It's finally winter! Chen Jia is now going out to appreciate the wind and frost sword in the mountains!

Chen Jia is still eating at the old house at noon, but Chen Jia is not afraid that his grandfather will go crazy, he has light skills, as long as he notices that Old Man Cheng's face is wrong, just slip away!

In addition to eating during the day, Chen Jia goes to the stone house to study. The spirit of Xueba is fully carried forward.

Cheng Shi is finally getting married! It is set on the sixth day of the lunar month. Early in the morning, the Qin family came to the door and asked Cheng Dazhuang to go to the old mansion after dinner to discuss how to handle Cheng Shi's family affairs.

Chen and Cheng Dazhuang are both honest people, and after collecting the stall, they discussed together how much money they would take to get Cheng Shi to get married.

Although the new tofu is delicious, not everyone in the mountains is willing to eat it, especially in winter, many families bring their own beans to process tofu, and if it is processed and raised in water, it will not be bad! So Chen Jia's home is like a workshop, the wheel and axle are turning, and they are busy from morning to night every day. It's just that the processing fee of the villagers is not money, but the raw material soybeans!

Qin and Cheng Dazhuang sat on the edge of the bed, counted all the money in the money box, and recently cooperated with the Lu family restaurant, and still saved thirty taels of silver, and there are still ten taels of the Lu family's fixed money. That's a lot of money in the mountains.

"His father, if Cheng Shi gets married and costs ten taels of silver, he wants us to pay five taels."

"Where do you want so much, a table of banquets is only 50 to 80 yuan, and the top of the sky costs 100 yuan. Holding a table in your own home, not going to a restaurant. I calculated, opening twenty tables, it's only two taels of silver! Cheng Dazhuang smiled at the corner of his mouth and put his arm around Chen's shoulder. At the beginning of spring, we will hoop up the yard, and then build two wings in the backyard for us Cheng Hu and Cheng Dong to live in, and their original one will be given to Chen Jia! ”

In this era, one tael of silver was equal to one thousand wen. Silver is very expensive! If it weren't for cooperating with Lujia Restaurant and selling tofu in the mountains, where would he be able to save so much money.

"Yes, I'm looking, if we continue to do this, we can buy a few acres of paddy fields next year." Chen leaned on Cheng Dazhuang with a gentle smile on his face.

"I can't believe it, our family is going to live this day." Cheng Dazhuang patted Chen's shoulder, got up and poured a cup of tea.

The tea was still a little hot, and Cheng Dazhuang sat back on the edge of the bed.

Chen suddenly looked at Cheng Dazhuang, "By the way, Chen Jia said that Cheng Dong and Cheng Hu are going to the academy in the spring?" This time I have to get rid of ten taels, which is a big deal! ”

"I'm really wronged by them, I went to study at such an old age, Cheng Dong is okay, Cheng Hu will be fourteen years old after the New Year, and he wants to study with a child who is several years younger than himself, I don't know if he will be awkward in his heart!" Cheng Dazhuang cleared his throat and got up to drink tea. He took a bite and said: "If only Chen Jia were a boy, cultivate it well, maybe our family will be able to produce a champion in the future!" ”

"What's wrong with the girl, your old Cheng family is patriarchal!" Chen rolled her eyes and rolled her husband's eyes.

"Alright, alright, no more! Today, I have to make tofu for a few houses in the back mountain! Cheng Hu and I will grind the beans first, and then we will do it together later. Cheng Dazhuang put the teacup on the table as if he was afraid, opened the curtain and walked out of the room.

"Hmph, I'm not wrong, I'm not happy to say patriarchy! Virtue! Chen smiled and put the money back in the cash box, locked it, and picked up the needle and thread! Alas! I've been busy lately, and I don't have time to do needlework, and Cheng Shi will get married soon, so everyone should make new clothes. ”

If only Cheng Hu were a girl, he could help make clothes!

"Phew, where do I want to go! It's all to blame for Chen Jia's dead girl! After learning embroidery for a few days, I suddenly lost interest again. I haven't seen her take a needle again for so long, and she practices kung fu all day long. "No, I must let her learn how to do needlework after eating later.

Chen Jia was reading a book on astronomy and geography, mainly the geography of Shenghe Kingdom, with a map of each state capital, as well as the geographical overview and local characteristics of each state capital. Chen Jia watched it with relish, and suddenly a sneeze came out. "Oh, buy it! I can't have a cold, right? ”

"If you can't sit and read all the time, get up and exercise!" Chen Jia jumped up and put the book with the scent of camphor wood on the bookshelf next to her. Humming and doing a belly dance. "Hehe, if this dance is danced, it is estimated that it will be burned to death!" Chen Jiabian jumped and shook his head: "Alas, I can only appreciate it myself!" ”

In the afternoon, Chen Jia was really left by Chen to learn to do needlework, Chen Jia originally wanted to find an excuse to slip away, but Chen said that the family would wear new clothes when the little uncle got married, and he couldn't be busy! Chen Jia really relented and stayed.

"Either you don't do it, or you want to make it beautiful!" Chen Jia took the red muslin cloth that made clothes for himself and stared at it for a while, "What kind of clothes is this cloth for?" ”

"Alright, that's it!" Chen Jia picked up a pen and paper and drew it!

"Mother, you help me cut this."

"I'll see, huh! What kind of gown is this? The collar is so high, and the button is in the middle! The waist is still so thin. There's another one that doesn't fit, right? Mother will change it for you. ”

"No, mother, I'm going to wear this! You just do it, or I won't do it!" Chen Jia had no choice but to play tricks for a while.

"Okay, okay, as long as you like it, you wear it anyway!" Chen thought to himself, "No one will say anything if children wear ugly spots!" ”

Chen cut his clothes and went out to make tofu.

After dinner, Cheng Dazhuang was going to the old house. Chen stepped forward to straighten his collar and put a silver ingot of five taels in Cheng Dazhuang's hand.

"Is it enough, not enough, let's add more!"

"It's not enough, what do you want, now the girl's family wants a dowry of two taels of silver! We are the boss, more out of more, five taels of five taels! Cheng Dazhuang got up and left.

When Chen Jia saw it, he also followed. "Dad, I'm going to see Grandpa!"

"Okay, Chen Jia come with me!"

Chen Jia's house is still some way away from the old house, although Chen Jia is already a kung fu kid, okay, I was wrong, it's a kung fu girl! However, in Cheng Dazhuang's eyes, she is still a little girl! Cheng Dazhuang's legs were completely healed, and he directly lifted Chen Jia up, turned it over, and put it on his back and carried it. It was the first time Chen Jia had such an experience.

In his previous life, his mother and father divorced early, and he and his younger brother grew up in a single-parent family, and his mother was afraid that she and her younger brother would suffer losses, so she refused to remarry. Chen Jia has never been carried up, or raised above his head.

Chen Jia lay on his father's back, hugging his father's neck, full of affection.

"Daddy!"

"Well, what's the matter?"

"It's okay, I'll shout! Hee-hee! ”

……

"Shhhh Don't laugh, there's a wolf ahead! ”

"Where?" Chen Jia swept around and didn't see it. I know I've been fooled. I didn't expect my father to have a lot of humor.

……

In the old mansion, the old man and the Qin family sat in the living room, and on the left hand side were the second uncle and the little Shen family, and it seemed that they were waiting for Cheng Dazhuang.

Seeing Cheng Dazhuang and Chen Jia walking into the living room, Old Man Cheng cleared his throat.

"Ahem, it's all here, let's get started!" Old Man Cheng spoke first.

Cheng Dazhuang walked to Old Man Cheng's right hand and sat down, and Chen Jia leaned beside him.

"At noon yesterday, someone from my in-laws' side came and said that they wanted a bride price of ten taels of silver! What do you guys think! Old man Cheng threw out the question.

"What, ten taels of silver, they are selling their daughters!" The second uncle couldn't help but roar.

The in-laws said that Cheng Shi would live separately when he got married, and even if he lived in the old house, he would have his own expenses. Ten taels of silver dowry, if you can't move, you will come back with you when you get married! Qin interjected on the side.

"That's pretty much it!" The second uncle muttered, and was about to say something more, when Xiao Shen touched him with the hand with the silver bracelet.

"Dad, since the bride price is just a formality, you can give it if you are willing. I don't express my opinion, I'll pay for the banquet! Cheng Dazhuang opened his mouth, "I think that two taels of silver should be enough, I will take out five taels here, and add two pieces of clothes to Cheng Shi for the rest!" ”

"What, just five taels? Don't you know how much money you're making now? Qin glared at Cheng Dazhuang and said through gritted teeth.

I took a sip when I was done.

"I'm the boss, I'll admit it if there's more, what do you mean? I don't understand! Cheng Dazhuang was stunned.

"What do you mean, even these ten taels of dowry money should be paid by you! Your father and I are both old, your father is not in good health, and the little money we have in our hands is your father's life-saving money! Now you two brothers, if you can make some money, of course it's time for you to pay! What kind of foolishness are you pretending to be! |" Qin was unceremonious.

Chen Jia listened to Qin's words, and almost laughed out of anger, oh my God, is there such an eccentric eye, the second uncle just has no income, and he also has income from farming. Don't you need to take one or two? That is what she can say! Cheng Dazhuang looked at the Qin family, as if he didn't know his mother. He turned his head to look at Old Man Cheng.

"Ahem, why don't you cushion first, go back and wait for the new daughter-in-law to pass the door, and I'll let Cheng Shi bring it back to you!" Old Man Cheng's face was a little uncomfortable. I blame myself for my bad health!

Cheng Dazhuang's face is like ashes, is there anything to return when the money goes out of his pocket? Not to mention as a dowry!

Chen Jia looked at his father sympathetically, and suddenly pulled Cheng Dazhuang with his little hand.

"Grandpa, grandma, my dad didn't bring any money, we'll come back tomorrow!"

Cheng Dazhuang let his daughter pull him and staggered along.

"Well deserved!" Xiao Shen sighed lightly in his heart. "Humph! Think you can spend the money you make or what? Next year is the dot of Cheng Zhen's exam, and the dowry of my sister-in-law's marriage, I will definitely make you vomit clean! ”