Chen Maodong and Qi Zhengke did not sit in their seats and wait for dinner, but went to the kitchen and called their mother-in-law aside. The two of them took out a red envelope from their shoulder bags, which contained a silver ticket of fifty taels.

Chen Maodong said: "This should have been given together when the dowry was given. But we thought that if we gave it at that time, we were afraid that you and your father-in-law would use it to buy a dowry, and we would not keep a penny for ourselves. So the two of us discussed saving it for you today! You can use this money with confidence, if there is a problem at home in the future, bring us a letter, don't dare to say big things, small things can still reach out to help. ”

Qi Zhengke saw that his mother-in-law looked a little embarrassed, and also said, "Auntie! We all know that life at home is not good, and there is no need to feel embarrassed in front of us. It's said that a son-in-law is half a son, and we are also your children, isn't it a natural thing to help the family?! ”

When the new son-in-law called his mother-in-law aside, their father-in-law thought that there was something important, and he hurried to follow. Hearing what the two sons-in-law said, a big man's eyes turned red with emotion. He thought that if his daughter married so far, it would be equivalent to losing two daughters, but he didn't expect to get two more sons-in-law.

The two rubbed their red eyes, entered the back room, and called Bao Zhengrong in. Bao Zhengrong opened the red envelope and saw that there were five silver tickets of ten taels of silver each. "Roar! The two sisters-in-law are really generous! The family gave a silver ticket of fifty taels, and the eldest aunt is not nervous in the future, right? ”

His eldest aunt was so shocked that her mouth was open, and she thought that her son-in-law could give ten taels too much. I didn't expect to give fifty taels, and two is one hundred taels. That's an absolute amount of money for her!

Uncle Bao Zhengrong is not as casual as his daughter-in-law, he smiled and looked at the silver ticket in his eldest nephew's hand.

"Now your aunt doesn't have to keep talking about borrowing her mother's money!" As he spoke, he turned his head to his daughter-in-law, who was still stunned, and said, "After I pay back your mother's money." Buy a few more acres. ”

Bao Zhengrong put the silver ticket into the red envelope again, handed it to the eldest aunt and said with a smile: "Auntie! Don't be stunned, put it away quickly, and go out to entertain guests! ”

"Hey! I'm going to lock it up. The eldest aunt nervously looked for a lock to lock the box.

The eldest daughter-in-law of the Bao family who came out again felt lighter, and she no longer stared at the meat to be served in the kitchen. In the hall and yard, it was like accumulating flowers, and when I saw one, I said hello: "Ouch! Today, you will have to make a hard run and drink two more glasses of wine in a while! ”

"Don't drink two more glasses! The eldest sister, these two sons-in-law, are rare in a thousand! No matter what, you have to have a few jars of wine to get by! ”

"Good, good! You let go of the drink. I'm going to send someone to the town to buy wine!" "If you have money in your hands, your face will be strong. Originally, a bottle of wine was prepared at the table where the hands and feet were picked, and now I feel that it is too shabby, and before the guests can joke, I have already planned to let the third uncle of the child go to the town and ask the wine seller to send a big urn.

It's different from marrying a girl. Today's Bao family doesn't need to rush to grab the auspicious time, so the noon banquet time is not so panicked. Instead, they added a few pork, fish, chicken, vermicelli, 1,000 sheets, dried seafood, etc. to the town, enriching the dishes on the table and increasing the quantity, making the banquet rich and exquisite. was praised and praised by relatives and friends who ate and drank wine. Eventually, it will be complete.

sent two brides, the Bao family's grandmother was very unhappy, but she couldn't tell anyone. When the bride goes out, many guests only sit and drink a cup of tea at the main house, and they all take the wedding candy and reunion returned by the main family to say goodbye home. The eldest daughter-in-law of the Bao family has been busy sending off guests, and she has not noticed her mother-in-law's unpleasant mood.

At night, the only guests who stayed were the aunts and grandmothers who married out of their own families, Bao Zhengrong's aunts and his lobby sister Bao Zhengju's family of three. Wait until the meal is served. Everyone sat down and waited for Grandma. But I haven't been able to invite them. Everyone thought that the old lady was uncomfortable marrying her two granddaughters at once, so she didn't want to come out to eat. However, the old lady was finally invited by the old man three or four times, and her face was full of anger, not like she was sad because she was marrying her granddaughter!

"Mother! What's wrong with you? The eldest daughter-in-law of the Bao family cautiously asked her mother-in-law who rolled her eyes at her.

The old lady didn't care about the full table of people sitting, and asked her eldest daughter-in-law angrily: "Do you know what the rice brought by the two grandsons-in-law's families is for?" ”

Her eldest daughter-in-law was busy staring at the cook and not hiding the meat, and she really didn't know what was going on in the bride's room. She looked at the old lady in confusion and shook her head, and the old lady was even more annoyed when she saw that she really didn't know what was going on.

"Zhenghua and Zhengyin are both your daughters, and one or two are not familiar with each other. knew that Nami was going to make a fortune, but they both turned out to be good, and they both knocked over the bucket. What does that mean? Don't you want us to live with your mother's family? ”

The people at the table looked at the old lady's words suddenly in confusion, and it was no wonder that they were confused. Because their family does not have the custom of "getting foot rice", and they don't believe in the statement of the Wang Po's family and the Wang Niang's family. So the two brides knocked over the bucket full of rice, and neither of them paid any attention to it. The old lady originally only cared about talking to the old sisters who came to the house to eat the wedding wine, and she didn't pay attention to such a thing, and it was their eldest sister Bao Zhengju who could treat this matter as a big deal.

Bao Zhengju saw that her mother had prepared eight quilts for her two younger sisters, and she still borrowed money to buy the quilts, and she only had two quilts and got married. Comparing the two, this is uncomfortable, and now the two sisters have done such a conscienceless thing, of course, they have to find someone to talk about it. Her mother was busy taking back the gifts and giving them away, and several aunts were treating the two younger sisters well, so naturally they couldn't say it, only the old lady sent away a few old sisters who were idle, and listened to her full of anger and let herself judge her.

The eldest daughter-in-law of the Bao family was even more confused, but fortunately, the eldest sister who was her master explained to her about "getting foot rice", and she knew why her mother-in-law was angry. She just wanted to say that her two daughters hadn't done this, maybe they were too nervous to knock over the rice bucket. However, she immediately thought that no girl is the only one in her life, and no one has a second chance. She didn't come up with any good reason to dissipate the old lady's anger for a while, and the boss of the Bao family at the next table laughed and said, "Mother! You would be wrong! Thanks to the two daughters, my two new sons-in-law made it clear that they had no parents to honor and no brothers and sisters to help, so we were the only close relatives. If there is anything in the future, just call them, they are also our children, and there is no reason to ignore family affairs. This time, one person also specially gave us a silver ticket of fifty taels for us to use for our lives. They said that they didn't put it in the dowry before, because they were afraid that we would spend it on the dowry and not keep it for our own families. Mother can rest assured! If they are doing well, we will follow suit, and they will not ignore us. ”

Except for Bao Zhengrong and his eldest aunt, who had already seen the silver ticket before, but they were just smiling happily, everyone else stared at the boss of the Bao family in a daze.

Last year, when the bride price was given, the two new sons-in-law bought cows and donkeys. Last year, I earned more than two taels of silver just by renting out old cattle when I was busy farming. Although the donkey could not be rented, he got a donkey cart and ran back and forth in the town to earn a little money, which was enough for the family's daily expenses. Although he earned more and spent more, plus the dowries of the two girls, he didn't leave anything, but compared to the days of previous years, it was much better. Looking for someone to borrow money is much happier, and it is no longer the same as before.

Just this is a cow and a donkey, and the neighbors have already said everything. Now, this new son-in-law has given so many silver tickets as soon as he makes a move, and he has clearly said that they will use it for their family, if they say it, I am afraid that no one will believe it! Don't say that others don't believe it, even they themselves can't believe it!

Because the two grandsons-in-law have done the best thing, the old lady is not good enough to talk about the two granddaughters. Seeing the eldest grandson-in-law staring at his father-in-law, his eyes were rolling, he didn't like it in his heart, and secretly blamed the eldest son for not telling the two grandsons-in-law that they had given so much money. I'm afraid that my relatives who get the news will come to the door to borrow money, what should I do when the time comes? Don't borrow it! It must have offended people; Borrow it! If people keep not paying it back, they are afraid that they will fall out in the future. Ay! It's hard!

She feigned a calm cough: "Ahem! After dinner, the boss went to Lizhen's house with your father to ask who sold the land. It is best to buy ten acres of land before spring ploughing, and pay back all the money that is left. ”

The boss of the Bao family saw that his mother's plan was the same as what he thought, and nodded happily, "Okay!" Mother! Then let's all eat quickly, and drink as fast as we want. ”

The Zhengju man, who was still planning to borrow money from his father-in-law to buy a cow, looked at this and that, so he swallowed the words that were about to be spoken, only depressed in his heart. The grandmother of her own woman was too fast, and the money was not overnight, so she was busy using it to buy land, and she didn't even have a chance to speak.

The turmoil caused by the old lady in the family around the matter of "getting feet of rice" quickly ended in a comedy, and the two sisters walking on the road were also annoyed by "getting feet of rice".

"Sister-in-law! I just wanted to bring out some more rice with my feet, but I didn't know that I would bring that bucket down! My mother must have felt uncomfortable and died, thinking that I was not filial. Zhenghua has always felt uncomfortable, although it is too late to say anything now, but when she talks to the sister-in-law who gave her marriage, it seems that she will feel better.

This kind of thing often happens in Hepu, and it's not strange. Generally, in this case, the bride only takes half of it and leaves half, and today these two brides are doing the same.

However, Xi Niang was afraid that the two brides would be uncomfortable, so she comforted one by one: "This thing is too normal on our side, and we usually take half of it away and leave half of it without saying anything on both sides." Some smart women are pouring half of the rice directly into the bucket when they are filling rice. In this way, the bride doesn't have to come out with a special hook, and we didn't say much today, otherwise it wouldn't have happened. ”

After listening to their respective brides' explanations, the two brides felt better, and they no longer cried and felt guilty about it. (To be continued.) )