While the wedding party was not leaving, Cheng Xue went home to collect the money and gave it to Lian.
"Sister, this is twenty taels of silver. Please talk to Chang Sui at home about the remaining silver and help us buy thirty bundles of firewood. If you don't mind it, I can treat him to tea with the remaining silver."
"Okay, I'm not polite to my sister-in-law." Mrs. Lian said as she picked up the money.
Cheng Xue breathed a long sigh of relief and said relaxedly:
"Tomorrow I plan to go to the town to buy medicinal materials and silver charcoal. You don't need to prepare it here. I will bring Brother Zhou's share."
"Don't buy any silver charcoal. There was a lot left over last time, just enough for Brother Li Hui and my husband. My sister-in-law of medicinal herbs is ready, so I won't worry about it."
"Okay, okay." Cheng Xue couldn't help but nodded.
At that time, an unmarried young man from the Dong family drove the carriage, pulling Dong Bin in front. Then two couples, Dong Cheng and Dong Hong, followed, and the rest were relatives at home.
Dong Lisong's face was red as he watched the escorting procession set off, and the corner of his mouth never dropped.
It is said that the emperor loves the eldest son, and the common people love the youngest son.
He feels that he is impartial, and he is most happy that all three sons can marry desirable wives. But when he thinks of his two daughters...
Come on, come on, I can’t think about it, it’s too bad.
Cheng Xue held Lian's arm and whispered:
"Hello, my dear, can you count them? When they left, it was an odd number, and when they came back, it was an even number."
"What about the bullock cart?"
"It's the same with the oxcart. The woman's dowry over there is brought in an oxcart, and it's also an even number."
While she was not busy, Cheng Xue showed her around the house.
There are a total of six stoves in the backyard, and the cooking masters and busy people are all there. The children of several families are studying in the school, and everyone calls "wife and lady" one after another.
Lian also greeted them generously, and even approached them to ask about things they didn't recognize.
After staying in the backyard, I almost got a stick of incense, and people came to the village one after another.
Cheng Xue took Lian and Geng to greet the female relatives. As for the male guests, they were Li Hui and Dong Lisong.
Logically speaking, Xu Daguo is an in-law and should show up at this time, but he didn't come when Dong Hong got married, and neither did Dong Bin.
When Dong Lisong saw the five eggs presented by Xu Jin, he accepted them with a smile without changing his expression. Even though Li Hui didn't care about the gifts, the five eggs... were really surprising.
When the wedding team came back, Cheng Xue and Lian were dragged out by Geng to join in the fun.
Two bullock carts, each fully loaded.
There are a lot of boxes, boxes, and quilts.
A villager deliberately counted the boxes and boxes, and there were twelve in total. By the way, Dong Bin made it clear that these boxes and boxes were made by Dong Bin.
No matter how lively the wedding ceremony is, it is not as shocking as the bride’s dowry.
Less than two days after Dong Bin’s wedding, Xu Jin’s gift of five eggs spread in the village.
The person who spread the news was Xu Jin’s mother, Geng.
Originally, Cheng Xue didn't know, but the two families lived too close together. At this moment, Xu Daguo was questioning Geng loudly, and it was difficult not to know.
"What are you talking about? Why do you advocate for your son? Are you such a mother-in-law?"
"Are there any in-laws like him?" Geng asked without answering, "When the two brothers got married, you don't know how many gifts the Dong family brought? They didn't divide the family into four, four!"
"What's wrong with four portions? Dong Bin just took five eggs. Is it wrong for Xu Jin to give back five?"
"What about Xu Kun? Has he gone? He got his son, Lao Wu, and took five eggs with him, have you forgotten?"
"Isn't that because the boss is not at home?"
"The boss is not at home, is his wife dead?" Geng scolded angrily, "Xu Daguo, I used to think you were a bit aloof, but I obviously misjudged you.
You are not aloof at all, you are not taking enough advantage. On the surface, you don’t like my mother-in-law’s gift, but then you really don’t give it to me, and you beat me up and get angry. You are so shameless!”
"If you say your man is shameless, are you going to shake things up?"
"What's the point of it? If you have the ability, you can divorce me. If you divorce me here, the next moment I will go to the Yamen to sue you and see who has no face!"
Even if the old couple quarreled behind closed doors, Cheng Xue and Li Yue, who were picking beans in the yard, could still hear it clearly.
"Mom, would you like to ask your third uncle to come over?"
"Stop looking, it's useless. Go inside and see if the two cubs are awake. If they are, take us to the vegetable field to the north to pick cucumbers."
It's better to hide out, otherwise Xu Daguo, the menopausal one, should say that she is listening to the wall again. Ever since the old couple had a fight, the old man has been like a different person. He often makes trouble here, but there is no one else. p>
If it weren't for Xu's sake, she and Li Hui would have started fighting a long time ago. However, no matter how bad the old man is, he is also Xu's father, so he can only endure it.
There is plenty of rain this year, making it a bumper harvest. Especially the vegetables in the vegetable fields, there is so much to eat.
Just yesterday I picked a basket of cucumbers, and today I picked another basket of cucumbers.
"Mom, are the spicy and sour cucumbers you made yesterday edible?"
"Oh, I forgot about this cucumber. After soaking it for a night and a half day, it will definitely be more delicious. Let's take some to the Zhou family and the Xin family later. Tangtang, please send the cucumbers back first, and Mom will pick some.
Beans."
There were so many vegetables that she wanted to sell them at the market, but unfortunately she didn’t recognize them.
Li Tian helped pick beans, and Li Huai held a cucumber aside to eat. It wasn't that he was lazy and didn't want to help, it was just his hands that he didn't know how to pick. He could tear the seedlings apart just by picking beans.
It took no time to burn a stick of incense, but two baskets of vegetables were picked. Seeing that there were still a lot of beans, Cheng Xue asked the children to go home and get the baskets.
Rather than letting them stay in the ground, it is better to pick them and send them to the school, where there are many people and they can eat them all.
I picked a basket full of beans and went home, and put two portions of the spicy and sour cucumbers soaked in the warehouse into a big bowl.
Although Xin Yiwei does not teach Li Heng, he would rather give more than fail.
After hanging up the courtyard door, Cheng Xue took her three children for a stroll toward the school. The quarrel next door hadn't stopped yet. Xu Jin was working on the forest farm, and both daughters-in-law were at home, but no one was there to hold them.
Life is like this, and I don’t know what went wrong.
"Tiedan Niang? What are you doing?"
"It's Uncle Jiang. I'm not going to do anything. There are too many vegetables in my field and I can't finish them all. I'll send some to the school." Cheng Xue said while pointing to the basket behind her.
Jiang Jianye walked over in a few steps, took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, and handed it to her. Li Yue took the big bowl from her mother's hand sensibly, and waited with her younger brother and younger sister.
When Cheng Xue read the list above, she staggered a few steps, her face full of horror.
"What...when did you get it?"
Jiang Jianye sighed and said the word "morning" muffledly.
There are a total of thirteen names on the paper, all from Wanghe Village, and she is familiar with every one of them.
Guo Erliang, Li Qingchang, Li Qingchuan, Wei Daguang...
Especially Li Qingchuan, a man who worked so hard to make money before he left... How can the Zhang family live? Li Wanming said his father is a hero tomorrow and admires him very much. This is undoubtedly the collapse of the child...