36, Matchmaking Mountain
The appearance of his son fell into the eyes of Xie Qingshan and Xie Wang, how could he not know what his son was thinking when he was a father? Xie Qingshan, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but sigh in his heart, so he had to change his original mind for the time being, and pay attention to each other this time. Xie Wang's look at his son's hatred of iron and steel, and he was ashamed, so he couldn't wait to twist him a few times on his waist, but he was separated from Xie Pingtian by Xie Qingshan, and that's it.
The tea lady came to ask for tea, and Guo Pozi said in a stacked voice: "I think I will come to Zhan'er and Hetang first, and ask for an auspicious mile!" This Hehe soup, also called Yin-Yang Hehe Soup, is a tea stewed with lilies, red dates, white fungus, longan, etc., and is generally drunk by newlyweds.
Hearing this, Xie Ping'an and Second Sister Zhao couldn't help blushing, and Xie Ping'an peeked at Second Sister Zhao opposite. Second Sister Zhao took out a pomegranate red crepe sweat towel from her cuffs, covered her face, and said in a coquettish voice: "Aunt Guo, don't make fun of people!" ”
"What's the joke? I drank my own soup, how could I have made fun of whom? Mrs. Guo only couldn't see and understand the situation of the two of them, and said with a smile.
"Guo Baoshan, they are children, they are thin-skinned, spare them!" Xie Wang said with a smile.
"Ouch, this daughter-in-law is starting to feel distressed before she passes the door! As the saying goes, when the bride enters the room, the matchmaker throws it over the wall, and before she enters the room, I will be disgusted as a matchmaker! Mrs. Guo pretended to be sad, interjected and sang, and the atmosphere on the table immediately became happy.
Xie Xuan admired it very much, not only can she be a matchmaker, but she also has to know how to read people's eyes, enliven the atmosphere, and not annoy people, which is really not something that anyone can deserve.
So, Mrs. Guo asked for Hehe soup, Zhao Muchun asked for sesame and ginger tea, Second Sister Zhao asked for Mei Gui poured marinated melon kernels to make tea, and asked for a few plates of delicate fruits, yellow rice jujube cake, fruit filling pretzel cakes, vegetable oil and crispy, everyone talked while drinking tea.
"It's not that I'm boasting, there are seventy or eighty acres of fertile land on the Zhuangzi of Brother Xie's house, not counting the wasteland of the river pond, even the three blue brick and tile houses on the Zhuangzi are also worth fifty or sixty taels of silver!" Mrs. Guo boasted to the Zhao family's father and daughter:
"In our county, Wang Zhaoxuan's family sells this Zhuangzi, and he insists on five hundred taels, and not a penny of silver? Looking at this county, there are only a few that can take five hundred taels of silver, that is, our brother Xie is quick to scatter the white silver, otherwise Zhuangzi can be surnamed Xie now? We still have someone in Liushutun who asked me to intercede with Brother Xie and ask for the fields on Zhuangzi! ”
Xie Xuan couldn't help blushing when she heard this Guo Pozi's praise, not to mention Xie Qingshan and Xie Wang's family? Those three blue brick houses can still be sold for fifty or sixty taels of silver in the county seat, and in the grange that is far away from the village and near the store, where is it worth fifty or sixty taels? That Zhuangzi is only 35 acres of good land, and the remaining 40 acres are bad land, if all of them are good land, who will sell you for 500 taels? There is also the Xie family who spent five hundred taels of silver, not to mention the official eunuchs and nobles in Beicheng District, that is, the wealthy family in the county, who can't take out five hundred taels of silver? This Mrs. Guo said that his family seems to have mountains of gold and silver at home.
Zhao Muchun nodded again and again, and the more he looked at Xie Ping'an, the more satisfied he became, that is, Second Sister Zhao glanced at Xie Ping'an from time to time with apricot eyes, and Xie Ping'an was half numb by her eyes.
"Guo Baoshan, I have praised it, I know my own situation, where is there so ...... So......" Xie Qingshan couldn't listen anymore, his old face was praised and ashamed, and he couldn't help but interrupt her.
"Ouch, Brother Xie is too modest! Isn't the new mule cart with a bolt at the door newly bought? I also heard that the Kai family has a unique job of concocting Shou Wu, and even Doctor Liu's Baicaotang is not as good as miles! Let's not talk about the Zhuangzi silver, just with this unique skill, people will not be poor for several lifetimes! Guo Pozi has no words to praise, she is well-connected and well-informed, but she has inquired a lot about the Xie family.
Xie Qingshan glanced at Xie Xuan lovingly, and only cared about modesty: "It's a fluke, it's just a fluke!" We are just a poor family, and we dare not compare ourselves to other wealthy families......"
"Brother Xie is too humble, not good for those vain names! Ping'an, this child is also sincere, unlike those gentlemen, who have a few dollars in their hands and scatter them out, not to mention far, just say that the children of Shen Dahu's family in our village are surrounded by a group of idle workers all day long, either fighting cocks and lackeys or going to the yard to prostitute bitches, hey, the thousands of family wealth earned by Master Shen are even the mountains of gold and silver to be ruined for them......" Mrs. Guo sighed and compared, and praised Xie Ping'an's heart was complacent for a while, and he was embarrassed for a while, so he peeked to look at Second Sister Zhao.
I saw Second Sister Zhao drinking tea with a tea bowl, and covered her mouth with a crepe sweat towel, her face just smiled and didn't speak, Qiao looked like Qiao, made a show, with her talking apricot eyes, and sometimes slipped Xie Ping'an, it was five or six points in color, with her expression and attitude, it was seven or eight points, how could it not attract Xie Ping'an, who had never seen many beautiful girls, to be fascinated?
"Our second sister Zhao is talented, not to mention that she is unique in the village, but she is not worse than the daughter of the big family in this county, you look at the nearby ten miles and eight villages, whose daughter can have the appearance of the second sister? Look at the people in this county, all the way over, is there anyone who can compare to the second sister? Mrs. Guo was full of praise, and just as the tea lady came over with a tin pot to add tea, she stopped and asked her, "Sister Liu, tell me, I often bring people to your tea bureau to see each other, so many girls and ladies, can they compare to the talent of Second Sister Zhao?" ”
"Where can there be? In my opinion, even the young lady of the big family is not as good as the second sister! The tea woman smiled and flattered, it turned out that this tea woman was from Liu Shutun, and she had always been familiar with Guo Pozi, and Guo Pozi often brought people to her tea bureau to see each other, and brought her a business, which was to see more and see the scene.
"Second sister, the old body looks at the colorful disc play flowers embroidered on the side of your skirt is really good, the former child said to the Han family grocery store in the county town that it was a family matter, and gave the old body a set of wool green cloth skirts, summer cloth shirts, I want to ask the second sister to embroider a pattern, to wear it next summer, I don't know if the second sister is free?" Mrs. Guo showed off her skills, and she also teased Second Sister Zhao to speak, and she said.
"Since Aunt Guo is the prime minister, how can the slave family refuse? If you don't think the slave family has poor craftsmanship, you can just send it to my house if you have to catch up with Ming'er. Second Sister Zhao said in a coquettish voice.
So, Mrs. Guo praised her without words, and said to Xie Qingshan and Xie Wang: "Take a look? Where is there such a skillful girl, virtuous temperament, sharp speech, needlework and good work, I have heard that the work in the kitchen and stove at home is good. He turned his head and asked Zhao Muchun again, "Brother Zhao, you eat the food cooked by your daughter every day, can you still use it?" ”
"The little girl's family, the door is not out of the door all day long, and she has not seen any big world, so she just cooks home-cooked meals!" Zhao Muchun was humble in his mouth, but there was some self-confidence in his voice.
"Ouch, Brother Zhao, what do you still want your daughter to make? Isn't living at home a common thing? If you are sprinkled with thick oil red sauce every day, where is the person who lives a life? As he spoke, he asked Xie Wang, who didn't speak much, "Sister-in-law Xie, did you say that?" ”
"Yes! Living at home is the right thing to do. Xie Wang just smiled on his face.
As the saying goes, marry a woman from a high door and marry a woman from a low door, and the current conditions of the Xie family are enough to pick and choose their daughters-in-law. And the requirements of parents and children for women are different, Xie Qingshan and Xie Wang just want to marry a virtuous and sensible daughter-in-law, just like the Lin family, as for the appearance, ordinary people are fine, but looking at the appearance of their sons, it seems that they are not of the same mind.
"Sister-in-law Xie is telling the truth! This daughter-in-law marries into the door, the most important thing is to live at home, look at the second sister, the needlework woman, this kitchen stove, isn't she a person who lives a life? Mrs. Guo seemed to feel that Xie Wang's family didn't seem to be very satisfied with Second Sister Zhao, so she led the topic to the direction of virtuousness.
Xie Wang just smiled and nodded, picked up the tea on the table and ate it, and did not respond to Mrs. Guo's words. She doesn't like this Qiao-like girl in her heart, wearing that tight button-down shirt, showing her body curves, drawing her eyebrows and smearing powder is nothing, it's just that she walks like a willow with the wind, and her demeanor is not respectful, and her eyes seem to have hooks to hook people, look at her stupid son who has never seen the world, and before he can speak, his soul is hooked.
"If you want me to say, if the little two are in love, it is better than anything else, if they are willing in their hearts, they can live a small life, wouldn't it be better than their parents urging them to move forward?"
Mrs. Guo's eyes slipped around, and she had already seen the demeanor of the people around her, with her decades of experience in talking about matchmaking, she had already guessed the thoughts of the people around her in her heart, and the descendants of the Xie family had already done what she wanted when she saw Second Sister Zhao, that is, if he married Second Sister Zhao immediately, he didn't have a word, then Xie Qingshan saw that his son liked it, and his heart was already loose. The rest is the Xie Wang family, I'm afraid it's a hard stubble, and it's not easy to settle.
"Ping'an, did you say that what Aunt Guo said was right?" So, Mrs. Guo turned her head to ask Xie Ping'an, although Xie Ping'an had already given soul to Second Sister Zhao, but she was still listening carefully to what they were talking about, and when she heard Mrs. Guo's question, she hit his mind, and hurriedly nodded her head like a chicken, and couldn't stop saying: "Yes, yes, Aunt Guo said mile!" ”
Xie Wang's family couldn't wait to reach out and twist his ears immediately, he really hated that iron could not become steel, and it was embarrassing!
Guo Pozi looked at Xie Wang's demeanor, and she didn't dare to flirt ruthlessly, so she turned around and said: "The old man has been a matchmaker for so many years, and how many couples he has matched, he is not afraid of boasting, but there are not tens of thousands, but there are thousands of pairs of children!" There are those who get married for the first time, and there are those who marry again, to ensure that these couples are all in love, and the old body does not dare to pack tickets! You don't know that there are thousands of people in this world, and there are also thousands of temperaments, and there are thousands of requirements. Let's just talk about this marriage, the requirements of parents and children are different, parents looking for daughters-in-law and children should find virtuous and capable, and the man marrying a daughter-in-law should be beautiful, informed and interesting. It's hard! ”
Mrs. Guo said this stall, which was reasonable, and everyone nodded yes.
Guo Pozi saw that everyone nodded, so she struck while the iron was hot and said: "Those who marry again, except for those who are divorced, either the Hun family died and became a widower, or the family died and became a widow. It was originally a marriage made by the words of the matchmaker of the parents, and the in-laws were happy, just because the husband didn't like it, no matter how virtuous and capable she was, she couldn't live that day. There are those who have not been divorced, and they have become a lifelong complaining couple, complaining that the other party is not aware of the fun, and complaining that their parents forcibly married at the beginning; There are also those who divorce and marry again, and how many incidents have arisen in the middle, how do we know? ”
"So, this marriage matter still has to be a good match and satisfactory for the young couple, and the life will last for a long time!" Guo Pozi made the final decision, only to see Xie Ping'an nodding again and again, her eyes slipped to Xie Qingshan and Xie Wang, only to see that they also nodded slightly, and her heart was happy.
After talking for a while, because Xie Zhicheng Xie Zhiyuan was full of tea, he had already twisted around in his seat and couldn't sit still, so he ran to the door to see the passers-by, and then ran to the tea house to watch the tea lady make tea, and saw that there were people on the side of the road who were carrying burdens and selling things, so he dragged Xie Xuan to watch, but he couldn't stay idle. Xie Wang's family had to bear two hearts, this person was not familiar with the place, and he was afraid that his grandson would be abducted by the flower child, so he had to say a few words and disperse.
Xie Qingshan spent two or three hundred yuan to settle the tea money, and the group took a mule cart to the study shop.
On the way, Xie Wang glanced at Xie Ping'an, who was in a state of despair, and asked, "Ping'an, what do you think of the second sister of the Zhao family?" ”
Xie Ping'an suddenly came back to his senses and stammered, "I see...... Endure...... It's good......" Under the gaze of his mother, his face involuntarily turned red again.
Xie Xuan couldn't help but quip: "Isn't that obvious?" Look at my brother-in-law's soulless appearance, I'm afraid that the three souls and seven spirits have already gone home with others! After that, he laughed with Xie Zhicheng and Xie Zhiyuan, which made Xie Ping'an anxious and annoyed, and he stretched out his hand to play her brain crash, and Xie Xuan hid in Xie Wang's arms.
"What are you annoyed about, Xuanxuan said what you were thinking? I see, this hasn't been done yet, you look like this, if you really become a relative when the time comes, I'm afraid that if you have a daughter-in-law and forget your mother, she will not dare to go west, you will become a rake ear! Xie Wang glanced at him and said.
"How can it be? Where am I the kind of useless man, I want to be filial to my father and mother with my daughter-in-law! Xie Ping'an said with a red face.
"Look, I haven't married into the door yet, so I'm protected!" Xie Wang turned his head and shouted to Xie Qingshan, "His father, you see, you see, we haven't decided whether to marry that second sister Zhao or not, and peace is in mind!" ”
Xie Qingshan smiled and said, "Ping An has grown up, grown up!" ”
His father and mother made fun of him like this, Xie Ping'an had to turn his head and let them laugh.