The next day, Mrs. Guo came to the house on a donkey again and asked about the results.

After a cup of thick chestnut and hazelnut red date tea, Guo Pozi just took a sip, and couldn't wait to ask, "What's the matter, Brother Xie, sister-in-law Xie?" Whether you are in the picture or not, give me a real word, and I will go back and talk back! ”

"Let's not say anything, you have also seen the situation of my stupid son, if the Zhao family is also willing, let's discuss a charter to see if it is suitable!"

Last night, Xie Qingshan and Xie Wang called Ping'an to the house, and the husband and wife asked him carefully.

Ping'an said that he was willing, and even Xie Qingshan and Xie Wang's plan to see each other a few more times refused.

As soon as Xie Qingshan and Xie Wang saw this situation, they knew that their second sister had a heart on the second sister Zhao, and they couldn't say that they wanted to marry the second sister Zhao into the family for him.

"I just can't see that girl Qiao Qiao, who looks like Qiao, and acts like a girl, wearing that narrow clothes, and tightening her body......" Seeing that Ping'an went back to his room to sleep, Xie Wang said to Xie Qingshan.

"Young girl, which one doesn't love pretty? When I was young, I still bought you powder......" Xie Qingshan said with a smile.

Xie Wang slapped him on the back, "Keep talking!" ”

For a while, he said: "It's not that I can't see her eyebrows and eyes, young girl, who doesn't love pretty?" It's her demeanor, as if there are hooks in her eyes, and she wants to hook people! ”

Xie Wang frowned and said, she was worried that her honest and reckless son would not be able to suppress the second sister Zhao, if she married and lived a good life, if she was so impure-minded, wouldn't it delay her son?!

"That son is in love, what else can I do? He's a hard-nosed donkey, if you can make his mind clear, no matter who you change, I have no opinion. Xie Qingshan took off his jacket and trousers, took off his horsehair scarf, put it on the head of the bed, and replied with a smile.

Xie Wang fell asleep in the middle of the night, and the next day when he saw Mrs. Guo coming to the door, he said so.

"The Zhao family is naturally willing, after watching the phase yesterday, Zhao Muchun is also in love with the peace of the family!" When Mrs. Guo heard this, her face showed joy, and she hurriedly boasted: "When he went back, he told me that the family is a capable and honest descendant, and he will be a person who will do great things in the future!" ”

"Then I don't know if his family is very demanding? How much is the bride price? Xie Wang asked directly.

Mrs. Guo smiled and flattered: "With a family like the Xie family, how much dowry can't be taken, it's her blessing to be able to marry Second Sister Zhao!" That Zhao Muchun and his Hun family only hope that his second sister will marry, and the in-laws will be kind, the husband and wife will be harmonious, and they will live a good life! Not to mention those necessary tea cakes and fruits, chickens, geese and sheep wine, all kinds of silk and fine silk yarn can't take more than a dozen horses? ”

Silk cloth and grain were the same hard currency as real money and silver in ancient times, and a horse of silk and silk cost a tael of silver.

Xie Wang frowned slightly, because he had expected it in his heart, so he endured it, and said: "That's it, who let my son take a fancy to his daughter?!" ”

Mrs. Guo continued to smile and groaned: "Since you are marrying a daughter-in-law, you can't give the second sister of the Zhao family two new faces?" That's just the golden silk mustache, we are afraid that we can't hold it down! Just weave a silver silk mustache, and then weave a silver gilt, so the gold head jewelry must not be marked with a set? Even on the day of the greeting, it also gave the Xie family a face? Then make a set of silver head noodles, and bring it every day, so you can't make seven or eight sets of satin clothes for the four seasons? ……”

The more Xie Qingshan and Xie Wang listened, their faces became more and more pale, and even Xie Ping'an couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

Mrs. Guo also knew that the Zhao family wanted too outrageous, so her voice gradually lowered, and finally she stretched out her stubby right hand and stretched out her index finger, "The bride price is not much, only one hundred taels of silver!" ”

Xie Qingshan and Xie Wang's gasped when they heard this, and Xie Ping'an's originally happy red face couldn't help but pull it down.

"Could it be that his Zhao family's daughter is carved in gold? Is it worth the money? After a while, Xie Wang glared at Mrs. Guo and asked.

"Sister-in-law Xie, a hundred taels is a lot for others. But for the Kai family, isn't that just a drop in the bucket? If you pluck a hair from your thighs, it's a mile thicker than their waists! ”

Guo Pozi saw the expressions of Xie Qingshan and Xie Wang, and knew that something bad was going to happen, so she had already told Zhao Muchun that he didn't want the lion to open his mouth.

Who knew that Zhao Muchun relied on his daughter Second Sister Zhao to look better than her eldest sister, this Xie Ping'an was fascinated by Second Sister Zhao again, and wanted to sell it for a big price, persuaded a few words, and did not let go, so he could only come over to match.

Mrs. Guo sneered and said, "Besides, Second Sister Zhao is not bad looking......

"Her second sister Zhao's appearance is not worse than ordinary people, but it is only compared to the village, and there are more beautiful girls in the county and provincial towns outside! She's a Nine Heavens Xuan daughter? Or a queen mother? Besides, even if my Xie family has a mountain of gold and silver, should I give him so much dowry for the Zhao family? He Zhao Muchun can really open this mouth, flea-face-what a big dough! ”

Xie Wang's mouth asked a series of questions: "Guo Baoshan, you are well-informed, and you also know that it is only five or six taels to buy a girl in your hand, and this hundred taels of silver is enough to buy ten girls!" Not to mention, she also has to weave two silver silk buns, and a set of gold head noodles and a set of silver head noodles, which alone cost two hundred taels of silver! Coupled with the dozen or so silk shuttles and seven or eight sets of satin clothes, this is to scrape the ground at my house?! Did you calculate that my family's Zhuangzi was worth five hundred taels, and asked my family to simply give Zhuangzi to his Zhao family as a bride price? ! ”

Mrs. Guo was told by Xie Wang's family that Rao was a matchmaker for decades, and her skin was as thick as a city wall, and she couldn't help but be unable to cope with it. I had to pick up the chestnut hazel tea to drink it, to hide my embarrassment, and I had already scolded the greedy Zhao Muchun a hundred times in my heart.

After drinking it in her mouth, she found that the tea had already cooled, she put down the tea bowl and echoed: "What Sister-in-law Xie said is that the old body also thinks that this Zhao Muchun is really a lion's mouth!" But if you want me to say, if it weren't for such a rich family, he wouldn't dare to open this mouth! ”

"Guo Baoshan, you are also an old matchmaker in our area, how much is the bride price for our marriage, you also know it in your heart, so let him open his mouth as the lion of the Zhao family? Even if my family is bankrupt and can afford to pay for this money, it is still a broken jar to make tiles - it is not cost-effective, digging up the flesh and mending the sores - it is not worth it! Xie Wang's tone softened slightly.

"Then when ordinary people get married, they will naturally be sent away for a few taels of silver, who is the Xie family? It's not worse than Shen's big households, and in the future, there will be groups of houses and slaves and maids, what kind of silver is this? Guo Pozi smiled and said: "Besides, this is a lifelong event for peace, it depends on their willingness!" ”

"Don't compare my family with Shen Dahu's family, Shen's big family has thousands of acres of fertile land, and there are several silk and satin shops in the county and provincial capital, we can compare? I only know that my family spent 500 taels to buy a Zhuangzi, but I don't know that we took out all the money and scraped together some money everywhere, and we still owe favors outside! At present, there are only these three thatched huts left in the house, and it is about to enter winter, and there is no money to buy papier-mâché windows. Even the dozens of acres of fields on the Zhuangzi are now only planted with green seedlings, and it will take at least a year to wait for the grain to bear. My family is now a donkey dung egg - the surface is light, but the inside is an empty shelf, if his Zhao family wants to marry a rich and supportive family, he will look elsewhere, my family should marry a daughter from an ordinary family! Xie Wang's voice did not stop, and he said one after another.

Although as early as that time when the iron rooster daughter-in-law Wu Sun came to the door to sprinkle, he knew that Xie Wang's family was not a good bully, Xie Xuan still couldn't help but admire her grandmother.

Because Mrs. Guo is a woman and child, Xie Qingshan is not easy to distinguish, he is iron-faced on the side, but he drinks tea without making a sound.

"This ...... Isn't this a discussion? If not, let's add it up again, this is the same as doing business, and you have to bargain! ”

Mrs. Guo slipped around the Xie family's face, and saw that Xie Ping'an was also pulling his head and not speaking, so he hurriedly said, "His Zhao family sits on the ground and starts the price, and our Xie family can also repay the money on the ground, let's talk about what our family means, no matter how much I give me a word, I will also talk to that Zhao Mu Spring Equinox when I go back!" ”

"Since Baoshan said so, then I will talk about it." Xie Wang took out an indigo muslin sweat towel from his cuffs and wiped the corners of his mouth, and said the result of the discussion with Xie Qingshan who couldn't sleep in the middle of the night yesterday:

"Then we don't need to talk about the tea ceremony, according to what you just said, tea cakes and fruits, chickens, geese and sheep wine are not less, ordinary people only use a box of new tea, two baskets of wedding cakes, two chickens and geese, two leg of mutton, and a jar of soju. Thanks to his family's view, our family used two boxes of good tea, a box of jasmine tea, a box of Muxixiang tea, two loads of wedding cakes, chicken and goose are still the same, plus a mouthful of whole sheep, two jars of Jinhua wine. He can't want seven or eight pieces of silk, and my family doesn't have any silk clothes yet! ”

Xie Wang looked at Ping An who was standing there stupidly, and scolded him: "What are you doing standing stupidly? Why don't you add hot tea to Aunt Guo? ”

Lin was warming hot water on the kitchen stove, Xie Ping'an hurriedly went to the kitchen to pick up the iron kettle, stepped forward to add hot water to the tea bowl of Mrs. Guo and her father, and put the pot on the table, standing by the side and listening with his ears pricked up.

"I bought one of the three shuttle cloths, Songjiang cotton cloths, and wool green cloths, and the second sister Zhao wanted silk clothes, so she made two bodies, and the cotton clothes for the four seasons made two bodies for her. Is the silver mustache from someone like us? I'm afraid it's a long time! The silver head noodles were given to her in a set, and she was top-notch in the village! ”

"I heard that the eldest sister of his Zhao family repented of her marriage and married to the county wonton shop, and that family only gave a bride price of thirty taels of silver, and my family is also compared to his family, so I will still give thirty taels!" Xie Wang made a final decision and said.

"Oh, my sister-in-law Xie, this is too bad, how can I go back?" Mrs. Guo looked embarrassed.

"We have given enough, and when his sister-in-law married into the door, it was only a bride price of seven or eight taels of silver! We are not the big family, and we can't do the thing of slapping the swollen face and filling the fat man, his family wants to agree, let's hire and set a date, if his family is unwilling, then forget it, and ask Guo Baoshan to show us a few more honest daughters! The money for Guo Baoshan's donkey feet is indispensable. ”

Xie Wang's tone was gentle, but the resoluteness revealed in his words let Mrs. Guo know that this matter was no longer negotiable.

Mrs. Guo was unwilling, and the bargaining between the two seemed to have you come and go, and Xie Wang's family finally did not let go.

In the end, Xie Wang's family gave Guo Pozi a hundred yuan and asked her to talk to the Zhao family well, and Guo Pozi had to ride a well-fed donkey and go back to Liushutun without mentioning it.