From the moment Qin Huiru sat down, Li Wen's gaze had been fixed on her.
To be honest, it had been half a month since he arrived in this era.
Other than Xu Huizhen and Chen Xueru, Li Wen didn't see any other pretty girls.
He was either skinny or tanned.
This was understandable. After all, Xin had just been established for a few years and had experienced the era of fighting the Japanese. The people had problems with food and clothing, so what image would they have?
Hence, when he saw Qin Huiru, who was dressed old-fashioned and obviously came from the countryside, Li Wen could not help but take a few more glances.
At first, Li Wen thought that the two of them had come to the city to go to the market, but the conversation that followed made him dumbfounded.
They had only met on a blind date, and they had gotten married in the bridal chamber that night.
Wasn't this a little too hasty?
He looked at the girl again.
What a pity!
Li Wen shook his head. As for what it was a pity for, everyone knew.
After Qin Huiru finished her wonton, she suddenly asked,""Aunt Xie, why didn't I see Brother Jia's father before?”
"Oh, his father passed away a few months ago.”
"Where did he go?"
"You silly child, leaving means passing away.”
"Passed away?"
Qin Huairu was stunned. She really didn't know that Jia Yun's father was dead.
"Anyway, you will find out sooner or later. Let me tell you briefly. This Jia Yun's father is also a worker at the rolling mill. He was accidentally injured at work. When he was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, he was already dying.”
"But in our Qin Village, we all say that when parents die, we have to observe filial piety for three years.”
" Logically speaking, in the past, there would be a three-year mourning period. But now that Xin is here, it's enough for the people in the city to observe mourning for three months. Now that three months have passed, it's not a problem for you to get married.”
"Are you done eating? After you finish eating, Aunt Xie will bring you to the silk store to pull a few feet of cloth. As a bride, how can you not have a few new clothes?”
Seeing that Qin Huairu was almost done eating, Matchmaker Xie paid the money and brought her to a nearby silk shop to pull a few feet of cloth and make a few new clothes.
Li Wen narrowed his eyes as he watched the two of them leave.
Qin Huairu?
This name sounded so familiar.
After pondering for a moment, Li Wen was stunned. Wasn't this Widow Qin from the Siheyuan?
I was wondering why she looked so familiar. I didn't expect her to be Qin Huiru, who had tricked Silly Zhu for her entire life!
When he watched this drama in the past, he had already thought that Widow Qin was quite good-looking.
However, he did not expect her to be so good-looking when she was young. She was not inferior to Xu Huizhen at all.
Of course, in terms of appearance, the two of them were similar.
However, in terms of character, Qin Huiru and Xu Huizhen were completely incomparable.
One only knew how to rely on men, and was vicious enough to harm Silly Zhu for her entire life.
The other was generous and thrifty. He was good at business and educating his children.
If the two of them chose one of them to be their daughter-in-law, anyone with a good outlook on life would know which one to choose.
It was definitely Xu Huizhen.
Of course, Li Wen thought so too.
After all, the things Qin Huairu did in the TV series could indeed be described as vicious.
However, Qin Huairu wasn't completely unforgivable.
Her husband was dead, she had no source of income, and she had three children who were crying for food.
It was already hard enough for Qin Huairu to support this family, yet she still had to face her harsh mother-in-law.
If it were any other woman, she might have run away long ago.
The only thing that could make Qin Huiru persevere was probably not the rolling mill's work that paid twenty yuan a month.
After all, Qin Huairu was not even 30 years old at that time, and she was still very attractive. If she really had the heart to abandon her children and find a city dweller with a job to remarry, it was not impossible.
Therefore, Qin Huairu was not a bad person. It was all Jia Zhangshi's fault.
He was mean, lazy, and favored sons over daughters. Not only did he often instigate his grandson to steal, but he also mocked his daughter-in-law who supported the family all day long.
With such a mother-in-law, it would be strange if his thoughts were not twisted.
Of course, that was something that would only happen ten years later. Qin Huairu had yet to marry into that courtyard house full of birds.
Her good-looking face still had the rustic look of a village.
"Qin Huairu…"
Li Wen rubbed his chin as he watched the two of them disappear into the street. He thought of the book " Full of Love in the Courtyard ". After thinking for a moment, an idea gradually formed in his mind.
At this thought, Li Wen stood up and walked in the direction where Qin Huiru and the others had disappeared.
"Forget it, I'll just take it as doing a good deed and making a small sacrifice.
He would treat it as saving Silly Zhu from being cheated into having no descendants.
Also, if Qin Huairu did not marry into the Jia family, the son of Jia Zhangshi might die early.”
As for whether he was really doing a good deed or had other motives, only Li Wen himself knew.
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Chen Ji Silk Manor.
"Wow! Aunt Xie, there's a lot of cloth here."
It was Qin Huairu's first time entering the silk store. When she saw so many colorful and dazzling pieces of cloth, she felt as if her eyes were going to go blurry.
"That's right. This is the largest silk and satin shop in Da Qianmen. What kind of cloth does it not have?”
"Alright, Huai Ru, hurry up and pick a few pieces of cloth.”
Matchmaker Xie had come here more than once or twice. In the past, when she was matchmaking, she would bring girls to the satin shop to pull cloth.
Seeing so many colorful and beautiful pieces of cloth, any girl would fall for it.
After all, it was already considered extravagant for rural people to make clothes out of cloth once a year.
This was just like how the brothel madame bewitched young girls in the future. After bringing them to see the prosperity of the city, no one wanted to return to the poor and hungry countryside.
Furthermore,
Other than bewitchment, every time Matchmaker Xie brought a girl to make new clothes, she would ask the man for a sum of money.
She said that she was going to make new clothes for the girl, but in fact, a large part of the money went into matchmaker Xie's own pocket.
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