Li Dazhuang didn't even eat dinner that night and just sat in the house angry. This was his lifelong event, but his parents arranged it for him without even telling him.

Zhang was so upset that he didn't have dinner that he refused to open the door no matter how much she called.

Li Quanfu didn't spoil him. He would call him to get up at dawn and go up the mountain to hunt together. Facing this father, Li Dazhuang was still a little afraid in his heart. He got up reluctantly and waited at the door. Li Quanfu went to collect the things he needed to take up the mountain.

Just as he arrived at the door, someone passed by in a ox cart. Li Dazhuang looked up and saw that it was a young man in his twenties driving the car. There was a girl sitting in the car with her face covered with a veil, so her appearance could not be seen clearly.

"Hey, young man, I want to ask you for directions. How far is it from here to Zhaojiatun?" The man driving the ox cart stopped and leaned next to Li Dazhuang.

"It's about ten miles away. I've never been there, so I'm not sure." Although Li Dazhuang didn't sleep well last night, he was young after all. There was no sign of fatigue on his face, and he was as energetic as usual.

"Okay, thank you, young man." The man got on the carriage and drove away.

After walking away, Li Dazhuang still vaguely felt that the girl on the ox cart was looking at him.

Knowing that Li Dazhuang secretly went to work for Li Xiaoxiao's family, which caused all the gossip, and with Zhang's instructions before he left, Li Quanfu kept a close eye on him and didn't think he could slip away from under his nose.

Li Dazhuang was absent-minded the whole morning, and Li Quanfu was not in the mood to hunt either. They went back soon, returning empty-handed for the first time.

When I got home, Matchmaker Sun was already in the room, talking to Zhang, and the two of them were having a very pleasant chat.

Hearing the noise, Zhang came out of the room with a happy look on her face: "The Song family agreed. They said they would choose a good day to get engaged in the next few days, and then we can get married during the Chinese New Year."

When Li Dazhuang heard this, tears immediately welled up in his eyes and he shouted loudly: "I said, I won't marry her, you can marry her if I want." After that, he ran out of the door crying.

Matchmaker Sun also came out of the room. She heard everything Li Dazhuang said and said unhappily, "Brother, what you did was not fair. You didn't even discuss it with the child before asking me to be a matchmaker. I said all the nice things and the girl finally agreed. How can I explain this to her when I go back?"

"We agreed, we agreed, the child is just being upset for the moment, we can just say a few words to him later." Li Quanfu had to put on a smile. This child has been an obedient and sensible child since he was young, so why is he so stubborn about this matter?

"That's good. Hope nothing goes wrong again." The matchmaker couldn't help but feel a little worried. She specialized in matchmaking and she had helped at least eighty couples to be successful. She had seen this happen a lot.

"Of course. We'll choose a good day. I'm sorry to trouble you to make a trip." Zhang smiled, but at the same time she was worried. She was the one who gave birth to her son and she knew him best. If her son didn't agree, the marriage would probably fail.

By lunchtime, Li Dazhuang had not returned yet. Zhang wanted to go out to look for him, but the matchmaker was still eating at home, so she couldn't go out, so she asked Li Quanfu to look for him.

He searched the village for a long time but couldn't find him. His friends who often played with him said they hadn't seen him. Helplessly, he went to Li Xiaoxiao's home halfway up the mountain and knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" Sun came over when she heard the knock on the door. Because of her negligence last time, Li Ruolan almost got into trouble, so she was extra careful now.

"Sister-in-law, it's Quanfu." Li Quanfu spoke outside the door, and if you listened carefully, his tone seemed a little unhappy.

Only after hearing Li Quanfu's voice did Sun open the door with confidence.

"Come in quickly. You haven't been here for a while." Sun greeted him warmly and stepped aside to let Li Quanfu in.

"I'm not going in. There's nothing to do. Da Zhuang had a quarrel with me this morning and he hasn't come back yet. I came to see if he's here."

"Da Zhuang didn't come today. I wonder when he ran away. I'll call my sisters and go look for him together." Sun also became anxious when she heard this. Da Zhuang was usually very sensible.

"He just ran away. Don't bother me. I'll go home first. Maybe he has already gone back." Li Quanfu subconsciously didn't want them to get close to his son. His tone was indifferent, less warm than before.

Sun didn't hear it, but Li Xiaoxiao, who had just arrived, heard it.

I greeted him calmly as usual and watched him leave.

Li Xiaoxiao cooked at noon again, a braised pork, a pickled fish, a fried meatball, and a plate of cold wild vegetables.

Si Chengxu always ate with them. In the village, the separation between men and women was not that serious, and there was no such thing as men and women sitting at different tables.

In the past, their family usually had two dishes when they ate, but since Si Chengxu came, it became four dishes. The reason was simple: Si Chengxu was too much of an eater. Li Xiaoxiao even suspected that he stayed here because he liked the food she cooked.

She was half right. With all kinds of seasonings, the dishes cooked by Li Xiaoxiao were better than those cooked by restaurant chefs. There was another reason. Their family had a very good living environment. Living halfway up the mountain, it was quiet and peaceful, where they could relax and recuperate. Even though Si Chengxu still had a lot of things to deal with, he didn't want to leave.

Si Chengxu finished his meal slowly and put down his chopsticks with graceful movements. He used to eat one bowl of rice, but since he came to the Li family to recuperate, he could taste any dish cooked by Li Xiaoxiao with one bite, and he would eat one more bowl of rice, so that he could only finish half of the four plates of food. Li Dahai was a considerate person, and every time at this time, in order to prevent Si Chengxu from feeling embarrassed when alone, he would eat very slowly and accompany him to the end.

"Mr. Si, do you have anything to do after dinner?" Li Xiaoxiao said implicitly, casually glancing at the teacup in his hand.

"Nothing. I'll go fetch water and chop firewood." Si Chengxu understood the meaning of Li Xiaoxiao's words. Li Dazhuang didn't come in the morning, there was no water in the jar, and there wasn't much firewood, so what he said naturally counted.

"Why do you have to do all that? Ruolan and I will fetch water, and Xiaoxiao, you go chop firewood." Sun ordered. She didn't know about their agreement. He rescued Li Ruolan from Zhaojiatun last time, and her wound was torn open. She still remembered this favor. How could she let him do such rough work? Besides, it was obvious that he had never done any rough work before.

"Thank you, auntie. I can do all of these." Si Chengxu said with certainty, indicating that he could do it.

"Mom, Mr. Si wants to experience it, so just help him." Li Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes in her heart. Her mother really knew how to sabotage her.

This scene happened in the afternoon. A big man about 1.8 meters tall sat on a short wooden stool, with his sleeves tied up. Holding a hatchet, he chopped wood slowly and calmly. Next to him was a pile of firewood. His movements were calm and there seemed to be no sense of incongruity.

Li Dazhuang was so angry that he ran far away.

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