There is no trivial matter in the village, whoever has a wind and grass will immediately spread it throughout the village within an hour.

Miao Rencui's good mood dissipated without a cup of tea, this congratulations didn't listen to a few words, and he was in a hurry to collect debts, Miao Rencui promised with a dark face that as long as the dowry was delivered, he would pay back the money immediately, and then he used a broom to drive people out of the house.

Chen Qing waited at the entrance of the village from afar, and didn't say much when he saw people coming out, he bowed to the elders of the Wan family, and bowed to Mrs. Liu, until the two of them went away, and then secretly went back to work in the fields.

Now that everyone is gathered at the door of his house, Chen Qing is not afraid of being seen, and when he learned that the matter was finally finalized, he grinned silently for a long time.

Miao Rencui would never have dreamed that the previous quarrel and the negative departure of the matchmaker were all discussed by Chen Qing with Liu matchmaker in advance. If not, with Miao Rencui's money-greedy nature, how could he agree to the marriage so lightly?

It stands to reason that 31 taels of silver, plus various dowries, are enough to show off in the village. It is not easy for peasant families to make money, like Chen Qing's family, who can exchange 10 taels of silver a year, abound, and after removing the expenses of the whole year, they can save 3 or 4 taels every year.

Most people give a dowry of 11 taels of silver, and the mother's family has to accompany some objects, usually made clothes, quilts, jewelry, etc.

After marrying and following her husband, after a girl gets married, she can't always think about her mother's family, but puts her in-law's family first in everything. If the in-laws don't mind, occasionally make up for their mother's family and be praised for filial piety. If there is no dowry, there is no need to support the parents after marriage.

If the girl does not have a rich dowry, she will not only be looked down upon when she goes to her mother-in-law's house, but also will cut off relations with her mother's family.

If he didn't know that the uncle's family would not give his sister a dowry, Chen Qing would not have saved money desperately, for fear that his sister-in-law would be wronged in the future.

31 Two dowry gifts can be said to be the highest price among farmers, but the Chen family owes huge debts and refuses to sell them cheaply. Chen Qingyuan also guessed that this would be the case, so he inquired about the number of dowries in advance, and relaxed the dowry to a maximum of 31 taels, worried that the Wan family would have opinions, so he said in advance that the extra ten taels of silver would be paid by him.

The elders of the Wan family knew about it before they came, otherwise they would not agree to this family affair with the 31 taels of dowry.

Although Wanjia can't afford to pay the 31 taels of dowry, it doesn't make people laugh, and it's not a big girl, and they dare to ask for this sky-high dowry. Besides, as soon as you look at that family, you know that there will be no rich dowry, and this dowry is equivalent to a waste, and there is no return.

If it weren't for Liu Xiulian to know something about Chen Qing's brothers and sisters, the Wan family would definitely not let their sons and nephews marry the daughters of such people. However, this matter is also known to Wan Zhuoping's family and the elders of the Wan family who came to marry, but even so, people who don't know it will say that Wan Jia spent money to marry a sky-high daughter-in-law.

Within a few days, the Wan family sent someone to bring the dowry, and it was still Mrs. Liu and the elders of the Wan family who came to discuss. The numbers were counted, the lists were checked, and the documents were signed.

If you regret the marriage, at most you will pay some money, that is, you will see the official, and you will mainly talk about peace, and negotiate the dissolution of the marriage contract with a satisfactory amount for both parties.

But after receiving the dowry, the price of regretting the marriage is great. After seeing the official, if the bitter lord refuses to give up, the party who repents of the marriage will go to prison, squat in prison, and want to ransom people without spending money. Therefore, it is said that the matchmaker is mainly based on the marriage, and the dowry will be sent to the door in three months before the marriage.

Chen Qing was afraid of accidents, so he set up such a set. As long as the Chen family accepts the dowry, they can't repent of their marriage if they don't want to go to jail, and only by taking things seriously can Chen Qing not worry about the eldest aunt remarrying her sister to someone else.

It's not that Chen Qing is too careful, but that his sister has been teased by several rich children in the town, and Chen Qing tried his best to suppress it so that it didn't reach the ears of the eldest uncle, otherwise how could the eldest aunt be willing to marry Abi to the farmer, even if she sent it to the rich family as a concubine, the silver given would be twice as much as this.

The big stone that always hung in their hearts finally landed, and Chen Qing and Chen Biwo laughed secretly in their own house for a long time.

"If you marry your in-laws, you can't hide your heart like in your own family, I think Wan Zhuoping is a real person and won't treat you badly. I know you're a smart one, don't think that we can hide our hearts and eyes in my uncle's family, and we can hide in my mother-in-law's house. Living together every day, it is inevitable that there will be disagreements after a long time. In the future, if you want to discuss with your husband, it is safer to hide money openly than secretly, do you know?" Chen Qing explained the words that had been buried in his heart for a long time to his sister.

Chen Bi didn't agree at first, pouting and unhappy, but after thinking about it carefully, she smiled and said, "Just like me and my brother?"

Chen Qing grinned, "Yes, just treat him as a brother and don't hide his eyes, if you discuss it, the days after this will definitely be better."

"Hehe, it's a pity that my brother can't be a husband, otherwise it would be good for Abi to marry my brother directly, and I would have saved myself from you" Chen Bijiao finished with a smile, nestled into her brother's arms, and secretly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"Nonsense, my brother can't be a husband, but it will take 2 years for you to get married, and Ah Bi will accompany my brother more" Chen Qing felt a dull pain in his heart, the baby he had worked so hard to raise was going to be given to someone else to be a daughter-in-law, and at the age of 15, he had to serve his in-laws, Chen Qing was really reluctant.

"Well, Abi still has to save money for his daughter-in-law for his brother" Chen Bi raised her little head and laughed and teased her brother.

"You ghost!" Chen Qing scolded with a smile as he scratched her nose.

It's another autumn harvest, Chen Qing is busy at home and outside, and he took the time to boil an egg for his sister-in-law and secretly stuffed it for her to eat. Chen Bi is the birthday of autumn, Chen Qing was born in spring, in a blink of an eye, the little doll that he originally wanted to hold in his arms has now grown into a slim girl.

Chen Bi is developing well, the girl is growing up early, looking at Chen Bi who has reached his shoulder, Chen Qing smiled with satisfaction, and it was not in vain that he secretly stuffed so much delicious food.

This married girl can't always show her head, but start preparing to embroider her wedding dress. Although there is still some time before getting married, Chen Qing has already planned to not allow Chen Bi to run to the county seat again, so as not to cause trouble.

The eldest aunt accepted the dowry and felt a lot easier to pay off some debts, so she didn't force Chen Bi to go out every once in a while, but asked her to take more embroidery work to supplement the family's expenses.

The embroidery on Chen Biming's face is considered to be of medium grade, and the embroidery that is carefully embroidered secretly is of the top grade. Zhongpin embroidery can also add 1 yuan of silver to the family for a month, which is 1 tael and 2 yuan a year, which can catch up with the output of 1 acre and a half of dry land.

The eldest aunt did not let go of any opportunity to squeeze money, and even Chen Qing said that Chen Bixiu should embroider the wedding dress was suppressed early. Chen Qing didn't say much, at least in the first two years of his sister's marriage, he hoped that his sister could live comfortably.

After the busy farming, Chen Qing did short-term work for the landlord's family as usual, and this work has been done for 3 years in a row, and this year is the 4th year, which can be regarded as an old hired worker.

Li San has been partnering with Chen Qing for many years, and without waiting for the landlord of Liang to collect the rent, Chen Qing collected the grain in the village, and went door to door to inform the tenants to pay the silver if they had silver, and the grain to pay if they didn't have silver. There are people who can't calculate the account and don't know how much to pay, Chen Qing also took the time to help calculate the number of catties.

When Liang Zixian brought someone to collect the rent, checked the account handed over by Chen Qing, nodded with satisfaction, and let people start loading the car. With Chen Qing sorting out the accounts in advance, Liang Zixian also saved a lot of time, and Li San also praised Chen Qing twice, jokingly saying that if the villages could be so labor-saving, they could also complete it a few days earlier.

Chen Qing just smiled and didn't answer, working more and talking less, this is the only rule to keep his job.

As he got to know better, Chen Qing also knew how simple his original idea was, this Liang landlord's family was worthy of being the first big landlord in Qingping County, and the team for collecting grain alone was divided into 4 teams, each of which was responsible for more than a dozen villages, so he had to be busy for more than half a month.

There was a flood last year, and this year is extremely busy, most of the families are paying grain and low rent, so Chen Qing was busy for 5 more days this year before it was completed.

"Zizhuang and Ziping should have almost collected it, let's rest early today" Liang Zixian invited everyone to have lunch in the town, and announced the end of this year's rent collection.

"What about the third master, do you need me to help you?" Li San wiped his mouth clean and asked.

"No, he is a little lazy on weekdays, but he never delays his business, and with Wei Liang with him, he is not afraid of tiring him" Liang Zixian waved his hand.

"You really spoil the third master" Li San's throat burned out with a fever when he was a child, and he didn't turn around during the voice change period, if he spoke loudly, he could hear a childlike sharp voice. Therefore, Li San never dared to speak loudly, because the people who listened to him at the beginning felt that he was too soft.

Chen Qing also learned the reason later, and he couldn't help but feel guilty, at first he thought that a man talking with his throat was too sissy, but fortunately, Chen Qing always kept his face tight in front of the owner, and rarely revealed his inner thoughts.

"Who in the Liang family doesn't spoil him" Liang Zixian chuckled, thinking of his cousin, he was also quite helpless.

After receiving their wages, several short-term workers thanked their owners and returned to the village one after another. Chen Qing got a total of 1 tael of silver, and the next day after handing it over to the eldest uncle, it was taken away by the creditors of the neighboring village, but the eldest aunt vomited.

", I don't know where the news came from, the silver that just arrived was begged for before it was hot" Miao Rencui scolded angrily after waiting for people to leave.

"It's only right to repay debts," Chen Qing said coldly.

"Yo, there's a lot to talk about today, hurry up and sell the grain, and then leave it at home, it's time to recruit rats" The eldest aunt pointed her finger, and Chen Qing obediently went to the village to borrow a car from the cattle raiser.

This year, after removing the land rent and grain seeds, and leaving the food and miscellaneous tax, it was exchanged for 5 taels of silver, and it was looted in the afternoon of the same day.

There was no money at home, and seeing that the New Year was approaching, Boss Chen's mouth was full of bubbles, and the eldest aunt also took Chen Qing to do some short-term work to buy some food.