In the next two days, the Qinshan and Qinchuan brothers went to the homes of their relatives and friends, informed them of the Qinhe High School scholar, and invited them to come to their home for a banquet on June 16th.

Qin He was not idle either. While he was busy writing invitations to Master Qiu and his classmates and friends, and personally delivering the invitations to their homes, several matchmakers came to his door every day to propose marriage to him.

These matchmakers are entrusted by the bride's family to arrange marriages for the marriageable girls in their family. As a newly minted scholar, they naturally become the favorites for the matchmakers to compete for marriage.

Qin He is twenty-three years old this year, which is indeed a bit old for a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl. However, his status as a newly-minted scholar and the potential he possesses are enough to make up for the age gap.

Therefore, the conditions of the girls that the matchmaker arranged to match were not particularly bad. Most of them were girls from wealthy families in the city or daughters of scholars. Like those peasant girls, they felt that the Qin family would not be interested in them, so they were "sensible" and did not tell them.

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Mr. Qin and Mrs. Miao were very attracted to each other. It was not that the girl whom the matchmaker said was a good match was from a good family, but that they felt that they were the youngest and could match the girls in the city.

However, since their hearts were moved, the old couple did not make any decision on their own. They just told Qin He the situation of these girls in detail and let him make his own decision.

Anyway, they don't have much requirements for their future daughter-in-law. She just needs to be of good character and can live a beautiful life with her youngest son. Of course it's good if her family background and appearance are good, but if she's not good, it's okay.

"Father, mother, I'm going to Master Qiu's house today. Master intends to help me and protect me as a matchmaker..." Qin He was rarely embarrassed when talking about his life-long events, and with a red face, he simply explained what Master Qiu meant.

"Third son, you, are you telling the truth?" Mr. Qin stood up slightly and looked at his younger son intently: "Our family is just an ordinary farmer. Although you have become a scholar, what your master said

That family is definitely beyond our reach."

Qin He nodded and explained the reason: "That girl had already arranged a marriage, but when the two families were just about to set a wedding date, her grandfather could not discuss the marriage within three years of his death. He had just observed mourning for two years.

Her grandmother left again, so the man couldn't wait and canceled the marriage."

Mr. Qin understood clearly why Mr. Qiu proposed this marriage for his younger son.

First of all, the girl delayed her flowering period. She should be twenty years old this year. The boy who is the same as her is probably a child. Even if you look in a lower family, it is difficult to find a boy of marriageable age.

Unless you use it as a house filler for others.

Secondly, Master Qiu had watched his youngest son grow up and knew his character and talents well. He wanted to see his future and thought he was worthy of the girl. It was not a big deal for him to come from a low family background.

question.

Thinking further, I'm afraid that the girl's marriage has become a thorny issue, so the elder of the family turned to Master Qiu, an old friend. Perhaps Master Qiu was not the only one who took a fancy to the younger son, but also asked him to be the matchmaker.

That old friend.

After all, it only took a few days for his younger son to pass the exam. Master Qiu didn't have time to mention it to his old friend, and it was impossible for him to take it upon himself to maintain a matchmaking relationship with his younger son.

Wanting to understand the official secrets, Mr. Qin asked Qin He: "What do you think?"

Qin He looked troubled: "I'm not optimistic about this marriage. It's just that the master is kind to me and is devoted to planning for me. I..."

"Why are you not optimistic about it?" Before he could finish speaking, Mr. Qin interrupted him and said seriously: "If you become a Jinshi scholar and serve as an official in the court in the future, it will be a good thing for you to have a capable Yue family to help you.

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Mr. Qin could think of it, but Qin He couldn't think of anything. He was silent for a moment and said what was in his heart: "There is no way of knowing the nature of that girl. I'm afraid that the marriage between the two families will make my father, mother, brother and sister-in-law feel wronged."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Miao's eyes turned red instantly: "Our family's background is too low, and it's dragging you down!"

Qin He's expression changed and he said anxiously: "Mom, that's not what I meant! Over the years, my parents, brother and sister-in-law have worked hard to support my education, and it's me who has dragged you down!"

Mr. Qin patted Mrs. Miao on the shoulder and said helplessly: "As I get older, I like to think wildly."

Mrs. Miao wiped her tears and did not think wildly.

The girls that the matchmakers came to talk about in the past few days have made her feel even more stressed. Now someone with a more powerful family has come, but her son dare not accept it because of them. This makes her want to give the best to her children.

It was indeed a bit unbearable.

After appeasing Mrs. Miao, Mr. Qin said to Qin He: "Character is indeed important. Your wife may not know that girl's temperament, and it is inconvenient for you to ask more questions. If you don't tell your wife, you will also offend him."

That old friend."

These words touched Qin He's heart, and because he had many concerns, when Master Qiu asked for his opinion, he temporarily blocked it with his parents' orders.

Seeing that his father could understand at this time, Qin He couldn't help but ask the old man for advice: "Dad, what should I do?"

Mr. Qin laughed and scolded: "You are using your father as a shield, and you still ask what to do? When your wife comes to have a drink on the 16th, I will tell your wife."

Qin He felt reassured, and immediately said guiltily: "I let dad worry about me again."

Mr. Qin sighed deeply, and the frown on his forehead deepened a little: "I raise a son for a hundred years, and worry for ninety-nine. Who told me that the sons I raised are all stupid, what can I do if I don't worry about you?

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Qin He felt even more ashamed when he said this, lowering his head and saying nothing.

Mr. Qiu and the other three did not tell anyone about Master Qiu's role as a matchmaker for Qin He, so as not to let the matter get out and be randomly speculated, which would damage the reputation of the Qin family and Qin He.

June 16th arrived on a hot and sunny day.

On this day, the Qin family got up early and got busy, preparing to welcome the guests and prepare for the noon banquet. The adults thought Qin Xiaoxiao and Sanbao were getting in the way, so they sent the two siblings to herd sheep and asked them to wait.

Come back when you're full.

Dabao and Erbao, who had just arrived home yesterday, wanted to be lazy, so they secretly followed their little cousin to herd sheep while the adults were not paying attention. As a result, they met Qin Shan and Qin Chuan who had borrowed tables and chairs. The two brothers kicked the pair off.

The distressed brother and the distressed brother kicked back to the house and waited for the adults to send them.

Qin Xiaoxiao was looking forward to Jingheng coming over, so she and Sanbao took Dahuang and Bieme to the pier by Qinghu Lake, thinking that Jingheng would come here by boat from Huaqingyuan on the opposite side just like the day he left.

What's rare is that Chuangchu didn't stay in the mountains and sleep in. He avoided the crowd and squatted near Qin's house. When he saw Qin Xiaoxiao, he ran out immediately and followed her to Qinghu Lake.

"Xiaoxiao, there is no shade here to bask in the sun, how about we go over there and wait?" Sambo, wearing a straw hat, still blushed from the sun, looking at the shade of a tree not far away.

"You go first. When Brother Li comes, I will bring Brother Li to find you." Qin Xiaoxiao squatted on the head of the water port and refused to leave, wiping the sweat on his forehead from time to time.

"Then, let's wait together with Xiaoxiao~" Sanbao didn't want to be too far away from his little cousin, and it was pointless for him to stay alone under the shade of a tree. After hesitating, he decided to stay.

"Oh, let's wait under the shade of the tree!" Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't bear to let Sanbao be burned by the sun, so she took his hand and walked into the shade of the tree: "It's close to the shade of the tree. We can also see Brother Li when he comes.

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"Yeah, let's wait under the shade of the tree." Sanbao was so happy that he took his little cousin's hand and ran away.

Rhubarb couldn't stand the sun anymore, so it followed the two little masters to the shade of the tree, lying on the grass with its tongue sticking out, and digging at the ground with its claws from time to time, looking for insects hidden in the grass.

Chubby is more direct. Every time a bug is dug out by rhubarb, it will be the first to rush up and crush the bug to death. It will not slowly kill the bug like a domestic cat. I don’t know if the bug is too small.

Can't play.

Qin Xiaoxiao kept staring at the lake. After about two moments, a boat slowly appeared in his field of vision.

She thought she had been dazzled, so she blinked hard and looked again, and found that there was indeed a ship coming this way in the middle of the lake. She jumped up with joy and ran towards the water pier like flying: "Brother Li, it's

Brother Li is here!"

Dahuang and Chuangchuang, who were concentrating on digging out the bugs, were startled. When they found out that Qin Xiaoxiao had run away, they ignored the bugs and followed them with four legs, as if they were afraid of being left behind.

"Xiaoxiao, wait for me~" Sanbao's reaction was a little slow. When he got up from the ground, he could no longer catch up with the footsteps of the man and the two beasts. He suddenly felt abandoned and felt extremely aggrieved.

On the bow of the boat, Jing Heng looked at the water bank getting closer and closer, and finally a smile appeared on his face that had been smelling for half an hour.

After school yesterday, he couldn't wait to return home and asked Rock, Paper, Scissors to bring a gift for the Qin family. He didn't even bother to eat dinner and rode his pony to Qingshan Village.

He learned to ride a horse not long ago. Due to his age and body shape, he was not suitable for riding a horse. However, he thought the carriage was too slow and did not take enough time to go back and forth, so he deliberately selected a pony with good endurance in advance.

It only takes two hours to ride a fast horse from the capital to Qingshan Village. Although the first time riding a horse made the delicate and wealthy Mr. Jing suffer a lot, he didn't even call out once along the way.

However, Heitan, who was carried on his back, couldn't stand the bumps and almost crawled out of its exclusive cloth bag and abandoned him.

It was getting late when he arrived at Huaqingyuan, so he didn't take a boat to look for Qin Xiaoxiao. He wanted to get up early today, but he didn't know that he was too tired from the journey last night and overslept, and he didn't dare to wake up with rock-paper-scissors.

, in the end it was Hei Tan who made noises about going out to play and woke the people up.

"Meow~" Heitan was afraid of water. It was his first time on a boat, so he was inevitably restless. He rubbed Jingheng's calf and looked at him begging for a hug.

"Stop making noise!" Jing Heng shouted in a low voice, staring closely at the small figure who suddenly ran out from the other side. After confirming that the person was Qin Xiaoxiao, the dimples on his cheeks gradually deepened.

"Brother Li——" Qin Xiaoxiao ran to the water port out of breath. Qin Xiaoxiao also saw clearly Jing Heng standing on the bow of the boat. He raised his hands above his head and waved vigorously in excitement.

Jing Heng was also very excited and waved vigorously towards Qin Xiaoxiao to show that he had seen it. When the boat arrived at the shore, before it completely stopped, he jumped to the head of the water port.

Heitan jumped off the boat with a "meow", but when he saw Chubby standing side by side with Qin Xiaoxiao, he had already forgotten about Chubby. The hair all over his body exploded in an instant and turned into a complete hairy man.

ball.

"Hey, is this the cat raised by Brother Li? Where's Hei Tan? Where did Hei Tan go?" Qin Xiaoxiao was immediately attracted by Hei Tan, ignoring Jing Heng who was half-bent and about to hug her.

He asked a series of questions.

When Heitan first heard someone calling his name, he subconsciously glanced in the direction of the sound. It was this glance that made him discover something remarkable. He immediately ignored Chubby and pounced towards Qin Xiaoxiao: "Meow.

Ouch~”

It smells so good, this two-legged beast must be delicious!

"Brother Li, help me -" Qin Xiaoxiao was always afraid of the unfamiliar big cats and kittens. Seeing Heitan rushing towards her, she screamed in fright and threw herself into Jingheng's arms.

Jing Heng, whose face was originally dark, quickly hugged the person, raised his feet and screamed, brushing Hei Tan aside. Unexpectedly, the water port was too narrow, and even though he didn't use too much force, this brush directly pushed Hei Tan aside.

It was whisked into the water.

"Meow! Meow!" Heitan bulged his big eyes, rowed his limbs desperately, and squawked as he swam to the shore. When he finally swam to the shore, he didn't rush to shake off the dirt on his fur.

Water, but stared at Jingheng and meowed.

"Brother Li, it's scolding you!" Qin Xiaoxiao said to Jing Heng sympathetically as he looked at Heitan who was soaked and turned from a dry fur ball into a wet fur ball.
To be continued...