Chapter 56

Lu Yuan led the horse back, set down the fishing rod, then grabbed another handful of peanuts, preparing to watch the show.

Where is the person?

Why hasn't he come back yet?

Lu Yuan sat on the doorframe, crunching peanuts, and asked curiously.

Several aunties saw that Lu Yuan this guy didn't go to work every day, yet had peanuts to eat, and said somewhat unhappily:

This time the girl who came is from the countryside; Gao Tingyu went to the city gate to fetch her.

Hearing the aunties' words, Lu Yuan looked puzzled and said:

Why go so far? Why not just come directly to the door?

Hearing Lu Yuan's words, everyone couldn't help but give him a sideways glance.

Why do you say that?

It's not because you this guy snatched the match last time?

Who would dare to do that now!!

Speaking of this Lu Yuan, everyone was speechless; these days everyone has seen what Lu Yuan has been doing.

He really just sleeps all day!!

He sleeps all day, and at night he torments Su Liyan.

Fortunately Su Liyan is a fox woman, her physique differs from ordinary humans; it's said that the more she is tormented at night, the more energetic she is the next day.

Otherwise, if it were an ordinary human, who could stand being screwed over by Lu Yuan like this!

The key is, if Lu Yuan only did this to himself, it would be fine.

These days everyone keeps feeling that their husbands look at them oddly, as if they also want to send them out to work.

This damn wretch really has ruined the atmosphere of the courtyard!

After about ten or so minutes, Gao Tingyu led the person back; as soon as Gao Tingyu entered the gate, he saw Lu Yuan sitting on the threshold of the inner courtyard, making Gao Tingyu's heart skip a beat.

In Gao Tingyu's heart, Lu Yuan is basically a plague god.

Gao Tingyu didn't even look at Lu Yuan, leading the matchmaker and the girl behind him toward the house.

This time the Gao family has learned its lesson; no matter what, they let the person enter first, so as not to repeat last time when the whole courtyard knew what was going on.

At this moment, Gao Xushi stood at the door to greet the guests; upon seeing the matchmaking girl her son had brought back, she couldn't help but be stunned.

This...

This is nowhere near as good as Su Liyan!!

When Gao Xushi sought the matchmaker, the matchmaker had assured her.

She said the daughter-in-law would be spirited and beautiful.

But looking now...

Um... it seems... just ordinary...

There's nothing special to look at; compared to Su Liyan, it's even worse.

Of course, if we don't compare her to Su Liyan, then this girl looks all right.

She is absolutely the ceiling of looks in this courtyard.

After all, there really aren't many young women in this Siheyuan; either they're seven or eight, or in their teens—those are just children.

Or they're like her, Gao Xushi, in their forties or fifties.

If this girl isn't compared to Su Liyan, she's not bad...

But the problem is, the Gao family has to compare with Lu Yuan!!

On what grounds does Lu Yuan marry such a beautiful village girl, while the Gao family marrying a village girl isn't that pretty??

However, this time Gao Xushi doesn't dare to keep the person out; no matter what, she'll let them in first and then talk about other things.

Soon, this group went straight inside.

The aunties, seeing no excitement, also felt bored and turned away.

On the way back, everyone started chattering away:

Do you think this time the Gao family can succeed with the daughter-in-law?

It should work out; she's so plain, not even a finger as good as Su Liyan's, and she's from the countryside—how could the Gao family not like her?

Don't compare this girl to Su Liyan; who could match Su Liyan? I've never seen anyone more handsome than Su Liyan. If it weren't for her being a country bumpkin with no experience, she'd be a bargain for that damn wretch.

Lu Yuan followed behind, not watching the spectacle, and prepared to go out fishing again.

Hearing the aunties' words, Lu Yuan wore a puzzled expression, wondering, "What's wrong with me?"

I'm also quite excellent, okay!

My wife and I are a match made in heaven, a perfect pair of golden boy and jade girl!

Meanwhile, the aunties were still discussing.

This girl probably won't find fault with the Gao family, but the Gao family has plenty of issues—weren't the first two times also because of the Gao family?

I think this time it's about enough; the Gao family doesn't even check their own conditions, saying they're from the city, but with just this one house, what could widows and orphans possibly be picky about, thinking girls like Su Liyan are everywhere?

Exactly, this kind is not bad; although not pretty, it's not ugly either. Even the city folk don't take a liking to Gao Tingyu—how many female workers are there in the Forging Bureau, and nobody's heard of anyone interested in Gao Tingyu.

Gao Tingyu's timid appearance—if he really married a city girl, he'd probably be bullied to death; I think this is just fine.

Everyone chatted while going their separate ways home; it was nearly noon, and everyone should head back to cook.

Meanwhile, Lu Yuan mounted his horse, took his fishing rod, and continued off to fish.

Inside the Gao family's house, four people chatted for a while.

Gao Xushi thought the conditions of this daughter-in-law were not bad.

The family has contracted one mu of fish pond for raising fish; from now on they won't have to eat fish every day.

This condition is absolutely much better than Su Liyan's family!

In the future, when our son goes back to his wife's natal home with his wife, won't we also have to bring back a bunch of things??

Gao Xushi is still quite satisfied; besides, she really doesn't dare to cause too much trouble anymore.

These days she has consulted many matchmakers; Gao Xushi now has a rough idea of her family's situation.

"Auntie, I heard that after marriage the family needs to buy a sewing machine, and sewing machines aren't cheap, so I don't need this bridal gift; from now on I'll just use it to supplement the household expenses."

Chen Taohua's words made Gao Xushi overjoyed, but this kind of thing can't be decided just by Chen Taohua saying so, can it?

After all, her parents……

Meanwhile, the matchmaker beside them also quickly said:

"Taohua's parents mean the same; they mainly want their daughter to marry into the city, and other families don't have ulterior motives."

Hearing this, Gao Xushi was so happy she almost burst out laughing, nodding excitedly and saying:

"Good, good, good, I think this girl Taohua is really nice; son, what do you think?"

Beside him, Gao Tingyu kept his head down, not saying a word; in Gao Tingyu's heart, this really pales in comparison to Su Liyan……

Gao Tingyu felt that even a single strand of Su Liyan's hair was more beautiful than Chen Taohua……

However, Gao Tingyu didn't know what to say about this.

After so many times, he, Gao Tingyu, also misses his wife……

Meanwhile, the auntie beside them saw something up, and immediately looked at Gao Xushi and said with a smile:

"His auntie, let's go out and let the two kids chat; we're here, and the kids are too shy to speak."

Gao Xushi and the matchmaker then left the room.

Chen Taohua then walked over and sat down beside Gao Tingyu.

Apart from his family, Gao Tingyu had never been this close to another woman; for a moment he became somewhat nervous.

His breathing grew a little short; at that moment, looking at Chen Taohua, Gao Tingyu felt she didn't seem so ordinary after all.

Before Gao Tingyu could come to his senses, Chen Taohua directly grabbed his hand and said:

"Tingyu brother, honestly, I've taken a liking to you; I want to be with you. If you also like me, then let's go get our certificate this afternoon."

At this moment, Gao Tingyu was dazed—so…… so fast??

Gao Tingyu had never held hands with a woman before; being taken by Chen Taohua's hand, he almost peed himself.

As for Chen Taohua's words, after Gao Tingyu came to his senses, he felt inwardly quite pleased.

I…… I'm still quite popular, huh!

Thanks to Jianrenbuqu, bro Wo Lie Bei Er gave a reward of 1550, and also a reward of 1500 book coins; thanks a lot, Da Gou Xiong, mua mua~.

Thanks to Tian Tang Ao Yin Ke bro gave a reward of 400 book coins; thanks a lot, Ma Li Ao, mua mua~.

Thanks to Qi Zong Zui bro gave a reward of 100 book coins; thanks a lot, bro, mua mua~.

(End of chapter)