Chapter 22: On the Eve of Marriage
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After the Guan family left, Liu pulled Zhang's and muttered, saying that the dowry was less and thinner. Zhang knew that her mother-in-law just wanted to pull someone to talk, but this kind of thing would never be spread outside, so she let her pull it and talk about it.
"They give little dowry, and we can't compare it when we go back to the dowry? It's just such a box, what can I buy to get in......"
Liu rubbed his hands chatteringly, and Zhang smiled: "Mother-in-law, just give it to your face, and don't you just stuff some more for your sister in private?" This is also a dowry for my sister, but I haven't crossed the road. ”
Liu's eyes lit up when he heard this, isn't this the reason? Immediately praised: "You have a good method!" When she gets married, I'll give her a dowry! ”
As he spoke, he asked Zhang: "The five girls of the Guan family stay with you in the next day, how is she?" ”
"That's good."
"Hey, I'm asking you how she is, isn't she scathing?" Liu thought that among the peers of the Guan family when the Sun family was in trouble that day, Ah Xiu was also there, "The five girls of the Guan family also said something that day, and I also think she has a good temperament, what do you think?" ”
"Mother-in-law is worried about the relationship between my sister and sister-in-law after she marries, right?" Zhang smiled, "Ah Xiu also talked to her sister today, and the two chatted for a while, and they said it quite well." ”
Jiang came back from outside holding a handful of vegetables, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but say: "Mother-in-law, don't worry too much, the five girls of the Guan family are all eighteen years old this year, and it will be her turn to marry when my sister marries." The relationship between this sister-in-law is not so complicated, doesn't she still have to point to her sister to help her Zhang Luo? I don't think those five girls will embarrass my sister. ”
Liu nodded in satisfaction. It's not, if you marry Xin'er, you will grow up as a sister-in-law, the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, and the younger brothers and sisters of Liangguan Dalang don't dare to give her a look.
The marriage was completely decided, everything went through the motions according to the established rules, and most of Liu's heart fell, and the focus shifted to Jiang's stomach. The Li family children are busy plowing the soil and putting enough soil fertilizer.
The beginning of autumn arrived, and the rice in the field began to enter the ripening stage of grain filling, and the upcoming autumn harvest made the Li family smile. This year's crops are doing well, and they will definitely produce more than in previous years.
As soon as the beginning of autumn passes, the day of the Guan family's marriage will be ushered in.
Li Xin has been detained by the Liu family these days, and the Liu family does not let her do any work, only allows her to sew and mend some clothes, and even her two little nephews are not allowed to get too close. Zhang whispered to Li Xin that her mother wanted her to have a white, tender and watery body after marrying to replenish her spirit.
Li Xin couldn't cry or laugh, looking at Liu's smiling face and going back to work, his heart was warm.
Li Houzhong couldn't help much in this matter, his daughter said that the family affairs were determined and the family affairs were about to get married now, and the Liu family was busy living, he didn't dare to be the uncle at this time, and he would do whatever the Liu family asked him to do. Li Dalang specially went to get good wood, gave Li Xin a big box, and Zhang helped paint it. Li Erlang didn't know anything else, and seeing that his daughter-in-law was idle, he pulled the cloth and asked his daughter-in-law to make two sets of new clothes for his sister. Li Ming is still a twelve-year-old reading baby, and the only income is still given by Li Xin, I don't know what gift to prepare for her sister, grinding his second brother to take him to the mountains to catch two gray hare for Li Xin, saying that she wants her to kill and eat rabbit meat, or raise it for fun, which makes Li Xin cry and laugh.
On the first night of greeting her relatives, Liu went to Li Xin's house and told her not to let herself be wronged in the future, and she must go home to say that her mother's family is her solid backing.
Li Xin smiled slightly, still doing the work unhurriedly. Liu snatched the soles of the shoes in her hand, and said angrily: "What shoes do you do at night!" ”
"Mother, Ming'er's family will come to greet the relatives, and after the past, I will rest for one night, and I will give tea to the elders on the second day. Guan Wen's father and grandfather are here, and there are only two pairs, compared to those who are in the same house for four generations, I am already much more relaxed. ”
Li Xin took the things back and slowly moved stitch by stitch. Liu said sourly: "I have become a member of someone else's family before I get married, and I haven't seen you give your mother a pair." ”
"My sister-in-law and my second brother and sister are all filial, and my mother still has a pair of me?"
"Hmph, isn't it just your pair?"
Liu Shi stiffened his face and reprimanded, but he laughed first. Li Xin's hand movements did not stop, and he raised his eyes slightly to look at Liu, his eyes were full of smiles, "Nacheng, then wait for my daughter to make a pair for my mother when she is free, and keep it warm and warm." ”
"You girl, and you picked up your wife."
Liu's thick palm slapped Li Xin, the mother and daughter looked at each other and smiled, Li Xin suddenly said to Liu: "Don't worry, mother, I'm not the kind of person who hasn't seen the world, and I've thought about the gossip that I will face when I get married." Mother, don't worry about me, I have a rod and scale in my heart, and I have a measure of right and wrong. I won't bear it if others want to bully me, just like my mother said, my daughter has a mother's family, right? Even if her daughter gets married, she is also a girl of the Li family, and she is the treasure of her mother. With her mother, her daughter has the confidence to be afraid. Mother, I will be fine, and I will come back to see you often in the future, don't worry. ”
Liu silently picked up Li Xin over, patted her on the back, and sighed: "It was said that the married daughter spilled the water, and I was going to splash you out, so I was really reluctant." ”
"I can't bear to ...... mother"
The girl was coquettish to herself, Liu was very happy, and the warmth in her heart was clear, "The Guan family doesn't give much dowry, and the dowry we return is the same as others, so we carry the box." But the stuff inside is real. When you come back, you will keep the money for your father, and you will give it to you when you return to the door, so as not to give it as a dowry on the spot, and the Guan family will be talked about. ”
Li Xin shook his head and said: "What I gave to my father and mother is my father's mother's, my father and mother should take it for the elderly, don't be so frugal on weekdays, you can't give birth to silver with silver, buy more delicious and delicious food and drink and be extravagant, that money is enough for you to use for a long time." ”
"Nonsense, those Qian Daddy can't move."
"Some time ago, my father bought an iron plow, and he couldn't just leave it there. When the family was more free, my mother went to tell my father that I should buy a cow and come back, and it would be much faster to plow the land and rely on the ox. Although the family land is not much, it is a lot, and it is very hurtful to rely on the strong labor of the eldest brother and the second brother. ”
Liu Shi hesitated for a moment but shook his head, Li Xin held her hand, "Mother just give it to me, and I don't want it." It's not negotiable. ”
"You girl......"
"Mother, what people know is that you love me, but the people of the Guan family are not blind, and I can't spend the money I get from you? After spending money, others will definitely know that I have money in my hand, what this means, you should know it, others will say that I got private money behind the back of the Guan family. The Guan family is rich, but the Guan family is very poor, and one or two taels of silver may be a huge amount of money. You say, what will the Guan family think when the time comes? ”
Liu didn't expect this, and after listening to Li Xin's analysis with her, she felt that it was reasonable, but she didn't want her daughter to be shabby in the past. Li Xin saw her mother shaken and knew that her mother wanted to make up for her debts, especially in marriage. If Li Xin hadn't been sold back then, with his appearance and chaste temperament, as well as good housework, he wouldn't have been able to find a promising son-in-law?
And now the man she is going to marry is an older leftover man, with a broken face, lame, a big burden on her shoulders, and a lot of family members......
Liu sighed softly, Li Xin hugged her mother's thick waist and arched into her arms, "Mother, you keep this money, without this money, I can live a good life." ”
"Girl, if you are short of money...... Go home and say yes. ”
It took a long time for Liu to come up with such a method, but there was no way to do it. In this way, Li Xin will go home and reach out and ask her father and mother to get the money? That, of course, is unlikely.
"Okay, listen to my mother."
Li Xin smiled slightly, and coquettishly asked Liu to sleep with her tonight. Liu scolded her for being clingy, but she still took off her shoes and went to the kang.
“…… Mother, there is no shortage of money at home now, I think about it carefully, my father's waist is not good and I can't go down the field, I can weave bamboo at home every day, and I can sell it after accumulating, dustpans, baskets, bamboo baskets or something, farmers can use it, my father is meticulously knitted, and it is not easy to break, and no one will buy it. Dad used to sell it piecemeal after making it himself, and he didn't pay attention to the price, so it was better to specialize in this, and wait until he had accumulated a certain amount to send it to the grocery store in the town or something, or simply sell it to the grocery store. Although the price will be lower, the more things you have, the more money you have. ”
Li Xin chatted with Liu on the bed, and Liu listened very carefully.
Li Xin said again: "Dad wants to buy cattle to reduce the burden on the eldest brother and second brother, so take the money to buy the cow, and the eldest brother and second brother can use the extra time to do some other things." The eldest brother is a steady person, and I heard my sister-in-law say that he beats wood very well, and I think he inherited his father's skillful specialty. Nowadays, carpenter's craft is very popular, and the eldest brother can discuss it with some masters, and it is not a bad thing to have multiple crafts. The second brother has a lot of strength, and the kind of laborious odd jobs that usually make it work, after all, the second brother and sister are pregnant, and the child is chewy after birth, and the money needed to raise the baby is more. There is also Mingzi. Mingzi is good at reading, but he can't give up halfway, he is twelve years old, he can take the children's exam, let him talk to his husband, and recommend him to give it a try. ”
Li Xin smashed his mouth, "And mother, your temper is really not good, you always want to be popular." In the future, you don't pay attention to so much, relax your heart, and pick some mint to soak in water when you have nothing to do, which can reduce anger. Although bitter gourd is a little bitter, it is best to eat in summer, and it also has the effect of defeating fire......"
The sound gradually decreased, and the bride on the bed slowly fell asleep.