Farmer’s Blessed Girl

He said: "The Zhou family is generous, we will not embarrass them, the betrothal gift will cost 3 taels of silver, we keep 2 taels, and the remaining 1 tael will be brought to Er Niu, and we will bring the dowry to her. "

There is a saying in the countryside that if you have money or not, it is better to marry a daughter-in-law for the Chinese New Year.

A more generous family will rush to marry a daughter-in-law before the winter solstice, so that the new daughter-in-law can save two months after entering the door, and they will be busy after the new year.

But there are also unfortunate days. First, they didn't choose a good day. Second, like the two of them, they said they would marry late. Most of them would get married before the year before. The betrothal gifts are received quickly, and it is normal to finish the banquet in three days.

In that way, there will be an extra labor force at home in the spring, just in time for the busy spring.

Some people are mean, even if they say they are getting married early, they will deliberately put the time to get married before or after the small year. First, they can save the previous rations and get married before the busy spring.

More mean people will choose to get married in the first month of the new year, and the new daughter-in-law will be busy in the spring as soon as they enter the door.

To be honest, they said that the kiss was too late, and since Thursday Lang was not too young, the Fang family was really worried that the Zhou family would choose to marry after the new year, so that the second girl would have to go to the ground as soon as she entered the door, and she had to adapt to the new life of her in-laws.

The Zhou family took the initiative to postpone the date to May, which means that they are very considerate of them.

The Zhou family is generous, and the Fang family is not an unreasonable family. The two parties communicated through a matchmaker, and the details of the engagement were finalized.

At the moment, the betrothal gift of three taels of silver is not too small, but it is not too much. Given the family background of the Fang family, only three taels is considered a small amount.

The Qian Shi had calculated that in addition to the dowry, there were also banquets and some of the gifts needed for marriage.

Originally, after Thursday Lang's gambling, she estimated that the cost of marrying him a good wife would be between seven taels and nine taels.

There is no way, the quality of the groom is too poor, so he can only make up for it with a betrothal gift.

Fortunately, Chuu Lang didn't cheat at this point, relying on his face and mouth to deceive, oh, no, he found a high-quality bride like Mrs. Fang.

Gongzhong has no such money now, especially after moving into a new house at home.

Not long after Man Bao recovered from his illness, the carpenter whom Old Zhou found finally delivered all the custom-made furniture.

A bed was placed in each room. Xiao Qian and the others also made quilts with purchased fabrics, stuffed them with cotton, and added some bamboo furniture woven by Zhou Yilang. It's a good day to enter the new house.

Of course, it was for the wine, so Old Zhoutou received a wave of gift money, but the gift money was basically the same as the money spent on the banquet, so he had neither a loss nor a surplus.

Therefore, the money box that originally only had more than 200 yuan was still only more than 200 yuan.

Therefore, the three taels of betrothal gifts to the Fang family were borrowed from Zhou Xi, and at the same time, the Qian family also borrowed two more taels to prepare for the feast in May.

Because until the autumn harvest, she estimates that the family will not have a large amount of income.

This debt, although Lao Zhoutou has been clamoring to let Thursday to pay off his own debt, it is actually impossible.

On the night before Xiao Nian's decision, Lao Zhoutou also held a family meeting on the matter.

"The fourth is incompetent. Last year he lost fifteen taels of silver, but this year he paid it back. All the money he owes you is also with us. We have taken out all the houses we built before." Old Zhoutou said: "This is Some of the accounts are for me and your mother, and I will pay you back when the public has money."

Nobody has an opinion.

The old Zhoutou continued: "Although I said that the fourth son has to pay back the money for his marriage, you are all paid by your father-in-law to marry a daughter-in-law, and the exception is when you don't get to him, so the five taels of silver that Hexi took are also Me and your mother."

Zhou Xi opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't speak.

The old Zhoutou looked at Thursday Lang and said, "If you marry a daughter-in-law, you will become an adult. Maybe you will become a father at some point. If you work hard and work hard, you have to have some results in your heart. If you are like this, I will beat you. "

Thursul Lang responded in a low voice.

So it's settled.

Because there is little money in the money box, this year has been a bit dull. In order to save money, Qian has cut a lot of necessary expenses.

Like meat.

In the past New Years, except last year when Chu Lang lost his fortune in gambling, the Qian family would buy a batch of meat to make bacon.

Not only can it be eaten at home, but it can also be taken to visit relatives.

This year, like last year, the family did not buy meat.

However, it is different from last year. Although there is still a lot of delicious food missing this year, everyone is very happy because they have moved into a new house.

Especially Man Bao and all the little ones are as happy as the festival every day.

She moved into her new house, and Lao Zhoutou took her money. Although he didn't buy her an extra-large bed, he also bought a normal-sized bed, which is simpler than the one he built by himself that Man Bao sleeps now. The version of the cot is much better.

Man Bao couldn't help but roll twice on the bed before looking at the furnishings in the room.

On Tuesday, Lang worked hard every day to make bamboo weaving. In addition to the bamboo baskets and dustpans that were sold in the market, there were also things that could be used at home.

For example, a bamboo screen was placed in Manbao's room to separate the inner room from the study.

Knowing that Man Bao likes all kinds of flowers and plants, Lu Zhou also asked her to paint on the bamboo screen and put it in the room after drying.

In addition, Lao Zhoutou gave her a dresser and two chairs, one in front of the dresser and one in front of the desk.

The desk was also paid by Lao Zhoutou to hire a carpenter. He held a family meeting a long time ago and announced that in the future these things would be Man Bao's dowry.

It can be said that Manbao's room is the most expensive and most fully furnished.

Zhou Dalang and Zhou Zhoulang also made a three-grid bookshelf for her out of bamboo, which was placed next to the desk.

Then she used bamboo to weave two cages for her, where she could put clothes and various sundries.

Of course, bamboo-woven things are naturally inferior to wooden ones, but for a girl who has not left the cabinet, especially a little girl of six or seven years old, these things are very precious.

All in all, Man Bao was very happy.

So even if she can only eat a few meals of meat during the New Year, she is happy every day,

She was so happy that she forgot to avoid suspicion, she ran up and down with Bai Shanbao every day, even on the first day of the new year, they gathered around the village to pay New Year's greetings, and then received a lot of red envelopes.

Of course, most of the red envelopes that the villagers pack contains only a penny, but Man Bao is also very happy.

Then when she was happy, she went to Bai's house to pay New Year's greetings with Bai Shanbao's ass.

Of course, Master Bai wouldn't give them only a penny. He gave them a delicate purse, and inside the purse was a golden naked child with the rank of Jinshi printed on it.

Man Bao didn't pay attention at the time, but she felt that the purse was very beautiful, and she looked at it carefully.

Master Bai likes Man Bao very much and thinks she is a very smart child, so he specially brought his second son over, and solemnly handed it over to the two smart children: "You have to take your brother to play, don't leave him behind."

Bai Shanbao and Man Bao just received the gift. Although they didn't want to play with this stupid classmate, they still patted their chests and told Master Bai that they would play with him friendly.

Bai Erlang being carried: ...but I don't want to play with you