After dressing as a peasant woman, I tried my best to clean up

Chapter 20 Li Erlang's Engagement

"Brother Zhou, you have misunderstood. We are not proposing marriage to my Da Lang, but to my Er Lang." Li Fanghua quickly explained, this little Zao dad is really brainy!

"Speaking of love to Li Erlang?" Xiao Zao's father asked doubtfully,

He also knows about Li Erlang, the village can be regarded as a young talent, although he is cold, but to be honest, his own jujube is not worthy of others!

"Oh, let's stop talking standing in the yard, let's sit in the room first!" Zhou said with a virtuous look,
"Yes, yes." Mrs. Ma pulled Li Fanghua, and the two walked in together.
After being seated, Xiaozao's father couldn't wait to ask: "You said you have taken a fancy to my Xiaozao?"

"Exactly." Li Fanghua nodded,

"What are you guys looking for at my Xiaozao? There is such a ghost on her face!" Xiaozao's father just felt uneasy,
"You can't say that. Although Miss Xiaozao has some flaws in her face, she is indeed a hardworking and good girl." Madam Ma said,

"Yes, yes, Sister Ma is right. Our jujube is really good at eating bitter cheese." Mrs. Zhou didn't want to raise jujube for a lifetime. Someone wanted it, and she wanted to sell it happily.
"I just like her hard work." Li Fanghua said cooperatively, otherwise, what can she say, she has never seen anyone!
"Since you don't dislike it, that's fine too. It's just that I have worked hard to raise this jujube. How about this gift~ You can just give me two taels of silver." Xiaozao said after considering it. At least five taels is required, but he also knows what his own daughter is like. If you ask for more, I'm afraid that you will run away!

Mrs. Zhou also nodded when she heard this, but hurriedly added: "Of course, it's not about the gift money. The key is that marrying your daughter is also a celebration. We can discuss the gift money again."

Yo, this is really afraid that if there are too many, it will scare people away!
After hearing what the couple said, Li Fanghua said, "How about letting me meet Xiaozao first?"

"This is natural." Mrs. Zhou said hurriedly, and went out to call Xiaozao after speaking.
After a while, I saw Mrs. Zhou bring Xiaozao into the door. Xiaozao was still limping a little while walking. She must be a 15-year-old girl who was beaten a lot a few days ago and wore obviously ill-fitting clean clothes. , looking like twelve or thirteen years old,

"You are Xiaozao?" Li Fanghua stepped forward, took her hand and asked softly,
That Xiaozao glanced at his father, then lowered his head and said softly, "Yes."

"It looks a little thin." Li Fanghua said, the eyebrows are pretty good, and she is a beauty when she grows up, but it's a pity that there is a jujube birthmark on the forehead, alas, a disfigured existence!

"Although she is thinner, our young jujube is quite strong and capable on weekdays. If it doesn't work, just one or two betrothal gifts are also acceptable." Zhou Shi was afraid that Li Fanghua would regret it, so she hurriedly said,

Zhou Xiaozao raised her head in shock when she heard this, and looked at Li Fanghua. Normally, she just kept her head down and worked. Of course, not everyone in the village recognized her.

She looked at Li Fanghua and then at Li Dalang, her eyes were full of shock, and she said nonchalantly, "I, I don't want to marry."

"Stinky girl, it's great if someone wants you, you're a traitor, aren't you!" Father Xiaozao heard this, and immediately raised his hand and was about to shout,

"What are you doing, you are not allowed to beat the child in front of me." Li Fanghua immediately said protectively,

It was the first time since Xiaozao was born that someone protected her behind her. Feeling the warmth of this moment, she was very moved and greedy, but~
"Xiaozao, tell me, why don't you want to?" Li Fanghua asked seriously,
"I, I~" Xiaozao rolled her eyes, she couldn't say anything, what should she say?

Said Li Erlang will come to marry her?
After so many years, the second brother has not moved,

But even so, she was still willing to wait, she didn't want to let her second brother down!

Xiaozao looked at the ferocious faces of Mrs. Zhou and her father again, flinched a bit, tears fell down her cheeks, unable to utter a word,
"Hey, this may be because of the little girl's shyness. Why don't we adults talk about our adults, let the child go down first." When Madam Ma saw it, she hurriedly smoothed things over.
"Yes, yes, little girl, what does she know?" Mrs. Zhou hurriedly found the steps,

"No, I won't marry!" Zhou Xiaozao summoned up his courage, looked up at the crowd and said seriously,

"It's up to you whether to marry or not. Since ancient times, the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers, there is no place for a little girl to intervene!" Xiao Zao said domineeringly,
"Xiaozao, do you have someone else in your heart?" Li Fanghua asked softly, if her second child is unrequited love, it's really hard for him to force it.
"Auntie, I'm sorry." Xiao Zao didn't want to cause trouble for Li Erlang, so he could only choose to keep silent.

"Where will there be others? She works every day except for work, but the little girl is always shy." Seeing that this matter is going to be dirty, Zhou hurriedly smoothed things over.

"Sorry, I'm late!" Just as they were stalemate, they suddenly stopped at the gate, and a boy's voice said forcefully,
It was Li Erlang who came!
But it turned out that after Li Erlang went down the mountain, Xiao Zhao, who was arranged by Li Fanghua, told him: "Grandma said to go to Zhou's house to propose marriage today, and asked you to go to Zhou's house as soon as you come back."

Li Erlang was stunned when he heard this, then quickly tidied up and ran to Zhou's house, very timely!
"No, just in time." Li Fanghua said with a smile,
Seeing Li Erlang, Xiaozao asked in surprise, "Second Brother Li, what is this?"

"Yes, I didn't make it clear just now, today we are here to propose marriage to my son Li Erlang." Li Fanghua said,
Xiaozao was full of joy when she heard it: the second brother promised her that the second brother did it!

Seeing Xiaozao like this, Li Fanghua knew that it was a misunderstanding before, so he said: "Xiaozao, then you agree?"

Xiaozao's face was flushed, and finally nodded slightly,
"Oh, it's all right, all right, that's all right," Mrs. Ma said happily, and the matchmaker's gift money is coming!

"Then our betrothal gift?" Of course Zhou is most concerned about this,

"Twelve!" Li Fanghua said loudly!

Everyone was shocked for a while, everyone looked at Li Fanghua, Xiaozao's father stuttered and said: "Big sister, I, I heard right, did you mean one tael or ~ ten taels?" serious illness!

"Twelve taels, but I have conditions," Li Fanghua said,
"Just say what you want," Zhou's eyes lit up, as long as ten taels of silver, anything is fine!
"For my big wedding next year, I want jujubes that are white and tender, and don't have work calluses on my hands, and I want to eat fatter, and the most important thing is that I can't be beaten or hurt. Can you do this? ?” Li Fanghua said, she was also planning in her heart, if it was just a job offer, she was afraid that Mrs. Zhou would want to squeeze out the last sliver of labor from Xiaozao!

After hearing this, Li Erlang looked at Li Fanghua in shock, mother, is this for him?

"Do you know, for this dowry, Mother sold the bracelet she had treasured for many years." Li Dalang whispered to Li Erlang,
Li Erlang didn't know what to say for a while, he was shocked and moved~
Zhou Xiaozao stood there, looked at Li Fanghua who was sitting there, and was full of gratitude in his heart. Could it be that his mother had a spirit in the sky, and the benefactor she found helped her escape from the sea of ​​suffering?

"It's natural, don't worry!" Mrs. Zhou didn't agree to it when she heard about ten taels!
"Okay, take a document and sign it. What I said just now is on this document. One year later, when Xiaozao is 16 years old, we will marry, but during the period, you violated what I said, and you have to pay me twice. Unconditionally marry Xiaozao to our family." Li Fanghua had already prepared, took out the paperwork,
Father Xiaozao was a little hesitant, but Mrs. Zhou looked at the ten taels of silver that Li Fanghua then put on the table, her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly pulled Father Xiaozao to sign it!

(End of this chapter)