In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 799 Infinite Longing

Even during Huang Li's most difficult time, Zhang Tianniu never looked down on his family and was willing to marry his daughter into their household.

Zhang Qing, who had known Huang Ming since childhood and played with him, never objected to the marriage. In her opinion, marrying Huang Ming, a familiar person, was better than marrying other strangers.

In short, Zhang Qing had already prepared to marry Huang Ming, but fate had other plans. With the outbreak of famine and war, the marriage could not take place before Huang Ming and his two brothers were driven out of their home by Huang Li and his wife and fled to escape the arranged marriage...

This marriage naturally ended without any resolution.

Huang Li had assumed that the three Huang brothers had died on their journey to escape famine, and he had made plans to find a good family for his daughter. But who would have thought that before they could find a good family, the three Huang brothers would return alive and well, and even become wealthy...

Under such circumstances, Zhang Tianniu naturally wanted to renew the marriage, not only because he had a very close relationship with Huang Li, but also because he wanted his daughter to have a better life.

Zhang Tianniu also knew that times had changed. When Huang Li's family was poor, he was willing to marry Qing'er, but now that Huang Li's family was prosperous, would Huang Ming still be willing to marry Qing'er?

People change, and Zhang Tianniu couldn't be sure if the now-prosperous Huang family would have other ideas...

"father."

Looking at the bustling scene ahead, Zhang Qing asked nervously, "Will Brother Huang Ming still remember me?"

"Should I?"

Zhang Tianniu answered uncertainly, saying that based on his understanding of the Huang family, they shouldn't be the kind of people who are so materialistic.

"All right!"

The father and daughter waited outside the door for a while, until there were fewer people in the Huang family's house, before stepping inside.

"Old Zhang, you're here!"

Huang Li was clearly very familiar with Zhang Tianniu. His eyes lit up when he saw Zhang Tianniu, and he stepped forward to warmly welcome Zhang Tianniu and Zhang Qing in, "Xiao Qing is here too? Please have a seat!"

Seeing Huang Li's enthusiasm, Zhang Tianniu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Huang Li's enthusiasm at least showed that he did not look down on him and his daughter because of the change in their status.

After the two sat down, Huang Li said with a smile, "Old Zhang, I hadn't seen you before, I thought you were busy at home!"

"It's freezing cold, what's there to be busy about!"

Zhang Tianniu shook his head and said that the weather was too cold to plant crops now, and there were no odd jobs to be done in the city. As a result, the villagers of Linshan Village, including himself, could only stay at home idle.

"Too!"

Huang Li nodded, then looked at Zhang Qing and said, "Xiao Qing, when Huang Ming was still at home, your father told me about your marriage to Huang Ming. I was originally planning to make a good impression and welcome you into the family, but then there was a famine, and Huang Ming fled there, which prevented the marriage from happening. Now that Huang Ming has returned, I plan to renew the marriage. What do you think?"

Huang Li's direct words instantly made Zhang Qing, a young woman in her prime, blush and become speechless with embarrassment.

Zhang Tianniu, on the other hand, was taken aback, seemingly not expecting Huang Li to bring this up first.

"Old Huang, is your Huang Ming still willing to marry Qing'er?"

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Zhang Tianniu asked instinctively.

Before he came, he was already mentally prepared to bring up the marriage proposal again and be rejected by Huang Li.

After all, the Huang family has become wealthy now, and the three Huang brothers can earn more than 2 taels of silver a month together. Under these circumstances, Zhang Tianniu felt that the Huang family was quite likely to refuse the marriage proposal.

"How could I not be willing!"

Huang Li said with a smile, "I've watched Xiaoqing grow up since she was a child. She has a good personality and is hardworking. My ancestors' graves must be emitting auspicious smoke for Xiaoming to marry such a wife!"

Hearing Huang Ming praise her like that, Zhang Qing's ears turned red, while Zhang Tianniu's eyes lit up. As if afraid that Huang Li would change his mind, he hurriedly said, "Then let's find a date to hold the wedding for Huang Ming and Qing'er?"

"no problem!"

Huang Li readily agreed, and Wu Fang, standing beside him, also had a big smile on her face. They had always been very satisfied with Zhang Qing as their daughter-in-law. Although the Huang family had become richer, they did not intend to ruin the marriage.

"but……"

After the marriage was arranged, Huang Li frowned and said, "Old Zhang, after the New Year, our family will be moving to Chenjia Village. If Xiaoqing marries Huang Ming, she will have to go to Chenjia Village with him. Can you accept that?"

Should we move to Chenjia Village?

If it were Zhang Tianniu himself, he would definitely have agreed. After all, in the descriptions of the three Huang brothers, Chenjia Village was a paradise on earth. Staying in Chenjia Village would definitely be better than staying in Linshan Village and suffering from hunger and cold!

However, it was his daughter Zhang Qing who was going to Chenjia Village, not him, so he couldn't make the decision for her.

"Qing'er, would you like to go and live in Chenjia Village with Huang Ming?"

Zhang Tianniu turned to Zhang Qing and asked.

Zhang Qing frowned slightly. Having lived with her parents and family since childhood, she was used to life in Linshan Village. Suddenly being asked to leave her hometown and move to an unfamiliar place...

This made it somewhat difficult for her to make a decision.

However, most women in the Xia Kingdom believed in the saying "marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog," so after hesitating for a moment, Zhang Qing finally nodded slightly: "I'm willing!"

"That's good!"

Upon seeing Zhang Qing nod, Huang Li immediately smiled and said happily, "Lunch is almost ready. Old Zhang and Xiao Qing, why don't you both stay for lunch!"

lunch?

Zhang Tianniu and Zhang Qing exchanged glances. In Linshan Village, there was no concept of lunch. In this impoverished and remote mountain village, everyone ate only two meals a day: one in the morning and one in the evening. As for lunch…

That was too extravagant for the people of Linshan Village. Even during the busy farming season, they rarely had time to eat lunch, let alone during the cold and slack season like today.

Seemingly noticing their expressions, Wu Fang said with a smile, "This lunch is something new that Huang Ming and the others brought back. They said that in Chenjia Village, everyone eats three meals a day, and they are used to eating three meals a day as well. So when guests come to propose marriage, they go to the kitchen to cook lunch since it's inconvenient for them to show their faces!"

Can everyone eat three meals a day...?

A hint of envy flashed in Zhang Tianniu's and Zhang Qing's eyes, and they felt an infinite longing for Chenjia Village!

"Let's skip lunch, we have things to do at home, so we won't stay any longer!"

These days, it's extremely disliked to freeload at someone else's house, so after considering it for a moment, Zhang Tianniu declined Huang Li and his wife's offer.

"What business could you possibly have of me!"

Huang Li, who was very familiar with Zhang Tianniu, said, "It's freezing cold. If you go home, you'll just be lying in bed anyway."