Chapter 282 283 Engagement, Return

Li Fengqi arrived at the bookstore in the town and chatted with the bookstore manager. He learned from the bookstore manager that the Zhouji grocery store in the town belonged to Xie Yuanlang's family. The surname is Li.

The shopkeeper also told Li Fengqi that the villagers from Fengming Village who came to the shop to buy things also mentioned that Xie Yuanlang's daughter-in-law was given the title of first-class wife by the emperor, and that his younger brother was a scholar and was now studying in Tongzhou. Their aunt still lived in the village. We have a fat, white son who is six or seven years old. Sometimes his sister will take him to the shop to buy some paper and pens. She is the girl who sent you to the shop to hand in your books last time.

The shopkeeper looked at Li Fengqi and smiled and said: "Li Xiucai, you are so lucky! That girl has a good family background and good looks, which is a good match for you."

Li Fengqi blushed, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, shopkeeper."

"Haha!" The shopkeeper looked at Li Fengqi and laughed, then handed him the copper plate for copying books, "How many copies will you get today?"

Li Fengqi suppressed the joy in his heart and said with a smile: "Take two books first! We are starting to prepare for autumn and can only squeeze out so much time to copy books."

"That's fine." The shopkeeper took two books and handed them to Li Fengqi. "Now that printing is done, there are fewer people who like copies."

Li Fengqi took the book and returned home in three steps and two steps at a time. He said to his grandmother who was sitting in the yard groping and twisting twine: "Grandma, I have inquired about it. Laidi's cousin is a first-class lady personally named by the emperor. She is married to That Jie Yuanlang."

Mrs. Li smiled with a smile on her face after hearing this, "You do the same, why didn't you ask about it earlier? But it's not too late now, go to the town and hire a matchmaker to come to Laidi's house to propose marriage."

"Yes, grandma." Li Fengqi happily went into the house, took the money, and went to the town to hire a matchmaker.

The next day, the matchmaker invited by Li Fengqi knocked on the door of the Liu family's courtyard with a happy face. Li Mei finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the matchmaker coming, and welcomed the matchmaker in politely.

Both families had their hearts set on what they wanted, and the matchmaker negotiated a marriage without any effort. She happily returned to the foot of the mountain with the thank-you gift from Li Mei and told Li Fengqi about the Liu family's marriage.

Li Qing, who was studying hard in the academy, also received the news of Laidi's engagement and rushed back to Fengming Village from Tongzhou. He saw Laidi's fiancé and the two scholars who were about to take the autumn examination started talking.

After the engagement banquet, Li Qing said to Li Mei: "Aunt, Li Fengqi is too utilitarian. From his words and actions, I noticed that his motives for getting engaged to my cousin were impure. If nothing else, I am afraid that he is a wolf."

After listening to Li Qing's words, Li Mei angrily pulled Li Qing and told him the reason for Laidi's engagement, "Ah Qing, she used to be in the workshop all day long, shouting that she wanted to be the female shopkeeper of her own house. Chu After hearing about it, the shopkeeper introduced two young people from well-off families, but she didn't like any of them. Her aunt didn't know how she became such a high-minded and low-handed person. Now her aunt just wants to take her away before she causes any scandal. Get married. Alas! She chose this marriage herself. She will not know the pain until the thorn pierces her own flesh. Whether it is good or bad is her own life. She cannot blame others."

Li Qing saw Li Mei's heartache and headache because of Laidi, and comforted her: "Aunt, don't worry too much, we will take care of your cousin."

"Auntie knows you are all good children."

After a few days, everyone in Fengming Village knew that the picky little girl from Li Mei's family was engaged to a poor scholar from Yejia Village.

Li Yu didn't know that he and his wife were still married in Yunzhou, which became an important weight for Li Fengqi's decision to marry Laidi. He was holding Yangyang out with joy on his face to greet Zhou Jia who had returned from the trip.

As soon as he reached the entrance of the main courtyard, he saw Mr. Wen walking in with Zhou Jia. Li Yu put down Yang Yang and stepped forward happily to salute: "Sir, where have you been? How did you get together with Xiao Xi?"

Zhou Jia looked at Li Yu and said with a smile: "We met in Leng County and came back together."

When Mr. Wen saw Yangyang standing aside timidly, looking at himself and Zhou Jia, Mr. Wen walked up to the wall and touched his braid, and said with a smile, "Yangyang doesn't know Master?"

Yangyang looked at Mr. Wen and then at Zhou Jia, and pursed his lips, "Master, daddy, where have you been?"

"Don't be sad, little darling, we are back." Mr. Wen touched Yangyang's little face and comforted him.

Zhou Jia picked up Yangyang and said, "Dad and master are away on business. Is Yangyang obedient at home?"

"Obey, Yangyang is still learning Kung Fu with Brother Qijin." Zhou Jia looked at Li Yu and reached out to hold her hand. Li Yu glared at him angrily and said with a smile: "Sir, are you tired? I Let someone cook you something to eat.”

Mr. Wen smiled cheerfully and said, "Okay, it's getting late. Just ask them to cook a bowl of soft noodles and add more vegetables."

"Hey!" Li Yu responded crisply and got ready to go.

The two took a shower, Zhou Jia ate a large bowl of wontons, and Mr. Wen ate a small bowl of noodles. They led Yangyang and walked around the yard twice before splitting up to rest.

Zhou Jia coaxed Yangyang to sleep and put her on the crib. When she saw Li Yu sitting in front of the dressing table, undressing her hair, he walked over and looked at her tofu-like neck exposed by her low-cut nightgown. Suddenly she felt her mouth itchy and leaned over. After biting her neck, Li Yu punched him, "Are you a puppy?"

Zhou Jia hugged Li Yu and said in her ear: "Yu'er, you miss me so much."

Early the next morning, Zhou Jia went to the Yamen feeling refreshed. When Li Yu woke up, he remembered that he had forgotten to tell him that he had packed up the Wang family's Ah Yue. Tala took off his shoes and got out of bed in annoyance. Yangyang hugged a box. He ran in and said, "Mom, look, Master gave it to me."

Li Yu kissed him on the face, "Oh, Master gave it to you? Have you thanked Master?"

Yangyang nodded. Li Yu opened the box and saw several brightly colored, naive and chubby porcelain dolls inside. He praised: "What beautiful dolls."

"I'm going to show my master the fat doll!" Yangyang picked up one and walked outside.

Zhou Jia was looking at the backlog of official documents in the yamen. Wang Qinghai knocked on the door with a stack of files and walked in. He reported on the affairs of the yamen after Zhou Jia left, and then bowed and left.

Zhou Jia looked at Wang Qinghai's back and felt that the Wang Qinghai he saw this time was different from before. After thinking about it for a while, he couldn't figure out the reason. Zhou Jia shook his head and continued.

Li Yu was looking at the account books in the study when Gu Yu came in and reported: "Madam, my uncle, Uncle Ashui and Uncle Dashan from the village are here."

It seems that the terraced fields in Dafeng Village have been planted. Fortunately, I heard Ruyi said a few days ago that a batch of rice seeds will arrive in the next two days. Li Yu told Gu Yu, "Invite them to sit down in the front yard and let Mrs. Liu cook a few bowls of noodles for them."

"It's Madam." After Gu Yu left, Li Yu put down the account book and walked towards the front yard.