Chapter 45
44: Trouble Arises (1)
Old Mrs. Ni thought for a moment before saying, “After all, she’s not my biological granddaughter; she must make her own decisions about her marriage matters. How can I interfere too much!”
She was also worried about losing face in front of Liuwang’s mother, “Liuwang is such a good young man. You should find him a pretty one, one who can read. That would be respectable!”
“I wish I could!” Liuwang’s mother sighed, “I’ve tried to find someone, but this child is so stubborn!”
Ever since he laid eyes on Xie Zhinuan, he had been smitten with her and her alone.
He wasn’t too keen on buying an ox earlier, but now he was willing to buy a Mule Cart to come back home. Why? It was pretty clear.
Although they hadn’t separated from the family yet, Liuwang was shrewd and decisive. He agreed to give one or two taels of silver to the family every month, but if they expected him to give all the silver he earned to subsidize the family, he definitely wouldn’t agree.
“You should keep looking. If not in the village, then go to the town. With so many good girls out there, you can definitely find a nice one!”
Liuwang’s mother thought about it and decided it made sense.
Her son wasn’t bad either.
Now that they had a Mule Cart, she wasn’t worried about not finding a good girl willing to marry him.
That Xie Zhinuan must definitely be playing hard to get.
With that thought, Liuwang’s mother smilingly fetched another piece of cured meat, caught a chicken, and gathered a dozen or so eggs. In short, tonight’s dinner had to be sumptuous.
Everyone gathered around Liuwang, who felt a bit smug inside. Basking in everyone’s flattery, he couldn’t help feeling a bit inflated with pride. He looked left and right but didn’t see the girl he most wanted to see.
“You all chat. I’m going to see what delicious food my mother has made in the kitchen!” Yuan Liuwang said with a laugh and headed towards the kitchen.
The people laughed heartily and said he’d better prepare something delicious and bring out more cured meat to cook.
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Liuwang entered the kitchen and went straight to Old Mrs. Ni, “Auntie, where’s Zhinuan?”“She’s at home!”
Liuwang pondered a moment, “I’ll go call her!”
“…”
Old Mrs. Ni wanted to stop him, but Liuwang had already walked out.
She shook her head helplessly.
In truth, with Xie Zhinuan’s looks, Liuwang couldn’t protect her.
Fortunately, Xie Zhinuan wasn’t interested in Liuwang, so this matter ultimately would not come to fruition.
Liuwang arrived at the neighbouring house’s doorway, straightened his clothes, took a deep sniff to make sure he didn’t smell of sweat, and then knocked on the door.
“Who is it?” Xie Zhinuan asked softly.
She got up to open the door.
Seeing it was Liuwang, she asked in confusion, “What brings you here?”
“Calling you over for dinner!”
“…”
Xie Zhinuan frowned slightly, “I’ve already eaten!”
She pointed to a bowl on the side.
“Thank you for the kind offer!”
Liuwang looked at the dishes on the side and felt a mixture of emotions, “Then tomorrow I’ll catch some game in the mountains. Can you help me cook it?”
“Sure!”
Xie Zhinuan agreed with a smile.
Already lovely and delicate, her smile was like the blooming of all flowers. Liuwang’s heart raced as he watched her, longing to pull this stunning beauty into his arms.
But he dared not.
He was afraid of offending her and also afraid that Xie Zhinuan would get angry.
“Then I’ll head back first!”
Xie Zhinuan nodded.
As Liuwang turned and walked a few steps, then looked back.
Xie Zhinuan had already closed the door.
She called Routuan and went to the kitchen to wash dishes and scrub pots.
As for Liuwang’s feelings, Xie Zhinuan was still cluelessly uninterested.
All she wanted was to live a quiet life, simply and happily.
As for a husband and children, she hadn’t reached that step yet, and as for the mother-in-law relationship, she wanted even less to deal with it. She continued entertaining Routuan and went back to embroidering her pouch.
She hadn’t been able to embroider properly these days, preoccupied with fixing sheets and duvet covers. For the future, she still needed to make some money.
Just as Xie Zhinuan took up her needle and thread, a voice came from outside the door.
Followed by a knock.
“Bang bang bang!”
Xie Zhinuan frowned, went forward to open the door, and saw Donghua standing at the door, “You?”
“Miss Xie, are the old master and madam in? The old master has had an accident!”
Chapter 46