Chapter 64: The Lion Opens His Mouth
Lin Cuihua rolled her eyes, she was particularly dissatisfied with the five taels of silver, and their mother Zhou wanted to come over to persuade peace, but was pressed down by Lin Cuihua.
"Mother, you listen to me, you're right!"
Lin Cuihua looked at the matchmaker, "I won't say more, what kind of delicate character is that sister in my family, you must also know in your hearts, when I didn't marry before, there was a rich man who came over and wanted to marry her, we didn't agree, and now we are still young, if you want to find a man of about the same age, it is okay, marrying into the Shen family, it is my sister who suffers." ”
The matchmaker secretly rolled her eyes at the boss in her heart, saying that she wanted to give more dowry!
"I know what you mean, I also plan to say it well, you just say a price, I'll go back and talk to them, if it can be done, then continue."
If it can't be done, forget it, of course, in the heart of the matchmaker, she must hope to succeed, after all, she has money to take.
"Twenty taels of silver, if you don't have this number, it's absolutely not good!"
Lin Cuihua said this count, but the matchmaker's eyes widened in surprise, and the other people next to her widened their eyes in surprise, what they thought in their hearts might be only ten taels of silver, and they were worried that Shen everyone would not be willing.
As a result, Lin Cuihua opened her mouth and said twenty taels of silver, with these twenty taels of silver, if you want to marry a yellow flower girl, it is enough!
The matchmaker laughed directly, "I have seen some of my relatives for so many years, and people want to ask for more dowries, but if you say so much money with one mouth, it is still the first one!" ”
She held out her thumb with a hint of mockery, "Cow, that's a cow!" ”
"Okay." The matchmaker stood up and patted the ash on her clothes that didn't exist at all, and spoke with a little yin and yang, "Since you don't look down on this money, then I'll go back and tell you what you say, if you don't agree with it, I can't help it." ”
"How can that?" Zhou chased him out and gave the matchmaker a smile, "My eldest daughter-in-law usually talks when she is at home, and she doesn't get used to it, you take care of it a little more, we don't mean that we have to ask for twenty taels of silver, if the other party doesn't agree, then it's okay to continue talking." ”
Zhou held a few copper plates in his hand and quietly stuffed them into the hands of the matchmaker, although the matchmaker was a little disgusted, this copper plate was too little, but if she had money and didn't make money, she still accepted the money, and pulled a smile, "Since you are so sincere, then I will talk about it, but if the other party is annoyed, then I won't live." ”
"Who doesn't know your name within a radius of ten miles, there are elders who don't have a queue, and I hope you can help my family Yueyue say something good."
"Your family is good, if you don't have those two children, don't talk about the Shen family, even if you find a better family, it's okay."
"It's not impossible, who told her to marry a person who has no father and no mother, and now she goes, she can only take the child by herself." Zhou said a basket of good things again, and finally coaxed the matchmaker.
The matchmaker was still unhappy in her heart, and then went to Shen's family, Shen Da, who thought she would get good news, was immediately angry when she heard the matchmaker's words.
"Twenty taels of silver, is this stealing or robbing, it's too much!" He slapped the table with a bang, "Originally, I said I was going to go with you, but you didn't let me go, I didn't say I could handle it, now it's okay, right?" ”
The matchmaker said that if you go with me, Lin Cuihua's attitude at that time, I am afraid that you will quarrel directly, and maybe you will have to do it.
Thinking of this, the matchmaker was even more glad that she didn't let Shen Da go with her today.
"Don't be angry, don't be angry, people have also said, although it is generally about this project, but you can also say it well, but five taels of silver is definitely not good, or you go back and discuss it well, see how much money you can give, I will pass the word over there again, this has to be hurried, after all, some people have heard the rumors, saying that you are going to propose, if it suddenly turns yellow, I am afraid that some people will gossip."
Shen Da slapped the table again, startling the matchmaker, "Gossip is gossip, am I still afraid of them?" ”
The matchmaker suddenly didn't know what to say, she just forgot that this person used to be gambling, and there must be a lot of people pointing fingers behind her back, how could she care about such a little gossip.
"Yes, yes, but you still have to be in-laws, don't make too much trouble, listen to me, go back and discuss it, and see how much silver you can give."
The matchmaker also knew that if someone like Shen Da came with him, it would definitely not work, and she could only come along.
"No, I, Shen Da, haven't been so angry yet, if they don't agree, I'll forget it, I didn't have this thing before, anyway, I can live even if I don't marry my mother-in-law!"
"Don't do it, you see that winter is coming soon, if there is a mother-in-law who warms her feet in the bed, wouldn't it be very good, now with a little more money, you will be happy in the future, don't let go of such a good opportunity because of a momentary impulse."
As the saying goes, don't stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person, the matchmaker has a smile on her face, and Shen Da can't send it at her even if she is full of anger, after all, it's not what the matchmaker meant.
"It's not that I'm unwilling, I've shown enough sincerity, but their family doesn't agree, forget if they don't agree, or it's like I'm rushing to ask someone to go to their house."
"I know, isn't this just what you and I want, their family is also for their daughter's good, or the previous sentence, Hu Yueyue looks good, works well and is neat, and the life after marrying him is definitely not bad, anyway, your family has made a lot of money recently, and you are not afraid of those silvers, if you don't give twenty taels of silver, ten taels of silver can always be made up, right?"
But even so, when the matchmaker went back, Shen Da was still scolding, and he already wanted not to marry this daughter-in-law.
When Shen Zhao'er came back, Shen Da immediately poured these words directly into a bamboo tube like beans, and poured them all to Shen Zhao'er.
"Tell me if they are too much, our family is already kind enough, and they still ask for so much money!"
"What lion has a big mouth?" Shen Wan'er happened to arrive home at this time and came back with a lot of things.
"It's that my father wants to marry a daughter-in-law, and that's five taels of silver is decent enough, but the lion of the family has to ask for twenty taels of silver, and my father and I are a little unhappy, Wan'er, you have a lot of ideas, you think about what to do."
"Twenty taels?" Shen Wan'er frowned, it's not that there is no way to take out this money, now Shen Wan'er's net worth can be easily taken out, but the other party's lion opened his mouth, there is really no way to get used to this, this time I compromised, I don't know what will happen next time, the contradictions are endless.
"It's definitely impossible to have so much money, but you can add some on the original basis, just eight or two eight dollars, make up an auspicious number, I don't have an extra point, if you still want to add it, then you can take the money yourself." Shen Wan'er said.
She already knew what the situation was like in Hu Yueyue's family, and if it was really for his good, it would be impossible to find Shen Da.
If you don't want Shen Da, what else can you want, isn't it just for money, Shen Wan'er will still be satisfied within a certain range.
Shen Da now has all the worth on his body that adds up to dozens of copper plates, and he has to go to Xiong San every day to work to pay off his debts, so he obviously can't come up with more money.
Shen Wan'er's understatement attitude made the anxiety in the hearts of the other two people disappear a lot, and then think about it carefully, it doesn't seem to be a big deal, after all, this kind of thing has been heard of more than one before.
"What did you bring back with you? Looking at such a big bag. Shen Zhao'er leaned over and set her eyes on what Shen Wan'er had brought back.
"I don't have anything at home that is running out, so I brought it back and added some of it, rice, salt and the like, and a piece of fat meat for frying oil."
Shen Wan'er went to the kitchen, put all these things away, and then went back to find the father and daughter still sitting at the table, "Why are you still sitting here, it's already this time, it's time to cook." ”
Cooking is not Shen Da's forte, but he can burn the fire, Shen Wan'er is cutting the fatty meat, and Shen Zhao'er is washing the vegetables while washing the vegetables, and secretly watching Shen Wan'er on the side.
"Sister, what are you doing watching me like this, you have been secretly watching, is there anything you want to ask me?"
Shen Zhao'er is also a pungent person to other people, but I don't know why, in front of Shen Wan'er's younger sister, her personality involuntarily became much gentler, "I have a question I want to ask you, aren't you worried about your father's marriage?" It doesn't look like he's in a hurry at all, the family is so difficult, if he marries in, it won't necessarily be anything. ”
Shen Wan'er's voice was not loud or small, and Shen Da naturally heard it when he was burning the fire, but Shen Da did not speak, and listened to Shen Wan'er's answer with his ears pricked up.
"That's also my father's business, he's such a big person, it's hard to make this marriage a daughter's for him, what I can do is to support it a little financially, and there will be no more."
"It's not okay for you to talk like this today, what if the other party's family keeps asking you for money, will you still not give it to your father's face?"
Shen Zhao'er also likes to listen to gossip, and she has listened to all the gossip in the nearby ten miles and eight villages, so she naturally knows this, and because she knows, she is worried.