Early in the morning of the second day, Shui Shengniang went to the captain's house to ask for leave from the captain, and after breakfast, Shui Shengniang pulled her gray hair back in front of the only broken mirror in the house, and took out a dark blue gown from the big box and put it on, she saw Shui Sheng sitting on the edge of the bed and didn't know what she was thinking, so she walked over and touched Shui Sheng's head.

"Don't think about it, go and put on the new undershirt that my mother made for you last year, and look more energetic."

"Okay, I got it." Shui Sheng took out the white undershirt and put it on his body.

Shui Shengniang walked to the yard and took off the basket hanging on the branches, only to see that the basket was full of eggs, many villagers fed hens, but the hens gave birth to eggs but were reluctant to eat them themselves, most of them took them to the supply and marketing cooperatives to exchange money, used to buy some needles, threads, brains, matches, rice, oil and salt.

Shui Sheng Niang took out a blue printed cloth and covered it on the basket, turned her head and saw Shui Sheng coming out of the house, and the mother and son walked out of the courtyard door together.

Along the way, the aquatic life was sullen and did not speak. Shui Shengniang knew what her son was thinking, but she wanted to persuade her son but didn't know where to start.

The mother and son walked all the way to Lianchi Village, standing at the door of the village chief's house, Shui Sheng hesitated for a long time and said, "Mother, let's go back." ”

Shui Shengniang shouted inside: "Is there anyone?" ”

The village chief's wife walked out of the door and was surprised to see Shui Shengniang and Shui Sheng standing outside: "Why are you here, come in." ”

The village chief's wife opened the fence gate and let Shui Sheng and Shui Sheng Niang in, and when she saw the basket Shui Sheng Niang was carrying on her arm, a look of surprise flashed in her eyes, but she didn't speak.

"Aquatic Niang, what are you?" After entering the house, the village chief's wife said in surprise when she saw a basket full of eggs in the basket of the aquatic mother.

Shui Shengniang did not answer the question of the village chief's wife, but asked: "What about his village chief's uncle?" ”

"He's gone to the team and will come back after a while, what's the matter with you?" The village chief's wife didn't understand the meaning of Shui Sheng and Shui Sheng's mother, so she asked.

"His aunt, we do have something to discuss with you today." Shui Shengniang touched the bun on the back of her head and said.

The village chief's wife saw the uncomfortable looks of Shui Sheng Niang and Shui Sheng, as well as the basket of eggs on the table, and probably had a guess in her heart, but she didn't dare to confirm it.

Immediately, he said: "I'll go and pour you a glass of water first, you must be thirsty after walking such a long way, if there is something, let's discuss it later." With that, he went out to the kitchen and came back with two bowls of water.

Shui Shengniang and Shui Sheng looked at each other, Shui Sheng's two hands tightly grasped his knees, it could be seen that he was very nervous now, and he had been thinking about how to open his mouth for a while to get the village chief to agree to marry Yingzi to him.

The aquatic life was not interested in drinking the sugar water, but looked through the wall to the east. It was Yingzi's room over there, and he wondered what she was doing now, and after a while, would the village chief and the village chief's wife agree to marry Yingzi to him.

Shui Sheng's heart turned a thousand times, and when he came to Yingzi's house, he found that his heart was so uneasy.

On the side, the village chief's wife and Shui Shengniang sat there across the kang table, chatting about some topics about harvest and life, sometimes talking about the new things in ten miles and eight towns, sometimes talking about who got married and gave birth to a child in ten miles and eight towns, and after talking for a long time, he didn't talk about Yingzi's marriage, and Shui Sheng listened to the more he listened, the more anxious he became, the more anxious he listened, but he knew that he couldn't open his mouth to urge now.

The village chief walked to the door and lifted the curtain, and when he saw the aquatic and aquatic mothers in the house, he was stunned for a moment, and then said, "The aquatic and aquatic mothers are here." ”

Shui Sheng stood up almost immediately when he saw the village chief, and called out respectfully: "Uncle Village Chief"

The village chief nodded, and agreed, and the village chief walked into the house and sat on the kang, looking at Shui Sheng, he was quite fond of this capable and honest descendant of Wang Zhuang.

The village chief's wife gave him a vague look, and the village chief inadvertently glanced at Shui Sheng and nodded vaguely.

The village chief took a sip of water from the bowl and asked slowly, "Shui Sheng, do you have anything to do with coming to me today?" ”

Shui Sheng immediately stood up and took two steps forward, feeling entangled in his heart, but thinking of Ming Nuan's words last night, he thought of Yingzi in the East House and said with a firm expression: "Uncle Village Chief, I want to beg you, please marry Yingzi to me." ”

The village chief's wife and the village chief obviously didn't expect Shui Sheng to say the purpose so directly, but they were all taken aback, but Shui Shengniang, looking at Shui Sheng's face with a look of relief, Shui Sheng's child is good at everything, honest and capable, the only drawback is that he is too shy, today he can be here bravely say what he thinks in his heart, Shui Sheng Niang really feels that Shui Sheng has grown.

Although the village chief knew that his purpose was to propose, he still lowered his face and said, "Do you know what you're talking about? ”

"Uncle Village Chief, of course I know what I'm talking about, not only do I know what I'm talking about, but I've already thought about it." Shui Sheng, who had lost his shyness and shyness, now appeared very resolute and brave.

"His uncle and his aunt, this child is also raised by you, he will not talk nonsense since he was a child, there is one to say one and two to say, this time we are also sincerely trying to marry Yingzi." Seeing that the atmosphere between the village chief and Shui Sheng was slightly solemn, Shui Sheng Niang couldn't help but say.

"Why do you want me to marry Yingzi to you?" The village chief asked in a deep voice, what happened to Yingzi recently was known to the neighbors, but even so, he couldn't bear to wronged his daughter.

Shui Sheng's face was swollen and red, and he didn't know where to start, he said slowly: "Uncle Village Chief, I, I like Yingzi, I've liked Yingzi since I was a child, I know, I know I'm not worthy of her, but, please believe me, I will definitely be good to her." ”

In the end, Shui Sheng's face showed a determined look, and he couldn't help but make the village chief and the village chief's wife nod in their hearts.

Recently, the village chief and the village chief's wife couldn't eat for Yingzi's affairs, and they couldn't sleep at night, they didn't expect that because of a small thing, Yingzi's in-laws quickly withdrew from the marriage, so that Yingzi almost fell into a desperate situation, he wanted to marry Yingzi to Huo Mingyang, everyone said that he took the opportunity to want a capable and promising son-in-law, but this is not the case, he knows that he is sorry for Huo Mingyang, but he has no other way, he can't let his daughter marry an old bachelor or a widower to spend her life in the ridicule and bullying of her husband's family.

"Don't you care about Yingzi?" The village chief asked as he stared at Shui Sheng with his eyes.

"I don't care, I know it's not Yingzi's fault, I don't dislike her, she's right." This time, Shui Sheng answered the village chief's question without hesitation.

"You really don't dislike her?" The village chief's wife asked again next to her, she knew what such a thing meant to Yingzi, even if Yingzi was right, so what, the gossip outside was a knife that killed people without seeing blood.

No one knew that Yingzi, the other protagonist of the story, was standing outside the door at this time, she opened the curtain and listened to what Shui Sheng said, and she burst into tears, looking at the tall man standing in the room for some reason, and felt a sense of relief.

"I promise his uncle and his aunt, as long as Yingzi marries, I will treat her as my own daughter." Who declared that he patted his chest and assured the village chief and the village chief's wife.

"Uncle Village Chief, please believe me, although I am poor now, I will definitely work hard, and I will let Yingzi live a good life." Shui Sheng also assured on the side.

Yingzi, who was eavesdropping outside the house, couldn't help but lower the curtain when she heard this, turned her back against the wall, and covered her mouth with her hands to prevent herself from crying.

"Good, good. I believe you. The village chief excitedly tapped the pipe in his hand and said.

On the side, the village chief's wife wiped the tears from her eyes and said, "It's almost noon, stay and eat." Without waiting for Shui Sheng and Shui Shengniang to respond, he walked out of the door quickly.

Seeing Yingzi with tears in her eyes outside the door, the village chief's wife hugged Yingzi and patted her on the back.

"Good boy, you're all bitter."

Yingzi choked up and couldn't speak, but nodded again and again and said, "I'll go cook with you." ”

After a while, Shui Sheng Niang also came out of the house to help cook in the kitchen, and there were only Shui Sheng and the village chief in the house, and neither of them knew what they said.

In the afternoon, Shui Sheng and Shui Sheng Niang came back from Lianchi Village and walked towards home happily, and in less than two days, the surrounding villages spread the news of Shui Sheng and Lian Ying's engagement, Ming Nuan heard the news, smiled, I didn't expect Shui Sheng to succeed so quickly, presumably it was Shui Sheng's love for Yingzi that moved the village chief and Yingzi.

Ming Nuan felt that he had done a good thing here, that is, to prevent Ming Yang from marrying someone he didn't like, and to let the honest and reliable Shui Sheng marry someone he liked, Ming Nuan believed that Shui Sheng would definitely be good to Yingzi.