Chapter 114: Asking for Marriage
Shanbao took Jin Segang to the Hanging Flower Gate, but was slightly stopped by Zugong.
"To the bookstore?" Zu Gong said slightly.
"Knowingly asked." Shanbao replied.
"You can't go." Zu Gong is slightly unusually strict.
"Why?" Shanbao is very incomprehensible.
From afar, I saw three or five girls carrying a tray from the verandah, covered with red silk cloth, lined with the girls' green or light blue dresses, both of which were particularly eye-catching, not a good time to talk, Zu Gong said in a hurry: "He is a murderer, you pretend not to know and it is excusable, otherwise you just know and do not report, that is, harboring the murderer." ”
Shanbao gasped, it was really such a reason, if it wasn't for him to remind him, he really didn't know how to end it, so he said thank you, and the little girls with the tray had already arrived in front of them, and they all bent their knees, and said in unison: "The eldest grandmother is fine, the second young master is fine." ”
Accustomed to it, Zugong stood on his own.
Shanbao was curious about what was under the red silk, and knew that it was not a meal, so he deliberately asked the girls: "What is good to chew?" ”
The little girl replied: "This is the wedding gift of Master Bai, the big boss of the fishing gang, asking to marry the fifth lady." ”
Wedding gifts, that is, gifts given first when sending matchmakers to say matchmaking, are not bride prices.
The big boss of the fishing gang, the white master? Shanbao hurriedly asked, "But what about Bai Jinlu?" ”
Zu Gongluo sneered: "It's not him, who else." ”
Since it was the fifth lady Zu Jinghao who was asking to marry, Shanbao thought that these little girls were going to give the gifts to Aunt Hao, so he waved his hand and signaled that they could go, but the little girls asked puzzledly: "Grandma, the matchmaker is still waiting in front, do you see it or not?" ”
Shanbao woke up like a dream at this time, remembering that she was the eldest grandmother and Zu Baishou's wife, all the children of Zu Baishou respected herself as their mother, and she needed to make decisions about marriage, and Zu Jinghao's biological mother, Aunt Hao, had no power. Bai Jinlu himself understands that although he is good-looking, has a rich family, and is famous and conducive to marrying a concubine, Zu Jinghao is all condescending, but since it is a major marriage event. I can't play with children's play, I can't decide for a while, I have to ask Zu Jinghao's biological mother, so I said: "Let the matchmaker wait first, and I'll go over later." ”
The little girls looked at the wedding gifts in each other's hands. Asked: "Grandma, these ......?"
Shanbao did not hesitate: "Take it, you can't beat people's hearts if you succeed." ”
After saying that, when I opened the red silk and gave gifts one by one, all of them were treasured jade vessels, especially the string of big pearls that made Shanbao admire, and I didn't forget to joke about Zu Gongluo: "You see, people who don't know the current affairs are patriarchal, and a quiet person can get so many gifts, if there are ten girls like the old Yang family, wouldn't it be developed." ”
Grandpa raised his eyebrows slightly: "The girl of the old Yang family? ”
Shanbao said: "Hmm. Yang Yuhuan. ”
Zu Gongluo laughed.
The way he laughed loudly made Shanbao relive the scene under the moonlit night in Changqing Mountain, and the wind blew, slightly warm, and in the laughter of Zu Gongluo, Shanbao went out of the weeping flower door to the front hall to see the matchmaker.
This matchmaker who came here is very famous in a hundred miles radius of Lei Gong Town, as long as she collects enough silver, her three-inch incorruptible tongue can say that the dead are alive, whether you are worthy or not, she will be able to open her mouth, so Bai Jinlu invited her. Shanbao just entered the door of the hall, the matchmaker was eating tea, and when she saw Shanbaolai, she felt almost like a female host. Hurriedly put down the teacup in his hand, ran over in small steps, and bowed to Shanbao: "Say hello to the female Bodhisattva." ”
Seeing her funny appearance, Shanbao couldn't help but laugh and said, "What a courtesy." ”
The matchmaker straightened up and smiled: "It's not strange that many people are polite, grandma is?" ”
Shanbao asked her to sit down inside, and Jin Se introduced: "This is our grandmother." ”
Matchmakers are all eyes and ears and ears. Looking at Shanbao's age and appearance, she had already guessed that Zu Baishou had already made a sensation when he married a flower-like continuation Lei Gongzhen, how could she not know, got up and bent her knees again to say a blessing, and explained her intentions, and then quickly turned her lips covered with rouge cream, and bragged Bai Jinlu to be omnipotent in heaven and earth.
Shanbao listened to her quietly, and then lazily threw a sentence: "I don't agree." ”
The matchmaker thought she had heard it wrong, thinking that the fifth lady of the ancestral family was just a concubine, and her appearance was beautiful, when Bai Jinlu asked to marry, the matchmaker felt that he had lost a lot, and now it is actually the female family who does not agree, which is not unusual, if the female family agrees, she will not be able to show her ability, and asked Shanbao: "The old woman I am stupid, and I also ask the grandmother to make it clear, it is said that the ancestral Bai family is really a good person, why don't you agree?" ”
Shanbao said this because he wanted to get away with it, and he couldn't show the importance of his daughter if he agreed easily, and he ate tea carelessly, and he waited for the matchmaker in a hurry, and she said slowly: "Bai Jinlu is older." ”
For this, the matchmaker had a bottom in her heart, the old hen giggled, and looked at Shanbao with a seductive look: "Grandma's words are bad, Master Bai is only twenty-three or four, and the fifth lady is only ** years old, as the old saying goes, the big one knows the pain and heat, and says something that shouldn't be said, the grandfather is more than ** years old, you are not now glorious and rich, so that how many ladies in Lei Gongzhen are envious and jealous, in order to marry the fifth lady, the white master forcibly retired the family affairs that were set before, I heard that the girl couldn't stand the blow, and found a crooked neck tree and hanged herself, Master Bai is so attentive to our ancestral family, God doesn't want to live up to it, grandma, can you break up a pair of good mandarin ducks. ”
I heard that there was a dead person, Shanbaoliang started from his heart, this Bai Jinlu, do things by unscrupulous means, and Jing Hao followed him without knowing whether it was a curse or a blessing, after all, it was not his own daughter, and he still needed to listen to Aunt Hao's opinion, so he said to the matchmaker: "Let me think about this matter carefully." ”
didn't give the matchmaker a chance to be verbose, called someone to send off the guests, and went out of the hall first and went straight to Aunt Hao's room.
Aunt Hao's yard is not very big, but it is exquisite, although the flowers and trees are withered, because of the dense planting, they are lined up along the corridor, so it is also good-looking, Shanbao thinks that if the spring flowers bloom, there must be flowers here, in the end, there are two daughters, and the mind of arranging the courtyard is also so delicate.
When Shanbao went in with the little girl at the second gate, Aunt Hao was fiddling with a clay bowl on the kang, and when she saw Shanbao coming, she hurriedly got off the kang, bent her knees to greet Shanbao, and raised her two hands full of dirt and scolded the little girl: "Why don't you inform me when grandma comes." ”
Shanbao went over to look at the bowl and said, "I didn't let them come in to report to you, it's troublesome." He asked, "What are you doing?" ”
Aunt Hao had already instructed the girl to fetch water and clean her hands, and said, "It's okay to be idle, see that the sky is getting warmer, plant a few garlic heads, and then the garlic seedlings will grow neatly, and fry the meat to eat." ”
Shanbao praised: "It's rare for you to have such a wonderful idea, don't leave me behind when the time comes." ”
Aunt Hao smiled: "The first stubble will be given to the grandmother to try." ”
Saying that, he invited Shanbao to sit on the kang, the girl looked at the tea, and then asked: "Isn't it idle for me to come to grandma?" ”
Shanbao nodded: "Bai Jinlu, it's the big boss of the fishing gang, he asked to marry Jing Hao, no matter how you say that Jing Hao was born and raised by you, let me ask you what you think." ”
Aunt Hao was full of joy when she arrived: "Of course I agree." ”
This, Shanbao is really a bit of a surprise. (To be continued.) )