C4

The morning sun was not very bright, and the morning dew had not yet fallen.

There were many villagers from Chao Xia Village who came to pick herbs. When they saw that the Shen Shiliu was also here, most of them only whispered and laughed, there were rarely people who would speak ill of the Shen Shiliu in front of the Shen Shiliu.

When Shen Shiliu arrived at the village entrance, she heard someone calling her from behind. She slowly turned her head and saw Han Shuliang.

"pomegranate, can you advise your parents about such a beautiful marriage?" Han Shuliang said. Han Mei was crying at home everyday, so Han Laonianer and her wife was also helpless. As matters stood, how could they bring up the matter of marriage?

Shen Shiliu sighed, "Shiliangge, I can't do anything about the marriage. It's all my parents' decision." Instead of coming here to talk to her, she might as well talk to her parents.

It was already getting late, and the villagers were already carrying their hoes and walking towards the fields. Shen Shiliu thought that she shouldn't talk to Han Shuliang here, in case the villagers saw him and started chatting again.

The Shen Shiliu left with a huff. Han Shuliang looked conflicted, but seeing the Shen Shiliu look this way, he felt bitter.

When Shen Shiliu returned home, there was a bowl of porridge and two dishes on the table. After she finished eating, she would go up the mountain to weed.

There were many animals on the mountain, but there weren't many hunters in their village. The men in the village only set up little traps and trapped rabbits to capture birds.

"He really picked it up!" The Shen Shiliu was happy. She hugged the bird nest and was trapped on a stack of hay. She also had to find time to gather some Gardenia to go back to stewing.

When Shen Shiliu arrived home at noon, she saw that Mrs. Zheng had already returned from the fields to prepare lunch, but there was still a person in the courtyard.

However, there was a big pink flower on his head and his face was covered with a thick layer of makeup. When he saw Shen Shiliu entering the courtyard, he was startled, and then said: "This must be your niece, Guava, right?"

Seeing that the Shen Shiliu had returned, Mrs. Zheng hurried over to help him remove the pigweed.

"Mom, I even picked up an egg!" Shen Shiliu held the bird nest up for Mrs. Zheng to see like it was a treasure, and Mrs. Zheng also smiled.

"Wipe your sweat and wash your face first. You'll be able to cook dinner soon!" Mrs. Zheng said. Now that Shen Shiliu was so capable, and had eaten so little, the pressure on her rations was reduced by quite a bit. She decided to save some food money to prepare a piece of cloth for Shen Shiliu to wear.

"This niece pomegranate really knows how to work!" Madame Zhang sighed, the pigweed on Shen Shiliu's back must have weighed at least fifty kilograms, picking up eggs and picking flowers.

"I have good news today!" Madame Zhang quickly said, and in the heat of the moment, she brought up everything that needed to be said.

"What good news? Did you find a good marriage for my family's big tree? " Mrs. Zheng hurriedly went over. Shen Shu was already sixteen this year, so it was about time for them to talk about marriage.

Zhang Ye replied with a pleased look, "Of course. Forget about me, Mrs. Zhang, I'm still very good at matchmaking! If you want to be a tree, if you want to be a tree, if you want to have a body, if you want to be strong, it's going to be very easy to find a wife! "

Hearing Grandma Zhang's words, Mrs. Zheng was also happy. Her son and daughter were all his, who would praise her more than they would praise her?

"Whose daughter is she?" Mrs. Zheng asked.

"That Zhou guy from Qingyang Village is called Zhou Youcai. He has a daughter named Zhou Miao. She's pretty, and yet she's capable of doing it!"

Hearing that, Mrs. Zheng was moved, her family's Shen Shu was not bad, if she could marry this kind of wife, it would also be good!

After Grandma Zhang finished, she looked at Mrs. Zheng who was also looking forward to it and said: "But her family has a request."

"What request?" Mrs. Zheng asked. Her family was currently quite poor, and they probably wouldn't be able to take out too many betrothal gifts for marriage, so she said: "You know about my family's situation, money for betrothal gifts … …"

Zhang Ye waved his hand and said, "Hey, what's the point of bringing up the money? They already said to leave the money aside for now."

"Don't want a betrothal gift?" Mrs. Zheng was suspicious, even if the people from the small villages did not have any more money, but if they were to marry someone, it would definitely mean that they were getting a betrothal gift, unless …

"I've said that I want to find someone to marry..." After Madame Zhang Ye finished speaking, Mrs. Zheng could no longer sit still. The two of them only had one son, and he was not poor enough to even eat.

"That won't do, our big tree is taking a wife, we aren't going to open the door!" Mrs. Zheng said with a serious expression.

"Aiya, don't be anxious yet!" Seeing that Mrs. Zheng had such a huge reaction, she knew that this road would not work.

"How can we not be anxious? We only have this one son, and we have to take care of our pomegranate in the future!" Mrs. Zheng was still a little angry, but she couldn't display too much emotion in front of Grandma Zhang. In the future, if she said that she was going to be a matchmaker, she would have to trouble the matchmaker.

"Since we're talking about your niece, I'll just say it directly. Zhou Youcai has a younger brother, and he wants to find a wife as well. If the Zhou family doesn't want to marry into the family, then we can change the marriage." Zhang Ye said.

Hearing that, Mrs. Zheng had thought about the Shen Shiliu's marriage, but after the previous incident, most people would not even look at pomegranate. It would be a good thing if they could find a good marriage.

"Diversion...? How many years has it been since that Zhou Youcai's little brother was born? " Mrs. Zheng asked, since Zhou Youcai's daughter was already so old, she had to ask about his younger brother's age.

"Fifty-three!" "He's even a big young lad!" could not tolerate Zhang Ye's words!

"Fifty-three!" My family's pomegranate is only thirteen. Is this how you use a matchmaker? " Mrs. Zheng pointed at Zhang Ye's nose and scolded. He initially did not want to offend this old pious woman, but now that he looked at it, if he did not scold this old fellow, the anger in her heart would not be quelled!

Shen Shiliu was stunned by Madame Zhang's words? What '53', 'disabled', 'five taels of silver'?

When Mrs. Zheng saw that the Shen Shiliu had heard all of this, she did not care about losing face anymore. She picked up the broom in the yard and was about to kick Madame Zhang out.

Seeing that Mrs. Zheng was serious, Zhang Ye could only retreat. When she left the main entrance, Mrs. Zheng immediately closed the door.

"You still dare to sweep me with your broom? Unlucky! Just take that pomegranate of yours and make it your treasure! Let's see who dares to marry into your family with a daughter here! Let your son be a bachelor for the rest of his life! " Zhang Ye did not forget to scold from the other side of the wall even as she stood there without a door. People from the countryside walked past her, all of them watching from the sidelines as they laughed.

Zhang Ye patted off the dust on her body. He had originally thought that with this marriage proposal, she would have a fifty percent payment for her hard work. Now that she didn't have any money, she was covered in dust.

Mrs. Zheng was furious, but Shen Shiliu did not hold back, she sat on the stone bench in the courtyard and was conflicted.

She should have long thought that her current situation wasn't good. She was so annoying now, it really wasn't easy for Shen Shu to propose to her. Now the matchmaker wanted her to marry the old and the sick.

The more Shen Shiliu thought about it, the more upset she became. She wanted to laugh but at the same time, her heart was aching.

"Pomegranate, don't worry. Mother will definitely not marry a bad old man like you!" Mrs. Zheng's heart ached for her daughter. Her daughter was only thirteen, why did she have to suffer through such a worrisome matter?

The big pot was filled with oil, and the moment the egg juice wrapped around the prawns, the fragrance would burst out.

Mrs. Zheng sighed, why did her pomegranate have such a hard time?

"Mother, the marriage of my brother and Han Mei … I don't mind being told. " When Shen Shiliu thought about Han Shuliang's words combined with Zhang Ye's wife, if his brother was able to marry the Han Mei, then she would be able to leave less of a burden.

Hearing that, Mrs. Zheng shook her head: "Although we are all members of the Zhuang Family, we cannot not be arrogant!" If the Han Family said that and their daughter got hanged because of it, then their Shen and Han Family definitely wouldn't let the matter rest!

Shen Shiliu didn't go anywhere in the afternoon. Her house had enough pigweed to feed the pigs for a few days, so she just sat there in a daze. Mrs. Zheng went to the county city, saying that she had to buy some needles, leaving Shen Shiliu by herself.

The Shen Shiliu sat in a daze for a while, then went back to her room and took out a hemp rope, on which she tied a button.

"I seem to have lost some weight!" Shen Shiliu said. She specially used this rope to measure her waist area.

Shen Shiliu was taking out her fat clothes from before. She reckoned that she could fit them in her clothes now.

"Pomegranate, hurry up and come out. Let's see what Mother bought for you!" In the evening, Mrs. Zheng came back and shouted loudly in the courtyard.