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Chapter 114 Proposal
After successfully convincing her family, Qin Huairu felt that she had taken a step towards her goal of becoming a city dweller.

Two days later, Qin Huairu found Old Man Qin and said that she wanted her family to help her propose marriage.

The best way to propose marriage is to find a matchmaker. Parents' orders and matchmaker's words are the formal procedures. It is extremely undesirable to have a match without a matchmaker.

But Old Man Qin didn't want to embarrass himself, so he had to agree to Qin Huairu's request.

Qin Huairu found Yi Zhonghai and asked, "Brother Yi, do you have anything to do tonight?"

Yi Zhonghai said cheerfully: "It's Huairu. What can I do for you?"

Qin Huairu smiled charmingly, almost charming everyone: "My father heard that you took special care of me, so he wanted to treat you to a drink."

How could Yi Zhonghai refuse Qin Huairu without understanding the situation? He immediately agreed with a smile: "I agree. But I can't let you pay. I have 30,000 yuan here, you can use it to buy some good wine and food. I will go to your house after work."

Qin Huairu's eyes sparkled and she pretended to postpone it several times until Yi Zhonghai said, "If you don't accept it, I won't go," and then she reluctantly accepted the money.

After Qin Huairu left, someone guessed that Father Qin invited Yi Zhonghai to find out about Qin Huairu's relationship. Several young people who were interested in Qin Huairu came to Yi Zhonghai to curry favor with him.

Yi Zhonghai realized this belatedly. Then he felt bitter. After all, Qin Huairu was married, and he would never be able to see Qin Huairu again.

Yi Zhonghai, who was in a bad mood, perfunctorily responded to the young men and started to work, as if he wanted to vent his dissatisfaction on his work.

Qin Huairu took the money home and said with a smile: "Dad, Brother Yi heard that he was coming to our house for dinner, so he gave me 20,000 yuan."

Twenty thousand yuan is actually just two yuan when converted later.

But these two dollars were considered a lot of money in the countryside in the 1950s.

The Qin family, who had doubts about Qin Huairu, no longer had any doubts. What Yi Zhonghai casually showed them was enough for them to eat.

Qin Huairu took the money, bought meat, got a chicken, and prepared a table of dishes.

By the evening, Qin Huairu was still worried that Yi Zhonghai didn't know where to go, so he went to pick him up in person.

As soon as Yi Zhonghai entered the door, he felt a different kind of enthusiasm. The Qin family seemed to treat him like a family member.

The dishes have five flavors and the wine has been drunk three times.

Father Qin then turned the topic to Qin Huairu's marriage: "Master Yi, what do you think of our Huairu?"

Because he wanted to propose marriage to Yi Zhonghai, Old Man Qin did not call Yi Zhonghai "Brother" according to his age, but called him "Master Yi" like most other people.

Asking him to propose marriage to his daughter in front of his younger brother, he couldn't bring himself to do it.

Yi Zhong guessed that this was a prelude to proposing to Qin Huairu, and he felt a little bitter, as if such a beautiful flower was being stuck in cow dung.

He drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and then said, "Brother Qin, your Huairu is the best child I have ever seen. She is beautiful and virtuous. Whoever can marry her will be blessed for eight lifetimes."

When Father Qin heard Yi Zhonghai's high evaluation of Qin Huairu, he felt that this marriage would not be a big problem. After all, no man could refuse such a beautiful woman as his own daughter.

"Then are you willing to marry Huairu?"

Yi Zhonghai looked at Old Man Qin in shock, and his words were a little unclear: "Old, old brother, what are you talking about? I, I got married a long time ago. I..."

Old Man Qin said, "What's the big deal about getting married? You don't have any children. Continuing the family line is a serious matter. Apart from anything else, our Qin family's daughters are guaranteed to be able to give birth. If you marry Huairu, you will be able to hold a big fat son in your arms within a year.

Don’t you want to have a son of your own?”

"I……"

To be honest, Yi Zhonghai was a little tempted. Qin Huairu was a beauty, and there were no other problems. If he married Qin Huairu, he would probably have a big fat son, just like Qin's father said. But he was a little worried when he thought of his yellow-faced wife at home.

Many people know that he and Miao Cuilan were a couple who had been through thick and thin together. Now that he was rich, if he abandoned Miao Cuilan, he would become Chen Shimei, despised by others.

On one side is his son, and on the other side is his reputation, he really has no choice.

Father Qin did not urge Yi Zhonghai, but asked him to think it over slowly. If Yi Zhonghai agreed without thinking, he really would not dare to marry Qin Huairu to him.

Qin Huairu looked at Yi Zhonghai with expectation. Yi Zhonghai was having trouble speaking just now, which meant that he was moved. As long as he was moved, she would have hope of success.

However, the answer given by Yi Zhonghai disappointed her. After drinking three glasses of wine, Yi Zhonghai said, "Brother Qin, I am grateful that you think highly of me. I cannot agree to it now. Today's matter is known only to heaven and earth, you and me, and no third person will know about it.

It’s getting late, I’m leaving now.”

The Qin family looked at each other in bewilderment. They had never expected this result. They had clearly seen that Yi Zhonghai was already tempted, so why did he refuse later?

After a long while, Father Qin finally sighed and said, "Forget it. It seems that Huairu is not destined to have that chance. In this case, Huairu, you should also calm down. Pick one quickly while those people are still here. Otherwise, when they leave, there will be no such good opportunity."

Qin Huairu gritted her teeth and said, "Dad, I won't. Brother Yi is obviously moved, I don't believe he will refuse to marry me."

"Then what else do you want?"

Qin Huairu said firmly: "I will wait. Brother Yi will definitely regret it."

Everyone in the family knew that although Qin Huairu looked weak on the surface, she actually had a tougher temper than anyone else. Once she made up her mind, no one could change it.

Moreover, the family has not yet come out of the beautiful scene described by Qin Huairu, and does not want to give up such a rich son-in-law easily.

Yi Zhonghai left the Qin family's door, but he didn't leave in a hurry. Instead, he stood outside the Qin family's door for a long time. He didn't know why, but he always felt that he had missed something important.

It was not until it was completely dark that Yi Zhonghai reluctantly returned to his residence. He thought everyone had gone to bed, but he did not expect that there were still several people who had not yet gone to bed.

"Master Yi is back."

"Master Yi, please sit down. I'll get you some water to wipe your face."

One of the people who shared the room with them said, "You little bastards, why are you making a fuss in the middle of the night? Old Yi, they want to ask if Qin Huairu's father has discussed marriage with you. Who does Qin Huairu like?"

Those young men were scolded but they were not angry. Instead, they were grateful to him in their hearts.

Yi Zhonghai was immediately disgusted and didn't want to talk about marriage, so he said, "You misunderstood. He didn't talk to me about marriage, but about the factory's recruitment. He wanted to ask me if Qin Huairu's brother could work in the factory."

"Are you really going to be a worker?" Some people didn't believe it.

Yi Zhonghai snorted: "Can I still tell a lie? If you don't believe me, you can ask Huairu tomorrow."

After hearing this, no one dared to say anything. They couldn't even utter a complete sentence in front of Qin Huairu.

If Qin Huairu asked them for help at that time, it would be wrong for them to agree or not.

Yi Zhonghai didn't want to talk, so he just lay on his bed and closed his eyes. But as soon as he closed his eyes, Qin Huairu's figure appeared in his mind, and he couldn't fall asleep.

Those young men were worried that Yi Zhonghai would get angry, so they all went back to bed and rested obediently.

Like Yi Zhonghai, they were all thinking about Qin Huairu's graceful body.

(End of this chapter)