Chapter 215: Being a village chief, isn't it nice?
Chapter 215: Being a village chief, isn't it nice?
Xue Ren beat Xue Da unconscious. When Xue Da regained consciousness, he felt a little guilty and quickly sought out a doctor. Perhaps because Xue Da had been beaten so often and was tough, Xue Ren did not kill him despite his great strength. However, Xue Da was paralyzed in bed and unable to get up.
After Xue Ren regained consciousness, he knelt beside his bed and confessed his guilt, crying and begging for his forgiveness. After all, if this matter were to be reported to the government, Xue Ren would lose his position as a constable, which he had worked so hard to get.
Xue Da looked at his tall and handsome younger brother, crying in front of him. He felt resentful in his heart. Why, born to the same parents, was it not him who had this body in front of him? Why was it he who was born with a deformed and ugly body instead of Xue Ren? He hated the unfairness of fate and Xue Ren's ruthlessness.
However, he finally chose to forgive, but the prerequisite was that Xue Ren must find him a wife so that someone would take care of him.
Xue Da also thought that he was unable to move now, and Xue Ren felt guilty for taking care of him these days, but once he got tired of taking care of him in a few days, he would definitely not care about him anymore. Why not take advantage of this time and let Xue Ren find him a wife? After all, he had no money to marry because he gave all his money to Xue Ren these years.
Xue Ren naturally agreed. He didn't want to take care of Xue Da, and he knew in his heart that Xue Da had spent all his money on him over the years. Moreover, if he found a wife for Xue Da, he would naturally have someone to take care of Xue Da, and also take care of himself.
Kill two birds with one stone.
As for why Xue Ren didn't want to find a wife for himself, of course he wanted to, but he didn't want to just find a random woman. He must find one who had some power and could help him in the future.
The two brothers each had their own plans, which happened to be the same.
So the two brothers spent the year before they reunited, one lying in bed and the other drinking alone.
After the New Year, Xue Ren went to look for several matchmakers in the town. At first, the matchmakers were very enthusiastic to see him, but when they heard that they were looking for a wife for Xue Da, they all waved their hands and refused.
Everyone knows Xue Da, but he is a notorious short, ugly and scoundrel in the town, and he is so poor that he has nothing. Who would marry their daughter to such a family?
Xue Ren didn't expect it would be so difficult to find a wife for his eldest brother, so he just wanted to find someone older who could take care of them brothers, do the laundry, cook, and clean up the house. But even so, no one was willing to marry Xue Da. Even the older widows in the town didn't want to live with someone like Xue Da.
On the contrary, many people, upon hearing that Xue Ren had found a matchmaker, began to inquire and want to arrange a marriage for Xue Ren, but they were all ordinary people's families. They were attracted to Xue Ren because he was a constable and was tall. Although his family was poor, he still received a salary and ate government food. But Xue Ren looked down on these ordinary people's families. He wanted to find a girl from a wealthy family, or even better, a girl from an official family.
But this kind of family all wants to find a scholar who is well-read in poetry and literature, and no one would consider Xue Ren, who is a constable.
Xue Ren was walking on the road, feeling depressed. If he didn't find a wife for Xue Da, he would have to go back and continue to take care of Xue Da.
Suddenly he was bumped by someone. Just as he looked up and was about to get angry, he saw a lot of people passing him and running forward.
He grabbed a man and asked him what he was doing. The man said anxiously that the tofu shop in front had opened and the water girl would be here, and then he hurried forward.
Xue Ren was curious and followed him. Then he saw the tofu shop which was surrounded by people. Men and women were eagerly waiting. The women were waiting to buy the tofu which was specially discounted at half price today, while the men were waiting for Miss Shui, the daughter of Mr. Shui, the owner of the tofu shop, to come out.
Soon the commotion suddenly quieted down, and a young girl with bright eyes, white teeth and skin as white as cream walked out of the alley. It was Si Ying.
The moment she came out, everyone fell silent, listening to Si Ying's slightly opened red lips as she spoke polite words about the opening of the tofu shop. Then Shui Fu thanked everyone, and the tofu shop began to open, and Si Ying went back inside.
In just a few minutes of her appearance, all the men and women present were shocked by her beauty, including Xue Ren.
With that stunning glimpse just now, Xue Ren felt an unprecedented excitement in his heart. At this moment, he didn't want to look for a daughter of an official family or a lady from a wealthy family. He just wanted to marry the beauty in front of him and make her his home.
He looked at the plaque on the tofu shop. It was Shui's Tofu Shop. Who was this shop? He had never heard of it before. He had never seen the beauty there before.
So he went home quickly. He wanted to ask Xue Da. Xue Da used to sell goods from door to door, so he must have heard of him.
Xue Da was lying on the bed. When he heard Xue Ren coming back, he started to cry out. Xue Ren came home late today and he hadn't eaten or gone to the toilet for the whole day. Now he was hungry and had a stomachache. He wanted to solve it right on the bed, but the last time he deliberately solved it on the bed, Xue Ren slapped him in the face several times and threatened that if it happened again, he would ignore him.
He didn't dare to solve it in bed, and could only rely on his willpower to endure it, and finally waited for Xue Ren to come back.
Today Xue Ren was particularly enthusiastic towards him. As soon as he entered the door, he took the initiative to carry him to the toilet, and then prepared some food for him. It was not like before when he would just drink a sip of wine first and then come to take care of him after he had rested enough.
Xue Dazheng was wondering why Xue Ren was so friendly today, and then he heard Xue Ren ask, "Brother, do you know when a family named Shui came to our town to sell tofu?"
When Xue Da heard this, he thought to himself, oh no, Xue Ren must have seen the daughter of the Shui family.
He used to hope that his brother could marry the daughter of the Shui family, so that he could live under the same roof with the beauty every day. But now, Xue Ren beat him like this, seriously injured in bed, like a livestock in a pigsty every day, he naturally no longer hoped that Xue Ren would marry the beautiful daughter of the Shui family, anyway, he couldn't get it, and didn't want Xue Ren to get it.
So he said, "The Shui family's daughter came to our Guyang Town later, and now she is being targeted by Master Shi. Don't ask about it. We have finally gotten rid of Master Shi. We can't afford to offend people like them."
But the more Xue Day said this, the more Xue Ren wanted to get the woman who made his heart beat fast.
So he ignored Xue Da and went out to find someone to drink with. If Xue Da didn't tell him, he would have his own way to find out.
He soon found out that Shuifu had opened a tofu shop with Si Ying in the town, and the business was getting better and better, but no one dared to harass Si Ying because everyone still remembered the miserable situation of Mr. Shi, the most vicious harasser some time ago.
Mr. Shi was very miserable, but God couldn't bear to see it. Every time he came to the tofu shop to cause trouble and wanted to offend other people's daughters, he would be inexplicably unlucky and injured. He would either fall on the only pile of cow dung on the side of the road, or accidentally fall into other people's swill buckets, or be bitten on the butt by a dog that suddenly jumped out. Anyway, in the end he couldn't say a word to the beauty. When everyone saw his miserable appearance, those who were thoughtful also restrained themselves a little.
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