The peasant woman quickly calculated that the entire village had been preparing for a mass exodus th

Chapter 69: Already have someone you like?

Qian insisted: "Last time at Xu's mourning hall, if Shen Ming hadn't protected Tao Hua's head in time, Tao Hua would definitely have been injured."

Also, Peach Blossom was chased by thugs in town. If it weren't for Shen Ming, the consequences would have been unimaginable..."

In a short while, Madam Qian recounted several stories of Shen Ming saving Zhao Taohua.

“Peach Blossom, go and invite Shen Ming to our house for New Year’s Eve dinner. What’s the point of him eating New Year’s Eve dinner alone at home?”

Mr. Qian insisted.

Zhao Ershu muttered to himself, "Isn't Zhao Shenglin spending the New Year alone this year too?"

However, this time he did not stop it.

Zhao Taohua arrived at Shen Ming's house in no time. The door was wide open, and it seemed like someone was talking inside the main room.

"Shen Ming, Miss Hua from Wanfu Village and Miss Jin from Xiaojin Village are both sixteen years old this year. They are both simple and kind-hearted girls."

Among them, Miss Hua is an excellent cook. You're a grown man at home, with nothing but cold stoves and empty pots. You're just missing a wife like her.

"Girl Jin knows how to weave, so you'll have someone to make you clothes that fit you properly. And she has big hips, so she'll definitely give birth to a big, healthy boy..."

Zhao Taohua stood outside the courtyard gate. Upon hearing the voice of Matchmaker You, she stopped in her tracks and squatted against the courtyard wall to wait for them to finish speaking.

The Shen family built four brick houses, and now the villagers are no longer afraid of his evil aura. He is well-liked in the village.

Apart from Zhao Shenglin's family, every other household in Zhao Family Village has built a brick and tile house. Recently, Matchmaker You has been coming to the village more often to find spouses for eligible young men and women.

Shen Ming is eighteen years old this year, well past the age when he should be getting married.

"Grandma You, thank you. I'm not thinking about getting married right now. Miss Hua and Miss Jin, please introduce them to other families."

Shen Ming refused.

"Huh?" Matchmaker You was greatly shocked. What man doesn't want to get married?

She immediately realized the problem: "Shen Ming, do you not like this?"

Tell Grandma You what kind you like, and she'll find it for you just like you said!

Shen Ming was taken aback. What kind of person does he like?

He immediately felt a warm sensation in his palm, as if someone were holding it, and his ears felt hot, as if someone was rubbing his earlobes.

The matchmaker, seeing Shen Ming's expression, widened her eyes slightly and thought to herself: Does he already have someone he likes?

She asked, "Which family's girl do you like?"

Shen Ming immediately snapped out of his daze and replied, "I don't have a girl I like."

"Okay, okay, no."

Matchmaker You smiled kindly and didn't press further, knowing that Shen Ming definitely wouldn't tell her anytime soon.

However, she was certain that Shen Ming would come to her in the future and help him propose marriage to other girls!

Having worked as a matchmaker for half her life and seen countless people, she suddenly froze on the spot, her eyes softening in an instant, and the corners of her mouth turning up slightly. She was definitely thinking of the person he liked.

The moment Matchmaker You came out of the Shen family home, she smiled and whispered, "Shen Ming has definitely found a girl he likes!"

Zhao Taohua raised her head upon hearing this. "Brother Shenming has someone he likes?"

Is it Miss Hua or Miss Jin?

Seeing that Matchmaker You had already left, she got up and went inside: "Brother Shenming, my mother asked me to invite you to my house for New Year's Eve dinner."

"Thank you, Aunt Qian. Oh, by the way, wait a moment, I'll get you something."

After saying this, Shen Ming went into the main room. When he came out, he was carrying a thick stack of wolf skins.

"I can't just eat your New Year's Eve dinner for free. Take these back with you. Didn't you say last time that wolf skins are warm for making winter clothes?"

Aunt Qian and Uncle Ershu are getting old; these are more suitable for them.

Without saying a word, Shen Ming stuffed the wolf pelt into Zhao Taohua's hand.

"But this is too much!"

Zhao Taohua felt that these wolf pelts were enough to make four sets of winter clothes.

"Make yourself a set with the extra ones; young ladies should pay more attention to keeping warm."

Unlike us men, we're fine even if we get cold.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Taohua quickly said, "Then let's make a winter coat for Brother Shenming with the extra clothes."

Shen Ming narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze falling on Zhao Taohua, and the corners of his mouth turned up.

When Zhao Taohua returned home, Qian looked at all those wolf pelts and felt a special warmth just from touching their fur.

Mrs. Qian beamed with joy, praising repeatedly:

"I always said Shen Ming was a kind-hearted kid. When we invited him to New Year's Eve dinner, he actually brought us so many wolf skins."

As she spoke, Madam Qian glared at Zhao Ershu, feigning anger: "Look, Shen Ming still cares about you. He was worried you'd get cold, so he sent you this warm wolf pelt."

As Zhao Ershu stroked the wolf skin and listened to Qian Shi's scolding, he felt a warmth in his heart.

Zhao Taohua suggested, "I think we can use wolf fur as a lining and wear it next to the skin; that would be warmer."

Then add a layer of cloth over the wolf skin; this makes it look neither bulky nor unattractive.

Mr. Qian thought this method was feasible, since wolf skins and fur were rare items that couldn't be bought with money.

Without further ado, since Qian also needed to stew dishes, the Menstrual Spirit took the lead in the main task, while the other three spirits assisted.

Zhao Taohua remembered hearing Matchmaker You praise Jin's ability to weave cloth and her excellent needlework skills at the Shen family. So she also had the idea of ​​learning needlework and went to help the menstrual spirit.

The menstrual spirit was afraid that she would ruin such a good thing as wolf skin, and also afraid that she had never touched such a thick wolf skin before and would hurt herself.

So he took a hoop, clipped a piece of embroidery cloth to it, and let Zhao Taohua go to the side to embroider.

Zhao Taohua stared at the blank embroidery cloth, her mind even emptier than the cloth itself. Finally, she decided to embroider a peach blossom.

She sat on the stool, concentrating intently on embroidering the handkerchief in her hands. The needle moved laboriously through the fabric, the thread crooked and twisted.

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door outside the courtyard. Zhao Taohua put down her bandage and went to open the door.

To her surprise, the person who came was Yan Zhenzhu.

"Sister-in-law Pearl." Zhao Taohua invited Yan Pearl into the house.

When the four spirits in the main room saw Yan Zhenzhu, their expressions changed slightly, but they quickly went back to doing what they were doing.

Yan Zhenzhu glanced at the four mischievous creatures obediently doing needlework inside the room, and a faint smile appeared on her lips.

"Master Peach Blossom, you've known all along that I'm not human, haven't you?"

Yan Zhenzhu got straight to the point.

Her body was filled with a chilling aura, like wisps of green smoke, emanating from her and instantly filling the entire room with coldness.

She was smiling, but Zhao Taohua could see tears welling up in her eyes.

Zhao Taohua nodded to her: "I can tell you have no ill intentions towards Sister-in-law Pearl. You came to see me today because you're planning to leave, right?"

Yan Zhenzhu slowly lowered her head, the corners of her mouth still turned up. She had been happy these past few days possessing Yan Zhenzhu's body.

She had never felt so good!

She nodded gently: "Yes, I can no longer stay inside Yan Zhenzhu's body, otherwise, Yan Zhenzhu's body will not be able to withstand it."

Prolonged exposure to yin energy will shorten one's lifespan.

She felt sorry for Yan Zhenzhu, who, like her, had been tormented by her mother-in-law and neglected by her husband. She had jumped into the lotus pond that year and died immediately.

Her soul has been trapped in the lotus pond for nearly a hundred years, enduring the stench of the rotten mud every day.

Over the years, she has regretted her decision to jump into the river more than once.

She died, and only she suffered; her mother-in-law and husband continued to eat and drink as usual.

That year, she committed suicide by jumping into the river to punish herself.

Therefore, after seeing the true colors of Cao Shi and Zhao Shengde at the bottom of the lotus pond, she did not hesitate to possess Yan Zhenzhu's body and vent all the grievances Yan Zhenzhu had suffered over the past four years.

Nobody should dare to bully them!

Yan Zhenzhu took out one tael of silver and handed it to Zhao Taohua: "Master Taohua, please send me to the underworld to be reincarnated."

When she said those words, the resentment that had accumulated over nearly a century vanished in an instant.

The four spirits standing nearby were stunned!

Without the protection of those resentful spirits, her soul became extremely weak in an instant, losing the energy to maintain its form.