Chapter 71: Dowry
Sheng Zhu's hand moved, and he immediately became vigilant.
Ancient times are not as good as modern times, the emphasis is on whether men and women give or receive kisses, a girl's family privately gives men things, if it is passed out, the consequences are unpredictable.
She hurriedly asked, "What did your senior sister give you?" β
Shen Zheng's eyes widened: "... Sister-in-law, how do you know it's my senior sister? β
Sheng Zhu was speechless: "I'm not you, not as dull as you." Okay, don't talk nonsense, hurry up, what did she give you? β
Shen Zheng had no choice but to take out something from his arms and hand it to her, "Senior sister said, seeing that my heel is worn out, so she specially made me a pair and let me wear it tomorrow." β
Really...... Sheng Zhu looked at the pair of black men's cloth shoes in his hand and frowned.
Where can shoes be given casually, or for the fiancΓ©; Or, it's for the right person.
This little uncle seems to be lucky with peach blossoms, but I'm afraid it's rotten peach blossoms.
She asked quietly, "How old is your senior sister?" β
Shen Zheng scratched the back of his head, a little uncertain, "Fifteen? Sixteen? Bigger than me anyway. β
That is, it is almost seventeen.
Seventeen is a watershed, if you don't want to be fined and imprisoned, you can only be randomly matched with a man by the official master, and whether the man is good or not really depends on whether your eight characters are good or not.
Sheng Zhu then asked, "Is she married?" β
Shen Zheng shook his head: "It doesn't seem to be, the senior sister was still saying at the dinner table that the senior sister is capable and virtuous, and she wants to find a son-in-law who knows the roots." β
Sheng Zhu sighed secretly.
This fool, I'm afraid I don't know that his master's words were deliberately said to him, it seems that Senior Sister Zhang fell in love with Shen Zheng, and the Carpenter Zhang and his wife acquiesced and even enjoyed it.
I don't know what Shen Zheng thinks.
In Sheng Zhu's opinion, Shen Zheng is only fourteen years old, and Mao has just grown up, so it is too early to talk about marriage. However, this era is different, most of them are engaged and married in their teens, if Shen Zheng is also interested in his senior sister, she will be a sister-in-law, and she will naturally not beat mandarin ducks as a bad person.
"Then what do you think of your senior sister?" Sheng Zhu asked vaguely.
Shen Zheng thought for a while and said, "It's okay when I'm not cooking, but I always want to run as soon as I cook, for fear of being poisoned." β
Burst! Sheng Zhu laughed.
Senior Sister Zhang wants to hear this, I am afraid that she will ask her father Zhang Carpenter to sharpen Shen Zheng and make it into an adult stick, which is too incomprehensible.
She smiled and said, "If you let your senior sister be your daughter-in-law, would you be willing?" β
Shen Zheng jumped up like he had been stepped on by his tail, his dark face turned pale, "Sister-in-law, I'm timid, don't scare me." β
He still has decades to live, and he really doesn't want to die young now.
Although it didn't look like Shen Zheng liked his senior sister's appearance, for the sake of safety, Sheng Zhu still confirmed again: "You don't want to?" β
Shen Zheng's head shook like a rattle, and he said categorically: "I'd rather be a bachelor for the rest of my life!" β
Since this is the case, then this matter must be decided immediately, and it will be troublesome for the girl to misunderstand.
Sheng Zhu handed the shoes back to Shen Zheng and advised, "You take the shoes and return them to your senior sister immediately." Remember, you have to give it back secretly, don't let people see it, you know? β
Shen Zheng looked confused: "Why?" β
Why?
Sheng Zhu really couldn't stand his stupidity, so he casually threw a green onion to the stupid roe deer's head, gritted his teeth and said, "Why do you say?" What would others think if they knew that you had been taught privately by your senior sister, or that it was such an object with a special meaning? At that time, even if you don't want to marry your senior sister, you have to marry. β
Shen Zheng was so excited that he didn't care about wiping the soil off her head, scooped up the shoes in her hand, pulled out her legs and ran out.
Looking at his panicked back, Sheng Zhu shrugged his shoulders and sighed: "Hey, young man, it's really too simple." β
She took the green onion into the stove house, made two servings of egg noodles, and just put the noodles in the bowl, Shen Zheng came back, and the young man stood at the door of the stove house, his face was even more ugly than when he went.
"Sister-in-law, I, I seem to have messed things up......"
"What, the shoes weren't returned?"
"Senior sister refuses to ask for it." Shen Zheng's eyes were red, and he felt like he was going to cry at any time, "And the master said, I have eaten so many good things from their family, and I have learned the skills of the master, I must go to their house and plug the door, otherwise I will be a person without conscience, I am sorry for them, sorry for the master, I ......"
He lowered his head, his voice choked.
Upside down?
Sheng Zhu's eyes narrowed, she thought that the Zhang family just took a fancy to Shen Zheng's innocence and wanted him to be his son-in-law, but she didn't expect that she wanted to marry him as a daughter-in-law.
also stood on the moral high ground to threaten Shen Zheng and coerce her to repay her, which made her very uncomfortable.
"Bring the shoes, I'll return them for you." She still doesn't believe it, there are debts in this world that can't be returned.
After taking the shoes, Sheng Zhu turned around and entered the stove house, stuffed him with a bowl of hot noodles, and said, "Eat enough first, save some strength, and there may be a tough battle to fight later." β
As he spoke, he picked up the kitchen knife on the cutting board and put it in his arms.
Shen Zheng's bowl was almost shocked, "Sister-in-law, you, what are you doing with a knife?" β
"What else can a knife do?" Sheng Zhu glanced at him angrily, "Okay, hurry up and eat, eat well and go on the road." β
Shen Zheng: "......"
Forget it, the sister-in-law shouldn't be crazy, he's still obedient.
The uncle and sister-in-law were full of food and drink, took kitchen knives and shoes and went to Carpenter Zhang's house in the village.
Zhang carpenter because of good craftsmanship, who is willing to find a daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law nearby, compared with other families in the village, life is very good, living in a blue brick and black tile house, the yard is very large, full of wood, there is a unique fragrance of wood in the air.
The courtyard door was not closed, Shen Zheng nodded his head, led Sheng Zhu in, and shouted, "Master." β
Carpenter Zhang was planing wood, and when he heard the movement in his hand, he straightened up and looked over, with a smile on his honest face, "San Lang, have you eaten?" β
"I've eaten it." Shen Zheng said hurriedly, turning sideways to reveal Sheng Zhu, "Master, this is my sister-in-law." β
Sheng Zhu blessed him and greeted him with a smile: "Uncle Zhang." β
Carpenter Zhang looked at her slightly, and saw that she had a round waist and strong legs, and a dazzling red spot on her face, the corners of her mouth twitched, and immediately, she smiled, "It's Dalang's daughter-in-law." Come on, sit in the room. β
turned his head and shouted inside: "Qing'er, her mother, a visitor!" β
"Hey, it's coming, it's coming. Do you want to hit a table or a stool? A woman about forty years old, with drooping eyebrows and eyes, walked out quickly, and when she saw that it was Shen Zheng, her face immediately collapsed, and she glanced at Sheng Zhu behind him, and then squeezed out a smile again, "Yo, isn't this the daughter-in-law of Dalang, why did you come here today, don't you want to make a dowry?" β
Trousseau? Sheng Zhu was stunned, and Shen Zheng's black face turned red.
The five sisters and brothers of the Shen family, the eldest sister Shen Tao got married early, and the younger sister Shen Xi is only eight years old, and it is not yet time to make a dowry, it is self-evident who this dowry is for.
Sheng Zhu smiled slightly and said, "The dowry is not in a hurry, let's talk about the dowry first." β