The Shen brothers thought that things seemed to have taken a turn for the better, but before the joy could climb up to their eyebrows, they listened to his grandfather's tone!

"However, the early death of his father and mother is not what he wants, and the elder uncle can't be questioned if he wants to split the family, if he changes to someone else, he may take advantage of the opportunity of the elders to divide the family, and also divide it together, and take his younger brother and even go out alone, but he didn't, he knew that he was responsible!"

Father Shen also felt that Chu Yi was a good one: "Chu Yi was afraid that the matchmaker would hide something in order to talk about the marriage, so he deliberately waited until the end of the wedding banquet to tell me about the situation at home!" ”

Grandpa Shen nodded, and took advantage of this incident to educate the juniors in the family: "Parents should show their children relatives, and the other party's appearance, character, family background, and family property should be considered comprehensively, which is true!" But how can things in the world be as satisfactory as they want, without that perfect family, why, this marriage will not be concluded? I really have a good one for you, do you dare to ask for it? ”

Seeing that the grandchildren were speechless, Grandpa Shen also ordered it.

said back to the matter of his granddaughter's marriage: "Grandpa thinks that this Chu Yi is good, others are honest, responsible and have skills, although the current life is a little unsatisfactory, but I think this day can be lived sooner or later!" Besides, if Lu Zhu marries out, she won't be your sister, if she has a bad life, you will be a brother and watch it, I don't know how to help one or two? ”

"How is that possible!"

"Isn't this over, Gai Ming'er's Chu family comes to propose marriage, and he is not allowed to show face to others."

It is unknown whether Grandpa Shen's words can make the Shen brothers agree to this family business, but Shen's mother dispelled the worries in her heart because of this, and felt that this Chu Yi was indeed a good one!

Shen Luzhu, who is the party involved in this matter, is not easy to intervene, because she knows that everyone in this room, no matter what they think, the starting point is for her good!

In her previous life, she was an orphan, as if to compensate her, but in this life, there is such a large family who spoils her, loves her, and worries about her affairs, it's good!

After the meal, the second brother Shen Songjie called the sister aside, "You tell the second brother the truth, do you like that Chu Yi or not, if you don't like it, the second brother will not let you marry anything!" ”

There is a big look that as long as Shen Luzhu shows the slightest reluctance, he will immediately go to fight hard!

Shen Luzhu was forced by him to be helpless, looking at his second brother with a determined face, he suddenly had an idea, his black eyes were instantly dyed with mist, he pursed his lips, and muttered in a trembling voice: "Second brother, are you really like what Grandpa said, when I get married, you will no longer care about me, and you will not recognize me as a sister!" ”

Before Shen Songjie could react to the situation in front of him, Shen Luzhu had already hidden his face and ran back to his own room.

Standing next to the second sister-in-law Zhao, who watched the whole process, felt that his own man was sometimes stupid, how could he force his own sister to admit that he liked other people's Langjun, he really deserved to be teased by his sister-in-law!

I had no choice but to drag the man who was still stunned back to the house!

Two days later, Mrs. Qin took a piece of yellow paper full of auspicious days and walked to Chu's house, Grandma Chu looked at it and called Grandpa Chu.

In the end, the date of the proposal was set on the eighth day of the ninth month, and there is still almost a decade to go, and there is more preparation to prepare.

After the date was set, Chu Yi went to his grandfather's house at the head of the village and told the good news to his grandmother and uncles, so that they could be happy.

"Great, it's finally settled, if your grandfather and A-Niang know about it, maybe how happy they will be! Wife, I will have the face to see your aunt in the future! ”

In fact, Grandma Cui knew the good news two days earlier, but she was very happy to see her grandson come to talk to her!

Mother-in-law Qin, who is a matchmaker, is the maiden cousin of Grandma Cui's daughter-in-law, and her grandson is twenty years old, and the marriage has not yet been settled, Grandma Cui is in a hurry, so she asked her daughter-in-law to find Mother-in-law Qin.

She spent two taels of silver and asked Mrs. Qin to help go to the Chu family to find out, and thought of giving her grandson Zhang Luomen's family affairs, otherwise this child doesn't know how long he will be dragged down!

Grandma Cui was angry when she thought of the Chu family, but his Chu family's big house was just a show, so she didn't know how to get better!

felt that everyone in the family had become a drag on his family's talented father, and he would definitely suck their blood in the future, and he wanted to live by them, so he wanted to cut it off, and even instigated his parents to divide the family for him!

Her good in-laws, not only did not beat and scold her own unfilial children and grandchildren, but also agreed, and said that she was afraid that her family would make a coffin, and her bad background would affect the career of her eldest grandson, so she had to split up.

Fart, a poor sour talent, what kind of career do you have!

Two hearts are biased to the navel! When everyone else is blind, you can't do it!

Pity her good grandson, not to mention that she has to carry that big family, the marriage has been delayed for so long, it's really hateful!

However, Grandma Cui didn't plan to talk about these things in front of her grandson: "You tell your grandmother whether the daughter of the Shen family is handsome or not?" And since the date of the proposal has been set, are the gifts ready? If you lack anything, let your uncles give you Zhang Luo......"

When a man and a woman get married, they must follow the steps of proposing, asking for names, najib, recruiting, asking for appointments, and welcoming each other, and all six rites are indispensable.

Each ceremony has its own exquisite, cumbersome and complicated, some dignitaries and dignitaries, each time a ceremony is completed, there will be an interval of ten years or even more than a month, in order to show solemnity.

However, in the countryside, there is a lot of work in front of the house, although the six ceremonies will still go through again, but most of them are simplified, and you can draw an auspicious color.

Just after the eighth day of the ninth lunar month, I saw a group of four people set off from the mountain village on the other side of the river.

The one who led the way slightly ahead was the matchmaker Mrs. Qin, the uncle of the Chu family was parallel to her, followed by the two brothers Chu Yi and Chu Li.

Generally, when going to the woman's house to propose, the parents take Lang Jun and the matchmaker together, the Chu family is in a special situation, and the third uncle's legs and feet are inconvenient, so Grandma Chu called the eldest son who had been separated from the single to come back to support the scene.

The Shen family also got a message from Mrs. Qin early, and when they saw Chu Yi and others coming from a distance, they hurriedly greeted them, and the two families were introduced by Mrs. Qin, and then came to the hall of the Shen family to sit down.

Chu Yi stepped forward, and according to what Qin Matchmaker's wife taught him, he gave a gift to the Shen family: "Chu Yi, the second grandson of the Chu family in the mountain village, say hello to the elders of the Shen family, there is a lot of trouble in rushing to the door, and I have prepared some small gifts, and I also ask the Shen family members not to be surprised!" ”

As he spoke, he handed over the four gifts of pork, eggs, sugar cubes, and tea bricks wrapped in red paper and red rope in his hand.

Grandpa Shen stroked his specially grown goatee: "You guys are here as guests today, I'm too late to be happy, what's the bother, just stay at home at noon and come back with some coarse tea and light rice!" ”

This is the tradition of the great Qian, when the man needs to bring a gift to the door, the two sides are like an ordinary visit to relatives and friends, not a word to propose the matter of the family, if the woman approves the family matter, will use the gift brought by the man to make the table table, please stay for the meal.

Shen's mother got up and took the two daughters-in-law to the stove room to prepare a meal, and the eldest daughter-in-law Zheng just came out of the hall and chuckled, and without waiting for her mother-in-law to ask her, she stepped forward and whispered a few words to Shen's mother, and after speaking, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law laughed together.

It turned out that as soon as she received this kissing gift, she felt wet in her hand, and she reacted after a moment, it must be that Chu Jialangjun was too nervous today, and this red rope was actually wet by his sweat!

Here, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are preparing for the banquet in the stove room, and the Chu family over there continues to be accompanied by Grandpa Shen, Father Shen, Second Uncle Shen and the brothers of the Shen family.

The two sides said a word, and praised each other's children with flowers, and the atmosphere was exceptionally harmonious.

After eating and drinking, today's marriage proposal is considered to be completed.

Subsequently, Mrs. Qin took out the yellow paper prepared in advance, and arranged for the two families to write the eight characters of Chu Yi and Shen Luzhu's birthdays on it, and then folded it and put it in her arms, and the name greeting was also completed.

By the time the Chu family and Mrs. Qin left the courtyard of the Shen family, it was already dark, and Shen Luzhu, who had been stuffy in the house for a day, was finally able to come out to breathe.

According to custom, she can't meet with the Chu family on the day of the proposal, and even has lunch alone in the house.

Shen Luzhu was about to move his back, when he saw his cousin Shen Changshan running over, and took out something wrapped in a handkerchief from his arms and handed it to himself: "What is it?" ”

"I don't know, it was the eldest brother of the Chu family who asked me to hand it over to my cousin when he left!" Shen Changshan shook his head, and ran away again after speaking.

Chu Yi? Shen Luzhu pinched the handkerchief in his hand, he was a little puzzled, and when he opened the handkerchief, there was a woodcarved hairpin, but he didn't expect Chu Yi to look cold, and he actually knew how to give himself a gift quietly!

This hairpin is a little different from what Shen Luzhu has seen, most of the hairpins on the market are carved with various shapes of flowers and plants, or ruyi, auspicious clouds, flying butterflies and other styles.

The hairpin sent by Chu Yi is carved with three big peaches, and there are a few peach leaves lining below, the hairpin is polished very smooth, retaining the original dark red of the wood, the hairpin body is not straight, but with a slight bend, it looks more like a peach branch that spreads out, vivid, very beautiful!

How can a girl not like beautiful jewelry, not to mention that this hairpin style is exquisite and novel, and it is not a random purchase at first glance!

Shen Luzhu has always been a lively and outgoing person, and when he got the jewelry he liked, he naturally wanted to show off with his father and mother!

The parents of the Shen family are not conservative and stubborn, and the prospective son-in-law is interested in his daughter, which is the best!

After proposing relatives and asking for names, Najib is present. On this day, Mrs. Qin and Grandma Chu went to Qichan Temple ten miles away.

I asked for a sign in the marriage hall, and handed it over to the master who unsigned it together with the eight characters of my birthday: "Amitabha, the donor asked for this sign to be the forty-eighth sign, 'Feng Bu Luan occupies the natural, embroiders the thread today, likes to see Liang Hong Mengguang, he is old and celebrates the long sky. These two people complement each other, yin and yang are combined, the phoenix is flying, the good couple is natural, and they can be married! Congratulations to the donor! ”

"Thank you, master!" After bidding farewell to the master, he added some incense money to the temple, and the two returned satisfied.

After Najib, it is time for the Chu family to prepare a dowry, in addition to the necessary wild geese, wine, tea and fruit pastries, there is also the most important one is the bride price.

"Let's pay two taels of silver for the bride......"

Grandma Chu was stunned when she saw her second grandson, but she didn't say anything, so she continued: "Wine, tea, and pastries, Grandma went back and asked someone to go to the town to buy them, and the geese needed to go to the mountains and forests to try their luck, if there were no wooden geese." ”

"Grandma, is there less two taels?" Chu Yi knew early on that grandpa and grandma would not give too much dowry, so he simply saved some of it himself over the years, and it didn't hurt to get together.

But two taels of silver is too little, and the people in the village go to the town to work for a short time when they are not working, and they also need six or seven hundred copper coins a month.

"It's not easy to ...... at home"

Without waiting for Grandma Chu to finish speaking, Third Uncle Chu took over the conversation: "Auntie, if my son is not mistaken, when the eldest nephew got married, the situation in our family was not very good, and Grandpa and Auntie also gave ten taels of silver, although the current life is not easy, but it is not so, these two taels are indeed too little!" ”

Xu was dismissed by the juniors, and some couldn't get off the stage, Grandma Chu couldn't help but get anxious: "Can that be the same?" Don't say that the current life is sad, but it's not sad, Ah Ren is a Xiucai, and he is also married to the only daughter of Xiucai in the town, no matter how good the daughter of the Shen family is, she is just a peasant girl, how can she compare? ”

"Mother, Ah Ren, and Ah Yi are all sons of our Chu family, not to mention, not to mention that when the eldest nephew married, the eldest brother's family had already been separated!"

Grandma Chu's face turned red, and she glared and gasped and reprimanded, "Shut up!" How many times have I said that the boss is single for Ah Ren's career and for our family! Do you still want to recognize yourself as your own big brother? ”