Lucky husband

Fourteen copper coins, in a normal year, can already buy a catty of pork, to be honest, not too little.Therefore, those who did not send wild boars to the county wanted to say a few words.

Village head Bai saw their actions, and said bluntly: "This money is for free, and Zheng Liehu contributed the most. Don't be greedy, and if anyone has any objections, next time you meet a wild boar, I'll take care of you." I will leave one for you, and let you kill it alone, and I will give you all the silver for selling the whole wild boar."

After all, he is the head of the village, so he still has some dignity. After he said this, the scene immediately quieted down, and no one wanted to stand up.

After all, apart from Zheng Orion, no one in Shanghe Village could say that he had the ability to kill a wild boar by himself, and no one with a small heart dared to say anything.

"Okay, let's leave, everyone, be vigilant at night, don't relax." Village Chief Bai waved his hand, and there was nothing else to do after the money was divided, and the big guys hurried back in the hot weather.

Bai Chen's elders, Li Chengzhi, and Li Chengli consciously stayed, because they wanted to find Village Chief Bai together, and they hadn't finished discussing the morning's business.

Village head Bai naturally knew that he didn't say anything, but nodded when he looked at Li Chengzhi.

After seeing this scene, other people who wanted to watch the scene slowed down and wanted to hear what Village Chief Bai had to say. However, to their disappointment, after the crowd dispersed, Village Chief Bai took the lead and led Bai Chen The elder and the two brothers of the Li family left together, and did not intend to speak in front of everyone.

Going directly to Village Chief Bai's house, the wife of Village Chief Bai saw that her husband had brought these people back, so she hurried to the kitchen to boil water and make tea. She reckoned that this matter would take a long time.

In the morning, Bai Chennai, who was a bit arrogant, saw the two Li family brothers with bruised noses and swollen faces, and inexplicably felt that the strategy she and her daughter-in-law discussed at noon might be useless. The two exchanged a look. What to say, Li Chengli has already spoken first.

"To be honest, I don't know exactly what's going on, but what I mean is the same as my mother's, I want my girl Chun to marry Bai Chen." Li Chengli had already thought about the content of his speech, and smoothly Expressed his meaning, "But girl Chun is still young, why don't we let her be engaged to Bai Chen first, it will be good for the reputation of both children."

According to Qian Xinghua's previous intentions, she wanted to marry Li Mingchun immediately, not to mention saving a few years' rations, but also getting a gift in advance.

The content of the discussion between Bai Chennai and Bai Chenniang is that they can marry Li Mingchun back now, but there will be no betrothal gifts, no banquets, and there is no time to do that in the face of the drought.

Li Chengli's words successfully defeated the plans of the women on both sides. The custom in Changping County is not to give bride price for engagement, but to exchange the birth date of the two children and engagement tokens.

If Li Mingchun didn't marry the Bai family until a few years later, it would no longer be a drought, and there would definitely be a bride price and a banquet.

Bai Chennai opened her mouth to express their thoughts, but Bai Chenniang rolled her eyes and held back her mother-in-law to keep her silent for a while.

They had already discussed it at noon. Judging by today's situation, Bai Chen would not be able to get away with marrying a girl from the Li family. As for the bride price, we can leave it alone today.

After Li Chengli finished what he wanted to say, he shut up and looked at the elders in Bai Chen's family.

When Village Chief Bai saw Li Chengli talking as soon as he came over, he thought he had changed his temper and wanted to talk a lot, but in the end he just said a few words, and then remained silent as usual.

Bai Chen's father didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't say anything. Village Chief Bai coughed twice: "Ahem, Shanzi, what do you think?"

"You can get engaged, no problem." Bai Chen's father had no objection. Seeing that his wife and mother were quiet, he knew they had no objection, so he nodded in agreement.

"Alright then, when will your two families find a time to finalize this marriage together? Since you are going to be in-laws, don't mention what happened before." Village head Bai thought for a while before typing a few words, he mainly The Li Qian family that I want to say, "They are all from the same village. They look down and see each other. Everyone lives in harmony. Brother Li Er, you should go back and talk about what I said."

"Well, I see." Li Chengli replied.

"The date of getting married should be sooner rather than later. Shanzi, you should go to the next village this afternoon to find someone to look after the date, and settle this matter as soon as possible. Now that the drought is in the air, don't make any more fools." Village Chief Bai's words were dialogue. From what the elder over there said, it was obvious that Grandma Bai Chen was still a little unhappy, and he didn't want anything to go wrong with this matter.

"Okay." In front of Village Chief Bai, Bai Chen's father also agreed.

The matter was almost resolved, and Village Chief Bai was quite satisfied with the attitudes of both sides. There was no mess and made him difficult. Now that there was nothing else to tell, Village Chief Bai let the two of them break up and go home separately.

After the village chief's wife made tea and served it out, she found that her father-in-law was the only one left in the main house, and asked in surprise, "What's going on, where are they?"

"I'll leave after the matter is settled." Bai Cunzi replied, picked up the tea bowl, blew on it, and took a sip.

"So fast!" Village Chief Bai's wife was even more surprised. Seeing the attitudes of the two families in the morning, she thought that this matter was something to talk about, but she didn't expect it to be over so soon. "What did you tell them?"

"It's nothing." Village Chief Bai briefly explained what had happened.

After hearing this, Village Chief Bai's daughter-in-law sighed, "I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it, it was Brother Li Er who spoke first and settled this matter all at once."

"This is just right, so you don't have to talk about it in front of me." Because of this incident, village chief Bai changed his opinion of Li Chengli a little.

On the other end, Bai Chennai, who was walking home, grabbed her wife and asked, "Mother Wanwan, why did you hold me back just now?"

Bai Chenniang explained: "Mom, it's not that I don't want you to say, think about this kind of disaster year, who knows when the drought will end, now our family's food is only enough for our family to feed for more than a year, if there is another girl , what if the drought does not end for a long time?"

"It's impossible to marry someone back home and not give us food. If the Li family knows the news, they might blackmail us!"

"Also, this girl is only 12 years old now, let's not say that she can't do much work, and there is no work for her to do right now in the drought, so there is no need to marry her back and be an idler."

Recently, all households, whether men or women, are basically resting at home, doing less activities and eating less, to survive this natural disaster together.

In order to save a few taels of silver for the bride price and banquet, it is not worth raising an extra girl.

What's more, it's hard to say what the current disaster year will be like. I heard that the second house of the Li family doesn't have much food, and the drought may last longer. If the girl of the Li family died of starvation at home, the marriage will naturally be voided.

After the marriage is settled, when it comes time to get married, they have the final say on how much dowry they will give and what kind of banquet they will hold. If the Li family feels dissatisfied and wants to regret the marriage, it has nothing to do with them.

Bai Chenniang's words made sense, and Bai Chen's father and Bai Chennai figured it out immediately, and they all felt that this was indeed better.

At noon, they discussed marrying the girl of the Li family home in advance, because they thought that the Li family, especially the Li Qian family, was in a hurry to marry their daughter, and since the Li family was not in a hurry, they should not be in a hurry.

After finalizing this matter, Grandma Baichen walked on the road and complained: "This Baichen was born to be ours, and we will go out one after another in hot weather. Although we don't need to give a bride price for our engagement, we still have to give it to us." Tokens are really worry-free things."

"No, I've been thinking about it. If the Li family wants to extort a large sum of money from us, I'll go back and separate Bai Chen alone, and let him find a way to marry a wife. We don't care." Bai Chen's father also had a look on his face. dislike.

Of course, he meant to say that no matter how they want to separate the family, they have to wait until Bai Chen is 16 years old, otherwise the underage children will be separated, and the villagers will drown them with a single spit.

Bai Chen is still kneeling in the yard at this moment, he is groggy now, because he is too hot and sweats non-stop, which makes him feel thirsty and flustered.

When Bai Chen's father and the others went back, they saw Bai Chen kneeling on the ground shaking, looking at him like this, he knew that it was almost okay, and if he knelt down again, he would be useless.

Walking in front of Bai Chen, Bai Chen's father said condescendingly: "Okay, you can get up now."

Bai Chen supported the wall and stood up slowly. After kneeling for a long time, his legs trembled a little, and he couldn't stand up straight. Moreover, the ground was too hot. His knees were scalded, with several blisters, and it hurt a lot when he moved.

After clenching his teeth and standing up, Bai Chen walked into the house step by step. Now he just wants to lie on the bed and rest to relieve the pain in his knees.

However, Bai Chen's father refused to let him go, and stopped him: "You stop for me, and let you go!"

Bai Chen stopped and turned around: "Father, is there anything else?"

Father Bai Chen purposely waited for a while before saying: "Tell you, we have already discussed with the Li family. In a few days, you will be engaged to that girl from the Li family, and you will get married when she is a few years older."

Father Bai Chen spoke these words very slowly, basically jumping out word by word. Seeing Bai Chen's face turned pale, he felt that his mood was a lot more balanced.

"Well, I see." Bai Chen nodded, the pain in his knees made him not have any extra thoughts to be happy about this matter, so let's get engaged, he has no objection.

Feeling that the punishment for Bai Chen was enough, Bai Chen's father said: "Okay, just do what you should do."

The wild boar had just been killed in the village today, and the smell of blood attracted the wolves not at 01:30, it was the most dangerous time, but he didn't want to listen to Village Chief Bai and go to the next village to find someone to watch the day.

Therefore, Bai Chen's father will go out again after drinking a sip of water, he dare not wait until the sun is not so bright before going out, in case something happens along the way and he comes back late, no one can help him.

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