When the pears are green

Chapter 185 Persuasion

Wu Mingde broke free from Li Yun'an's hand and questioned him dissatisfiedly: "I saw it with my own eyes, what else is there to ask. Yun'an, it's fine if you don't want to help me, but why did you try to stop me the moment I entered the door?"

"Mingde, Sister Mingshu and Brother Yang love each other, and you will be a family in the future, so you just need to vent your anger. As the saying goes, leave a way out for others so that you can meet again in the future." Li Yun'an hurriedly persuaded Wu Mingde. He didn't want any rift to arise between Wu Mingde and Yang Yu.

Wu Mingde first glared at Li Yun'an, who was bent outward with his elbows, and then pointed at Yang Yu with gritted teeth and said, "Who wants to be a family with such a scoundrel in the future? Even if you and my eldest sister are in love with each other, you can't be so frivolous to her. You have no name or status with my eldest sister, how can you be so frivolous and reckless."

Yang Yu blushed at what Wu Mingde said, and he quickly expressed his willingness to be responsible for Wu Mingshu.

Wu Mingshu lowered her head and walked to Wu Mingde. She reached out and pulled Wu Mingde's sleeve, begging Wu Mingde not to pursue the matter further.

Wu Mingde couldn't help but sighed. He whispered to Wu Mingshu, "Sister, I'm not trying to embarrass you on purpose. I'm just afraid that he's not sincere to you and that he'll throw you away after he gets you."

"Mr. Wu, please don't frame my third brother like that. The reason I was able to rescue Sister Mingshu in time from Yang Cheng was because my third brother asked me to do it." Yang Jing hurriedly spoke up for Yang Yu. Although she couldn't figure out when Yang Yu and Wu Mingshu became together under her nose, she really wanted Wu Mingshu to marry Yang Yu.

After hearing this, Wu Mingde couldn't help but wonder when Yang Yu and Wu Mingshu got together. He asked Yang Yu if he wanted to learn from Chen Ping of the Han Dynasty.

"I didn't, and Chen Ping was also framed by Zhou Bo and Guan Ying. Although I have liked Mingshu for many years, I have never done anything inappropriate before she divorced me. If you don't believe me, you can go to my old home and ask around. The neighbors can all testify for me." Yang Yu hurriedly explained. He didn't want Wu Mingde to be prejudiced against him, and he was afraid that Wu Mingde would pass this prejudice on to other people in the Wu family.

Li Yun'an also followed suit to persuade Wu Mingde: "Mingde, it is said that it is better to destroy ten temples than to ruin a marriage. Brother Yang is much better than the man Sister Mingshu had seen before, whether in terms of family background, appearance or knowledge. You should sit down and talk with Brother Yang first to see how to settle the matter."

Yang Jing looked at Li Yun'an with gratitude, and she quickly invited Wu Mingde into the main room to talk.

Before Wu Mingde could express his opinion, he was pushed by Li Yun'an on his back towards the main hall of the Yang family. Yang Jing held Wu Mingshu's arm and Yang Yu followed behind them with his chin covered.

Li Yun'an motioned Yang Jing and himself to come out first, leaving Yang Yu, Wu Mingshu and Wu Mingde in the main hall to talk in detail.

Yang Jing thought for a long time but couldn't figure out why Li Yun'an did this. While she was lighting the fire, she asked Li Yun'an who was leaning against the kitchen door: "Mr. Li, why did the two of us come out?"

"Silly girl, I'm an outsider and you're an unmarried girl. There are some things I can't say in front of you. By the way, have you read that essay?" Li Yun'an said as he walked towards the stove. He finally stopped beside the stove and stared at Yang Jing and asked.

Yang Jing blushed under Li Yun'an's burning gaze. She nodded first, then asked softly, "Did the shopkeeper give you the things?"

"Lingling gave it to me, but my father burned it." Li Yun'an sighed. He still wanted to keep the fu.

Yang Jing hurriedly asked why.

Li Yun'an told Yang Jing about how Li Ying and Li Liu had beaten and scolded him. Especially when he talked about how he was scolded by Li Ying and Li Liu, Yang Jing felt even more guilty.

"I should have returned it to you in person. It's all my fault." Yang Jing quickly apologized to Li Yun'an.

Li Yun'an smiled and told Yang Jing not to worry about it. He said it was also his fault for not thinking it through.

Yang Jing had just boiled the hot water when the conversation in the main room had ended.

"Sister Mingshu, have a glass of water before you leave." Yang Jing wanted to keep Wu Mingshu at home for a while longer.

Wu Mingshu smiled and shook her head. She asked Yang Jing to get a hot towel to apply to Yang Yu's wound, and then left the Yang family with Wu Mingde and Li Yun'an who were waiting at the door.

Yang Jing first went to the kitchen to get a hot towel for Yang Yu, then handed the towel to Yang Yu who was still in a daze in the main room. Yang Yu took it and put it on his chin, and immediately frowned in pain.

Yang Jing also frowned and asked quickly if she should go to the clinic to check out the injury.

Yang Yu shook his head. He first asked Yang Jing to go to the study in the afternoon to ask for leave for him, and then said happily that after the wound on his face healed, he would ask Yang Zhang to find a matchmaker to go to the Wu family to propose marriage.

"Really?" Yang Jing asked again excitedly.

Yang Yu nodded heavily, and the brother and sister laughed happily.

Yang Zhang returned home from the market at this time. When she saw the injuries on Yang Yu's face, she asked with eyes full of heartache what had happened.

After Yang Jing described the incident in detail, the pain in Yang Zhang's eyes slowly disappeared. She deliberately pressed Yang Yu's injured chin with her hand and said, "You deserved it."

Yang Yu did not bother with Yang Zhang. He asked Yang Zhang to find a matchmaker with a good reputation first, and then propose marriage after his injury healed.

"I understand. I will go find a matchmaker this afternoon and ask him to go to the Wu family the day after tomorrow to sound out the situation. If the Wu family agrees, you can get engaged right away after you recover from your injury. I will go to burn incense for your father first and tell him that he might have a grandson next year." Yang Zhang was filled with emotion. She was happy that Yang Yu had finally fulfilled his wish, but she was also worried about how to announce the good news to her family when Yang Yu and Wu Mingshu got married.

Yang Yu saw that Yang Zhang was in trouble, so he told her, "Mom, let's not think too much. As long as I don't care, I won't think about their gossip. Besides, Ming Shu and I were innocent before, so I'm not afraid of their nonsense."

"I hope you will think so in the future. You are still young and don't know how scary people's words are." After saying this, Yang Zhang patted Yang Yu's arm. She took three long incense sticks from the Eight Immortals Table and prepared to burn incense for Yang's father, and asked Yang's father to bless it to rain soon.

In the afternoon, Yang Zhang went to invite the famous Lu matchmaker from Nanguan. As expected by the three members of the Yang family, the Lu matchmaker brought back the good news that the Wu family had agreed. She said that she had agreed with the Wu family to formally propose marriage ten days later.

The document submitted by the head of Jiangjia Village to exchange three days of opera for a shower of rain did not take effect. Some people in the village also spread the rumor that the Dragon King refused to let it rain because the head of the village was not sincere.

Jiang An was so angry that he didn't eat for the whole day. He felt that he could no longer allow the villagers to complain in the village, so he decided to organize the villagers to dig ditches in advance.

After receiving the notice from the head of the village, Song Li discussed with Jiang Qingzhou whether they should take turns digging the ditch.

"No need, I can go by myself. The village head is not in a hurry to have the pit dug. He is afraid that the villagers will have too much free time and will spread bad rumors about him." Jiang Qingzhou also heard the rumor that the village head was so angry that he couldn't eat for a whole day.

Song Li felt that what Jiang Qingzhou said made sense. She said that when Jiang Qingzhou went to dig the ditch tomorrow, she would go to Zhanggou Village to find Ruyi to help her harvest radish leaves.

Jiang Qingzhou was afraid that Song Li and Ruyi would be in danger, so he suggested that Jiang Yang go with them.

"It's better not to. If Jiang Yang wants to go with us, should we provide meals or give him copper coins? It's too little to ask, but too much is afraid of being ungrateful. He is busy catching rabbits now, so don't disturb him. Since you are worried, I will let Ping An go with us." Song Li didn't want to have too much involvement with Jiang Yang in terms of money.

Jiang Qingzhou smiled after hearing this. He told Song Li that someone in the village was planning to sell land, and asked Song Li to go find Chen Yuan who wanted to buy the land tomorrow.

Song Li agreed with a smile, and she promised to take Ruyi with her to find Chen Yuan to comfort Chen Yuan's homesickness.