicably paid more attention to Shen Zhaodi.
I know that she often goes to the outskirts of the back mountain to find food after work.
The wild fruits outside are all targeted by greedy children. Once one is ripe, it will be eaten up quickly.
Shen Zhaodi often returned empty-handed.
She had been malnourished and hungry for a long time. She had a sallow face, dry hair, and an underdeveloped body. She looked like an extremely ordinary girl.
She doesn't have an attractive appearance.
But Zhou Shuan was inexplicably thinking about her in his heart. Whenever he went to work, his eyes would unconsciously drift towards Shen Zhaodi.
While Chen Zhaodi was looking for wild fruits at the foot of the mountain, he ventured deeper into the mountains to find ripe fruits, picked them and brought them back to give to her.
Shen Zhaodi was afraid that it was too late for him, so how could she accept his things?
How could she, being timid and cowardly, be a match for the unruly Zhou Shuan? Zhou Shuan forced her to accept it, and in order to reassure her, he asked her to sew clothes for him.
How could Shen Zhaodi not respond, nor did she dare to enter his house. After all, as an adult man, the risk factor was quite high.
Zhou Shuan didn't force it, but instead brought his crookedly sewn clothes to this sparsely populated place.
After Shen Zhaodi had sewn it up for him, she finally accepted the fruit he had forced upon her.
The sour and sweet fruit was much more delicious than any she had found before.
Even though they gradually became familiar with each other after a few interactions, Chen Zhaodi still looked cautious and timid.
She knew that Zhou Shuan was helping him out of kindness, and she tried her best to do what Zhou Shuan asked her to do. The two of them always kept their distance.
Zhou Shuan didn't dare to do anything else. Although Chen Zhaodi was timid, she was extremely cautious.
Even if he just said a few words to test her, she would definitely avoid him afterwards.
Zhou Shuan had no choice but to think of all kinds of things that needed Shen Zhaodi's help, and sent her different kinds of food in different ways, just to prevent Shen Zhaodi from going hungry.
He didn't have much wealth to begin with, and after Grandma Zhou passed away, one person's food fed the whole family.
By chance, he followed the butcher next door and secretly did the work of butchering pigs.
Those pigs were secretly raised by someone just to sell them on the black market.
Killing pigs is physical work, but it can make money and is better than farming.
There is nothing wrong with it except that the risk factor is higher.
It was common for Zhou Shuan to come back late at night, so he simply moved to a more remote part of the village and built two houses.
The thatched and mud-walled house is much better than the previous one.
Because of this, the villagers kept guessing that the money might have been left by Old Mrs. Zhou.
However, Zhou Shuan couldn't hear it, and even if he did, he didn't care. Over time, no one talked about it anymore.
When Zhou Shuan was in his twenties and had been living alone, he finally wanted a wife and children to live in.
A timid little face appeared in his mind.
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