When the pears are green

Chapter 117 Acceptance

Song Xing nodded. He thought the woman was a relative with whom his family didn't interact very often, so he politely invited her into the yard.

"Auntie, please wait here for a while. I'll go call my parents." Song Xing went to the kitchen and moved a stool. He asked the woman to sit in the yard and wait for a while.

The woman smiled and nodded. She sat on the stool and looked around this ordinary farmyard, which was cleaner than most homes she had visited.

While moving the stool, Song Xing asked Song Li, and Song Li told him that Zhang and Song Changhe went to the utility room to repair farm tools.

"Dad, there's an old lady looking for you." Song Xing walked into the utility room and said to Song Changhe who was repairing the wooden handle of a shovel.

Zhang on the side looked at Song Changhe meaningfully.

Song Changhe first pointed his finger at Song Xing's forehead and said, "You kid, you always cheat your father." Then he smiled and said to Zhang, "Xiangxiang, Xiaoxing must not have asked clearly. Let's go and take a look and we'll know."

"Xiaoxing, ask your elder sister to bring some water to the main room later." Zhang looked at Song Changhe again, who was eager to prove his innocence. She pursed her lips and smiled, then walked out of the utility room.

The woman who was looking around the yard saw Zhang and Song Changhe walking out of the room. She stood up and looked at the couple with a smile.

Zhang looked at the strange woman. She quickly went through all the relatives in her family in her mind to confirm that she was not her relative.

"My dear sister, what business do you have in coming to my house?" Zhang asked with a smile.

The woman quickly replied, "It must be Miss Zhang. I'd like to congratulate Miss Zhang first. Someone asked me to propose marriage to your second daughter!"

Zhang and Song Changhe hurriedly invited the woman into the main room. Zhang glanced at Song Xing before entering the room. Song Xing hurried into the kitchen and asked Song Li to bring some water.

"Xiaoxing, who is that?" asked Song Yue who was washing dishes.

Song Xing answered Song Yue while wiping the table: "Second sister, I was far away and didn't hear clearly. I will know when my eldest sister comes back."

Before the two of them finished talking, Song Li came back.

Song Li looked at Song Yue and Song Xing, who were looking puzzled. She smiled and said, "He is a matchmaker who is here to propose marriage to Yueyue. I wonder whose young man it will be?"

Song Yue was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect someone to come to propose marriage so soon. Who could it be? She shook her head to get rid of the figure in her mind, and then continued to wash the dishes.

Song Li glanced at Song Yue, who was full of worries. She first sent Song Xing out, and then patted Song Yue's back gently.

Song Yue turned around and lay on Song Li's shoulder. She asked in a low voice: "Sister, am I really useless?"

"No, Yueyue is doing fine. Let's clean up the kitchen quickly. We still have to work in the fields after the matchmaker leaves!" Song Li replied softly.

Song Yue nodded, turned around and continued to work. Song Li, who was washing the pot at the side, kept telling jokes, and the laughter of the two sisters floated out from the kitchen.

Inside the hall.

Zhang smiled and asked the woman sitting next to her, "Excuse me, which family are you looking for a marriage on behalf of, elder sister?"

The woman smiled and replied, "I am here to propose marriage on behalf of the Wu family. It is the family of the head of your village."

Zhang and Song Changhe were both stunned for a moment. They did not show the happy expression that the matchmaker expected. The matchmaker asked in confusion, "Sister Zhang, Brother Song, did you not hear clearly?"

Zhang shook her head and glanced at Song Changhe.

Song Changhe lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Zhang's expectant eyes. He whispered to the woman, "Sister, let me think about it first."

The woman was completely stunned. She couldn't figure out why the Song family didn't just agree to the marriage. She and Wu Li were sisters, so she was naturally familiar with Wu Mingde. She had also thought about introducing a girl from her husband's family to Wu Mingde, but the village head at that time was determined to marry into a wealthy family, so she was politely rejected.

The woman thought of the scene yesterday when Wu Li came to her house and asked her to find a wife for Wu Mingde. Wu Li said that this time it was a girl that Wu Mingde liked. Although she was also from the village, the girl's brother was studying, so there was still hope for the future. The woman teased Wu Li why she didn't continue to look for someone from the city. Wu Li said with a depressed face that the village head had learned a lesson because of Wu Mingxuan's marriage.

The woman didn't care that she had been rejected by the village head before. She loved her nephew. Since she was the girl Wu Mingde liked, she promised Wu Li that she would succeed. Now that the Song family hesitated, her heart was like a small drum, beating non-stop.

Song Changhe sat on the stool, his heart was very tangled. He thought of the scene on the mill field a few days ago. He could see that there was affection between Song Yue and Wu Mingde. However, Wu Mingde was once involved with Xing'er. Although it was Xing'er's wishful thinking, it was a thorn in the hearts of Song Tianshi and Xing'er. If he nodded in agreement, the relationship between the two families, which had been restored to some extent, would inevitably break down.

Zhang stared at Song Changhe's expression. She knew that Song Changhe valued family affection and respected Song Ershun very much. It is said that no one knows a child better than his mother. She knew that Song Yue liked Wu Mingde. She was happy for Song Yue from the bottom of her heart that the Wu family came to propose marriage. She hoped that Song Changhe would agree. However, she thought that the Wu family looked down on the Song family. She didn't know why the Wu family asked someone to propose marriage?

The woman saw the confusion on Zhang's face. She calmed herself down and told Zhang about the relationship between herself and Wu Li, as well as how Wu Mingde had knelt down to ask the head of the village to propose marriage to the Song family.

Zhang looked at the woman in shock. The woman smiled and assured him, "Sister, everything I said is true. I watched Mingde grow up. He is a good boy."

Zhang and the woman looked at Song Changhe on the left. Song Changhe sighed and told the woman, "Please tell the head of the village about this marriage..."

Both the woman and Zhang became nervous.

"I agree." Song Changhe continued.

The woman and Zhang heaved a sigh of relief. The woman congratulated Song Changhe and Zhang, and then said goodbye: "Brother Song, Sister Zhang, we are a family from now on. I will go back and tell my eldest sister the good news."

Song Changhe and Zhang smiled and sent the woman to the gate of the courtyard.

Song Li and Song Yue had been paying attention to the movements in the yard. When Zhang and Song Changhe returned to the yard, the two of them quickly walked out of the room.

Song Li was the first to ask, "Dad, Mom, which family is coming to propose marriage?"

Song Changhe didn't say anything. Zhang looked at the two sisters who were a little anxious. She smiled and said, "It is said that girls should be reserved. Look how anxious you two are. Your father has already nodded in agreement."

"Ah!" Both sisters exclaimed. Song Yue asked a little depressed: "Didn't my parents ask me?"

"I knew you would agree, so I agreed for you directly. It is said that parents' orders and matchmaker's words are final. Your sister was the same at the beginning, and she is doing well now, isn't she?" Song Changhe wanted to tease Song Yue.

Song Yue pouted and tried hard to hold back the tears in her eyes.

Seeing this, Zhang patted Song Changhe hard, then hugged Song Yue in her arms and said, "Silly child, the matchmaker was invited by the Wu family. If you don't agree, I will ask your father to get her back."

"Which village are you from?" Song Yue was so sad that she didn't react.

Song Li, who had already reacted, kept poking Song Yue's shoulder, but Song Yue was still immersed in sadness.

Song Changhe smiled and replied, "Which other village could he be from? Of course he's from our village. There are many people with the last name Wu in our village. He must be from Wu Sanwa's family."

"He doesn't like people calling him Sanwa..." Song Yue didn't finish her words. She connected Zhang and Song Changhe's words together and finally reacted. She blushed and lay on Zhang's shoulder.

Zhang felt the heat on Song Yue's cheeks through her clothes. She smiled and patted Song Yue on the back, repeating what the woman had said.

Zhang felt her shoulders getting even hotter.

Song Li was listening on the side. She was really happy for Song Yue, but how should she report the good news to Song Ershun in the future?

Song Changhe noticed Song Li's gaze towards him, and he whispered to Song Li: "After the busy farming season is over, I will go and apologize to your second grandmother and the others. I owe my second uncle a favor, but Xiaoyue doesn't, and I can't use Xiaoyue's marriage to repay my favor."