On this day, Qing and Zifu had just returned home from the orange orchard, and met the third mother-in-law walking out at the door, Ziqing greeted and sent the guests away, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask Shen, and learned that the third mother-in-law was here to say goodbye to Zilu.

It turns out that the Shen family has been asking who has a girl recently, so that Zilu can make a marriage this year and get married next fall.

"Mother, the second brother is still young. What's the hurry? "Zilu is only two years older than Ziqing, he is 16 years old this year, and he will only be 16 years old next year.

"Your second brother is not in a hurry, but someone is in a hurry, there must be a sequence, otherwise, your second brother can really wait for two years. I'm afraid that Kangping won't do it when the time comes. Shen said, and deliberately glanced at Ziqing.

Ziqing didn't notice Shen's vision, at this moment Ziqing suddenly felt that time was like water, time was like a shuttle, inadvertently, they all grew up and were going to get married, and in the future, they would be small families. can no longer be as intimate as in the past, coaxing them to circle around him, Ziqing was a little reluctant and a little sour, Zifu noticed Ziqing's mood and touched her hair.

This time, the third mother-in-law said that the family is not far from Chenjia Village, the eldest daughter in the family, and there are three younger brothers at the bottom, and the family background is a little worse, however, it is said that this girl is very capable and spicy, and can be most of the family, Shen listened to this and was a little tempted, she always thought that Zilu was too honest, there was no calculation in his heart, and he did not have much talent for reading, besides, he was not suitable to go out to be an official, and he could only guard this family business in the future.

Shen's trustee quietly inquired, this girl is not bad, but unfortunately she can't read. This Shen didn't care too much, she herself was illiterate, and she was still married. I learned some common words from my husband. However, we still have to wait until the winter solstice holiday, and Zilu will go home for a few days.

On this day, Ziqing was digging a sapling. Suddenly, I felt that my lower abdomen was distended and fell down. It was very uncomfortable, and Ziqing remembered that she had turned thirteen years old, and her aunt should come. Ziqing hurriedly threw down the hoe in her hand, asked Zifu to go for her, and handed him a purse with a lot of copper plates in it. said: "Big brother, I'm not feeling well, you can go and plant saplings alone today, otherwise you will call your sister-in-law to accompany you." ”

Zifu was very surprised, this was an unprecedented phenomenon, and kept asking Ziqing, "Sister, what did you say, what are you uncomfortable with?" You're going to die in a hurry, big brother. Ziqing was embarrassed to tell him the reason, but just pushed him away.

Back in the room, Ziqing found a piece of fine white cotton. was about to go to wash and dry, and suddenly thought that this matter should be told to Shen first, otherwise. If you get it all by yourself, it will arouse suspicion, this is not like modern times, there are physiology classes, and besides, Ziqing has no sister who can teach her this.

Thinking of this, Ziqing pulled Shen into the house, and pretended to be nervous and said: "Mother, just now I was digging a sapling outside, my lower abdomen has been distended, and it is uncomfortable to fall, you rub it for me." After saying that, he had to hold back a smile.

Shen understood when he saw it, touched Ziqing's head and said with a smile: "My family's Qing'er has finally grown up, and this time it's really time to prepare a dowry." ”

"Mother, how can there be someone like you? He also made fun of his daughter. I remember when I was a kid when I said this, you hit me several times. Ziqing asked with a pout.

Shen Shi poked Ziqing's head and said, "This time and that time, now that you have been married for more than a year, can it be the same?" How long has it been since you still hold a grudge? After speaking, she found a few new cloth covers, asked Ziqing to put on the ashes of plants and trees, and taught Ziqing how to use them, Ziqing said that she would not say anything, and the gray things did not slip away, and there was an obstacle in her heart when she looked at it.

Ziqing washed the fine white cotton cloth and dried it in the sun, scalded a bunch of cotton with boiling water, and put it in the sun. Shen shook his head, but didn't say anything.

At dinner, Zeng Ruixiang suddenly said to Zifu: "Fu'er, I'm going to collect the rent of late rice tomorrow, you can go with me." ”

Zifu glanced at Zeng Ruixiang and Shen in surprise, but didn't ask anything, nodded and agreed.

Shen said to Liu: "Xiaomei, you will also follow me to take care of household affairs and manage accounts from tomorrow, just as Zilu is going to go on a blind date, you follow the study, and you will arrange this year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner." ”

Liu Shi listened respectfully and responded, and then looked at Zifu with doubts on his face, "That's the case, Zifu is going to the capital at the beginning of spring next year, I want you to take care of him, and then you will always be in charge of the house, and now you have learned to save and be in a hurry." Shen said.

"Mother, why don't I know, what am I going to do in the capital?" Zifu asked.

"Your dad will tell you about this later." Shen said.

"Ziyu, you start to follow me to the back mountain tomorrow to pick up eggs, and in the future, the back mountain will be handed over to you." Ziqing also hurriedly said, looking at her father's posture, she will get married in two years, and she should always find someone to take over the affairs of the family, besides, Ziyu's future conditions can't be wrong, and she should be able to find a husband who is stronger than herself, in case there are a lot of mothers-in-law, uncles, sisters-in-law, or so in the family, you still have to cultivate from an early age, at least a woman can manage the family is also a strong point.

The whole family looked at Ziqing and asked, "Why?" ”

"That, I have a lot of things to do now, I'm busy with the orange orchard, I still have to embroider screens for my second brother, Ziyu always has to learn to take care of the house for a few years. I didn't learn it from elementary school. Ziqing said.

"That's right, Ziyu will follow your eldest sister from tomorrow. When your eldest sister was as old as you, she took care of the barren mountains alone, and it has really achieved results over the years, and there are still a lot of items every year, and you also follow your eldest sister to learn. Shen listened to Ziyu's persuasion.

"It turns out that my sister was so capable when she was a child? The screen in my room was also embroidered by my sister, right? It's really nicely embroidered. Liu said enviously.

"What's more, I have given several big gifts when my eldest brother got married, there are screens, there is a whole jade rough stone, there are jade jewelry, there are bloodstones, by the way, and the boy holds the lotus. Big brother, right. ”

"I know, that jade and boy holding lotus were obviously given by Lin Kangping, and you are embarrassed to say that you gave them, no wonder I am being caught every day as a hard laborer and working for you." Zifu said.

"Isn't this nonsense? If it weren't for me, why would Kangping give you a big gift, and what is the difference between this and what I gave? Besides, I told him to buy the jade. Ziqing distinguished.

"How do you talk to your eldest brother, look at what you say, how kind of virtuous you are, and thanks to me teaching you every day, you are still not convinced. Don't go anywhere in the future, stay at home honestly. Shen said. Ziyu secretly used her fingers to draw shame on her face, and Ziqing raised her fist at her.

"Mother, what about my orange orchard?" Ziqing asked.

"What Orange Orchard? Your eldest brother has not been there many times, so I will hand it over to your eldest brother. ”

This is in Ziqing's hands, anyway, there is already a prototype, Ziqing doesn't want to run out every day, so she hurriedly said: "Then there is Brother Lao." ”

Zifu said with a bitter face: "Mother, my sister is now more and more justifiable to catch me as a coolie, and she can't call me hard." ”

"Okay, don't pretend, just bias your sister's good things at you, you should also do some coolies, I don't want to let Qing'er run outside for a long time." Zeng Ruixiang said.

Ziqing jumped up happily and hugged Zeng Ruixiang coquettishly, "Daddy still loves me." The crowd laughed.

Since then, Ziqing has slowly thrown out the back mountain, Liu takes care of the housework, and Shen has a lot of time, she takes Ziyu to the back mountain often, and Ziqing is idle to embroider screens.

This time Ziqing originally planned to embroider a magpie standing on the branch of a red plum tree, called the eyebrows of joy, the reason why Ziqing was anxious was that she had two years left in the days of her own marriage, and such a large embroidery would be completed in seven or eight months at the earliest, Ziqing herself would definitely have to take two screens to go, as well as the clothes of the four seasons, his own and Lin Kangping's, and most importantly, there were wedding dresses, hijabs, reward purses, etc., Lin Kangping was the only one on his side, these things needed to be prepared by Ziqing, and Ziqing also suddenly thought of these, Fortunately, in recent years, I have accumulated a lot of purse.

Who knew that Ziqing had just set up the embroidery frame, and Zeng Ruixiang had also painted the painting, and Shen said that it was better to replace it with a hundred sons, and the meaning of marriage was that the hundred sons were the best, and there were many sons and many blessings. Ziqing had no choice but to replace the eyebrows of Xishang, and embroidered them for herself in the future.

The winter solstice is coming in a blink of an eye, Zilu returned home, and after sacrificing his ancestors, Shen couldn't wait to talk to Zilu, and said that the two sides had already made an appointment, and Zilu had to agree, because what Shen said to him was that Ziqing's marriage could not be delayed, and Zilu originally did not plan to get married so early, but when Ziqing was involved, he couldn't help it, who told him to hurt his sister too.

Zilu had a total of three days off, the first day to worship the ancestors, the second day to go to the woman's house, and the third day the woman came to the man's house, which was similar to Zifu's time, but the time was more rushed. The results were quite satisfactory, and Zilu hurriedly returned to school. The rest of the things have their own Zeng Ruixiang and Shen, and the Shen family has already prepared for the marriage ceremony, just like the Liu family, a pair of dragon and phoenix gold bracelets and two pieces of satin fabric.

Shen said to Ziqing in private that the girl of the Chen family was more shrewd when she saw it, and she must have suffered a lot when she was young, and her family background was relatively thin.

"Then you're not afraid that she will move this furniture to her mother's house in the future." Ziqing asked.

"It's not a matter of worry, I let them divide it early, and if she wants to take her own share, she will have the bottom of her heart and will not do too much. It doesn't hurt to have the right help for your mother's family. I also don't want to marry Zilu to a ruthless and unrighteous person. Shen said.

Ziqing sighed, I hope the second sister-in-law can master this degree.

After Zilu's family affairs were decided, the Shen family was not available, looking for someone to build a house and make furniture, and the house was built next to Zifu, Ziqing said with a smile: "Simply, the eldest brother's yard is hung on the Fu Garden, the second brother is Lu Yuan, and in the future, the third and fourth children will be Shou Yuan and Xi Yuan, and it is easy to make a mistake in the province, and it is troublesome to go wrong." ”

"What the hell do you have to think about, you're everywhere? Can you still go wrong in your own yard? Shen pointed to Ziqing's head.

"What Qing'er said can be considered, it's a good idea." Zeng Ruixiang touched his beard and said.

"Look, Daddy praised me. What a good thing, who told my mother not to study with my father? Ziqing muttered.

Shen blushed, shook his head, and went on to get busy. (To be continued)