Chapter 54

“Good job, Sixth Brother. Now you know how to love your wife! You’ve made progress. Keep up the good work!” Li Xu teased his younger brother with a giggle.

This Shitou Laoliu has finally come to his senses when it comes to emotions.

It would be great if you have a living wife in the house who can make money and warm the bed. Why do you have to be so unkind to her?

He has tasted the sweetness of having a wife.

“You spend all day revolving around your wife. Can you be more ambitious?” Mrs. Xu glared at Li Xu and said, “Come over to the meeting first.”

Li Xu looked wronged: “It is Lao Liu who is supposed to serve his wife, why are you being so mean to me?”

“You’re not much better than him.”

Li Xu: “…”

Old Mrs. Xu knew that Lao Liu was being silly with her again, so she said this on purpose.

Even if he was angry, there was nothing he could do. The seventh brother wanted to get married, but he couldn’t afford the bride price. So didn’t he have to let Li Tao get married?

When she was young, she gave birth to ten children in one go, seven of whom were sons. But what about these seven sons? None of them lived up to their expectations, and none of them gave birth to a male child to continue the family line of the Li family.

The eldest and the third son both gave birth to daughters, and the fourth son’s wife is also said to be pregnant with a girl.

Lao Wu puts all his strength on his wife every day. They have been married for several months, but there is no movement in his wife’s belly.

The sixth brother is even worse. He has never touched a woman since he got married.

He could only temporarily place his hopes on the seventh brother.

The seventh brother had to get married quickly and bring Lin Zhiqing home. Not only could she give birth to a son for the Li family, but when she became successful in the future, he could also take her back to the city to enjoy a good life.

As for these girls, they are all money-losing goods.

No matter how you raise them, in the end they will all be given to other people, right?

Once you get married, you no longer have your natal family in your heart, you only think about the affairs of your husband’s family.

If their marriages could be of some benefit to her sons, Old Lady Xu would be very willing to exchange them for some benefits.

“Sixth Brother, if you want to heat the kang, do it quickly. Come over when you’re done. Everyone is waiting for you.” After saying this, Old Mrs. Xu went back to the north room.

Li Yao said nothing. He went to the back of the house, brought back a pile of firewood, cleaned the kang hole, and started to light a fire to burn the firewood.

Ning Jia sat beside him with his chin in his hand, watching him work skillfully.

As the firewood started burning, the earthen kang quickly became hot.

“It will be cold if I don’t go back tonight.” Li Yao stood up and brushed the dust off his body and said.

Ning Jia touched the warm bed and smiled with satisfaction: “Thank you, Li Yao.”

“Just a verbal thank you?” Li Yao glanced at her.

Ning Jia pursed her lips and smiled, then stood on tiptoe and kissed him lightly on the forehead: “Is this sincere enough?”

“Not enough.” Li Yao suddenly hugged her waist, lowered his head and kissed her hard on the lips, “This is sincerity.”

Ning Jia’s face was red, and her heart was beating fast: “Don’t you dislike me? Why did you kiss me on the mouth?”

Li Yao laughed: “I didn’t like it before, but now I like it a little bit.”

“A little?” Ning Jia nodded thoughtfully, “Okay, I understand.”

She pushed Li Yao away: “Go to the meeting.”

“No, I don’t want to go.”

“Go and listen to what the old lady has to say.”

“Oh well.”

Li Yao followed the advice and went to the old lady’s room for a meeting.

Old Mrs. Xu sat on the kang, legs crossed, sewing a cotton garment in her hands: “Xiao Tao is not young anymore, it’s time for her to get married. I’ve considered it and there’s no one suitable in our village, so why not marry her to Wang Er… Wang Guangfa.”

The brothers all expressed their opposition.

“Mom, he has a bad reputation.”

“He’s lazy too. Xiao Tao will suffer if she marries him.”

“Yes, our Xiaotao can’t find a good one in this village. We can still find a good one in the surrounding villages. If that doesn’t work, we can look for one in the town.” Li Xu said.

Old Lady Xu squinted at him and said, “Why don’t you look for it in heaven? I still say the same thing. If you have money and can collect the 200 yuan betrothal gift, Li Tao will wait at home for two years. If you can’t collect enough, then let her get married and use the betrothal gift money to marry the seventh son.”

“I have no objection.” Li Chuan said immediately.

Li Yao gave him a cold look and said, “Of course you have no objection. I will not be involved in this matter. You can do whatever you want.”

Seeing that Old Six did not stop her this time, Old Lady Xu knew that the matter was settled: “Okay, then it’s settled. Tomorrow I will ask Er Laizi to ask a matchmaker to come to our house to propose marriage. That’s it, meeting adjourned!”

Li Xu: “…”

What kind of negotiation is this?

This is a unilateral notification!

After returning to the house, Ning Jia asked Li Yao for news, and Li Yao repeated what Old Lady Xu said.

Ning Jia sighed: “Your mother is really good, she sold her daughter very smoothly.”

It’s rare to see such a vicious old lady.

“Didn’t you say you wanted to help Xiao Tao? How are you going to help?”

Ning Jia grinned, and Li Yao felt creepy inside.

Sure enough, she asked, “Of course I want to help, but I don’t know if you can spare the old lady.”

The next day.

The news that Li Tao was going to marry Wang Erlaizi spread throughout the village. People who went to work talked about it and thought that Old Lady Xu had lost her mind and was sticking a beautiful flower in cow dung.

Wang Erlaizi was so happy that he went crazy.

He has liked Li Tao for a long time. Although she looks thin, she actually has a very nice figure, with plump breasts, wide hips and big buttocks. She looks fertile and must be able to give birth to a son.

Marrying her would be a real bargain.

Wang Erlaizi happily took out the hundred yuan from his home and went straight to the Li family’s door.

As soon as I walked to the door of my house, I saw Ning Jia and An Ye arguing with their hands on their hips.

Ning Jia: “Are you being unreasonable? I picked up all the firewood, and my man brought the water. Is there anything wrong with me taking a shower tonight?”

An Ye: “What do you mean you first? I should go first! You always go first. You have to let others wash first. After I wash, Xiao Tao will wash. After Xiao Tao washes, you can wash first.”

“Xiaotao is last!”

“You are bullying me! Why is Xiaotao ranked last?”

Wang Erlaizi listened for a while and then shamelessly approached and said, “Two sisters-in-law, are you guys fighting over a bath?”

An Ye: “Get lost! It’s none of your business.”

Ning Jia: “Stay away from me. I don’t want to talk to someone who has slept with an old sow.”

Wang Erlaizi was furious: he deeply suspected that it was these two people who threw him into the sow’s pigpen!

After scolding Wang Erlaizi, the two continued to argue for a few more sentences, and then they compromised and reached a consensus.

“You were asked to wash first, and then you washed me. Only after I washed myself can I become Xiaotao.”

“Okay.” An Ye also agreed, “Let Xiao Tao wash last.”

After the quarrel, the two people snorted at each other, turned around and left.

Wang Erlaizi also chuckled twice before entering the Li family’s gate.

The marriage proposal process went very smoothly. The betrothal gifts were all prepared. Old Mrs. Xu was all smiles and agreed readily, promising Erlaizi to hold the wedding before the New Year.

Wang Erlaizi was going to get married, and he walked out of Li’s house happily.

As soon as I reached the door, I met Li Tao coming out of her room. She looked like she had just cried, with two tear marks on her face. When the breeze blew, her baggy clothes stuck to her body, outlining her beautiful curves clearly.

Wang Erlaizi’s eyes suddenly widened and fell on the two plump peaches on her chest, rolling left and right, and she couldn’t take her eyes away.

“Shameless! Bah!” Li Tao spat at him.

Wang Erlaizi chuckled twice: “It’s pretty hot! Xiaotao, your mother has agreed to marry you to me, I think it’s a fair and aboveboard thing for you, right? Anyway, it doesn’t matter if you see it sooner or later, don’t you think?”

“Get out!” Li Tao cursed at him and walked out without looking back.

Wang Erlaizi stared at Li Tao’s round buttocks, and the yellow waste in his head began to overflow everywhere.

I really want to marry her right away and can’t wait even a day.

“Why are you staying here?” Ning Jia came out of the house and saw Erlaizi drooling at Li Tao and said, “Li Tao is such a good girl, and God is really blind! Look at you, you are so dirty, so disgusting, hurry up and find some water to wash yourself tonight, otherwise you will suffocate others when you go out!”

“Wash it tonight.” Wang Erlaizi was not angry, but agreed with a smile.

Ning Jia curled the corners of his mouth. He put down the hook and waited to see if the big turtle would take the bait.