Farmhouse is so old

Zhou Shanniang was also very happy.Ever since Zhou Qing was born after having two daughters in a row, her mother-in-law has eyes for her, not eyes and nose.Although he didn't make it clear, he also suffered a lot of grievances secretly. Although his husband is good, he can't go against his own mother, so he has to suffer this grievance.At any rate, Qingzi has been well-behaved and sensible since he was a child, otherwise he doesn't know how much he would have been wronged.Even when the family was separated, it was the worst part.

After giving birth to Shanzi and Hezi, her health didn't improve much, and the family was busy with Qingzi's work.She didn't say anything like a mother, but her heart hurt extremely.Seeing that he has this blessing now is extremely joyful in my heart.

"Shanzi, Hezi, you two will go and invite your elder sister and second sister separately later. Let them come back in three days, and tell Qingzi's next engagement day." Zhou Shanniang, who was happy to come over, hurriedly ordered.Zhou Shan and Zhou He were not unhappy, and they both went out after listening to their mother's instructions.

"Old man, you will also go to the old house and talk about it later." Zhou Dafu was delighted.He was the third child, but he was the least favored, and he was even more disliked after Zhou Shanniang gave birth to Zhou Qing.It's nothing for him to be wronged, it's just that he has suffered for his wife and children.Now that he can finally straighten his back and look proud, he must show it off.

Then Zhou Shanniang cleaned up again and asked Zhou Qing to take her back to her natal home.Zhou Shan's mother's name is Xi'er.From this name, one can tell that Zhou Shan's natal family dotes on her very much.

It is true that Zhou Qing's grandmother gave birth to four sons, so she got such a daughter. She grew up holding her hands in her arms since she was a child, but the marriage was not well promised. Wipe less tears.But the water poured out by the married daughter can't help other than secretly subsidizing the daughter.

What's more, there are four sons in the family, and a bunch of grandchildren, even if there is a subsidy, the subsidy is not much.After all, it was all caused by poverty. If it wasn't for the marriages of the sons, she wouldn't have betrothed her daughter to the Zhou family, and received so many grievances for nothing.

Li Shi of the Wang family was also very happy to hear the joy reported by her daughter.She knew how much her daughter had been wronged because of Zhou Qing, and now that all her hardships have finally come to an end, she felt somewhat grateful to that grandson Lang whom she had never met.

"Brother Qing, now that you are getting married soon, you have to treat others well in the future, even if you suffer some grievances, it doesn't matter. If he is willing to make faces for you like this now, he will definitely not treat you badly, but you should not do those things." An annoying thing." Mrs. Wang Li pulled Zhou Qinghao to explain.

"Then Tang Qing is alone, as long as you take good care of him, no one will be angry with you. This brother is not as comfortable as being at home when he is married. The two of them always have some bumps in their lives, and they both give in to each other. Don't let others see the joke."

Zhou Qing nodded repeatedly.

Then Wang Xi'er and the others started chatting about their parents again, which was a pain for Zhou Qing. Today was like a dream.Seeing his parents and grandma's family happy, which he had never seen before, he couldn't help but feel happy too.

He knew from a young age that his mother had suffered a lot for him, even so, she never abandoned him and raised him up.You must know that many people give birth to elder brothers and throw them away.Now that his mother is happy, so is he.

September 39, the 24th year of Kaiyuan in the Ming Dynasty, is the day of the autumnal equinox.Tang Qing got up early, put on a new cotton padded coat entrusted to the villagers to rush out overnight, and ate something carelessly.After all the guards of honor invited before arrived, the guards of honor carried the dowry, and Mrs. Zhou led the way, beating gongs and drums all the way to the south of the village.

The Zhou family got up before dawn every day, and Mrs. Wang and Li even came in the evening of the next day. Early in the morning, they brought a few daughter-in-laws to work in the kitchen.Wang Xi'er cleaned up the house several times, and cleaned it up several times, so that there was no trace of dust in the house.

The sky was bright, and the guard of honor from the south of the village finally reached the north of the village.A long distance away, Zhou's family could hear the sound of gongs and drums outside, followed by some watching villagers.

This week's family village has not been so lively for many years.Even marrying a daughter is not such a big leader, so watching the excitement is an indispensable entertainment for the villagers, let alone such a big excitement.

Zhou Qing had heard the voices outside a long time ago, and he was very nervous.From outside discussions, he heard his name from time to time, and he also knew that many people must be talking about him today.Since he was a child, he has never been talked about like this.Mother said that he can't leave his house today, even if he is hired, he is not allowed to go out.But he didn't know what to do in the house.For the soles of the pair of shoes made earlier, his mother has already made the uppers for him, and the surrounding threads are tight.This is the return gift he wanted to give to that person today. He only blamed himself for his lack of craftsmanship. He didn't even know how to make a shoe upper. I don't know if he would regret it after knowing the truth?

"Brother, Brother Qing and the others are here. The battle is really big." Zhou He, who usually doesn't see anyone and always loves to be mischievous, is much more honest.According to what his brother Zhou Shan said, today is a good day for his elder brother, and he can't let his elder brother lose face.So early in the morning, he was in front of his elder brother's door and reported the implementation situation to his elder brother.

The guard of honor arrived in front of Zhou's house, beat the gong around Zhou's house for a long time, and then entered the courtyard.

"The boy from the Tang family is here to hire you." Aunt Zhou shouted loudly.

All the people in the house came out, Wang Li's family and Lao Wu's family had at least [-] people in total.

"May I ask how much the dowry is?" Wang Xi'er's elder brother Wang Dazhu asked.This is the custom here, when the married party comes to make a betrothal, the dowry must be reported to the married party.So that the married couple know that they are sincerely asking for it.

"The bride price is 5 taels." Aunt Zhou yelled, and then a guard of honor handed a gift box containing 5 taels of silver to Zhou Dafu. Zhou Taifu opened the box and checked to make sure it was correct before nodding his head.

Zhou Dafu looked calm on the surface, but his hands were shaking, 5 taels of silver!How long would he have to earn to earn that much money?The surrounding villagers were also extremely uneasy, the hire money alone was 5 taels of silver!Such a high betrothal gift is the only one in this ten miles and eight villages!Looking at the box in Zhou Dafu's hand, there was a hint of envy in his eyes.

"100 catties of hired rice." After a pause, Mrs. Zhou yelled again.As the guard of honor opened the rice bag, the white rice leaked out, and the villagers were in an uproar. This is too grand, just to marry a brother?You must know that a catty of white rice costs 20 Wen, and this 100 catties is 2 taels of silver!

"100 catties of noodles."

"Sacrifice: ten pairs of rabbits and ten pairs of chickens."

"Ten catties of pork and a pair of trotters."

"Two pairs of fish."

"Two jugs of wine."

"A pair of gold bracelets."

"Two bolts of big red wedding cloth."

"How much flower and fruit candy?" Aunt Zhou didn't care what the people around her thought, she just yelled, and the surrounding villagers were breathless after being hit by such a generous betrothal gift.

In fact, Aunt Zhou was secretly dumbfounded. Even if she knew that the betrothal gift was so rich, she would see it for real, and she was quite envious of Zhou Qing. Even a wealthy family in the town could not offer such a good betrothal gift. up.

The villagers felt that they were going crazy, and the Zhou family was almost out of breath.I was so surprised, not to mention the betrothal gift, but just the pair of gold bracelets, Zhoujia Village didn't even have anyone with silver, let alone gold.Seeing gold suddenly, the villagers could hardly control their desire to snatch it.Fortunately, Wang Dazhu reacted quickly, and quickly covered the box and handed it to Zhou He, who asked him to pass it to Zhou Qing.Zhou Qing in the room touched the box and didn't even dare to open it, he was almost scared to death!

"The boy from the Tang family is above the ceremony, whether or not you agree to be employed by the brother of the Zhou family."

"Agreed." I don't know who said this sentence, I agree, I agree, I absolutely agree. No one else can offer this dowry except Tang Qing.

Seeing that Zhou's family agreed, Tang Qing breathed a sigh of relief.Then he took out some wedding candies and distributed them to the villagers.The villagers all came to watch the excitement, and they didn't expect to have wedding candies, so they all smiled happily.Words of congratulations came out of his mouth as if he didn't want money, and even the children were very happy.

"Brother Qing, congratulations on the return of the beauty you embraced." Even Tang Hao brought Zhou Xiaoer and the others over to make sweets.Brat, at how old you are, you already know that the beauty is here.But Tang Qing didn't mind, he grabbed a few handfuls of candy for himself.Then everyone dispersed, but the storm caused by Tang Qing could not subside for a long time.Whenever someone mentions it, there is a burst of amazement.

Everyone dispersed, and Tang Qing was also welcomed into the house.The room was obviously tidied up specially, it was too clean.Zhou Shan moved a stool for Tang Qing, and Tang Qing gave him a red envelope, which was prepared in advance.Seeing that Zhou Shan got a red envelope, the children around all came over to ask for it.Fortunately, I prepared a lot before, otherwise it would not be enough.There are many children in this farm family, Li Wang's family and Grandma Zhou Shan's family alone have [-] to [-] children.

The children ran away when they got the red envelopes. They all knew that the adults in the family would ask questions, so they ran out to open the red envelopes to see how much money was in the red envelopes. They saw that there were 5 copper coins in each red envelope. The children were so happy. jump up.

"Shanzi, your brother-in-law is really kind." A boy squatting next to Zhou Shan said. "It's not like my brother-in-law, who is stingy. He only brought a little stuff when he came to the house, and he also took away big bags from the house. My mother was very angry after they left."

"What do you know, this is Brother Qing's first visit to our house, you must be generous, there will be no possibility in the future." Zhou Shan replied.

"Then my brother-in-law didn't have these things when he was hired. With such a big battle, your brother-in-law will definitely treat your brother well in the future."

"I hope." Zhou Shan also wanted Zhou Qing to have a good life, but he was just in case!But I'm not afraid that if he treats his brother badly, he will definitely beat him severely.

"You are not satisfied yet! Just have fun secretly, you see, they are all envious of you." The boy pointed to a group of children and said.

A group of children looked at Zhou Shan with star eyes, which made Zhou Shan feel a little embarrassed.He has never been envied by so many people. He has always been the only one who envied others, and now he can be envied by others.