Chapter 45: Marriage
"Zhen'er, Zhen'er, serve tea to the guests!"
As soon as Mr. Liang welcomed Yang Zhengshan into the back hall, he invited people to serve tea.
"Coming!" A clear voice came from the backyard.
Yang Zhengshan only sat for a moment before a girl wearing a green sarong walked in with tea.
"Guest, please drink tea!" the girl said with a gentle smile.
Yang Zhengshan looked her up and down.
The little girl is very good-looking, with clear features, dark eyes, and a round face with a little baby fat.
Neither gaudy nor vulgar, neither arrogant nor impetuous, but somewhat cute.
"Is this your daughter?" Yang Zhengshan asked seemingly casually when he saw Mr. Liang walking in with two pieces of cloth in his arms.
"Haha, she is my eldest daughter." Mr. Liang also replied casually.
"She is a diligent and good girl!" Yang Zhengshan said again.
When the little girl was serving tea just now, he noticed that the little girl's fingers were not wet with spring water, but had some thin calluses.
A little girl like her would naturally not work in the fields. The calluses on her hands should have been worn out by needlework.
As soon as he said these words, Mr. Liang's eyes suddenly changed, and he looked at him more warily.
The little girl quietly exited the back hall.
It is very taboo to rashly comment on other people's daughters.
Especially for an unmarried girl, it is no longer easy for her to show her face, let alone being judged by a strange man in front of her.
However, Mr. Liang did not attack immediately, but said calmly: "Guest, please wait a moment."
Yang Zhengshan stopped talking and just drank tea silently.
The tea was mediocre, indicating that Mr. Liang and his friends were not very wealthy.
The daughter's appearance in the public eye also proves this point. Otherwise, just hire a clerk. There is no need to let your daughter appear in the public eye.
He was a little rude just now, but Mr. Liang still tolerated it, which shows that he needs this business very much.
The vigilance in Mr. Liang's eyes showed that he still valued his daughter, but he had to endure Yang Zhengshan's rudeness because of the pressure of life.
Caring about his daughter also shows that Mr. Liang is not a fool.
There are too many families here that favor boys over girls. Many families regard girls as goods and can be bought and sold at will.
There are also many businessmen who use their daughters as bargaining chips to cling to the powerful.
With just a few words, Yang Zhengshan felt that the character of Mr. Liang and Liang Zhen should not be very bad.
It's not necessarily how good he is, but he shouldn't be the kind of person who doesn't go offline.
"I heard that the shopkeeper is from Fucheng?"
Mr. Liang walked in again holding two pieces of cloth, and Yang Zhengshan chatted casually.
"Yeah!" Mr. Liang lowered his head and responded in a muffled voice.
"The shopkeeper is not like a businessman, but more like a scholar!" Yang Zhengshan said again.
Mr. Liang raised his head and said, "Aren't the guests here to buy cloth?"
Yang Zhengshan smiled gently and said, "I'm just here to buy cloth."
"I come from the Liang family in Fucheng, which was just separated last year!" Mr. Liang stopped moving the cloth and sat in front of Yang Zhengshan, the alertness in his eyes becoming more obvious.
"Split the family? Just this one store?" Yang Zhengshan didn't care about the warning in his eyes, and still said with a smile.
"That's right!" Mr. Liang said.
Yang Zhengshan nodded, as he had guessed.
"Do you have any other children?"
"Yes, I have a son, who is six years old this year!"
"Then why is it only divided into one store?"
"I am a concubine!" Mr. Liang answered all questions. He suspected that Yang Zhengshan had bad intentions, but he did not do anything.
After leaving the Liang family, he was just the shopkeeper of a small cloth shop.
In fact, when he was in the Liang family, he was just a person who was not taken seriously. Otherwise, when the huge Liang family was divided, he wouldn't have only gotten a small county store.
He doesn't think he has anything worth worrying about.
Of course, if someone is interested in him, he seems to have no ability to resist.
The Liang family would not help him, a bastard who was separated, and he had no background in Anning County.
"After the separation, did you have no contact with the Liang family?" Yang Zhengshan asked.
"No!" Mr. Liang stared at him.
Yang Zhengshan nodded again, he was an understanding person.
Although he was kicked out of his house, he was not at all decadent or unwilling.
In fact, in many big families, life is difficult for concubines and concubines.
Perhaps for Mr. Liang, being separated is actually a good thing. At least he can live his life with peace of mind.
"This is Yang Zhengshan. I live in Yangjia Village, Qinghe Town!" Yang Zhengshan introduced himself.
Mr. Liang was stunned, "Aren't you here to cause trouble?"
Yang Zhengshan grinned, "I'm here to buy cloth!"
"Oh, I'm going to prepare the cloth for the guests!" Mr. Liang couldn't recover, so he stood up and continued to move the cloth.
Seeing his appearance, Yang Zhengshan suddenly felt worried.
Such an in-law seems to be too honest. What should I do if I am cheated in the future?
After Mr. Liang brought the cloth out, Yang Zhengshan found an ox cart and took it to the inn, then rode on the red cloud and went home.
After returning home, Yang Zhengshan asked Wang to distribute the cotton cloth he bought.
The candidates to follow him to Chongshanguan have been decided, and they are all the best among the young people in Yangjia Village.
Excluding Yang Mingzhi and Yang Mingwu, there were ten people in total, each with three sets of clothes. Yang Zhengshan provided cotton cloth, but their family members needed to do the sewing.
Calculating the time, there are still more than ten days before he goes to Chongshan Pass.
Yang Zhengshan decided to settle Yang Minghao's marriage before going to Chongshan Pass.
Since he thinks the Liang family is good, there is no scruple.
The next day, Yang Zhengshan called Wang Pozi and asked Wang Pozi to go to the door to propose marriage.
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"Who are you talking about?"
In the backyard of Liang's cloth shop, Liang Sanye looked at his wife Lin, his eyes wide open, with an incredible look on his face.
Just now, Wang Pozi came to the door and said that she wanted to propose marriage for their daughter.
They were not surprised by the marriage proposal. Liang Zhen was old enough, and some people came to propose marriage in recent months, but they were all rejected.
They were new to Anning County and didn't know much about the people in Anning County. Liang Sanye and Lin didn't want to marry their daughter off in a muddle, so they wanted to delay for a while, and wait until they were familiar with the situation in Anning County before promising a good marriage for their daughter.
Originally, Wang didn't care about the Wang Po who came to her house, and just wanted to deal with it and reject it.
But Wang Po boasted about the Yang family, making her feel that the Yang family was a good match.
"Have you heard of Sanlang from the Yang family in Qinghe Town?" Lin asked curiously when she saw Mr. Liang San was so surprised.
Mr. Liang San frowned and thought about it.
He didn't know the Yang family before, but yesterday Yang Zhengshan came to buy cloth and said that he was from the Yang family in Qinghe Town.
He paced back and forth in the hall.
Yesterday he felt that Yang Zhengshan was strange, and today he thought about it and realized that Yang Zhengshan was targeting his daughter.
If Yang Zhengshan knew what he was thinking, he would definitely retort: It's not me who is targeting your daughter, it's my son who is targeting your daughter, don't falsely accuse me.
"The matchmaker said that the Yang family in Qinghe Town passed down their family traditions through martial arts. There are several warriors in the family, among whom the head of the family, Yang Zhengshan, is a powerful warrior who has killed mountain bandits and Hu cavalry!"
"Some time ago, the Yang family held a banquet, and the county magistrate Luo personally went to the banquet, and the second master Lu from the Anning Lu family also went to the banquet!"
"Although the Yang family lives in the countryside and is not a wealthy family, the Yang family has been quite prosperous during this period."
"And Yang Zhengshan has already obtained an official position, and has been tested as a hundred households in Chongshan Pass and served as a garrison officer!"
"Master, although we are from the Jing'an Liang family, you and I know that we can't rely on the Liang family now."
"For us now, a family like the Yang family is already a good choice."
Lin persuaded earnestly.
She really thinks the Yang family is a good choice.
