"Red date daddy, what do you think?"

Liu Guiyuan and several people looked at Liu Chongshan at the same time, Liu Chongshan held on to the door frame and said, "It must be okay, otherwise you can keep him for dinner?" However, the bride price must be discussed before the marriage, her aunt, you have to help talk about it. ”

"Don't worry, others are matchmakers, they are all helping men, but who am I? I am the eldest aunt of a few red dates, and I must be looking at your family for everything, but how much dowry do you plan to ask for in your family? Fang Cuizhen asked with a smile.

"My family's red dates were originally going to stay at home, but since I got married this time, the bride price can't be less, so I have to get twenty taels of silver!" Liu Yao hurriedly expressed his position, for fear that it would be too late to say it, Liu Guiyuan frowned when he heard this, and asked for twenty taels as soon as he opened his mouth, is it too ugly, even if people can take it, it shouldn't be so much.

Fang Cuizhen smacked her lips secretly when she heard this, her son only gave fifteen taels when he got married, this old woman's heart is really dark, but she didn't forget the purpose of this trip, she still said with a smile: "The bride price still depends on the thoughts of the two families, too little seems to pay attention to the woman, too much even if the man can afford it, he has to mutter in his heart, right?" ”

Zhang was afraid that the bride price would be too high and delay his daughter's marriage, so he hurriedly said: "Yes, sister-in-law, you are right, I am thinking about the bride price, and it is almost the same as others. ”

Liu Yao's family was angry when he saw Zhang's family, and he opened his mouth to teach her a lesson, but because his in-laws were here, he could only sulk and say: "Then let you be, your family's big and small affairs, which one did I do?" Needless to say, I've got to take me home, and there's a lot of stuff to do at home. ”

After Liu Yao's left, Liu Chongshan invited Fang Cuizhen into the house, Zhang followed behind, the three of them sat in the house and chatted for a while, and soon finalized the bride price. You run back and forth, and you blame the tired. ”

Fang Cuizhen waved her hand and said with a smile: "Look at what you said, do things for my niece, can it be called tired?" Catch up with Ming'er to eat, can you miss me a glass? Fang Cuizhen said this sincerely, without the help of her niece, her life would not be so good, so she worked so hard for a while, and she was grateful to her three nieces.

"That's definitely going to be a must." Liu Chongshan's face also smiled, "Then her aunt, do you want to go back to the town first, or go back to your village, my family has a ready-made car, I'll send you on a leash?" ”

"You are like this, send me to the town first, after all, I am the matchmaker of your two families, and I can't just take care of your family and ignore the grandson family." Fang Cuizhen thought for a while, and said, "In our small place, Nacai doesn't need to be grand, when the time comes, I'll come over orally, don't write a Raush document, do you think it's feasible?"

Nacai is to propose, or the man asks the woman: Hey, I asked to marry your daughter, do you think this thing will work? Ordinary people, when they are collected, they are mostly passed on by the media, like some rich families or noble scholars, who like to convey it in the form of documents.

"Then why can't it, your oral tradition is not the same!"

Liu Chongshan nodded, and hurriedly went to set up the car, and when he drove the Fang family into the car, the Zhang family found Liu Hongjube and said: "Red dates, I discussed it just now, and I plan to ask the Sun family for fifteen taels, this number is not a disadvantage to you, right?" ”

What can Liu Hongzao say, you have all discussed, she only nodded and agreed, and Zhang still said at the other end: "Your father originally said that the bride price is more or less, and you have to leave half of it at home, which is considered your contribution to this family, and when your brother grows up, he will also have to think of your good, do you think this thing will work?" ”

Liu Guiyuan was speechless when he listened to it, "Mother, my brother doesn't know where to put it, so you started saving money for him?" ”

"It's not." Zhang shook his head, "This is what your father meant, I can't resist him, he originally said that either keep half of it, or leave you at home, I thought you should marry and enjoy happiness, so I agreed for you." ”

Liu Huahua threw away the broom, leaned over and asked, "Mother, are there a few of us, and we will have to stay at home for half of the bride price in the future?" ”

Zhang nodded, pursed his lips and didn't speak, Liu Guiyuan pursed his lips, and said to her eldest sister: "Eldest sister, it's okay, we can earn money ourselves, rely on our own skills, earn our own dowry, hey, don't ask for anything!" ”

"Hmm." Liu Hongzao felt aggrieved, but after thinking about the family situation again, it was already a blessing that her father and mother could agree to her marrying, so she no longer complained about others, walked to the opposite side and picked up the broom thrown by Liu Huaan, and obediently swept the ground.

Two or three days later, the eldest aunt Fang Cuizhen drove a donkey cart and a pair of red-haired pheasants all the way to the Liu family's compound, and met Liu Chongshan and his wife, and opened his mouth to say: "Congratulations to your family, the Sun family asked me to come to your house to collect, can your family agree?" ”

Nacai is to give gifts to ask for relatives, on this day the man can not come to the door, must be done by the matchmaker, and to bring a gift, can be a chicken, fish, sheep, deer, can also be a wild goose or mandarin duck, in short, it must be alive, otherwise it is unlucky.

"What did he say?" Liu Chongshan wanted to ask about the bride price, but if he didn't agree, he wouldn't marry his daughter.

Fang Cuizhen paused, hurriedly made a gesture, and said with a smile: "Look at my memory, I have already told the Sun family about the fifteen taels of dowry you mentioned, and the people didn't bargain at all, so they agreed on the spot, it can be seen that you attach more importance to your family, such a good family matter, you two are still unwilling?" ”

"Yes, yes, why not." Zhang was about to wipe her tears, Liu Chongshan glanced at her, didn't speak, but nodded.

"Eldest sister, our father agreed!" Liu Guiyuan stood in front of the eldest sister's house and said to Liu Hongzao behind the window that Liu Hongzao was originally carrying water outside, but when she saw her eldest aunt coming from a distance, she plunged into the yard.

"Shhh Liu Hongzao blushed shyly, made a quiet gesture towards Liu Guiyuan, and pricked up his ears to listen.

"Then come in and sit." Liu Chongshan stretched out his hand to welcome people into the hall, Zhang was busy pouring water and taking pastries, Fang Cuizhen saw that lotus seeds were also playing in the house, so she reached out and took a piece of cake and handed it to the lotus seeds for her to bite and eat.

"Sister-in-law, you eat, don't worry about the lotus seeds, she has just eaten." Zhang scooped up a cup of hot sand sugar water and put it in front of Fang Cuizhen, before he sat down, Fang Cuizhen talked about the days of Nayuan. According to what she said, the tenth day of the first month of next month is a good day, and the Sun family can come to give a dowry gift on that day.

"The tenth day of March? Okay, it's an auspicious day for the zodiac. Liu Chongshan was quite happy, the better the day, the more face he faced, "Uncle Red Date, I'll make a few more trips." ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Fang Cuizhen drank two sips of hot sand sugar water, her heart was hot, and then said, "By the way, the eight characters of red dates, do you have Geng posts at home?" They didn't tell me directly, I had to take it back and ask them to ask the good and the bad. ”

"Yes, I found someone to write it in advance." Liu Chongshan pointed to the inner room, Zhang stood up, went to the inner room and took a piece of red paper, on which was written the name and birth date of Liu Hongjube, which Liu Chongshan had written in advance, for fear that there would be a mistake in oral transmission.

Fang Cuizhen took the Geng post, chatted with the two of them for a while, and then did not stay at her house to eat, drove a few of the donkeys that her sister had just fed, and went to the town.

During this period, Liu Hongzao and Sun Jingxuan generally do not meet, and Liu Hongzao is a daughter to be married, and the Zhang family has deliberately not asked her to go out to work, saying that she is a big girl, and she can't easily show up, so that the eldest sister has nothing to do and practice needlework.

However, although the two couldn't meet, Sun Jingxuan was still quite kind, he bought a lot of small gifts that his daughter's family liked, and found an opportunity to ask Liu Guiyuan to give Liu Hongjujube, so that the two young men and women finally relieved their lovesickness a little.

"He gave them all?" Liu Hongzao opened the cloth bag and saw that there were really a lot of gadgets here, such as fashionable fabrics, good-looking hairpins, delicate pastries, well-embroidered handkerchiefs, and several children's things, which seemed to be bought for Liu Lianzi.

"Eldest sister, our brother-in-law is so careful." Liu Huahua leaned on Liu Guiyuan, tilted his head and said with a smile.

"What brother-in-law, don't scream." Liu Hongzao made a gesture to hit her, but when his fist touched her, his fist flipped over, but it was a piece of pastry, Liu Huahua took it unceremoniously, and said with a smile: "Eldest sister, brother-in-law sent you these, don't you send something back?" Like a pair of shoes or something? ”

Sending shoes, Liu Hongjube didn't think about it, but her mother didn't mention it, she didn't dare to do it, according to Zhang's meaning, she had to wait until she paid the currency before she could prepare intimate clothes for her future husband.

"Hey, it's a lot of trouble to send that, eldest sister, you might as well write a letter and send it to your brother-in-law, one day I'll go to the town to buy something, and I'll come over for you a little longer, okay?" Liu Guiyuan felt that it was not impossible to be a little rebellious in front of his father and mother, and to have some "underground romance". How can a man and woman who are in love for the first time not write a few love letters?

The eldest daughter of the Liu family was about to get married, and the Liu family didn't publicize it much, but only informed the second uncle and the third uncle's family, as well as the nearby fourth grandmother's house, and the more familiar Liu Jindi's family. Rao is like this, within a few days, the news spread in the village, and there are villagers who want to ask the Liu family for relatives, and they regret it a little at this moment.

However, some people have brains, and when they saw that the eldest girl of the Liu family was married, they turned to the idea of the second girl of his family, so they came to Liu's house by visiting the door, and saw Liu Chongshan repairing the roof at home, and Zhang's feeding chickens in the yard, so they pulled up with them, and asked Zhang, "Hey, your peanuts are not small, but you plan to find her a mother-in-law?" ”

Aunt Qian clearly remembers that Liu Guo is thirteen years old this year, and she can also say goodbye at this age, and it is a big deal to get married in a few years, which is quite common in their rural hometown, like the first ten years, there are many people in their village who are thirteen or fourteen years old.

"My peanuts? She's still young, let's stay for a few years. The Zhang family didn't want to settle Liu Huahua's marriage so early, not to mention the daughter's family affairs, which had to be decided by Liu Chongshan in the end.

"And what does her father think?" Aunt Qian Qi is still a little unrelenting.

"Find a mother-in-law for Peanut?" It happened that Liu Chongshan got off the ladder, and Aunt Qian Qi's small mouth was fast, so she talked about how good her own kid was, and how compatible she was with Liu Huahua, and at the end she said, "If you want me to say, she is married in my family, she doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, it's close to your home, and the provincial marriage is far away, and you will be panicked when the time comes." ”

"That's a good thing." Liu Chongshan pinched his chin and thought to himself for a while before he said: "Peanut is small, at her age, in fact, it can be said that she can marry in advance." However, her seventh aunt, if my family wants to marry someone, she must marry someone with many brothers, and your family will definitely not be able to. ”

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