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

Old Mrs. Zhao sighed in her heart. She really didn't know whether she was helping Tao Jie'er or harming her by doing this! Whether she could win over Shen Wenren's heart in the future depended on herself. She hoped that she could give birth to a son as soon as possible, so that she could gain a firm foothold in the Shen family.

"It's almost time. Let's prepare lunch early." Old Mrs. Zhao put down her tea bowl and instructed her two daughters-in-law.

"Okay, I'll go right away." Li agreed happily and went out with Zhou.

"Okay, you guys continue chatting. You won't feel comfortable with me here, so go back to your room and rest." Old Mrs. Zhao stood up.

"Grandma, I'll help you go back." Zhao Li hurried over to support Grandma Zhao.

Old Mrs. Zhao smiled kindly, patted her hands and said, "Grandma is not old yet. You won't be able to come home often in the future. Why don't you go with your cousin to see Cheng'er?"

Zhao Li nodded obediently: "Yes."

After Old Mrs. Zhao left, Zhao Li asked Zhao Tao to go to Liu's house to see the child.

Suddenly, there were only four people left in the main room: Zhao Youliang and his son-in-law, and Zhao Youfu and his son-in-law.

"Brother Shen, how are you these days?" Ye Ze stood up with a smile and bowed to Shen Wenren first.

Shen Wenren also stood up and bowed politely, "Thank you for your concern, Brother Ye. Everything is fine."

The two were from the same village and were of similar age. They often played together when they were young and later went to school together. They stopped communicating until Ye Ze dropped out of school.

Shen Wenren was dressed in a green robe and had a handsome face, looking like a refined and elegant scholar.

As for Ye Ze, his looks were definitely not inferior to Shen Wenren. Three years of bohemian life had made the original owner reveal a kind of unruly and ruffian spirit in his bones. Even if Ye Ze tried his best to control himself and act serious, he would inadvertently reveal the original owner's true nature.

The identities of the four people in the main room can be said to be awkward, but with Ye Ze here, the atmosphere is naturally not dull. He talks to Zhao Youliang about the harvest in the fields, asks about Zhao Youfu and Zhao Gui's apprenticeships in the town, and then talks to Shen Wenren about next year's imperial examination.

It seemed that no matter what the topic was, Ye Ze had something to say. He would praise where necessary, praise where necessary, and remind where necessary. The atmosphere in the main room soon became relaxed.

Ye Ze was easygoing, spoke naturally and appropriately, and was generous. He did not try to please anyone, but just talked about the matter at hand. Some of his opinions were very unique. How could a person who did nothing understand this? Zhao Youliang's view of Ye Ze could not help but change.

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On the other side, in Liu's room, Liu was coaxing the child while talking to the sisters Zhao Li and Zhao Tao.

Zhao Tao was naturally satisfied with Shen Wenren, and automatically ignored the fact that Shen Wenren was still thinking about Zhao Li. She only said good things about Shen Wenren, but did not mention at all that she was disliked by the Shen family's grandmother-in-law, and had to follow the rules and be ordered to do work from morning to night.

After chatting about Zhao Tao's life in the Shen family for a while, Liu turned the topic to Zhao Li. Compared with Zhao Tao, she was more concerned about how Zhao Li was doing in the Ye family.

"What about you, Li'er? How are you doing in the Ye family?"

Zhao Tao felt that Zhao Li must be living a worse life than she was. Was a man like Ye Ze someone who would be kind and gentle to women? Old Lady Ye was not an easy person to get along with either. How could she not torture Zhao Li?

Thinking of the intimate scenes with Shen Wenren, Zhao Tao couldn't help but blush and her heart beat fast.

Zhao Tao hurriedly suppressed the throbbing in her heart and looked at Zhao Li with a smile: "We are all sisters, you can't hide anything from us, I have just told you everything I should say."

"Okay, I'll tell you what I mean." Zhao Li thought for a moment and then turned serious. "I think we all misunderstood Ye Ze before. He is actually a very good person..."

Zhao Tao interrupted her just as she began to speak: "Li'er, you can't lie to us just to speak for him! What's so good about him?"

"My cousin is real. He is very good to me. He protects me and speaks for me. Although he pretends to be fierce in front of my mother-in-law, he is very nice to me when it's just the two of us. By the way... look at this hairpin."

Zhao Li took off the silver hairpin on her head and said, "This is in the shape of a pear blossom. He bought it specially for me. In order to get past my mother-in-law, he lied and said it was my father's dowry. For this, he even asked my mother-in-law for two more chickens to bring back as a return gift."

Zhao Li took off the hairpin not to show off. Zhao Tao and Liu were both her relatives, and she just wanted to share her feelings with them.

There was a bright gleam in Zhao Li's eyes, and the smile on her face didn't seem fake. That kind of genuine smile could definitely not be faked, not to mention that they did bring back two chickens today.

Chickens are the farmers' treasure. If Ye Ze didn't really want to be good to Zhao Li, how could he be willing to do so much for her?

After hearing what Zhao Li said, Liu was happy for her from the bottom of her heart. No matter whether the man she married was a scholar or not, or whether he had a bright future or not, as long as she could marry a man who held Li'er in his hands and loved her, she would have chosen the right person.

"Then you must get him pregnant with a child as soon as possible, preferably a son, so that you can gain a firm foothold in the Ye family, Tao Jie'er, you too."

Zhao Tao: "Yeah." Does Liu need to remind her of this? Of course she knows!

"Sister-in-law, giving birth is not like laying eggs, how can it be so fast..." Zhao Li joked, covering her hot cheeks.

"You girl, you are already married, how dare you say anything outside?" Liu nodded Zhao Li's head with amusement.

No one noticed that the smile on Zhao Tao's face was gradually fading.

She thought Zhao Li must be having a hard time in the Ye family. How could a man like Ye Ze love a woman? And give her such a beautiful hairpin? Could he be willing to do that? Did he have money?

It’s not that Zhao Tao didn’t see the hairpin on Zhao Li’s head, but she thought it was a secret gift from Zhou to her. She didn’t expect it to be a gift from Ye Ze, and they even brought a return gift.

But the Shen family did not prepare anything for her, and even Shen Wenren was only agreed to come back with her after she had begged him for a long time.

In fact, when she was with Shen Wenren, Shen Wenren was extra gentle to her except for the first night when he mistook her for Zhao Li. Even when he was drunk, he was very careful in his actions, fearing that he would hurt her, and he kept murmuring Zhao Li's name.

Later, he could only be described as polite to her, even a little distant. Even on their second wedding night, it was she who took the initiative, and he did it.

Originally she thought she had snatched Zhao Li's good marriage opportunity away, but reality slapped her in the face. The huge psychological gap made Zhao Tao start to envy Zhao Li again.

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