Chapter 145 Chapter 145 And the grass...
Fangcao, on the other hand, was stunned for a moment when she heard that Su's Fifth Lady had asked her out, but she quickly regained her composure. Her expression was indifferent, neither happy nor sad, just like when she had approached her mother Lan a few days ago to announce her intention to marry. She said to the bearer of the letter, "Please tell Madam Su that I'm staying home to get married and that I'm sorry I can't come."
With that, she turned and went back into her house to continue embroidering her wedding gown. Actually, Fangcao had been very happy since she heard the news of his safe return, but as time passed and no further news came, she felt only bewilderment. Until a few days ago, when she saw Su's father and his two companions passing by her house on their way home to pay respects to their ancestors, her beloved brother Qinghe refused even to look at her, even though she was standing right before him, staring at him infatuatedly...
At that moment Fangcao's heart completely died. She suddenly remembered, yes, the other person never asked her to wait, nor did he say that he would marry her. It was she who waited foolishly and fantasized. It was she who was eager to like the other person. Maybe she had never been in his heart at the beginning, and it was just her wishful thinking.
From that moment on, Fangcao's dream was completely shattered. She was already 20 years old and the oldest unmarried girl in the village. If her grandfather had not been the village chief and if she had not been able to embroider, there would have been more and more people gossiping about her in the village.
The same goes for her biological parents. Seeing that she refused to get married, they said all kinds of nasty things to her. Every time, she could only hide in the house and pretend not to hear. Her only hope was to wait for Brother Qinghe to come back and marry her. Now all hope is gone. Fangcao can no longer hold on, and doesn't want to hold on anymore. Maybe she and the other party are destined to be incompatible.
At the Su family, after hearing the reply from the messenger, Su Li looked at her third brother's expression the next second, and sure enough, it was not very good.
In fact, Su Li understood what Sister Fangcao was thinking. After all, it had been so long and her third brother hadn't made any move. It was inevitable that she would feel hopeless and even resentful. The person who tied the bell must untie it. Su Li couldn't do anything more. However, before leaving, Su Li said to her third brother Su Qinghe, "Third brother, if you really like Sister Fangcao, why don't you go and meet her in person?"
After saying that, she left. Su Li herself had no experience in love matters, but she felt that if two people really liked each other, they would not be separated. If they really separated, it must be because one of them did not like the other, or both of them were not talkative. Her third brother and Sister Fangcao had become like this now, wasn't it because both of them were not talkative?
If only one of them had asked the other, this wouldn't have happened. However, the biggest responsibility lies with the third brother. It's natural for a girl to be shy. But where's her third brother? It's been almost two weeks since he came back, and there's been no movement at all. Is he waiting for the girl to come and propose marriage?
Thinking of this, Su Li decided to just ignore it and let him solve it himself.
Looking at Su Li walking away, Su Qinghe stood there in a daze, motionless for a long time. After a while, he seemed to have made up his mind and immediately went to the backyard to lead the horse out.
"Who took the horse away..." Ah Wen came out from the side after hearing the noise.
"Let me use it..."
After saying that, Su Qinghe rode away on his horse.
When Su Li heard news about Sister Fangcao again, it was time for her third brother Su Qinghe to go to her mother to propose marriage.
"What? Fragrant grass?" Chen was stunned when she heard the news. Not only her, but also Mrs. Wu, Old Man Su, Su's father and others.
Especially Chen. Not long ago, she was still wondering when to let her third son go to meet someone. She never expected that the next second she heard that her son had someone he liked?
And that person was someone everyone was familiar with. Su Tao looked at the third brother with an expression that said, "When will you two get together?"
"Fangcao? But is that the Fangcao we know?" asked Mrs. Wu.
All eyes were focused on Su Qinghe. The depressed look on Su Qinghe's face from the previous two days had disappeared. He was now refreshed. "Yes, it's the fragrant grass from Uncle Zeng's house."
Chen interrupted, "Didn't you hear that she was getting married?" This was told to Chen by Lu. At that time, she was still thinking that the girl had finally come to her senses and was getting married, considering how old she was.
"She has broken off the engagement with that man." Su Qinghe did not say how the engagement was broken off.
Mrs. Wu said "oh" and suddenly remembered something, and Chen next to her obviously thought of it too.
No wonder Fangcao hasn’t gotten married in all these years.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other and saw the same look in each other's eyes.
"Okay, tomorrow I will ask a matchmaker to propose marriage for you." Chen did not hesitate and made the decision immediately. After all, the little girl had been waiting for her son for so many years. What's more, Fangcao was indeed a good girl, a good girl who knew her background well.
Su Qinghe grinned when he heard this. "Thank you, mother."
Everyone was very happy, except Su Qingshan who was confused. Didn’t he say he didn’t want to get married?
Here, the Lan family has been a little confused these days. First, the Zhu family took the initiative to come and cancel the engagement, and then the daughter came and said that she wanted to marry the third son of the Su family, and said that the Su family would come to propose marriage in the next two days, etc.
When Lan heard this, she initially thought her daughter was having a fit because of the broken engagement. Putting aside the fact that the Su family was completely unrelated to her own, just think about what the Su family was like now, and what their family was like now. Why would they marry her?
Yes, the Lan family really looked down on the Su family in the past. After all, the Su family could not compare to their own family in any aspect. However, ever since the Su family bought a house in the county town and opened a restaurant, the Lan family no longer dared to look down on them. The reason was simple: people would not look down on those who were much better than themselves.
What's more, it is said that the second and third sons of the Su family have both held official positions in the military camp, so they don't have to worry about marriage. How could they possibly fall for her Fangcao?
Lan couldn't believe it, but she didn't dare to say anything. After all, she had heard that if a hysterical attack occurred, it was best to go along with it, otherwise it would become more serious. However, she secretly decided to go to the county town tomorrow to ask a doctor to come back and treat her daughter properly.
"Okay, Mom understands." Lan replied without saying anything.
This look made Fangcao stunned, but she had listened to cold words for so many years and now she didn't want to stay with her mother and talk too much, so she went back to the house after she finished speaking.
Only Lan was left with a worried look on her face. When Boss Zeng came back, she quickly told him about this. Boss Zeng was also confused. Was his daughter crazy?
He couldn't believe it. "Wasn't he fine at dinner?"
Lan, "If everything was fine, why did she come to tell me this afternoon that the Su family would come to propose marriage tomorrow?"
"Did she really say that?"
Lan, "I heard it with my own ears."
Boss Zeng was silent for a long while before he said, "I'll ask a doctor to come and take a look tomorrow."
Lan, "Okay."
After saying that, the two fell silent again. They lay on the bed and didn't speak for a long time. Although they always said some unpleasant things on weekdays, they really hoped that their daughter would get better. What should they do in the future if Fangcao really went crazy?
At this moment, Lan suddenly felt a little regretful. She regretted that she shouldn't have said to her daughter all day long that she might as well die if she couldn't get married. She regretted that after her daughter's engagement was broken off, she not only didn't comfort her but also blamed her.
She thought that her daughter must have been driven crazy by her. When she thought of this possibility, Lan couldn't sleep at all.
After staying up all night, Lan urged her husband to go to the town to call a doctor early in the morning. Zeng Lao Da was also anxious and went out without even having breakfast. After he went out, he did not leave by himself, but ran to find his second brother and asked him to take him there in a mule cart.
Zeng Laoer was still a little sleepy, "Brother, what's the matter? Why are you in such a hurry?" Ever since he made some money, Zeng Laoer has returned to his previous life of working for three days and drying the net for two days. When Zeng Laoda came to find him, he hadn't even gotten up yet.
Boss Zeng didn't want to hide it, "Fangcao is having a hysterical episode."
Hysteria? Zeng Laoer was stunned. What did that mean? He saw Fangcao was fine yesterday, how could she be hysterical?
This was a big deal, so Zeng Laoer didn't dare to delay and hurried to get the mule.
The two brothers went straight to town.
It was a coincidence that when Chen's father Su and his group arrived, they just missed them.
At this time, Zeng's family
Lan looked at the Su family, the matchmaker and others in front of her, and was completely confused. "What did you say?"
The matchmaker smiled and waved her handkerchief when she heard this, saying, "Madam, congratulations to you."
Lan, "Not this one, the next one..."
The matchmaker was a little surprised, but she still told the story again about the Su family coming to propose marriage.
Lan looked at the large and small bags of gifts in Su Sanlang's hands, and then she realized that what her daughter said was true. She thought of her husband who had been called to the town to call a doctor by her, and she sighed in her heart that something was not good, but the situation before her did not allow her to do anything else, so she had to invite Chen and Su's father and their group into the house first.
After we sat down, the matchmaker asked, "Is the man at home?"
Lan, "Ah? Oh, he has something to do and will be back soon."
The matchmaker said, "Okay, then we'll talk about other things after the man comes back."
When proposing a marriage, both families must be present.
Now that the guests were not gathered together, the matchmaker didn't know what to say, but she couldn't let the atmosphere remain dull, so she started by praising the couple. She first praised the woman and then the man, and only stopped when she was mouth dry.
However, Lan was totally out of shape and barely smiled, which made the matchmaker think that the deal would not go through.
It was not until Boss Zeng came back that Lan seemed to remember something and rushed out to stop the man, pulled him aside, and told him what had happened.
Zeng Lao Da and Zeng Lao Er were also dumbfounded when they heard this. What was going on? They felt sorry for Zeng Lao Er and called a doctor, but then sent the doctor back.
"I want to sit at the main table for dinner," said Zeng Lao Er.
Boss Zeng nodded quickly, "Okay, okay, thank you for your help, second brother."
Zeng Lao Er then drove away in his mule cart, but he had forgotten that as the second uncle, he was supposed to sit at the main table.
On this side, after seeing everyone leave, Boss Zeng walked into the house. As he walked, he asked Lan if her hair and clothes were messy and if they fit her well.
Lan was also panicking at this time. She remembered that she had gone to the fields early this morning and was still wearing those old clothes. She felt very upset.
If she had known that the Su family would come to propose marriage today, she would have worn new clothes.
But no one can be blamed for this. After all, even though the eldest daughter said it clearly, she still didn't believe it.
"Okay, let's go, they are still waiting for us inside." Lan interrupted her husband and urged.
Only then did Boss Zeng give up tidying up his clothes and walked inside.
"Brother Su..."
"Brother Zeng..."
After entering the house, the two parties greeted each other and chatted for a while, and then the matchmaker took the initiative to take over the conversation and get back to the point of today's events.
Even though Boss Zeng had just heard what his wife said, he couldn't believe it. After all, the Su family and his own family? If it was possible before, how could it be possible now with such a huge gap between the two families? But even though Boss Zeng didn't believe it, the facts were already in front of him, and he couldn't help but believe it.
Thinking that his family was about to become relatives with the Su family, Boss Su didn't think about anything else and happily agreed immediately.
This also made the matchmaker feel relieved. She had originally thought that today's matter would not be successful when she saw the lady's face. She never thought that it would be successful so easily. In this way, she could also get the wedding money. Thinking of this, the matchmaker's face suddenly became more smiling and she kept saying congratulations.
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