Chapter 44: Doubts
On the way back from Baligou, Zhang Cai kept thinking about what Mr. Liu said. "I promised to let Qianqian take care of Xiaolong, just to let her repay her kindness, the hero saves the beauty, and the beauty promises each other, that is a legendary story, I never thought that now, since Xiaolong's injury has been healed, I want to take Qianqian back in a few days, and it is not a matter to stay with Brother Zhang all the time. β
What does Zhang Cai have to say? There is a gap between his own family and the Liu family, Xiaolong is a farmer, and Liu Qian, a well-informed girl, is really not worthy, these days of getting along, in the eyes of the Zhang family, Liu Qian is a golden phoenix, and the Zhang family does not have a plane tree, how to let the phoenix fall? Although Liu Qian really likes Zhang Xiaolong and is willing to live with the people of the Zhang family, who knows what it will be like to really live together in the future? Instead of making trouble in the future, it's better not to come together now, alas, it's a pity that Liu Qian, a good daughter-in-law, is a pity for Xiaolong's infatuation.
Zhang Caina sighed as he walked, and sighed until Guo Zhuang, and his brows did not loosen.
Zhang Xiaolong and the others at home were naturally looking forward to Zhang Cai bringing back good news, but seeing Zhang Cai enter the door with a gloomy face, they knew that things were not going well, Zhang Cai entered the house, and made a butt on the chair, Zhang Xiaolong quickly poured water, Zhang Cai drank water, rested a little, and then told the matter at Mr. Liu's house. Everyone who was in a worried mood stopped talking, and Guo Sufei asked Zhang Cai: "Do you tell your mother about this?"
Zhang Cai thought for a while and said: "Don't talk about it yet, my mother knows that we went to Baligou, if there is a happy event, I will definitely be the first to tell her, since I don't tell her the old man, I must know that it is not good news." By the way, what about Liu Qian?"
Guo Sufei pointed to the back room and said, "I saw you coming back just now, this kid was scared and hid first." I'm going to call her out, tell her what his father said, and tell her to pack her things beforehand. β
Zhang Xiaolong said beside him: "Mother, I'll call it, I don't think Qianqian will go back, and I don't need to pack up my things first." β
Guo Sufei looked at Zhang Xiaolong in love lovingly, and said, "Okay, you go, maybe Qianqian can convince his father." β
Not long after, Liu Qian followed Zhang Xiaolong out of the back room, her face was a little pale, she looked at everyone, did not speak, quietly sat on the chair in the corner, everyone also sat down, quietly looking at Liu Qian. In fact, in Liu Qian's heart, she was thinking about it and didn't understand what her father meant. Since he was a child, his father has followed himself, never against his own will, and he has taken the matter of transferring his husband, which is simply his own word, and there are countless people who have come to the door to propose marriage, and his father has never said his own opinion, but with his own likes and dislikes, this is really strange, he has decided, but he wants to oppose it, is it possible that he is afraid that Uncle Zhang will deceive him? However, it shouldn't be, does he really want his brother to get married first, and then think about himself? Thinking of this, Liu Qian was also troubled for a while, Liu Kai's vision was also surprisingly high, he couldn't even look down on the girls in the nearby villages, if he waited for him to marry first, wouldn't he become an old girl?
Liu Qian raised her head, looked at the eyes of everyone looking at her eagerly, and said with a forced smile: "I don't quite understand what my father means, wait a few days, when my father comes to pick me up, I'll ask Haode." β
Then he looked at Zhang Xiaolong and nodded at him, and Zhang Xiaolong showed a smile on his face at this time.
This night is destined to be a depressing night, everyone didn't eat well for dinner, hurriedly ate some, and cleaned up, when Guo Sufei was delivering food to her grandmother, her grandmother asked Zhang Cai if she brought back good news, Guo Sufei just wanted to support me, and my grandmother said: "It's okay, Sufei, I know the situation of our family very well, a few children are very good, but our family background is here, and it is normal for others to dislike it." Let the kids go with the flow. It's not that a family doesn't enter the door, it's our daughter-in-law who will marry sooner or later. β
Guo Sufei listened, her heart was mixed, happy that her mother saw it better than herself, she was concerned about it, and she was worried about her mother's wish, maybe she couldn't complete it, and she was a little unfilial.
After the meal, everyone had no intention of working, and after talking for a while, they went to sleep, only Zhang Cai and Guo Sufei discussed in a low voice in the hall for a long time before returning to their own room.
There was no oil lamp in the back room, Guo Sufei was on the kang in the dark, she was lying there, still thinking about what she had discussed with Zhang Cai just now, at this time, she heard that Liu Qian was also turning over and sleeping badly, so she asked her: "Are you thinking about your father's words?"
"Yes, auntie. Liu Qian replied vaguely.
Guo Sufei said: "Qianqian, in fact, your father is also good to you, after all, you are still young, you have not experienced too many things, and you have little experience in life. Your father has his own ideas and wants you to live a happy life, we all understand it, after all, a family like ours can really not give you much. When your father was young, it was because of his family background that he didn't let your mother take care of his body, which caused him lifelong regrets, so he attached great importance to this, and the most important thing is that he wanted to find you a reader, he and your brother are both reading, so I naturally hope that your husband is also a reader, and you are good at chanting poetry, and this kind of life is what you should have. What about Xiaolong, my own son, of course I think he is very good, but our family background was really bad back then, so we didn't let him read and write, which is also forced by life, who doesn't want their children to be able to work?"
"I know, auntie, I now also vaguely understand my father's mind, however, I still feel in my heart that the poetry is right, the wind and snow are happy, you carry water and I water the garden, you plough the field and I weave the life is also a kind of happiness, the two people in the family have the same mind, mutual respect and love, although a little poor, but can be changed by their own hands, I grew up in the countryside since I was a child, I don't have to be my mother's body bones, my body haode is very, although I have not done farm work in the field since I was a child, but I believe that if I do, it must not be worse than othersγ Liu Qian said unconvinced.
Guo Sufei smiled and said, "Qianqian, you are really a child who does not admit defeat." In fact, getting married is not just a matter of two people, you have to integrate into a new family, to adapt to their lives, and to make them all accept you, not just your husband. Moreover, there are many trivial things such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar at home, and any little thing will make your life unhappy. β
Liu Qian said: "These things, auntie, I know everything, when I was at home, my father and brother didn't know housework, I did everything, I believe I have full preparation for these." And...... And during the time I lived here, I felt that the atmosphere at home was very good and harmonious, I could feel the feeling that I couldn't enjoy in my home, and I felt that I could be very haode integrated into this home. β
She spoke softer and softer, as if embarrassed.
"And, most importantly, I think Xiaolong is very good, very good in all aspects, I don't want to lose the opportunity to make my life happy because of my family background, in fact, I have hesitated before, I think Xiaolong is illiterate and I may have nothing to say, I also thought, I can teach Xiaolong to read and write, he also agreed, I think we will live a good life, so that you don't have to worry about it. When Liu Qian said Zuihou, her voice was low and inaudible, but fortunately, it was dark in the night, and she couldn't see Liu Qian's already red face, so she could say these words.
Guo Sufei was very relieved to hear this, and she also comforted Liu Qian: "Qianqian, you have said everything here today, my aunt is very happy, and you also see that our family also likes you very much, not only Xiaolong, but your uncle and I sometimes treat you as a daughter-in-law, Xiaohua and Xiaohu want to call you sister-in-law." We'll do our best to marry you, do you remember the last time in Luzhen, didn't that bully lose our money?"
Liu Qian said: "Oh, yes, I almost forgot about it. That's a lot of money. β
Guo Sufei said: "I discussed with your uncle just now, if your father is really because our family is poor and doesn't have enough silver for you to live a good life, we plan to exchange that silver ticket, I believe this amount will definitely satisfy your father." β
Liu Qian immediately stopped it, she said: "Auntie, don't use this silver ticket now, in case the bully has an ambush in the money village in Luzhen, then wouldn't we throw ourselves into the net? Besides, my father is not a person who gets into the eyes of money, he must have other ideas, everything will wait for him to come. β
Guo Sufei also said: "That's right, I also said the same thing about your uncle, but your uncle seems to have gotten into the tip of the horns, lest your father pick you up, didn't you think of this way." Go back and wait for your dad to come, and ask him what he thinks. Anyway, I think if Xiaolong doesn't look for you, he won't look down on other girls, maybe he won't look for it for the rest of his life?"
Liu Qianjiao smiled and said, "Auntie, look at what you said, how can I be so good." It's also our fate that I was able to meet Xiaolong. β
Guo Sufei said: "Yes, it's fate, but fate is determined by heaven, and it depends on the person who can turn fate into a real family." God doesn't care. Let's go to bed early, refresh ourselves and take care of our home. β
Liu Qian said: "Haode, auntie, you should go to bed early." β
Liu Qian told Guo Sufei everything in her heart, she felt very relaxed in her heart, and fell asleep after a while, Guo Sufei listened to Liu Qian's snoring, and her heart was also happy, such a girl just can't be her daughter-in-law, and I want to wish her happiness, thinking about it, I fell asleep.
Only in the opposite hut, Zhang Cai and Zhang Xiaolong have been unable to sleep, and they don't know when they fell asleep.