Infinite Doomsday: I rely on space to stock up and bully the scum
Chapter 72: First Meeting with Shopkeeper Zhao
Matchmaker Wang was frightened and still in shock. She looked at Li Dafu unhappily.
"what's wrong with you?"
Li Dafu didn't care about Wang the matchmaker's feelings at all. He just squeezed her arm tightly and asked again, "Is the twenty taels of betrothal gift you just mentioned true?"
Matchmaker Wang rolled her eyes and thought, Jiang Jiang's family wouldn't work, but there was this one in front of her. As long as the girl was decent looking, it would be fine, and she didn't require a wealthy family.
"Why, do you have a girl in your family who needs matchmaking?"
"Yes, yes, yes. My little daughter is going to be a marriageable girl soon. It's time for her to meet a man."
"Then take me there first. We have to see the person first."
What if it turns out to be a ugly girl? No one would want her. Matchmaker Wang flicked her handkerchief and walked towards Li Dafu's house.
"Li Yaya, where have you been? Come out here now!"
The voice arrived before Mr. Li, the rich man, got home.
Li Yaya, who had been hiding in the house, walked out timidly. From the tone of his voice, she was afraid that her father was drinking again and was venting his anger on her.
Unexpectedly, Li Dafu did not hit her, but pulled her over and brought her to an aunt.
The aunt looked her up and down with her slanted eyes, as if she wanted to see into her bones.
After a long while, she finally spoke: "She looks OK, but she's too thin. She looks a little out of shape."
Matchmaker Wang is a matchmaker and has seen all kinds of family backgrounds. She can tell what Li Yaya's family situation is like at a glance.
To be honest, compared to Li Cuicui, Li Yaya's looks are slightly inferior, although she is a beautiful girl next door. She is also very thin and I don't know if she has ever had her period.
Matchmaker Wang asked the question directly. Such a private question made Li Yaya blush and she dared not speak.
Li Dafu became anxious when he saw this. He couldn't let his twenty taels of silver fly away. It was more than what the old widower in the next village gave him.
He slapped Li Yaya in the face and said, "I'm asking you a question, why are you silent?"
Li Dafu didn't know how hard to control his blow. The heavy slap made Li Yaya's face swell up immediately.
She said with tears in her eyes, "I've been to Kui Shui."
Matchmaker Wang was also a little annoyed with Li Dafu's behavior. What if he got his face slapped?
With some heartache, she took out a small box of ointment from her arms, scooped out a little from it with her fingers and rubbed it on Li Yaya's face.
"For a woman, the most important thing is her face. As long as she is pretty, she can marry into a good family."
"Dad, are you going to marry me off?" Li Yaya's face was filled with horror when she mentioned getting married.
"Don't worry, the people your father will introduce you to this time are all good families in town." Matchmaker Wang said gently while applying medicine to Li Yaya, just like the wolf grandmother in the fairy tale, seducing the unsuspecting Little Red Riding Hood.
"Yaya, don't say that daddy doesn't love you. If I didn't love you, would you still be willing to go to town to find a matchmaker for you to meet someone?" Li Dafu burped and shamelessly portrayed himself as a good father.
"Matchmaker, do you think my Yaya is okay?" Li Dafu rubbed his fingers and made the number two.
Matchmaker Wang was actually satisfied, but she pretended to be a little embarrassed.
"You are not even of age yet, and the family that offered the twenty-liang dowry is anxious to get married. It would be best if the bride could be married this month."
Li Dafu was a little disappointed. Why couldn't he wait a few more months?
Seeing that he had no idea where to get the betrothal gift, Li Dafu lost interest and planned to find a place to sleep.
"However, there is one family that gave a betrothal gift of thirty taels of silver."
Li Dafu paused and burst into laughter.
What do you call this? There is always a way out.
"Matchmaker, if you have anything else, tell me everything. Don't keep me in suspense."
Matchmaker Wang walked around Li Yaya twice.
"You are too thin, girl. You need to eat more. Otherwise, people will definitely not like you. Mr. Zhao runs a butcher shop in town. If your girl marries him, she will definitely have no worries about meat."
"Okay, okay, Yaya, did you hear me? Your dad will treat you well."
Li Dafu politely sent Wang the matchmaker out the door and decided not to beat Li Yaya for the time being. He also wanted her to eat more and gain weight.
When Li Yaya heard Matchmaker Wang say that she could eat meat every day after getting married, she thought of the Jiang Jiang family nearby who often smelled of meat, and her saliva began to flow unconsciously.
But her remaining rationality told her that there is no such thing as a free lunch. The people in the town offered a dowry of thirty taels of silver and wanted to marry a country girl like her. It seemed a little strange no matter how she looked at it.
It happened that Li Dafu looked over and met Li Yaya's eyes. It was a rare moment for Li Dafu to smile at Li Yaya.
But Li Yaya did not feel warmth from her father's smile, but felt cold all over. The look in his eyes was like that of a pig waiting to be slaughtered.
On the other side, Li Cuicui, unaware that she had escaped a disaster, was playing with the child out of boredom.
"Little Stone, how old are you this year?"
Xiao Shitou answered her question seriously.
"I am eleven years old now. I am already an adult."
Li Cuicui burst out laughing.
"Okay, okay, you are an adult now, little adult."
Little Shitou looked at Li Cuicui who was laughing so hard that she was bent over, and was a little confused. Did he just say something funny?
Seeing that there were not many guests left, Huang Ying asked Xiao Shitou to take a rest.
During this period of time, she had a very good impression of Xiao Shitou, or rather, everyone in the family liked this down-to-earth, hardworking and filial child very much.
Huang Ying also secretly told Li Xu that it makes sense to raise sons in poverty and daughters in wealth, just look at how sensible Xiao Shitou is.
Li Xu only heard the second half of the sentence "raising a daughter in wealth". Looking at his sister teasing the child, he sighed. He felt that this sentence didn't seem to be so right.
"Is this Li's Sweet Water Shop?" A man in short clothes came running over in a hurry.
Li Sheng immediately stood up and said, "Yes, yes, yes, sir, what do you need?"
The man wiped the sweat from his forehead and panted, "A bucket of your ice cream, delivered to the Zhao family at the end of the street, the one that runs the pork shop."
Li Sheng recognized the man in front of him. He was the clerk in the pork shop at the end of the street. The owner of the butcher shop seemed to be named Zhao.
So he nodded and said he would send it over soon.
Seeing that his words had been delivered, the man hurried back. He didn't dare to delay on the road, otherwise the shopkeeper would deduct his wages.
After Sun Qiaoqiao saw the man leave, she walked over to Li Sheng and asked, "Is it the pork shop at the end of the street that wants a bucket of ice cream?"
Li Sheng nodded and took out an unopened bucket of ice cream from under the stall.
"Then you better be careful. The owner of that butcher shop is very stingy. Not only does he shortchange people on weight, he also adds water to the meat."
Li Sheng smiled and said, "I'm not going to buy meat, I'm going to give you ice cream."
"Anyway, just be careful."
Li Sheng knew that Sun Qiaoqiao also cared about him, so he quickly agreed.
Wrapped in a thick quilt, Li Sheng delivered a bucket of ice cream to the pork shop at the end of the street.
"Excuse me, are you Shopkeeper Zhao? I want the ice cream you ordered."
Shopkeeper Zhao, who was taking a nap, was woken up. He was about to curse, but when he saw that the person in front of him was not a clerk in his shop, he held back.
"Ice cream, huh? Put it down."
Li Sheng put down the ice cream, but waited for a long time before Manager Zhao gave him the money.
"Shopkeeper, I'll give you two taels of silver."
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