Started as a mute girl? I prospered in the lean years

At this time, Jiuxi Village was very busy. Most of the spice grinders were women, and they were all crowded into two rooms that were opened. There were fires burning in the middle and four corners of the room, so it was not too cold.

People wear masks on their faces, and their busy hands do not prevent them from saying interesting things to others.

From time to time, someone would call 'Qiaoer' or 'Shuanghua', asking them how they were grinding their spices. When no one called, Li Qiaoer and Xia Shuanghua would just do the work they were doing, and check to see if anyone was lazy from time to time.

At this time, someone opened the door and shouted: "Aunt Li, someone from the next village found your home and said they wanted to marry your daughter!"

Li Qiaoer's face suddenly turned pale.

The originally lively atmosphere was silent for a moment. Li Qiaoer's mother, Luo Shi, pinched the corner of her clothes and stood up, asking, "I wonder which family it is from?"

"We don't know, but they say she is related to Zhou Lizheng. There is an old lady standing next to the matchmaker. She is not tall, but a bit old. There is a pimple in the middle of her eyebrows. Maybe she is proposing marriage to her grandson."

The atmosphere in the room became more relaxed. Someone said: "It would be good to have a relationship with Zhou Lizheng. Zhou Lizheng is a good person. Why don't you go and see it?"

Luo Shi glanced at Li Qiao'er, and even though he could see the reluctance on her face, he still said: "Qiao'er, mother will go and see how it goes. If you don't like it, mother will definitely not let you get married."

Li Qiaoer lowered his head and said nothing.

"Ouch!" said the person who brought the letter at the door, "It's not Sister Qiao'er, it's Sister Shuanghua! I blame me for not making it clear. Isn't Auntie Sister Shuanghua's adoptive mother? You have to come to discuss her marriage."

Everyone's eyes fell on Xia Shuanghua.

Xia Shuanghua, who whispered to comfort Li Qiaoer, was stunned for a moment, and her face went blank for a moment. She didn't react until Li Qiaoer took her hand, and smiled stiffly at the bewildered Luo Shi.

"Aniang, since you are a relative of Zhou Lizheng's family, please help me meet him. We can discuss any disagreements later."

The last sentence was said vaguely.

Luo Shi responded quickly and walked out of the room.

After a short interlude, voices soon started to sound again in the room.

There were also whispers.

"Qiao'er is only one year older than Shuanghua, but this family has fallen in love with Shuanghua. I'm afraid it's because she has no biological parents and is easy to manipulate..."

"What are you talking about? What if it's a good marriage? If these words get out, it will ruin the marriage. Let's look at it later."

"Although it is Shuanghua's personal matter, if the lady who comes here is uneasy or has any good intentions, we have to make the decision for Shuanghua!"

"That's for sure, I'll tear their mouths apart!"

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Li Qiaoer looked at Xia Shuanghua worriedly, and Xia Shuanghua felt it. She said calmly: "Sister Qiaoer, you don't have to worry about me. I've been through it all even if my parents don't want me, and I won't be afraid of anything in the future! What's more, you don't have to worry about me. There are also you, my little brother, my parents, the village chief, sister A Xu...there are so many people! No one will bully me anymore."

Seeing that she didn't show any reluctance, Li Qiaoer nodded, "My parents will definitely not marry you off just for the small amount of betrothal gift."

On the other hand, Luo Shi had returned home and met with the matchmaker and Mrs. Chai.

After welcoming people into the house and hurriedly preparing hot water, Luo Shi sat down.

After the three of them exchanged pleasantries, the matchmaker revealed her intention.

"Aunt Li, we are here today because we have taken a fancy to your Shuanghua family and want to propose marriage to the second son of Mrs. Chai's family. If you agree, there will definitely be no problem with the betrothal gift or anything like that."

"This Zhou Qiang is also a well-known handsome young man in eight villages in our ten miles. He is strong, upright, and very honest. Everyone who meets him has to praise him..."

Luo Shi was a little confused. What did she hear? Mrs. Chai’s second son?

She had been doing embroidery all year round, so her eyesight was not very good, so she had to squint her eyes and look at Mrs. Chai carefully - her face was full of wrinkles, and her hair was half white.

Mrs. Chai felt very uncomfortable when she looked at her with squinted eyes. She cursed in her heart for the lack of knowledge coming from the ravine, but she still had a stiff smile on her face.

After looking at it carefully, Luo Shi opened his eyes wide and interrupted the matchmaker, "Matchmaker Li, can I ask how old is Aunt Chai's son?"

Matchmaker Li covered her lips and said with a smile: "You are now in your prime of life at the age of thirty! The family property has been purchased, and the older ones also love others, don't you think so?"

Suppressing the shock in his heart, Luo Shi continued to ask: "You are so old and you are not getting married?"

The smile on Matchmaker Li's face faded a little, and she looked at Mrs. Chai before she spoke again: "It's hard to say that Zhou Qiang has been married once before, and that girl was as beautiful as Shuanghua. , It’s a pity that my life is not long..."

"The two of them didn't give birth to a son and a half daughter?"

After asking three questions in a row, Mrs. Chai's smile became weaker and weaker each time. She didn't want to hide it anymore, and she knew she couldn't. But looking at the face of this member of the Li family, this matter was probably half cool.

The matchmaker, who was holding a handkerchief and pretending to wipe away her tears, froze, then quickly returned to her natural state, "Of course we have one, leaving only a little girl who is very sensible and will be married in a few years..." ·”

Luo Shi frowned and interrupted the matchmaker with a cold face: "My Shuanghua family can't match this match, so you two should look at other families!"

As she said this, she stood up to chase people away.

"No, there's nothing to be proud of..."

Halfway through the matchmaker's words, Mrs. Chai intercepted her: "If this match can be successful, my family can provide a betrothal gift of five taels of silver. What else can my family be dissatisfied with?"

"Who cares about the five taels of silver in your family? Who are your in-laws?!" Luo Shi couldn't help it anymore and was so angry that she pointed at Mrs. Chai's old face and yelled, "Your family is over thirty years old. How can you find the face of a sixteen-year-old?" A little girl who is 2 years old? Your son is even worthy of being the father of my Shuanghua! Not to mention that he has a daughter about the same age as my Shuanghua! What good things are you thinking of? Get out, you guys, get out!"

Onlookers outside heard Luo Shi's scolding, and then saw the matchmaker and Mrs. Chai being pushed out.

Mrs. Zheng originally came to see the fun, but she felt strange when she heard Luo Shi's scolding. She didn't know what happened, which made Luo Shi, who was usually quiet, angry.

After listening to it from beginning to end, she couldn't help but feel angry in her heart. How could she be bullied to the doorstep?

Looking at each other with the ladies who came with them, the group squeezed into the courtyard of Li's house.

Mrs. Chai was blushing and furious at Luo Shi's words. She opened her mouth and said, "Who doesn't know that both of your daughters are..."

"What are they all? What are they all?" Prince Zheng blocked her words aggressively, "A widower whose wife has died cannot find a widow who matches him in the world or what? He must marry someone else's ten A six or seven-year-old girl? Or is it that your family has no biological parents and only picks out the soft persimmons?"