Zeng Ziye shook his head and sighed, led the horse, stepped on the afterglow of the sunset, and rushed to the city.

Two days later, Zeng Ziye took enough money, went to Nanyuanzhuang, paid the balance, and carefully learned about the family farming with the original owner's family, and then went home.

When the old lady Huang heard that her family had purchased real estate, she couldn't help but be happy when she asked where the money came from, and praised Zeng Ziye: "Banniang's girl, I didn't think it when I was a child, but when I came back to Linchuan, I looked like a child with a hundred spirits, and even the Wang family's in-laws also boasted." Speaking of which, Banniang is thirteen years old in the New Year, and she will be a big girl in two years, your father and your mother, can you think of telling Banniang about her family? ”

Zeng Ziye told the Nancheng royal family that wanted to marry Banniang and his four sons, and said his father's considerations, and the old lady nodded: "Your father is thoughtful, the marriage of children is a lifelong thing, and you should be cautious." ”

Zeng Ziye said that the marriage date of the sixth sister set by the Wang family in the spring of the next year, although the specific date, I still have to find someone to count, but it is probably the last two months, the sixth mother is still on the side because of the family finally has a permanent birth, the father and the brothers can also be more relaxed, no longer have to worry about the family and be happy, in a blink of an eye, I heard about my marriage, I didn't know whether I was happy or afraid for a while, my face was slightly red, and I was very worried in my heart, so I found an excuse to avoid it.

Liuniang will be seventeen years old in the new year, although it is not too early to marry, it is not too late.

But after all, she has been with the old lady for many years, and the old lady is very reluctant, although she thinks it is a happy event, she will inevitably be red-eyed.

Seeing this, Zeng Ziye hurriedly comforted: "Don't be sad old grandmother, my father also said, when the time comes, whether it is Qi Niang or Ba Niang, I will always send one to take care of my grandmother nearby, my father actually wants to take my grandmother back to Nanfeng, but I think that my grandmother is used to living in Linchuan, I am afraid that my grandmother will remember the old relatives and friends here, and I will not feel comfortable returning to Nanfeng, but we are not filial to our descendants." Speaking of which, my grandmother also said that whether to let the seventh sister come over or let the eighth sister come over, and we will be ready to go when we go back. ”

The old lady said: "It's me dragging you down, but I don't have a few years to live, living to my age, it's already a great blessing, I should have gone to find your grandfather earlier, so that you can all live a lighter life, but until now I haven't looked at the middle of your grandchildren's middle jinshi, but I'm afraid that when I go underground, I have no shame to face your grandfather and the ancestors, so I can hold on." ”

Zeng Ziye hurriedly stopped the conversation: "Grandmother must not say this, so that the grandchildren are ashamed, it is really the grandchildren who are not filial, this autumn I and the second brother and the fourth brother and the fifth brother will go to Beijing to catch the exam, and the grandmother will come back with a jinshi, only the grandson is not good at school, not as good as the second brother, that is, the fourth brother and the fifth brother, I am afraid that I am better than the grandson, I am afraid that the grandson will disappoint the grandmother, but the second brother and the fourth brother and the fifth brother have hope, and the grandmother can only be relieved." Now the blessing of the eighth sister in the family is quite passable, and the grandmother only cares about the blessings of life for a few years, which is the blessing of the grandchildren. ”

When the old lady heard this, it was not good to make a sad look, so she smiled and said: "People are old and old, there are many words, if you say that after Liu Niang gets married, it is better to call Qi Niang to come over, after all, she will marry into the Wang family in the future, it is better to come over first, and her mother-in-law and sister-in-law of the Wang family are familiar with each other first, and then they marry over, and it is cheaper to get along." You came all the way, and you are tired, Liuniang has gone to clean up the house for you, turn around and rest, if there is anything, let's do it tomorrow. ”

Zeng Ziye quit and went out.

The old lady thought about Liuniang's marriage again, but she didn't know how to prepare Liuniang's dowry. Zhu is a virtuous daughter-in-law, the family was poor at the beginning, and she didn't lose the third mother born by the previous daughter-in-law.

The old lady thought about her thoughts, so she went to the house, opened the makeup box, but she could pick and choose, and there was nothing she could handle, so she called Aunt Huang again, took the key, opened the bedside table, and found a small package wrapped in red brocade from inside, and opened it, but inside was a pair of red gold dotted green phoenix hairpins, which were rubbed in her hand for a while, and Fang sighed: "Now I can get my hands on it, and there is only this pair of green phoenix hairpins, this is still when their grandfather lived in Beijing, my thirtieth birthday, his grandfather gave me, this blink of an eye, it is almost a jiazi past." Sixty years...... This hairpin has been with me for 60 years. ”

"Old lady, what are you?"

The old lady's tone was stunned, and she smiled when she saw it: "The six girls are about to get married, and I don't have anything in my hands now, only this pair of phoenix hairpins is decent, so I will give it to the six girls, as for the seven girls and the eight girls, I can't live for so long, I can't take care of it." ”

"Don't say that, old lady, you are a blessed person by nature, and you live a long life."

The old lady smiled and waved her hand at Aunt Huang. Aunt Huang still wanted to persuade again, but it can be seen that the old lady's eyes were full of memories when she looked at the pair of phoenix hairpins, and she didn't bother her, she retreated, and thought about the prosperity of the Zeng family in the past. It's a pity that the old lady's body is like a day by day, and I'm afraid I won't be able to see that day.

Thinking about it, it's also embarrassing.

Not to mention that the old lady prepared the body pressure box for Liuniang, but said that Banniang stayed at home, remembering the old man Qiao who sold lacquerware at the night market during the Dragon Boat Festival, if the dowry of the sixth sister was good, please ask this old man Qiao to make lacquer, wouldn't it be perfect, although it is summer now, but the second brother is busy reading books at night, and the eldest brother is a lot older, so he will not have time to take them out to play, so he can't go out to the night market at night, but he can have some time during the day.

Last time, Uncle Qiao also said that his family lived in a family surnamed Wang in the east of the city, and he wanted to find it, but he didn't know the specific address.

That day, there was no salt and oil at home, Qi Niang was busy working, Wu washed the clothes of a large family, Zhu's belly was getting bigger and bigger, and he didn't go out easily, Jue'er and Jiulang and Gong'er were all studying with Zeng Ziye, and Banniang asked Zhu for 200 yuan, planning to go to the oil and salt shop to buy some salt and pick up vegetable oil and come back.

I went out with two hundred wen and went straight to the oil and salt shop I frequented, and before I entered the shop, I heard a burst of beating and scolding in the shop, and there were many neighbors outside the shop, who were talking about it. Curious, Banniang pushed aside the crowd and entered the shop, but saw that the proprietress was scolding her daughter.

Because she often comes to her house to buy oil, salt and other sundries, the little girl Banniang is familiar, others call her a blue girl, with a round face, two shallow dimples at the corners of her mouth when she laughs, a pair of watery eyes, indescribably sweet and cute, because of her sweet and well-behaved, her words are crisp and beautiful, Banniang always likes to tease her to say a few words, at this time the blue girl is being beaten by her mother with a feather felt, her face is full of tears, she doesn't dare to cry, she is kneeling there and begging: "Mother, please, don't sell Ah Lan, Ah Lan will listen to you, Ah Lan will do housework, Ah Lan will also be good to his younger brother, Ah Lan can also watch the shop, and can do embroidery work to fight for money for his mother, please don't sell Ah Lan. ”

The crying was so poignant that the people on the side couldn't bear it.

An older woman persuaded: "Lady Qian, it's not okay to beat a child like this, if you have anything to say, your Ah Lan has always been well-behaved." ”

Someone else discussed: "This money lady is really ruthless, how long has Alan and his father gone, and he is going to sell his daughter, in the end it is not his own, such a well-behaved girl, she is also willing to be cheap, this is going to be retribution." ”

Listening to the whispers of the onlookers, Banniang probably understood what was going on, this money lady was known as a bit famous, and no one dared to mess with her in the surrounding shops, she was a lover of money, but she was the only one in this oil and salt shop, so the surrounding residents because of convenience, although they didn't like her as a person, they should buy a lot of miscellaneous items.

Therefore, although the head of the Qian family is dead, the business is good, and life has always been passable, how can he sell his daughter today?

Originally, other people's housework, as an outsider, it was really inconvenient to mix, but Banniang saw that Ah Lan was beaten very hard, and even her face was pulled out of the chicken feather list with two red marks, so she couldn't bear it, so she raised the oil bottle in her hand and said to Qian Niangzi: "Qian Niangzi, my family is in a hurry to use oil, and I also have to buy jars of salt, why don't you do business first?" ”

Qian Niangzi was fat and fat, and it was a hot day, and she beat her daughter with all her strength, and she was already tired and panting, because there were people on the side watching, no matter how much she beat her half-hung daughter who dragged the oil bottle, she just begged her to stop selling her.