Seeing that the two hesitated, Chi Yue simply said to the matchmaker: "You take the bride price back first, and wait for our family to discuss it carefully, and then it is not too late to draw conclusions." ”

The matchmaker pursed her lips and said disapprerovingly: "Li Gongzi really wants to get along with Miss Chi Xin, and specially instructed me that this bride price cannot be brought back anyway, even if Miss Chi Xin or her mother are not happy, this bride price should be given to the girl by him." Therefore, if you discuss it, you will discuss, and I dare not take this bride price back. ”

Chi Yue swallowed and sulked. Is this Li Wending forcing them to comply?

In Chi Xin's eyes, there was clearly a touch of emotion.

The matchmaker waited for Zhou to speak. In her opinion, a rural village woman like the Zhou family must regard money as her life, it is hundreds of taels of silver, don't want it in vain, how can she refuse?

Zhou smacked his lips, and finally said: "My family Yue'er is right, you must take back this bride price, we can't take other people's money and things for nothing." As for Li Gongzi's side, you go back and tell him that we insisted that you take it back, and he won't do anything to you in the future.

The matchmaker picked her eyelids. Seeing that Zhou didn't seem to be pretending, she was a little impressed.

I can't imagine that in this countryside, there is such an upright, honest and not greedy master.

"My sister is like this, no wonder she will give birth to two such good girls." After the matchmaker sighed sincerely, she insisted, "But what I say is like water spilled out." Don't shirk it, just take it. I'll come back after this year, and if you don't agree to this family affair, I'll ask Li Gongzi again if you still want this bride price, what do you think? ”

Seeing that the family no longer kept their beaks, the matchmaker said a few more words and left.

When the matchmaker left to see her Zhou back, the atmosphere in the hall became more and more strange.

Chi Xin only felt embarrassed, and was about to go back to her house, when Chi Yue stopped her, "Sister, I have a few words I want to say to you." ”

Chi Xin had no choice but to turn around slowly, glanced at Chi Yue, lowered her head again, and played with her fingers.

Chi Yue sighed, "Sister, it stands to reason that this marriage matter is out of my control, but we are biological sisters, and I can't watch my sister jump into the fire pit and ignore it, regardless of it, yes, don't blame me for talking too much." ”

After a pause, she continued: "According to me, instead of marrying into that high-ranking family as a concubine, it is better to find an ordinary people's family to be a main room. At the very least, the latter doesn't need to look at the face of the main room, if he encounters a bad person, he may also be oppressed and insulted by her, even if he has the help of his husband, I am afraid that he will not be at peace every day. And now that he is good to you, when he really enters his house and gets along with him day and night, can you be sure that you are binding his heart? If he marries the main chamber and accepts the concubine next to him, will he still treat you wholeheartedly, and only take you a scoop of three thousand weak water? That Li Wending was originally an amorous seed, a playboy type known as the demon king of the mixed world, and his heart was already frivolous, and he was probably only three minutes hot for you. ”

Chi Yue said to the point, trying to wake up Chi Xin, who was still asleep.

"Marriage is a major event in a lifetime, but you can't be rash, I hope you will think about it carefully and make a decision after considering it in every possible way." Chi Yue persuaded bitterly.

Zhou listened to Chi Yue's reasonableness, and couldn't help but make up his mind, insisting that Chi Xin dispel the idea of joining the Li family, "Yes Xin'er, your sister is very reasonable." Everyone is right, and the name is right, then it will be smooth. We are a small family, and when you enter that big family, not only will your mother-in-law not give you a good face, but I am afraid that the rest of the people will not respect where you are going, and you will be blamed behind your back. In this life, are you willing to live under their feet? ”

Zhou thought of Grandma Chi and was harsh on her, and he felt uncomfortable, and he really didn't want Chi Xin to follow in her footsteps.

Chi Xin saw that the two of them were opposed to her marriage, and her heart suddenly sank to the bottom.

The future between her and Li Wending, which she was faintly looking forward to, was on the verge of collapse, and her heart ached faintly.

Confused tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, and she didn't know what to say, so she turned and ran out of the hall, went back to her room, and locked herself inside.

"Xin'er......" Zhou wanted to go over and knock on the door, and continued to ask for enlightenment, but was stopped by Chi Yue, "Mother, let my sister digest what we said alone, maybe she can figure it out by herself." ”

Zhou nodded and sighed heavily.

This year, Chi Xin was not happy, except for helping Zhou's croquettes buy things and cook, and doing some housework within his ability, he just locked himself in his room and ignored everything.

She seemed to be very sensitive to her marriage, and as soon as she heard Zhou talk about this time, she excused herself and avoided it, and Zhou was silent from then on, and she couldn't understand Chi Xin's true thoughts.

Chi Yue is a bit busier.

Chi Yue handed over half of the 5,000 pieces of brown sugar made by the workshop in Layueli to Chen Yu, and troubled him to send it to the capital to help sell it.

The remaining half was sent to several sales outlets in Tongminzhou, the county seat.

The Chinese New Year is the time when the gift-giving custom is very prosperous, and it is her unique and exquisite brown sugar that will soon be sold out, and the business is very prosperous.

And the price is dozens of cents higher than usual, these five thousand brown sugar, only Chi Yue's profit is six or seven hundred taels of silver, which can be said to be a lot of money.

Yes, Chi Yue calculated the account until he was soft, but his heart was sweet, as if he had eaten honey.

At the same time, she participated in the singing and dancing competition, and the news that she was nodded by Liu Guifei spread all over the country at the speed of the wind.

Many people from the Chi family, who originally had no contacts, came to congratulate one after another. Since Chi Xin didn't leave the house, only the Zhou family was entertained by Chi Yue, and all the praises were followed by Chi Yue.

When many people came, Zhou's words revealed that they liked Chi Xin or Chi Yue, and wanted to go on a blind date for their son.

As for Chi Xin, she covered her ears and didn't listen to the blind date, obviously very resistant.

Mu Chen came to visit Chi Yue, and also heard about it, so he specially bought a precious agate-inlaid gold hairpin for her as a congratulatory gift, but Chi Yue insisted on not wanting it. Mu Chen couldn't take her, so he had to take it back.

"You don't want gifts, tomorrow I invite you to Minzhou Mansion to watch the annual equestrian competition, are you willing?" Mu Chen proposed.

Chi Yue nodded in agreement. Later, he asked Chi Xin to accompany him, but Chi Xin only said that he was not interested, and continued to lie in the house cowardly, pretending to close his eyes and rest.

Mrs. Liu also happened to send someone to invite Chi Yue to go with her and form a team to participate in the eight-person battle game.

Chi Yue found it very interesting and readily agreed. The one who teamed up with her naturally had to be Mu Chen, and Mu Chen would not refuse if she wanted to.

On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, Chi Yue carried Mu Chen's carriage, took Chi Hao Chi Xiaoxue and two of them, and the group marched to Minzhou Mansion hundreds of miles away.

When he arrived at Minzhou Mansion, Chi Haochi Xiaoxue probed his brain and was curious about everything around him.

This was the first time they had left Baihua County and come to this rumoredly bustling city comparable to the capital.

The carriage was on the bluestone road of the street, Chi Yue lifted the curtains, and saw that the buildings here were slightly higher than those in the county seat, the flow of people was more abundant than that of the county seat, the clothes and ornaments on the people were relatively gorgeous and precious, the vendors on the street were selling more high-end things, and the facades of restaurants and teahouses were also more upscale......

This is the difference between a big city and a small county.

In her memory, this is also the first time she came to Minzhou County.

"Rock sugar gourd!" Ji Hao suddenly pointed to a vendor selling rock sugar gourds, salivating so much that he wanted to drip his saliva.

"I want it too, I want it too!" Chi Xiaoxue also shouted.

"You guys wait a while, can we buy it when we see it at the polo field?" Chi Yue pulled the two back and asked them to sit down.

"Stop." Mu Chen stopped the carriage and said with a smile, "If the children want to eat, I'll go down and buy it for them." ”

Chi Yue didn't want to trouble him, but when she saw Mu Chen, she couldn't help but get out of the car and go to buy food.

When he came back, Mu Chen not only brought three rock sugar gourds in his hand, but also some candied fruits and pastries, all of which were handed over to Chi Yue, "You all taste the pastries here, what is the difference in taste from those in Baihua County?" ”

"Thank you, Brother Mu!" Chi Hao and Chi Xiaoxue thanked the two, and rushed to eat them in a hurry.

Chi Yue said embarrassedly: "I want to trouble you when I come out, and I want you to buy something for us to eat." ”

"Don't you think I'm a friend when you say that?" Mu Chen pretended to be disgusted and said, "I really don't want to say such polite words again." ”

Chi Yue smiled, only to feel that in front of Mu Chen, her heart was so stable.

She looked at the pastry, but it was nothing more than plum blossom cake and mung bean cake. Thinking of the blueprint for her desire to spread the cake to Minzhou Mansion, she secretly decided that after this year, she must actively implement it.

When I arrived at the polo field, I saw that the venue here was four or five times larger than that of Baihua County, and the audience seat could accommodate tens of thousands of people, which made Chi Yue marvel.

This can probably be compared to the bird's nest in Beijing in modern times, right?

Mu Chen led Chi Yue and his party to a pre-booked private room, and after sitting down, an attendant immediately came up next to him to serve tea.

Chi Yue searched for Mrs. Liu, walked to say hello, and came back to propose to Mu Chen to play polo with Mrs. Liu and her party.

Mu Chen hesitated for a moment, and when he saw Chi Yue's excited appearance, he agreed.

On the polo field, Chi Yue formed a team with Mu Chen, Mrs. Liu and an equestrian expert she brought. After both games, they won the victory, winning the opponent's bet.

Mrs. Liu wanted to give the pearl earrings she had just gotten to Chi Yue, but Chi Yue shook her head and said, "I can't take such a precious thing out, or my sister is the most suitable for it, but my sister can take it." ”

Mrs. Liu was no longer polite and put away her favorite loot.