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Chapter 112 The Banker Proposes Marriage

It was late in the evening and dusk was falling. The only lights left on the quiet village streets were the faint lights from the lanterns hanging on the trees on both sides and under the eaves.

At this time, Zhou Yuntian and Li Lan stood side by side, walking slowly on the streets of the village, enjoying the tranquility of the moment.

"Girl, when you reach marriage age, I will come and propose marriage to you, how about that?"

As soon as the words fell, Li Lan's eyes slightly opened, and then a hint of evil amusement flashed across his face. He stopped and tilted his head and jokingly said, "Master Zhou, can't wait? Then should I agree?"

Seeing the mischievous smile in her eyes, Zhou Yuntian smiled and suddenly leaned close to her ear and whispered, "It's okay if you don't agree. Anyway, I agreed to come to your house, so there's no need for me to propose marriage. If my lady has pity on me, you can give me a wedding banquet and make it lively."

"Puff!" Li Lan laughed out loud. Then he fixed his eyes on the handsome face of the man in front of him, which looked as if it was carved by a knife and an axe. He said with a smile in his eyes, "Yes."

After saying that, he walked forward with his hands behind his back and light steps.

Hearing her answer, Zhou Yuntian's mouth curled up, and he happily caught up with Li Lan in a few steps. He pulled up her hand behind her back and held it tightly in his big palm.

Early the next morning, there was a lot of activity in front of Li Lan's house.

"Put it away carefully. There are valuable things in here. If you break them, you won't be able to pay for them."

"Hey, and you guys should be faster."

"Put it here, put it here."

……

I saw a gorgeously dressed old woman directing a group of servants to carry boxes of things from a cart.

"Who are you? Why are you unloading things in front of my house?"

Li Hang asked with a frown.

The old woman smiled coquettishly, wiggling her hips as she walked over and said, "Oh, this is the eldest son of the Xiangjun family. We are from the Qinnan Manor family, and today we are here to ask for the hand of Xiangjun from our patriarch, Zhuang Yiyang."

"I want to marry the local gentleman, who is that?"

Li Run tilted his head, frowned, and asked in confusion. He was puzzled and thought: There is such a person in our village, how come I don’t know about it?

After hearing what his younger brother said, Li Hang rolled his eyes at him and said to the smiling mother-in-law, "Are you mistaken? My sister already has a good husband in mind."

"what?"

"what?"

The woman was about to say something when Li Run interrupted her, saying, "Are you asking to marry my sister? I already have a brother-in-law. You are not allowed to have any ideas about my sister."

After saying that, he ran towards the yard and shouted, "Grandma, Dad, Mom, come out quickly, someone is trying to steal my brother-in-law's wife."

After he shouted, Wang Po, Li Chunping and Zhang, who were talking in the main room, hurried out.

"This is what you are doing?"

Mrs. Wang said with a puzzled look on her face.

"Grandma, they said the banker is here to ask for my sister's hand in marriage. Let them go! I already have a brother-in-law. Don't let them ruin my sister's reputation."

After hearing Li Run's words, the three of them were stunned.

"This, you must have made a mistake. We already have a grandson-in-law."

When the old woman heard this, she saw that the expressions and eyes of the people in front of her did not seem fake, so she began to wonder: Could it be that the owner of the village made a mistake? However, the engagement items have been brought. If this matter cannot be handled, then I...

After thinking for a moment, she bit her lip and said with a smile, "But, as far as I know, Xiangjun hasn't reached the age of marriage yet."

"Yes, she hasn't reached the age of marriage yet, but the marriage has been arranged long ago."

Mrs. Wang frowned and tried to explain patiently.

"So there are three matchmakers and six betrothals?"

Her question stunned Wang Po and the others, and they forgot to react for a moment.

The old woman was delighted when she saw their reactions, and continued, "Look, there aren't even three matchmakers and six betrothal gifts. I guess the husband's family doesn't value our lady. But our Qinnan family is different. Not only is the Qinnan family a wealthy family, but our master is also both talented and beautiful. He and our lady are a perfect match."

"No. Grandma, Dad, Mom, you can't be blinded by gold and silver. Go away quickly. I already have a brother-in-law. Do you know who my brother-in-law is?"

Listening to the child's cries, the old woman couldn't help but roll her eyes and chuckled, "Little Master, whoever he is, can he be better than our Zhuang family's Patriarch?"

Then he turned to Mrs. Wang and earnestly advised: "Hey, big sister, please agree to this marriage. This is a very good marriage, and the manor family promised you a legitimate wife."

Li Run was about to shout when Zhang covered his mouth and he looked at Wang Po.

Mrs. Wang understood, frowning, and said sternly, "We're just farmers. The Zhuang family's status is too high for us to marry. Besides, our eldest daughter is a strong-willed woman, so she has to make the decision on this marriage. I think you should take the things back, and when the eldest daughter returns from the workshop, I'll talk to her and see what she thinks. What do you think?"

After hearing what she said, the old woman couldn't stay any longer, so she asked the servants to put the things back on the cart and drive it back to the inn.

……

At this time, Li Lan, who didn't know that he was being proposed to, was taking the franchisees to visit the workshops in various villages.

"Xiang Jun, this time we met, you gave us even more surprises."

"Mr. Huo, thank you for your praise."

"Xiang Jun, how did you come up with these products?"

Pei Sinan blinked his big curious eyes and asked.

"Hahaha, of course it just came to me as I was thinking about it."

Li Lan said with a smile.

Listening to her ambiguous words, everyone felt that they were a bit perfunctory, but when they thought about it, they found that it made sense.

"My dear, after we disperse, how about we go have lunch together? We still can't forget the iron pot we had in our village."

When Zhou Yunbei heard this, he quickly stepped forward and pulled Pei Sinan, saying with a smile: "Xiang Jun, don't listen to his nonsense, he just wants you to treat him to a meal of iron pot."

"I, I didn't..."

Before he could finish his words, Zhou Yunbei covered his mouth with his hand.

Standing not far away, watching the interaction between the two, he chuckled and said, "If you like to eat, go ahead and eat. When you pay, just put it on my account."

After saying that, he led everyone forward.

"Why are you covering my mouth? Am I the kind of person who needs money?" He said, "Pah, pah" a few times, then frowned and said, "What's on your hands? Why does my mouth taste salty?"

When he asked this, Zhou Yunbei, who was about to scold him, quickly put his hands behind his back and said unnaturally: "What could my hands be stained with?"

He walked forward, and after a while, he wiped his nose with his palm, wondering: Did I catch a cold? Why is my nose so runny today? He couldn't find his handkerchief.

……

Zhou Yuntian was sitting in a carriage at the Liujiawan parking lot, reading a book and sipping tea. Suddenly, the carriage curtain was lifted, and he saw Li Hang coming in.

"Brother-in-law, please go back quickly. Has someone come to propose marriage to my sister?"

Zhou Yuntian, who was originally surprised as to why he came, now had a dark look in his eyes and asked, "Whose family?"

Seeing his brother-in-law's gloomy face, Li Hang couldn't help but swallow his saliva and said, "It is said that it is the Qinnan family."

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Yuntian's eyes flashed with a fierce look, and he frowned in thought. After a while, he sneered and thought to himself: "Banker. Ha, it seems that the eldest prince has been too idle recently."

Then he said coldly, "Zhou Qi, find something for Zhuang Yiyang to do."

"Yes, son."