Chen's words were unintentional, she was just too surprised, after all, Lian Tanzi walked two thousand miles with sauerkraut, which was not ordinarily difficult, but it happened that Zeng Hua asked her if she would pickle sauerkraut.

In fact, even if Chen didn't squeak, Zeng Rong would also ask, why did he go to such great lengths to bring a jar of sauerkraut, this thing is no better than those dried vegetables, it is heavy and occupies space, and there are carriages and boats on the road, and it will be broken if you are not careful.

Therefore, after listening to Chen's words, Zeng Rong realized that Zeng Hua wanted to eat it, and only then did he know how much Ouyang Si loved Zeng Hua.

It's just that his love is only about family affection, not love.

In the final analysis, the age gap between the two is too big, and I have not been born.

Seeing that Zeng Hua was uncomfortable again, Zeng Rong hurriedly smiled and said: "Don't talk about Ah Hua, I want to eat it too, I haven't eaten this thing for several years, but there is sauerkraut here, but it is not a thing." It's a pity that there are no loaches, so it's better to use fish instead at night and cook a sauerkraut fish soup. ”

"Eldest sister, it was originally a sauerkraut fish that was delicious, but we would be poor, and there would be no fish, so we could only take stock of loaches from the small river ditch to match." Zeng Hua corrected.

Zeng Rong was a little embarrassed when she heard it, she really didn't know, and she had the impression that she had eaten sauerkraut loach soup a few times when she lived with Granny Liu in the academy, and after the Xu family entered Beijing in the previous life, she had never seen this dish again.

"Okay, make a big pot tonight, let you eat enough, and call our Ah Nian and his father back later, and let's try this hometown food together." Chan happily put these things away.

At this time, Ah Chun and the others also sorted out the room, Ouyang Si led them to a lunch break, and Zeng Rong helped Chen send these dry goods to the stove room.

When she came out of the stove room and was about to go to the backyard, Ouyang Si stopped her, saying that her mother had something to ask her.

Zeng Rong entered the side room where Ou's mother lived and accompanied the other party to the kang, Ou's mother glanced at Ouyang Si and kicked him out.

"Girl, I won't say thank you anymore. I was looking for you to ask about the Qian family's family affairs, and Ah Si mentioned it to me at home, saying that the other party meant this. But I wondered, with such good conditions for other women, will they not look down on us countrymen? To tell you the truth, I didn't want to come this time, for fear that we wouldn't be able to help the child but would ruin the child's good deeds, but the child didn't say anything, he just wanted to take us to see the sincerity of the other party, if he couldn't accept us, he wouldn't want such a girl even if he had more money. For this reason, he also insisted on bringing his grandparents with him, saying that the two old men were so old that if they didn't come to see the world again, their legs and feet would be unfavorable in the future, and he had no chance to do his filial piety. Ou Mu took Zeng Rong's hand and said.

"Auntie, rest assured, the Qian family is not such a family, we have never concealed our origins, Ah Qian is also a good girl, simple-hearted, kind, and very easy to get along with. Besides, take a step back, even if the Qian family doesn't look down on my second brother, with my second brother's conditions, there are girls from good families in the capital who want to marry him. Zeng Rong didn't dare to say too much.

Because she didn't know if Mrs. Qian had come into contact with the real poor, after all, Zeng Rong and Ouyang Si she saw had already gotten rid of the shackles of the poor, and Zeng Rong's family didn't need to say that even the clothes on Ouyang Si's body were not silk but fine cotton or fine linen, at least they were seven or eight percent new.

And the most critical point is that they are all young, and Ouyang Si has been studying, so it is easy to wash away the imprint of the countryman.

But although the clothes on Ou Mu and the two old men are also newly made of fine linen, their bodies have a deep imprint of the Zhuang family, especially the grandfather, who looks like he has been working in the field all the year round, his body is a little rickety, his complexion is dark and thick, and the bone joints on his hands are obviously deformed, and his grandmother is slightly better, not so black, but the hands are also perennial hands, not only rough, but also deep cracks.

Relatively speaking, Ou Mu is slightly stronger, maybe because she is younger, or because her body is not very good, and there is another reason, Zeng Rong heard Ouyang Si say that his mother can embroider, and the silver money earned by embroidery must be more than doing farming in the field, and the embroiderer's hands can't be rough. Therefore, Ou Mu's hands are relatively soft, and the marks on her body are not so obvious.

Therefore, Zeng Rongzhen didn't dare to guarantee whether the Qian family could accept these three elders, the language barrier was one thing, but the difficulty was that some living customs would definitely be very different, and there would be a lot of stumbling when living together.

And the reason why Zeng Rong's family accepted them so easily was because they had just washed the mud legs on their bodies, and their life before was only worse than that of the Ouyang family.

But the Qian family is different, the Qian family is a big family in the south of the Yangtze River that has been passed down from generation to generation, and some things must have cognitive biases, and the goodness in their bones alone may not be able to reverse it.

"So, what do we need to do? I sold a few acres of land in my hometown without telling Ah Si, and I only scraped together less than fifty taels of silver. After Ou Mu finished speaking, she lowered her head in shame.

"Auntie, don't worry about the dowry, and we, we all said that we are a family, and we will definitely reach out. In this way, you and your grandparents will rest for two days, and then the Dragon Boat Festival will be over, and after the Dragon Boat Festival, we will be the east and invite the Qian family to meet, what do you think? Zeng Rong pondered for a moment and said.

Tomorrow, she needs to go to Xu's house and Qianfu first, first, to give New Year's gifts, and secondly, to discuss this matter with Mrs. Xu.

When Ou Mu heard that Zeng Rong was going to give out the money again, her face suddenly turned red again, and she wanted to stop talking, Zeng Rong had to comfort again: "Auntie, don't worry, the second brother has also helped us a lot, and the family is like this, helping each other in difficulties." ”

"It's hard for you, my aunt won't say anything, good boy, your blessings are still to come." Ou Mu's tears fell, and she quickly wiped them away with a smile again.

Subsequently, Ou Mu asked about the marriage customs here, and Zeng Rong also asked about the rules of his hometown, and the two chatted for about half an hour, and Zeng Rong came out.

The next day, Zeng Rong took Ah Chun to the Xu family to send a gift to the house, Ouyang Si took the three elders to the new house for a turn, Chen and Zeng Hua accompanied, added a few bedding and other things, and also bought two new clothes for the three elders, which Zeng Rong had instructed Chen.

After coming out of the Xu family, Zeng Rong went to the Qian Mansion and informed Ou Mu of her worries, and also described their current situation, focusing on the dowry.

Mrs. Qian didn't agree to anything immediately, and asked Zeng Rong to give her two days, and she needed to agree with her husband and children.