In the ensuing time, Zeng Ruixiang and Shen were busy looking for someone to turn over the ground, level, hold the hen's nest, and plant, and when all this was done, it would be the beginning of March. Zifu also went home.

Zifu entered the door on the evening of the eighth day of the first month of March, and when he entered the door, he was dusty, decadent, tired, kneeling on the ground and hugging Shen and said: "Mother, I'm sorry for you, I didn't get in, I didn't get in." You scold me, my son has let you down. ”

Shen looked at his son's appearance, tears came out of his eyes, patted his son's back and said: "Son, it's okay, my mother knows that you have done your best, you are only eighteen years old, and there is still time, my mother believes that you will succeed, and you must also believe in yourself." Come, listen to my mother, take a good bath, and my mother will make you something delicious. After speaking, he hurriedly picked up Zifu.

Zeng Ruixiang also said when he saw it: "Get some food first and let the children have a good meal, for so many days of eating and sleeping in the open, listen to your mother, take a good bath, sleep, and talk about it when you wake up tomorrow." ”

Shen listened to Zifu and let go of Zifu, and wanted to go to the stove room to cook for his son by himself, Ziqing had to go to boil water, arrange for Zifu to take a bath first, and the meal was good after taking a bath, Shen had been accompanying Zifu to finish eating, and the mother and son had a long time of confidant.

Fu woke up the next day, Zeng Ruixiang had gone to the school, Ziqing had prepared breakfast, and when he saw that Zifu had finished eating, he hurriedly said: "Big brother, I'm going to go to the back mountain to pick up eggs, the peach blossoms in the back mountain are blooming, the big brother hasn't seen it yet, why don't you take advantage of the time now and accompany your sister to take a look?" ”

Zifu naturally knew that his sister was to enlighten him, and he couldn't bear to live up to Ziqing's intentions, who knew that when he went to the back mountain, he saw that there were flowers, bees and butterflies dancing, and there was such a large lush orange forest, as well as chickens and sheep everywhere. The mood is really refreshing.

"Qing'er, are you all making up for this? I really didn't expect you to have such great ability. How do you do that? Zifu was really surprised.

"It's nothing, it's simple, you can't do it in a year. Two years, two years can't be done. There is still a third year, as long as I don't give up and keep working hard, there will always be results. It's not the seventh year now, what it was like at the beginning, do you remember it? ”

"Of course I remember, I thought why did you have to buy this desolate mountain? Now you've really changed your appearance. Unconsciously. My family's Qing'er has also grown up, can speak, can explain people, don't worry, big brother knows how to do it. Thank you, good sister, the eldest brother also hugged you, your feet were inconvenient in those days, the eldest brother wanted to hug you, but who knew that every time he was preempted by Kangping. That's right. Kangping also asked me to bring you something, and he said that he might be able to come back in early April, but he couldn't stay long. After Zifu finished speaking, he really hugged Ziqing. Rubbing Ziqing's hair with infinite pity, he sighed: "I really don't want you to grow up, when you grow up, you will be snatched away by others, my brother is so reluctant." ”

Ziqing's heart was also sour, and she couldn't help but smile: "Big brother, it seems that the eldest brother wants to marry his sister-in-law when he grows up first, but don't forget your sister if you have a sister-in-law." ”

Zifu smiled when he heard this, and the two talked again, before they each carried baskets of eggs home, Zeng Ruixiang and Shen were waiting for them to have lunch. Seeing that Zifu went to the mountain for a trip, his expression was much calmer, and he was relieved.

Zeng Ruixiang took the opportunity to ask about the situation he would try, the topic of the strategy, and so on. Subsequently, Zeng Ruixiang told Zifu to prepare for the autumn marriage, the new house is now built, what ideas are drawn in the past two days, "first start a family, then start a business is the same, you lack the experience of life, the strategy is dry, empty talk on paper, you are still young, build the house at home, you take care of it yourself, after building, find a chance to go out for a walk, broaden your horizons, I have my own plans for the beginning of spring next year." ”

Shen urged Zifu to go to the girl of the Liu family to discuss, "Speaking of which, please ask the matchmaker from last time to go to Liu's house with you to discuss what the requirements of the house are for the marriage this autumn." In addition, our family gave each other a dowry of 100 taels to make the dowry more decent. Come back, go to your grandfather to see an auspicious day of the zodiac. ”

"Mother, the house is built like this, it doesn't need to be big, there are five rooms in the main house, there are not so many partial houses, two rooms on one side are fine, and there is no need to sit down, I will go to Liu's house first, and when I come back, I will find the third uncle to arrange to build a house, my father is right, I should also know some mundane affairs." Zifu said.

There is something to be busy, Zifu's mood is much better, the Liu family did not have any ideas because of the blessing, Mr. Liu instead persuaded Zifu more, when it came to the marriage this year, he was also full of promises, and the silver ticket left by Zifu was also rejected and refused, Zifu repeatedly said that this is the meaning of the Shen family, it is the bride price for marriage, and the other party left the silver ticket, and said that when the house is built, they must tell them the size of the house, and they are good at making furniture.

Although the old man felt a little regretful about Zifu's fall, he also understood that Zifu was young after all, and there must be a lot of shortcomings. This time, Zifu is going to get married, and the old man is even more happy when he sees his acquaintances, saying that his eldest grandson is going to get married, so he must come and drink a glass of wine.

Zifu's work efficiency is very fast, he said that he wants to finish building a house when Lin Kangping comes back, and then go to Guangdong with Lin Kangping to see the scenery and customs of Lingnan, and if he has the opportunity, he also wants to go overseas. So here I built a house, and over there I asked Master Xu to find some good wood in advance and prepare to make furniture. Fortunately, Ziqing reserved the land for the house in advance, and Rao did this, but he still wasted some melon seedlings.

The date of marriage was set, on September 18, Shen saw that the family was a little busy, afraid that he was inexperienced, and there was still something he couldn't think about, so he took his mother He over and discussed how to set the dowry, He's meaning should not be too shabby, but not too luxurious, after all, this is in the countryside, it is always a little bad to be too ostentatious, and it is easy to leave a bane if it provokes criticism from neighbors.

In the end, it was set with a set of gold, silver, and jade heads, four pieces of silk, Luo, brocade, satin cotton, and gauze, eight sheepskins, eighty-eight taels of gift gold, and two taels of wedding cakes. Six boxes of tea, six jars of wine, a pair of white geese, a total of 22 sets.

After discussing, Shen asked Ziqing to write down the gift list, and after discussing it with Zeng Ruixiang, he took it to the old man and Tian to see, the old man had nothing to say, Tian was too much, and said: "I married two daughters-in-law and married three daughters, and the total is less than a fraction of your once. What if you have an older brother who takes advantage of the money? ”

"Mother, it's too much for you to say that, didn't Xia Yu's house be built by me, didn't I give a big gift to the two sisters when they came out of the pavilion, didn't I raise a few of them. In the old year, Layue Ziqing also took the initiative to make a new silk cotton skirt for her second aunt. Zeng Ruixiang distinguished.

Shen didn't care when she heard it, but now she also knows that Chunyu's matter is like a thorn in Tian's heart, and she has to take it out and scrape it a few times when she finds an opportunity.

Sure enough, after a while, I heard Tian say to Zeng Ruixiang: "That's your second sister, I'm talking about your eldest sister, that is, your nephew Da Mao is also going to get married this fall, you are going to prepare a congratulatory gift, you are going to sit on the head seat as an uncle, and you are the first nephew to get married, don't be too simple." Let the family see the joke. ”

"Mother, it's good that I can go, or for the sake of my father's mother, no matter how big brother is here, the head seat can't be my turn, as for what gift to give, I can't cover the eldest brother." Zeng Ruixiang replied.

Tian's face immediately darkened, and just as he was about to speak, Qiu Yu entered the door with the child in his arms. Qiu Yu entered the door and saw Tian's dark face, so he asked with a smile, "What are you discussing?" How do I see you all unhappy again? ”

"Zifu is scheduled to get married in September, no, bring the dowry gift list to my father and mother." Shen replied.

"Oh, I'll take a look, let's see what good things our family can get married." Qiu Yu said.

Shen had no choice but to hand over the gift list, Qiu Yu had learned words from Zeng Ruixiang for a few days, and she still recognized the common words. After reading the gift list, she said: "My sister-in-law is not willing to do her best, I don't think there are anything unusual, but they are common, that is, there are a lot of clothes and gift money, which is slightly better than ordinary people." I thought that depending on my sister-in-law's strength, I would have to do a lot of work. ”

"Slightly stronger? My five children spent a fraction of the time, and when you go out, the dowry is not just a few taels of silver. ”

"How can it be the same? The second brother and sister-in-law are much more solid now than you were back then, what can you have? It's not that I'm talking about you, your second brother still earns your life. Zifu is a lifter again, and it is appropriate to spend a little. Qiu Yu persuaded.

"I didn't say that it shouldn't be, I just mentioned Da Mao's marriage, and let the second brother give him enough gifts, just for him to look good, and it wasn't his dignity to be an uncle when he said it, so he pushed back and said that it depends on your eldest brother, you don't know how many people your eldest brother can come up with?" Tian complained.

"Don't listen to your mother's nonsense, the older she gets now, the more confused she becomes, she can't see anything else in her eyes, and she can't think of anything else in her head, how can she be a younger brother and give her eldest brother no face in public? Xiang'er, go home, I know you two are busy. The old man finally spoke.

Zeng Ruixiang and Shen listened and hurriedly said goodbye. As soon as they went out, Tian muttered, "It's okay to make up for it in private." If you marry a daughter-in-law, you will be willing to spend more money, and you will not pull out a dime for your own sister-in-law. ”

The old man shouted to Tian: "It's really stupid to say that you are stupid, don't you look at the things that Chunyu's family has caused in the past few years, if it weren't for my son and daughter-in-law's kindness and putting it on others, they would have broken off contact a long time ago, and they still think about generous gifts?" If you don't pull out a dime, who will give you your money? Who raised the big hair? To be content, you can't just count what others are in the pot, you see Xia Yu is honest, now the house, fruit trees, fabrics, and pork are not the second brother's help, and even the well in the courtyard is still thought of by the second daughter-in-law, and a few dollars have been added to it, such a good son and daughter-in-law, you still have to pick on it, you are really crazy. After the old man finished speaking, he was so angry that he went out with his hands behind his back. (To be continued)