Rebirth of Siheyuan: Starting from escaping famine in 42

Matchmaker Wang was walking when she was suddenly stopped by a young man who looked like a donkey. After hearing what he said, she couldn't help but ask in surprise, "I'm a matchmaker, who are you?"

Xu Damao introduced himself with a smile: "Auntie, I'm Xu Damao from the backyard."

After hearing this, matchmaker Wang looked at Xu Damao for a while with a smile, and then said, "You are Xu Damao!"

Xu Damao smiled and said, "Yes! Auntie, how is my matter going?"

Hearing this, Matchmaker Wang shook her head and smacked her lips twice. Seeing Xu Damao's dull eyes, she stopped teasing him and said directly, "Qin Xueru agreed, but! She has to go home and discuss it with her parents."

"She will take a leave to go home tomorrow. When she comes back, I will ask about it and then go to your house to give you the letter."

After hearing this, Xu Damao smiled and his mood became happy, but he just stood there grinning foolishly.

"Just take your time to smile! I'm going home."

Matchmaker Wang shook her head speechlessly, muttered something in disdain, then brushed past Xu Damao and walked quickly towards home.

Xu Damao came to his senses, turned around and didn't see the matchmaker, so he smiled, put his hands behind his back, and slowly walked home.

The next morning.

After Qin Xueru finished her meal at home, she did not waste any time. She said hello to her brother-in-law Li Qingshan and her sister Qin Huairu, then took the things Qin Huairu wanted to take and went out to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a lot of things. Then she went to the station to take a bus back to Qinjia Village.

It took more than an hour, nearly two hours, on the road for Qin Xueru to return to Qinjia Village. When she met villagers while walking in the village, she would also say a few polite words.

Now the spring plowing had long been over and there was no work in the fields. Qin Desheng and his wife got up late and were having breakfast when they saw their eldest daughter coming back.

Qin Desheng was very happy that his girl had returned home, and asked in a deep voice, "Xue Ru, why did you come back at this time?"

"Xue Ru, have you eaten? If you bought food, eat some more."

Mother Qin stood up and asked her daughter, took the things in her hand, frowned at her, and asked: "I say, Xueru, if you have two dollars, save them yourself, don't spend money on things, we have everything at home."

Qin Xueru smiled and said to her mother: "Mom, I came here after dinner. Here is something Huairu asked me to bring to the uncle's house."

After hearing this, Mother Qin put the things aside, nodded and said, "I'll put them aside for now, and you pick out the things Huairu brought later."

Qin Xueru nodded and said, "Okay, I understand, mother. I'll send it to my uncle in a while."

"Mom, eat first! When you and Dad finish eating, I'll tell you something."

Qin Desheng looked up at Qin Xueru and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter? Why wait until dinner? Just tell me now!"

Mother Qin also echoed, "Yes! Xueru, if you have anything to say, just tell your parents directly."

Qin Xueru didn't know what to say. She thought for a moment before she said, "Dad, Mom, the matchmaker in the city wants to find a partner for me."

After Qin Desheng and his mother heard this, they stared at their daughter.

Mother Qin asked anxiously, "Really? Xueru."

Qin Xueru nodded and confirmed: "Really, mother."

Qin Desheng felt a little reluctant after hearing this, but considering that his daughter was not young anymore, she would become an old maid if she didn't get married, so he looked at his daughter, showed a far-fetched smile and said: "Xueru, as long as the man has good character and his family doesn't have so many problems, your father and mother will not object."

After saying this, Qin Desheng stopped eating and lit his pipe to smoke.

Mother Qin echoed, "Yes, Xueru."

Qin Xueru's eyes were red, and she said with a hint of tears in her voice, "Dad, Mom, I can't bear to leave you."

Mother Qin said, "You have to get married even if you are reluctant. If you don't get married now, you will become an old maid."

After a silence of about ten seconds, Qin's mother asked three questions in a row: "Xue Ru, what's the man's name? Where is he from? What's his job?"

Qin Xueru said softly: "Mom, you ask so many questions, how do you want me to answer you?"

Mother Qin glared and said, "Whatever you say, just tell me and your father about the man's situation."

Qin Desheng stopped smoking and looked at his girl curiously.

Qin Xueru thought about it, then said softly, "The man's name is Xu Damao. His family is well off. His parents are still alive, and he has a younger sister who is in school."

"As for his character, Ju Huairu and Qingshan said that he is a bit timid and lustful, and a real villain."

"He worked as a projectionist at a steel mill. He had two rooms at home, sharing the same courtyard as Huairu."

"It's just that Xu Damao's house is in the backyard."

"The matchmaker also told me that when Xu Damao and I are married, his parents and sister will move to the old house."

After saying that, Qin Xueru felt a little thirsty. Seeing the rice paste on the table, she picked it up and drank it in big gulps.

After listening to what her daughter said, Mother Qin smiled and said, "Okay! This Xu Damao is good except for his bad character."

He turned to Qin Desheng and said, "Boss, what do you think?"

When Qin Desheng heard his daughter mention Xu Damao just now, he felt a little familiar. After thinking for a while, he remembered this person named Xu Damao.

What can I say about Xu Damao? It’s similar to what my girl said, but his private life is not indecent and he doesn’t want his girl to suffer any grievances.

Qin Desheng said to Qin Xueru: "Xueru, I know this Xu Damao, he is pretty much the same as you said."

"But his private life was not in good order. Rumor has it that he went to the countryside to show movies and had affairs with the widows in the village."

"Xue Ru, this is something that will happen in your lifetime, you have to think about it carefully."

Mother Qin said nonchalantly, "What's the big deal? You'll be more focused once you have a child."

"Besides, after we get married, our daughter will be in charge of the money. Can Xu Damao still go out and mess around?"

"And there's Huairu's Qingshan, who's the head of the security department at the steel mill. If our Xueru is bullied, he'll have plenty of ways to deal with him."

"If it doesn't work, just tell Qingshan's brother. His brother is a leader in the police station. I don't believe that Xu Damao can still let Xueru suffer any injustice?"

After hearing this, Qin Desheng and Qin Xueru both smiled and nodded.

Qin Desheng said in a deep voice: "Xueru, your mother is right. If you are wronged in the future, you don't have to hold it in. Just tell Huairu."

Qin Xueru nodded and said with a smile: "I know, Dad."

She turned to look at her father and mother and asked softly, "Dad, Mom, do you agree?"

Mother Qin rolled her eyes at her daughter and said jokingly, "Xue Ru, if we don't agree, what will you do?"

Qin Xueru knew her mother was teasing her, and blushed as she said stubbornly, "If you don't agree, I won't get married, and I will always be with mom and dad."

Qin Desheng and Wang Guihua both laughed out loud after hearing this.

"Ha ha!"