The Female Officer Became a Farmer After Getting Reborn

   Chapter 281 282 Li Mei's Goddaughter

Laidi glanced at Li Mei secretly, "His parents are long gone, and he used to live in Tongzhou with his uncle. After his uncle died, his aunt drove him back to the countryside, and his grandmother came back with him. , I built a few thatched cottages with no money."

   He looks pretty good and is still a famous scholar. Even though his parents are gone, they are separated from his uncle's house, so he can still bring a blind grandmother with him. The family is not afraid of being poor.

After thinking about it, Li Mei asked: "Since he has elders, why didn't he come to propose marriage? In your heart, your mother is the kind of person who hates the poor and loves the rich? Let's get married before the court marriage!"

   "Mother, he..." Laidi looked at Li Mei's disappointed eyes and hesitated. Li Mei said angrily, "What? He didn't plan to marry you? Did you post it regardless of your shame?"

Laidi watched Li Mei feel ashamed and tears rolled down her cheeks. She thought that she would be beaten and scolded when she went home to greet her, but she didn't expect her to call Fengqi to propose marriage. She made them lose face. .

  Laidi summoned the courage to look up at Li Mei and said, "Feng Qi said that he will take the rural exam in August, and he will consider starting a family when he passes the exam."

Li Mei immediately understood the meaning of the words, and sneered: "Did he personally tell you that he wants to marry you after taking the exam? I heard it right, people say that marriage is only considered after the exam, no Said to marry you! Besides, Ah Qing is also studying, do you know that Juren’s fame is not the rice in his rice jar, scoop it if you want, even if he is good enough to pass Juren, you and him have no matchmaking, no matchmaking, What do you do when he marries someone else?"

  Laidi's face turned pale and muttered to herself, "No way, Feng Qi would not treat me like this."

Li Mei looked at Laidi's face, her heart seemed to fall into the ice cellar, and the hand that pointed to Laidi kept shaking, "Did you do that shameless thing with him? You didn't always say that before, you Cousin taught you women to respect themselves and love themselves, so that they won't be looked down upon by others. If you post up like this, what should people think of you? If you don't have a name, just go to someone's house to wash, give you food and clothes. , what about your self-love and self-respect?"

Laidi looked at Li Mei and was stunned for a moment before she understood, "Mother, I didn't do anything out of the ordinary with him, I just couldn't see his grandmother's eyes, and he was a scholar and his clothes couldn't be washed properly. to help."

Li Mei looked into Laidi's eyes and knew that she was not lying, so she calmed down and said earnestly, "Laidi! Think about it, those children in the village have taken a fancy to you, and you know that Elder Mingming invited a matchmaker to propose marriage. If you are sincere to you, you should tell the elders to ask a matchmaker to come to the house to propose marriage. If he pretends to be confused like this, he doesn't take you seriously at all, and he didn't think about giving you the dignity you deserve. You Thinking that you will be eighteen next year, the children in the village, and the two children mentioned by shopkeeper Chu, you don't like it, do you plan to wait for the next year to become a court official?"

  Laidi knew in her heart that what Li Mei said was right, but her heart was already lost in her longing for a beautiful relationship. She struggled and said, "Mother, I don't know either, so don't force me."

Seeing the hesitation in Laidi's eyes, Li Mei gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, mother won't force you, from now on, you are not allowed to go anywhere at home, I will give him ten days of effort, if he has you in his heart, he will definitely I will be worried about you, and I will ask a matchmaker to come to the house to propose marriage, if he does not come within ten days, you have to obey your mother's arrangement and get married honestly."

Laidi looked at Li Mei and knew that this was her biggest concession. She thought to herself: Mother gave him ten days of work, and if she didn't come to propose marriage within ten days, it seems that I really put it upside down in my wishful thinking. Ten days later, I will follow my mother's arrangement and live my life like my sister.

Laidi had hope and made up her mind. She looked at Li Mei firmly and said, "Mother, I promise you, I will never go anywhere these days. If he doesn't come to propose marriage within ten days, I will obey your arrangement and never see you again. on his side."

Li Mei's dangling heart finally fell a little, and she pulled up Laidi who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Laidi! You have to remember that it is not easy for us women to live in this world. No matter where you go, you are not respected, and a scholar can see through and be more indifferent than ordinary men. Even if you stalk and marry, you will not get his respect and the love you want. Do you think If you think about Chen Baozhen's fate, you will understand."

  Laidi remembered how stupid Chen Baozhen had become, and how she despised what Chen Baozhen had done when she talked to the villagers. She shuddered in her heart, and was even more determined to abide by the verbal agreement she made with Li Mei.

   Li Mei touched Laidi's red and swollen cheeks, and said distressedly: "Go! Go wash and scrub some medicine so that no one can see the traces."

   "Got it." Laidi nodded, got up and walked towards the bathroom.

  Li Mei looked at Laidi's back, and leaned back on the back of the chair a little bit exhausted, thinking: Children are all debts? After thinking about Li Yu's letter asking her mother again, she frowned, trying to recall the first time she saw her younger brother and sister.

Early that morning, my younger brother climbed up from the bottom of the mountain carrying a comatose and drenched woman on his back. He said that when he was looking for food in the woods below, he saw a woman fall from the winding mountain road above into the mountain stream below and jumped. Go down and save her.

   At that time, everyone was fleeing from the desert, and they were all dressed in tatters, but my younger brother and sister were still wearing a good-looking skirt, and the material was like the kind that a fish brought back.

  When my younger brother and sister woke up in a daze, they said something, why did you do this to me? After that, I never mentioned how I fell into the mountain stream, nor did I think about looking for my family.

When she was first resettled in Xishan, she couldn't even burn the stove. She really didn't live her life like someone who grew up in a village like herself. Embroidered by Niu Niang, Li Mei went through everything she could think of, and called Brother Pig, who was sitting under the porch, into the main room.

Brother Pig glanced at Li Mei, whose eyes were red and swollen, sat beside her, rubbed her face with his fat hand, and said, "Mother, don't be angry with the second sister, I will study hard so that you don't get along with me. Daddy is ashamed."

Li Mei looked at Brother Pig with relief, touched the top of his head, and said softly, "Mother's brother Pig grows up and knows that he feels sorry for his parents, so go get a pen and paper, and your mother says you should write it down, write it down and give it to you. Uncle Zhou will give you your cousin."

Brother Pig looked at Li Mei with bright eyes and nodded vigorously: "Yeah!" Li Mei told Brother Pig what he thought of, and asked Brother Pig to memorize it and read it to himself, and let him send it after he felt it was correct. Went to Zhou's house.

   (end of this chapter)