When Yang Yunzhi heard that someone was coming to visit so late, he was so frightened that he even held his breath.
The person who knocked on the door didn't see anyone coming to open the door, and shouted at the top of her voice: "Brother Yang, it's me, I'm Sister Chu."
Hearing that the person who came was Chu Han, Yang Yunzhi was able to breathe again when the air around him was grabbed.
When Yang Yunzhi came out to open the door, he happened to catch Shi Yu who was about to go out. Their eyes met in mid-air. The latter immediately lowered his head in a hurry and pulled his hair to cover his face, thinking in his heart that it was best for her not to recognize him.
Shi Yu only glanced at it and then withdrew her gaze, then fell on the tall woman outside the door.
Isn't that woman the bookkeeper who used to be in the county government office and wanted to use her official power to blackmail her into a few taels of silver?
On the second day, the sky was slightly bright, and the mist was still in Xiaotao Village by the river.
Today is the day when Shi Yu comes to propose to Lin An and discuss the wedding date. No, they have been busy all morning.
Lin Qingyu, who was supposed to return to the college a few days ago, asked for leave from the college again because she wanted to watch her younger brother get married with her own eyes, and postponed her return for a few days.
In the kitchen, Mr. Lin Chen, who was preparing to eat, saw that his son was still wearing the coarse linen clothes of the past, and said angrily: "Today Shi Yu will come to formally proposes marriage to you, why don't you dress up."
Lin An, who knew that Sister Shi Yu was coming today and wanted to propose marriage to him, covered his hot cheeks and lowered his long eyelashes shyly: "Sister Shi Yu has never seen me looking like that."
"You kid, how can you make such a point? If our men don't dress up in front of the wife, who will we dress up for? Besides, men only want to please their appearance, so you dress up beautifully and wait for me to come in. My wife will also look at you." Lin Chen suddenly thought of something, patted his leg, and dragged him towards the room.
"Come here and let dad dress you up. I'll make sure your future wife won't be able to take her eyes off you."
Lin An's cheeks turned red when he him say 'Future Wife': "Dad, the marriage has not been decided yet, what are you talking about?"
"Isn't it just a matter of time? No woman would be able to hold a son as beautiful as my An'er in the palm of her hand."
Lin Qiao was supposed to get up early in the morning and apply pink dots on his face, but suddenly the yuegui (Yuegui: menstruation) came and forced him to lie on the bed in anger, biting his mouth so hard that his lips bleeds, and his fingers scratched the thin quilt underneath him.
Not to mention dressing up, when he moved now, he felt the pain of a knife stirring his intestines. His lower body felt sore and swollen as if he had been soaked in winter well water. The most unbearable thing for him was that if he moved, his lower body would collapse, if he forced to get up from the bed, it will cause dizziness and vomiting.
For this reason, his mother asked his husband to prescribe some medicine for him.
He drank it but it had no effect. After a long time, he would lie on the bed during the days when Yuegui came, and sleep for a whole day in a daze, and only walk out of the bed when his symptoms got better.
Even so, the past few days in Yuegui were still extremely unpleasant. If anything happened that didn't go his way at all, his mood would collapse and he would become furious.
Originally, Lin Qiao should have closed his eyes and slept as usual, but when he thought that Sister Shi Yu would come today and make an engagement with that scheming man Lin An, he was so angry that he would crawl out even if he died in the coffin!
Soon, the time came.
Two people came outside the Lin family courtyard. They were carrying pig meat, chicken eggs and other food in their hands, and there were even two big live chickens, a male and a female.
Mr. Lin Chen, who had been waiting outside early, saw Shi Yu coming and bringing so many gifts, and his lips were almost crooked with a smile.
You must know that the more attention the wife's family pays to the man, the more gifts they will give. If she gives so many things, doesn't it mean that she is very satisfied with An'er?
"Come just come, why do you bring so many gifts?" Mr. Lin Chen said, but his hands were not reluctant when receiving the gifts.
Look, how fat these two chickens are. The gift box should contain gift cakes, wine, Sijing fruit, Sichuan candies, and tea. You must know that even when he got married, he only got one live chicken. A pot of wine and half a tael of silver as a betrothal gift, where are the Sijing fruits and tea leaves?
Lin Qingyu, who was standing outside the door, nodded lightly: "Here she comes."
"En, big aunt, is mother-in-law at home?" After Shi Yu handed the stuff to Lin Chen, she asked the person in charge of the marriage negotiations.
Shi Yu didn't expect that this day would come so quickly.
Within a few months of her arrival in a Matriarchal Country, she not only had a son, but now she also had a young husband. Her life was heading like a rocket.
While the two were talking, Lin Huizhi, who was returning from working in the fields, handed her hat to Lin Chen. She looked at the closed door and frowned: "Qiao'er still can't get up?"
"It's not like you don't know that yuegui gets tight every time you get up. You'll have to grab some milk for him to eat later." Mr. Lin Chen, who had boiled a pot of tea to entertain the guests, thought of Lin Qiao who was unable to get out, felt inexplicably relieved.
After all, Lin Qiao's appearance was much better than An'er's, and he was used to getting into trouble. He was really afraid that Lin Qiao would be so angry that he would resort to some tricks when he knows that An'er get married into the town.
"Do it as soon as possible, otherwise procrastination is not an option." Lin Huizhi took the tea and downed a bigko, thinking of her late husband who died young, with a touch of sadness on her face.
Lin Qiao is a premature baby. On the surface, he looks similar to a full-term baby, but his foundation is weaker after all, which is why his family loves him so much that he doesn't even have to work.
After Lin Huizhi drank a bowl of tea, she remembered that there were two people in the courtyard and said, "Have you had breakfast? If not, you can use it here. Although it is a simple meal, it is enough."
"I had already eaten when I came here. I came here today mainly because I wanted to discuss the engagement with my mother-in-law." Shi Yu did not forget about business and followed Lin Huizhi into the main hall where guests were entertained.
After the matchmaker entered the house, he kept saying nice things, almost praising Shi Yu as a flower, and even her previous bad habits were beautified into saying that you can't change your life for money, and your age will hurt people.
Just when the matchmaker was so boastful that his mouth was dry, the two families got down to business.
Shi Yu took out five taels of silver wrapped in red paper: "This is the betrothal gift."
Lin Huizhi did not expect that she would make such a bold move, and frowned: "Fifty taels of silver, this, is the betrothal gift a bit too much?"
You must know that the betrothal gift for people in the countryside is usually one tael, or at most three taels, but in town it is only five taels. If they charge too much, Lin Huizhi has to be afraid that others will say that she wants to sell her son.
"Fifty taels of silver is not much, and besides, he is worth it." In fact, Shi Yu couldn't afford the money today. After buying a house and inviting the whole village to have a big meal at home, she spent the money to study, not even gold and silver can keep it.
Fortunately, Wang Cunhua came back last night, and happily gave her the five taels of money from selling the goods. Ping An also wanted to follow, but Shi Yu disagreed.
It happened that after the Yang family made some money, they set up a small stall in the town selling cold locust leaves. The business was booming, so Ping An asked them to take care of it first.
Lin An, who was standing by the side, heard the word "worth it", and two red clouds flew up from his hot cheeks. He repeated Sister Yu's words in a low voice, as if his whole body was soaked in a honey pot.
It turns out that he is so precious in Sister Shi Yu's eyes.
"Sister Shi Yu, you're here, why didn't Ping An come?" Lin Qiao, whose face was as pale as a ghost, suddenly said while holding on to the door, his legs trembling under his big robe.
If you were close, you could smell the faint smell of blood lingering on his body.
Lin Huizhi's eyebrows twitched: "What are you doing out here today when you are not well? Go back to the bed and lie down. An'er, why don't you help your brother back to the room quickly?"
Lin Qiao looked at Lin An who came over to help him back. He suppressed the nausea rising in his throat due to the discomfort. He pinched his fingers hard into the wooden board and shook his head weakly and paranoidly: "I was lying there so after a long time, my bones are going to be soft, so I just go out and walk around, but that’s nothing.”
"Today is my younger brother's engagement day. As an older brother, I should be there, right? My good brother!" The last three words, Lin Qiao, had an accentuated final sound, with a teeth-crushing coldness, and he was so angry with him.
Only that smile seemed to Lin An's eyes to be filled with a coldness that was going to kill him, and his movements to help him were also stunned.
After everyone in the house has left.
Lin Qiao, whose eyes were turning black and who was feeling weak, felt that he was about to faint from the discomfort. His arrogant eyebrows were now only weak and pitiful: "Sister Shi Yu, I, please help me pour some water, I'm so thirsty."
Seeing that his face was so bad that there was no trace of blood on his lips, Shi Yu thought he was really uncomfortable. After pouring the water, she measured the temperature before handing it over: "The water is still hot, be careful not to get burned. "
Lin Qiao, who was sitting on the stool and huddled up due to discomfort, saw that she just put the water on the table next to him instead of feeding him a drink in person. His nose wrinkled and he inevitably shed tears of grievance.
Because of the cold and discomfort, he timidly grabbed the corner of the woman's clothes and said in a thin voice, "Sister Shi Yu, I'm so uncomfortable that I can't lift my hands. Can you feed me something to drink?"
He couldn't get out of bed today. It took almost all his energy to walk from the room to the main hall. His legs were as soft as cotton tied with boulders. If he hadn't relied on the pain to support him, he would have been dizzy long ago and fell off the stool.
Shi Yu lowered her eyes and looked at the hand holding the sleeve of her clothes. It was cold and abnormally gray, and he slowly took it back.
If it had been before, Shi Yu might have agreed, but she also knew that she had to keep a proper distance from the young husband's brother: "I called Uncle Lin to come in. Since you are feeling unwell, you should lie down on the bed to rest."
Lin Qiao didn't expect that Sister Shi Yu would be so cruel and leave. The tears that were rolling in his eyes could no longer hold on and roll down uncontrollably, and the fingers that were tugging at her sleeves kept tightening: "Sister Shi Yu , do you hate me?"
"Did I do something wrong, so you don't like me anymore? If I did something wrong, how about I change it? Can you please stop hating me?"
"Why, why don't you like me? Why do you want to marry Lin An? How is he better than me? He's not as good-looking as me and he's just a washboard!" Lin Qiao didn't know what was wrong with him at this moment. He only knew that he should speak out all the unhappiness and grievances in his heart without hesitation.
In what way is he inferior to Lin An!
Thinking that he must be on his yuegui period, which caused abnormal mood swings, Shi Yu gently took out her sleeves from his hands with trembling eyelashes: "You are good, you deserve better, and I have never hated you. "
He took a sip and continued: "After I got engaged to your brother, you should keep a distance from me. Otherwise, if someone outside sees it, your reputation will inevitably be wronged."
"If my reputation becomes bad and I really can't get married, why don't you marry me, Sister Shi Yu?"