farmer's wife

Chapter 56 Dowry
Within two days, the boy from Cloth Village came to Fu Yan again and told Fu Yan that Li Ting had invited Mr. Wang to inspect the screen on the afternoon of May 25th.

Fu Yan thanked the boy who ran the errands, and prepared to open the oven again that day and take the freshly baked pastries there.

With no more important work in hand, Fu Yan leisurely made shoe uppers for Xiao Lie.

Their side is warm and happy, but the other Xiao's family is flying around.

Ever since the village began to discuss how much money the eldest family of the Xiao family took when they separated, there were quite a few people who watched the excitement, and even the gossip woman boldly approached Cui Xinghua directly to inquire.

Cui Xinghua rolled her eyes: "How much money can I have? Isn't it all given to the little sick man to see a doctor?"

"Sister Cui, who are you fooling around, the Xiao family is so weak?"

Cui Xinghua: "The dog takes the mouse, mind your own business!"

Those who listen don't care, who doesn't know who.As for Cui Xinghua, if he can distribute all the money to the two brothers Xiao Lie to see a doctor, even a sow can climb a tree!
No matter how much Cui Xinghua denies it, the rumors in the village have never calmed down, and the rumors in the village have never subsided, and they have even become more intense. Some say she took dozens of taels, and some say hundreds of taels...

Many of the daughters-in-law in the village were married from the Wang family village next door, and some of them were distant relatives who still saw Xiao Dabao.

When they went back, they told the Wang family what had happened in the village recently.

When the Wang family heard about this, they discussed it at home immediately.

According to the matchmaker, Xiao Dabao was good-looking, and he was a younger sister who was about to get married without any brothers in the family. His daughter should not suffer much if she married.

The Wang family is quite satisfied with this son-in-law, but the Xiao family said that the family is not rich, and the dowry can only be paid in three taels, which made them a little bit reluctant.

After discussing the marriage, Xiao Dabao occasionally came to the door to help with the housework. The Wang family saw that the son-in-law seemed like a real person, and thought that they should just let it go, and they were still in a hurry to marry the two sons below.

Hearing that the Xiao family was rich, the Wang family felt that they had been cheated, and they were both angry and happy.

Aunt Wang made some calculations and decided that the dowry must not be less than ten taels.Such a son, five liang, would be able to marry a good relative.

When the matchmaker came again and asked the woman's request, Cui Xinghua stood up with her hips on her hips and yelled, "Ten taels? She thinks their girl is an old hen made of gold? Why doesn't she go grab it if she wants ten taels?"

The matchmaker persuaded: "Sister Cui, your family is not poor, isn't it. You only have this one son, wouldn't it be great to have a beautiful wedding?"

"Damn! I don't even piss and take a picture, is she worthy? With that money, I can't find a better one?!"

"Mother!" Xiao Dabao couldn't take it anymore, and stopped his mother.

Cui Xinghua saw that her son was holding back his anger, swallowed back the swearing, and said to the matchmaker: "Don't be fooled by those rotten people outside, anyway, our family doesn't have that much money. You go back and tell them, at most four liang, Love to marry or not."

The matchmaker was helpless, if it wasn't for her reputation and hard-earned money, she wouldn't want to deal with these two families anymore, as if she sincerely wanted to hold a wedding for her children.

After seeing off the matchmaker, Xiao Qiang sat on the side, still not saying a word, smoking a pipe.

Seeing her son's complexion, Cui Xinghua pretended to cry and complained: "Son, it's not that you don't know, it's not easy for our family."

"Your grandma left some money when she was alive, but they left early. For so many years, the unlucky second wife and third sick child, old and young, are all raised by our family."

When grandma was there, apart from the land, the family actually had a lot of cash.These years have been replacing fertile land and renovating the house, and there are still 70 taels left in the family.

Five or six years ago, as soon as Xiao's grandparents left, Cui Xinghua quickly searched, moved the old couple's bank deposits and land deeds to their big house and locked them up.

Not long after the funeral of grandparents, younger brother and sister Li Jin died of dystocia, and had to go to the funeral again. After that, my uncle was sick and needed medicine all year round, and that little boy was also sick.

In addition to the food and drink of this big family, you have to spend money everywhere!
When the family separated three years ago, there were more than 40 taels left in the family. Huahua has only used more than 20 taels now.

Cui Xinghua felt pain in her heart when she thought that Xiao Dabao was about to leave half of her marriage.

"Son, if it really doesn't work, mother will pick another one for you!"

"Mother! I just want to marry a girl from the Wang family."

After finishing speaking, Xiao Dabao left with a sullen face.

"Hey! Where are you going!" Cui Xinghua couldn't stop her, she turned her head and pushed Xiao Qiang: "You boring donkey! You should say something about my son!"

After a while, Xiao Qiang puffed out his cigarette and asked, "There are still more than ten taels at home."

Cui Xinghua took care of the family's money, but she just told Xiao Qiang from time to time.So she hid twelve taels privately, and Xiao Qiang didn't know about it.

"It's all used up. Is such a big family going to drink the northwest wind?" Cui Xinghua said anxiously: "The money you get from farming every year is just money for two meals."

Xiao Qiang: "Dabao is willing, otherwise let's borrow some first, and pay it back later."

At this time, it is the shortcoming of having few brothers and few relatives.I couldn't find anyone close to me to borrow money from.

Cui Xinghua sat down and said angrily: "You think I don't want to? Do the math, we have borrowed from my natal family several times in the past two years. My natal nephews and nieces are all grown up and want to start a family. Can you lend it to us?"

In the past two years, she went back to her mother's house intermittently to borrow more than a dozen taels, but she never returned them. Now the sister-in-laws who come back to the house always have eyes that are not eyes, and noses that are not noses, and they get angry when they think about it.

What's wrong with her borrowing some money from her parents?

Hearing what she said, Xiao Qiang lowered his head and smoked again without saying a word.

The two were relatively silent for a while.

Xiao Tian hid outside the window and eavesdropped for a long time, then walked in and said: "Mother, I heard that Xiao Lie went to the city to sell his prey again in the middle of the month, didn't his wife also say that embroidery can make a lot of money. Think about it Their family should have some savings."

Cui Xinghua's eyes lit up, how could she forget about that brat.

She pushed Xiao Qiang's arm: "The head of the family! You go to that kid to borrow ten taels, his brother is getting married, the brother should always show it, and it's not like we won't pay it back."

Cui Xinghua thought of the gloomy eyes of the little boy, and encouraged Xiao Qiang to go.

Thinking that the uncle would come to the door in person, the boy dared not refuse this response.

Xiao Qiang was still smoking there without saying a word.

Cui Xinghua waited for a while, and became impatient: "That's not your son, can you bear to see your son not get married?"

"You speak a word!"

After a while, Xiao Qiang choked out a sentence: "You prepare some meat gifts, I will go tomorrow."

Want to give that kid a present?

Cui Xinghua couldn't bear it.

(End of this chapter)