When the pears are green

Chapter 189: Love the Person in Front of You

When they reached the entrance of the alley, Yang Jing looked to the right and quickly pulled Li Yun'an to hide behind a locust tree. She whispered in Li Yun'an's ear, "The matchmaker is here with the man she wants to see. The matchmaker knows me, so she can't see me."

The girl pressed close to the boy, and the smell of soapberries on the girl's clothes penetrated into the boy's nostrils, making him very confused.

As the sound of "patter patter" footsteps got farther and farther away, Yang Jing left from behind Li Yun'an. She leaned against the wall and looked into the alley, only to see Yang Zhang talking to the matchmaker at the door.

After Yang Jing returned to Huaishu, she borrowed Li Yun'an's cover and successfully passed through the alley. Afraid of being seen by the matchmaker coming out of Yang's house, the two ran all the way to Song Li's stall.

Song Li looked at Yang Jing and Li Yun'an, who were standing in front of her stall, panting, in surprise, and quickly asked them to go to the back of the stall to rest.

Li Yun'an asked Yang Jing to sit on the only stool. He took out a handkerchief from his bag and handed it to Yang Jing, asking her to wipe the sweat from her forehead.

Yang Jing thought the handkerchief looked familiar. She took it and found the mark she had made. Then she pointed at the word Jing embroidered on the handkerchief and asked Li Yun'an quietly, "Isn't this my handkerchief? How did it end up in your hands?"

Li Yun'an brought up to the "forgetful" Yang Jing the incident in which he almost had a car accident on the way to the county town during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Yang Jing glanced at Li Yun'an in a reproachful manner. She muttered to Li Yun'an, "Even if I didn't ask you for it, you should have returned it to me. How could you keep it on your own?"

"I don't know how I left it here. I'm a little thirsty after running such a long way. I'll go buy some tea." Li Yun'an belatedly realized the boldness in the words. With a red face, he walked to a nearby tea stand and asked the stall owner to bring him three bowls of tea.

Li Yun'an took out six cents and paid the stall owner. The stall owner happily asked his wife and children who were standing by to bring three bowls of tea to Song Li's stall.

Today's market was rather bleak, and not many people came forward to ask about prices. Song Li simply walked over to Yang Jing and Li Yun'an with tea, and the three of them talked about the theft incident last night.

Li Yun'an told the two people what happened to him when he was going home last night. He said that when he walked to a remote place, he heard someone following him from behind. Fortunately, the place was close to the alley where his home was, so he escaped.

After hearing this, Song Li and Yang Jing both felt scared for Li Yun'an, especially Yang Jing. She regretted why she did not urge Li Yun'an to go back earlier.

Seeing Yang Jing frowning and not speaking, Li Yun'an quickly asked Yang Jing, "What's wrong with you? Is the tea unpalatable? I still have the tea leaves that Zhimin gave me in the spring. I'll bring them to you next time."

Yang Jing shook her head and said softly that she should have let Li Yun'an go back earlier. Fortunately, nothing happened. If something happened, she would feel guilty for the rest of her life.

Song Li wanted to comfort Yang Jing with a few words, but when a customer came, she hurried to greet him.

Li Yun'an squatted down and bravely placed his left hand on Yang Jing's left hand on her knee.

"Don't you think you're going too far?" Yang Jing asked, staring at their folded hands. Fortunately, she had thought that Li Yun'an was a reserved person at heart.

Li Yun'an pretended not to hear. He held Yang Jing's fingers and looked at the blushing Yang Jing with a smile, as if to say that he could do something even more excessive.

After seeing the customers off, Song Li looked back at Yang Jing and Li Yun'an who were almost sticking to each other, and thought it would be better for her to just stay here and guard the stall.

Yang Jing shook off Li Yun'an's hand and gently rebuked Li Yun'an: "I have nothing to do with you. What you did is immoral. I can go to the government office to sue you."

"How can it be not related? When I get home, I will ask my mother to go to your house to propose marriage. Then we will be related, right?" Li Yun'an was not afraid of what Yang Jing had just said. He held Yang Jing's hand tighter.

Yang Jing's face turned even redder. Although her heart had melted, she continued to say, "If your family proposes marriage, will my family agree? There are countless good men in the world, how do you know I will marry you?"

"Of course I know. If you don't agree once, I will go twice. If two times don't work, I will go three times. Your family will eventually agree." Li Yun'an said shameless words with a smile.

Yang Jing smiled and handed the empty bowl to Li Yun'an, asking him to think it over before making a decision.

"I'm already eighteen, I can't be fooled by a few sweet words. You have a bright future, you still have three years to get in touch with other women, maybe in these three years you will meet your confidante, the love of your life, if you marry me now, won't you regret it in the future." Yang Jing stared at Li Yun'an and said what she was thinking. She heard from Yang Yu that Li Yun'an had good qualifications, as long as he was willing to work hard, he would definitely be able to pass the exam and even become a Jinshi. The reason why she was confused with Li Yun'an yesterday was that she understood the principle that Qi Da was not a good match.

Li Yun'an thought carefully about what Yang Jing said. He put Yang Jing's hand on his chest and said, "Jing'er is talking about hypothetical situations. Maybe I will never meet a good girl like Jing'er in my life. Instead of imagining the future, it is better to cherish the one in front of you. Others say that I am good-looking and well-educated. Jing'er, won't you consider me?"

Yang Jing was amused by Li Yun'an's self-recommendation and self-praise in disguise. She joked that she could not make the decision and that Yang Yu and Yang Zhang would have to make the final decision.

Li Yun'an quickly said that he would ask Li Liu to find a matchmaker after he returned home. He didn't want Yang Jing to go back too early, so he prepared to buy some things and take Yang Jing to Song Li's house for dinner.

Having made up his mind, Li Yun'an first returned the bowl to the tea stall, then went to the pork stall to buy a piece of pork, and bought two boxes of dim sum from the dim sum shop he passed by.

"Madam Jiang, please accept these. Jing'er and I will shamelessly eat at your house at noon." Li Yun'an smiled and handed the things to Song Li who was packing up her stall.

Song Li was only willing to accept the pork. She asked Li Yun'an to put the snacks back to the shop, otherwise she would let Yang Jing eat for free.

Li Yun'an had no choice but to quickly return to his shop and ask Lingling, who was in charge of the shop, to take the snacks home.

When Li Yun'an returned to the stall again, he was surprised to find that the constable who was talking to Song Li was the man with a fierce face that he had told Song Li about.

Song Li quickly introduced Chen Yuan to Li Yun'an. Li Yun'an greeted Chen Yuan embarrassedly. Chen Yuan smiled and told Li Yun'an not to mind it. He said that Li Yun'an was doing it for Ruyi's good and he was very grateful that Li Yun'an had this idea.

The four of them went back to Jiangjia Village together. When they arrived at Jiang's house, Jiang Qingzhou had already returned home.

Chen Yuan explained his purpose to Jiang Qingzhou, and Jiang Qingzhou took Chen Yuan to Jiang Xiaoniu's house, who wanted to sell the land, before noon.