Chapter 668: A Good or a Bad Thing
"That's not what it means." Zhang nodded with a sigh.
"How is this possible? My brother Erlang agreed?" Lian Man'er is unbelievably authentic. A penny a month, what is the concept of the Zhuang family in the 30-mile camp? You must know that most of the Zhuang families are tired and frugal all year round, and it is a very good year to earn five or six taels of silver.
It is impossible to ask Erlang to take out this amount of money every month after supporting a large family. Who is Jiro and what can he do? Erlang has no long skills, only one strength. Even if he didn't eat or wear, and worked all the time, he wouldn't be able to earn this money for a month.
Because in this place, labor is not valuable. And even if you have the labour, you won't necessarily be able to sell it because there are fewer jobs.
Erlang can only dig in the soil, and at most do odd jobs, where will he go to earn that penny?
It's not a question of being burdensome at all, it's impossible.
"He promised to give it, but there weren't so many, and he asked if he could use something else to replace it, give food, firewood, or something." Gorou said.
The two lions in charge opened their mouths, but they were still unwilling. It was the old man who agreed in front of them, and they had this problem. Zhang said, "The second master said, saying that Erlang is willing to give his life to those two surnames, so he has to give them his life." They can't give birth to this son for nothing, and how many can they earn back is a few. ”
That can't be so big, killing chickens and taking eggs, isn't this forcing Erlang to die, I believe the Luo family will not agree.
"They want the old Luo family to say that they don't agree, and stir up this matter?" Lian Man'er thought about it and said.
"It should mean the same thing." Gorou nodded.
"So what's going on now?" Lian Man'er asked.
Erlang went to Luojia Village and said that he wanted to discuss with Luo. I also begged your father and your third uncle, let me talk about it, let the two heads of the family have less points, and said that at least let him live. Although the old man agreed, the two heads of the family asked for money, and he couldn't stop him too much. He also said that he wanted too much. Zhang sighed again, "It means that every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and who has nothing to do?" But over there in the old house, this one out of the scene is really rare. ”
Lian Man'er wanted to say that this was inevitable, but in the end she couldn't help but say nothing. The style and atmosphere of a home is largely determined by the family. Don't talk about others, just look at Zhou's ability to toss and make trouble, and it is unlikely that that family will stop.
Zhou is a person who lives in battle, and although she is not involved in this matter, her influence is everywhere. Although the others in the old mansion were more honest than the Zhou family, they were all making a fuss in their own way. There are those who are noisy to leave, and there are those who want to get more benefits.
Thinking of this, Lian Man'er coughed dryly twice, maybe her idea was a little biased. But there is no way, she is not a fairy, and she is not able to be absolutely objective all the time. She hates the Zhou family, so she doesn't like the people and things related to the Zhou family more or less.
"If it weren't for this, the daughter-in-law wouldn't be so hard to find, and Erlang wouldn't have to look for that Luo." Even keep your word.
"It's going to be a tough thing to do when Shiro and Rokuro come to the future." Lian Shouli said to Lian Shouxin in a sullen voice, "Big brother also told me something today. ”
"What did you say, that's when he pulled you away?" Lian Shouxin involuntarily lowered his voice and asked.
"I said I wanted to continue the string." Lian Shouli hesitated for a moment, but finally said, and lowered his voice like Lian Shouxin. "Let me ask if there are any young widows or something."
Lian Shouxin's face was complicated, and he was speechless for a long time.
"I didn't promise him." Lian Shouli hurriedly whispered, "Where did I know a widow or something?" ”
The brothers Lian Shouxin and Lian Shouli sat on the side and muttered quietly, but the others in the room didn't pay attention, just thinking that the two of them were discussing the matter of opening the coffin for Old Man Lian. Lian Zhi'er, Lian Man'er, and Lian Ye'er got up one step earlier and went to the Westinghouse.
In the next two days, Lianjia's old house was extremely lively. It is generally said that marriages are made by inviting matchmakers back and forth, but Erlang and Luo, the two personal marriages, did not have a labor matchmaker, but they moved people.
Erlang and Luo seem to have discussed, it turned out that Luo's conditions remained unchanged, and he also promised to support Lian Shouyi and He every month, but he couldn't get out of the money, so he asked Lian Shouyi and He to lower the conditions.
“…… said that after two years, her younger brother got married, and if the two heads of the family were willing, they would live with them. They don't want anything, they still feed the elderly. After Lian Shouxin went home, he relayed Luo's words conveyed by the Luo family, "It was her father and mother who raised her, but she really couldn't give up her mind and left the family alone." ”
"Dad, how old is her brother?" Lian Man'er asked.
"Fifteen," Lian Shouxin said, "said that he could work in the field, but he was still too young to be a laborer." After two years and seventeen, it will be almost the same as marrying a daughter-in-law. ”
"The conditions of the old Luo family are not easy to find a daughter-in-law. It's just that if you find it, if a girl is willing, how can his family have the money to marry?" Zhang said.
"Don't you just point to Erlang to help and save the money for marrying a daughter-in-law in the past two years?" Even Shou Xin said, "The people of Luojia Village say that Luo is capable, but no matter how capable a woman is, it is limited." ”
Many people think that with the conditions put forward by the Luo family, it is very uneconomical for Erlang to marry Luo, and it is simply a fool. Even Shouxin, standing on the position of Lian's family, did not approve of this matter.
However, Erlang was iron-hearted and unexpectedly resolute this time.
"Did the two leaders promise to ask for less money?" Zhang asked again.
The big guy said, a little relieved. Even keep the word.
After two days and one night of mediation and peace, the matter between Erlang and Luo was finally settled. In this era, being a person to make peace with others is also a kind of physical work, especially paying attention to working overtime, day and night.
“…… When Luo Xiaoying married his daughter-in-law, Erlang and Luo left the Luo family. The Luo family doesn't have to give them anything, and they can't let them go into debt. "Lian Shouxin came back to tell everyone the final result.
Among the people who came was Wu Yuchang, he was a person from the old Lian family, and when he talked about peace, he paid great attention to the interests of the Lian family, that is, Erlang.
Before he left the Luo family, he gave his father and mother 100 catties of sorghum rice every month, and 500 bundles of firewood in winter. I also have to add two sets of clothes a year, one of which must be cotton. After they left the Luo family, they continued to give according to this, and if there was an illness or something, they would have to pay for it. If the two sons of the second head of the family live with them in the future, and they give the pension to the end, then these things will be exempted. ”
"No matter what, when the two of them are old, they will have a big head for sending this matter."
"It's a lot of burden." Hearing this final result, Zhang couldn't help but sigh lightly.
In terms of the living conditions of the ordinary Zhuang family in the thirty-mile camp, Erlang's support for Lian Shouyi and the He family is quite good. If there is no additional expense, with this dedication, Lian Shouyi and He can almost not have to work. It is precisely because of this that Lian Shouyi and He nodded in the end.
Whether it is the Luo family, or even the old house, in the final analysis, it is Erlang and Luo who suffer from the losses.
Erlang and Luo Chengqin didn't have any ceremony, naturally they didn't hold banquets, and they didn't even pick and choose the days, but the people here said that they were okay, and Luo came to the thirty-mile camp, even if there was no ceremony, kowtowing to the elders could not be saved.
The distance between Thirty Miles of Yingzi and Luojia Village is about fifteen or sixteen miles, and Luo came by himself. As soon as she entered the entrance of the village of Thirty Miles, she was watched.
"Sister Man'er, will you go and take a look?" Lian Ye'er came to Lian Man'er and wanted to ask her to go and have a look.
If it was half a year ago, Lian Man'er would definitely run out with Lian Ye'er in her shoes immediately, and she would have pulled Xiao Qi. But now, perhaps because of her age, Lian Man'er is no longer as enthusiastic about this kind of excitement as before.
Especially in this matter, and there is no Xiao Qi, who loves to join in the fun, even Man'er is not interested at all.
"No, I'm not energetic today." Lian Man'er said, "Ye'er, go by yourself, come back and tell me what you see." ”
"That'll do fine." Lian Ye'er agreed and ran away.
Soon, Lian Ye'er ran back.
Seeing Lian Ye'er's face flushed and her eyes shining, Lian Man'er hurriedly poured a cup of sour plum soup and handed it to her.
"Ye'er, tell me, what are you looking at?" Lian Man'er asked Lian Ye'er. Just because she's too lazy to go out on a hot day doesn't mean she's not happy to sit at home and listen. "Naluo, what does it look like?"
"It's quite dark, and it's not good-looking, it's quite tall. I saw her hands, and she was supposed to be quite capable of working. Her brother came with her. Lian Ye'er drank the sour plum soup very boldly, wiped her mouth, and then said to Lian Man'er.
"Uh-huh." Lian Man'er nodded, and poured Lian Ye'er another cup of sour plum soup.
This time, Lian Ye'er drank a little slower.
"I went to the old house with me to see her kowtow to our grandfather and grandmother. Our master said that she and Erlang should live a good life, and didn't say anything else. Lian Ye'er continued.
"Then what did our grandma say?" Lian Man'er asked.
"I didn't say anything, I don't seem to think much of Luo." Lian Ye'er said.
There are a few people who can be seen by the Zhou family, and if she can see Luo, it will be strange.
"It's okay to kowtow to our grandfather and grandmother, but when I kowtow to Ya'er and her father, no one gave her a good face." Lian Ye'er took a sip of sour plum soup and continued, "What Ya'er and her father said was so ugly that Luo Xiaoying cried. (To be continued)
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