Chapter 242

Lin Qingshuang is getting married?

Du Ruo was very surprised, "Who is she marrying? Which honest person is so unlucky?"

Hahaha, Yao Yulan almost laughed out a donkey's bray.

It was hard to stop, and she nudged her chin toward the village entrance, "I heard it was introduced by Matchmaker Hua, a young man from another village; I happened to run into him on the road that day, and don't say, he really looks quite honest."

Du Ruo was not surprised at all by this point.

The Lin family is recruiting a son-in-law, so of course they won't look for someone who is sneaky and slippery; what if they can't beat the other person's schemes and lose both people and money?

The Lin family is not stupid.

"When is the date set?" Du Ruo asked casually, hoping it would be sooner rather than later, so that the girl wouldn't be thinking about someone else's husband all day long.

"It seems to be half a month later."

Yao Yulan curled her lips, "That Lin Qingshuang is almost twenty years old, she wants to get things done during her mother's hot mourning period; otherwise, she would have to wait another two years, and after two years she will be twenty-two, except for crooked melons and cracked dates, what man would want her?"

Du Ruo thought it was the same.

Hopefully Lin Qingshuang can truly learn a lesson this time and not go down the wrong path, otherwise no one can save her.

After finishing the secret talk, Yao Yulan carried a basket of chilies and went home happily.

Du Ruo still went to the construction site according to the original plan.

Seeing her coming, Master Lu immediately greeted her and reported the latest progress of the house to her.

Then he smiled, "The weather has been good recently, and Du Niang Zi is generous, so everyone can eat their fill every meal. When they are full, their motivation naturally increases, so I estimate that the construction period might be half a month earlier."

Du Ruo was overjoyed, "That's great!"

Finishing early means moving in early, right?

"Oh, by the way," Master Lu reminded, "Du Niang Zi, you can start customizing the furniture you want now. As for the decorations in the courtyard, as well as the landscape such as trees and flowers, if you need anything, you can tell me, and I will find a way to get it for you."

Du Ruo nodded; she had ideas about these long ago.

The two-entry courtyard will have the front yard for parking carriages and mule carts, and then for storing various sundries and harvests.

The main courtyard is completely a place for the family to live, so it needs to be warmer and more comfortable.

She plans to talk to the Jiang Clan Head and move the osmanthus trees from the courtyard currently rented by the Second Branch of the Jiang Family; she and Zheng Shi both like those trees very much, and every August, the whole house is filled with a faint floral fragrance, which is especially refreshing and makes people feel happy.

Although it is said that trees die when moved and people live when moved, Du Ruo has a system mall and can buy nutrient solution, so she doesn't have to worry about this problem.

In addition to those trees, she is also preparing to build a small garden with a swing in it; the big women and little women in the family have suffered a lot before, and now that life is better, it is time to enjoy it.

Then there are tables, chairs, beds, cabinets, and other furniture, all arranged as well as possible.

Anyway, Du Ruo is not short of money now, and once the chili business starts, there will be another large sum of income, so she doesn't feel heartache when spending money.

She explained her meaning to Master Lu in detail.

Master Lu was a little surprised.

With so many things, and all of them needing to be good, two hundred taels might not be enough.

The Jiang family is just a farming family, and Jiang Li is just a head constable in the Ya Men; his monthly salary cannot be that high, so where does all that money come from?

He was muttering in his heart, but it didn't show on his face.

"Okay, I know a few good woodworking workshops, I'll ask about the price for Du Niang Zi then."

Du Ruo took out two silver notes from her bosom and handed them over, smiling, "This is a deposit of one hundred taels of silver; I trust Master Lu's vision, you can just handle it."

She doesn't have that much time and energy to spend on these chores.

Besides, Master Lu is an expert in this field, and Du Ruo is at ease leaving it to him.

As for whether others will earn the price difference, Du Ruo doesn't care at all; as long as it's not too excessive, it's what Master Lu deserves, after all, he is running around, so he can't work for you for free, right?

Master Lu didn't stand on ceremony with her and reached out to take the silver notes.

"Then it's settled, I'll take the time to go there in the next two days."

In a shed not far away, several women were washing bowls and chatting about gossip in the village.

Among them, the woman's voice was the loudest:

"Oh my, you didn't see it, the son-in-law recruited by the Lin family looks dull and stupid; looking at that appearance, I'm afraid he couldn't fart even if he was hit with three sticks!"

Others also pricked up their ears and started discussing in a hubbub.

"No way? That Lin Qingshuang has high standards, would she agree?"

"What if she doesn't agree? Do you think the Lin family is still the Lin family of the past? Lin You Tian's village head position has been removed, and now he is nothing; his wife was beheaded by the official for poisoning people, and their reputation has long been stinking in the street, so what else can she pick?"

"Exactly, if it weren't for the fact that the Lin family still has some family foundation and Lin Qingshuang has some beauty, otherwise even ghosts wouldn't want to be their son-in-law!"

"Sigh, living a good life but insisting on entangling with someone else's married husband, now it's good, have you tasted the bitter fruit? If you want to blame someone, you can only blame her for being cheap..."

The women said one word after another, either gloating or sighing with regret.

The woman was just about to pour a few more drops of oil on the fire when a man's voice suddenly came from the entrance of the shed, "Second Sister!"

The women were startled and turned their heads to look one after another.

I saw that the man was about twenty-two years old, with a short, stout figure like a club, and that wasn't all, his face looked especially strange.

The top of his head was pointed, his cheeks were huge, squeezing his eyes into a slit, looking exactly like a swamp eel in a ditch.

Ugly and unsightly.

And he was not from Longquan Cun either.

"Who are you calling, who is your second sister? Go away, go away, don't poke your head around here, be careful I'll call someone to catch you." The one with the quick mouth immediately waved a spatula to drive people away.

The woman's face turned green, and she hurriedly stopped them, "Don't, don't, don't, he is not a bad person, he is my younger brother from my maiden home, here to find me!"

After speaking, she hurriedly ran over and pushed the eel-head out of the shed and dragged him under a big tree.

"Lao Liu, why are you here?"

Hu Lao Liu smiled with his face, looking even more wretched and ugly, "It's not that I'm a bit tight on money recently, I want to find Second Sister to help me out."

"Help out my ass!" The woman spat at him and said angrily, "You tell me yourself, how many times has this been? Your Second Sister doesn't have a gold or silver mine at home, the little private money I saved has long been scraped clean by you, where is there any silver?"

This means she won't give it.

Hu Lao Liu's eyeballs rolled around, and then he skillfully knelt on the ground, pulling the woman's sleeve and started howling.

"It's all my fault for being useless, looking like this, can't marry a wife, can't find work, and still have to drag down the whole family."

"I, I might as well just die!"

As he spoke, he held his pointed triangular head and made a gesture to hit the tree trunk next to him.

The woman rolled her eyes and pulled him up hard.

"Alright, stop acting, I'm really convinced by you, Lao Liu, such a big man, do you still want your face?"

Hu Lao Liu looked at her pitifully, "That money..."

The woman gritted her teeth, fumbled on her body for a while, and finally took out more than a dozen copper coins from her inner lining pocket and stuffed them to him.

"This is the last time, don't talk about hitting yourself to death, even if you hang yourself or drown yourself, I won't have a single penny!"

Hu Lao Liu was overjoyed and hurriedly stuffed the money into his bosom, "Don't worry, Second Sister, I guarantee there won't be a next time."

Next time I'll find Third Sister, hehe.

Anyway, I have older sisters, taking turns, I won't starve to death anyway.

Turning around and preparing to leave, his gaze fell on the fence not far away, and he suddenly froze.

Good, such a beautiful little lady...

The woman looked over following his gaze suspiciously, and her face changed instantly.

"What are you looking at, I'll dig your eyeballs out if you look again!" The woman grabbed Hu Lao Liu's ear and twisted it again and again, "I warn you, that is Head Constable Jiang's wife, if you dare to have any crooked thoughts about her, be careful that people will peel your skin and feed it to the dogs!"

Hu Lao Liu shouted in pain, "I know, I know, I was just looking, I didn't want to do anything. Is it against the law to look? Is it a crime to look?"

The woman threw away this troublesome thing and kicked his butt again, "It's not a crime for others to look, but it's a crime for you to look. Get out, don't hang around here, so as not to scare the children in the village."

Hu Lao Liu touched his butt and left humming.

When he left, he still couldn't help but glance at Du Ruo over there several times.

Looking at his short, stout back, the woman sighed while covering her forehead.

It's really a sin.

Speaking of this younger brother, he is also a poor wretch; when he was born, it was a difficult birth, and his head was squeezed out of shape, becoming this ghostly appearance.

The family was not rich to begin with, and he is ugly, so who would be willing to marry their daughter to him?

So at twenty-two, he is still a bachelor, and even the girls in the brothel won't do business with him.

His luck with women is bad, and his popularity is also bad; except for his own family, basically no one is willing to associate with him. Over time, he gradually began to rot, idling around all day, waiting to die.

His heart for progress is dead, but his lust is not extinguished; look, he actually dared to stare at Du Shi without blinking!

Is Du Shi someone to be trifled with? Since she married into Longquan Cun, which of the people who offended her had a good end?

Jiang Qingniu is paralyzed.

Jiang Zongbao is ruined.

Doctor Gu is disabled.

Li Yaozu is in prison.

Zhu Shi is mute.

Aunt Lin was directly beheaded, dead as dead can be.

That arrogant Lin Qingshuang is about to marry a dull pig-head.

So Du Shi must absolutely not be offended.

Silly brother, you must be obedient, don't provoke her...

Although Hu Lao Liu is not very smart, he has basic judgment; he really only dares to look at the head constable's woman.

It's not like he has a long life to live.

But he is still very greedy in his heart; having lived for so many years, he hasn't even tasted the taste of a woman, so this life is lived in vain.

Hu Lao Liu walked toward the village entrance while feeling sorry for himself.

From afar, he saw a young girl in an apricot-yellow dress squatting on a stone slab washing clothes by the clear water pond in front.

Her chest was bulging, her butt was big, and although her face couldn't be seen very clearly, he could still feel that she was a good-looking person.

Hu Lao Liu couldn't help but stop his steps and subconsciously looked around.

It was just past noon, and most of the people in the village were resting at home, and would go to the fields to work later.

The village road was quiet, not even a dog.

Hu Lao Liu hid behind a tree as if possessed by a ghost, watching the girl's chest trembling slightly because of beating the clothes, and swallowed hard.

The head constable's wife can't be touched, but what about this one?

Taking a little advantage should be fine... right?