Siheyuan: All the incense in the family is counting on you

After buying this, he took Chen Qiao to buy hair ties, hair flowers, clam oil and some snacks, and then he came out of the supply and marketing cooperative very satisfied.

"I told you not to spend money indiscriminately, why don't you listen?" Chen Qiao said with some anger.

"You are my wife now, so I can't let you down. Besides, it would be unreasonable if I didn't bring anything back from my trip, right?"

"That doesn't take that much! Look at the pile of stuff!"

Li Bowen smiled and took Chen Qiao's finger: "Just this once, I will listen to you from now on, I will buy whatever you say, okay, wife!"

"Bah, who is your wife? You haven't even entered the house yet!" Chen Qiao's face turned red with shame, and she didn't bother to blame Li Bowen anymore.

"Hehehe, isn't this a done deal? When do you think we should hold the wedding banquet?"

Chen Qiao lowered her head and said softly, "How would I know? It's not up to me to decide!"

That's true, but it's not something I can decide on my own. I have to talk to my grandparents first and ask them to finalize the time.

"Then I'll go back and tell grandpa and grandma that I'll go to your house tomorrow to propose marriage and marry you home as quickly as possible, okay?"

"Hmm!" An almost inaudible response came.

Li Bowen excitedly took Chen Qiao's hand and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to eat something delicious!"

"Why don't we go? We should go back now. Eating out is not worth it!"

Where can you find a daughter-in-law like this? She's always thinking about you before she even gets married. Li Bowen felt like he was lucky. Seeing that grandma had good taste, he moved closer and said, "This is our first date, so we should have some sense of ceremony. Can we just go back after dinner? We won't go anywhere else!"

"You are just a coaxer! Just this once!"

"Okay, okay, let's go. I'm hungry!" Li Bowen patted his belly.

At that time, there were actually no decent restaurants in the county town, so we just found one that looked good, ordered two meat dishes, two steamed buns and a bowl of soup for each person, and the meal ended like that.

By the time the two of them rode back, it was already dark.

After sending Chen Qiao home and moving her things in, Li Bowen said hello to her family and went out to live with his grandparents.

Chen Qiao followed him out and sat astride the tricycle. Looking at the little boy, Li Bowen came forward and said, "Qiao'er, I want to kiss you!"

Chen Qiao took a step back in fright.

But he was still not as fast as Li Bowen and was pecked on the face.

Without waiting for Chen Qiao to react, Li Bowen rode away on his bike with a smile on his face. Chen Qiao covered her face that had been kissed and stood there in a daze. After a while, she ran back home in shame.

As soon as I got home, I locked myself in the room. I felt my face getting hot and my heart was beating fast: "What a bad guy!"

Li Bowen happily returned to his grandparents' house.

"Grandson, how do you feel about going shopping with Qiaoer?" grandma asked as soon as she entered the door.

"pretty good!"

"Did you buy something for that girl? Grandma forgot to remind you not to be reluctant to spend money!"

Li Bowen grinned and said, "Grandma, look at what you said, how could I not understand this!"

"That's good. As long as you two get along well, grandma will be happy. Tomorrow grandma will find a matchmaker to settle this matter. You should get married quickly in a few days and give me a baby to take care of. Then grandma's life will be complete!" The old lady's face was full of smiles.

The rooster crowed three times, and grandma started to clean the house.

Li Bowen opened his eyes with difficulty: "Grandma, what are you doing? I'm so sleepy!"

"It's already daybreak and you're still lying in bed. Your grandfather and your third uncle have already gone to the fields. Hurry up and get up after breakfast. You still have to come with me to the Chen family to propose marriage! Don't delay!"

"Oh! There's no need to propose marriage so early!" Li Bowen got up reluctantly.

"What do you know? Who doesn't have to go out to work? If we go too late, everyone will go to work. We still have to go to the matchmaker's house first!"

"I forgot to ask you yesterday. There wasn't a matchmaker before, how come one suddenly appeared?"

"We have to hire a matchmaker, who is actually a middleman. Otherwise, it will be difficult to propose conditions. Bargaining will not be like doing business! We will not be like in-laws at all! So I asked Chen Wang from our village to be the matchmaker. She is also a relative of the Chen family." Grandma explained.

Well, Li Bowen has never been married in his two lifetimes anyway, so he doesn’t know how to go about proposing marriage, so he just has to follow whatever his grandmother says.

Soon they arrived at Chen Wang's home. Chen Wang's wife came out to greet them warmly: "Oh, Grandma Li, I'm sorry that you brought such things here for such a small matter!" But her hands did not slow down at all and she took the things from Li Bowen's hands.

"Of course I should. I'll need you to take care of me later. Let's discuss the betrothal gifts today, and have the wedding banquet in a few days. Then I'll be relieved! I'll have to thank you very much then!"

"From what you said, Qiao'er has a miserable life. I am happy to be the matchmaker if I can help her get married and give her a good home."

After putting Xie Mei's things into the house, Chen Wang's wife packed up simply and went to Chen Qiao's house with Li Bowen and his grandson.

In Chen Qiao's family, Chen Qiao's stepfather is called Chen Changshui. When Chen Qiao's mother brought her child to marry him, Chen Changshui already had a son. After he got married, she first gave birth to a daughter. Later, when she gave birth to her third child, although the child was saved, her mother died due to complications during childbirth.

This made Chen Qiao a dispensable person in this family. Her younger brothers and sisters were still young and needed someone to take care of them. Otherwise, her situation would probably be even worse. As for going to school, she only went there for a few years when her mother was still alive. After her mother passed away, Chen Changshui directly let Chen Qiao drop out of school and take care of the children at home.

When Chen Qiao was eighteen or nineteen years old, his eldest son was also old enough to get married. In order to find a wife for his eldest son, he simply married Chen Qiao off casually just for the high bride price.

Unfortunately, less than a year after Chen Qiao got married, her husband fell seriously ill and died. His family had other brothers and sisters, and in order to have one less person to divide the family property, they sent Chen Qiao back to her parents' home and even hurriedly completed the procedures at the Civil Affairs Bureau.

It saves you from having to worry about it later.

When Chen Qiao returned home, she was not treated well by Chen Changshui. Fortunately, at that time, one more person in the family meant one more work point, and she could get more food at the end of the year, so she accepted it reluctantly.

But at this time of year, one more person means one more mouth to eat, and Chen Changshui had different thoughts, which Chen Qiao could sense.

This is why Chen Qiao agreed to Li Bowen's proposal as soon as she met him. She didn't care about anything else as long as she could have a home that truly belonged to her.