Travel through ancient times to farm

Chapter 38 The Huniu Marriage ([-])

The door of Huniu’s house was not closed. When she entered the door, she saw Huniu’s tired eyes turned sour. Huniu was only 14 years old and had to do rough farm work for adults. Daxuan was still happy. She was the only child in the family, and her parents would not let her Do farm work.

She must be very thirsty now, Daxuan scooped up a large bowl of water for Huniu from the bucket, Huniu gave Daxuan a warm smile, then took the big bowl in Daxuan's hand and drank it in one go, she was really thirsty.

"Do you want more?" Da Xuan asked.

Huniu wiped the water from her mouth and said, "Yes, it's not enough."

The two of them were good friends, and neither of them was polite to the other. Da Xuan took the bowl in her hand and scooped water, going back and forth several times, Hu Niu burped before stopping.

"Daxuan, maybe you won't see me in the future," Huniu said sadly. Her parents wanted to marry her off for the dowry. She was afraid of leaving her parents and spending her whole life with a strange man, but she didn't dare to say it.

At this time Daxuan didn't know what was going on, because she came back after staying at her grandmother's house for half a month, and Huniu told her the whole story.

People in the village usually don't marry the second wife, but Daxuan is a little worried about the family Huniu is going to marry. She used to read in the news that many men raised by their mothers are always very dependent on their mothers, and their mothers are extremely possessive of their sons. Strong, she can't allow others to rob her son.

Daxuan didn't know how to express these worries. She knew that even if she was a tiger girl, she couldn't change the fate of her parents and the words of the matchmaker. Daxuan said, "I heard that children from families without a father will grow up too weak. It would be better to get married and find a family with living parents.”

Hu Niu shook her head and said, "The matchmaker said that only his family gave the highest betrothal gift, and the parents agreed." At this point, Hu Niu began to cry, "I don't want to marry, I don't know him, I don't want to be with him." That person lives a lifetime."

"I know, I know," Daxuan stood up and hugged Hu Niu and said, she couldn't help crying, why sacrifice women to achieve the goal, women are not human?Who is not afraid to marry a strange man.

At this time, the sound of farm tools being put down came from the yard. Huniu's father, mother and elder brother came back, and Huniu hurriedly wiped away the tears on her face.

Only then did Da Xuan remember what she wanted to talk about today, wondering if she could help Hu Niu, she went to the yard to say hello.

"Auntie, you are back, let me tell you something," Daxuan said, "My father said that the paddy field near your home will be temporarily planted by your family. I wonder if uncle and aunt would like it."

As soon as Daxuan's words fell, Huniu's parents were very happy, and then they wanted to ask, "Why, don't your family stop planting?"

In rural areas, we rely on paddy fields for food. If anyone is willing to share the paddy fields with others, the whole family will not starve to death.

Daxuan knew that they would ask this question, and she replied, "My family will stop planting after harvesting this season, and plan to move to the town to start a business, but the family's fields always need someone to take care of them, so I divided them between the uncle's family and yours. .”

Huniu's father nodded. Everyone knows that Daxuan's family has 1000 taels of silver.Luckily, Daxuan's family is well-known to his family, and the paddy field is allocated to his family to grow. Although he doesn't know how long it can last, he knows that the paddy field near his home is [-]% or [-]%.

"Uncle and aunt," Da Xuan continued, "I plan to let Hu Niu go to help me at that time, I don't know if you agree or not."

The couple looked at each other, wondering, "Huniu is going to get married on a fixed date, so I can't go help." They knew that Da Xuan had good intentions, but it was just that the elder son was about to marry a wife, and the villagers were laughing behind their backs that they were useless. Even if you go out to work and earn money every month, how long does it take to earn 15 taels of silver?

"Mother, I don't want to get married," Huniu cried and ran out of the house to hold her mother's hand.

Huniu's eldest brother also said at this time, "Don't force my younger sister to marry if she doesn't want to. I'm not in a hurry to get married." Huniu is his only younger sister, and he couldn't bear to see her sad.

"What are you talking about!" Hu Niu Niang scolded, the palms and backs of her hands were full of flesh, and she didn't want to do this, but the son had to marry a wife, and after another two years, I was afraid that the dowry would increase again.

"Daddy Huniu, mother Huniu, you are at home." The person who came was Zhang Matchmaker, who made a living as a matchmaker, "I just wanted to tell you something."

"Aunt Zhang came in to talk, could it be that the Li family has backed down?" Hu Niuniang said anxiously, the reason why she chose the Li family to marry was because of the high dowry price, so she had already rejected the family that had planned to marry.

"The Li family is not going back on their word," Zhang Matchmaker was a little embarrassed and hesitant to speak, "The old mother of the Li family said that she was sick and spent about three taels of silver on the treatment. Please tell me that the dowry is only 12 taels. gone."

"What, how could they do this," Hu Niuniang was angry and impatient, she agreed on 15 taels and now she has changed to 12 taels. Is it certain that her daughter will marry him?Although 12 taels is not a lot, it is clear that she is bullying her daughter.

"Isn't it? The old mother of the Li family told me to pass it on to you without even discussing it," Zhang Matchmaker said. It will be then."

The old mother of the Li family meant that she had to follow her own rules, otherwise the talks would collapse, and there was no room for negotiation.

"How can the Li family do this?" Hu Niu Niang was furious, "The date is decided by the parents of both parties. Why should the Li family decide alone? Is she deliberately oppressing our family and bullying my daughter? , the child's father , what shall we do!"

Daxuan shook her head, she was like this before she got married, so it can be seen that the old mother of the Li family is a very powerful character, and it would definitely not be a good life if she really entered the Li family, but the attitude of Huniu's parents is that they must marry, so they have to find a way to make her happy. Huniu didn't lose face.

Huniu's father was also very angry, but when he thought of the 12 taels of dowry, he didn't want to refuse. After thinking for a long time, he said, "Aunt Zhang, can you let us discuss it?" How to solve it is better, on the one hand, I don’t want to give up the high betrothal gift, on the other hand, I don’t want to be passive and lose face. The daughter’s 15-two betrothal gift is basically known to everyone in Murakami.

"That's fine, I'll go spread the word first," Zhang Matchmaker said, and she was about to leave. No one knew what to do with this matter. It had to be carefully considered, but the old mother of the Li family was really a powerful character. Sigh in my heart.

"Grandma Zhang," Daxuan suddenly called out, "Send a message to the Li family, saying that I will see you at the Li family's private room in Baiyang Town in five days, and that your in-laws are welcome."

(End of this chapter)