Nongmen Shenjue

In the early morning of the next day, Mu Wan came with Mu Xiu, and brought a bamboo basket of vegetables from her own vegetable garden.

Many people in the shop were having breakfast, including coolies from the ferry, and businesses nearby.

The big iron pot I bought at the beginning was very large, and the bamboo steamer I bought with the big pot had three layers. Every morning, I steamed three steamed buns, of which only one was white flour.Under normal circumstances, occasionally there are a few white flour steamed buns left, and the rest will be sold out.

Seeing many customers, Mu Wan felt happy and at ease, put the bamboo baskets in the kitchen, and rolled up her sleeves to wash the dishes.

These bowls were all for vegetable soup. Mu Wenmuwu was busy serving guests, and the bowls were enough, so they kept them in the wooden basin and soaked them with water.

Nearby merchants came to have breakfast, mostly for the free vegetable soup.Vegetable soup is not worth much, and no one paid much attention to it at first, but it couldn't help but it was a good thing, word of mouth gradually spread, many people liked to drink this soup, and believed that Mu Qingyan was a good cook at a young age, Must have worshiped a great master.

Otherwise, it's just a bowl of ordinary vegetable soup, how could it be so delicious.

Mu Qingyan was looking at the vegetables in the bamboo basket, all of which were in season. He turned his head and saw her behavior, and quickly stopped her: "Eldest sister, come all the way here, aren't you tired? Sit and rest, these bowls will let Xiaowen eat for a while." Xiao Wu goes to wash."

Seeing that he was determined, Mu Wan let it go.

Moved a stool and sat down, beckoning to him: "Second brother, you sit too, I have something to tell you."

"Sister, tell me." Mu Qingyan roughly guessed that it must be Mu Lin's marriage.

Mu Wan didn't go around in circles, and said with a smile on her face: "I asked about the girl that Sister-in-law Wang mentioned last time. Their family is the main household in Dayu Village, surnamed Yu. The girl is three years old at home. She is sixteen this year and has both parents. , two older brothers at the top, and one younger sister at the bottom. In terms of their family is slightly stronger than ours, with six acres of paddy fields and six acres of dry land, both parents and elder brothers can do it, and the two elder brothers are already married."

"How much dowry does her family want?" Mu Qingyan raised his eyebrows.

Judging by Mu Wan's expression, she is obviously satisfied with the Yu family. Since she is satisfied, then Miss Yu's marriage should be easy to find, and there should be no movement at sixteen.The possibility of the Yu family wanting to keep more daughters is very small, and most of them have high conditions, the most likely being a bride price.

From ancient times to the present, it is probably so.

"That's not it." Mu Wan said this, but there was no distress on her face: "If I had heard the number of betrothal gifts from her family before, I would not have dared to inquire about it. Her family doesn't mention anything else, and a single betrothal gift would cost six two."

Six taels is really nothing to the Mu family today, but a month ago, all the family's savings did not even have a tael of silver.

These days, farming depends on the sky for eating, and the yield per mu is low. It is good to earn one tael of silver per mu of land.Farmers work hard to take care of them. They have to pay land rent in spring and autumn, miscellaneous taxes throughout the year, and occasionally corvee.At the beginning, Mu's father allocated to the river service, if the family had money to pay, the river service would be exempted, and he would not lose his life.

Farmers get married, the bride price is as low as one or two taels, and as high as ten taels, but generally speaking, it rarely exceeds five taels.

Mu Wan said: "There are too many Liuliang, I hesitated at first, but I asked Miss Yu, she is really good, and I even saw it on the street in the county town, she is a good match for my elder brother. Sister-in-law Wang said that I can talk about it." Let’s make peace, let’s see if we can ask for less. Besides, there’s a reason why her family wants so many gifts. This girl was seriously ill when she was 12 years old, and the medicine she took was very expensive. It cost a lot of money. When her brothers got married, the family didn’t have enough money, so they had to go out and borrow it.”

It seems that borrowing money is because the elder brothers are getting married, but outsiders and the sisters-in-law who enter the door don't think so.They would think that it was because they had spent all their money on Ms. Yu's medical treatment.

In ancient times, sons were preferred over daughters, and sons always inherited the family business, and daughters would marry outsiders sooner or later, and they would owe the family any money they spent.

"What's the temperament of the Yu family?" Mu Qingyan didn't care about the bride price, but more about his character.

Mu Wan smiled and said: "If her family is not good, I won't tell you. The family lives, and the spoon may not touch the bowl, but generally speaking, it is not bad."

"Brother, have you met Miss Yu?" Mu Qingyan asked again.

Mu Wan nodded with a smile: "Looking at it from a distance, I see that the eldest brother is quite satisfied."

Mu Qingyan was surprised: "When did it happen? I also met my eldest brother yesterday."

"It was yesterday morning. He didn't know it at first. The girl went to see him in the county, and he saw it too. Yesterday afternoon when he went home to give money, I mentioned it to him, and he realized that it was the Yu family who looked at him. Miss. My brother also knows about the dowry, what he means is that the marriage should be done according to one’s ability, and it’s fine if the dowry exceeds five taels.” But Mu Wan still wants to make this marriage a success, after all, they are picky about the dowry, so they don’t know if others don’t pick their family Woolen cloth.

There are many brothers and sisters in their family, and they will all have to take care of the eldest brother in the future. Can Mu Lin's burden not be heavy?

The reason why the Yu family was willing to marry them was because Mu Qingyan was already running a business on his own, and Mu Lin had an errand in the yamen.

"The eldest sister is here today..."

"I asked Aunt Zhao to come forward on this matter. Sister-in-law Wang is a matchmaker, and the two families have inquired about it separately. There is nothing else, only the bride price needs to be discussed. Sister-in-law Wang said that it should be possible to talk about it. Once the Yu family let go, It’s time to choose a date. This is big brother’s big business, and I’m still quite nervous.” So Mu Wan came to him, the two of them were about the same age, it was fine before, but now Mu Qingyan has a lot of ideas and opened a shop by himself Doing business, invisibly makes Mu Wan feel that she is someone she can rely on.

Mu Wan seems to have a hot personality, but she is an ancient woman. In her subconscious mind, men and women are different.

"Don't worry, elder sister. According to the rules, you can't go wrong with Aunt Zhao and Sister-in-law Wang. When the day is chosen, do you need me to go?"

"Go all, it seems that our family values ​​it, and the Yu family's face is also good-looking." Mu Wan said, staring at him and looking at him, and suddenly said: "Second brother is fifteen this year. Big brother's family is poor, so we delayed talking about kissing until now." , and because of his age, he is often picked on. On the contrary, the second brother has a business now, and his life is easier, so he should find a good marriage."

Mu Qingyan laughed dumbly: "Forget about my business."

"What do you mean forget it?" Mu Wan raised her eyebrows, obviously dissatisfied with his answer.

Mu Qingyan was still smiling, but his eyes were firm and unquestionable: "I won't get married."

Mu Wan was stunned for a moment: "Second brother, you, are you joking?"

On this issue, Mu Qingyan has always been calm. Even though he knows that the times are different, he doesn't want Mu Wan to look for a marriage for him with expectations.

However, seeing Mu Wan's flustered eyes, hesitating to speak, also gave me a headache.

"Elder Sister, seniors and young are in order. When you get married, you can worry about me." Mu Qingyan left a sentence, went out of the kitchen, returned after a while, and stuffed her with a cloth bag.

Mu Wan lost her temper by his repeated words, opened the cloth bag, and found that it was 20 taels of silver.

"What did you give me the money for?" Mu Wan didn't want it, she wanted to return it to him.

"Big sister, take it, hold a wedding for big brother, do it well, don't be reluctant to spend money. The 20 taels is my wish as the second brother. All these years, I have been taken care of by my big brother and big sister. I don't know how much thought and how much I spent Silver, now that I can earn money, I have to show it. Big sister keep it, big brother knows, I am not short of money."

Mu Wan did hear what Mu Lin said, she was too surprised to believe it.

"I don't need so much money to hold a banquet!" Even so, Mu Wan thought about it and accepted it, and said: "I know you have money, but you can't be so loose in your hands. If you have money, save it." , and get married later..."

She stopped in the middle of the conversation, thinking of the conversation just now, but Mu Wan didn't dare to ask any more, as if she had touched some taboo.

Mu Qingyan seemed to be alright, squatting there by himself to pick up the vegetables, and at noon he was going to cook for the group of people who built the house next door.

Seeing him, Mu Wan felt a pang of anger in her heart. She nodded his head from the air, gritted her teeth and said, "One by one, it won't make people worry!"

Mu Qingyan touched his nose and laughed out loud.