I am a woman, I am a man, I want to marry a wife so that I can farm

"Since we can't sleep, let's talk." Ye Ze simply turned sideways to face Zhao Li and asked her, "How about I call you Li'er from now on?"

"Okay." Zhao Li pulled the quilt down, leaving only a pair of big watery eyes exposed.

"Can you tell me about your childhood?"

"..."

"How about I tell you about my childhood?"

"Ah."

"Ahem," Ye Ze cleared his throat, thought for a moment, and then told Zhao Li about the interesting things in the original owner's childhood.

When two people are together, one of them always has to take the initiative. The best way to get to know each other is to understand each other's childhood.

Zhao Li couldn't help laughing when listening to the funny stories told by Ye Ze, and was willing to take the initiative to tell him about the embarrassing things that happened in her childhood.

The two chatted until midnight before going to bed, and their relationship was obviously much closer.

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The next morning, when Ye Ze opened his eyes, Zhao Li was no longer in the bed.

From time to time, the sound of people talking quietly could be heard in the yard. It seemed that everyone else in the family had gotten up early except himself. Ye Ze sat on the bed for a while, then got dressed, made the bed, and went to the yard to wash up.

Skinny guy and his friend came here after having breakfast. How could they bear to finish 16 buns in one meal?

So Old Mrs. Ye wrapped the extra cakes in oil paper and distributed them to the people who were going up the mountain, so that they could eat them when they were hungry while on the mountain.

Last night, of the four meat buns given to Grandma Ye, she only ate one. The remaining three were left for Ye Ze and his two grandsons. Everyone in the family had already eaten breakfast and went about their own business.

Seeing Ye Ze coming out, Zhao Li brought the breakfast left for him to the main room.

Ye Ze scratched his head in embarrassment. It was all his fault for sleeping too late last night. He had wanted to tell the others to bring back the herbs after picking them today, and not rush to sell them...

After breakfast, it was time for Ye Ze and the others to set off for his father-in-law’s house.

Seeing that Zhao Li didn't have the hairpin on her head, Ye Ze couldn't help but frown. Didn't you like her very much last night?

"Why don't you wear it?"

Zhao Li secretly glanced at Old Lady Ye and the others outside the courtyard, and said in a low voice with some embarrassment, "You'd better wear it outside."

Ye Ze also lowered his voice: "Right now, I promise that if you put on the hairpin, mother can catch two more chickens for us to take back."

Zhao Li's eyes widened with shock. If it were another man, who would be willing to bring more things to his father-in-law's house?

The two returned to the room while whispering, and Ye Ze put the snacks he brought back yesterday into the basket.

Zhao Li looked at him curiously and asked, "Where did these things come from?"

"I brought it back yesterday, but I didn't have time to tell you. Today is your day to go back home, and I don't want you to go back empty-handed." Ye Ze looked at her with amusement: "Take it out quickly, and I'll put it on you."

"Yeah." Zhao Li took out the tightly wrapped hairpin from her sleeve and opened it.

Ye Ze took it and helped her put it into her bun and adjusted it a little, praising: "My wife is so beautiful!"

Zhao Li blushed and lowered her head hurriedly. Why did he always like to say such frivolous words to tease her?

Ye Ze took the basket and the two of them came out of the room one after the other.

Chen was sitting in the yard teasing her youngest son. When she saw the two of them come out, she immediately saw the pear blossom hairpin on Zhao Li's head. She felt inexplicably sad. She had given birth to two grandsons for the Ye family, but Ye Laoer had never even given her a wooden hairpin.

Thinking of this, the sour words in my heart came out involuntarily, "Oh, sister-in-law, this hairpin is so beautiful, is it a gift from my third brother?"

Before Zhao Li could say anything, Ye Ze quickly rejected her question with a smile: "Where would I have the spare money? Even if the herbs were valuable, I couldn't dig out a silver hairpin in a day. This was made for my daughter by my father-in-law because he loves her so much."

"Is that so?" Chen's tone was a little embarrassed. She was saying that no matter how much the third son loved his wife, he would not have the money to buy her a silver hairpin. No matter how much the old lady doted on him, she would not have that much money to give him pocket money.

Upon hearing this, Old Lady Ye also looked at Zhao Li's head, feeling a little surprised. She knew the situation of the Zhao family, so how could Old Lady Zhao be willing to give Zhao Li a silver hairpin?

But when she thought about the fact that Zhao Li was originally going to marry Shen Wenren, Old Lady Ye began to believe it a little. After all, Shen Wenren was a scholar, and Old Lady Zhao's treatment of Zhao Li was also a sign of her respect for the Shen family.

Old Lady Ye glanced at her second daughter-in-law and said, "You are the only one who talks too much. If you have nothing to do, go to the backyard and feed the chickens and pigs. You have nothing to do every day."

In the past, Lin had two granddaughters to help her, so she basically didn't need anyone else to do the housework. Today, the two granddaughters were not at home, so all the housework fell on Lin alone. Old Mrs. Ye thought that the two granddaughters could also earn money and were not money-losing goods, so her attitude towards Lin became much better.

"I don't have the time to feed the chickens. Hong can't live without me." Chen retorted reluctantly.

Ye Ze silently rolled his eyes in his heart, but he couldn't help but speak up: "Little Cao just turned one month old and the eldest sister-in-law has to take care of everything. How come Hong Ge'er is already four years old and the second sister-in-law can't do anything?"

Chen: “…”

Ye Ze continued: "My mother has already said that every daughter-in-law who enters the Ye family must be capable and not lazy. Do you think my mother is wrong?"

"Ze'er is right. From now on, the housework will be shared equally among the three of you sisters-in-law. Unless you are pregnant and can't do it, you are not allowed to be lazy. Go quickly." Of course, Old Mrs. Ye spoke for her son. After all, the two grandsons were grown up, and it would make no difference whether they had a mother to look after them or not.

Seeing that the old lady was unwilling to speak up for her, Chen could only go to the backyard reluctantly.

"That's right. Mom is the head of the family. How can you favor one over the other? Am I right, mom?" Ye Ze rubbed his hands and had no intention of leaving after he finished speaking.

Old Mrs. Ye said “hmm” and urged, “It’s getting late, you two should go and come back quickly.”

Ye Ze smiled even more flatteringly: "Mom, look, my father-in-law has made such an expensive hairpin for my wife. Isn't it too little for me to take such a small thing when I accompany her back home?"

Is this not enough? If the villagers could buy a piece of cloth to make new clothes, it would be almost the New Year. Ze Geer bought two pieces of cloth for his father-in-law at once, and some snacks. How could this be considered too little?

But the youngest son felt that it was not enough. What could Grandma Ye do?

"Take it as you like. I'll take Hongge'er to the village chief's house to discuss the matter."

"Oh, mother is so generous. How can we let the Zhao family look down on us?" Ye Ze was happy now. While flattering his mother, he winked at Zhao Li behind him. He gave the basket to Zhao Li and ran to the backyard to catch chickens.

Old Mrs. Ye quickened her pace and walked out of the courtyard. She was afraid that she would feel bad if she saw Ye Ze taking something to the Zhao family.

Soon Ye Ze came over from the backyard carrying two old hens with their legs tied up, and said to Zhao Li with a smile, "Let's go."

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