The night is getting darker.

In the past few days, Daddy Li has watched Li Chengda be busy, but he doesn't believe that the Cheng family is willing to marry Jiaojiao to his son, and Li Chengda doesn't explain much, just looking forward to marrying Jiaojiao back soon, so as to surprise his father.

Daddy Li entered the house, and saw Li Chengda counting the silver in his hand under the lamp, these days for his marriage with Jiaojiao, Li Chengda can be said to spend money like water, that day to Jiaojiao to buy hairpins spent two taels, the family spent two taels to repair the house, and it cost two taels to prepare various dowries, Li Chengda now only has four taels of silver left in his hand, although Cheng Laohan told him that day that day that he did not want the bride price, but Li Chengda thought that the bride price was absolutely to give, people raised their daughters hard, married him to be a daughter-in-law, If he doesn't pay the bride price, what will happen? Besides, Jiaojiao is such a good girl, he must not let her sisters-in-law look down on her, and the minimum bride price cannot be less than ten taels, plus when you get married, you have to hire a sedan chair, you have to invite a welcoming team, and you have to give Xie Media money and so on.

Although the life of the Li family is poor, Li Chengda has always been extremely poor and self-respecting, and he has never asked who has borrowed silver, but now in order to marry his daughter-in-law, Li Chengda is really in trouble.

Father Li slept vaguely until midnight, and then heard a sound of footsteps in the courtyard, followed by the sound of the courtyard door being closed, Father Li turned over, sighed slightly in his heart, and knew that his son had gone to the city to borrow money.

Yunzhou City.

It was noon, there was no business in the shop, Yuan Zhenqiu only stayed in front of the counter, drowsy, and couldn't help but take a nap.

Suddenly, Yuan Zhenqiu heard someone shouting about himself, he opened his eyes, and saw a tall young man with clear eyebrows walking into his shop, he was wearing a cloth coat, and there was a word engraved on his forehead, but his eyes were bright and his smile was hearty, who else was Li Chengda?

"Into three? What are you doing here? Seeing Li Chengda, Yuan Zhenqiu was surprised and delighted, so he hurriedly walked out from behind the counter and greeted Li Chengda.

"What have you been doing lately, but you haven't come to see me in a few days!" Yuan Zhenqiu was very happy.

"I've been busy lately, and I can't spare time." Li Chengda also smiled.

"Have you eaten? Let's go, there is a restaurant next to it, let's go have a few drinks. Yuan Zhenqiu said that he grabbed Li Chengda's shoulders and wanted to take him to the restaurant on the side.

Li Chengda stopped and said to Yuan Zhenqiu: "Zhenqiu, I'm going to get married." ”

When Yuan Zhenqiu heard this, he immediately rejoiced: "Really? Who's the girl? ”

Li Chengda said with a smile: "She lives in Lotus Village, and she is young, so I will take her to see you when she gets married." ”

"When did you get married? How can I not drink your boy's wine? Yuan Zhenqiu smiled and waved his fist and punched Li Chengda in the chest.

The two joked for a moment, Li Chengda restrained his smile, and said with a straight face: "Zhenqiu, I told you the truth, I came this time, in fact, I imagined that you would borrow some silver." ”

Yuan Zhenqiu only said very simply when he heard this: "How much?" ”

"Ten taels."

"You wait." After Yuan Zhenqiu finished speaking, he hurriedly returned to the store, and took out a money bag from the drawer under the counter, which was the silver that was ready to be purchased in the shop, and he only stuffed it into Li Chengda's hand, "There are fifteen taels here, you take it first, it's not enough for me to think about it." ”

Li Chengda held the heavy money bag, and then went to see Yuan Zhenqiu, the brotherly friendship between the two, Li Chengda didn't say anything thanks, only said: "It's not easy for you to earn money, I will pay you back as soon as possible." ”

"What are you talking about, we have been friends since childhood, what are you doing politely with me?" Yuan Zhenqiu opened his eyes and looked unhappy when he saw that Li Chengda was separated from him.

Li Chengda didn't say anything more and took the silver into his arms.

The two said a few more words, seeing that Li Chengda wanted to leave, Yuan Zhenqiu knew that he was about to get married, and there must be a lot of things to prepare at home, so he didn't stay much at the moment, just said to him: "Chengsan, you wait, do a good job of the dim sum at the door, I'll buy you two boxes, and leave you hungry on the way to pad your stomach." ”

"Zhenqiu ......" Li Chengda wanted to say no, the dry food he brought, but before he finished a sentence, he saw that Yuan Zhenqiu had already left the store and strode to the dim sum shop.

Soon, Yuan Zhenqiu walked back with two boxes of freshly baked dim sum, he handed the dim sum to Li Chengda, looked into his eyes and said: "Cheng San, you have become a family, marry a lovely daughter-in-law, and my brother will be happy for you." ”

Li Chengda listened to these words, and only patted Yuan Zhenqiu's shoulder silently, neither of them said anything more, and there was no need to say anything, Yuan Zhenqiu sent Li Chengda out of the city all the way, and watched Li Chengda go on the official road, and did not go back until he was gone.

As for the two boxes of dim sum, Li Chengda ate a piece on the road, which was indeed very delicious, Li Chengda put away the two boxes of dim sum, and left one box for his father after he went back, and the other box was naturally sent to Lotus Village, along with some of the fabrics he bought, and gave them to Jiaojiao.

He and Jiaojiao's wedding date is set for a month later, and according to the rules, the groom and bride are not allowed to meet before getting married, even when the matchmaker comes to propose marriage and give dowry gifts, Li Chengda ran back and forth in the courtyard of the Cheng family several times, but he still never even saw Jiaojiao's side.

Thinking of Jiaojiao, Li Chengda was itching, on this day he sent snacks and fabrics to Cheng's house, and it happened that the second elder of the Cheng family went to the neighboring village to eat wine, and the two sons and several daughters-in-law were not at home.

Cheng Yuanshan naturally knew his thoughts, but no matter how soft and hard Li Chengda was, he always said: "Want to see Jiaojiao?" No, you can't see each other before you get married. ”

"Big brother, you are doing well, there is no one else, you just let me meet Jiaojiao." Li Chengda arched his fists towards Cheng Yuanshan.

Cheng Yuanshan finally smiled, "Come on, hurry up if you want to see it, while your father and mother haven't come back yet." ”

"Big brother, you are my own brother!" Li Chengda was overjoyed when he heard this, and he didn't care about saying anything to Cheng Yuanshan at the moment, so he only went into the back room and went to find his daughter-in-law.

Jiaojiao is also very busy these days, busy preparing embroidery and dowry for marriage, her and Li Chengda's wedding date was in late autumn, the weather was already cold at that time, she hid in the house these days, and made two new cotton clothes for Li Chengda and Father Li.

She knows that there are no women in the Li family, and most of the clothes of Li Chengda's father and son on weekdays are improvised, and they are fine in spring and summer, but it is cold in winter, if there are no well-fitting cotton clothes, where can they be warm?

After putting away the last stitch, Jiaojiao breathed a sigh of relief, and heard a sound of footsteps outside the house, Jiaojiao raised her eyes and saw a tall, broad-shouldered and long-legged man standing there, looking at herself with a smile.