Chapter 17 Really
Qin Huairu took a sip of hot soup and swallowed the steamed bun in her mouth. She patted her chest and then she relaxed.

She was confused all the way back to Changping from the capital. Deming probably didn't see her, right? After she looked back once, she turned back immediately.

But what if Deming knew that she went to the city for a blind date? Would Deming still want her?
It's all the matchmaker's fault. She exaggerated in front of my parents, saying how good this family in the city was! I was forced to come and see them!
Only two rooms are available due to good conditions? Deming bought two rooms at once! He was also thinking about buying another three-room north room in the middle courtyard. Deming really didn't lie to me. His study in the city really didn't hinder his earning money, and it seemed that he hadn't revealed everything to me.

That’s right, I haven’t married him yet.

The glimpse she caught through the window today showed her Wang Deming standing in the yard, both in his dress and his temperament. She was shocked!

It was like he was a completely different person, completely different from the usual impression of Deming in the village, wearing patched clothes and cloth shoes made by Aunt Yan herself.
Qin Huairu had doubts along the way, repeatedly asking herself, could she have seen it wrong? How could it be such a coincidence?

But except for the different clothes, the rest of their looks, short hair, voice and tone of voice are exactly the same! There are people who look alike in the world, but they are definitely not exactly the same.
"Brother, do you remember what they heard arguing in the courtyard today?"

The eldest brother of the Qin family picked up a little bit of mutton offal with chopsticks, shook it twice, took a big bite of the steamed bun, and replied vaguely: "From what I heard, it seems that someone wanted to buy the main house in the middle courtyard, but the owner refused to sell it, so a fight broke out."

"Their courtyard is really disunited. If it were in our village, they would have beaten those people who bought houses out long ago."

Qin Huairu was a little annoyed. Why did she just watch the fun? She asked angrily, "Brother, didn't you look back at that time? Didn't you find anything wrong with the person who bought the house?"

The eldest brother of the Qin family glanced at his sister strangely, then continued to eat with his head down, pushing the mutton offal towards his sister: "It has nothing to do with us, it seems to be two old men with a young man."

"Xiao Ru, the mutton offal here is very delicious. Eat more."

Qin Huairu became even more angry and pushed the mutton offal directly in front of her brother: "Eat, eat, you only know how to eat, I can't eat it!"

The eldest brother of the Qin family looked up in astonishment. What happened? Didn't I just take you to the city for a blind date? It was my parents who asked me to do that, not me? I accompanied you on such a long trip, but you didn't even have a meal and you didn't say anything when I asked you. I'm still angry?

However, after taking a look at his sister, the eldest brother of the Qin family quietly pushed the plate over and comforted her: "Xiao Ru, you don't have a lover, so we are back, right? Just tell our parents when you get home. The conditions of this family are better than those in our village, but they are just so-so in the city. Why are you still so angry?"

Qin Huairu looked at this silly brother and was immediately a little discouraged. She smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, didn't you realize that the person who wanted to buy a house in the courtyard today was Deming?"

"What?" The eldest brother of the Qin family raised his head suddenly and looked at his sister in disbelief. The steamed bun in his mouth almost fell out. He quickly closed his mouth, chewed it twice, drank a mouthful of soup and swallowed it. He was surprised and confirmed again: "Xiao Ru, are you talking about De Ming?"

"The young, fashionable one?"

"Correct."

"No way? Deming always wears very casual clothes in the village."

Qin Huairu rolled her eyes at her brother, "Brother, Deming and I are so close." At this point, Qin Huairu blushed a little, "How could I be wrong?"

The eldest brother of the Qin family held half a steamed bun in his hand and frowned, "That's right."

"Doesn't that mean?" The eldest brother of the Qin family widened his eyes and said in disbelief, "De Ming's conditions are better than what people in the village said?"

"Isn't it? It's all the matchmaker's fault!" "Brother, Deming shouldn't see me in the house, right? What if he sees me?"

"Xiao Ru, don't worry, let's go home and tell our parents, they will definitely have an idea!"

The eldest brother of the Qin family filled his stomach as quickly as possible, took straw and shriveled beans from the donkey cart to feed the donkey, gave the donkey some water, and then took his sister and drove the donkey cart back home at a trot.

After hearing the news, Old Man Qin and Aunt Qin's first reaction was the same as the eldest brother of the Qin family, "Ah!"

"how is this possible?"

But judging from my daughter's attitude, it must be true, otherwise she wouldn't be so angry and sad, with tears almost falling.
Old Man Qin smoked his pipe irritably, complaining to Aunt Qin: "Old woman, I told you before that the matchmaker's words are lies!"

"Now, if Xiaoru and Wang Deming can't be together, where can you find such a good son-in-law?"

"When has Deming ever shown off the food he bought for Xiaoru every time he came back? Isn't it much better than the one the matchmaker mentioned? Is it worth showing off just buying two yuan of meat?"

"You old fool, was it my idea to let Xiaoru go to the city for a blind date?" Aunt Qin put her hands on her hips, "Didn't you change your mind when you heard that Widow Yan's family was building a house?"

"I even took out the flour! You were persuaded by the matchmaker again and helped her buy food in the village. If the food purchase hadn't been delayed, would Xiaoru have been blocked in the house by Deming? Wouldn't you have come back early?"

"Okay! Stop arguing!" Qin Huairu stamped her feet. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She almost cried when she shouted, "What should I do now?"

Aunt Qin quickly comforted her daughter: "Xiao Ru, aren't you also unsure whether De Ming saw you or not?"

Then he asked the eldest brother of the Qin family: "Baogui, when you looked out the window, did you see clearly?"

Qin Baogui hesitated for a while, looked at his sister again, and said hesitantly: "It's okay to look out from the inside, but it's not necessarily the case to look in from the outside. After all, the glass on the window of this family in the city is small."

"That's it!" Aunt Qin clapped her hands, and she had an idea after a moment's thought: "Xiao Ru, you can do this. Isn't Deming not at home now? His family is building a house, and Widow Yan may not be able to handle it all by herself. You can just move in now!" "Is this possible? Deming and I haven't even had our wedding banquet yet. If we move in now, what will happen?"

"Why not?" Aunt Qin raised her voice and said confidently, "You two have been together for almost two years, and now you are just about to get married. Who in the surrounding villages doesn't know about this?"

"Didn't you often go to Widow Yan's house to help out before? It's not surprising that you moved in directly this time!"

"Wait until De Ming comes back from the city and find out. He is such a filial man, he will definitely be more optimistic about you!

"You can ask De Ming and Widow Yan about it. He will definitely tell Widow Yan when he comes back."

"If you buy a house, you can just hint to him and ask him to find a matchmaker to come to your house to propose marriage. Once the house is built, you two can hold the wedding banquet directly!"

Aunt Qin's quick and decisive arrangement put the Qin family members at ease. It also made the eldest sister-in-law of the Qin family, who was taking care of the children in the east room, curl her lips secretly. She had never seen such a materialistic mother-in-law. She didn't even remember all the kindness Wang Deming had given her before, and when she saw the matchmaker introducing a family in the city, she hurriedly chased her daughter to go on a blind date.

Now that she knows that Wang Deming is well off and is bringing her daughter directly to his house, will Xiaoru still be able to hold her head up high in her husband's family from now on?

After the Qin family made a plan, Qin Huairu rolled up her bedding and went to Wang Deming's house overnight, shouting through the door: "Aunt Yan?"

"I, Xiaoru."

When Wang Shuqin opened the door, she looked at Qin Huairu with a little surprise, saying, "Xiaoru, what are you doing?"

Qin Huairu blushed slightly and said in a coquettish tone: "Aunt, didn't Deming go to the city again? Your family is building a new house now, and I'm worried that you can't handle it alone, so..."

"Oh, you kid!" Wang Shuqin enthusiastically pulled Qin Huairu into the house. After carefully locking the door, she looked at Qin Huairu from head to toe. The more she looked, the more satisfied she became. She pulled her to the kang in the house and said, "You are as filial as Deming!"

"He always thinks of me from time to time, sometimes even Deming doesn't think of him. When he comes back this time, I will ask the villagers to go to your house and propose marriage!"

Qin Huairu blushed and lowered her head, and replied with a mosquito-like sound: "Hmm"

Wang Shuqin did not let Qin Huairu use the bedding she brought with her. Instead, she took out the new bedding that Wang Deming had bought for her from the city. She boiled water and added the herbal bag prepared by Wang Deming: chamomile, angelica dahurica, and radix stemonae, and helped Qin Huairu wash her body and hair.

On the one hand, it was the patriotic health campaign organized by the government every month after the founding of the People's Republic of China; on the other hand, it was also Wang Deming's teachings. Especially when Qin's eldest sister-in-law was pregnant and gave birth, in order to ensure the health of the child, he repeatedly instructed and prepared herbal medicine to help the Qin family deworm and maintain hygiene.

So Qin Huairu didn't have any fleas or anything like that on her body, she was very clean.

Seeing this, Wang Shuqin was even more satisfied, and she talked to Qin Huairu for a long time in the evening.
Sure enough, when he was having dinner, Old Man Chang looked unhappy and stopped eating after a few bites.

Yan Baozhen noticed that the atmosphere at the dinner table was not right. After dinner, the family quickly cleaned up the dishes and the table and took the children back to Yard 81.

After a while, you can vaguely hear the quarrel between Old Man Chang and Grandma Ma in the courtyard of No. 82: "What kind of life have you lived? Are you still holding on to your family's yellow flag-bordered airs?"

"Isn't it a chore to go back and forth to pay respects every day?"

Grandma Ma was not to be outdone, and she directly belittled Old Man Chang: "Why was I so short-sighted in the beginning? I refused to listen to anyone in my family and insisted on marrying a Blue Banner man like you?"

"The family can't even afford to hire a servant!"

Old Man Chang was not to be outdone, and he stiffened his neck and retorted: "Then why didn't you marry someone with a third-rank official hat?"

"Why can't you remember when I was pretending to be the grandmother of the palace and fooling the foreigners with me?"

"How come you don't think of your elder sister's and younger sister's families when they eat their meals here every day?"

It was past 10 o'clock in the evening. Wang Deming's ears moved and he heard the movement at the courtyard gate. He smiled and said to his sister Yan Baozhen and Wang Kui who were sewing clothes on the kang in the north room of the east room: "Sister, stepmother, I heard some movement at the courtyard gate. I think my brother-in-law is back."

"Shall we stop here tonight?"

"I have already cut out the pattern for the clothes. You two can make them when you are free tomorrow."

Yan Baozhen and Wang Kui stopped their needlework and listened. When they heard the noise at the courtyard gate, they moved their bodies slightly and put down their work.

Yan Baozhen looked at the half-finished clothes on the sewing machine and said jokingly, "Deming, how come you are so smart? Boss Yin was an apprentice for three years and has run the shop for so many years, only then can he make clothes so well."

"You can draw the pattern of clothes, cut it out, and make new styles just by looking at the photos provided by Miss Zhang. And you can use the sewing machine better than me!"

Wang Kui's grandmother followed suit and exclaimed: "Isn't it? De Ming's tailoring skills make me, a woman, feel ashamed of myself."

"If they are willing to open a shop, they will be no worse than Yin Changrong's brothers!"

(End of this chapter)