Little wealth

Fortunately, Zhao Amu followed the grandson in behind and went to help pull the grandson away.

Seeing his daughter-in-law covering the basin with a piece of cloth, Zhao Amu couldn't help asking curiously, "What's in yours?"

"Oh, I'm going to make some maltose. I just put the mashed malt and glutinous rice together. It will take two hours to boil the syrup." The principle of maltose is to convert the starch in the glutinous rice and the enzyme in the malt into sugar. But Josh knew that no one would hear him if he wanted to explain this principle, so he simply said that he wanted to make maltose.

Zhao Amu was taken aback for a moment, and asked in surprise: "You still make this?" Maltose is a precious thing, and they are usually reluctant to buy it to eat.Now he is not surprised to hear his daughter-in-law say that he will do this.

"I've seen others do it before, but I haven't done it myself. I'm not sure if it can be done. This is the first time I've done it. Let's try it first." Josh reached out and touched the bridge of his nose. He had seen someone else do it before. Making maltose, but it was the first time for him to do it himself, so he was not fully sure about it.

"You've seen others do it, so it can be done." Zhao Amu was very happy, as if she saw her daughter-in-law making malt candy.

The preliminary preparations were all done, there was nothing else to do in the kitchen, Josh picked up the child and went outside, Zhao Amu came out behind them.

The sun in the morning slowly moved from the door to the center of the yard. The fungus and mushrooms that were dried a few days ago had been dried, and today he took them back and put them in baskets, hung them under the eaves, and waited. Just take it out when you want to eat it.

I went to get the teapot and poured two cups of water, one cup of water for their mother, and one cup of water for the children to drink.Thinking that the Dragon Boat Festival will be in two days, Josh asked: "It will be the Dragon Boat Festival in two days, why don't we prepare something?"

"Oh, yes." Zhao Amu took a sip of water, put the empty cup aside, and said, "I don't know if Chen Butcher will kill pigs, and whether there is meat for sale at the entrance of the village. I have to go to town and buy some meat."

Seeing the grandson who has been getting better and better recently, he used to be skinny, but now he has raised a little meat, the more he looks the more gratifying.So after knowing that his eldest son and daughter-in-law made money, he was not stingy with such a bite. Even if he was reluctant to eat, he still had to think about his young grandson, right?

"It's okay. If we see Brother Chen, we can just ask. If their family doesn't kill pigs, we can go to the town to buy things earlier." I haven't been to the town much recently, and my family doesn't eat it every day. Meat, he ate vegetarian every day, at most two scrambled eggs, Josh really missed the taste of meat a little bit.

Speaking of Chen Tuhu, Aunt Zhao thought of her son's marriage with Brother Chen again, "I don't know if there is any news from Matchmaker Sun, and I never saw her send a letter."

"Maybe Chen Tuhu and Chen Geer are still discussing." Qiao Xu felt that this matter could not be rushed. Others rejected it without a word. After all, there was still some meaning in it, so he felt that there was no reply, probably Just late.

Sure enough, Cao Cao and Cao Cao will arrive.

Just as they were talking, an abrupt voice sounded at the gate of the yard. The person who came was the famous matchmaker Sun in the village.

"Sure enough, you are here. I went to your house to see, and saw that the door was closed. I yelled twice at the door and no one answered, so I thought you were here with the boss." Sun Matchmaker acted like a matchmaker. She was dressed in a red floral dress, with a big red flower on her head, her face was heavily painted, and the two rouges on her cheeks were particularly thick.

"Oh, it's Matchmaker Sun, you're here. Hehe, we were talking about why we haven't heard from you yet." Seeing Matchmaker Sun coming in, Zhao Amu hurriedly got up and enthusiastically called people to sit down, "Hurry up Come in and sit, come in and sit."

Josh got up to pour water for someone, "Drink a glass of water."

"It just so happened that I was thirsty, and I walked a long way." Sun Matchmaker walked several places to get here, her mouth was already so thirsty, she drank up the water as soon as she took the cup.

Josh hurriedly added another glass, sat down in the chair he had just got up from, and was too lazy to caress his son who came into his arms.The little baby is not afraid of strangers, she nestles in the arms of the adults, looking curiously at the strangers who come to their house.

Seeing that Matchmaker Sun came here with a smile, Zhao Amu guessed that his son's business was likely to be completed, "Matchmaker Sun, do you have good news?"

"Hehe, yes, I'm here to bring you good news. Butcher Chen, I agreed." Matchmaker Sun told Zhao Amu the meaning of Butcher Chen with a smile, and continued: "Their family My brother is also eighteen, if he doesn't get married, he will become an old brother, and it will be difficult for others to say in the future."

"I'm watching, it's Chen butcher who is reluctant to let his brother marry someone. I used to go to their house less often, but Chen butcher refused, saying that neither is good." Sun Matchmaker's words are a bit of Chen The butcher's family is a bit ignorant. It's good to have someone like you as a brother. How can you be picky and picky? If you say that you don't like any one, she is still waiting to see Chen Butcher's jokes.

But she didn't expect that the boy from the Zhao family would take a fancy to that brother Chen. If she remembered correctly, the second boy from the Zhao family was two years younger than that brother Chen, right?She didn't know what Zhao Amu was thinking. There were so many girls and boys in the village, but they just wanted to find a brother who was so old and thick for the youngest son.

"Until I went to tell you that it was your family this time, Butcher Chen didn't push me out. No, I ran several times before Butcher Chen let go." But Matchmaker Sun didn't forget that she was a matchmaker, She can get the matchmaker's money only if the marriage is done, so it doesn't matter whether Zhao Amu or the second boy of the Zhao family is interested in Brother Chen, as long as the two families feel good, she will finish this matter, and it will be indispensable at that time That's her happy money.

"Thank you, Matchmaker Sun."

Zhao Amu was also very happy to receive such great news, but he did not forget to tell his son about the marriage and the dowry, so he asked Sun Matchmaker what Chen Tuhu meant, "they said How much is the dowry?"

"Hey, don't worry, I've asked this for you too. Butcher Chen said you can just give it as you see it. Then you can do it like the people in the village marry their brothers. Their brothers are in a hurry to get married. With so many beauties, who dares to marry their elder brother. But Chen Tuhu said that he hopes the two families can book the date earlier, but it would be best if it can be set at the end of this year." Sun Matchmaker thought to herself It must be Chen Tuhu who is anxious to marry his brother, and this time he didn't even mention the gift money.

What she said before, butcher Chen asked for five taels of silver.

You want five taels of silver to marry a brother?I'm afraid it's not that Chen Tuhu is crazy.It’s fine if their elder brother grows up to be as good-looking as Qiao Geer, but the problem is that his elder brother is not good-looking, and he is a pig butcher, and he asks for five taels of silver. I don't really want to marry my brother.

This time, Chen Tuhu was so eloquent, which really surprised her, but after the accident, she felt that it was natural.

When she heard that Butcher Chen didn't ask for much money for the bride price, Zhao Amu felt relieved, and the smile on her face became even wider, and she said politely, "I didn't ask for it, and we didn't ask for the bride price. It’s good to give too little.”

"As for the wedding, I still need to see my husband. If there is a good day this year, it is not impossible to set the date this year."

"Yes, yes, I want to find a gentleman to pick a good day. This wedding event cannot be careless."

Zhao Hu in the wooden house over there also pricked up his ears to eavesdrop. Zhao He glanced at the younger brother who had stopped to work and didn't say anything about him, but the strength of knocking on the wood with his hands was lighter. .

Later, Matchmaker Chen said a few more words, and after getting Zhao Amu's response, she left in a hurry.

Josh sent Matchmaker Chen to the door and came back. Seeing his mother's happy face, he turned around and saw their uncle poking his head at the door of the wooden house. He must have listened to the matchmaker just now.

Seeing his elder brother looking towards them, Zhao Hu hurriedly lowered his head, pretending to be working hard.

Josh didn't laugh at the impatient uncle, and when he went back and saw his Eunuch smiling, he said, "With Sun Matchmaker's words, Auntie, are you relieved?"

"Hehe, yes, I also said why Matchmaker Sun hasn't come here for so long, this matter can be said to be a success, it can be said to be a success." Zhao Amu replied with a smile.

Going back to the house, he took out ten taels of broken silver. Josh put the silver in his Eun's hand, touched the chair behind him, sat down, and said, "Em, you can show this to Xiaohu for personal use." Bar."

"Hey, why did you give me so much silver taels? You don't need so much silver to say goodbye to Xiaohu." Zhao Amu looked at the silver in her hand and asked in a daze.

"Hehe, not much, we have to give the Chen family the gift money and the matchmaker money. The Chen family didn't say how much the gift money is, so we don't want to give too little. When the time comes, we will have to buy some things to go over. Where money is used, you can use the ten taels of silver, and tell me if it’s not enough, I still have some silver in hand.” Josh calculated the money carefully, and the betrothal gifts cost several taels of silver Yes, this does not include the cost of getting married and setting up a wedding banquet later.

"I don't need so much. I still have some silver in my hand. You take it back, and I can use the silver in my hand." Zhao Amu said and wanted to return the silver.

Josh refused to ask for it, and said, "Em, you should take it, don't push it around. Xiaohu is helping Ahe, and you know that we have taken on so many jobs recently. Without Xiaohu's help, we We still have to invite outsiders, it would be great if we can use our own family members. We can’t put all the money we earn into our own pockets, it should be counted as Xiaohu’s share.”