The forced marriage failed, but the poor boy turned around to exorcise demons and save people

Chapter 30 Proposal and Marriage
"The magpies are chirping, good things are coming. Good things are coming for the Qiao family!" Early in the morning, a bright voice outside interrupted Qiao Mu's cooking.

She frowned and went out to look.

"Qiao Mu, Qiao Mu, Song Zhiqing is here to propose marriage!" Before Qiao Mu could go out, Meiyin had already meowed over.

With Qiao Mu here, she followed Qiao Mu to sleep in the house at night. She couldn't see the big green snake, and she meowed happily.

Qiao Mu paused, washed his hands and walked out, but it seemed that there were not only the voices of the matchmaker and Song Zhiqing, but also many noisy voices outside.

Qiao Mu opened the door, and the first thing she saw was the matchmaker. She was wearing a carved white and red cross-collar top and long skirt. She had a smile on her face and was very friendly: "Hey, Qiao Mu, this little Song is here to propose marriage. Come on, pack up quickly and let’s go in.”

Qiao Mu's eyes quickly fell on Song Zhiqing. Today he was wearing a crescent-white robe with green grass embroidered on it. His neat hair was combed together and fixed with a moon-white hairpin, revealing his smooth forehead. When he came out, he was full of energy, with gentle and handsome features, a smile on his lips, and his temperament was fully displayed.

Song Zhiqing was holding a wild goose in one hand, a male and a female chicken in the other hand, and pork on his back in the other. Song Keqing on the side was wearing a water-red skirt and buns, holding a fish in his hand, curling his lips and shouting: "Hello, sister-in-law!" "

Qiao Mu blinked and said, "Okay, come in." As for the others, Qiao Mu's expression was cold, and he didn't want to directly join in the fun.

Qiao Fangshi behind him shrank his head when he saw this.

"I wonder how much betrothal gift Song Zhiqing can give this time."

The people around looked at the closed door and started talking: "Song Zhiqing is a poor man, how much betrothal gift can he get?"

"Hey, Mr. Qiao's family, why don't you go in? The Song family is here to get engaged, and your family doesn't know about it?" someone asked sarcastically.

Qiao Fang was annoyed: "Does my family know that it's none of your business?"

"Tsk! Qiao Mu wasted her time like this, and now Qiao Mu has found the Song family, the poorest, as retribution..."

"Shut your stinky mouth!" After hearing this, Mrs. Qiao Fang immediately pinched her waist and scolded her: "How dare you, a bastard who can't give birth to a son, say something about me? Go out and look in the mirror first!"

The person Qiao Fang was scolding was Mrs. Liu, a widow in the village. Because she could not give birth to a son, her husband went out to look for flowers and flowers and drank to death. After that, her husband's family kicked her out, and she returned to the village with her daughter in despair. If the village chief wasn't kind-hearted, how could he let her enter the village?
"You..." Mrs. Liu hated Mrs. Qiao Fang so much that her teeth itched with hatred.

"Okay, just say a few words." Liu Guifeng also came to join in the fun. When she heard the two people quarreling, she came to smooth things over.

Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Liu are from the same family. They were very close before they got married, but now Liu Guifeng is living a much better life than Mr. Liu.

Mrs. Liu seemed to not care about this matter for Liu Guifeng's sake.

Qiao Fangshi snorted and leaned on the door to listen carefully to what was said inside.

The matchmaker invited this time is another matchmaker in the village, Tang Matchmaker. She is very talkative and likes money. In addition, she also serves as the village goddess.

Because of this status, many people in the village said that a matchmaker would not find her. Firstly, the money would be much more, and secondly, she would invite ghosts instead of gods, so many people thought it was unlucky and mysterious and did not dare to ask her to marry her.

But Matchmaker Huang was rejected several times because she proposed to marry Song Zhiqing before. This time she said one thing, but it was no longer possible, so Song Zhiqing came in and asked her to help propose a kiss to her. She refused directly, no matter how much money Song Zhiqing offered her.

Of course, she mainly knew that Song Zhiqing didn't have much money to give, so she refused to agree.

After that, Song Zhiqing went to see Tang Matchmaker.

Tang Matchmaker had a faint energy on her body. Qiao Mu looked at her and found it strange that besides Taoist priests, there were also people of this kind.

"How do you say the betrothal gift?" After saying a few auspicious words, Matchmaker Tang got straight to the point.

"How much is it usually?" Qiao Mu asked curiously.

"Our average farmer's family can only have three taels at most, and if it's better, it's five or eight taels. If it's less, it's still one, two, two, or eight hundred taels." Tang Matchmaker said while looking at Qiao Mu.

She had also heard about Qiao Mu before. When Liu Mingfeng's accident happened, she returned to her parents' home, and later she heard that someone had spread the news.She even made a special trip to Liu's house to see Liu Mingfeng's condition. It was true that his soul was damaged, but it was still okay, so she was even more curious about Qiao Mu.It seems ordinary now, but looking into those eyes...

"Then just one or two." Qiao Mu didn't want to ask for more, but she frowned when she felt Matchmaker Tang's appraising gaze.

Tang Matchmaker looked away and listened to Song Zhiqing on the side: "Two liang, even numbers are auspicious."

Tang Matchmaker was surprised for a moment. Generally speaking, the woman's family asked for a high price for the betrothal gift, and the man lowered the price. Today, it was the other way around. The woman asked for a low price, but the man doubled the price.

"Okay." Qiao Mu didn't care.

"That's fine, but you have to hurry up to get married. The official match will be forced by the middle of next month at the most."

"That's the closest."

"That's right. Give me your horoscopes, and I'll show you the dates for your marriage. You don't have to go elsewhere, and the money will be cheaper for you."

Generally speaking, from the engagement to the marriage, there are three betrothal gifts and six gifts in between, including the acceptance, asking for the name, accepting the gift, accepting the levy, and requesting the period. These are strictly followed, but now it is not allowed to do these, so what should be omitted should be omitted. .

Song Zhiqing also had this plan when he invited Tang's matchmaker, and took his horoscopes with him when he left.

Qiao Mu pulled out the birth date of the original owner from his memory and gave it to Matchmaker Tang.

Matchmaker Tang matched the two people's horoscopes and said with a smile, "It's a blessing from God."

"Logically speaking, you have a prosperous official career..." Matchmaker Tang looked at Song Zhiqing with a hint of amazement in her eyes.

"It's just that the wife star is not obvious, but now it is filled in by Qiao Mu's horoscope. Your wife and wealth star corresponds to Qiao Mu's sun pillar, Qiao Mu's official husband star corresponds to your sun pillar, and the sun and stems complement each other. It’s a good match, a good match is a gift from God!”

Qiao Mu raised her eyebrows, and the corners of Song Zhiqing's lips curled up.

"In all these years, I have seen that you two have the best compatibility." Tang Matchmaker was also happy, and seemed to share the happiness of the two of them.

"What about the day?"

Tang Matchmaker gently closed her eyes and quickly calculated with her fingers. Qiao Mu was interested in this.

Unexpectedly, a horoscope can also reveal the luck issues she sees, as well as the wife's star and husband's star, and whether the marriage is suitable.

And when she looks at it, she is looking at the luck of the whole body, which can be said to be viewed from aspects such as facial appearance.

You can understand it later when you have time.

Then Qiao Mu heard Matchmaker Tang counting in detail: "A, B, C, D... Zi Chou Yin Mao..."

After a moment, Tang Matchmaker opened her eyes: "The best days for you to get married are Gengshen month and Dingwei day, which is the second day of July. If you miss this time, you will have to wait for Xinyou month, Gengwu day, July 25th."

It is already June 23, and in July the official match is coming.

Qiao Mu and Song Zhiqing looked at each other and decided: "Let's go on the second day of July."

"I also think this day is good, better than July 25, so let's start preparing!"

Today's engagement ended here. Qiao Mu gave Matchmaker Tang a dime. Song Zhiqing and Qiao Mu said a few words briefly before going to see off Matchmaker Tang and going back to inform the people around them.

(End of this chapter)