Lucky husband

After figuring out Bai Ting's situation, Mrs. Li began to prepare for the engagement of the two children. An old lady like her was not as open-minded as Li Chengzhi and his generation. She felt that Li Mingde's marriage was not in a hurry. It must be so early, but the engagement cannot be delayed any longer.

Who knows, Bai Ting actually disagreed after knowing what the Li family thought, because she wanted to stay at home to take care of her younger brother.

Bai Ting's younger brother is 12 years old this year, which is actually quite old, but Bai Ting still wants to stay at home for another one or two years, and wait until the younger brother gets older and starts seeing each other before remarrying.

After listening to Bai Ting's request, Mrs. Li refused without a word. She likes Bai Ting, a girl. Anyway, her grandson said that she will get married two years later. Why don't you go back and ask her son and grandson what they think.

Li Chengzhi was a little dissatisfied after hearing Bai Ting's request. This girl cared too much about her natal family. After she and Mingde got married, would she focus on her natal family instead of Mingde?

Li Mingde thinks it's okay to wait for two years, he wants to take advantage of the victory in these two years, pass the county examination, government examination and hospital examination in one go, and become a scholar.

"Grandma, I want to talk to Bai Ting alone, is that okay?" This request sounds a little inappropriate, as men and women are unmarried, but Li Mingde said it openly.

After experiencing the incident with Ms. Liu, Li Mingjin gradually had his own ideas about what kind of wife he wanted to marry. He just wanted to have a chat with Bai Ting and see if the woman who suddenly attracted him that day was him. wanted wife.

Old Madam Li stared at Li Mingde for a long time, and finally agreed: "Okay, I will bring her here later, if you don't learn how to bully her, I will not let you go."

"Don't worry, grandma, I won't do anything to bully people." Li Mingde nodded with a very serious expression.

Old Madam Li kept her word, and after a while she went out and brought Bai Ting to the Li family's courtyard, and let the two of them meet.

When Mrs. Li brought Bai Ting over, she made it clear that it was her grandson who proposed that the two of them meet, so Bai Ting was not at all surprised when she came to look at Li Mingde.

Bai Ting is old now, and compared to those [-]-year-old or [-]-year-old young girls in the village, she has much less shame on her face. Standing opposite Li Mingde, she looks at him frankly, with curiosity and a little bit of regret.

To be honest, she never thought that Li Mingde would take a fancy to her and wanted to marry her, Bai Ting didn't even remember when they met.

When she first found out, Bai Ting was a little surprised, but soon she suppressed her surprise, because what if she married her younger brother now.

A home without a woman is usually not very tidy. She is very worried that in two years when her younger brother grows up, when the woman comes to see her, she will dislike the poor and messy home, so she thought about it a long time ago to wait until her younger brother is older. Consider getting married.

Li Mingde and Bai Ting had only met once before, and when he saw Bai Ting again, he didn't speak, just looked at her quietly like that, seeing her standing neither humble nor humble, he liked her more and more.

After a while, Li Mingde said: "Miss Bai, why do you still want to stay in your house for two years?"

Bai Ting asked back: "Then why do you want to marry me, it seems that we have hardly met each other before."

"I met you on the way back to the village on August [-]th. I never forget you and want to marry you home." Li Mingde replied honestly.

August and September are busy farming seasons, and every household is very busy. Bai Ting recalled what she did on the [-]th of August, because she was so busy and tired that she couldn’t recall the specifics, only remembering her During the day, I often bring water and food to my father and younger brother who are working in the field. Maybe it was at that time?

"I want to stay at home to take care of my father and younger brother for two more years. I originally wanted to wait until my younger brother started talking about kissing me before getting married." Bai Ting added later, "Of course I still think so now."

Bai Ting's statement was within Li Mingde's conjecture, and he also expressed his own thoughts and arrangements: "Actually, my current idea is to get married in two years. In these two years, I want to concentrate on preparing for the talent test."

"Did you know that the Xiucai Examination is divided into three times and lasts for three years? Only by passing each time can I become a scholar. I passed the county examination this year, and next year and the year after that there will be government examinations and hospital examinations. I plan to take them once." Sex passed, and I believe I can pass."

"Since we both want to get married in two years, there is no conflict, what do you think?"

Zhang Anhao, who was born as a general, has a more heroic aura than ordinary literati, and he is not so twitchy. He just speaks out what he has, without hiding it.

After studying with Zhang Anhao for so long, Li Mingde not only increased his knowledge rapidly, but also learned some of Zhang Anhao's courage. When he confidently said that he could be admitted to the scholar, the listeners felt that he could really do it. arrive.

Bai Ting's heart beat rapidly uncontrollably, she was thinking that it's not unreasonable for the little girls in the village to always whisper that they want to marry Li Mingde, he is really attractive like this.

After talking about his plan, Li Mingde looked at Bai Ting gently: "I probably won't live in Shanghe Village or even Changping County in the future. If I want to take the imperial examination all the way, I might go to Fucheng or the capital. Marry me?" Will you stay with me after you give it to me? If you want, I want to get engaged to you first, because I like you, and I want to give you to you earlier. "

Li Mingde didn't have such lofty ideals before, and he thought he could achieve the limit of being a scholar in the exam. The problem is that he worshiped a teacher who was strict with his seniors and had high goals. Under the influence of the teacher, I changed unconsciously.

Both Li Mingde and Bai Zhiwen tacitly did not talk too much about these changes with their family members. After all, it is better to do it little by little, so this is the first time Li Mingde talked about his ambitions with others.

Bai Ting's brows slowly frowned, and her rapid heartbeat gradually calmed down. Leaving Shanghe Village?Leaving Changping County?

She is a peasant girl who knows nothing but work. Can she go outside with this boy who looks young but is mature enough to make her heart flutter?

Li Mingde looked at Bai Ting and said nothing. Although he had considered many things before coming here, Bai Ting should be worried about it. He could explain it clearly, but he hoped that Bai Ting would understand before he said anything. Or feel free to ask.

He felt that since Bai Ting could make up her mind to stay at home and take care of her father and younger brother, she should be a woman who is smart enough and has her own ideas.

Bai Ting's expression changed several times, and she asked her confusion in Liming Dewen's eyes: "I don't know anything, if I go outside with you, you are a scholar and scholar, and I am just a peasant girl. Will it cause you trouble and embarrass you?"

Li Mingde thought for a while and replied: "No one can learn. No one is born with something. Before I studied, I was just a farm boy, no different from you. I still have a lot of things I don't know. What is outside? Look, I can only understand after I go there, if you want, we can go together."

Thinking of his third aunt, Li Mingde added another sentence: "If you want to learn how to read, I can teach you. Literacy is not as difficult as everyone thinks."

After listening to Li Mingde's words, Bai Ting did not loosen her brows, but frowned even tighter. Li Mingde was beside her waiting for her to understand, and did not interrupt her.

The two stood like that, and after an unknown amount of time, Bai Ting finally said, "I am willing to be engaged to you, but we will get married in two years. After we get married, I am willing to accompany you wherever you want to go. Yes, I am willing to learn if I don’t understand.”

She thought a lot about her own family and the situation of Li's family. At the beginning, Bai Ting planned to reject Li Mingde when she came here. Instead of marrying him, she wanted to marry the boy in front of her who was about to grow into a man.

The Li family has already bought a house in the county seat. Li Mingde's younger brother heard that he is working in a bookstore in Zhoucheng, and it is very likely that he will settle down in Zhoucheng in the future. It is basically impossible to go back to the village again, and she has to live in the county town after marrying.

To be more narcissistic, Bai Ting doesn't think her condition is that bad. She looks good and has a smart head. If she hadn't insisted on staying at home to take care of her father and younger brother, she would have been able to marry a wealthy family in the first two years. farmer.

Li Mingde just said so confidently that he was going outside, and asked her if she would like to go with her, which made Bai Ting involuntarily feel a sense of pride, she thought, she believed that she could do it too.

If Li Mingde hadn't said these things to her today, she would definitely reject this marriage, but after seeing Li Mingde, she was moved. Chance of fate.

Li Mingde saw the determination and courage in Bai Ting's eyes, and smiled happily. What he wanted to find was such a wife who walked side by side.

Both Li Mingde and Bai Ting are people who can make up their own minds. After the two of them talked alone, the elders of both parties agreed to their marriage and began to prepare for the engagement.

The official engagement time is set on October [-]th after the busy farming season, which is a good day for marriage.

No one was invited, so the Li family and the elders of the Bai family had a meal together. The two sides exchanged tokens, and the Li family sent the betrothal gift to Bai Ting's family.

The betrothal gift of the Li family was so rich that the elders of the Bai people couldn't help but click their tongues after seeing it.

The first is the dowry money. The Li family took out a total of 16 taels of silver, and put them in a small box, eight small silver ingots of two taels, which looked very pleasing to the eye.

Then there are three animals, a pair of chickens, a pair of pigs and two fish.

There are also two jars of wine and a post box, which contains lotus seeds, lilies, peanuts, sesame seeds, red beans, mung beans, red dates, dried walnuts, dried longan, and other auspicious dried fruits or dried fruits.

There was also a simple jewelry set at the end - a pair of silver bracelets and a silver hairpin.

The total value of these dowry gifts exceeded 30 taels. After the news spread, there was an uproar in the village. Everyone didn't know how Bai Ting got the favor of the Li family. The young girls were so envious of Bai Ting, an "old" woman.

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