Chapter 44: The Village Chief's Visit
After thinking about it for a while, Wen Xin simply didn't want to think about it, and in the afternoon, he went to the mountain to chop firewood to tidy up the ground, and the vegetables from the previous harvest were not rotten at all, they were still so fresh.
After discovering this situation, Wen Xin was crazy with happiness, this is more than a refrigerator cow, and there is no need to worry about wasting it in the future, the only thing that I feel dissatisfied with is that the space is too small.
Those vegetables were stacked together to occupy a piece of land, but he couldn't eat much by himself, so Wen Xin decided to grow something precious and valuable in the space.
Wen Xin likes the roses in the corner very much, but he can't plant roses all over the space, planning to plant some medicinal herbs, but he doesn't have the money to buy seeds.
"It seems that we have to sell a batch of vegetables so that we can have money to buy medicinal seeds, but how do you explain the winter evergreens?" Wen Xin was thinking in his heart how to explain the source of the space dish, but someone from the family came.
In the end, Wen Xin decided to reclaim a vacant land on the mountain, and then take out the soil in the space to grow vegetables, saying that her vegetables were found in the mountains, and no one would be suspicious at that time.
Carrying a small bundle of firewood home, most of the firewood was put into the space by her, in the deep mountains for a long time Wenxin found that no matter what kind of animal will not be afraid of her, it seems that she still likes her very much, once into the mountain to chop firewood Wenxin met a little tiger, at that time the frightened feet were soft, but the little tiger ran to rub her feet, just like those modern pet cats.
It was also after that incident that Wen Xin discovered that almost all animals were not afraid of her and would not hurt her.
After returning home, he saw the former village chief Lu Fu and his grandfather chatting in the courtyard, Wen Xin greeted him very politely, and then went to the firewood room with firewood on his back.
"Brother Wen, we used to be from a village, you know who my family is, and Lu Qing also grew up with you, what do you think of what I said just now?" The more Lu Fu finished speaking, the more he looked at Wen Xin, the more satisfied he felt, he was so sensible at a young age, it was really good for such a person to be a granddaughter-in-law.
Wen Desheng has always admired the scholar in his heart, he knows that Lu Qing will end next year, as long as it passes, it will be a show, their ancestors have been mud legs for eight generations, and they have never produced a showman, and there is no family of scholars who are related to the deceased, Wen Xin can marry Lu Qing, that is really blessed by the ancestors.
It's just a pity that Huaifu is married, otherwise he really wants to marry Huaifu to Lu Qing, how can Shang Qing, a hunter, compare with Xiucai.
"Village chief, you also know the situation of my family, what do you think of this dowry?" Although Wen Desheng was satisfied with the Lu family, he still did not give up the idea of collecting money, but he didn't dare to take the bridge too much, he was afraid that the village chief would turn around and leave.
The village chief knew Wen Desheng very well, and took out a tael of silver and handed it to Wen Desheng while speaking, thinking that Wen Xin was very good, and he would be able to honor his in-laws and treat Lu Qing well in the future, and the two silver were worth it.
Wen Desheng took the silver, and he was not very satisfied, you must know that Shang Qing is just a hunter, and he gave five taels when he made a marriage, and the dowry was even more admitted.
Although he disagreed, Wen Desheng still saw that Lu Qing was a scholar and agreed to the marriage, Wen Desheng accepted the money, called Zhang Hong and asked her to change the name post, and the two parties also made a contract.
Zhang Hong heard Wen Qingfu talk in his dreams at night, saying that he was going to sell Wen Xin and get a lot of silver. When Wen Desheng asked her to change the name post, she still didn't want to change it, but seeing that Wen Desheng's face was getting worse and worse, she had to change it, thinking that she would discuss what to do when Wen Qingfu came back.
Wen Xin has never liked to talk to her family, and in her heart, except for Wen Le, she has not really recognized these family members, especially Zhang Hong and Wen Qingfu.
Wen Xin didn't know that in ancient times, the elders of the family had the final say on marrying their daughters, and some girls didn't even know until the day before they got married.
No one went out of their way to tell Wen Xin, and Wen Xin didn't know that he had been promised.
Lu Fu's face was a little wrong when he went home, because Wen Desheng asked him to add another two taels of silver as a dowry, and also told him about Wen Huaifu's family affairs.
"What's the matter, don't the Wen family agree, they are really good at taking the bridge, and I don't want to think that our Qing'er is willing to marry Wen Xin, it is their ancestors who have cultivated their blessings, it is difficult to refuse." Yang Hong saw Lu Fu's ugly face, felt that the proposal was not smooth, and there was still a hint of joy in her heart, according to her, that Wenxin was not worthy of being Qing'er's daughter-in-law at all, and it was almost the same to take a concubine.
Knowing that Lu Fu hated those big families taking concubines, Yang Hong never dared to say it even if he had this thought in his heart.
Lu Fu sat down with a tired face and told Yang Hong about Wen Huaifu, and after listening to it, Yang Hong's whole body jumped up.
"I'm dripping the sky, fifteen taels of silver dowry, five taels of silver to marry, what kind of shit luck did this Wen Huaifu take, it won't be Wen Desheng who deliberately said a big word to frame you, just want us to give us more silver." Yang Hong didn't believe what Lu Fu said at all, thinking that Wen Desheng must be lying.
I really don't know why Qing'er fell in love with that thin and ugly Wenxin, and if she became an official in the future, she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to marry a daughter-in-law, I really don't understand.
"Alas" Lu Fu sighed before continuing: "I promised a dowry of two taels of silver, and also exchanged a name post, this family affair is settled, but where can I borrow two taels of silver, fortunately, Wenxin and Qing'er are still young, and they can only get married two years later." ”
Lu Fu was anxious about the two taels of silver, you must know that he has no way to make money now, a few days ago, his son went to the city to look for a job, and was beaten by other people looking for a job, it is estimated that he will have to lie down for half a month, Qing'er has no money to buy the books he wants to read, and he sees that he will end next year, what can he do if he has no money.
After careful calculation, Lu Fu found that there were too many places to use money, and he only gave birth to one son, Lu Kai, and his son only gave birth to one child, Lu Qing, and the labor force in the family was very small, even if there were only a few of them who could work in the field in the spring, and the harvest of the wasteland must not be as good as before.
Hearing that Lu Fu had accepted the dowry of two taels of silver, Yang Hong immediately began to scold, not that Wen Xin was not worth the price, she would be able to afford her if she gave her a tael of silver, according to her, Wen Xin wanted to marry them Qing'er, and she had to give them money.
"Milk, don't worry, I will be angry, I will definitely be admitted to Xiucai next year, and I will definitely let you live a good life then, don't blame Wen Xin, she is actually very good." Lu Qing heard her scolding Wen Xin from a distance, and hurriedly walked in, anxious to know whether this family business was successful or not.
Since Wen Xin separated from him, he didn't know what was wrong, he always remembered Wen Xin's eyes that seemed to be smiling, and even saw her in his dreams, as soon as he closed his eyes, she smiled lightly, thinking that it would be nice if he could see her every day, this thought was like a rooted weed rushing in his heart, and it happened that his grandmother was showing him people, so he said that he only wanted to marry Wen Xin.
Lu Qing knew that his grandfather had no opinion on Wen Xin, but his grandmother didn't like Wen Xin very much, and his father and mother listened to him in everything, as long as he liked it, they would definitely like it.
"You just say good things to her, do you know that their family still needs a dowry of two taels of silver, you don't know the situation of our family, Qing'er is not grandma talking about you, let's not talk about Wenxin, there are more girls than her, grandma must find you a favorite." Yang Hong persuaded Lu Qing, because those girls all wanted to marry Lu Qing, and they revealed their meaning in and out of their words, and they would use money to support Lu Qing's study.