All of a sudden, everyone in Qingzhu Lane knew that the Yu family was going to marry the Wei family soon.
It's just that Mrs. Chen has not waited for the matchmaker who came to Wei's house to officially come to the door with the gift of marriage proposal, and waited for Mrs. Tang to come first.
She complained as soon as she entered the door: "Didn't I tell you to wait? Why are you so impatient? Looking at the entire Lin'an City, who is comparable to the Li family, who is comparable to the second young master of the Li family. You can't be blindfolded." Those who are so shallow and willing to be their son-in-law are good."
What she said made Chen feel annoyed, so she was not polite when she spoke.
Mrs. Chen drank her tea slowly, and said lightly: "It depends on who it is. Our girl is such a blessing. No matter how good the Li family is, you asked us to wait before, isn't it because the Li family is also here?" Are you considering letting the second young master of their family be our family's door-to-door son-in-law? It's just that their Li family is not as sincere as the Wei family, and the Wei family has rushed ahead of them. How can Mrs. Tang say that the Wei family is not as good as the Li family?"
Mrs. Tang choked.
Mrs. Chen continued: "Mrs. Tang probably doesn't know yet, right? Our two families are planning to finalize the marriage before the Mid-Autumn Festival. Then we invite Mrs. Tang to have a glass of water and wine, and please don't refuse."
Mrs. Tang left in disgrace.
Mrs. Chen gave a "bah" to her back, and told Mrs. Chen: "Throw away the teacup she drank for me."
Mrs. Chen said with a smile, "Why are you so angry? Even an old teacup is worth a few coppers. It's better to stay at home and wait for beggars to pass by our house to ask for water. It can also hold tea."
Chen sneered, and said: "Using it for beggars will bury others."
Mrs. Chen laughed.
Mrs. Chen went to urge Yu Tang to embroider the uppers without saying anything.
Mrs. Lin got a reply from Mrs. Tang, and her face was livid with anger. She wanted to yell about it and let it go, but when she thought about her youngest son who was still making trouble at home, and her mother-in-law who called her over and scolded her, it was not good for her to talk. Asked, said: "This Yu family, too, too ignorant of flattery."
Mrs. Tang thought that this matter was over like this, and at the same time she breathed a sigh of relief, she couldn't help but feel a little bit of the same hatred with Mrs. Lin, and said, "Isn't it? Mrs. Chen is even more insane. Didn't she just have a child?" Daughter? She looks down on this one and that one because of her color. She loves her when she loses her color. She is not afraid that one day the son-in-law she recruits will be disobedient... "
Who knew that Lin turned his face and said, "Isn't it a concubine? What kind of fading or not?"
Mrs. Tang made a fool of herself, thinking that none of the wives and misses of the Pei family had spoiled her like this, she felt a little unhappy, so she said a few words hastily to accompany her and left.
For the Yu family, Yu Wen invited a few more people to inquire about it, and they all said that the Wei family has a good family style, and the families help each other, and Wei Xiaoshan is even more loyal and filial. Talking about the marriage of the two families: "Since the Wei family has praised our family like this, we must not let the Wei family lose face. There is no need for him to bring anything here. When we are engaged, we will take one hundred taels of silver, two pigs, and ten altars of gold. Wine, a load of tea, a load of rice, and clothes for the four seasons, you have already arranged them. In short, you can’t let others find out what’s wrong.”
Chen said with some embarrassment: "One hundred taels of silver? We need to decorate a new house, and we need to add some jewelry to A Tang..."
It is still a bit difficult to take it out in one breath.
Yu Wen smiled and said: "I've already made an agreement with shopkeeper Tong. He will lend me sixty taels of silver, six cents of interest, and pay it off in one year. You can rest assured. I know all these things in my heart, and you just have to do it." .”
Mrs. Chen happily said: "Treasurer Tong has helped a lot this time. Does he have a grandson? If he has a grandson, I will make some clothes for his grandson."
"Not yet!" Yu Wen said, "He is worrying about this matter! If you are free, you can talk to Mrs. Tong—didn't you often go to the temple before? See if there is any temple that is effective, Let Mrs. Tong also go to say goodbye."
Mrs. Chen hesitated and said: "If you want to say it is effective, you should count Lingyin Temple. But Lingyin Temple is a bit far away..."
Yu Wen laughed and said, "What's the matter? When our A-Tang gets married, you will be fine, so go with Mrs. Tong. You can also ask for a signature for our A-Tang."
Mrs. Chen suddenly became interested, and started talking about the delicious food in Hangzhou with Yu Wen, and said: "You will go too, and A Tang will also go, our family will treat it as a visit to Hangzhou City."
Seeing his wife in such a good mood, Yu Wen nodded repeatedly, really thinking about this matter in his heart.
Unexpectedly, when the Wei family's matchmaker should come to the door, the Wei family's matchmaker did not come.
Mrs. Chen was secretly anxious, and wanted A Shao to inquire about it, but she was afraid of revealing traces, making people think that Yu's family was in a hurry to marry their daughter, and Yu Yutang's reputation was not good, so he could only hang around at home, but he couldn't let others know .
Yu Wen, who was waiting at home, was a little angry. He felt that the Wei family did not keep their promises, and he had a grudge against marrying the Wei family. He was also afraid that Mrs. Chen would fall ill, so he held his breath to comfort Mrs. Chen: "I told you I came here today, and I didn't say whether it was morning or afternoon. Wei's house is four or five miles away from us. If there is any delay, it will be noon when we arrive at our house. Is it okay for others to come to our house for a meal? People in the country , rice is expensive, so it’s easy not to eat at other people’s homes.”
Mrs. Chen forced a smile, and said weakly: "That being said, shouldn't you get ready early and go out before dawn? Come in the afternoon..."
Appears to be insincere.
The husband and wife were talking when Mrs. Wang, who came to help the guests, came over.
Seeing that the house was deserted, she was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "What? The matchmaker from the Wei family didn't come?"
Chen shook her head with a sad face.
Wang's face sank, and said: "This is not a problem. I'll let Ah Yuan ask."
Mrs. Chen held back Mrs. Wang, and said, "Let's wait a little longer! Maybe something has delayed you."
Wang had no choice but to give up, feeling very unhappy.
Naturally, this matter could not be hidden from Yu Tang.
She froze for a moment, and then felt relieved.
She felt that it would be fine if this marriage was just let go, she could continue to live such a brisk life for a few more years. I'm afraid that the elders in the family will be unhappy, after all, people have seen each other, and the family is also very satisfied with Wei Xiaoshan.
She went to see Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Wang, and seeing them pretending to smile in front of her, she couldn't help but feel guilty for her indifference, and hurriedly said: "Mum, auntie, it's been a long time, without the marriage of the Wei family, we just It can be said that our fate is not enough, you two don't need to be sad."
"You child," Chen cheered up to comfort Yu Tang, "Stop interfering in the adult's business, your wedding mother knows what to do, you just stay in the room and embroider the upper." Then Drive her to the house to be a female celebrity.
Yu Tang had no choice but to tell Shuangtao that if someone from the Wei family came, report to her, and let her know what went wrong in their marriage with the Wei family.
Shuangtao agreed with a bitter face.
No one came from the Wei family until after noon.
And it was Wei Xiaoyuan, the eldest son of the Wei family, who came with the matchmaker.
He was also empty-handed, wearing plain clothes, and tied a filial piety belt around his waist.
The members of the Yu family felt a little bit in their hearts.
Chen Shi and Wang Shi muttered in the room: "Who is missing from the Wei family? Their family just wanted to marry our family, A Tang, so it won't involve A Tang, right?"
Wang made a prompt decision: "Let's go and have a look!"
According to etiquette, Wei Xiaoyuan went to see Yu Wen first.
Chen's and Wang's, including Yu Tang who got the letter, were all listening outside Yu Wen's study.
"Uncle Yu," Wei Xiaoyuan said with red eyes and a sad face, "it's our Xiaoshan who has no fate with Miss Yu. Xiaoshan, Xiaoshan went fishing last night and didn't come back. We found out in the morning that he, he drowned Already!"
"Ah!" Yu Wen, who was about to give the Wei family a dismount, shook his hand, and the tea cup fell to the ground, with a "bang", the tea splashed onto his new fat-toed shoes.
"How did this happen?" He was furious. "Don't your family know that he is going to be engaged? He still went fishing? Your family is short of this money?"
But he said in his heart, "It's over, it's over". Their A-Tang had just discussed marriage with Wei Xiaoshan, and Wei Xiaoshan died. This "Keff" hat was probably going to be put on their A-Tang's head.
The three people who eavesdropped were also stunned.
Yu Wen's words were harsh and bitter, Wei Xiaoyuan had just lost his younger brother, anyone would have quarreled with Yu Wen. Not only did Wei Xiaoyuan not quarrel with Yu Wen, he didn't even have a serious sentence, but he endured his grief and said: "Uncle Yu, this is something wrong with our family. The reason why I came here at this time is because my father I discussed it with me for a long time, just because I was afraid of ruining Miss Yu's reputation. What my father meant was that if someone asked, he would say that it was our third child who saw Miss Yu's family, but our second child had such a thing, I won't be able to discuss marriage with your family for a while. Your family said that they can't wait, and just find a better marriage for Ms. Yu. At the beginning, it was not decided whether to discuss marriage with our second child or the third child. "
"Ah!" This was another surprise.
Yu Wen was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time.
The three people who eavesdropped outside the house, especially Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Wang, burst into tears.
"Such a nice family... such a nice child..." Chen couldn't even help sobbing.
Thinking of Wei Xiaoshan's happy eyes when he looked at him, Yu Tang also cried silently.
Yu Wen and Wei Xiaoyuan rushed out when they heard the commotion, and saw three people who were crying like rain, Yu Wen couldn't help but sighed heavily, he slowly recovered, and said apologetically to Wei Xiaoyuan: "I was the one who spoke just now. If you don't think about it, don't blame your uncle. Anyone who encounters such a thing will feel bad. You should also persuade your parents, and the seasons will change. I will follow you to the house and let her cousin go to Xiaoshan Burn incense."
The Wei family reasoned in this way, and they should be grateful for Yu Tang's reputation when they were in the pain of losing their son.
Wei Xiaoyuan was very surprised, seeing Yu Tang who was weeping and comforting his elders a few times, felt sore in his heart.
This is about the end of life.
Xiao Shan knew that the Yu family had also taken a fancy to him, so he was so excited that he didn't know what to do.
Unexpectedly, such an accident happened.
How wonderful it would be if these two could become husband and wife!
However, Xiao Shan was gone, and the Yu family did not avoid him, and Ms. Yu shed tears because of him. Xiao Shanquan must be happy to know about him.
He wanted to comfort the members of the Yu family, but Yu Wen patted him on the shoulder, and said in a painful voice, "I'm going to change my clothes right away, and someone called A Yuan over, and I will go to your house with you."
Wei Xiaoyuan glanced at Yu Tang hesitantly, wanted to tell Yu Tang about his younger brother, but then thought again, so what if Yu Tang knew about it? It's just more sad. If things go well in the future, that's all. If things don't go well in the future, if she always thinks about this failed marriage, wouldn't it make her live an uneasy life in the future.
In the end, without saying anything, he solemnly bowed to the Yu family's female family members, and left the gate of Yu's house.