Li Qinghe was a little hungry, and didn't want to eat next door. After all, Zhao Wanwan's fiancé was here, so she had to avoid suspicion, so she got up and went to the kitchen. There were still a few pieces of meat, but Qian and the others had already prepared them for her.
She took the plate and planned to go back to her room to eat.
When passing by the main room, I heard Hu's mother say, "... you are here, I think the same as you, the marriage should be settled as soon as possible."
Without waiting for Mrs. Qian to answer, she continued, "It's just that the dowry and dowry need to be discussed carefully."
The words stopped here, and soon, Zhao Wanwan and Hu Yanxi came out of the room one after the other, and saw Li Qinghe who was carrying the plate, she was a little nervous, intentionally or unintentionally blocked Hu Yanxi's sight, "Sister, take it back to the room Do you want to eat?"
Li Qinghe hummed, nodded to Hu Yanxi who was looking at her over there, and entered the door as a greeting. Zhao Wanwan's gentle voice came from behind, "This is my sister Qing He. She just got engaged a few days ago, and she is the Zhou family over there. My parents are not very willing. She likes Brother Zhou and insists on making an appointment. , it can be considered that lovers finally get married."
Normally, my sister would just introduce a word in passing, but she introduced so many things in a random manner, which seemed deliberate on the contrary.
Hearing this, Li Qinghe became more aware of Zhao Wanwan's thoughts. Every word and every word indicated that her sister was engaged and had a deep relationship with her fiancé. But it also proved that Zhao Wanwan has no confidence in herself.
She was in no mood to pay attention to the two people outside, and heard Qian's voice next door, "How can we discuss this dowry?"
"I heard that your eldest daughter's dowry is more than ten acres of land plus a pond?" Hu's mother said.
Li Qinghe gnawed on the steamed buns for a moment, was this also aimed at the ground
Li Qinghe was not in the mood to continue listening to what Li Fu and Qian Shi explained next door, and concentrated on eating. After eating, she still had to make clothes. This was for Zhou Chengkang. He helped a lot, and he didn't want to thank the gift. Now that the two of them have engaged in a marriage, it's time to give each other a gift.
When she returned to the kitchen after finishing her meal, she happened to meet Hu's mother and son saying goodbye and going out. Seeing Li Qinghe, Hu's mother looked him up and down, "Is it Qinghe?"
Li Qinghe paused, "Auntie, are you going back now? Don't you want to stay for a while?"
Mother Hu waved her hand, "No, your family is very busy with the autumn harvest these days, so we are sorry for the delay in work."
"Don't delay, there are people at home at any time." Qian Shi came out of the house, and answered with a smile, "Sister can stay a little longer, and come back when the sun is over, so that we can talk more."
Mother Hu waved her hand, "That's it."
After the mother and son had left, Li Fu went down to the ground again with a knife in his hand.
Zhao Wanwan started to clean up the bowls and chopsticks. Qian Shi stood under the eaves with her arms folded, her expression somber, "Are you satisfied?"
This was said to Li Qinghe.
Li Qinghe still understood what she meant, "I've decided on my own marriage. If you are satisfied, I am also satisfied. What's wrong?"
Annoyed, Mrs. Qian said angrily, "It's just a ten-acre barren slope, and rumors have been raging about it. Now it's all over, and everyone knows that your daughter from the Li family is married to ten acres of land!" At the end, his tone was full of irony.
Li Qinghe didn't want her to be comfortable, raised his eyebrows and said, "Even if it's wasteland, it's worth more than ten taels of silver."
Qian choked, not to be outdone, "The girl's family is not married, and the money she earns should be left to the elders."
Finally reacted
At the beginning when Qian's idea was for the money, Li Qinghe quickly exchanged it for the land deed and came back. After that, he was busy clearing the fish pond to buy fish fry, but he really never entangled with Li Fu and Qian's about the ownership of this land.
Li Qinghe leaned against the wall, "What? Is this trying to take my land back? Don't say I don't agree. If I want to take the land now, I have to ask the Zhou family if they agree. Besides, who owns my land? No. Get rid of this thought as soon as possible!"
Zhao Wanwan's face was pale, "Mother, what did Aunt Hu say?"
Mrs. Qian was angry, "If you want half of the wasteland, or a pond, this marriage can be done."
"Ah!" Zhao Wanwan covered her mouth, "Why do they... that land belongs to my sister."
While speaking, he took a few glances at Li Qinghe.
Li Qinghe ignored their petty thoughts, and asked her to help with the cooking and cleaning, but it was impossible for her to give up the land to Zhao Wanwan!
She stepped into the door and continued to sew clothes. Gradually, it was getting dark outside. Li Fu came back carrying wheat and spread it in the yard.
When people in the village harvest wheat, they always bring back the wheat stalks. Although it is a bit troublesome, after the wheat is harvested, the stalks can be used as firewood, saving the need to chop wood. It was getting late, and Li Fu went out again, probably wanting to take advantage of the night to run again, Li Qinghe dropped the needle and thread in his hand, and ran to join him, "Father, I will go too."
Li Fu didn't refuse, and nodded.
The father and daughter were quite silent along the way, and it was Li Fu who said first, "Today, the Hu family said that they want half of your land to be given to Wanwan as a dowry, or they need that pond to make this marriage possible."
Li Qinghe hummed.
Li Fu walked in front, and then said after a long while, "If you want me to say, it doesn't matter if the marriage fails, your land will always be yours. If Aunt Qian mentions it, just pretend you don't know about it."
This is surprising, one must know that between Li Qinghe and Qian Shi, Li Fu was always helping his childhood sweetheart, so when did he ever care about her daughter.
Too surprised, Li Qinghe didn't hide it at all, Li Fu turned around and saw her expression, a little displeased, "You are my only child, how can I still steal your things?"
"Then you still wanted my money before." Li Qinghe didn't agree to this.
Li Fu emphasized, "I was keeping it for you, not for you."
"Then I'm also worried that the money will go to the girl in Hualou." Li Qinghe plausibly said, "Then Qian Laiwen returned his money?"
It's not like meat buns beat dogs, there is no return, and no amount of it is too much.
Li Fu coughed uncomfortably, "That's not what I promised, can I still take the money and give it away?"
With Li Fu's words, Li Qinghe was in a good mood. Although she made up her mind not to agree to the land distribution, if Li Fu was persuaded by Qian Shi, she would be annoyed if she quarreled.
She hugged a small bundle of wheat, and waited for Li Fu to carry it back together. He had just tied it up, and saw someone coming from a distance. The night was hazy and he couldn't see who was coming. When he was approaching, Li Qinghe recognized Zhou Chengkang and asked with a smile, "Why are you here?"
Zhou Chengkang approached, "I'll help carry it twice." Then he apologized to Li Fu, "Uncle Li, I'm sorry, my family is also quite busy."
Li Fu nodded, "It's okay, let's make our own first."
This is not to treat Zhou Chengkang as an outsider, which means that he should still help with work.
However, Zhou Chengkang liked his attitude, so he took a lot of effort to carry Li Fu's bundled wheat, "I'll do it again." After finishing speaking, he quickly left.
Li Qinghe was dumbfounded.
Here Li Fu looked at it with a smile, and went to bind the wheat again, not forgetting to praise, "Don't look at him as poor, in fact, such a person lives the most practical life."
Li Qinghe stepped forward to help pile them together, "What about the Hu family?"
"The Hu family." Li Fu sighed, "Aloof, look down on our family, look down on Wan Wan, it's not a good match. It's too early to be proud. If you want me to say, it's not too late to be proud after you get the honor."
Li Qinghe couldn't help but yell at him, "Then she passed the exam, why did she fall in love with Wanwan?"
Li Fumo paused, "I don't like her anymore. If I came to the door today, I probably heard about your dowry and wanted to get a share of it."
"It's impossible for me to give it to Wanwan." She said seriously, "I earned the money to buy the land with all my might. You don't know, that time when Wanwan and I went to town early in the morning, we met Mr. Xu who was beaten by someone. I couldn't get up on the ground, Wanwan didn't step forward at all, and urged me to go home."
So, that time when Zhao Wanwan met her, maybe she just slipped away and rushed to save others, that's impossible.
Hearing this, Li Fumo paused, and said for a while, "At the beginning you would desperately save people, but I was actually very surprised. You are interested in Mr. Xu, I can see it. But you don't care about your life..." He shook his head, "The Xu family hinted that they can get married , I also think you will follow the trend."
Li Qinghe caught sight of Zhou Chengkang running over from the corner of his eye, and said sternly, "I see the road is not fair."
Seeing Zhou Chengkang who was approaching soon, Li Fu smiled and shook his head, "Here we are, it just happened to be tied up here."
The three of them returned to the village together, but Li Fu never mentioned Xu Changjie again. It had been a long time since he was injured last time, and he hadn't heard from him during this time, so he should be recuperating at home.