After silently calculating in her heart, Mai Xiaohuan knew that her mother and herself should have nearly two hundred taels of silver in their hands, which was enough for this family to marry.

It's okay for them to get married, but there are some things to say in front of them.

"If you want me to pay the rest of the money, the house must be written in my name and yours, and the deed must be in my hands."

Whoever buys a house will write the name of the girl's family, Mai Yonghe is full of unhappiness, and he can't refute it, because the facts are in front of him, and the silver is earned by others.

Seeing the reluctance of the eldest brother, Mai Xiaohuan told him that as long as they were more settled after they got married, they would not go home to make trouble or make trouble, and he promised not to step into their residence. When the eldest brother has a son and turns ten years old, he will go to the yamen to erase the name and replace it with a nephew, if you don't believe it, you can write it down in black and white.

Mai Wan and Shan Cuihua also agreed, they were really afraid that the woman would not be sincere in living with her son, and the idea of the girl was very much in line with their hearts.

"I think it's good, someone in the province has the idea of beating this house, big brother, you still promise to let her brother study! Do you know how much money you have to spend a year to study? Where are you going to get this money from, I said it in advance, Xiao Huan and I will not take out the money for them to spend. ”

After a long time, Mai Yonghe replied sullenly: "I will earn my own money for her brother's education." ”

"How do you offer it, do you point to your father and our family's land? Whether the second brother wants to marry a daughter-in-law, and whether his father and mother want to live. For the sake of them, you plan to ignore the life and death of your family, right? ”

"It's a big deal that I'll do more work, plant when it's time to farm, and go out hunting and working when there's no work in the field!"

Shan Cuihua beat her chest and scolded, "What a sin!" ”

Mai Xiaohuan sneered: "You work day and night, and then your father and mother look distressed, and they will pay money to supplement you, and then the sister and brother live a leisurely life in the county, and your father and mother are old and follow you to get up early and go to the ground in the dark, right?"

Big brother, after you get married, if you want the family's land, let's divide the land evenly according to the population. I don't care how you will support them in the future, but no matter what becomes of your family in the future, it has nothing to do with you. If you agree to these two conditions, you will find an opportunity to meet another day, write them down and send them to the county government for storage. ”

It's really not a good thing to have a sister with so many eyes at home, no wonder after she told Qiu Niang about her sisters, she told herself that if she wanted to get married, she had to wait before the two sisters came back.

Early the next morning, Mai Yonghe took out the new clothes for the New Year, walked around the yard a few times, and mustered up the courage to knock on Mai Xiaohuan's door.

"Big brother, why don't you enter the county seat yet! Don't let people wait. Mai Xiaofang was sarcastic and sarcastic, she now hates her eldest brother Mai Yonghe more than her eldest sister Mai Xiaoyuan.

"I ...... I can't ...... Go empty-handed! ”

Mai Xiaofang ran back to the house, picked up the four gifts that had been packed for the eldest brother from the table, two packets of snacks and two packets of fruits, and handed them over, completely ignoring Mai Yonghe's glances.

"Xiao Huan...... Didn't get the pen and ink back? Qiu Niang's younger brother is most looking forward to bringing pen and ink and books to the past, and it would be better if his sister could give Qiu Niang a few pieces of fabric.

Not to mention the pen and ink, he was not angry, Mai Xiaohuan put aside the second sister and asked: "Big brother, who asked you to give away the paper and pen in my house, those were given to me by Brother Qu, do you know, don't say that I didn't bring pen and ink back this time, even if I brought it, I won't take it out." Don't come into my house if you have nothing to do in the future, and don't rummage through my things. ”

Xiao Huan is talking more and more hard-hearted now, this is worth it, Mai Yonghe straightened his waist and told Mai Xiaohuan that she will be a foreign surname after all, and the things at home have nothing to do with her, don't think that you can shout when you come back with some silver, she is the eldest son in the family!

"Then you have the appearance of a firstborn son! Filial piety to your father and mother, friendship with your brothers and sisters, which one of you has done it. Mai Yongfang asked disdainfully.

Sisters, you say a word, she says a word, turn around and leave Mai Yonghe angrily, he still has a private house with more than one or two silver, and he can only take it out for emergency today.

Leaning on the door frame, Shan Cuihua, who had been arguing with her son and daughter for a long time, looked at her son's back without looking back, sighed frustratedly, and planned to go out to cook.

"Mother, you can rest from today onwards! My second sister and I turned over the things we brought back last night, and there were some supplements in them, so I'll boil them for you to drink tonight. Don't worry, I will help you sort out this bad matter of the eldest brother before I go back to Qingcheng County. ”

Shan Cuihua hugged Mai Xiaohuan and patted her back, this is still a child! Be careful outside all year round, look at people's faces, and now you have to count on her for things at home, how can you bear it!

Mai Xiaofang also came over, such a haggard and helpless mother is really distressing, or she won't go to Qingcheng County next year!

Can...... It's not something you can say! It's good that Zhou Yue is willing to raise his noble hand, if he investigates it, not only will he and his sister suffer, but maybe the county guard and his father and mother will also be implicated!

Shan Cuihua hugged the two daughters and asked them if they came back so early a year ago, did they have to leave after the New Year!

"We can live at home until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month!" Speaking of this Mai Xiaofang's face with excitement, Yue Gongzi has done a great thing, if he and his sister don't have such a long vacation, how can the eldest brother's affairs be dealt with!

It stands to reason that there is such a big thing in the family, and the eldest sister should come forward! Why didn't she hear her mother mention her, Mai Xiaohuan asked casually: "Does my eldest sister know about this?" ”

"Hey!" I don't know what's going on in my family this year, three of my five children are actually getting into trouble, should I tell the two sisters about the eldest daughter?

Belch! That person won't be in trouble too! Mai Xiaohuan didn't care much about this sister, but she had already started, and if she pretended not to find anything about this kind of thing, Mai Xiaohuan really couldn't do it.

Mai Xiaofang has always been a knife-mouthed tofu heart, although she doesn't like her eldest sister, she doesn't want her to have an accident. At the urging of the two daughters, Shan Cuihua talked about another thing that bothered her.

It turned out that in the autumn of this year, Dou Liangfu accepted an aunt, and speaking of which, this newcomer and the old lady of the Dou family still have some relatives. With this layer of reliance, coupled with the fact that she is a newcomer and is being favored, there are many jealous things between her and Mai Xiaoyuan. Some time ago, the doctor found out that she was pregnant, but the old lady and Dou Liangfu were broken, but they were not happy for a few days, and the aunt actually had a miscarriage, and when she saw someone in Dou's house, she said that the child was confiscated by Mai Xiaoyuan.

The old lady is a little partial to her relatives, and Dou Liangfu didn't find anything, so Mai Xiaoyuan is now banned by the old lady on the charge of having no way to govern the family, and I don't know if I can release it during the Chinese New Year!

It seems that the Dou family is even more chaotic, and they all think that it is a good thing to marry into the courtyard of the deep house, so that Mai Xiaohuan can say that ordinary people are at ease. There are so many rights and wrongs in the family of a rich landlord in a county, and it is really not easy for someone like Zhou Yue to live in peace without his mother.

Why did she think of him again, shook her head, Mai Xiaohuan actually thought of an idea, she ran back to her house and rummaged for a long time, took out a beautifully carved box, and handed it to Shan Cuihua.

"Find my second brother, let him go to Dou's house, send this over, and say that the two of us are back from Qingcheng County, this is a gift for the eldest sister, and send a few more pieces of cloth over, Dou Liangfu will see it, and he should be released."

What a gift that works so well! Shan Cuihua opened the box and was stunned by the exquisite embroidery purse and the high-quality handkerchief, these two things are too beautiful.

Mai Xiaofang's mouth was fast, and before Shan Cuihua could ask, she pointed to the purse and handkerchief and introduced: "This is a treasure, it came out of the palace, if it weren't for the Chinese New Year, we might not be able to get such a good reward." ”

"The Emperor...... Emperor......... Palace! Shan Cuihua's hands trembled a little, and she was afraid that she would drop something, so she hurriedly hugged her in her arms. Thinking about it, he was still not very relieved, and hurriedly handed it to Mai Xiaohuan, he didn't dare to take such a valuable thing.

Mai Xiaohuan found the second brother and asked him to drive the carriage to Dou's house now, and don't forget to load some food and fruits that are not available in Pingliang County. The most important thing is to send this box of things in, and let the Dou family know that this is a product of the palace, Mai Xiaohuan doesn't believe that Dou Liangfu saw these things, knew their origins, and didn't stand on the side of the eldest sister.

What a ghost! Shan Cuihua instructed his youngest son to see if he could find the boss when he arrived in the county seat, so he boarded the door of the Chen family, and it was estimated that the sister and brother, especially Chen Qiuniang's younger brother, would not give him any good looks.

Zhizi Mo Ruomu, really let Shan Cuihua guess correctly, Chen Qiuniang was okay, although her face was not very good-looking, she didn't say anything. Her younger brother Chen Hanting doesn't have so many scruples, he doesn't look down on Mai Yonghe in the first place, and then looks at his shabby appearance, how ugly the words he says are.

When he was almost done, Chen Qiuniang rubbed his eyes with a handkerchief to excuse Mai Yonghe: "It's Qiuniang who has affected the eldest man, if your family doesn't approve of this family matter, or ...... If you don't want to leave, you can quit! ”

"I don't, Qiu Niang, don't worry, I won't let you be wronged in the future." After feeling sorry for Qiu Niang for a while, Mai Yonghe took out more than one or two pieces of silver from his arms: "You spend these first, my sister...... My mother has already promised to buy the house, and when the New Year is over, you can go to our house on a certain day, and let's settle the matter of marriage! ”

After thinking all the way, he was beaten down by Chen Hanting again, Mai Yonghe didn't dare to mention his sister's two conditions, he wanted to hide his sister's affairs, and he wanted to set the date of marriage as soon as possible.

He thought that his two younger sisters would not be able to stay at home for a few days, and as long as they were gone, things would naturally be much easier.