Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 103
On the morning of March 12, the Xu family got up early, and after breakfast, everyone waited in the living room in the front yard.The Zhide and Qingnian families also came early. This was the first happy event for the younger generations of the Xu family, so how could they not be there?Wen Xing is [-] years old this year. He is not short, with a round face and big eyes.Jinghe is ten years old this year, not as good-looking as Jingxian, but she is still a pretty little beauty.Now that Mrs. Han is older, her temper is much stronger than before, and she laughs at everyone she sees.The life here is getting better, if the Han family continues as usual, no one will pay attention to her.

Jing Hui is seven years old this year, and he looks even more aggressive and energetic.Huixin didn't come today because she was pregnant again.After giving birth to Jinghui, Qingnian was worried about Huixin's body, so he never dared to have another child.Unexpectedly, last winter, she was pregnant again. It has been almost five months now, and her body gradually became stupid, so she stayed at home.Furthermore, pregnant women also have a lot of taboos, so it is better not to come to such occasions.

The whole family, all dressed neatly, sat in the room and waited.At the end of the hour, the old Wangtou outside shouted, "Grandpa, old lady, the people from the Yue family are here, they are almost at the door." ran in to report.After finishing speaking, he hurried out again.

Brothers Zhixin, Zhiming, and Zhide, together with their wives and Qingnian, all went out to welcome them, which showed that they valued their in-laws.When everyone came outside, the Yue family's carriage also arrived at the gate.

The two carriages stopped at the gate of Xu's house.Several men got off the first car, and the leader was of course Yue Pengcheng.Pengcheng turned back to the carriage behind, opened the curtain, and helped a woman out of the carriage.This woman is naturally Pengcheng's mother, Mrs. Liu.When Pengcheng helped his mother down, several women came down from behind, and one of them was very familiar, that is, the matchmaker Wu Shi that Zhixiang was looking for to get married.

Zhixin and the others hurried up to greet them, led everyone into the yard, and went straight to the living room.Yue Siyuan and his wife took Yue Pengcheng to meet the old man and Mrs. Chen before introducing them to everyone.It turned out that Pengcheng's uncles, aunts, and uncles followed him. On such occasions, relatives must come.

The servants of the Yue family also placed all the betrothal gifts in the hall.The dowry gifts of the Yue family included a pair of big geese, a loin strip with four ribs, two fish, four handfuls of vermicelli, four jars of wine, and four boxes of tea.In addition, the Yue family also prepared a gift of 160 taels, a pair of red gold hairpins, and a pair of red gold bracelets.In addition, sixteen brocades of various colors, and of course two sets of clothes for Jingya are indispensable.

Matchmaker Wu took the list and read it to everyone. Here Mrs. Chen waited for Matchmaker Wu to finish reading, and then hurriedly said, "Oh, how good is this? Is there any girl who has such things for engagement? Siyuan, Xiujuan, this is a bit too much for you guys. These betrothal gifts are enough for a dozen or twenty daughters-in-law, but Jingya is just a country girl, which is too much."

What Mrs. Chen said is not false. For people here, the gift money of ten taels or eight taels is very good for the people here, and the rest can be made up of four things at will.Some don't even have gift money, just the four gifts are enough, and there are even more that the marriage is finalized after the two families talk about it verbally.

The Yue family prepared such a generous dowry, which is enough to prove the importance they attach to Jingya, which of course makes Chen very happy.But thanks to the Xu family's life in the past few years, otherwise, after accepting such a betrothal gift, I really don't know what to take as a dowry to match it.Sometimes, a lot of dowry is not necessarily a good thing, it also depends on the ability of the woman to accompany it.There are some families who accept the bride price from the man, and then accompany their daughter with a small dowry.After getting married, the bride generally has no status in her husband's family, and her life is not good. This is called selling girls.Of course, this kind of phenomenon is very common. There are many families who raise girls just to exchange some dowry gifts and call their sons daughter-in-law.People who often do this, the life of the girl and the son is not good.

The Xu family is naturally not the kind of family that sells girls, so after accepting this betrothal gift, they have to properly buy a dowry for Jingya.Originally, the family had already discussed that, apart from some food, Zhixin and his wife would leave some of the food sent by the Yue family, and Jingya would take all the rest.It's not good if the mother's family doesn't keep any of the dowry gift, more or less, they have to keep some.

Pengcheng's mother over there smiled and said, "Look at what my aunt said, Jingya is not a country girl. If you want me to say, these girls from the Xu family don't look like they came from a peasant family at all. Just say they are." The ladies of the big families in the city are believed by people. You look at the small appearance of each of them, it is really painful. Don’t worry about my aunt, we are friends here, and these dowry gifts are ours. Sincerely. Jingya is a good girl, and this dowry is just right." The Yue family has a big business, so naturally they don't care about such a small amount of money.Pengcheng likes Jingya like an eyeball, and Yue Siyuan and his wife also like Jingya very much, so they prepared these dowry gifts for her.

Matchmaker Wu interjected from the side, "Auntie, if you want me to tell you, it's okay. Your Jingya's appearance and character are top-notch even in our town, and she deserves this dowry gift."

There are not so many rules in the north, so Jingya is here today.Dressed in red, standing beside Mrs. Chen, she looked like a red lotus in full bloom.Pengcheng's aunt and aunt had never seen Jingya before, and when they saw it now, they couldn't help but nodded secretly.It's no wonder that Pengcheng rejected the marriages of several big families in the town, but insisted on choosing Xu's family.This Xu family's daughter is really good-looking.Not only Jingya, but even the girls on the side are all outstanding.

Everyone was chatting and laughing together, Jing Han pulled Jing Wan and Jing Xian over, "Let's go, let's go help with the cooking." The Xu family didn't hire helpers or anything, and there were no servants at home. Today's banquet, of course, is Zhu Shi and Han helped out.Jinghan was afraid that they would be too busy, and also that Jingxian would be too conspicuous here, so she hurriedly dragged the two younger sisters out. "Grandma, let's go to the kitchen to see if there is anything we can help. Let the elder sister come over later and cook two special dishes." After Jing Han finished speaking, she led Jing Wan and Jing Xian out. He was still young, so he didn't follow.

"Auntie is really lucky. Look at the looks of these granddaughters. They all say they are beautiful, but they are not bad at all. I see that the two are not too young. Did you kiss?" Wu Matchmaker is the first The second time I made arrangements for the Xu family's marriage, I was very familiar with it, so seeing Jing Han and the others, it was inevitable that I would suffer from this unscrupulous occupational disease again.

"Jing Han and Jing Wan are both fifteen years old, but they haven't talked about their marriage yet. The girls in our farm family don't like to talk about their marriage too early. Besides, Jingya hasn't married yet, and it's not their turn. I also Thinking of staying for another two years, otherwise all of them will get married, and the old woman will not be lonely?" Chen felt that it was too early to say goodbye at the age of 15, and the girl would enjoy more if she stayed at her mother's house for one more day. One day's blessing, so I'm not in a hurry to say goodbye to Jing Han and the others.

"It's because my aunt loves her granddaughter and is reluctant to marry her off early." Pengcheng's aunt said. "Speaking of it, this woman enjoys the most happiness before she gets married. Waiting to get married and have children, the family is busy outside the house, how can there be a moment of leisure? 15 years old is too early for us in the north Some, there are quite a few people who got married in the [-]th or [-]th year."

The people in the room were chatting affectionately without mentioning it. Jinghan and her two younger sisters came to the kitchen, just as Mrs. Xue, Mrs. Zhu and Mrs. Han were busy there. "Mom, let's come here to help with the work. How do you prepare the dishes? Leave a few dishes for the eldest sister to cook later. The eldest sister's cooking skills are good. Today is the time for her to show her face." The girl's cooking skills are good. The in-laws will not be offended.

"Sure, then let your sister stew a fish and stir-fry two other dishes. Come over and help pick out the mushrooms and fungus. It will be useful in a while." Mrs. Xue had thought of this a long time ago, so she did not even think about it. Said.

Jinghan and the three hurriedly rolled up their sleeves, and then stepped forward to help.The mushrooms and fungus are all grown by Jinghan. Of course, the fresh ones are gone, and they are all dried.The ladies were busy in the kitchen, and after a while, Jingya also came, Jinghan quickly found an apron to tie Jingya, and then helped to light the fire, Jingya started cooking.

By the beginning of noon, all the dishes are almost ready.The noon banquet was placed in the living room, with a total of four tables.Looking at the table full of dishes, everyone in the Yue family was very satisfied.Generally, the richness of the food and drink represents the satisfaction of the natal family with the marriage, so no matter how poor the family is, the engagement banquet should not be too bad.

At the banquet, the men naturally wanted to drink.Wen Han brought out the good wine that he specially bought yesterday, poured it for all the elders present, and then returned to the table of the younger generation.Wencheng, Wenxuan, Wenchang, and Wenxing are all at this table, and of course Yue Pengcheng is indispensable. "Pengcheng, come on, let's have a drink too. This time you have to call me big brother." Wen Han also poured wine for Pengcheng. They are all twenty now and can drink.

"What about the eldest brother? Didn't your eldest brother let us push you to the front? I don't know when we will have a sister-in-law." Peng Cheng is one year older than Wen Han, but now he can only call Wen Han the eldest brother, to be honest Yes, I feel aggrieved too.

Wen Han smiled happily after hearing what Peng Cheng said, "Do you think everyone is like you, and it's so easy to find someone who suits you? How many people are like my sister in the world? You just secretly laugh." go."

(End of this chapter)