The two returned to the hall, the hall was very warm and quiet, and there were only Grandma Xiang and Old Man Xiang in the big room, one was practicing calligraphy and the other was making clothes.

"Mother, where is Fubao?" Sister-in-law asked.

"Xiangchu took Fubao and the little fox to the back mountain, and the two of you didn't see them go out?" Grandma Xiang raised her head and asked.

"Oh, I took my brother and sister to the cowshed, and I probably just missed it." Fugui's sister-in-law said with a smile, then took off her thick cotton clothes and prepared to go to the kitchen to prepare lunch.

Seeing this, Shen Miaoqin hurriedly wanted to follow, but was stopped by Grandma Xiang, Shen Miaoqin was a little worried, she wouldn't do anything wrong by herself, so that her mother-in-law would be unhappy.

"Jixiang's family, here is the gift we are going to give you back to the door, you wait for Jixiang to come back and let him put it in the carriage, there are not many things, don't like it."

Grandma Xiang pointed to a bag of grain, a bag of game, and a few packets of snacks wrapped in oiled paper on the ground.

Shen Miaoqin took a look, there were really not many things, and even a little shabby, and she was a little unhappy in her heart, she knew the conditions of the auspicious family, and the return ceremony was so simple, could it be that her mother-in-law was dissatisfied with herself.

"Jixiang's family, when your sister-in-law and second sister-in-law returned to the door after entering the door, it was a few points worse than this, I can't treat it differently because the conditions are good now."

Grandma Xiang seemed to understand Shen Miaoqin's thoughts, and said frankly.

Shen Miaoqin was taken aback when she heard this, Jixiang rarely told her about family affairs, so she didn't know a lot of things, if the return ceremony was shabby for a bowl of water, such a mother-in-law deserves her respect.

"Mother, I understand, my father has always said that a chopstick is easy to break, a chopstick is difficult to break, our family is not separated, it should be so." Shen Miaoqin said with a smile.

"In fact, Jixiang and your family affairs are much more decent than peace and wealth, which is also discussed by our family, your sister-in-law and sister-in-law also hope that Jixiang's family affairs can be done decently, it is really Jixiang has suffered a lot since he was a child."

Grandma Xiang took Shen Miaoqin's hand and explained how the family went from extreme poverty to small wealth, all because their family found wild ginseng in the mountains and sold some silver to slowly get better.

Shen Miaoqin nodded again and again after hearing this, she knew about selling ginseng, or the entire Hanzhuang shop knew about it, so her father was willing to marry him to Jixiang, which was also the reason.

Not only because of the sale of ginseng to make a fortune, but more importantly, the family has luck, you must know that the century-old wild ginseng is not available to everyone, unless it is a person with great luck.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law said that it was very speculative, and the old man Xiang put down the brush and prepared to go to the backyard to see, Fubao always planted grain and harvested food one by one, which made him more and more uneasy.

"Uncle Han Lin, is Uncle Han Lin at home?" The village chief's voice came from the door.

Old Man Xiang could only turn around, walk outside, open the door, and saw the village chief standing at the door of his yard with his son Xiangyang, still carrying a basket in his hand.

"It turns out that the village chief is here, please come in, please come in."

Old Man Xiang hurriedly turned sideways and let the two of them enter the door, and the two walked in happily, and the heat wave in the hall quickly warmed up the two of them who were frozen and a little numb.

"Uncle Han Lin, it's still warm in your house, is there enough firewood this year, not enough to go to my house to get it." The village chief asked with a smile.

"Thank you for the village chief's concern, enough is enough, come on, come on, drink a bowl of ginger tea to drive away the cold first." Old man Xiang saw the ginger tea brought by his rich sister-in-law, and hurriedly spoke.

"Thank you, rich daughter-in-law, this cold and hot is really inseparable from this." The village chief took the bowl and drank it all.

"Uncle Han Lin, I have something to discuss with you today, my eldest son has taken a fancy to the water seedlings of your third brother's family, how about you please be a matchmaker." The village chief asked.

Old Man Xiang sighed secretly, since Xiang Qian took the head of the case and became a showman, the village chief tried every possible way to get in touch with his family, and it seems that he still found a way for them.

"It's vain for you to ask me, you have to ask my third brother." Old Man Xiang said with a smile.

"Who doesn't know that your third brother only listens to you." The village chief also said with a smile, put the basket on the kang table, lifted the cloth and saw that it was a basket of eggs.

"You have to take this back, it will take a lot of time to save these eggs, don't be foolish." Old Man Xiang hurriedly refused.

The village chief was a little unhappy in his heart, who hasn't begged for someone yet, why did he ask for it himself, you refused in such a hurry.

Grandma Xiang hurriedly took it over and said with a smile: "Village chief, where will my father-in-law do these things, I will go to the third brother's house later, and talk to the third brother and sister, I will give half of these eggs to the third brother and sister." ”

"Hey, thank you, auntie, if they want, I will ask the matchmaker to come to the door, you know, my eldest son is the same year as Jixiang, Jixiang is married, and my eldest son is also anxious."

The village chief was satisfied, stood up with a smile and said goodbye, and pushed Xiangyang out by the way, and introduced a few words without a trace.

Grandma Xiang was going to take Shen Miaoqin to the third brother's house, and the new daughter-in-law entered the door and introduced her to the third uncle, aunt and others.

When Xianghanhe's daughter-in-law learned of Grandma Xiang's intention, her eyes narrowed with a smile, of course she knew that the village chief proposed to marry her own family for the sake of the eldest brother's grandson, otherwise there were more people in the village with better conditions than hers, why not look for them.

"Sister-in-law, I'm willing, no, I mean my family's Shuimiao is willing." Hanhe's daughter-in-law said with a smile.

Shui Miao also turned around shyly, she had also seen Xiangyang, although she was not as good-looking as Cousin Jixiang, but it was not bad in Xiangzhang Village.

Grandma Xiang saw that there was something she didn't understand, and hurriedly asked in a low voice, "Brother and sister, how much are you going to ask for this bride price?" ”

"This ......"

Xianghan's daughter-in-law was a little hesitant, if she wanted more fragrant and ugly, they couldn't get a considerable dowry, and if it was less, it seemed to damage the girl's face.

"Otherwise, just like the bride price of Shuigen's daughter-in-law, my family's Shuimiao's dowry can also be afforded." Hanhe's daughter-in-law blessed her soul and spoke.

Grandma Xiang glanced at Shen Miaoqin and sighed in her heart, when it comes to dowry silver, who else has more than her own little daughter-in-law, who is carrying a silver ticket of one thousand taels.

The village chief got the letter, happily invited the matchmaker to come to the door to say goodbye, and then brought five taels of silver, fifty catties of white rice and white noodles, two hundred catties of coarse grain, as well as two knives of pork and a basket of eggs to the door to send a bride price.

Xiangyang took the dowry list of perfume seedlings, his mouth opened into a circle, and it turned out that the dowry list said that the silver for the dowry of perfume seedlings was actually two golden melon seeds, three taels of silver, two beds of bedding, and some other daily necessities.

In this way, the dowry of the perfume seedlings is actually much more than the bride price they paid, not counting the makeup of other people's water seedlings, if it is counted, their village chief's family has earned it.