After breakfast, He Mai and Qin cleaned up the house at home.

It rained two days ago, and the roof after the repair was very strong, and the weather was fine for the past two days, and the old lady wanted to hang dried fish on the eaves.

The work in the courtyard was almost done, and there was still a while before lunch to eat, and He Mai entered the house with Qin, saying that she wanted the old lady to teach her needlework.

He Mai makes a good hand of tea and rice, but it is miserable to do needlework.

At present, she lives with Yang Liulang, and if the man's body is patched or something, she sews and mends her clothes with her handwork, and she can't wear them to meet people.

If she doesn't learn from the Qin family, does she still have to take Yang Liulang's clothes back and ask the old lady to make up for it!

Qin didn't need her to say what He Mai meant, and nodded with a smile. The grandparents and grandchildren entered the house and took out the needlework in the basket, and the Qin family taught her hand in hand.

"Don't shake your hands, just go in from here and wear it out, yes, the next stitch is the same, hmm, isn't it great? My wheat is so clever that it will be difficult to do needlework. ”

Qin looked at the needlework in Hemai's hand kindly, and softly pointed and praised on the side.

Although Qin was complimenting, He Mai looked at the strip of cloth in his hand that had been sewn by himself, and the patched place was like a toothless mouth, which was extremely ugly, very different from the old lady's delicate and delicate handwork.

She couldn't help but be a little deflated, "Grandma, I'm afraid I won't be able to learn your craft." ”

Qin smiled and said, "Silly boy, you just learned, and you retreated?" This is nothing, when I was young, your grandmother taught me kung fu for a few years, and I was able to do needlework. ”

When He Mai heard this, he felt better in his heart, and continued to study the needlework in his hand carefully.

When she was irritable with the needlework in her hand, the mountain grass jumped in from outside the house, saw He Mai doing needlework, and smiled with a pair of big eyes: "It's really different when you get married, He Mai, I haven't seen you take needlework!" ”

He Mai's face flushed, and she didn't want her to expose her thoughts, so she said embarrassedly: "Or you have to learn, you can't tear your clothes anywhere, and you always ask grandma to sew and mend it for me." ”

Shancao jumped in, also holding a basket of needlework in his hand, and the two little sisters sat together, chattering and laughing, Qin asked them to talk in the house, and asked Shancao to stay for lunch at noon, and went out to prepare lunch.

"I knew you would come to Grandma Lin's house today," Shan Cao glanced at He Mai proudly, "Am I guessing accurate?" ”

"Accurately, how did you guess?" He Mai asked with a smile.

Shancao smiled, "Actually, we came to eat that day, Yang Liulang and my brother said that he would go up the mountain in the next few days." ”

He Mai was stunned, "He told Brother Shanmu?" That seems to be the last one I knew. ”

Shancao glanced at her, "What if you know first and then know?" Yang Liulang didn't go hunting for others, he hunted the prey and sold it for silver, and it wasn't your little flower. ”

He Mai was stunned, felt that what Shancao said was reasonable, and laughed.

In the afternoon, I simply made a bite of sorghum rice, accompanied by cold wild vegetables, and a dish of stir-fried melon slices and dried fish, which was simple and convenient but refreshing and delicious.

In the next day, He Mai and Shancao continued to work, and the Qin family was also happy to have their little sisters, so they simply moved a small bench and sat by the window outside the house, sifting beans while listening to their chat.

He Mai took a closer look at the absent-minded mountain grass and asked, "What's wrong with you today?" It's a little sullen to look at. ”

On weekdays, the mountain grass is lively and jumping, like a bird that can never be quiet, although today there is also talking and laughing, but it seems to be pretending to be something.

Hearing this, Shancao was silent, but the girl's delicate but slightly sad face turned around, and she said wistfully: "My father wants to give me a touch to marry someone!" ”

He Mai was startled and snorted.

"Uncle Lu is going to let you get married?"

The mountain grass is a year younger than the wheat and has just turned 16 this year. At this age, it is indeed time to get engaged in Xiaoqing Village, but I haven't heard Shancao say this, because today I heard that Lu Changming was looking for someone for Shancao, and Hemai was a little surprised.

"That's right." Shancao pouted unhappily, "I don't want to get married." ”

He Mai looked at her stubborn appearance, like a child who was playing with her temper, and said with a smile: "But this is not something we can decide." Don't worry, Uncle Lu loves you so much, he will definitely choose a good family for you. ”

When she said this, her heart was empty - if Lin Changjun was here, would he allow himself to be promised to Yang Liulang?

Shancao sighed, "Why did you marry me off as my father?" It's for my brother's shackles! If you marry me off and get some dowry, won't my brother's shackles be settled? ”

He Mai was stunned when he heard this, and then remembered that at the dinner table a few days ago, Lu Changming had indeed said this.

In the coming year, Shanmu will go to the academy in Qinghe Town to study, where the bundle is not as good as that in Qinglu Village, and the bundle has doubled and risen, and the average person in Xiaoqing Village takes out the bundle, I am afraid that the family will not be able to eat all year round.

If you marry a daughter, you will have one less mouth to eat, and you can get some dowry, isn't it really killing two birds with one stone?

He Mai figured this out, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, no matter what kind of family, how much they love their daughter, when it comes to marriage, everything must obey their parents, and their thinking shall prevail!

When He Mai thought of this, the words of comfort stuck in his throat.

However, the Qin family outside the window heard their conversation, and said to Shancao warmly: "Shancao, you are not too young, you are the age to marry." Look at the girl of our second family, she is two years younger than you, and she hasn't given birth to all the children yet? Your father thought that he was reluctant to give you this heart, and said that he would touch someone for you, and wait! I'm afraid I won't be able to look down on those people for a while! ”

When the Qin family said this, Shancao also felt that it was.

"Grandma Lin, you're really right. My father said, don't ask the man's family to be rich, as long as the person is good, be good to me! She tilted her head and added: "Although my father said that the man doesn't need to be rich, the dowry can't be too shabby!" ”

Hearing this, the Qin clan smiled and said, "That's not it! This girl pulls a lot, not to mention the cost, why don't you feel distressed about the meat that fell off her body? Your father and mother are not powerful people, asking them for a dowry, that's nothing else, that's looking at the man's sincerity! If you really want to marry a daughter-in-law, and you can't even show some sincerity, don't you have to suffer with them in the future? ”

Qin's words were like an empowerment, which made the ignorant mountain grass suddenly realize.

Shan Cao was chattering and talking to Qin, but He Mai thought of Yang Liulang.