The Landlord And His Wife

The old man Liu continued to the next agenda: "Then let's talk about the tree! What do you think of the house that the old lady of the Chen family said?"

Liu Changgeng immediately remembered what Liu Xuer said, and hurriedly said: "This family is not good, it is obvious that our family is now better, so I found it, it was not very good with us before, basically Don't say a word, a village, you know your temperament, when the family was in trouble, I didn't see much enthusiasm to help, no, I don't think this is good."

Liu Gao's opinion today is highly consistent with his son's, and he also nodded: "Yes, I can't look at this family! The tree is your eldest son, and also the next generation of our old Liu family. The eldest son, the eldest daughter-in-law must be chosen well! This has to do with all the members of their younger generation! The eldest daughter-in-law is virtuous, and the daughter-in-law who will marry later will behave like the eldest daughter-in-law. , If the eldest daughter-in-law is not sensible, she will be noisy..." The next sentence will be clear: "Just look at your old sister-in-law Ma."

Liu Changgeng and He Clan all nodded, He Clan was unwilling, a village has many things, and now they are indeed rich, this matter naturally has some concerns. It is also human nature. Of course, you have to choose a good one, not just for their family background.

The adults discussed it, Liu Gao asked them to go back, and He went back! If you put that servant Wang Shi here, you can be busy. Now that two matchmakers have come to your family at once, they must be coming to hear the news in the next few days.

He agreed, saying goodbye to He Ruyu and others, and came back with Liu Changgeng.

The evening when I came back, Mrs. He called Liu Xuer into the room to talk about it. In fact, the marriage of a child is the word of the parents' life matchmaker. As long as there are these two things, there is no need to tell the child. Some people avoid it, let alone mention it, and the child is embarrassed to ask.

However, the Liu family is different, Liu Xuer has an idea since she was a child, and she has become the center of the family early.

Liu Xuer doesn't have so many ideas, as long as her parents agree, it's fine. As for what Mother is worried about, whether Shicheng's mother will get along well, whether Shicheng's family is high, she hasn't had time to worry yet.

Three days later, the matchmaker from the Shi family came to the door to listen to the letter, and as soon as he heard the agreement, he hurriedly went to the Shi family to announce the good news, and then it was Nacai Heba, Naji gave a big gift, the same Come the same.

There is an unwritten rule in the countryside, that is, the two parties of the pro Ask people what they mean.

This kind of inquiries does not distinguish whether the man takes the initiative or the woman takes the initiative. If the man is from a weaker family, he will naturally take the initiative, but if the man has a good family, he will often be asked by the woman.

In the past, Yuan Hao was often visited by people.

If the inquiring party is unwilling, the girl and guy from the family who took the initiative to come to the door will continue to talk about kissing in the future.

The Shicheng family and the Liu Xuer family have known each other since childhood and are neighbors, but they still have to keep each other’s face. Even if it feels that the marriage between the two families is natural, the two babies are still young.

The Liu family gave a positive answer. After returning, the Shi family prepared a gift for accepting the harvest. After two days, the matchmaker came with a group of servants with gifts.

Entering through the door, the official media first bowed and smiled, "Magpies cry, good things are coming!" Go down and say in unison, "Congratulations, congratulations."

Liu Changgeng and He Shi are both from the countryside. They have never seen such a serious acceptor. They are all at a loss for embarrassment. Bar!"

The matchmaker smiled and nodded, followed He and Liu Changgeng into the upper house. The five or six servants behind her were carrying baskets made of vermillion lacquer mahogany hollowed out, or carrying a long long The mahogany trays also came in one by one. After entering, they respectfully placed the things on the table in the middle of the main room, set them up, and then bowed and exited.

The matchmaker smiled and said: "The slave family is a registered matchmaker from the Fengxian County Yap. The slave family's husband's surname is Li, and the second master Liu and the second grandma should be called the slave family Li."

Liu Changgeng and He's face flushed with embarrassment. It was the first time that Liu Changgeng was called lord.

Then Mrs. Li smiled and said a series of auspicious words first, then took out the prepared Shicheng Geng Tie, and held it to Liu Changgeng with both hands: "This is from the eldest young master of the Shi family. Geng Tie."

Liu Changgeng hurriedly took it over and asked Mrs. He to quickly take out Liu Xuer's Geng sheet that had been prepared earlier. This Geng sheet was really set on the eight gilded characters on the silk, that Li The matchmaker looked at it, pursed his lips and smiled.

. Although the previous procedure has been tried first, Mr. He is not willing to miss this opportunity, so he took the opportunity to inquire about the Shi family.

Li said with a smile: "The two are neighbors, aren't they? You should know the situation."

He said: "It used to be a neighbor, but it has been several years since the Shi family moved out, and our communication has faded. Many people in the family know it, just want to know, what is the situation in the family now... It's probably okay to talk about it."

Then Mrs. Li didn’t know what Mrs. He wanted to know, but the woman should have asked about the original, so she smiled and explained the situation of the Shi family in detail. All she wanted to know was Shi Chengniang's usual behavior, whether she liked her daughter Xu'er, but how could this be heard from these ordinary situations! So after listening for a long time, I didn't hear what I wanted to know. I knew everything I said, and I couldn't keep asking, so I kept nodding my head.

Liu Changgeng listened to it for a long time, but couldn't hear anything. Matchmaker Li drank tea and chatted. After sitting for about an hour, he got up and said goodbye. He hurriedly took out the red envelopes that had been prepared and sent them over.

The matchmaker accepted and left with a smile.

Anything bad, if something bad happens, or the family quarrels, it's a character incompatibility. Of course, most family members know that it is necessary to match the eight characters, and they are deliberately careful not to make anything happen, such as throwing the dishes and tripping the bowls.

Afterwards, there is a big gift, a big gift is to send the dowry letter and the gift book to the woman's house, choose a good day, and send all the dowry, gift money, and dowry gift.

Giving a gift is a very important step. After combining the eight characters, the text is set, and the matchmaker runs on both sides to set the day for the gift.

Because this will take some time to prepare, therefore, the day of the big ceremony is set on October 16th. Originally, I wanted to set the tenth day of the tenth day of the tenth month as auspicious and perfect, but Shicheng said that there is no such thing as perfect, and it is not good to ask for too much, and insisted on changing the date.

Although it wasn't his turn to talk about this at first, but since the Liu family nodded, he has been busy jumping up and down, starting from Nacai, he has a lot of opinions, and it's not enough if he doesn't listen, just such an eldest son, Shicheng Parents also really have no way to take him.

The two of them can see it, Shicheng is very concerned about this marriage!

As for the dowry, Shicheng Niang discussed with Shicheng's father in front of Shicheng that day, and the dowry will be 60 taels, which is auspicious. A betrothal gift, of course, it should have everything.

Shicheng quit the job as soon as he heard it, thinking that the dowry was too small: "Given the situation of our family and their family, isn't it too shabby to give this? Son, I can't afford to be ashamed of this! "

Shicheng was so angry that she said, "Then how much do you say you should give?!"

Shi Cheng pondered for a moment and said, "Father, can we open a jewelry store in Hanzhong Mansion..."

Before she finished speaking, Shi Chengniang had raised her voice several times and shouted: "You still want to hire a shop for her?! You simply give her all the belongings!"

Shi Cheng rolled his eyes when he heard this: "Mother, can you listen to me and finish what I have to say? This way, you can avoid misunderstandings. If you say such... , it's bad if you can't take it back?"

Shi Chengniang turned her face away angrily.

Shi Qian said: "Then the dowry is still being negotiated, and it has not been decided yet. What are you worried about?" Then he turned his head and said to Shi Chengniang: "Don't worry, six Twelve taels are indeed less, this is still to be discussed, let's hear what Shicheng thinks."

Shi Cheng said: "The jewelry store and the store currently run by Xu'er have some things in common, I just ask Dad if you know the market, because Xu'er will definitely be in Hanzhong Mansion before getting married. If you open a shop, the things she manages should be roughly what she has now. At that time, this shop must be her dowry. Mother, I just ask you, if you give Xu’er the next sixty taels of silver, when the time comes The family married a shop... Where is the son's face, is it still wrong?"

Father Shi Cheng asked: "Xuer really wants to open a shop in Hanzhong Mansion?"

"This is certain, and it should be two years." Shicheng said.

Shi Chengniang was stunned before she said, "Can they really provide a shop for dowry?"

Shi Cheng nodded: "Sure, you don't need to ask about it. I expected Xu'er to let her family run the two shops in Fengxian, and Xu'er to run the shop in Hanzhong Mansion. It's Xu'er's own stuff, but it's half the price of the betrothal gift. Can you get this betrothal gift? Besides, our son knows how much money our family has. If your eldest son wants to marry a daughter-in-law, you will give 60 taels. Dowry, you are not afraid that my son will feel uncomfortable in my heart?"

Shi Chengniang frowned and turned her face away, she was persuaded by her son again, and Shi Cheng's last few words made her face a little awkward, I don't know how to explain it, but as a mother He didn't want to show weakness, so he could only turn his head away.