Hearing him say such "self-deprecation", Li Danyang immediately became anxious and said distressedly:
"How could that be? Brother Weiguo is not a rough guy. You are a man who stands tall and proud, a hardworking and glorious worker! Those educated youth may look gentle, but they are all very weak. They can't even work as well as our villagers, let alone a worker like you.
Besides, you are only in your thirties, you are still young and strong, how can you be considered old? My mother said that older men are more caring, I, I just want to find someone who will care for me..."
Li Danyang became shy as he spoke. He looked at Zhou Weiguo timidly and lowered his head.
Zhou Weiguo immediately confirmed that the girl in front of him was really interested in him!
He never expected that he, a widower in his thirties with four children, could attract a teenage girl to fall deeply in love with him.
Yes, he did not doubt Li Danyang's feelings for him at all, and he really felt that he had the charm to make Li Danyang fall in love with him.
"Danyang, you are young, beautiful, hardworking, gentle and virtuous. You will definitely find someone who loves you... Hey, I said that any man who marries a sensible and lovely girl like you will definitely not want you to suffer any grievances. I just don't know who will have this blessing."
Zhou Weiguo sighed, his eyes occasionally glancing at Li Danyang, whose ears were red, and his heart was burning with excitement.
Hearing this, Li Danyang quickly looked up at him, then said shyly, "I, I don't like anyone... I only like that tall, strong, hardworking man... I just don't know if he will accept my feelings..."
Zhou Weiguo's breath was choked, and the complacency and pride in his heart were about to overflow. He immediately realized that the man Li Danyang was talking about was himself, so he said hurriedly: "He will definitely accept it. Who can refuse you? It is his honor to be liked by you."
Li Danyang instantly revealed a satisfied smile, trying her best to suppress the joy in her heart. She had never expected that Zhou Weiguo would be so easy to get along with, and he immediately agreed after just a tentative move. His impatience made her feel so happy that her heart was blooming.
"Well, since he has accepted it, we should come to his house and propose marriage openly, don't you think so, Brother Weiguo?"
Li Danyang said this, looking at Zhou Weiguo suggestively.
"Of course, you have to act quickly to reserve a good girl. Otherwise, what if you're too late and she's snatched away by someone else?" Zhou Weiguo replied immediately.
Neither of them is innocent. The man has seen the romantic hints between men and women, and the woman had also had some romantic experience in her previous life. After testing each other back and forth, they immediately hooked up. They both felt that they were extremely charming and the other was successfully fascinated by them.
So Zhou Weiguo went home immediately, wanting his mother to find someone to talk to Li Danyang's family about the marriage.
When he was rejected by Gu Shichu before, he was angry and felt that Gu Shichu was ungrateful, but now he was glad that Gu Shichu did not agree to this marriage, otherwise how could he meet Li Danyang, who was better than Gu Shichu
In the eyes of a middle-aged man like him who has experienced the hardships of life, he does think that Gu Shichu is a more suitable candidate for marriage than Li Danyang. After all, Gu Shichu is the only one left in her family, has no support from her family, and is very poor. She can be of no help to him at all.
But Li Danyang was different. Her family was large and well-off than 80% of the people in the village. She could help him in the future. Therefore, the balance in Zhou Weiguo's heart immediately tilted towards Li Danyang.
He had no choice before, so he chose Gu Shichu because of her looks, but he was rejected. But now a virgin girl who is several times better than her has come to him. Zhou Weiguo would be a fool to refuse. He can't wait to propose today and have the wedding night tomorrow, so that he can marry Li Danyang back home as soon as possible to prevent her from regretting it.
"Mom, please ask the matchmaker to go to Li Danyang's house to propose marriage, quickly!" Zhou Weiguo said to his mother anxiously.
Zhou's mother asked in surprise: "Who are you talking about? Li Danyang? Are you mistaken? Do her family members like you?"
Zhou Weiguo said proudly: "Li Danyang likes me. If her family disagrees, how can they persuade her? Anyway, mother can just find someone to propose marriage!"
Zhou's mother didn't quite believe it. Although her son was a worker, he had four children. Li Danyang was spoiled by his family. How could he fall in love with his son, a widower
"Why would Li Danyang fall for you? Son, are you sure you're not mistaken? If you were, it would be embarrassing. The Li family is not someone you can easily bully." Zhou's mother reminded.
Zhou Weiguo was very proud of being favored by the young girl, so he said arrogantly:
"Mother! Isn't your son good enough? So what if he has a child? There are still young ladies who like me. Li Danyang has a good eye for talent. Am I, a worker who eats public food and gets paid, not worthy of her? Mother, don't look down on your son. Just go and propose marriage. I promise that you will have a daughter-in-law soon..."
Seeing him emphasize this, Zhou's mother quickly put aside her doubts and believed that Li Danyang really liked her son, so she immediately made arrangements to go to the Li family to propose marriage.
Let's not talk about how shocked and furious the Li family was when they heard that the man the matchmaker proposed to Li Danyang was Zhou Weiguo, let's just talk about how excited Li Danyang was when he got the hint that Zhou Weiguo would come to propose marriage.
She was extremely excited and felt that she was going to marry Zhou Weiguo for sure. Then she would never live the same poor and miserable life as in her previous life. Her happiness for the rest of her life would be guaranteed.
Afterwards, the Li family quarreled over Li Danyang's marriage. Except Li Danyang herself, no one in the family agreed with her marrying Zhou Weiguo and being a stepmother. Everyone tried to persuade her to turn back from her wrong path and not be deceived by Zhou Weiguo's sweet words. Unfortunately, Li Danyang was stubborn and refused to learn her mistake. She thought that her family members were obstacles preventing her from marrying into the future richest man's family, and she hated them instead.
Gu Shichu vaguely heard that Li Danyang was clamoring to marry Zhou Weiguo, and was surprised at how fast she was. She had reached the stage of discussing marriage so quickly, which was much faster than hers. She had not yet been able to get Ji Mingtao to accept the various small gifts that she had tried every possible means to find.
However, although Li Danyang is making rapid progress, she still has a long way to go before she can successfully marry into the Zhou family. People in the village are very surprised to learn that she is very willing to marry Zhou Weiguo. After all, she and Zhou Weiguo are not a good match. If Li Danyang really marries Zhou Weiguo, she would be marrying down.
No one understood why she was so eager to be a stepmother. Some kind-hearted aunties and grandmas even advised her, telling her how difficult it was to be a stepmother and asked her not to think too hard...
But Li Danyang was obsessed with the future glory of the Zhou family, so how could she listen to other people's advice? Instead, she blamed others for not being able to see her success and being jealous of her, so no one would persuade her.