Mrs. Hao looked at the nervous appearance of the Zhou family brothers and sisters, and she was a little teasing.

She put down the water bowl and coughed: "What about the big happy event, the big happy event." ”

Zhou Hongwen and Zhou Xiaoniang were even more confused, and Zhou Xiaoniang asked with a smile: "Mother Hao, don't be in a hurry, tell me what is going on." ”

Mrs. Hao felt that she had also got the shelf, so she spit out the truth: "Someone really asked me to tell your brother to be a matchmaker." ”

"Matchmaker?" Zhou Hongwen and Zhou Xiaoniang were shocked again.

Then, Zhou Hongwen hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, in my family, my father and mother are sick like that, how can I have the heart to marry a wife." ”

"That's not right." Mrs. Hao restrained her smile and preached to Zhou Hongwen seriously: "As the saying goes, unfilial piety is great, although my old brother and sister-in-law are sick, but it will not delay your marriage, take 10,000 steps back and say, this marriage is a happy event, if you really marry a daughter-in-law, maybe the old brother and sister-in-law will be happy, and the disease will be cured, otherwise, how can the people say that they are happy." ”

"This ......" a few words, Zhou Hongwen was obviously moved.

Zhou Xiaoniang also persuaded him: "Brother, what Mother Hao said is very true, my brother is old, how can I say kiss, say something unpleasant, my father and mother are sick like that, in case one day...... In case, I didn't see my brother get married before I closed my eyes, so how can I feel at ease. ”

Zhou Xiaoniang's words made Zhou Hongwen feel mixed feelings, and after a long time, he gritted his teeth and asked Mrs. Hao: "Which family are you talking about?" ”

Mrs. Hao immediately laughed again, and said with a happy face: "This family is amazing, speaking of which, you still know each other." ”

Seeing that the brothers and sisters of the Zhou family were all thoughtful, Mrs. Hao didn't hang them: "It's the eldest girl of the Qi Lao Niu family in Qijiazhuang, ouch, it's amazing, you guys are all over the town to inquire, who doesn't know that the girl of the Qi Lao Niu family is capable, this big girl does a good job." You can hunt and farm, and you are a good hand at home and abroad, if you really enter the house, your family will wait for the day to get up. ”

"It's his house!" Zhou Xiaoniang exclaimed: "The Qi family is a well-known rich family in ten miles and eight townships. How can you fall in love with a broken household like us? ”

Zhou Shusheng couldn't figure it out, no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't imagine that someone like the Qi family would ask someone to come to the door to say goodbye.

Mrs. Hao slapped her thigh: "Or do you say it's fate, this lady Qi is a good one, but ah, the original conditions were too high." Always thinking about being able to say a capable husband, no, I didn't meet the right one until I was older, her brother came to your house a few days ago, didn't he say a lot of things to you, her brother, just look at Hongwen's nephew, said that the eldest nephew is handsome, good and sensible in reading, and the most important thing is that he is kind and upright. is a rare good person, and said that the family is not afraid of being poor, so he wants to find a family. ”

"I see." Zhou Shusheng thought that Qi Jing came to the house that day, and the two of them were really speculative when they talked, so he didn't think about it elsewhere.

It's just that Zhou Xiaoniang was more careful, and asked again: "How old is the eldest lady of the Qi family?" ”

"Twenty-three." Mrs. Hao replied bluntly: "The eldest nephew is twenty, the two of you are just the right age, and the female junior holds the gold brick." ”

Zhou Xiaoniang hesitated: "Although it is a little bigger, it also makes it." ”

Zhou Shusheng laughed at himself: "What else can we pick like our family, let's be bigger if it's bigger." After all, I'm only three years older, and since people have taken a fancy to me, I don't dislike the poor family, so I have to shirk it. It's really not good. ”

Zhou Xiaoniang disagreed: "How to say that this is a major event in a lifetime, I have to inquire clearly." ”

She pulled Mrs. Hao and asked, "What is the temper of this eldest lady of the Qi family?" How does it look? I've heard that the Qi family is not very good, but don't be a dominatrix. ”

"That's what I said." Hao Pozi's face was not good-looking, and her face was not old: "What kind of person I am, you still can't believe it, if it's not good, I can say it and harm you." The Qi family is a kind family, just ask for a kind person who can hurt the girl as a son-in-law, and choose to think that your brother is good, and he will not be wronged in the future, so he called me to come to the door to say kiss, I want to say, there are not many such good people, what are you waiting for if you don't catch it quickly, and people will regret it in the future. ”

Speaking of this, Mrs. Hao's face stretched longer: "The Qi family has money, and everyone has said that for the good of other girls, give a lot of dowry when you enter the door, with the dowry of Mrs. Qi, your father and mother also have medicine money for medical treatment, and you still push back such a good thing, I see, it's really a bit unbelievable." ”

Zhou Hongwen saw that Mrs. Hao was angry, and hurriedly smiled and gave the gift: "Mother Hao, don't blame, it's really my sister-in-law who is young and speaks without intention, I will compensate you on her behalf." ”

He said while making a fuss: "Speaking of which, the Qi family is still kind to us, not to mention anything else, just for this point, I can't refute the face of others, so ......"

Zhou Hongwen was dragged by Zhou Xiaoniang before he finished speaking, Zhou Xiaoniang stepped forward to apologize to Hao Pozi, and said with a smile: "It's really that I'm not sensible, don't blame you for annoying, so let's do it, this matter is not a trivial matter, although it is said that my parents are sick, but everyone is here, how do you have to discuss it, when we discuss it with my parents, we will immediately call my brother to give you an answer, do you see it?" ”

Mrs. Hao smiled when she heard this: "This is a decent word, the marriage is a major event, the parents' order is the matchmaker's words, this is the right thing, you discuss, I will go first, and if it doesn't work out in a few days, you will give me a letter." ”

When the brothers and sisters of the Zhou family heard this, they hurriedly chattered with Mrs. Hao for a while, until they sent Mrs. Hao out of the house and came back, Zhou Hongwen said to Mrs. Zhou with a straight face: "People are also kind-hearted, why did you push it?" ”

Zhou Xiaoniang pouted: "Then Mrs. Hao, who doesn't know, just rely on a clever mouth to live, what she says can be a few accurate, the Qi family is rich, but we don't know what the eldest lady of the Qi family is like, we have to inquire about it, there is no appearance and temperament should be married without asking, our family is already messy enough, if you get a stirring spirit, this day will not pass." ”

Zhou Hongwen couldn't say anything about Zhou Xiaoniang, and he also felt that what Zhou Xiaoniang said made some sense, so he didn't say anything anymore, sighed a few times and went into the house to talk to his father.

This week, the old man and the old lady have been sick for some time, lying in bed all day long, watching their children take everything that can be done at home, and their lives are not as good as day by day. I was also worried in my heart, I just felt that I was tired of my children, and this son wanted to die.

The old lady of the Zhou family thought about the eldest daughter again, although she was back. But in the end, he was abducted, and he went to such an unsightly place, and in the future, I am afraid that he will have to smash the family for the rest of his life, and the eldest son is twenty years old, and he has not even asked for a daughter-in-law because the family is poor. It's very unpleasant.

The old couple was lying down muttering whether they had died earlier, so as not to affect their children again, at this time, Zhou Hongwen entered the door and told the old couple about Mrs. Hao's matchmaking.

Mrs. Zhou was immediately happy when she heard it, although she couldn't get up from her illness, she still had the strength to speak, and she immediately said: "People are also kind-hearted, and our family doesn't ask for anything like this, just ask you for a daughter-in-law who knows cold and hot." You and your sister-in-law have a good inquiry, we don't ask for anything about the appearance, just ask the girl to have a good temperament and be a proper person. ”

"Ugh." Zhou Hongwen agreed, and then listened to Old Man Zhou: "Our family is in trouble like this, people don't dislike it and are willing to marry the girl, this is the kindness of people, in the future, the eldest lady of the Qi family will really enter the door, as long as she lives a good life with you." You can't treat people lightly, no matter what happens in the future, you have to be good, don't let people point at the backbone and scold. ”

Zhou Hongwen agreed again. told the second elder of the Zhou family that as long as the eldest lady of the Qi family is good, he doesn't want to grow up to be good, just an ordinary person, and he will live a good life in the future.

Old man Zhou is also afraid that Zhou Hongwen will think that he looks good, in case he dislikes others if he asks for a daughter-in-law who doesn't look good, so he will be vaccinated. Now that I saw that my son had made a promise, I was relieved.

Afterwards, the old couple only said that they were tired, so they closed their eyes and rested.

Zhou Hongwen went out to discuss with Zhou Xiaoniang and went out to inquire.

Now Mrs. Zhou washes clothes every day, cleans the house, and has to serve the old couple, and do needlework to subsidize the family, Zhou Xiaoniang also helps her sister to do work, Zhou Hongwen knows some herbs, often goes up the mountain to pick medicines to sell to maintain the family, and from time to time she has to go out to help people write letters and copy books or something.

Speaking of which, these three people don't have much free time, the brother and sister discussed for a while and decided to take some time out tomorrow, leaving Mrs. Zhou at home to take care of the second elder, Zhou Hongwen and Mrs. Zhou went to Qijiazhuang to investigate.

Early the next morning, the brother and sister got up, and deliberately looked for clean clothes without patches to change into, although the clothes were very old, and the washed clothes were white, but there were no patches, and they were the best clothes in the house.

After packing up, the brother and sister went directly to Qijiazhuang.

This Chengxi Village is not close to Qijiazhuang, get up early in the morning, and only two people arrive in the middle of the morning, when they arrive at the entrance of the village, Zhou Xiaoniang said that she is thirsty and wants to ask for water to drink, looking at someone doing work in the field, a little lady came to deliver water, and Zhou Xiaoniang went up to talk.

She walked over a few steps to stop the little lady and smiled: "Sister, I'm very thirsty, can I beg for water?" ”

The little lady was a kind person, she laughed when she heard it, and poured a bowl of water for Zhou Xiaoniang with a clay pot, and Zhou Xiaoniang asked while drinking: "Your village is living a good life, it looks brighter than our village, and this road is easy to walk." ”

The little lady is a joy again: "Isn't it, our Qijiazhuang in ten miles and eight townships can be regarded as a good life, speaking of which, I have to thank the old Uncle Niu's family, since his family has made a day, he has wrapped a mountain, which is full of peach blossoms and pear blossoms, and bought a lot of fields, but does not grow food, specializes in planting flowers and cultivating what bonsai, and makes our village full of scenery, good-looking tight, there are many people who come to play, come and go, and our village will be made." ”

Zhou Xiaoniang made a surprised look: "So, your village and his family have the best life?" ”

"Hmm." The little lady nodded: "Yes, Uncle Niu's family is the richest, but his family is very good, and whoever has disasters and difficulties in the village is willing to help, Uncle Niu is a kind person, that is, Aunt Niu and the seven ladies of his family are more powerful." ”

This time, Zhou Xiaoniang didn't have to pretend to be anything, she was directly surprised: "Awesome? What's a great way? ”

The little lady snorted and laughed again: "Speaking of which, even if you are a little quick-tempered, you are not a loser, others are also easy to discuss, not only do you work neatly, but also speak well, that is, if others dare to bully his family, his girl can come to the door to toss with you, in fact, this is not a problem." ”

"yes, it's not bad to be a person like that." Zhou Xiaoniangzi nodded, and said in her heart that her family lacks such a person, if it is really like what the little lady said, the Qi family lady entered the door, but she can set up a household for her own family.

She pretended to yearn again: "I see that the people in your village not only live a good life, but also look good, sister, you are so beautiful, I want to have half of my sister, I can't be happy." ”

was praised by her like this, although the little lady was ashamed, she was still very happy: "Yes, the people in our village have also passed by." ”

At this point, she heard someone call her, and the little lady hurriedly agreed and left.

Zhou Xiaoniang had a bottom in her heart, and told Zhou Hongwen in the past, Zhou Hongwen also felt that although the Qi family lady was powerful, as long as she didn't bully her own family, it was not a problem.

The brother and sister inquired all the way, and finally found the land of the Qi family.

Looking at a large sea of flowers from a distance, several people were busy working in the fields.

Zhou Xiaoniang went over to look again, and just as an old farmer passed by, Zhou Xiaoniang hurriedly asked: "Uncle, which one is the eldest lady of the Qi family in this field?" ”

The old farmer glanced at Zhou Xiaoniang, and didn't ask anything, so he pointed to the piece in the middle of the peony field and said, "You are asking about the golden branch, no, where is it." (To be continued.) )