The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man

Chapter 844: 844 Gui Ge seeks to marry Qingyue

Xiao Yishan’s facial expression was one of icy pallor, yet he understood that she spoke the truth, “Stop talking.”

Li Rong’er indeed said no more but attentively helped him lie down and neatly tucked in the edges of his blankets.

In the evening, the Xiao Family’s courtyard door was knocked upon.

Xiao Yishan was resting in his room.

Xiao Yuchuan and Su Qingyue were also sleeping in another room.

Li Rong’er was in the kitchen cooking, she went out to the courtyard to fetch some firewood, to add to the stove fire, and heard the knocking, so she went to open the courtyard door, only to see standing outside a man with a tall and slim figure, handsome features.

The man wore decent quality cotton clothes, his skin was fair, his whole person exuded an air much superior to the average village man.

Seeing the attractive stranger, she averted her eyes bashfully, “Young Master, whom are you looking for?”

“Is Su Qingyue here?” he asked in a voice that was neither cold nor warm.

“You are…?”

Seeing that she was quite pretty and her tone was polite, Li Gui’s manner also became somewhat more courteous, “I’m Li Gui, a villager from Wushan Village. You must be the new maid purchased by the Xiao Family.”

“Yes,” Li Rong’er, noticing his attire and demeanor, knew he must come from a wealthy household in Wushan Village.

Since her aim was also to urgently find a match and marry off.

After all, she was already a twenty-year-old woman, if not for her modest looks, she would have long become an old maid.

If there were an unmarried young Master of decent appearance and character willing to marry her, although she currently referred to herself as a servant, there was no deed of sale binding her to the Xiao Family.

She could still leave at any time with a clap of her hands.

Initially hoping that the young Master would spare her a few more glances, Li Gui, however, wasn’t interested in ‘playing’ with the inferior product that Xiao Yishan had been done with.

In his view, a mere maid, willing to follow Xiao Yishan back, there must be something between the two.

As Li Gui’s family was well-off, he had had several matchmaking sessions, and being rather picky as well, he just glanced at Li Rong’er a few times. Although others might see a maid from a wealthy family as superior, in his heart, a maid was merely a servant, which he personally did not like. So he asked again, “Is Su Qingyue in or not?”

Xiao Qinghe came out from his room in a wheelchair, his refined voice also laced with coldness, “Li Gui, what business do you have with my wife?”

Li Gui laughed, “Come on, Xiao Qinghe, you still call her your wife, aren’t you afraid of being the butt of the joke? Everyone in the village knows it very clearly now, Su Qingyue has already taken back all the money left in the Xiao Family, which she earned anyway, and even helped the Xiao Family build a house, purchase a hundred acres of farmland. Who doesn’t say the Xiao Family got a huge bargain by ‘buying’ Su Qingyue? Su Qingyue has nothing to do with the Xiao Family now, they even say she never consummated the marriage with you three brothers, in other words, Su Qingyue spent a great deal of money to redeem her deed of sale, and she has absolutely nothing to do with the Xiao Family now. Where is she now?”

Xiao Qinghe felt as though he had been beaten to a pulp by this truth and could only respond coldly, “What is it to you?”

“It matters a great deal,” Li Gui said with a hooked lip, “Before I still had some consideration for her being a wife of the Xiao Family, now that she has no connection with the Xiao Family, I like her. Of course, I intend to propose marriage to her.”

Upon hearing this, Li Rong’er’s eyes dimmed instantly.

The Xiao Family’s affairs were now the talk of the town, even going so far as the town itself, and Li Gui could not have been unaware that Li Rong’er was unmarried. But the fact that he only spared her an extra glance or two compared to a stranger, devoid of any thrill, was telling.

She really didn’t understand how Su Qingyue, with such ordinary looks, could garner so much affection.

PS: Our Qingyue conquers not with that face, but once separated from the family, Yue’er regains her appearance. The weather is getting chilly, everyone, remember to dress warmly, be happy every day, muah~