Chapter 18
Chapter 18
After breakfast, Ah Ting had just cleaned up when he heard a door call. He heard that the people who came were relatives from the other side of the Xiang family. They were the aunts of Qi Congbo's family and Shi Congbo's aunt of Xiang Yuan. Don't dare to neglect, go in and report.
After hearing this, Mrs. Li secretly thought that they had planted their land for nothing before, but they didn't see them coming to visit. Now, brother Shen just took back the grain owed by Uncle Qicong yesterday, and now the women of the two families came to the door. What's the matter? , Bullying them, Xiang's family is gone? !
The two families didn't expect that, before meeting each other, they left an unhappiness in Li Shi's heart.At this time, the two of them were sitting in the hall of the Xiang family with two fifteen or sixteen girls who looked very rustic at first glance, eating tea and fruit, and at the same time boasting the two girls with Mrs. Li.
"My two nieces are the only ones in a hundred in their village, and they have good looks and temperament."
"Yes, his aunt, look for yourself, don't you look at Shui Lingling?"
For a moment, Mrs. Li didn't understand what they were doing here. Hearing the two chattering for a while, she couldn't help raising her eyes to look at the shy-faced two girls.
Looking at it this way, the appearance is indeed not bad, Xiaojiabiyu.
"Well, they're all pretty juicy, and it's pleasing to look at."
The Seventh Aunt and the Tenth Aunt looked at each other, and they both showed joy on their faces.
Hearing what Li said, she knew that she had a good impression of the two girls.That's good, let Amei and Axue perform well in the future, so as not to worry about not impressing Li Shi.As long as Mrs. Li shows that she wants to accept, can Zhao Shen still object?He is just a little brother, he is not as delicate as his daughter's family, and it is even more difficult to raise heirs, Li Shi is satisfied with such a daughter-in-law, it is a ghost!Besides, Seventh Aunt proudly glanced at Amei and Axue with their rosy cheeks. She had inquired about it before, and Xiang Congzi liked the girl's family!
For this matter, not to mention ninety-nine percent sure, there is also a seventy-eight percent certainty that it will be successful!
At that time, no matter which of the two of them enters the Xiang family, let the little brother of the Zhao family have a good taste of being neglected!Call him troublesome!
Thinking of this, Seventh Aunt felt much better, and said eagerly with a smile: "Yes, my daughter's family is attractive. It's not like I said that to live at home, you have to find a woman to be decent. How can other women be careful? How could this little girl have such ingenuity in taking care of people?"
"His aunt, not sister-in-law bragging, Amei and Axue are well-known skillful hands in the village, they can wash, cook, sew and mend, there is nothing they can do. Amei can also embroider, isn't it Amei? "
Aunt Ten followed suit, with a friendly tone and amiable attitude, as if she was selling her daughter.
The girl named Amei looked at Li Shi quickly with a blushing face, and nodded, "I have been learning embroidery for three years. The embroiderers in the town say that my craftsmanship is pretty good."
"Oh, that's not bad."
Mrs. Li was still a little dazed, thinking to herself that these two old bastards boasted so much, could it be that they wanted to make her match up and marry him to the county?
After thinking about it, Li Shi hurriedly looked at the two girls in front of her carefully, focusing on Amei who could embroider.Seeing Li Shi's eyes always flicking towards her, Amei's face suddenly became happy and a little shy. Her originally delicate appearance was set off by a blushing face, which forced her to a higher level.Mrs. Li couldn't help showing a smile, and asked someone carefully, how old is this year?What do you do on weekdays?I like to embroider some patterns and so on.
After all, you have to be a matchmaker for someone. If you don’t inquire more clearly, how can you introduce someone!
Amei answered one by one with a blushing face, as cute as she could be, except for her rustic voice, her demeanor was not restrained.
Seeing that it was Amei who was showing off again, the girl named Axue couldn't help being impatient.
"Second aunt, although I don't know how to embroider, the food I cook is delicious, and my mother often praises me!"
"Really? That's great! Ah Xue is quite tall!"
The girl named A Xue is obviously better developed than A Mei. Not only is she tall, but her chest is also bulging.
Mrs. Li glanced twice, quite satisfied.
With such a figure and age, it is best to be a matchmaker.
Ever since Congzi was injured and woke up, she didn't have to worry about many things. Li Shi suddenly felt that there was a lot less fun in life, and she was a little out of focus.Fortunately, the hostess who lived next door was very enthusiastic, and the two of them were able to talk together, and Mrs. Li would drop by whenever she was free.The hostess of that house loves to be a matchmaker for others, and she was a little moved after meeting her a few times.
Seeing that Mrs. Li was very satisfied with Amei and Axue, Aunt Seven and Aunt Ten were even more happy, and they were about to express their purpose with all their might, when A Ting called for someone outside.
"Ma'am, the second master said that there are female guests, so he won't come over, now take the second master out for a stroll."
As soon as Seventh Aunt heard that Xiang Yuan was going out, she immediately said: "His aunt, you see that my tenth sister-in-law and I don't come here often. It's hard to come here once, but the son-in-law didn't even see him. If we want to spread the word, I think you are a scholar." Look down on us poor relatives!"
Aunt Ten also hurriedly spoke up to help, she wanted to see Xiang Yuan inside and out of her words, and if she didn't see them, she looked down on them.
After being boasted by the two, Mrs. Li was a little overwhelmed, and felt that it would be impolite for the elders and relatives to come and not say hello, so she asked Ah Ting to call for someone to come.
Xiang Yuan and Zhao Shen had heard from Ah Ting that Aunt Seven and the others had come over, and knew that they had brought two young and handsome girls with them. They wanted to avoid suspicion, but unexpectedly Li sent Ah Ting to tell them to come over.
Ever since Zhao Shen knew that there were two young girls there, a string in his heart was tense. Now after hearing Ah Ting's words, his eyes flickered, and seeing that Xiang Yuan was not too happy to get involved, he said, "There are female guests here. It's really inconvenient for you to show up, let me say hello for you."
Xiang Yuan's first reaction was to grab Zhao Shen. It's true that Zhao Shen is a brother, but he has everything a man should have.If he deliberately conceals it, it is not impossible for my brother to marry a wife and have children.Xiang Yuan really didn't want Zhao Shen to have a chance to compare the juicy little girl with the tough old man.
Nothing to do with the girls home!Come as soon as you come, and you have to ask him to meet, it's not annoying enough!
Enduring his irritability, Xiang Yuan allowed Zhao Shen to go in as usual, then turned his head and told Ah Ting secretly: "Look carefully, if there is anything wrong, call the master out."
Ah Ting looked at Xiang Yuan strangely, but didn't understand what was wrong?
Seeing Ah Ting's blank eyes, Xiang Yuan gritted his teeth: "If that girl stares at the lord, you should call someone, understand?"
Ah Ting's face became even weirder. Seeing that his second master had a tendency to run away, he hurriedly nodded in response, and trotted in to follow.
"Hey, where's Mugzi? Why is it you!"
Before Mrs. Li could speak, Seventh Aunt spoke with a look of disgust.
Zhao Shen glanced lightly at Aunt Seven, but ignored her.First greeted Mrs. Li, and said hello to Seventh Aunt and Ten Aunts in a calm tone. Afterwards, Shi Shiran sat down and said, "Congzi went out earlier."
"His aunt, look, this is the etiquette of our talented master! The elders have come to the door, and he, as a junior, went out without saying hello. Is it plausible?"
Seventh Aunt screamed again, her voice was high-pitched and shrill.
Mrs. Li was a little unhappy when she heard her say that Congzi was not good.
The tenth aunt looked at Li Shi's complexion, stretched out her hand and patted the agitated Seventh Aunt as if to comfort her, and said to Li: "Sister-in-law Seven has a quick temper, she just has a knife mouth and a bean curd heart, so don't take it personally. The scholar master of our Xiang family knows etiquette the most, and if he doesn’t come here at the moment, I’m afraid there is something urgent to do.” After speaking, he showed a loving smile and looked at Zhao Shen: “Speaking of which, Shen’er is also married. It’s been a while, is there any news?”
As soon as these words came out, Li Shi's calm face became ugly again.
Zhao Shen looked at Aunt Ten with a smile, compared to Aunt Seven who was bluffing, this Aunt Ten who looked gentle and kind was more powerful.Not much to say, but hits the point every time.
"The tenth aunt also said that our sons are the most polite, so naturally we wouldn't come in rashly knowing that there are female guests. As for me, I don't need my aunt to worry about it, everything will be done according to God's will."
"Hey, it's God's will! Who doesn't know that brother and son have a hard time? Since you have entered our Xiang family, you should think about it. Heirs are a big deal, so you can't be careless. His aunt, don't you think so?"
Mrs. Li reluctantly held the corner of her mouth, and said, "My son is not in a hurry, as Congzi said, he is not in a hurry."
"How can you not be in a hurry? Brother Xiang is a master of talent, and if he has an heir earlier, wouldn't it be more beneficial to teach him?"
Zhao Shen raised his eyebrows and looked at his eyes wide open. Amei looked innocent and turned his face away indifferently.
Amei's eyes were reddened by Zhao Shen's obvious ignorance, and she looked at Li Shi aggrievedly.
After Aunt Ten mentioned her children, Mrs. Li felt that something was wrong, and vaguely understood the meaning of the two sisters-in-law's coming.Before she could figure out how to deal with it, when she heard Amei speak again, she felt even more unhappy.
If Congzi wanted to take a concubine, she would be happy.But let’s forget about these two families. They occupied the land for so long before, and they didn’t bring a grain of grain, not even a word of thanks, and Li Shi was already very dissatisfied.At this moment, the two of them actually wanted to come over under the name of the Serbian, and Li's heart became angry.
This is playing her for a fool!
"The girl's speech is still important. How can anyone talk about children?"
A word that was neither serious nor serious, immediately made Amei's face pale, and then her eyes turned red.If you said that you were pretending just now, you are really wronged now.
Axue glanced at Amei, bit her lip, and said incessantly, "Second Aunt, I can cook and embroider, and I'm in good shape, too, and I'm also curious about Second Brother Xiang, if I come in , absolutely listen to you."
Li Shi was stunned.
Zhao Shen squinted his eyes, his cold gaze swept over Ah Xue.
"Why do you think my dignified little brother from the Zhao family will wrong myself, you, and you?" Zhao Shen stretched out his finger, pointing at A Xue and A Mei unceremoniously, "Such an unworthy village girl, working together A husband? Why is your face so big?"
The Seventh Aunt and the Tenth Aunt stared angrily at the evil Axue, neither of them thought that Axue would be so bold to recommend themselves!
What's more, Zhao Shen actually despised him mercilessly!
Before the two of them could speak up to help, Mrs. Li, who had recovered from her senses, saw off the guests with a firm attitude.
What a joke, if you want to take a concubine, you won't want such a low self-respecting girl!
After sending away Seventh Aunt and Tenth Aunt, Li Shi was still depressed.She just looks like an ignorant woman, fooling around at will?The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, the seventh aunt and the tenth aunt never had a chance to visit the door again.Whenever the two came to knock on the door, Li would tell Ah Ting that he was not at home, and he never asked them to come in.After a few times, Aunt Seven and Aunt Ten also gave up, but they hated this one in their hearts.They didn't dare to say that Mrs. Li was wrong, so they just spread their grievances on Zhao Shen. When they returned to the village, they talked about Zhao Shen everywhere, saying that he was domineering, restless, a man who didn't lay eggs, and a Hedong lion. .Xiang Yuan, a talented master, is in strict control. He is not allowed to take concubines, and he has no virtuous bearing. He is simply not worthy of being the daughter-in-law of the Xiang family.
Zhao Shen didn't care when he heard the rumors.
The Hedong Lion is the Hedong Lion, at least he is at ease.
Seeing that Zhao Shen didn't care, Xiang Yuan didn't care much.To be honest, with such a small obstacle in front of him, he was more than happy to turn down unnecessary entertainment.
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