Shopkeeper Zheng always felt that Zhou Man looked at him as if he was looking at an evil father, as if he would sell his son for glory, but is he this kind of person
Shopkeeper Zheng felt that his son must have said something in front of Zhou Man, so he blew his beard angrily.
Seeing that he was angry, Man Bao quickly comforted him: "Boss, although Zheng Gu has a soft temper, he is actually gentle. As a doctor, it is best to have a gentle temper. If you search hard, you will definitely find a good daughter-in-law." of."
Shopkeeper Zheng felt even angrier.
At noon, when Zheng Gu and Zheng Shao came to visit their master with the ceremony, they had bitter expressions on their faces, "My father doesn't know what's wrong today, he was fine in the morning, but after the master left, he always looked down on me. I didn't come here to give gifts until after noon, and I really couldn't bear my father's nagging, so I came early."
Dr. Liu came half an hour late, and the two families were talking about their marriage. She was quite embarrassed to come to the door, but it is also a rule to bring food to the master during the winter solstice.
Man Bao happily accepted their gifts, and wanted to keep them at home for lunch, but all three of them refused.
Because there are quite a few people who came to Zhou's house to deliver food today.
Yin He, Liu Huan, and even Feng Zongping brought some delicious food over, and directly occupied their yard to eat and drink.
Feng Zongping said: "It's better for you to be at home. The adults in the family don't care much, you have many children, and you have a big garden. You can play however you want."
Bai Shanze and Man Bao said: "I was thinking about delivering food to Brother Tang and Brother Yang this afternoon, but it seems impossible at the moment."
Man Bao said: "It's okay, there is still a day off tomorrow, we will deliver it tomorrow."
The winter solstice is a festival for exchanging food.
Everyone has worked for a year, and when the winter solstice comes, basically the year's work is done, and the next thing is to wait for the New Year.
So even a poor family will take out something to make delicious food and share it with relatives and friends.
Even the business hotels outside are closed, so everyone can communicate and enjoy delicious food to their heart's content.
It is rare for Bai Shan to have no homework, and Man Bao also suspends her work. She even suspends Teacher Mo's class for a few days.
Teacher Mo doesn't understand their festival very well. The winter solstice seems to exist only in history books for him, and this festival was not celebrated much in his time.
Because as long as they think about it, every day is a holiday; and as long as they are busy, even the holidays are like working days.
Manbao and the others happily ate for a day, and picked a lot of delicious food at home the next day. Some special things were put into baskets and food boxes, and then they carried them to give gifts to Master Tang and Master Yang.
Tang He and Yang Heshu spent the past two days eating and drinking with their relatives and friends.
Tang He received their gift first, thought for a while, and simply picked up a basket of steamed buns from the kitchen, and then took a few pieces of bacon from the kitchen eaves, and went to find Yang Heshu with them.
So everyone spent another day at Yang Heshu's house, and when they finally left, they not only ate their stomachs full, but also received a lot of gifts from the Yang family.
Old Zhou Tou watched Lijun take something out of the basket and turned over a box curiously, then asked, "What is this?"
Man Bao glanced at it and said, "Bird's nest."
She said: "This food is good. Take it out and let my sister-in-law cook it. My mother's spleen and stomach are not very good. From now on, I will eat a small bowl every day to restore my spleen and stomach. My sister-in-law will also eat it. It is good for beauty."
The sisters-in-law at the side couldn't help but look up when they heard it, and asked curiously, "Is this the bird's nest?"
Xiaoqian looked at it and asked, "How do you cook the bird's nest?"
"Just put the water in and cook it," Man Bao didn't understand very well, "Why don't I look it up later and copy a few recipes."
Zhou Lijun glanced at the aunts and aunts in the house, and felt that there were too many people in the family, and this bird's nest was enough for a meal, so he closed the box and said directly: "Keep it, isn't this bird's nest also a medicine?" ? It may not be available in the future.”
Qian's and Xiao Qian's also think so, this thing is expensive, why should they eat it when they have nothing to do
As a result, within a few days, when Man Bao rested for a bath again, Lao Zhoutou told Man Bao that he didn't have a good appetite, he didn't want to eat, and wanted to eat something to nourish his spleen and stomach.
Man Bao understood immediately, so she prescribed a bird's nest porridge recipe for her father, and then showed it to her sister-in-law.
She squatted in the kitchen and whispered to her sister-in-law, "Cook it, cook two more bowls, and give it to parents and sister-in-law."
Xiaoqian smiled and nodded her nose, and said cheerfully: "You are really a clever ghost, just like your father, be careful and beat your father if you know."
Man Bao laughed happily and said: "Don't be afraid, mother will be fine in two days."
Although Little Qian accepted the prescription, he did not cook three bowls, but only cooked two bowls, one bowl was given to Old Zhou Tou, and the other bowl was given to Qian Shi.
After the old Zhou Tou ate it, he said to Qian: "It's no wonder people like to eat this food so much, it's really delicious."
Qian glanced at him and said, "How old are you, and you pretend to be sick just to eat."
Old Zhou Tou cheekily argued: "Who says I'm pretending to be sick? I really don't have an appetite, but it's much better now. Let the old ones cook some mutton steamed buns tonight."
Qian ignored him, but brought up the Liu family's marriage, "Man Bao said that the Liu family has agreed, and the two children have gotten along well these few days. I mean, take advantage of Man Bao's two days off. Mu, let the matchmaker go talk about it."
Old Zhou Tou replied, "That's right, it's the twelfth lunar month now. It's decided before the Chinese New Year. After the Chinese New Year, you can choose a date to get married. By the way, how much money do you have at home?"
Although Li Jun is in charge of the accounts now, Qian also knows what she knows, she said: "Don't worry, a wedding is enough."
Old Zhou was relieved.
As soon as the Qian family wanted to propose a marriage, Man Bao said: "I discussed it with Imperial Physician Liu, and I think it would be good for Xiao Yuan to be the matchmaker. I mentioned it to Xiao Yuan two days ago, and he agreed."
She said: "The family has prepared gifts. Tomorrow, I will take my eldest brother and sister-in-law to Xiao's house to invite Xiao Yuanzheng?"
Qian nodded and immediately prepared a gift for her.
Because the marriage has not yet been completed, so now we only need to invite a matchmaker, and this kind of marriage that the two parties have already agreed upon, and an acquaintance is invited to be a matchmaker, and they don’t even need money for the matchmaker. They only need to prepare some food, which is very convenient. Simple.
The next day, Man Bao led his eldest brother and sister-in-law to Xiao's house with gifts.
Xiao Yuan was receiving Zhou Man's post one day in advance, and had been waiting at home long ago. After accepting the gift from their family, he said with a smile: "It just so happens that there is a place for lunch."
This is planning to propose marriage to them at noon.
Zhou Dalang and Xiaoqian hurriedly expressed their thanks.
Xiao Yuan was entertaining politely, and when he sent Man Bao out, he sighed: "My youngest daughter is about the same age as Doctor Liu, and it will take two years before she leaves the palace. If Doctor Zhou has a suitable candidate, don't forget Introduce me."
Zhou Man: "...Okay."
Why did she become a matchmaker out of nowhere
Watching the Zhou family walk away, Xiao Yuanzheng let out a sigh, Madam Xiao came to his side at some point, and also sighed, "At the beginning, I said that I would tell the children at home about her..."
"Don't," Xiao Yuanzheng said, "Your son is not worthy of him."
Mrs. Xiao said angrily: "Talk like that is not your son."