Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 490: Even with this comparison, Mr. Lu is still a good husband

After the two families finished talking to each other, they stood up and walked out of the teahouse together.

Li was thinking about going home later and asking Shen Yu what his impression of Mr. Zhu was. It seemed that compared with Mr. Lu, Mr. Zhu was more handsome and had a sweeter mouth.

When he looked up, he saw a girl with tearful eyes, who was about the same age as Shen Yu, standing not far from the entrance of the teahouse.

As soon as she saw Mr. Zhu coming out, even though he didn't come over, her eyes seemed to be glued to him and she couldn't take her eyes off him.

Even a blind man could see from the look of deep love that there was something special between this girl and Mr. Zhu.

As soon as Mr. Zhu saw the girl, his expression changed, and his dashing and eloquent appearance just now disappeared in an instant.

Shen Yu didn't like this person in the first place, and now he was watching coldly, so he deliberately smiled and said, "Mr. Zhu, the girl next to you seems to be looking for you."

Zhu Xiucai shook his hands when he heard this and said hastily, "Don't misunderstand, Miss Shen. I don't know her. I must have recognized the wrong person."

The girl had not originally planned to come over, but when she heard this she seemed unable to hold back, and she cried out, covering her face with her hands, and ran away.

When Mr. Zhu saw the girl running away, he became anxious and chased after her without thinking, shouting, "Cousin, cousin, wait for me..."

In a flash, the two of them disappeared, one running and the other chasing, leaving the matchmaker standing there with an embarrassed look on her face.

There was nothing to understand in this situation. Li was so angry that her face turned pale.

Shen Yu was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Mom, I think Mr. Zhu's family is very busy, maybe he will have a wedding in a few days."

"Let's not visit each other anymore. We've been out for half a day, let's go back."

The lady's face turned red and white, and she could only say "I'm sorry" repeatedly, explaining that she didn't know what was going on, and that she would give an explanation to Madam Li after she got to know the situation.

Shen Yu smiled and said, "No need, everyone is busy, let's just go our separate ways."

After saying this, he took Li's hand and went home briskly.

At this point, Li's efforts to find a good marriage for Shen Yu ended in complete failure.

Facts also proved that her vision was indeed poor.

Li was so angry that he went through several twists and turns to find out the whole story, and finally he found out what was going on.

It turned out that the girl was Zhu Xiucai's distant cousin. They had known each other since childhood. Zhu Xiucai was sweet-spoken and he only needed to show a little charm to make his cousin fall in love with him and would not marry anyone else.

But Mr. Zhu was a loving and affectionate man. Although he liked his cousin, he did not want to miss out on a large peach forest by getting married too early.

No matter how much his cousin urged him, he was still reluctant to propose marriage.

When he came to the restaurant to eat, he saw Shen Yu from a distance once. Compared with his cousin's gentleness and obedience, he also liked Shen Yu's generosity and cheerfulness.

So I found opportunities to come here twice more later, but Shen Yu happened not to be in the restaurant, so I didn't meet him.

The more you can't get, the more you care about it. When he heard that the person he was looking for was Miss Shen from Fengnian Restaurant, he immediately agreed.

He thought that after marrying Miss Shen, he would ask his mother to marry his cousin as a concubine. Then he would love his cousin more and enjoy the blessing of having two wives.

Unexpectedly, after the cousin knew Zhu Xiucai's plan, she was heartbroken and took advantage of the day when the two families were meeting to come after him in tears.

I wanted to see what kind of girl could make my cousin fall in love with someone else, but I unexpectedly heard my cousin saying that he didn't know her.

As soon as the beauty shed tears, the sentimental scholar could no longer hold back and his true colors were revealed.

After saying all this angrily, Li said with some relief, "Thank God, these two people revealed their true colors very quickly, and you didn't suffer any loss."

"But my luck is too bad. How come I always meet all kinds of people? Compared to this, Mr. Lu is still a good husband."

Shen Yu just wanted to laugh when he heard this, so he said, "Mom, every failure is a learning experience. Let's wait a few months before discussing my marriage. Don't make any more trouble."

"But next time we look for a relative for Yu Tao, we must make careful inquiries and not rush into a match."

Li nodded repeatedly and said that she would keep an eye on the man for the next two years. When the time comes, she will ask someone to find out more about him before considering dating him.

"We must not let this happen again. I will definitely find a good marriage for Yutao."

Li finally said this with a determined look on his face as if to express his determination.

Yutao, who was busy in the restaurant, suddenly felt a chill on her back and shivered for no reason. She was completely unaware that her mother, who could not sit still, had transferred all her enthusiasm to her.

Leisurely days always pass quickly.

As the spring breeze becomes warmer and the spring colors become more intense, all kinds of fresh vegetables gradually sprout and grow leaves.

On the street, vendors carrying baskets on their shoulders began to shout about selling juicy and tender young radishes, young rapeseeds with leaves that were so tender that water could be squeezed out of them, and young leeks that were growing rapidly with the spring rain.

In addition to these common fresh vegetables, there are also a wide variety of wild vegetables and flowers that can be used in dishes. The dishes on the menu of Fengnian Restaurant become richer with the change of seasons.

After eating shepherd's purse wontons, scrambled eggs with toon, young broad beans and wisteria cakes, when it was time to eat locust flower cold noodles, it was already April, the late spring and early summer season.

During this period of time, after the blow of seeing each other, Li completely calmed down. She just diligently burned incense to the Buddha every morning and evening, and waited wholeheartedly for the imperial examination at the end of April.

Shen Yu originally thought that he should first list the conditions and then follow them to find someone of equal status and good character to marry.

This should have been an easy task in ancient times, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult.

The risk is no less than meeting a scumbag when dating in modern society.

She simply gave up the idea. At worst, she could open a small shop and live a simple life with her family. It would be nice to be a wealthy woman.

She doesn't care what outsiders think.

In Shen Yu's heart, although he thought Lu Lang was a good person, he had always regarded him as the son of a high and mighty county magistrate and had no other thoughts.

What's more, there are Old Master Lu's harsh conditions.

She didn't have any hope for the Lu family's proposal, nor did she expect it deliberately.

Everything depends on God's will, and I don't have the enthusiasm that Li does.

In early April, the rain gradually increased.

There are still some precious medicinal herbs in Doctor Sun’s old house that had not been dug out and stolen. Now they are afraid that they will lose their medicinal properties due to moisture when the rainy season comes.

He was planning to go back to Dongxi Village to take out all these medicinal herbs and make the best use of them, so he came here specially to ask the Li family if they wanted to go back with him.