Chapter 246: Chapter 246: The Little Aunt Has Arrived

“No matter who’s gossiping now, what we need to do is pay more attention and not fall into the trap.”

At the end, Yi Meng repeated her instructions.

Qi Dalang’s face was no longer red now, though he looked a bit overcast.

After hearing Yi Meng’s words, Qi Dalang nodded, “Fourth Aunt, I got it, don’t worry, I will be extra cautious.”

“Mm.”

Yi Meng nodded, and added, “But it’s not just you who needs to be careful, the other brothers in the family also need to pay attention. There are quite a few young men in our family at marriageable age.”

These words gave Qu Laodi a jolt.

Her eldest son Qi Sanlang was already fifteen this year, wasn’t it time for him to start looking for someone too!

Just a moment ago, she was watching the excitement of Dalang being chosen, but now she couldn’t treat it as mere amusement anymore.

The whole family treated this matter as the top priority.

At dinner that evening, Yi Meng appeared by the table, explaining the causes and potential consequences of the matter.

The others were silent, seriously analyzing the issue, but Qi Quanli jumped up, “I was wondering why those old women in the village were always clustering around me, turns out they want to introduce girls to me! No way, Fourth Brother, Starting tomorrow, I won’t go out to work, I don’t want to fall into a trap!”

Seeing his expression, Mrs. Qi immediately scolded with ill humor, “With your demeanor, there are actually people willing to introduce brides for you, you should just secretly rejoice! Nearly twenty years old, and when I was your age, your older brother was already running around everywhere!”

“No, Mom, it’s not a problem if they want to introduce girls, but they shouldn’t just crowd around me!”

Qi Quanli panicked, “Besides, can they find any good girls? I hope they don’t come up with another like Chen Xiaomei, if we really marry her back, you wouldn’t be the one to suffer as the mother-in-law?”

“You!”

Mrs. Qi was choked.

Exactly, if she really marries someone troublesome, as the mother-in-law, she would be the one suffering!

She had already welcomed five daughters-in-law into the family, all of whom were good; if the youngest turns out to be a handful, her aging bones wouldn’t want to endure the strain.

Yi Meng advised, “Mom, don’t get upset, detecting this early is good, for Old Geda to have some guards against it is a good thing.”

After persuading her mother-in-law, Yi Meng turned to Qi Quanli, “After all, Old Geda, you’re nearly twenty, do let the family know what kind of girl you like.”

“You don’t trust the matches those village women make, so tell your family, so we can find a suitable girl for you!”

At these words, Qi Quanli’s face immediately turned red, “Fourth Sister-in-law, th-this, how do I say it? I, I’ll listen to Mom and the sisters-in-law.”

Well, this naughty monkey actually got shy.

Everyone couldn’t help but laugh.

Qi Manman was eating egg custard with a spoon, seeing everyone laughing, she joined in, saying, “Auntie has already come! Little Uncle, you can’t dislike Auntie.”

With these words, the whole table went quiet, everyone turned to look at Qi Manman.

Mrs. Qi’s heart tightened, tensing up to her throat.

Oh dear, the mention of “Auntie” by her granddaughter better not be Chen Xiaomei from the Chen Family!

Yi Meng also felt a tight heart, the “Auntie” she imagined was the same as her mother-in-law’s.

“Manbao, who’s the Auntie you’re talking about?”

Yi Meng asked tentatively.

Qi Manman tilted her head, thought for a moment, and said, “The one who came in the afternoon! Mom, didn’t you see? Dad certainly saw.”

“I saw?”

Qi Quanjin was puzzled, “Who did I see?”

Yi Meng herself didn’t know who Qi Quanjin had seen either, as her range of activities was very limited, and today she hadn’t had the chance to hear from him about what happened.

Qi Ercai suddenly said, “Could it be Brother Liu’s sister from the Liu Family?”

“What?”

The whole family was shocked.

Qi Ercai calmly took a sip of soup before continuing, “There are only so many girls in the village, Fourth Sister-in-law definitely knows and has seen them. Manbao said you haven’t seen them, so it must be the Liu Family who came to our village for the first time today.”

With this reminder, Qi Quanjin also realized, “Right, right, today Brother Liu brought his whole family to our village, and she was among them.”

He paused, seemingly recalling, “Looks like she’s about sixteen or seventeen, not sure if she’s engaged or not.”

This relieved Mrs. Qi first, she gave her precious granddaughter a chopstick of greens, “Sweetie, tell Grandma, is that your Auntie?”

“Mm-hmm, it’s her!”

Qi Manman nodded vigorously, “Aunt Liu is so nice, she even gave me candy!”

Qi Quanli, “No, Manbao, you just traded your little uncle for a piece of candy?”

“Why sell Little Uncle? He’s not worth anything, even if I sold him, I wouldn’t get candy for him.”

Qi Manman rolled her eyes, looking so cute it couldn’t be overstated.

Everyone burst into laughter again.

Mrs. Qi thought for a moment, then said, “Alright, keep this to yourselves until it’s settled, no random gossiping.”

“Yes, Mom!”

Everyone responded in unison.

Jokes aside, they all knew that before this was settled, if it got out, it wouldn’t affect Old Geda much, given he’s a young man, but it would be very influential for the girl from the Liu Family.

After dinner, Qi Quanjin accompanied his wife back to their room, and as soon as they entered, they heard someone knocking on the door.

The one who came in was Mrs. Qi.

“Mom, why did you come over at this hour? Is there something wrong?”

Qi Quanjin hurried to help his mother sit down by the kang.

Mrs. Qi glared at him, first asking Yi Meng if she caught a chill today or felt unwell, and once reassured she hadn’t, she turned to Qi Quanjin, “So, those Liu folks came to the village today, what did they say?”

“Brother Liu? His family elder quite likes our village, said they’d go back and string together some silver, then come to buy a plot and build a house here.”

Qi Quanjin said while taking off his outerwear, “The exact place to buy hasn’t been decided, they said they’d come as a family again to choose after Brother Liu has rested.”

They had come quite late today, and Liu Qinghe’s family didn’t want to trouble the Qi Family, so they looked around and left, not even staying for a drink of water.

So the Qi Family women didn’t get to see the Liu Family.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Qi nodded, instructing, “Next time they come, invite them to sit at home. Seriously, they were guests, and you let them come to the doorstep without inviting them in for a drink?”

“I did invite them, but Brother Liu said it would be too presumptuous to visit unexpectedly, and he didn’t want to disturb us no matter what.”

Qi Quanjin scratched his head, “Next time, I’ll definitely invite them over to sit.”

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