In Qijia Village, the two daughters-in-law of the Shui Jinzhu family sat on the kang and chatted while holding the soles of their shoes.

Shui Jinzhu has four children.

The eldest is a daughter. It's called water lily. Already married.

The second and third are both sons. The second child is called Shui Daxi. married a daughter-in-law surnamed Zhao. They both have a son and a daughter. My son's name is Dunzi and he is five years old this year. Her daughter's name is Juanzi and she is four years old this year.

The third child is called Shui Erxi. married a daughter-in-law surnamed Jia. The two now have only one daughter. It's called a plum. Two years old today.

The fourth child is a daughter. It's called water lotus. Sixteen years old. Not yet married. But it's already married.

Jia Shi rubbed the needle in his hair. "Sister-in-law, have you seen it? Grandma put a silver bracelet on the lotus. ”

Shui Jinzhu has a total of three brothers. After his father died, his mother was the master and split the family. Shui Jinzhu is the boss. After the separation, his mother has been following him. The two younger brothers below him are called the mercury pillar and the copper pillar respectively.

Zhao knew that her younger brother and sister were a little cautious. "See. Shuilian will marry Zhou Dalang in a few months. Zhou Dalang is a lifter, and grandma must have thought that if Shui Lian became a lifter, her wrists would be bare and not good-looking, so she put a bracelet on Lotus. ”

Jia pouted. "When the Zhou family became an official, did Lotus want to bring any bracelets? Why do you have to bring a bracelet from your mother's house? Although our family doesn't have to go hungry, our family doesn't have a few taels of silver? Don't you still want to send Dunzi to the school next year? ”

"It's nothing for Dunzi to go to the school two years late. Grandma also wanted Zhou Dalang to help our family more in the future. ”

"Grandma just doesn't give the lotus a bracelet, and Zhou Dalang will also help our family. I heard from the people in the village that Zhou Dalang was like a cat cub when he was a child, thin and small. If it weren't for Lotus seeing him pitiful and protecting him, he wouldn't even dare to go out of the door. ”

Zhao laughed when he heard this. "Don't talk about being a kid. Even after I got married, Lotus fought several fights for Zhou Dalang and the wild boys in the village. ”

"Really? Then the Zhou family is twelve or thirteen, right? ”

"Hmm. At that time, although he was thirteen, he was not as tall as a nine-year-old Lotus, nor as fat as Lotus. ”

The Zhou family is now as tall as the lotus. "This week, the eldest man of the family is really long, and his brain is not long."

"Who's to say it isn't? Lin Zi, his uncle has stopped playing tricks on him in the past few years. A few years ago, as soon as Lin Zi's uncle saw Zhou Dalang, he had to lift Zhou Dalang up and shake it a few times. For this matter, the lotus did not mention the stick, and chased the forest, and his uncle ran all over the village. ”

Jia had also heard about this. "Uncle Lin Zi is just tall and not brainy. You look at Lotus, you know that you are good to Zhou Dalang since you were a child. Not only was it good to him, but it also let him come to our house early to propose. "When Lotus was ten years old, the Zhou family came to the door to propose. At that time, Zhou Dalang had not yet been admitted to Xiucai.

Zhao frowned. "Brother and sister, you can just talk about it with me. You can't say that when you go out. Back then, it was the Zhou family who came to our house to propose, but it was not Lotus who asked them to propose. At that time, grandma didn't want to give the lotus flower to Zhou Dalang, if it weren't for the Zhou family coming to the door three times and twice, and later inviting their patriarch out, grandma wouldn't agree. ”

Thankfully, my grandmother agreed. Otherwise, such a good son-in-law would become someone else's family. Also, sister-in-law, I didn't say what I said just now, it was said by the people in the village. ”

"They're red-eyed."

"Not to mention that the people in the village are red-eyed, the people in the town are also red-eyed. If Zhou Dalang can be admitted to the Jinshi this time, then the people in the county should also be red-eyed. ”

When Jia said that in the county, Zhao remembered one thing. "Did Old Lady Qi find Chong Xi's person for his grandson?"

The Qi family is a big family and a Wang family. The eldest son of the old lady Qi was a big official in the capital. As for what official Zhao clan is, it is not clear.

Not long after the New Year, Old Lady Qi's eldest son sent someone to send his eldest son back. It is said that the eldest son of the Qi family is the most promising child of the Qi family's generation, but unfortunately he is seriously ill. Master Qi invited many famous doctors and did not cure the eldest prince of Qi. Helpless, Master Qi had no choice but to send the eldest prince of Qi back to his hometown. said that he was going back to his hometown to recuperate, but in fact, he wanted to find someone to cheer for the eldest prince of Qi in his hometown.

Master Qi is in an important position, if he finds someone to rush to the prince of Qi in the capital, he is afraid that it will not affect well. It's different when you come back home. First, this place is far away from the capital, and the news of finding someone to cheer for his son will not be able to spread to the capital for a while. Second, even if it reaches the capital, he can push this matter on Old Lady Qi.

As soon as the eldest prince of Qi came back, the Qi family opened up. Although it's a rush, it's not just a single person. Old lady Qi felt that only a woman with a particularly good character could make his eldest grandson well.

So, Mrs. Qi first found a few famous fortune tellers. Then, the old lady Qi asked all the subordinates in the family to go out and say that he was going to find someone to give his grandson joy.

The conditions given by the Qi family are very tempting. The Qi family said that as long as you come to the door with eight characters, you can get one or two silver. If she is chosen, she will immediately give her mother's family fifty acres of land. If the eldest prince of Qi hadn't been washed well, the Qi family wouldn't blame the woman. If the woman wants to remarry, the Qi family will give a dowry. If the woman doesn't want to remarry, then the Qi family will give the woman a son from the younger brothers of the eldest son of Qi.

Overnight, word spread.

Soon someone came to the door with her daughter's birthday. There are not only ordinary people who come to the door, but also officials. Ordinary people mainly want money. The official mainly wants to have a relationship with Master Qi.

Hearing Zhao ask about this, Jia's mood was bad again. "I heard that not yet. You said that grandma is really, why don't you let us try it with the eight characters of Juanzi and Meizi? "The Qi family does not stipulate the age, and someone came to the door with the eight characters of the newborn female doll, and the Qi family still gave one or two silver." What if you choose? Even if you can't choose, you can get two taels of silver. ”

The Zhao family thinks that what the Qi family says now sounds good, if the eldest prince of Qi dies, the Qi family still doesn't know what to do to the female doll who is happy for the eldest prince of Qi? "Grandma has done more things than we do. Since grandma won't let us go, then let's not go. ”

Jia really wanted to get that one or two pieces of silver. "Sister-in-law, why don't we go secretly?"

"Grandma said that if we go secretly, Daxi and Erxi will leave us."

That's what she said. Could it be that we can really take a break from both of us? ”

"Even if you don't take us off, we can't stand it if we wear our little shoes every day."

Jia Shi thought about it, and he didn't dare to wear small shoes every day. "The old lady is getting older and more confused. I heard that his father took the eight characters of the aquatic grass to try. ”

"Isn't the aquatic plant already married?"

"What's wrong with the marriage? Her in-laws couldn't take out 50 acres of land as a dowry. ”

As soon as Jia finished speaking, he heard Zhou Dalang and his mother walking in crying from outside. Jia Shi was taken aback. "Zhou Dalang, what's the matter? It can't be that Zhou Dalang has an accident outside, right? ”

"Don't talk nonsense. Let's go out and have a look. ”

"Okay."

When they came out, the rest of the Shui family also came out.

As soon as Zhou Dalang and his mother saw the water lotus, they staggered to the water lotus and knelt down for the water lotus. "Lotus, my aunt is sorry for you."

The faces of the Shui family changed all at once. What did Zhou Dalang do, to kneel down to his daughter-in-law who had not passed the door?

Water Lotus wanted to help Zhou Dalang's mother up, but Zhou Dalang's mother couldn't live or die. The water lotus had no choice but to kneel on the ground. "Auntie, let's go into the house and talk. All right? ”

Zhou Dalang's mother cried a handful of snot and tears. "Lotus, my aunt didn't have the face to enter the house. Isn't it time for Da Lang and his sister to say kiss? The aunt asked someone to write a Geng post for marriage. I thought about writing it first and putting it there, and when I wanted to use it, I had to find someone to write it. After the aunt heard about the eldest son of the Qi family, she wanted to take Da Lang and his sister's Geng sticker to try, if it could be closed, then Da Lang would become an official in the future and someone would help him. For the sake of Tujili, I took the Geng post used by Da Lang and his sister for marriage. After everyone finished closing, the aunt found out that she had taken the wrong Geng sticker. ”

Water Lotus's brain was stunned all of a sudden. The Zhou family has only two children. Since Zhou Dalang's mother didn't take the Geng post used by Zhou Xiaohua for marriage, she must have taken the Geng post used for her marriage. When he and Zhou Dalang were married, they had to exchange Geng posts.

"Lotus, I'm sorry for you. Can...... But the aunt of the Qi family didn't dare to offend. The aunt put Da Lang's sister's marriage post and your marriage post together to let Da Lang and his sister touch your joy, and also find someone to be fair. I didn't expect ...... I didn't expect my aunt to take the wrong one when she was busy. It's all to blame for the aunt's illiterateness. Lotus, my aunt kowtowed to you, so you can forgive my aunt! My aunt just wants to find a backer for your brother Lang in the officialdom. ”

"My eight characters and the eight characters of the eldest son of the Qi family have closed?"

"Closed. Those fortune tellers all said that your eight characters are very good, and you will definitely be able to make the eldest son of the Qi family well. Lotus, the eldest son of Qi is richer than Da Lang and more knowledgeable than Da Lang. I heard others say that if the eldest prince of Qi is not sick, then the champion this time will definitely be the eldest prince of Qi. Lotus, those fortune tellers all said that you can take the great prince of Qi well. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, a matchmaker led more than 20 servants to walk in from the door carrying the dowry.

"Poof!" Water Lotus spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.