Chapter 285: Hiring
"I said, this is the position you said before that people will deliberately leave it?"
Li Xuemei lay on the wall of the room, looking at the two people who were looking at each other outside through the small hole, constantly adjusting her posture to see more clearly.
Jiang Xi put down the teacup and walked over, and glanced through the small hole, well, it is indeed not very clear.
"There's no way, only here won't be discovered. Otherwise, if you don't see it by your cousin, you have to be seen by your mother. I spent a lot of effort to book this room, so don't dislike it. ”
Li Xuemei had no choice but to continue to adjust her posture, wanting to see her sister-in-law as soon as possible.
The girl of the Zheng family is white and clean, although she can't see her facial features clearly, but in terms of behavior, she doesn't look like those rough people in the village.
Jiang Xi heard her grandmother and second aunt talk about it before, saying that if it was successful, she would want to buy a yard for her cousin in the town. In the future, the young couple will do some small business, and they will not be too lazy to go up the mountain again.
Before, they also planned to do the same, and they all said that people go to higher places, and water flows to lower places. If they could live in the town, who would want to go back to the Nagada place on the mountain.
Therefore, this Zheng girl is quite in line with the Li family's wishes in any way.
Li Xuemei looked carefully at her sister-in-law who might pass through the door in the small hole, but Jiang Xi was paying attention to her cousin's expression.
From their side, they can only see the side of the two, and Zheng Yulian is not very clear, but she can see Jiang Xi's cousin quite clearly.
Cousin Jiangxi, who was originally not interested in seeing each other, also changed his face a little after seeing Zheng Yulian up close, and at this moment, he still looked a little shy.
"Jiangxi, do you think my brother and this Zheng girl can make it?" After watching it for a long time, Li Xuemei, who still couldn't see clearly, finally gave up, sat back at the table, ate snacks and drank tea.
"Well, what do I think, the dim sum here is not as delicious as yours."
"Then when you go back later, eat more at my house, or you should not leave, and stay at my house to play." I guess, cousin, nine times out of ten, their affairs can be done, and the family will definitely be busy by then, and your second aunt on our side can worry less. ”
"Humph! You're turning around the bush and saying I'm in trouble. Li Xuemei picked up a small fruit on the table and threw it at Jiang Xi, Jiang Xi smiled and avoided it, and shushed at her again.
"Let's be quiet, it won't be good if they are heard."
Li Xuemei also reacted immediately: "Also, I forgot, be quiet, be quiet." By the way, Xi'er, you just said that my brother and Miss Zheng can succeed nine times out of ten, is this true? ”
"Of course."
"Hee-hee, that's great! In the future, I will also be a person with a sister-in-law! Li Xuemei smiled, she had long wanted to have a sister-in-law, including in the village, except for her, there were few girls of the same age, and she couldn't even find anyone who wanted to talk to her, so this was also the reason why she and Jiangxi hit it off at first sight.
Now it's different, she has a sister-in-law, and in the future, she can chat with her sister-in-law at home at any time, discuss the fashionable hair flowers and rouge together, and embroider together, make purses or something.
Jiang Xi looked at Li Xuemei's happy appearance, and the corners of her mouth also smiled.
Some girls will resist when they hear that they want to have a sister-in-law, worried that the sister-in-law who marries will treat them badly, and there will be a gap between the two sisters-in-law. But Li Xuemei didn't think about this aspect at all, all this should be related to the general environment of the Li family.
In the Li family, the elders will not beat the juniors for no reason, starting from Grandma Jiangxi, they are all very reasonable. And between Jiangxi's two aunts, there is also a lot of harmony, and they never make trouble because of anything.
Li Xuemei, who grew up in this environment, was naturally nurtured by this environment, and believed that people get along with each other in harmony. Except for Li Chunlan's family, of course.
"Quick, we're getting ready to leave!" Jiang Xi glanced at Xiao Kong again, and suddenly the alarm bell sounded, and he hurriedly pulled Li Xuemei and ran outside.
"I haven't finished my snack yet,"
"Go back and eat again!"
The two of them moved very quickly, plus Jiang Xi had given the silver before, and now they didn't have to settle the bill, so they quickly slipped out.
After they ran out, Li and the others slowly stepped out of the room. I didn't dare to make too much of the movement, for fear that the girl's family would see it.
By the time the Li family and the others returned home, Jiang Xi and Li Xuemei had already sat down in the room, exactly the same as when Li and the others left.
Both of them pretended to hear the news of their return, and walked unhurriedly to the antechamber.
"Mother, you're back, what's the result?"
Li smiled and didn't speak, looked at Jiangxi's grandmother, and Jiangxi's grandmother said: "Don't ask me about this kind of thing, don't ask me about this kind of old woman, ask the child to go, she is the master of her own child, I won't get involved." ”
Although she said so, it could be seen that the old lady was extremely satisfied with the girl of the Zheng family. If you run into someone you don't like, you'll probably say a couple of words.
Jiangxi's second aunt had already smiled on her face, just now they were on the side hall, separated by a curtain, and when the girl passed by, they all looked at it. The person is really good-looking, and he speaks and behaves like that.
Their Li family is having a better time now, and marrying a daughter-in-law is not like before, thinking of finding someone who can work hard. With the support of the Jiang family, the fruits in their orchard are selling well, and now they are transporting fruits, and their lives are good, so if they are looking for a daughter-in-law, they have to find a smart person who can take care of the house. The most important thing is to like your son.
She could see that her son was not very happy with the others, and he didn't even want to see each other before. However, it is completely different for Miss Zheng, and I have a good impression of it. Marrying a daughter-in-law you like at home, your son can also do things outside in a down-to-earth manner.
Therefore, Jiang Xi's second aunt is more and more satisfied with Miss Zheng, so she just needs to come to the door to propose marriage now.
"I think it's okay, but it depends on my son, what do you think."
Jiangxi's eldest cousin, who usually looks quite old, began to blush when he talked about it. A discerning person knows his mind at a glance.
"Done! We are all satisfied with this Zheng girl, and I will call the matchmaker to come over and talk to the Zheng family later. Gai Ming'er bought some things and went over, so let's make a letter of appointment first. These two children are not very old, and they will get married after a year or two.
Of course, if you want to get married now, we can also discuss with the Zheng family to see if they are willing to let their daughter out of the cabinet so early. ”
This matter was settled.
The Li family did things quickly, and it didn't take long to buy a courtyard in the town, and spent more than ten taels of silver to buy a dowry. Jiangxi's eldest cousin also deliberately went to the mountains to hunt some game and sent it over, including a pair of geese, two hares and a wild boar.
Jiangxi still heard Li Xuemei say later, in order to hunt these wild meat, her cousin went to the back mountain alone for two days and one night, and squatted for a long time before squatting. She was still snickering at the time, it seemed that as long as she was emotional, no matter who she was, she would do something completely different from usual.
On the day the Li family gave the dowry gift, Li Xuemei also followed her to the town, and the idea she put forward before was agreed by her mother, and she stayed at Jiangxi's house after coming over this time. The two sisters play together in the yard every day, so happy.
The matter of the Li family and the Zheng family getting married gradually spread in the town. Originally, many things in the town couldn't be covered, sometimes even the Zhang family cat gave birth to a few cubs, and the Wang family's dog bit a few rats, which can be talked about by others for a long time, let alone such a big event.
The Zheng family is a family that has just returned to the town, and the Li family is the maiden family of the Jiang family's mother, the Li family. In addition, the Li family bought a house in the town, although the yard is not large, it is more than enough for a family of three to live.
Everyone said that the Li family bought the yard and gave so many dowry gifts, and also sent a lot of game, especially the pair of geese and a wild boar, which is enough to see the importance that the Li family attaches to the Zheng family's girl.
When the Zheng family heard the news, they were also very happy, their daughter was valued by the future husband's family, and it was the thing that parents were most willing to see.
When this matter is done, July is also coming to an end, and it is about to enter August. And the Li family was thinking about what gift to give to the daughter-in-law's family who had not passed through the door during the August Festival.
Among the many praises and envy, of course, there were also a few words that did not listen.
When Jiang Xi and Li Xuemei went to the market, they heard a few mean-looking women discussing.
"This Li family, the battle to marry a daughter-in-law is too big, and it is to buy a house and give a dowry, this series of things, it is estimated that there are always more than forty taels of silver. The girl of the Zheng family is really gold-inlaid, and it costs so much money.
According to me, it is better to marry my girl. Don't say it's forty taels, give me half of the money, and my girl will follow them directly, and she won't go back to her parents' house in the future. ”
The corners of Jiang Xi's mouth hooked up a sneer, and he was about to talk to Li Xuemei beside him, when he found that Li Xuemei had already run in front of those mean women.
"Our Li family can give whatever kind of dowry they want, you can control it. Our family just took a fancy to the girl of the Zheng family, and we just wanted to marry her, not to mention forty taels, even one hundred taels of our family are willing to spend flowers. And I didn't ask you to give money, what are you sour here.
I also told you, except for the girls of the Zheng family, the girls of other people's families don't like it even if they stick to our Li family. If you have the leisure to chew your tongue here, you might as well go back and think about how you can teach your daughter to be as good as my sister-in-law who has never passed through the door! ”