happy fisherman

Chapter 34 Man Chuan and Yu Zhu's Engagement (3)

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Seeing that the matter had come to an end, Bo Beibei stopped talking and stood in the corner watching coldly.

Seeing Yuzhu's father bowed his head and remained silent, refusing to express his opinion, only the boss and his daughter-in-law were chattering, and the village head became angry: "Yuzhu father, who is the head of your family? No one wants this marriage anymore, you still have to rely on it." Can't you make it work for others?"

Man Chuan said that he was the one who watched him grow up, and he was from the same village, so the village chief was somewhat partial to him.

At this time, Bai Dinghai, who had never had a chance to speak, also said: "Father Yuzhu, you know what kind of character Man Chuan is. If Yu Zhu marries Man Chuan, she will not be wronged. There is no reason to hesitate." ?”

At this time, the middle-aged man said impatiently: "I don't care if you want to discuss the marriage, return the dowry to me!"

After hearing what the village chief and Bai Dinghai said, and being urged by the man, Yuzhu's father stood up and went back to the room to take out the 30 taels of silver.

The man stretched out his hand and snatched the small box from Father Yuzhu's hand, opened it and counted it, confirmed the number, glanced coldly at the people in the room, and left the room holding the box.

"Cousin, cousin, listen to me..." You Shi chased him out.

As soon as the middle-aged man left, Bai Manchuan and Bai Yuzhu heaved a sigh of relief at the same time.

"Father Yuzhu, while the village head is here, let's settle the marriage of these two children today." Bai Dinglang said impatiently.

If the eldest brother hadn't warned him not to talk nonsense in advance, he would have taken action to teach that brat Bai Daluo a lesson.

"Father Yuzhu, I didn't mean you. You received a dowry of 30 taels for marrying a daughter. Those who didn't know thought you were selling your daughter! That's why Man Chuan cared about Yuzhu, so I don't know where he borrowed the money from." , you just accept it and decide on the marriage of the two children." The village chief disapproved of Yuzhu's family's approach.

Moreover, whoever leaves this matter, everyone will think so.

30 taels, what is it if you don’t sell your daughter?These two children are afraid that it will take half their lives to pay off this debt.

"Village Chief, Man Chuan did this voluntarily, and we didn't force him." Bai Erluo said quickly, afraid that his father would return the money because he would be jealous of the village chief.

"That's right, the village chief, I did it voluntarily." Bai Manchuan agreed, as long as they were willing to betroth the jade beads to him, 30 taels would be 30 taels.

"Okay, let's settle the marriage today." Father Yuzhu finally agreed.

In fact, he couldn't do it if he didn't agree. The betrothal gift of Youshi's distant cousin had already been returned, and Bai Manchuan took out another 30 taels. In order to count his sons, he had to agree to the marriage.

"Father Yuzhu, let's go to the town with the village chief tomorrow to find the mayor and ask the mayor to issue a marriage certificate for the two children?" Bai Dinghai said.

In fact, there are many people in the countryside who didn't even ask the mayor to issue a marriage certificate, but after hearing what Man Chuan said just now, Bai Dinghai also felt that it was better to keep it.

"Okay, let's go to town together tomorrow." Father Yuzhu didn't hesitate this time.

Bai Dingtao is no longer here, and it is reasonable for uncle Bo Dinghai to arrange marriage for Bai Manchuan.

Because there were no bullock carts in the surrounding fishing villages, and it was not the day to deliver water and firewood, so everyone walked to Baogang Town the next day.

Feng gave Bai Manchuan all the few taels of cash left before, and asked him to go to the town to treat the village chief and the others to a good meal.

In the evening, Bai Manchuan and others came back in an ox cart, and there were a set of tables, chairs and an oil lamp on the ox cart, which were all bought by Bo Beibei.

"Brother, have you been to the Japanese Pavilion?" Bo Beibei asked.

This Japanese Pavilion is a special place for people to choose the date of marriage and marriage.

"Go, the gentleman in the Japanese Pavilion said that August [-]rd is a good day." Bai Manchuan said cheerfully.

"That's only four days, isn't there enough time?" Today is already August nineteenth.

"It's too late!"

Why don't we just throw a banquet?At that time, please ask the aunt in the village to help.

When Feng heard that the banquet was going to be held in four days, he became anxious: "This time is too late, I don't even have time to make you new clothes."

"Mom, I just go to the town to buy brother's new clothes, is there time for other things?" Bai Beibei didn't know what else to prepare for the engagement here.

Feng thought for a while, and said: "No one in the village held such a big banquet before. We want to entertain the whole village. We have to invite all the women in the village to help us cook."

She didn't intend to entertain the whole village at first, but her daughter insisted on throwing a big banquet, saying that it was to thank the villagers for taking care of them a while ago, so Feng no longer objected.

"Mother, this is natural!" Bai Beibei mused: "Mother, the day after tomorrow is the day to deliver water and firewood. I will call Sister Yuzhu and ask her to accompany me to town tomorrow to buy some food, and let them deliver the food one day in advance. send over."

"That's fine. Get things done first, and then you don't have to rush around." Feng nodded.

"Brother, you can go to the village chief's house later and ask to see the exact number of people in our village, so that we can calculate how many banquets we should have." Bo Beibei arranged in an orderly manner.

"Okay! By the way, let the village chief help to inform everyone not to go to sea on the [-]rd day." The smile on Bai Manchuan's lips has not disappeared since the engagement of the marriage.

"Brother, give me some money." Bo Beibei stretched out his hand in front of his brother and said with a smile.

The mother has already handed over the financial power of the family to the elder brother, and if Bo Beibei wants to go to the town to buy things, he must ask his elder brother for money.

"How much do you need?" The younger sister earned the money, and he would give it as much as he wanted.

"Let's give 50 taels first."

"Beibei, you can buy food for less than 50 taels, so don't waste money!" Feng reminded.

"Mom, I won't waste money recklessly. I want Sister Yuzhu to buy a set of silver jewelry to make her look good." Girls love beauty, and she wants her sister-in-law to get married in a good way, so that her brother's face will also look good. .

"Beibei, silver jewelry is quite expensive. I'd better buy it after I earn some money." Although Bai Manchuan also hoped to give Yuzhu the best, the money was earned by his younger sister, so he gave his daughter-in-law the money from his younger sister. Buying jewelry makes him blush.

"Brother, we are a family, this money belongs to the family, why should we divide it between you and me?" Bo Beibei was not happy when he heard this.

"Many boats, this set of silver jewelry is worth more than ten taels of silver at most, let's buy a set for Yuzhu." Feng thought for a while and said.

She has always regarded Yuzhu's child as her own daughter, and now that she is getting engaged to her son, selling her a set of jewelry is what she should do.

Seeing that his mother agreed, Bai Manchuan didn't say anything more, and gave the 50 taels of silver notes and the cash in his hand to Bai Beibei.

The next day was the fish market, and Baiman Chuan was finally able to sell the fish he caught in the deep sea.

(End of this chapter)