Li Fang Yue held the fan and said, "Fourth Aunt, I didn't spend any money on this one. My sister bought it for me as a present. Actually, it was the Secretary-General who bought a few for my sister, and my sister gave me one."
A few days ago, Lin Xiu'er visited the Secretary-General's house with Li Fang Yue and she fell in love with that big house immediately.
Lin Xiu'er found that everything in the Secretary-General house looked so nice. Even the servant girls looked so pretty.
On the other hand, everything seemed to be in a mess in her family. She thought even the servants lead a better life than her.
Lin Xiu'er smiled and said, "Since your sister is so rich, why don't you let her send you a few more? None of us has a fan yet."
"Auntie, you are joking. This fan is very expensive. I don't dare to ask my sister for more!"
"Your sister dotes on you the most, I'm sure she won't blame you."
Lin Xiu'er rubbed the fan in her hand. She could tell that Grandma Lu really liked her fan as well, but she only had one, she didn't want to give it to Grandma Lu.
Lin Xiu'er looked at the fan in Li Fang Yue's hand and was a little envious.
As far as Li Fang Yue knew, this full moon shaped-fan was also invented by Sino Commercial House just like schoolbags. They were sold for 200 cents each, but their business was booming, rich masters and ladies would just buy a dozen in one go.
Someone's Got Her Eyes on Cai
Quite a number of people in the village had been doing busines with Lu Lin recently. They had really earned a lot of money through that.
Previously, there were villagers who made embroidery products and sold them in town, the buyers would often force the price down, so that the profits would be relatively low. However, the Sino Commercial House would always offer a fair price when they received the embroidery products. Basically, as long as the quality was good, the commercial house would offer them an irresistible price.
The villagers made money, and they started to talk the Chen brothers and Lu Lin up.
In the yard, a few embroiderers gathered together to do embroideries.
"Two days ago, my husband took my embroidery to the Sino Commercial House. Guess what he saw," the woman said proudly.
"What did he see?! Just tell us!"
The woman said, "He saw something called full moon-shaped fans in the store. The coverings of the fans were made of cloth and the embroideries on some of them were mine. I think they have made all of our embroideries into fans!"
"I also heard that the embroidery we made seems to have been made into fans. They were sold for 200 cents each several days ago. The price seems to have dropped a little recently, but it's still very expensive."
"Two hundred cents! That is really expensive. What do those people in town think? With that amount of money, you can buy dozens of palm-leaf fans!"
Palm-leaf fans were affordable, but many poor people were reluctant to buy a new one unless the old ones were worn out.
"We think it's expensive, but those rich masters and ladies are thinking otherwise. I heard that when this fan first came out, many people bought it in a dozen or so."
"Let's hurry up and make more embroidery. When the weather gets cold, I'm afraid the commercial house won't sell fans. Let's work hard while there is still a market for our products."
"Granny Shen is the luckiest of all! She has made friends with Lu Lin early on. She must have made a lot of money in town already.
"I heard that Zhang Xiuhe wanted Granny Shen's job, but Lu Lin didn't agree."
"That Zhang Xiuhe is so bold. Lu Lin has already hired Granny Shen, how can she just walk into the shop and ask Lu Lin to fire Granny Shen and give her the job! " In fact, many women in the village were envious of Granny Shen's work. However, even though they were envious, no one had thought about replacing Granny Shen.
"Zhang Xiuhe is the Village Head's sister after all."
"And that allows her to be unreasonable?" Zhang Cheng the Village Head was well respected in the village, therefore, a woman smiled and changed the topic. "When my husband went to the shop, he saw Chen Xiao Cai standing behind the counter, acting like the shopkeeper and giving orders. Young as he is, he looked so confident and experienced! He deals with taels of silver with such poise."
"Chen Xiao Cai is getting more and more capable. In my opinion, I don't get it why so many villagers out such high hopes on their kids on becoming scholars and officials in the future, I say Xiao Cai has set a good example for the kids in the village, they can just learn a skill and get a job!"
……
At dusk, Lu An returned home from town. "Did you get paid today?" Lin Xiu'er asked.
Lu An nodded. "Yeah, but my boss deducts 200 cents from my wage on some dumb excuse."
Lin Xiu'er asked sullenly, "How can this be?"
Lu An pulled a long face, "The boss married a new wife. That woman wants her brother to replace me, so she's just picking a hole in me." Lu An's job was pretty cushy, he managed more than 40 casual workers, a lot of people wanted his job.
Lin Xiu'er was a little worried. "Will you lose your job?"
Lu An shook his head and said, "I don't think so. I've been working for a long time, and the workers all like me. Even if the boss wants to fire me, he should think twice."
Lin Xiu'er let out a sigh of relief when she heard Lu An assuring her that he wouldn't lose his job.
If Lu An lost his job, the entire family would be pissed, especially Grandma Lu.
"You have worked this job for a long time. You are right, even though your boss wants to replace you with his brother-in-law, he should consider your influence among the workers!" Lin Xiu'er smiled, not sure if she was trying to convince Lu An or herself.
"By the way, is Chen Xiao Mi really pregnant?" Lin Xiu'er asked.
Lu An nodded and said, "Yes, maybe a few months now."
Lin Xiu'er was confused, "He is pregnant. Why doesn't the boss of Sino Commercial House fire him?" Lin Xiu'er felt that the boss of Sino Commercial House was too strange. Chen Xiao Mi couldn't do any heavy work now and Chen Xiao Mai was dumb. But the boss still hadn't fired Chen Xiao Mi.
Bios would suffer discriminations at workplace, the employers tented to hire men instead of Bios. Bios were likely to get fired after they got pregnant.
Lu An shook his head and said, "The Big Boss of Sino Commercial House doesn't show up very much. He seems to have handed his business to Chen Xiao Mi. I heard that Chen Xiao Mi accidentally saved the Big Boss's life, so the Big Boss trusted him very much."
Sino Commercial House was such a big commercial house. But the boss asked Chen Xiao Cai to be the manager. What if Chen Xiao Cai made a mess of the business!
"Shen Chi and Chen Xiao Cai are quite close."
Lin Xiu'er pouted and said, "Shen Chi is not very well-behaved! The Shen family is not a good family. Granny Shen must be anxious about Shen Chi's marriage, so she deliberately taught Shen Chi to win Chen Xiao Cai's heart."
"Chen Xiao Cai used to be ridiculed by the villagers though, all of a sudden the villagers see him as a perfect son-in-law. Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Mi must have earned a lot of money and they care about Chen Xiao Cai a lot. Whoever marries Chen Xiao Cai surely will get a handsome amount of betrothal present. No wonder Shen Chi tries every means to get close to Chen Xiao Cai."
Lu An narrowed his eyes. The villagers had been talking about Chen Xiao Cai with such great enthusiasm lately. If Chen Xiao Cai weren't that young, there would be matchmakers knocking on their door already for sure. In the past, the girls in the village would not spare a glance for Chen Xiao Cai. However, now they started to talk about Chen Xiao Cai in an admiring tone.
To be perfectly honest, villagers all wanted to be betrothed with well-off families. Chen Xiao Mi and Lu Lin could earn more than forty taels a year. Chen Xiao Mi for sure would take good care of his little brother Chen Xiao Cai and his future little family.
……
Chen Xiao Cai was checking the account book using his abacus, there was an imbalance. It seemed like he had made a mistake, they had been so busy since they launched the fans, but 'haste causes errors', there was a 400-cent shortage on the account.
Chen Xiao Cai scratched his ears and cheeks in embarrassment. However, Lu Lin comforted him, saying that anyone would make mistakes like that and the important thing was to learn this lesson and avoid the mistake in the future.
The shop got a lot of profit every day, as a matter of fact, Lu Lin didn't mind that Cai had charging 400 cents less from a customer.
" Xiao Cai, how's it going?"
Chen Xiao Cai who was checking the account book raised his head. It was a chubby woman from the Big Stone Village with her daughter.
Chen Xiao Cai recognized the woman immediately, she was famous a famous shrew. Her daughter had cursed Chen Xiao Mi before, saying that he was doomed to die in the mountains.
To be fair, this girl was not the only one who said that. The initiator of evil was Grandma Chen, Grandma Chen was the one who had started all the cursing about the Chen Brothers, the others just followed suit.
However, the girl now just hid behind her mother, looking so shy and timid, completely different from how Chen Xiao Cai remembered her.
When they were back in the village, Chen Xiao Cai always felt that the girl might be young, but she must be a shrew like her mother in the future. However, when he looked at her now, she just smiled shyly and took a step behind her mother, , which made Chen Xiao Cai a little uncomfortable.
Aunty, how can I help you today?" Chen Xiao Cai tried to be professional, he even called her Aunty.
The fat woman smiled and said, "The things in your shop are so expensive. You should have made a lot of work money to work in such a store. You must have a really high pay."
Chen Xiao Cai said with a faint smile, "The boss takes all the profits, I just get a fixed pay."
The fat woman smiled and said, "Then, isn't the boss out of town? It's your brother's decision about how much pay you get, isn't it?"
Chen Xiao Cai forced a smile and said, "My brother is also just an employer, he doesn't have such power."
Recently, more and more people came to ask him about his wage. Chen Xiao Cai had long been used to it.
The woman chatted with Cai for a while and asked a lot of questions, then she just left without buying anything.
Chen Xiao Cai frowned at their retiring figures.
……
In summer days, people tended to lose their appetite. Lu Lin cooked a big pot of mung bean porridge, he put the pot in the well water to cool it. All the employers got a bowl of cold and sweet snack to relieve the summer heat.
At dusk, Chen Xiao Cai closed the store and enjoyed his porridge with his family and friends.
Lu Lin stood at the door and stared at Chen Xiao Cai for a while. Without saying anything, he left.
Chen Xiao Mai looked at Chen Xiao Cai strangely and said, "Second Brother, just now, Lin Gege stared at you like you were a piece of hot cake."
Chen Xiao Cai glanced at his brother and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Chen Xiao Cai did not think that Lu Lin was staring at him like he was some hot cake, but Chen Xiao Cai felt that Lu Lin's gaze was strange. 'Perhaps Lin Gege is cooking up some weird scheme again, maybe he wants to send me to Forest Town like before.'
Chen Xiao Mai glanced at Shen Chi and said, " Shen Gege, do you think Lin Gege was strange just now?"
Shen Chi nodded and said, "It was a bit strange."
Seeing that Shen Chi agreed with him, Chen Xiao Mai grinned happily.
……
Lu Lin walked into the room and saw Chen Xiao Mi who was thoroughly engrossed in making fans. There was a thick pile of fans piled up beside him. There were two faulty products lying on the ground as well.
"There are still a lot of fans in stock. You don't need to work so hard."
Chen Xiao Mi shook his head, "I know, but aren't we going to send a batch of fans to Willow Town in a few days?
Lu Lin rubbed his chin and said jokingly, "Yeah, but maybe the business in Willow Town won't be as good."
Chen Xiao Mi glared at Lu Lin and said, "Shut your piehole, that's inauspicious, we both know the business in Willow Town is much better than here."
Lu Lin nodded and said, "Today, I met Aunty Zheng from the village."
Chen Xiao Mi looked at Lu Lin and asked, "Is it Zhang He's wife?"
"Correct."
"That shrew!" Chen Xiao Mi wrinkled his nose in disdain. "Her daughter used to bully Cai! "
Lu Lin was surprised, "Is that so? She told me today that Cai is getting big now, it's time we talk to the matchmaker and find Cai a girl now."
Chen Xiao Mi glanced at Lu Lin and said, "You mean she wants to be betrothed with us? She wants to marry her daughter to Cai? "
Lu Lin nodded and said, "I suppose so."
Chen Xiao Mi rolled his eyes and said, "Her daughter looks down upon on Cai, they used to argue all the time."
"Have they had any fights?" asked Lu Lin.
" The girl once lost a handkerchief, Cai picked it up and returned it to her, but she insisted that Cai had smeared it and asked Cai to buy her a new one."
Lu Lin was rendered speechless, he thought for a little while and said, "I think all the villagers now are seeing our Cai differently, our Cai is a popular boy now."
In the view of the village people, the Chens were definitely a very well-off family now. They had a nice house in the village, both Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Mi had decent jobs in town. Chen Xiao Cai was a shopkeeper in the store and he knew how to use an abacus, that was a coveted skill!
Popular Cai
"But it's still early for Cai to consider," Chen Xiao Mi said.
"Not considering getting married, but considering getting engaged, we need to act fast to get Cai a perfect partner!"
Lu Lin couldn't help but think in modern society how parents forbade kids from dating when they were at school, but they would rush their children to just get married after they graduated from university. Not getting married when you were thirty was considered a failure, not only your parent but also the whole society would judge you. And people would just judge you to filth if you have some standard in selecting a partner.
However, Lu Lin knew marriage wasn't something you could rush for.
Chen Xiao Mi rolled his eyes and said, "But no way I'm considering being betrothed to Zheng's daughter."
Chen Xiao Mi knew a little about this Zheng. She was the most notorious shrew in the village. Even if her daughter was a good girl, Chen Xiao Mi frowned at the thought of marrying her daughter to Cai.
"So, I didn't promise her anything," Lu Lin said.
Lu Lin thought that it was just Aunty Zheng who had her eyes on Xiao Cai, but he was wrong, he found that there were quite a few people coming over to 'propose marriage'. Of course, they were doing it in a subtle manner. They would just bring their daughters to the shop and asked the girls to ask Chen Xiao Cai a few random questions, they would exchange some greetings with Lu Lin before they left.
When Aunty Zheng met Lu Lin, she praised her daughter, "My daughter is beautiful, smart, virtuous. And you know what, fortune-tellers all say she can bring good luck to her future husband!"
Although parents always felt that their children were the best, Lu Lin still felt that Aunty Zheng's words were a little exaggerated. How could anyone tell that a ten-year-old girl or so could bring good luck to her future husband!
After a few days, Lu Lin was shocked by how popular Cai was. The arrival of Aunty Zheng seemed to have ushered in a wave of matchmakers and inquiring aunties from the village. Some of the matchmakers would just directly ask Lu Lin what Chen Xiao Cai's type was.
……
Lu Lin said with surprise, "I really didn't expect it! There are so many girls who are interested in our Cai.
Lu Lin couldn't even recall there were how many matchmakers had talked to him about Cai already.
Those matchmakers would just talk on and on with their silver tongues,. However, Lu Lin couldn't just walk away because the other party had no malice, he had to act like he was interested and listen to them attentively despite himself.
Chen Xiao Mi blinked and said, "It's a little unexpected indeed."
Chen Xiao Mi once worried that no one wanted to marry Cai, so he was so glad that Cai was actually quite popular.
"The key is to have money," Lu Lin said.
He didn't agree to anyone's proposal at all, but some women would just mention the ostentation and extravagance of Lu Cheng Yu's wedding when they talked to. 30 tales of silver and 2 gold hairpins as betrothal presents, big red sedan chair and over 100 guests on the wedding ceremony', Lu Lin was well aware why they mentioned that. They were reminding him that they were expecting a big wedding ceremony for their daughter and Chen Xiao Cai.
With Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Mi's savings, it was no big deal at all, but it was unnecessary! Lu Lin still believed in keeping it low-key, especially when Lu Lin didn't trust the public order in this time space. If they were to hold a grand wedding ceremony for Cai, the Lu family and Chen family could still sit still, they would come them for money.
……
Chen Xiao Cai came up and tugged at Lu Lin's sleeve when Lu Lin was fetching water in the yard this day.
Lu Lin glanced at Chen Xiao Cai and asked, "What's wrong?"
Chen Xiao Cai lowered his head and remained silent for a long time. He then blushed and said, "Did someone bring up proposal of marriage to me?"
Lu Lin nodded, "Yeah! You're popular. Quite a few girls in the village have fallen in love with you, including that Zhang Ya. This little girl is said to be the prettiest girl in Big Stone Village."
Lu Lin honestly didn't see that, but everyone kept saying that, so he tried to convince himself.
Chen Xiao Cai lowered his head and said, "I don't like those people. Don't agree."
Chen Xiao Cai didn't like the girls in the village at all, it was not like he had a really good opinion about himself. He didn't like them because he felt that these people liked him just because they wanted to live a good life. Their family was doing so well now, and those people wanted to sit idle and enjoy the fruits of their work. He didn't want that. What was more, someone… someone had already stolen his heart.
Chen Xiao Cai hesitated for a moment but he didn't mention that he had someone in his heart already.
Lu Lin nodded and said, "I've rejected them for you. You're still young. You need to work harder and save up a bit more first. Your big brother and I have talked about it, it will mean a lot if you offer your future partner some betrothal presents that you earned by yourself." Then Lu Lin added mischievously, "We need to support Mai maybe we can't afford your betrothal presents by then."
Chen Xiao Cai pouted and said, "I completely understand. I have a lot of money now."
Wan Li was a servant bought by Lu Lin, Lu Lin wasn't supposed to pay him any money, but Lu Lin had been paying him 1.5 taels of silver per month anyway. Now Cai was earning the same amount of money since he had replaced Wan Li, Cai also had been earning commission, so he was right, he had some savings now.
Chen Xiao Cai patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I can afford my own wedding ceremony."
Chen Xiao Cai was very confident in his ability to save money. He was only 11 years old, he would have to wait until thirteen or fourteen years old to get married. His expenses were not very big, he could save ten taels of silver a year. Three years later, it would be thirty taels.
Lu Lin was impressed by Chen Xiao Cai's confidence!
……
In Zhang Family.
"Mom, what did Lu Lin say?" Zhang Ya asked.
Her mother Ma Shi said helplessly, "Lu Lin said that Chen Xiao Cai is too young and he isn't considering getting married any time soon."
Zhang Ya let out an "Oh", then she added, "Did Lu Lin not tell Chen Xiao Cai? I can't believe Chen Xiao Cai would turn me down."
Zhang Ya was very confident in herself, she found it hard to believe that Chen Xiao Cai didn't want to be betrothed with her.
"Chen Xiao Cai is a silly boy!"
Zhang Ya actually didn't like Chen Xiao Cai. Among the girls in the village, Zhang Ya was always considered the pretty one. Many of the boys in the village liked to surround her and kiss her ass.
Zhang Ya always remembered Chen Xiao Cai as a thin and ugly-looking boy. Grandma Chen always said he and his brother Chen Xiao Mi were ill-starred. Her own mother always reminded her to stay away from Chen Xiao Cai.
Zhang Ya listened to her mother and she would try her best to avoid Chen Xiao Cai.
However, everyone started to talk about Chen Xiao Cai differently. They kept praising him, saying young as Chen Xiao Cai was, he was very capable.
Chen Xiao Mi had money. Chen Xiao Mi might be willing to offer Chen Xiao Cai's future wife 30 taels of silver as betrothal present.
When Lu Cheng Yu got married, all the children in the village ran to his house to watch. After that, the wedding ceremony had been the talk of the village for so long.
Ma Shi spared no effort to persuade her mother to marry Chen Xiao Cai, Zhang Ya finally agreed to accept Chen Xiao Cai with reluctance. However, she never expected that she would be turned down. Originally, Zhang Ya didn't agree to marry Chen Xiao Cai, but after being rejected, she felt so aggrieved.
The first person in the village who had asked for a proposal with Chen Xiao Cai was Zheng. With such a person leading the way, people kept approaching Lu Lin.
In Zhang Ya's opinion, it was natural for Zhang Qian, Zheng's daughter to be rejected. That little girl was short and fat. She had always said bad things about Chen Xiao Mi before. It was strange that Chen Xiao Cai liked her, but she felt so wronged that Chen Xiao Cai didn't like herself either.
Zhang Ya originally thought that Chen Xiao Cai was not good enough for her, but she was willing to accept him for the sake of money. However, she didn't expect that she would be rejected, so she was mortified when she heard she was turned down.
"I wonder what Lu Lin wants to find for Chen Xiao Cai."
Ma Shi thought to herself, "Chen Xiao Mi is different from before. This family is working in town. Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Mi are earning more than forty taels in a year. What's more, Chen Xiao Cai is also making money. He should be able to save thirty a year, or maybe seventy to eighty taels in two years."
……
Several families looked for Lu Lin and wanted to be betrothed with Chen Xiao Cai, but Lu Lin had declined them all politely. Some villagers said that Lu Lin was exactly like his cousin Lu Cheng Yu who looked down upon village girls, they started to think that chances were Lu Lin wanted to be betrothed with a lady in town. However, Lu Cheng Yu was a Tongsheng, while Chen Xiao Cai just worked at a commercial house.
Lu Lin didn't go back to the village as often now. He had no idea how angry those aunties who he had turned down had been. However, even if Lu Lin knew, he wouldn't pay them any attention.
Granny Shen was worried about her farmland, she would go back to the village whenever she could.
Shen Chi sat in the mule carriage, a little distracted.
Granny Shen drove the mule carriage and asked, "Ah Chi, are you okay?"
Shen Chi shook his head and said, "I'm okay."
Recently, Shen Chi had been working as a helper in the store, and Shen Chi knew that people from the village kept talking to Lu Lin about Chen Xiao Cai. Shen Chi didn't know where went wrong, he felt a little upset on seeing those people trying to propose to Chen Xiao Cai.
Granny Shen looked at Shen Chi and sighed in her heart.
Granny Shen also thought that Chen Xiao Cai was good, but the gap between their family and Chen family was too big. Moreover, they had accepted too many favors from Lu Lin alerady, so it was not appropriate to ask for more.
Shen Chi lowered his head and kept quiet.
……
Granny Shen dropped everything to their house and went to the farmland, followed by Shen Chi.
"Shen Chi, hi, you are back!" A fat woman saw Shen Chi and walked towards him.
Shen Chi nodded.
"Shen Chi! You must have been earning a lot!"
Shen Chi shook his head and said, "Not much." Shen Chi could earn several hundreds of cents from making knots. During this period of time, he helped out in the shop as well. Lu Lin said he would give him a pay raise, but Shen Chi felt it a bit inappropriate, so he refused the offer.
"You don't have much, Chen Xiao Cai must have earned a lot. He is the shopkeeper. He must be earning at least one tael of silver per month. I wonder where Chen Xiao Cai learned how to settle accounts."
Shen Chi didn't say anything, settling accounts was definitely one of the most coveted skills in this time and space. Most of the people who knew this skill were taught by their masters or family members. And a handsome tuition fee was usually a must!
Shen Chi lowered his head and said, "Cai is earning more than me."
"Have you heard that, Chen Xiao Cai doesn't like any of the girls in our village? Is it because of you? The Chen family is so different now. Chen Xiao Mi should have saved a lot of money," the fat woman looked at Shen Chi with disdain in her eyes.
"I'm not very clear about Xiao Mi Gege's business."
"You and Chen Xiao Cai are so close, he didn't tell you about his brother's savings?" The fat woman's voice turned so coy when she mentioned Chen Xiao Cai's name.
Shen Chi understood the undertone now and he couldn't help blushing.
Granny Shen saw Zheng confronting Shen Chi from afar and she quickly ran over. "Why are you finding fault with my grandson?"
Zheng was not someone to be trifled with, so she immediately said, "Granny Shen, what are you angry about?! I'm just praising your grandson. He knows how to seduce a man at such a young age. He is a Bio, he should stay home instead of working in a shop and show his face in public."
"Damx you, fat woman," Granny Shen was so angry that her face turned livid. She wielded her rake and hit Zheng.
Zheng continued, "If you have the guts to do it, I have the guts to say it. A young Bio trying so hard to seduce a capable young man! "
"Damx your fat ass! I'll slap you!"
Shen Chi found Zheng was not the only one who had that thought, they were so foul-mouthed when they talked about him and Cai. He couldn't stay in the village anymore and he returned to town that night.
After Shen Chi came back, he was clearly downcast.
What is Said in Fun is Fulfilled in Earnest
In Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Mi's room.
"What are you thinking about?" Chen Xiao Mi asked Lu Lin who was in a daze.
The 'Full-moon Shaped Fan' trend now was not as heated as when it was first launched, other stores in town started to copy them already. Lu Lin had launched folding cloth fans to boost the business and it worked, they had attracted more customers.
Folding cloth fans just functioned as Full-moon Shaped Fans, but many ladies and young masters liked to catch up with the trend, so the fact that they owned more than one Full-moon Shaped Fans didn't stop them from buying more Folding cloth fans.
Many people didn't buy fans to avoid the heat, but to show off.
"I'm just thinking that gossip is scary!" Lu Lin sighed.
After Shen Chi came back from the Big Stone Village, he had been in a bad mood. However, Lu Lin had to deal with many things, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
Chen Xiao Cai found him in a sneaky way the night before, he said that Shen Chi looked so down since he came back from their hometown. Cai said Chi must have encountered something in the village and Cai begged Lu Lin to go back to the village to investigate.
Although Lu Lin was a little busy, he felt that it was rare for Chen Xiao Cai to ask him for help. He should still help, so he went back to the village to check.
When Lu Lin went back to the village, he found out that there were some unpleasant rumors in the village which were spread by people who had proposed marriage to Chen Xiao Cai.
They said now that Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Mi worked in town, so they had high standards for Chen Xiao Cai's future partner and they started to think they were too good to be betrothed to the villagers.