Lu family's daughter-in-law

Chapter 77
"Xiang'er, what is this?"

Mrs. Li just came in from the backyard carrying firewood, and asked in shock when she saw her niece leading a strange man into the yard.

Li Jinbao rushed in front of Ningxiang and said: "Auntie, my mother's surname is Li, and she also works in the Hou Mansion. I used to go home with Ningxiang. Now that Ningxiang has redeemed her body, my mother is worried about how she is doing at home. There are melons in the field, my mother asked me to bring some over for you to taste."

My niece has two acquaintances in the Hou's mansion, one is Suyue and the other is Nanny Li. The Li family knows it. After hearing Li Jinbao's words, she immediately understood, put down the firewood in her hand, and warmly invited Li Jinbao After entering the room to sit, Xu Shouliang, Xu Huai and his son came out to welcome him.

Being scrutinized by everyone all of a sudden, Li Jinbao's forehead was sweating, his slightly dark face flushed, and he looked towards Ningxiang several times with guilt.

Xu's father and son might not be able to see it yet, but Mrs. Li looked at Li Jinbao's nervousness, and thought about it in an instant.

This kid likes his niece!

The situation of the Li family, Mrs. Li, has been mentioned by her niece. Madam Li’s family is well-off. She has three sons, the first two of whom are married. They seem to be living in harmony, there is no such thing as a little profit that is often haggled over by the sisters-in-law.

The family conditions are good, and Li Jinbao is tall and upright, and he found his niece immediately when he learned that his niece was redeemed, which shows his sincerity.

There is no mother who does not want to choose a good husband for her daughter. In Li's eyes, a niece is similar to a daughter. She likes to shop around when shopping, and to choose a man for her niece, she has to keep her eyes open and choose the best one.Lu Yan, the second son of the Lu family, is not bad, but Li Shi hasn't realized that Lu Yan is interested in his niece. How can it be like this Li Jinbao?
Now that Li Jinbao was regarded as a candidate for his nephew and son-in-law, Li's hospitality became more and more enthusiastic. The first thing he did was to keep Li Jinbao at home for lunch.

Only then did Li Jinbao realize that he came at the wrong time. He came at the time of the meal, and everyone felt that there was a suspicion of looting the meal, but he really didn't think about it so much. He hesitated at home for a while, and it took some effort to come here after more than 20 miles. , and when they were approaching Xu's house, they dawdled outside for a long time...

In order to show that he really didn't come here for dinner, Li Jinbao forgot what he wanted to say to Ning Xiang, put down his things and left.

Mrs. Li didn't want to, she insisted on staying, and let her husband and son accompany the guests inside, while their mothers prepared lunch.

"Xiang'er, what do you think of Jinbao?"

Ning Xiang squatted in front of the stove to light the fire, Mrs. Li cooked two dishes, then bowed her head and asked her niece.

Ningxiang raised her head in confusion, met the excited gleam in her aunt's eyes, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Where are you going, Sange Li came to see me for Nanny Li, not what you think."

She has known Li Jinbao since the first time she went home with Nanny Li. She said she knew each other, but she just said hello when they met, and nothing else. Three or four years combined did not say as much as Lu Cheng knew each other for half a year. Li Jinbao How could she like her, anyway, Ningxiang never noticed that she had that kind of meaning.

The niece was dumbfounded. Li Shi poked her on the top of the head and stirred the vegetables twice before reminding him in a low voice: "I've lived such an old age, so I can't tell if he likes you or not? Think about him The look in your eyes is almost brighter than the morning star, if he has no other thoughts, why is he nervous? When did you see Lu Cheng blushing so nervous when he came to our house? "

Sudden mention of Lu Cheng made her face blush.

Mrs. Li mistakenly thought that her niece was enlightened, and said cheerfully: "Understood now? Xiang'er, it's not easy for him to come all the way. After dinner, you can tell him a few words. If you have that kind of thought, how many hints?" He only dared to tell his family when he knew."

There are roughly three types of wives that men in the village marry.The first one is the thickest-skinned and the boldest, first chasing the little girl by himself, until the little girl likes him, and then tell the parents to propose marriage.The second type is a little thin-skinned. If you fall in love with a girl, you dare not chase after yourself, and you will take the initiative to tell your parents, urging them to find out the details, and look at her. That's how her husband married her back then.The third type is the most thin-skinned, who dare not tell the girl or the family members. Others can see that it is okay to cover for him, but if they can’t see it, they will miss it when they are bored.

According to Li Shi, this Li Jinbao is quite thick-skinned, and he should have liked his niece long ago. He didn't say it was because the niece was working as a maid in the Hou's mansion, so he had concerns in his heart. Now that he knows that the niece is free, he immediately ran away. come over.Now that I'm here, I definitely want to talk to my niece alone, to show my heart.

Ning Xiang still doesn't quite trust her aunt's vision. Isn't her aunt wrong about Lu Cheng alone?
Thinking that Li Jinbao would leave after the meal, Ning Xiang didn't argue with her elders anymore.

This time the men were having dinner at Xu Shouliang's house, and Ning Xiangniang and the others set the dinner table at Ning Xiang's house, eating lively by themselves.

After the meal, Ningxiang didn't go to the east courtyard again, and only went out to see off Li Jinbao when he left.

However, not long after, Mrs. Li came suddenly, entered the house and dragged her niece out, "Xiang'er, Jinbao wants to ask you a few words, he is waiting in the backyard, go and listen to what he has to say."

Because she is a well-know person, Nanny Li takes care of Ningxiang a lot, so Li is willing to give Li Jinbao a chance. If a man with a distant relationship comes to find his niece, no matter how good-looking and sweet-looking, it is impossible for Li to arrange it for the first time. Nieces talking to each other.

Ning Xiang couldn't resist the elders, she guessed that Nanny Li had something to tell her, so she went, and then stepped out the door, and Li Shi closed the door behind her.

Ning Xiang turned her head, smiled helplessly, and looked under the eaves, only to see Li Jinbao standing there blushing, wanting to see her but not daring to.

Ning Xiang was taken aback, and then a ridiculous thought popped up in her mind, could it be that Li Jinbao really likes her?

Feeling a little flustered, Ning Xiang stabilized her thoughts, and greeted with a smile: "Brother Li, do you have something to tell me?"

Li Jinbao has never been so nervous.

He looked at the girl dressed in a simple farmhouse a dozen steps away, swallowed several times in a row, then touched his head, and asked racking his brains: "Ningxiang, how are you doing at home?"

After saying a word, his face was already flushed, as if he had drunk alcohol.

Ning Xiang has basically believed her aunt's words, and Li Jinbao really likes her.

Ning Xiang didn't know when she started liking her, and she didn't want to recall it anymore. She only knew that she liked Lu Cheng, and it was impossible for her to promise Li Jinbao again. What she has to do now is to break Li Jinbao's thoughts once and for all, lest he Just like Lu Cheng, he pestered her again and again.Pei Jinghan will be back soon, Ningxiang's ransom money is pretended to be borrowed from Nanny Li, and then Pei Jinghan finds out that Li Jinbao wants to marry her...

Li Nanny borrowed money from her for personal reasons, and Pei Jinghan didn't care, but Li Nanny borrowed money for her son, so she robbed Pei Jinghan.

Ningxiang can no longer trouble Li Nanny.

Having made up her mind, Ning Xiang stopped being flustered, and said calmly: "Very good, Brother Li, what exactly did Mammy explain?"

Li Jinbao looked at the ground with a guilty conscience. Instead of letting him come, his mother repeatedly warned him not to come.

But he likes Ningxiang, so why can't he come when she finally leaves the house?

After enduring it for four years, Li Jinbao didn't want to bear it anymore. As long as Ningxiang agrees, her mother will definitely agree. She likes Ningxiang so much.

Raising his head, Li Jinbao took two steps towards Ningxiang, staring at her fair face, hesitatingly said: "Ningxiang, I, my mother urged me to marry a wife again, I, I want to ask, you, what do you think of me?" Sample?"

When he was talking, he saw that the girl opposite was not blushing or shy, but only frowned. Li Jinbao was in a bad mood, and his nervousness turned into fear, afraid that he would hear what he didn't want to hear, and that he would not be able to speak clearly what was in his heart. Li Jinbao He hurriedly said again: "Ningxiang, I have liked you for four years, since you were 11 years old, as long as you marry me, I will definitely treat you well..."

"Don't come here..."

The man suddenly got too close, Ning Xiang quickly took two steps back, and seeing the man stopped, she forced a smile and said: "Brother Li, actually, I have already seen that you like me, but I really love you No intention, so I have been pretending not to know, so as not to hurt your heart by saying it, Li Nanny is so good to me, I really don't want to make her family feel sad. Since you made it clear today, let me make it clear .”

His eyes moved from the wall to Li Jinbao, and he stared directly at the man's pale face, "Li Sange, you are very nice, but I have been serving the prince for more than three years, and I prefer educated men." , I can’t afford to be a high-ranking son, but I don’t want to marry an ordinary farmer, work in the fields all my life, and go around the pot. I have thought about it, I am so good-looking, I can marry a scholar no matter what..."

"Stop talking, I understand." Li Jinbao lowered his head in inferiority, only daring to look at her skirt.

It was because he was too self-righteous, and thought that the family was well off, so he decided that he was worthy of her.But she is so beautiful, as she said, as long as she wants to, she can be a scholar again, let alone a scholar, even if she is the No. [-] candidate, she will probably compete to marry her.

Compared with a scholar, what is he like a farmer?
His blood was poured out by the cold water, Li Jinbao felt ashamed, turned around, and walked slowly towards the door of the kitchen in the east courtyard, faster and faster.

Ning Xiang didn't go to see him off, but looked at Li Jinbao's lonely back, and heard him say goodbye to his uncle and aunt in embarrassment in the front yard. He hurried back to the east room and closed the door.

After sending off Li Jinbao, Mrs. Li signaled her daughter to coax Amu to play, and she strode to find her niece.She was hiding behind the door just now, and she heard the conversation between the two clearly, holding back her stomach and wanting to ask her niece.However, when she opened the door curtain and saw that the door was closed, Li's heart skipped a beat, she became anxious, and looked in through the crack of the door. "Xiang'er, why are you closing the door?"

Ning Xiang sat on the kang, tilted her head to look at the door, and whispered: "Auntie, I really don't like him, can you stop mentioning him?"

The elders are kind, but now she is really tired of dealing with the elders' kind nagging.

Hearing the depression in his niece's words, Li Shi was silent for a moment, then sighed: "Okay, Auntie won't mention him anymore, but Xiang'er, tell me the truth, you don't want to marry your dog-like cousin bro?"

When my niece said she wanted to marry a scholar, Zhang Honglin was the first thing Li thought of, and that was what worried her the most.

The elder was confused and anxious, Ning Xiang couldn't help laughing, her voice softened a lot, she opened the door, looked at the aunt who was worried about her, and said, "You're thinking about it again, it's because I want to dissuade him Lie to him, how could he really like scholars? Auntie, I just came back, I haven’t lived a free life yet, don’t say I don’t like Li Jinbao, even if I do, I won’t agree to him right away, don’t be in a hurry Can you help me? I want to hurt you for two more years."

Feeling wronged, when she coquettishly hugged the elder, she suddenly cried, crying uncontrollably.

Ning Xiang was eager to find an excuse for herself, and buried herself in Li Shi's arms and said, "Auntie, I miss home, please stay with me for two more years..."

The little girl cried so much that her shoulders trembled, and Mrs. Li felt distressed, she forgot what Lu Yan and Li Jinbao said, and put her arms around her niece and coaxed: "Okay, stay for two more years, starting from today, who dares to come and propose to our family?" Xiang'er, I won't let him in at the gate, even if Xiang'er wants to marry, it's you who said, I'll tie you up at home if I don't live there for two years!"

Ning Xiang laughed through tears, crying and laughing at the same time.

After recovering, she sent her aunt away, listened to her younger brother playing with Da Zhuang next door, and Ning Xiang went back to the house to rest for a while.

Falling asleep, hearing soft laughter, and touching her face with her little hands, Ning Xiang opened her eyes in doubt...

"Girl!" Anan, who was sitting next to her, saw that her mother had finally woken up from sleep, so she rushed over with a smile, and kissed her face hard.

Ningxiang couldn't help laughing, and looked at her cousin A Tao Amu who was watching the fun, Ning Xiang sat up holding Anan, let the little guy sit on her lap, lowered her head and asked him, "The third uncle sent Anan to play again? "

Anan nodded, but pointed outside and called Daddy.

Ning Xiang was taken aback, thinking that Lu Cheng was outside, and instinctively touched her long hair that she hadn't had time to comb.

Xu Qiu'er burst out laughing, and deliberately scolded Anan, "Your father hasn't come yet, why is Anan shouting so nonsense?"

Ning Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, and then she heard A Tao explaining to her nephew: "My elder brother said that we can play here a little longer today, and he will come back early in the afternoon, so he will pick us up on the way."

(End of this chapter)