And she also learned from Li Yan that Zhang Ben went home to build a new house, and she endured a few days without telling Li Xiangcao, just to see her reaction. Sure enough, this little aunt is in a trance, right? hehe.
"Sister-in-law." After breakfast that day, Li Man moved a stool and sat under the flowerbed with Li Xiangcao, seeing her silent and worried expression, "I see that you have eaten less and talked less recently. , Laughing less, what's going on? Are you feeling unwell?"
"No." Li Xiangcao immediately recovered and shook her head in denial.
Li Man didn't believe it, "It's really all right? Are you worried about Auntie's side? Don't worry, Auntie's body, didn't you ask the doctor to look at it? It's all right, and there is also news from the yamen, saying yes I found the Zhao family, how to deal with it, haven't there been results in the past few days?"
"Oh." Li Xiangcao was obviously not interested in these questions.
Therefore, Li Man was even more sure, a sly look flashed in her eyes, and she pretended to ask casually, "By the way, I don't know how the house of Brother Zhang's house is built."
Sure enough, Li Xiangcao was taken aback and asked, "Is he building a house when he comes home?"
"Yeah. Didn't he tell you?" Li Man looked at her and smiled from the bottom of her heart. She didn't respond much to the question about her body just now, but she still didn't have much expression when she asked about Li Xiangyu. All the attention is here, there is drama!
Li Xiangcao didn't understand Li Man's little thoughts, so she simply shook her head, "I didn't say anything."
"Oh, brother Zhang is really, I thought he told you about such an important matter."
Li Xiangcao shook her head again, seeming a little lost, yes, such an important matter, but the man just didn't tell her.
"It seems that a house has been built to marry a wife." Li Man said again.
Li Xiangcao's complexion changed, and after a long time, she said, "That's fine."
"Yes." Seeing the change in her expression, Li Man was determined in her heart, and asked again, "Sister-in-law, do you want to go and see her someday?"
"I'm going?" What is she going to do? What does it have to do with her to build a house and marry a wife.
"Of course you go, otherwise, what should you do if you are not satisfied with how the house was built?" Li Man's words were straightforward enough, but Li Xiangcao was still immersed in the shock of her other words and didn't notice them at all. No, just said, "What's the use of being dissatisfied with his house."
Li Man burst out laughing, sister-in-law is really simple, does she want to be more direct? Well, let's be more direct.
"Future hostess, if you are not satisfied, what's the point of building his house?"
"What?" Li Xiangcao was stunned for a while, and after a while, she understood some meanings from Li Man's narrow eyes, blushing with embarrassment, and said angrily, "Damn girl, you are talking nonsense, are you making fun of me?"
"Oh, dare not dare, sister, I really don't have the guts to make fun of you, I'm serious." Li Man hastily begged for mercy, while explaining, "Sister, did Brother Zhang really not tell you? He wants to wait After the house is built, I will propose marriage to you."
"Ah?" Li Xiangcao was startled, such a big matter, that person didn't mention it to her
Oh, no, I mentioned it, that night when the two of them were alone, he said at her door that he would be responsible for her, is that the case
She never expected him to be so bold.
"Sister-in-law." Seeing her face change slightly, Li Man was afraid that she would want to be a coward again, so she hurriedly took her hand and asked, "Sister-in-law, it's just the two of us here, can you tell me honestly, what are you going to do to Zhang? Brother, what do you mean?"
"Me?" Li Xiangcao bit her lip and didn't know what to say. She just shook her head and said, "It's impossible for me to be with him. I'm so much older than him, and he's also Li Yan's friend."
"What's the matter, as long as you really love each other, nothing else is a problem." Li Man said.
Li Xiangcao just kept shaking her head, "Impossible, really impossible, people will gossip about it."
"What can you gossip about? You guys are unmarried and girls are unmarried. Being together won't interfere with other people's affairs. Why should they gossiping." Li Man encouraged, "Sister, don't be afraid, just tell me, do you treat him well?" How do you feel?"
"Me?" Li Xiangcao was also confused. She thought that after experiencing Shen Runsheng, she would never love again. However, she had an indescribable feeling about Zhang Ben. with.
"Ha, you still feel a little bit?" Seeing her hesitation, Li Man spoke for her, and then, holding her hand tightly, said, "Sister-in-law, you have to fight for happiness by yourself. You are still so young. Look at Brother Zhang, he is honest, honest and hardworking, even though his family is poor, but with your hard work, I believe that life will be better."
Besides, with the help of their family, their future life will definitely not be a problem, but Li Man didn't mention this because he was afraid of hurting his face.
Li Xiangcao's face was hot when she said it, and she lowered her eyes and said in embarrassment, "Look at what you said, it's true, people build a house, and I don't know why? Even if you want to marry a wife, it may not be... It may not be I."
"Sister-in-law, do you want him to propose to you in person?" Li Man laughed, grabbed her hand, and pulled her up, "Come on, let's go to Zhang's house now."
"What are you looking at?" Li Xiangcao panicked, she couldn't go to the man's house carelessly like this, let alone, in what capacity would she go
"Look at how the house is going. Hehe, we can also give suggestions." Li Man was bored at home every day, so she wanted to go for a walk, and it happened that the Zhang family was also a place to go.
"I won't go." Li Xiangcao broke away from her hand and refused.
Embarrassed, Li Man snickered, "Okay, let's not go to Zhang's, but I want to eat salt and pepper pork ribs at noon, let's go and buy some?"
"Want to eat ribs?" Thinking of Li Man's body, Li Xiangcao finally nodded, "Okay, wait a minute, I'll take the basket."
"Yeah." Li Man took advantage of the time to go upstairs and told Li Hua that he was going out. Hearing this, Li Hua hurriedly put down the book and followed suit. He couldn't rest assured that she would go out alone. In his heart, having one more Li Xiangcao would not help. These two women were worse than children in some matters.
Li Hua wanted to follow, Xiao Wu naturally couldn't stay any longer, and hurriedly put down his pen, clamoring to be together.
"Are you all going? Then there is no one at home. Besides, Xiao Wu, in a few days, you have to go to the academy to take the exam. Why don't you study at home?" Li Man wanted Xiao Wu to stay.
Xiao Wu looked at her with lowered eyebrows, "I'm so stupid, I have to study more for an exam? If I don't review, I won't pass the exam?"
The one who chokes? Li Man's face darkened, "Isn't that for your own good?"
Xiao Wu shrugged his eyebrows, ungrateful for her, "What's wrong with me? Why don't you want me to follow?"
What you said is more... let people think about it, okay? No matter how it sounds like a jealous husband.
"Okay, let's go, so much nonsense." Seeing Li Man deflated, Li Hua glared at Xiao Wu angrily.
Xiao Wu raised his eyebrows, knowing that protecting his daughter-in-law is also his daughter-in-law, okay? How can he be embarrassed to protect him like this every day
Li Man had no choice but to say, "It's okay, let's go." Anyway, if there are many people, going to Zhang's house will not cause any gossip.
Downstairs, Li Xiangcao took a small basket and waited again. Seeing that Li Huaxiaowu followed her downstairs, she smiled. Sure enough, all the men in her family were clingy to their wives. It seemed that they had never seen Li Man. It's empty, so I'm going out to buy some meat, not to mention, she's still here.
Why.
Thinking about it, Li Xiangcao was very envious of Li Man's good fortune, and thought of Zhang Ben for no reason in her mind, going home to build a house and marry a wife... Her heart jumped suddenly, and she hurriedly took a step ahead, walking ahead.
Li Man followed, "Sister-in-law wait for me."
"Oh." Li Xiangcao was waiting for her at the gate of the courtyard.
The four of them went all the way to Chencun, passing by Zhang Ben's village on the way. When they arrived, Li Man deliberately asked Li Hua, "I heard that Brother Zhang's house is nearby, isn't it?"
"Well," Li Hua is so smart, he immediately understood what Li Man meant from her eyes, and he deliberately led the way, pointing to the first family in the east of the village and said, "That's it, the house used to be all It was pushed down, and now it needs to be re-covered."
Li Man followed his fingers and saw four or five laborers working there. She couldn't help being curious, and pulled Li Hua, "Come on, let's go and see, Brother Zhang's house is built, and I don't know if we can help. .”
She and Li Hua went there naturally, as if they were passing by, and Xiao Wu followed closely, leaving Li Xiangcao standing alone on the side of the road, feeling bad, so she bit her Gritting his teeth, he followed.
The foundation of the Zhang family is not small. From her point of view, at least five rooms can be built. However, Li Man did not find Zhang Ben among the workers, so she couldn't help being curious, "Li Hua, are you right? There is no big brother Zhang."
When the people at work heard her calling Brother Zhang, they couldn't help but look up, and saw two extremely beautiful girls, immediately became happy and talked a lot.
"Are you looking for Zhang Ben?"
"Yes." Li Hua replied, "Is this his home?"
"Yes." Those people replied, "He has gone to the hut over there, and he will be back in a while, do you want to go to his shed to rest first?"
"Shed?" Li Man noticed that just a few feet away from the new foundation, there was a small hut made of thatch, and some living utensils could be seen inside. She couldn't help but dragged Li Hua over there. , I saw a small shop in a small shack, and a small stove by the door, which was obviously used for cooking. Next to the small stove, a vegetable pot and a pair of bowls and chopsticks were placed on the ground just like that.
The environment here is extremely simple.
Li Xiangcao stood at the back and saw the conditions in the shed. She couldn't help frowning, her nose felt sour. Zhang Ben's family was poor. It's better, at least she has brothers and sisters.
"Ah, you're here?" Zhang Ben appeared from behind holding a few big logs, his eyes lit up in surprise when he saw them, he hurriedly gave the logs to the workers, clapped his hands and came running.
"Brother Zhang." Li Hua greeted him politely, "We have something to do, we happened to pass by, so let's take a look."
"En." Zhang Ben nodded, but his eyes fixed on Li Xiangcao's face eagerly. Unexpectedly, she lost a lot of weight after not seeing her for a few days. Did she not eat well? Still sick
"Cough," Xiao Wu looked narrowly at Zhang Ben, coughed lightly, and said, "Brother Zhang, why are you looking at my sister-in-law like this? Does my sister-in-law have words on her face?"
Zhang Ben and Li Xiangcao froze at the same time, both of them were extremely embarrassed.
Li Hua and Li Man gave Xiao Wu a hard look.
Xiao Wu didn't take it seriously, didn't they all treat him as a child? As for children, what are they doing so seriously? Tongyan Wuji, don't you understand
"Brother Zhang, do you live here every day? Are there any mice at night? What if it rains?"
Zhang Ben calmed down his embarrassment, he didn't dare to look at Li Xiangcao anymore, he just answered Xiao Wu's words honestly, "There are no mice, the weather is fine these days, and it hasn't rained."
"I'm asking, what if it's going to rain?" Xiao Wu was very persistent.
Zhang Ben was stunned for a moment, scratching his head, "If it really rains, hehe, just drench, this shack can at least keep out some rain."
"When the wind blows, your shack will fall apart." Li Man said, looking at Li Xiangcao, wanting to see her expression, but at the moment, Li Xiangcao's eyes are lowered, only looking at the ground, so she can't see the expression clearly .
However, Li Hua's words made her very satisfied.
"Brother Zhang." Li Hua said, "Why don't you stay at my house while you're building the house. It's really inconvenient to live here, and it's really troublesome if it really blows and rains."
"No, no, it's enough to bother you." Zhang Ben was really sorry, and he also wanted to use his own efforts to build a shelter for his woman, looking at the house a little bit every day. The cover is covered, and my heart is also happy.
Xiao Wu curled her lips, "Yeah, the troubles are already over, what are you afraid of, it doesn't matter if you have more troubles, it's better than someday, you get sick from the rain, and let us take care of you."
Knowing that what Xiao Wu said was for his own good, Zhang Ben hesitated for a while, yes, if he fell ill, the progress of the house would be delayed.
"That's it, let's listen to Xiao Wu." Li Man said.
Li Hua also said, "Brother Zhang, then you are busy. We are going to buy some meat. In the evening, your work is closed, so just go there."
What he said undoubtedly meant that Zhang Ben had agreed to go to the Li family.
Zhang Ben was full of gratitude in his heart, but he never gave an affirmative answer. He only looked at Li Xiangcao, "Little... let me go, can I?"
Li Xiangcao was taken aback, in front of so many people, he asked her like this
"Is it okay?" Seeing her startled, Zhang Ben asked cautiously again.
On the side, Li Man and Li Hua Xiao Wu, the three of them all focused on Li Xiangcao, without making a sound, acting as an invisible person in a tacit understanding.
Li Xiangcao was so embarrassed, she stared at Zhang Ben, "I'm asking you if you want to go, what do you want me to do?"
"Then I'll go." Zhang Ben was happy, as long as she didn't object, he naturally wanted to live with her under the same roof.
Li Xiangcao was even more embarrassed, wishing she could find a hole in the ground and go down, this person is really bad.
But Xiao Wu, at this time, still reluctantly added, "Brother Zhang, you are really listening to my sister-in-law."