Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 17 Inflated
An ox cart carried Patriarch Gu and the Zhou family in return, followed by the hired staff. Gu Erlang deliberately slowed down the carriage to allow the Patriarch and everyone to chat.

Just deliberately avoid taking a shortcut to the road bridge, Qinghe Village is only so big.The matchmaker arrived at Gu's house earlier, and Mrs. Liu soon welcomed the arrival of an oxcart holding the return gift.

"Where's uncle?"

Although she knew that Patriarch Gu must have gone home directly when he passed by the house, Mrs. Liu still asked to give Gu Erzhu a chance to praise his uncle.

Who makes the child's grandpa not happy for her Liulang? Don't think you can't see how forced the smile is. Even the dowry of Liulang's daughter-in-law in his family is larger than that of Dalang's family.

Just now, the aunt took out the dowry list, and the grandfather said that Zhou Laosi had cleared up his bad reputation, and who else could say that he wanted to sell his daughter with a high gift in the future.

It was rumored that a bride price of 20 taels was required. Considering Sanya's talent and appearance, she was so tall.Just like when she entered the house, the twelve taels of silver gift made her feel extremely distressed.

Listening to her child's father, Gu Erzhu, praising his uncle openly, but also secretly pointing out that Da Lang's father-in-law was so busy when he hired his father-in-law, Mrs. Liu was very happy.

She didn't even care when Mrs. Gu ordered her grandson to move all the gifts from Zhou's family on the bullock cart back to the main room, even though most of the betrothal gifts were subsidized by her and her husband.

"Mom, what are you looking at?" Gu Wenxuan returned to the east wing from the main room holding the gift his father gave him in return, and saw Ms. Liu in his room looking up at the roof.

"It needs to be tidied up." Mrs. Liu put down her hands and looked at her old son with satisfaction, who looked very talented. "My Liulang is also going to get a wife."

Gu Wenxuan laughed, "No, you also have a daughter-in-law who will be filial to you. From now on, your son must be filial to you and won't let anyone look down upon you."

There is that scene in my memory.

Back then, his mother entered the family without a dowry. Maybe his grandfather said something unpleasant to his father.The son didn't say anything about his father's fault, but his father didn't say a word about it.

But a few years ago, Uncle Ma agreed to marry his brother-in-law. That night, his father got drunk and said he would make his mother angry. Who would dare to say that his mother would not be able to find a good daughter-in-law in the future.

Here comes the excitement with my mother!Mrs. Liu turned to look at the edge of the kang in the room, blinked her wet eyes, and replied fiercely: "Who dares to look down on me!"

"My son said something wrong." Gu Wenxuan decisively changed the subject, "Did my father tell you that my eldest brother and I should have an earthen stove in the house?"

Mrs. Liu nodded, "Let's go for two days. Don't move today or tomorrow. Your aunt may be feeling very sad right now. You and I will do something the next day when your uncle comes back. Your uncle is at home, and your father He's easy to talk to, and he'll also give you a few words of advice."

Uncle?

Gu Wenxuan recalled a middle-aged man who had been studying hard for many years and wanted to hang himself.He couldn't help but laugh. Don't tell me, this uncle still has some conscience.

The uncle had no choice but to live or die. With my grandfather's paternal heart favoring the eldest son, he might have allowed the uncle to go to his old man's house and close his eyes to meet his ancestors.

But it’s almost done. My uncle is 40 years old this year.That is to say, Dalang wanted to go to a private school in the county town to study, so he became a father first and then found a job as an accountant.

In fact, in his opinion, his grandfather might as well have trained his father back then.His father's brain was very useful, but it was a pity that Zhou Xiucai did not return to the village to open a private school at that time.

But even though he was listening to his uncle's endorsement and watching how he wrote, his father still insisted on being able to write and do calculations, and he was not afraid to go to the city alone.

"Okay, let's go back to the house and rest for a while while everyone is in the main room. It's a good thing it's cold. Otherwise, if you have to go to the ground when you are at home, how can your body and bones endure it?" Gu Wenxuan looked at Mrs. Liu who turned to leave after saying that. He smiled, obediently sat on the edge of the kang behind him, then lay down on the kang, resting his head on his hands and looking at the roof.

This day, things happen one after another, and my body is not tired, but my heart is tired.It seems like a trivial matter, but there are so many cousins ​​that there will inevitably be comparisons.

It's not like before when one person has enough to eat and the whole family is not hungry, and being with Pinellia ternata is peaceful and quiet.As long as he remits living expenses to Zhou's father and Zhou's mother every month, he and his wife will never be disturbed.

Not to mention my cousins, those younger brothers and sisters of Banxia, ​​whose lives are very stressful. They are all busy working hard to make money and study in various places. Who has time to get together.

Even when he and Ban Xia held a wedding, it was good to have three people as representatives, so that friends didn't know that he and Ban Xia actually had twenty or thirty brothers and sisters.

At the same time, in the main hall, Gu Erzhu was also feeling that he had so many nephews and nieces.Just after talking about my son's marriage, my niece unexpectedly came to find someone to marry her.

The second girl from the boss's family, the eldest girl and the third girl from the third family's family, the third girl is only twelve and there is no rush, but the first one is fifteen and the other fourteen will become old girls if they wait for the old man and the scholar to find someone else.

But the problem is not his daughter. Where can a man like him find a good home for his niece?The old man is eyeing him again. How wonderful it would be to find your precious eldest son!
He thought so and said the same thing: "We'll discuss it later when my eldest brother comes back. He works as an accountant in the county town and has a wider network than me and knows more people."

"You mean to let the big girls marry in the county?"

It’s swollen, Dad, can a girl’s family be the same as a boy’s?
If you get married right under your nose, you can still make things right; if you get married, you're lucky and you can go back to your parents' home twice a year, but if you don't get married, you'll be punished by the boss.

It's not that he looked down on his niece. She was not good-looking and had no skills. She could find a good family in the county.You can't find one that's incomplete. Wouldn't it be a waste of your child's life?

His thoughts lasted only a blink of an eye, and Gu Erzhu shook his head quickly to break his father's daydream, "I don't know what brother has planned for Erniu's marriage.

If it were my Baoya, I wouldn't let my daughter climb the family ladder even to death.What's the use of a son-in-law who can't control him? It's better to get closer. "

Gu Laosan, who was also stunned by what I said, hurriedly nodded in agreement with the second brother, "That's right, it's the truth. My eldest and third girls don't want to live too far away.

Really, it's better than anything else.As long as the younger generation has a good temper and is diligent.If the family is more generous and provides more children with dowry, the younger sister will marry well. "

Old Man Gu glanced sideways at his honest third son. He didn't know what to say for a moment. He knocked the pipe in his hand on one side of the corner of the table, and then on the other side of the table.

Have nothing to say?Gu Erzhu endured it, but he still couldn't hold back his laughter.It's not just nonsense, it's the truth, but it's so annoying that the old man has nothing to say.

Old Man Gu raised his pipe and was about to knock his second son.

Gu Erzhu quickly dodged, stood up, left the side of the table and walked out, smiling and saying, "I don't want to bother you about anything. Let's ask my aunt first."

Gu Sanzhu immediately followed, now he understood.The second brother means that there is no need to discuss the marriage of his eldest daughter with his parents, so he should go to the aunt to find out.

The aunt helped find the family, and the parents wondered how much the younger sister had given her as dowry.Why, the younger sister has five taels, the grandson has five taels, and the granddaughter must have two taels, right?

(End of this chapter)