The person who had just spoken was not annoyed, he also laughed, "Hahaha, so what if you are young, then just consider it a childhood engagement."

The people around laughed and said, "What does Brother Zheng want? By the time your daughter grows up, he will be in his twenties by Qingming."

Someone else joked with Zheng Qingming, "Qingming, what kind of girl do you like? Uncle will introduce one to you."

Zheng Qingming was so embarrassed that his face turned red. Compared with these men, he was still too thin-skinned.

Zheng Dashan couldn't bear to see these people bullying his son. "Go away, we have to study during Qingming Festival, so we won't consider getting married for the time being."

"Oh, Dashan, what you said is true. Getting married won't interfere with your studies. What are you afraid of?"

"That's right. As the old saying goes, to start a family and a career, you have to start a family first and then a career."

Zheng Dashan didn't care about them. "I can't control other people's families, but we can't do Qingming at home. I haven't finished reading this book yet, I can't be distracted anymore."

Seeing that Zheng Dashan refused to give in, everyone immediately shifted the topic to Yang Shuhuai, who happened to come over.

"Oh, it's Shu Huai coming over. Hey, Chang Qing, your son is old enough to get married, right?"

Yang Changqing said with a smile: "My Shuhuai is the same age as Qingming, so don't worry, there's no need to rush, hahaha."

"Hey, why aren't you in a hurry? Even if you don't want to get married first, you can get engaged first."

Neither Zheng Dashan nor Yang Changqing said anything. No matter what these people said, they just didn't respond.

Seeing that no one responded, the group of people stopped talking about this topic.

Zheng Qingming saw that everyone had changed the topic, and he let out a breath as he looked at Yang Shuhuai who was walking over.

Yang Shuhuai was not as thin-skinned as him, and he laughed out loud when he saw him like this.

Zheng Qingming saw him making fun of himself, and punched him with a smile, "You are making fun of me too."

Yang Shuhuai looked at him with a smile, "You can't stand this? Have you ever thought that if you pass the examination for Tongsheng this time, and then pass the examination for Xiucai, then more people will come to your house to propose marriage."

Zheng Qingming shook his head. "I don't know when I will pass the exam to become a scholar. Maybe I will never pass the exam in my lifetime. It's too early to worry about it now."

Yang Shuhuai raised his eyebrows, "Are you so unconfident in yourself?"

"It's not that I don't have confidence. I've only been studying for a little over a year. It's wishful thinking for me to pass the exam with this level of ability."

Yang Shuhuai looked at him with a smile, "This year's college entrance examination is in August, there is still half a year left. Maybe you will be lucky and the questions will be all the ones you know."

Zheng Qingming looked at him with amusement, "Haha, if all the questions are what I know, then I'll have to doubt whether I'm God's biological son.

There is no such thing as a free lunch, so I'd better study hard with the teacher first."

What he meant was that he would not take part in the college entrance examination this time.

Seeing him like this, Yang Shuhuai stopped trying to persuade him. In fact, it was more suitable for him to take things step by step this way.

The reason why he wanted Zheng Qingming to take part in this year's college entrance examination was because he himself had participated in this year's college entrance examination in his previous life.

Although he could no longer remember some of the small questions, he still remembered the topics of the policy essay.

If Zheng Qingming wanted to take part in this college entrance examination, he could give him targeted guidance.

Forget it, let’s talk about this matter after the government has tried it.

At the old house, as soon as Lixia returned home, he took out all the food and gifts he had bought in the county and distributed them to his family.

"Master, these are the shoes I bought for you. The soles are thick and soft, very comfortable. Try them on and see if they fit your feet."

Lixia took out a pair of black cloth shoes from her bag and handed them to her grandfather. Old man Zheng took the shoes from his grandson with a smile, immediately took off his old shoes and put on the new ones.

"Okay, okay, this size is just right. Not to mention, these shoes are really soft to wear."

"Yes, sir. I knew these shoes would fit you perfectly."

Lixia chuckled and took out something and handed it to his father.

"Grandma, this is the headband I bought in the county town. I saw many ladies in the county town wearing this."

The old lady took it with a smile. The headband was made of blue cotton cloth, with pine, cypress and cranes embroidered in the middle.

Zheng Xiaoman came over to help her grandmother tie it on. She took a look and then said with a smile, "This color looks really good on grandma."

The old lady smiled and raised her hand to touch the headband on her head, "Oh, old lady, this is the first time I wear this thing."

Lixia also came over and said with a smile: "Grandma, you look so good in it. It's more elegant than that old lady in the county town."

"Hahahaha, you just know how to coax me. How can your grandma compare to the old ladies in the city?"

Even as she said this, the old lady's smile grew even wider.

"Of course not, grandma, you look much younger than those old ladies."

The old lady was coaxed into laughing and kept praising her grandson for being sensible.

After coaxing the old couple, Lixia took out a wooden hairpin carved with plum blossoms from her arms.

"Mom, this is the wooden hairpin I bought for you. It has your favorite plum blossom pattern. Take a look at it and see if it looks good."

Zhou Chunfeng wiped her hands on her clothes before reaching out to take the hairpin.

The wooden hairpin is vermilion, and the two plum blossoms on the top are carved very lifelike, with a string of beads hanging below the plum blossoms.

The corners of her mouth turned up, "It looks good. I like this hairpin very much."

"Mom, I'll bring it to you."

Lixia came over, took the wooden hairpin and put it on his mother's head.

After putting on the hairpin, he praised sweetly: "My mother is so beautiful, and she looks even more beautiful with the hairpin on."

Zhou Chunfeng smiled and rolled her eyes at him, "Your mother is already so old, what's the point of saying she's pretty or not."

Lixia smiled and coaxed him a few more words, then continued to take things out of her bag.

"Sister Xiaoduo, this is the purse I bought for you and Sister Xiaoyu. Please give it to Sister Xiaoyu for me."

Lixia handed two very delicate purses to Zheng Xiaoyu, one was light green with peach blossoms embroidered on it, and the other was pink with mandarin ducks embroidered on it.

Zheng Xiaoduo happily took it and carefully touched the pattern on the purse. "Thank you, Lixia. I like this purse very much. My sister will definitely like it too."

"Hehe, as long as you like them, when I saw these two purses, I felt they were especially suitable for my two sisters."

Then it was Zheng Xiaoman's turn. Zheng Xiaoman just stood there and looked at him with a smile.

She was really curious about what her younger brother would buy for her.

Lixia also looked at his sister, "Hey, sister, guess what I bought for you?"

Zheng Xiaoman thought for a moment and said, "You didn't buy food for me, did you?"

Lixia shook her head, "No, no, the food is bought for Chunya."

Chun Ya was listening at the side and immediately looked at her brother with bright eyes.

Lixia took out all the cakes and various candied fruits for Chunya and placed them in front of her.

"Thank you, little brother." Chun Ya said happily, then lowered her head to open the oil paper package in front of her.

This time, Zheng Xiaoman was the only one in the room who didn't have a gift.

Everyone was curious at this moment, wondering what Lixia had brought back for Zheng Xiaoman.

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