Seeing him walk away unhurriedly, Qingyu asked in a low voice, "Qing He, who is that?"
Li Qinghe shook his head, "I haven't seen it before."
But she heard her mother's voice behind Qingyu, "I know, that's Wanwan's father."
When Li Qinghe heard the words "Wanwan's father", the first thing Li Fu thought of was Li Fu, and then suddenly, this person was Zhao Wanwan's father, Zhao Tianfu
Qian Shi actually still has contacts with him, does Li Fu know
Qingyu was just puzzled, so he stopped asking when he heard the words. Wang Village has all surnames, and there are hundreds of families from the beginning to the end of the village. It's normal if you don't know each other.
Li Qinghe said goodbye to her, and walked while gnawing on a piece of multi-grain pancake stuffed by Qingyu's mother. It didn't take long to see Qian Shi.
Qian accidentally turned her head and saw her, moved her feet as if she wanted to hide, but held back, and stood there waiting for her to approach, "Qing He, where have you been so early?"
Li Qinghe was calm, and took a bite of the cake, "Return the shoes."
Mrs. Qian also knew about borrowing shoe samples. Seeing her normal face, Mrs. Qian asked tentatively, "Did you meet someone when you came back just now?"
"I've met you." Li Qinghe nodded, seeing Qian's pale face instantly, she continued, "The third aunt next door went to the town to buy coarse grains."
Qian breathed a sigh of relief, "Hurry up and go back and help clean up. It's time for someone from the Hu family to come."
Li Qinghe was noncommittal, but wanted to scare her, and asked, "What is Aunt Qian going out so early for?"
Qian was stunned for a moment, with a forced smile, and unnaturally quickened a few steps, "I went to wash clothes yesterday and dropped something, let's see if I can find it in the morning."
"Did you find it?" Li Qinghe was curious.
Qian shook her head, "No, there are so many people coming and going here, where are they?"
Later, it became more and more calm.
When he got home, Li Fu had already got up and was washing his hands. When he saw the two of them coming in, he asked, "Where did they all go?"
Originally, it was just a casual sentence, but when Li Qinghe saw Qian's hand placed by his side, he immediately clenched it tightly.
"I return the shoe samples." Li Qinghe approached, fetching water to wash up too.
Li Fu didn't ask much, and ordered, "Clean up the yard, what will you say when the Hu family comes?"
It is true that relatives are more polite than ordinary guests. However, with so many people in the family, it is not Li Qinghe's turn to do the cleaning, and there are not so many brooms.
The sun was getting higher and higher, but no one came to the door. Zhao Wanwan sat in the house reservedly at first, but gradually ran to the yard from time to time to look at the road outside, and finally stood at the door.
And Qian Shi was also happy from the beginning, but gradually became suspicious. Li Fu's complexion was not very good, "The Hu family said that they will come to the house today?"
"I said it." Qian's tone was firm, "Wanwan and Qinghe should have heard it, right?"
Zhao Wanwan lowered her head and nodded indiscriminately.
Li Qinghe was the one who was least affected. She ate breakfast as usual, thinking that if the Hu family didn't come, she would go to feed the fish first, avoid it later and find a way. You can't go to the pond under the sun, can you
The sun gradually went into the yard, and the sun was no longer under the eaves. Li Qinghe lost his patience, got up and walked outside, Li Fu anxiously walked around the room with his hands behind his back, saw her going out, and asked, "What are you doing?"
"I'll feed the fish." Li Qinghe said casually.
Li Fu followed her out, "I'll accompany you."
Qian was anxious, "If someone comes later..."
Li Fu waved his hand, "It's just feeding the fish, it doesn't dirty the clothes, and it's quick to go back and forth, so don't be too nervous."
The father and daughter opened the yard door and were about to go west when they saw a group of people coming from the direction of the village entrance. Li Fu's frowning brows instantly relaxed, "Here we are."
When Qian heard the voice, she came over a few steps, "You know? Where is it?"
Zhao Wanwan smiled again, opened the curtain and entered the door.
Li Qinghe stood at the door, waited for Mother Hu to come over, greeted her with a smile, and went to the pond with the excuse of feeding the fish.
After feeding the fish, when he went back and passed by Zhou's house, he happened to see Zhou Chengkang threshing wheat. He was not there when he came just now.
Zhou Chengkang dropped the threshing stuff in his hand and walked to the gate of the yard, "Qinghe, are you feeding the fish? Would you like to come in and have a sit?"
Inside the door, Mother Zhou smiled and poked her head out, "Qing He, come in and sit down."
Li Qinghome was silent for a while, but still entered the door. In his previous life, Zhou Chengkang built a wooden house in front of her grave and rarely left. She only knew the Zhou family.
Mother Zhou greeted quickly, "Qing He, sit in the room." Then she shouted, "Little sister, hurry up and serve tea, your sister Qing He is here."
Apart from the three of them, there seemed to be no one else in the house. The younger sister of the Zhou family was shy. She only called out to her sister when she was pouring tea, and then stopped talking. With a slight smile.
Mother Zhou also took out melon seeds and pushed them in front of her, "I heard that Hu's family is coming today?"
Li Qinghe thanked her, and then said, "Here, I just arrived when I left."
"Very good, very good." Mother Zhou smiled.
The house is tidy and tidy, but things are a bit old. When I came in just now, Li Qinghe took a glance and found that Zhou's house and her house have exactly the same layout. There are two main rooms and one wing room. This layout is not small, enough for the Li family, but For the Zhou family...
I heard Zhou's mother say, "I plan to wait for the grain to dry and then sell it. I will build two houses first."
It doesn't matter to Li Qinghe, she still has some money in her hand, at worst, she can go to her field near the pond and choose a foundation to build by herself. She has never thought of relying on anyone. However, it was difficult for her to accept Zhou's mother's words. After all, she was just an unmarried daughter-in-law.
After sitting for a while, Li Qinghe planned to get up and say goodbye. The Hu family should be leaving soon. In fact, she came in mainly to see the environment of the Zhou family. She was relieved to see how clean it was. It doesn't matter if you are poor, you are afraid of being lazy.
Just as she was about to leave, the curtain at the door was lifted, and a person walked in hurriedly, "Mother, give me some silver, Haiyao has taken a fancy to a bracelet, and she likes it very much."
After finishing speaking, I saw that there was one more person in the room. After looking up and down, "Li Qinghe?"
Everyone is not familiar with it, so it is correct to call it that way, Li Qinghe nodded.
Mother Zhou frowned, "I'm out of money."
Zhou Chengcai was in high spirits and spoke quickly, "Mother, Haiyao likes it very much. Just this time, she said, if you buy this bracelet, it will be a bride price."
When talking about the betrothal gifts of the other daughter-in-laws in front of Li Qinghe, Zhou's mother felt that it was inappropriate at first, and said, "We'll talk about the betrothal gifts later, so why worry. Besides, Qinghe is still here, so why are you so reckless?"
Li Qinghe got up in time, "Auntie, I should go back."
Zhou's mother's complexion changed slightly, and she tried to keep her for lunch again and again, but Li Qinghe had already gone out. It was inconvenient for her to listen to this family's private affairs, so Zhou Chengkang stopped his mother, "I'll send her back."
Mother Zhou gave Zhou Chengcai a bitter look, and said in a low voice, "You explain to her carefully, and don't get angry."
Zhou Chengkang smiled, "Don't worry, mother, Qinghe is not a stingy person."
Li Qinghe walked quickly out of the door, she didn't hear what Zhou Chengkang said behind her, but he chased after him not long after walking, "Qinghe, I'll see you off."
"What are you giving me these few steps?" Li Qinghe waved his hand, "I'm so busy now, hurry back."
Zhou Chengkang didn't turn around, and continued to walk with her, "That won't work, my mother asked me to take you home and explain to you. My third brother's fiancée is indeed a bit spoiled."
Li Qinghe raised his eyebrows, "Your family doesn't think we should let her because she is pampered?"
This kind of thinking is not acceptable, she will not serve.
"Of course not." Zhou Chengkang said righteously, "The only one who can make me back down is you."
Li Qinghe chuckled, "Don't be poor, go back."
When I got home, the Hu family hadn't left yet, and the atmosphere in the lobby was not right, there was some silence, and there was no joy in Xiaoding at all. Li Qinghe didn't go in, and went back to the room directly. The clothes she made for Zhou Chengkang were the last ones left.
Li Fu's voice was steady, "Qinghe is my daughter, and Wanwan is also my daughter. I will give you as much dowry as the dowry. If there is more for Wanwan, then I will add more to Qinghe. I am the only one in my family. Working alone and barely making ends meet, these dowry...is very difficult for me. Can’t two daughters get married at the same time, our family can’t survive?”
Still talking about the dowry.