Chapter 112 Stalking

Qiao Ran understood. It turned out that the fourth uncle did not intend to get entangled with this girl here.

It must have been that Fourth Uncle took advantage of his lunch break to go into the forest and find this secluded place to read a book and prepare for the scientific examination. Unexpectedly, Miss Li saw him and followed him to pester him.

Qiao Ran thought of Miss Li's family background and personality.

Her father, Li Dazhu, was an honest farmer who could do some carpentry. After working hard at the farm, he would go to town to do carpentry in his spare time to support the family, so the family should have been living a relatively comfortable life.

However, her mother-in-law, Yue'e, was both aggressive and lazy. Since she had no mother-in-law to take care of her, she took control of the family's financial power after she got married.

But she is a mistress who can't control money. Today she will buy herself some clothes, tomorrow she will buy herself flowers, and she will buy some meat every three days.

In this way, even though Li Dazhu worked diligently, his family was still very poor. The mud-brick and thatched house at home was crumbling and there was no money to repair it.

The three girls didn't even have any decent clothes. They all picked up clothes that their mother didn't want. The colors were bright and beautiful, but they didn't fit their age at all.

Moreover, their mothers were thick and fat, but they were skinny, their clothes couldn't hold them up at all, and they were dressed like opera singers.

At this time, Li Youmei was wearing a pink summer shirt that her mother was tired of wearing. It made her face look more delicate, but the overly long and oversized clothes covered her face, making it impossible to see the protrusion of her face.

Li Youmei is very anxious. She will turn 18 in half a year. If she has not decided on a family before she turns 18, I am afraid no one will want an old girl who cannot get married.

Therefore, she disregarded the girl's family's restraint and got involved with Qiao Sihai, a good-looking man in the village who might be admitted to the scholar examination or even be elected.

Tongsheng, let alone Qingshui Village, there are not many in the entire Qingshi Town!

I heard that Sihai's brother had good results in the county and government examinations. If he takes the college examination, he has a high chance of becoming a scholar in one fell swoop.

When the time comes, brother Sihai will be a scholar who can meet officials without kneeling. If she can marry him, she will become a scholar's wife that everyone admires!

Sihai's brother is not yet engaged, he is about the same age as himself, he is good-looking, he is still a boy, and he has an infinite future.

Naturally, she wanted to hold on tightly and quickly settle on the marriage.

After she settles down and lets him marry her, she can marry into the Qiao family, which seems to be much richer than the people in the village.

And if they get engaged, Brother Sihai will definitely not watch his fiancée starve. He might help his family with food. Then his status in the family will be improved, and his mother will not scold her for being useless every day. , instructing her to do this and that.

Seeing Qiao Sihai turning around to leave, Li Youmei became anxious.

She rushed forward, hugged Qiao Sihai's waist, pressed her face against his generous back, and cried and begged:

"Brother Sihai, you can't be so cruel! I've begged you so, why don't you marry me? Can you bear to see me unable to get married, becoming an old girl who everyone laughs at, and being lonely and helpless all my life? You married me Come on! I will definitely honor your mother, serve you wholeheartedly, and let you study hard and get your fame. Please, please have me!"

Qiao Sihai froze. He really didn't expect that Miss Li would be so shameless and stick to her so desperately.

He wanted to break open Li Youmei's hand around his waist and push this person away from him.

However, Li Youmei couldn't care about anything anymore. She had only one thought, that is, she must get this man today and make him agree to marry her.

In order to achieve this goal, she did not hesitate to pay any price.

She hugged the man's waist tightly to prevent him from pushing her away.

The girl's soft body pressed tightly against him, making the young man blush with embarrassment and struggled hard.

While the two were arguing, Qiao Ran couldn't stand it anymore, so she ducked out from behind the bush.

"Li Yumei, my fourth uncle has clearly rejected me. Is it interesting that you are so persistent in your pursuit?"

Li Youmei was just about to continue crying and be miserable. Maybe Brother Sihai would be soft-hearted and agree to her?

However, she suddenly heard a cold female voice, and then saw a familiar figure of a woman in a green shirt rushing over in two or two steps. Then her arms went numb, and her hands holding the man's waist dropped weakly.

Qiao Sihai hurriedly took several steps away from Li Youmei, distanced himself from her, and nervously explained to his eldest niece who suddenly appeared: "Ran Ran, Miss Li and I are innocent. Nothing happened. She came here suddenly. I suddenly hugged my waist from behind, and I couldn't break free for a while, so..."

"Fourth uncle, you don't need to say anything, I've seen it all."

After Qiao Ran comforted the anxious fourth uncle, she turned to Li Youmei, who was glaring at her angrily and smiled: "I know that the fourth uncle keeps a clean mind, but someone has no regard for shame and insists on attacking the fourth uncle."

"You...! Qiao Ran, what are you doing here? Brother Sihai and I have a crush on each other. It's so shameless for you to come here and take a peek!"

Li Youmei was so angry that her hair was about to explode.

Just one step away!

He was only one step away from making Qiao Sihai relent and marry him.

If he didn't agree, she would tear up her clothes, shout loudly and call people in, and then say that Qiao Sihai wanted to do something to her, and she would cry, make trouble, and hang herself. With her mother's fierceness, she would definitely force Qiao Sihai to do something to her. You cannot marry yourself.

But, what is this annoying Qiao Ran doing here at this juncture?

She hated Qiao Ran for interfering with her affairs. She shamelessly said that she and Qiao Sihai were in love and wanted Qiao Ran to leave quickly.

However, Qiao Ran looked at her with a smile, her eyes full of ridicule: "Li Yumei, I'm neither deaf nor blind! You hate marriage so much, why don't you want to marry me instead? It's a pity that my fourth uncle doesn't want to marry you. , you’d better change your target and find someone else!”

"Qiao Ran, why are you so vicious? Ruining someone's marriage is equivalent to killing someone's life. You are also a woman, why can't you sympathize with me and let me pursue my own happiness?"

"Your happiness? Is it happiness based on the pain of my fourth uncle? It's not sweet to be strong. My fourth uncle doesn't want to marry you at all. Why do you insist on pestering him?"

"You're talking nonsense! Brother Sihai is just shy, it's not that he doesn't want to marry me! If you hadn't stopped me, brother Sihai would have agreed to marry me by now."

When Qiao Sihai heard this, he quickly clarified: "No! I will not agree to marry you! We scholars will not do anything private. Miss Li, don't talk nonsense! A woman's reputation is so important, how could you do this? Are you saying this frivolously?"

"you……"

Li Youmei's chest heaved with anger.

This idiot! She has made it this far, why is he still unwilling to marry her?