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

Chapter 167 Fairy-like Days

Soon after, Chen He, Li Qiang, Li Qian, Zhao Kang, Wang Yuan, Li Shi, and others took their seats in the living room of Chen Dao's house.

Li Ping also came from the kitchen to the living room.

She first placed a few steamed buns in front of each person, then sat down next to Chen Dao and said, "Brother Kang, have you thought about the marriage I mentioned yesterday?"

Zhao Kang stared intently at the plump white steamed bun beside him, swallowing hard as he nodded and said, "I've thought it through! I plan to marry Xiaoyun and Xiaomei into Chenjia Village!"

Upon hearing this, Li Ping smiled. Yesterday, when Zhao Kang said he needed to think it over, she thought the marriage was off. She had even planned to go to Xiahe Village again today to ask other families. Unexpectedly, after some consideration, Zhao Kang agreed to the marriage.

"My sister also plans to marry her daughter to Chenjia Village."

Seeing that Li Qian was too embarrassed to speak, Li Qiang quickly spoke up.

"Oh?"

Li Ping's smile widened, she hadn't expected such an unexpected gain: "That makes things much easier, all three of Cheng's brothers can get married now."

Upon hearing this, everyone laughed, including Chen He. Chenjia Village hadn't had any outside brides marrying in for a long time, so three of them coming in at once was definitely a joyous occasion for the whole village.

"that……"

At this moment, Li Qian suddenly spoke up: "Pingmei, will my daughter marry Chen Cheng or his younger brother?"

This is the issue that Li Qian cares about most. In her opinion, it would be best if her daughter Li Li could marry Chen Cheng, as Chen Cheng is her most preferred son-in-law.

As for Chen Shi and Chen Mu... although they were also villagers of Chenjia Village and lived a decent life, their income was far less than that of Chen Cheng, who earned two taels of silver a month.

"This one……"

Speaking of this, Li Ping also became a little troubled. Of the three Chen brothers, Chen Cheng was undoubtedly the best candidate for son-in-law. Judging from Li Qian and Zhao Kang's behavior, they must also prefer Chen Cheng. However... there is only one Chen Cheng. It is impossible for Chen Cheng to marry three men, right?

At this moment, Li Ping couldn't help but feel a little regretful, thinking that she should have thought about this matter in advance.

"Brother Dao, my mother is here!"

At that moment, Chen Cheng's voice came from outside the door, but it was Chen Cheng's mother, Liu Yan, who entered the room. As for Chen Cheng himself...

Perhaps feeling a little embarrassed to discuss her marriage with others, she stood in the front yard and waited.

"Sister Liu, you're here. Please have a seat."

Li Ping pulled Liu Yan to sit down next to her, and then smiled and said, "The marriage I promised to help your son with has been arranged."

After saying that, Li Ping pointed to Li Qian and the others and introduced them to Liu Yan: "This is Li Qian, Wang Yuan, Zhao Kang and Li Qing. They all have daughters who want to marry your son!"

"Greetings, in-laws!"

Liu Yan smiled and nodded to everyone, feeling delighted. The fact that her in-laws had come meant that her three sons' marriages were likely to go through.

Li Qian and the others nodded to Liu Yan.

After everyone had greeted each other, Li Ping posed the question to Liu Yan: "Sister Liu, Zhao Kang's two daughters and Li Qian's daughter all want to marry Cheng Ge'er. What do you think we should do?"

"..."

Liu Yan never expected that she would face such a problem as soon as she arrived. Among her three sons, Chen Cheng was undoubtedly the most outstanding. He not only earned the most, but was also the strongest. To be fair, if she were in Li Qian's shoes, she would definitely want to marry her daughter to Chen Cheng, rather than to Chen Shi and Chen Mu.

But... there's only one Chen Cheng, so we can't expect him to marry all three, can we?

Liu Yan frowned and thought for a long, long time before finally saying, "How about... we pair them up according to age?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Kang and Li Qing were overjoyed. Their daughter was older than Li Qian's daughter, and if they were to match based on age, their daughter would definitely be able to marry Chen Cheng.

Li Qian frowned slightly, somewhat dissatisfied, but too embarrassed to say it.

Liu Yan, who was carefully observing everyone's expressions, was also in a dilemma. Both families clearly hoped that their daughters could marry Cheng Ge'er, which made things a bit difficult.

Fortunately, Chen Dao spoke up at this moment: "My mother went to Uncle Zhao's house to arrange the marriage first, so Uncle Zhao's daughter should marry Chen Cheng and Chen Shi. As for Aunt Li's daughter, she should marry Chen Mu."

Chen Dao's words had a decisive effect, and Li Qiang, who was about to speak up for his niece, immediately fell silent. He knew very well that Chenjia Village was Chen Dao's personal fiefdom, and once Chen Dao spoke, he had no right to object.

As for Li Qian and Wang Yuan, although they did not refute Chen Dao's statement, they were somewhat dissatisfied.

Chen Dao also noticed their emotions and continued, "Aunt Li and Uncle Wang, please rest assured, your daughter will not suffer any loss in marrying Chen Mu. I will have Cheng Ge'er's family provide some betrothal gifts so that your daughter can have a grand wedding."

Upon hearing this, Li Qian and Wang Yuan's eyes lit up. When they made the decision to marry their daughter to Chenjia Village, they hadn't thought about the dowry. The reason was simple: these days, there were hardly any families who could afford to eat their fill, so how could any family afford a dowry?

But Chen Dao said that Chen Cheng's family would provide betrothal gifts, which was undoubtedly a pleasant surprise for the two of them.

"You're too kind, Brother Dao!"

Although she was pleasantly surprised, Li Qian said, "It's already a great honor for our daughter to marry into Chenjia Village. We wouldn't dare ask for any dowry."

Chen Dao clearly didn't listen to these polite words and waved his hand, saying, "Not only will your family have betrothal gifts, but Uncle Zhao's family will also have them. Don't worry, we will definitely make sure your daughter has a grand wedding."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the living room burst into laughter, and the entire living room was instantly filled with a joyful atmosphere.

Thus, the marriage was decided: Zhao Kang's daughters, Zhao Xiaoyun and Zhao Xiaomei, would marry Chen Cheng and Chen Shi respectively, while Li Qian's daughter, Li Li, would marry Chen Mu.

As for the opinions of both the man and woman getting married...

Before they arrived, Li Qian and the others had already asked their daughters what they thought, and they were all happy to marry into Chenjia Village. Naturally, the three bachelors, Chen Cheng, Chen Shi, and Chen Mu, also had no objections.

After all, these days, it's good enough to be able to get a wife, so who would dare to have any objections?

"I bet none of you have eaten yet, right?"

After the wedding arrangements were finalized, Chen Dao said, "Let's eat something to fill our stomachs first."

As soon as Chen Dao finished speaking, Zhao Kang and the others immediately got to work. In fact, they had been eyeing the steamed buns on the table for a long time, but they hadn't had time to taste them because they were discussing important matters.

As soon as Chen Dao spoke, Zhao Kang immediately grabbed a piece of steamed bun and took a bite out of half of it.

The soft steamed bun melted in his mouth, releasing a sweet and fragrant flavor. Zhao Kang couldn't help but squint his eyes and a satisfied expression appeared on his face.

The villagers of Chenjia Village are living a truly blissful life, able to eat such fragrant and delicious steamed buns every day.

Zhao Kang sighed inwardly.