Qian's was crying over there, not howling loudly, but a low, grievous voice.
Li Qinghe was a little annoyed, but Zhao Wanwan stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Mother, what happened?"
It was surprising that she would stand up. This girl basically lowered her head when two people quarreled in the past, and went out to hide.
Mrs. Qian cried bitterly, Li Fu over there leaned on the chair and seemed to be asleep and ignored him. He was feeling embarrassed and couldn't get off the stage, when he heard his daughter's question, he immediately complained, "Your uncle wants something in a few days. Go to the county seat with Yanxi to take part in the county examination. Your eldest uncle and the others are going to marry their daughter-in-law after the Chinese New Year, and they can’t afford money. Your grandfather and grandmother are getting old and can’t leave. Go back today and discuss it with your father. He borrowed some and it turned out…”
Having said that, I couldn't go on talking, and cried even more sadly on the table.
Zhao Wanwan looked a little pale, "How much money does uncle want?"
Mrs. Qian glanced at Li Qinghe, "At least five taels, if possible, more. Poor families get rich."
Sensing her gaze, Li Qinghe turned around and went out with a teacup and teapot in his hand, wanting her to pay her money, dreaming faster. Besides, as far as Qian Laiwen town can lose more than one or two taels of silver in half a day, no amount of money is enough.
"Five taels?" Zhao Wanwan exclaimed, and then heard her voice lowered as much as possible, "Where is my dowry?"
The voice was so low that it couldn't be heard if Li Qinghe hadn't listened deliberately.
Does this mean that Li Fu has already agreed to give Wu Liang a dowry
"Your father is an iron rooster." Seeing Li Fu falling asleep on the chair, Qian was furious and said angrily, "It is because I refused to give you a dowry that I asked him to give it to your uncle. In case your uncle If you win, you can put the land under his name, and you can also save food tax."
Li Qinghe couldn't listen anymore and went into the kitchen to wash the cups.
Her impression of Uncle Wanwan was still that morning at the gate of the yard asking Mrs. Qian for money, and that afternoon he was hanging around at the gate of the town with his arms around a half-naked woman. If such a person can pass the exam, there will not be so few scholars in this world.
After Qian's crying was enough, and Li Fu still hadn't woken up, she went back to her room in a panic.
It was getting late, and Li Fu hadn't woken up. Li Qinghe thought about it, and took two quilts to wrap him up. It would be even more troublesome if he got sick.
When wrapping the quilt, Li Qinghe raised his hand, intending to let him hold the quilt so that it would not slip off, but with this movement, Li Fu woke up. After scanning around the room, he squeezed the space between his eyebrows, "I fell asleep? Where's Aunt Qian?"
"I got angry and went back to the room, but I haven't come out." Li Qinghe couldn't cover it anymore, so he asked, "Father, are you going to sleep here or go back to sleep?"
Li Fu waved his hand, "I'll go back to bed, you go to bed early too..." Thinking of something, he asked again, "When did Zhou Jiati get married?"
"not yet."
Li Fu nodded, "Don't worry, you can get married at the end of the year."
Back then, you were urged to get engaged every day, so you're not in a hurry now
Probably because he felt that no matter how urgent he was, he couldn't be ahead of Zhao Wanwan.
When Hu Yanxi came in the morning, he said that the wedding date would be set on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month. Tomorrow, Hu's mother would come to the door with Xi Po in person, and the marriage was settled.
Sure enough, Mother Hu came to the door early the next morning with a gift. Qian's eyes were still a little swollen, but she smiled on her face. Wan prepared four quilts, four sets of clothes, everything you should have."
The words sounded nice, and Mother Hu was quite satisfied, and glanced at Xi Po.
Xi Po understood, got up and smiled, "Just kidding, I drank too much tea, I have to go out for a while."
Li Qinghe was standing in the yard sewing fish pockets. The fishing net was broken, and he was so busy with the New Year that he didn't have time to clean it up. Xi Po walked up to her and asked with a smile, "Is this a fish pocket? I heard that you have earned a lot of money selling fish this year."
"It's true that there is a lot of money, but the fish fry and fish food have to be scraped off, and some of them will die at ordinary times, so they earn some money, which is similar to working as a part-time job." Li Qinghe smiled and seemed to be in a good mood.
After standing there for not long, Mother Hu came out of the house, very happy, and smiled at Li Qinghe, "We will be relatives from now on, but we need to keep in touch with each other more."
They sent them away together, and when they turned around, they saw Qian's smiling face, and she sighed, "If you insist on a dowry of five liang, your father will refuse to agree to this marriage..." She shook her head, "Qing He, this fish Let Wanwan help you with the pocket, you were tired a few days ago, you'd better take a rest."
If she hadn't listened to Xu's explanation of the reason for the marriage, Li Qinghe would have believed that it was the Hu family who wanted the dowry just because she was so worried during this time. Hearing this, she refused, "It's not in a hurry, I'll sew when I have nothing to do."
Then there was silence, the atmosphere was awkward, Li Qinghe moved naturally, as if he didn't notice it. Li Fu came out of the room, "You all come in, I have something to say."
As soon as she entered the door, she saw five taels of silver on the table. Zhao Wanwan peeked at it several times. With a smile on her face, Qian stretched out her hand to open the dim sum brought by Hu's family, took a piece and handed it to Li Fu, "Try what it is."
Li Fu didn't pick it up, and pointed to the five taels of silver on the table, "I planned it before, the two girls prepare five taels of dowry, you should divide it up. It will be Wanwan's wedding in a few days, and I will give it to you at that time." Leaving the court can be regarded as a complete bond between our father and daughter."
Looking at Li Qinghe again, "You keep yours yourself, and prepare the dowry yourself when the time comes, so don't dislike it."
After hearing his words, Qian's mother and daughter were stunned. So they only have half of the money
Quickly reacting, Qian held the snack and looked at the silent Li Qinghe, "Qinghe, you have ten acres of land, and the money you earned from selling fish this time, you shouldn't be short of that, right?"
It must have been prepared a long time ago. There are four whole pieces and two small ones. Before Qian could say anything, she reached out and took her own half, "No matter how much it is, it's Dad's wish. Thank you, Dad."
Li Fu waved his hands and said, "You all live a good life in the future."
"Qinghe, you are not short of this money, can you lend it to Wanwan, she will pay you back." Qian was anxious, "When anyone is in trouble, you two sisters should take care of each other and support each other..."
"This is my father's will." She emphasized, "You stole my father, and now you want to take this too?"
"No one is allowed to play with this money!" Li Fu looked at Qian and warned with a serious face, "Even Wanwan's share is not allowed to move, if you let me know that the money that is due to her has not fallen into her hands, Don't blame me for going to Qian's house to come back."
It was almost clear that they were not allowed to give it to the Qian family. Qian's thoughts were exposed, and he became more and more annoyed, "My parents raised me, and now I marry you to take care of you, can't you help them share their worries?"
Li Fu frowned slightly, "How can you say that doesn't make sense? If I marry you, I will also have your dowry. As parents, they should be content with receiving two dowries for a daughter. How much filial piety is that is my business." , They want to ask me how much to take, it's impossible!"
Hearing the two betrothal gifts, Qian's face immediately turned pale, "You still blame me. How did you get the two betrothal gifts? I wanted them to accept one, but your Li family refused! Later... I didn't ask for it either." You marry me, and now embarrass me like this in front of the children..." Unable to continue, he threw the snack on Li Fu, covered his face and ran out, and then heard her enter the door next door and slam it shut again .
Zhao Wanwan was so frightened that she lowered her head and didn't dare to say a word, and took back the hand that had already touched the money.
Li Fu patted off the scum on his body with a dark face. Seeing her cautious appearance, he softened his tone, picked up the silver and stuffed it into her hand, "You keep it yourself, your mother... In her eyes, no one can be in a hurry." Her younger brother is important, and you are too old, so you have to take care of yourself... "
After the Chinese New Year, after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the villagers began to go to the field to pick up the weeds, and planted them after the weather warmed up. Li Qinghe planted the land last year, and she will plant it this year, but she does not plan to continue to open up wasteland. She will go with Zhou Chengkang The area circled over there where the chickens are going to be fed is cut out and a piece of land is planned to be built as a chicken coop. In case of rain, the chickens will also have a place to hide from the rain.
Chopping weeds was quite tiring, especially the weeds in this wasteland. When we stopped to drink tea during the period, Zhou Chengkang looked around and said, "Actually, we should build a shack and live here and watch the chickens and fish."
Li Qinghe really started to think, there are very few people who steal chickens, but if there is a large group of chickens here and no one is watching, maybe someone will steal them.
So, the two of them did one more job, building an extra hut for people to live in, and put it between the pond and this side.
As soon as the ground was cut into shape, it was Zhao Wanwan's wedding date. No matter how busy these two days are, you have to make room for it. It was very lively in the early morning. In fact, people from the Qian family had come here the first day, but Li Fu was very busy. He was busy cleaning the front and back yards, and even went to repair the door. The members of the Qian family were all left for the Qian family to receive, and Li Qinghe also consciously did not come forward.
On the second day, many people came early in the morning. In fact, marrying a daughter is far less exciting than marrying a daughter-in-law. Li Qinghe still went to the kitchen to chop vegetables, leaving all the reception of guests to Qian. , with a smile on his face.
When it was almost noon, Hu Yanxi came in surrounded by a group of young people, all of whom looked polite and dressed in green gowns. They should be his classmates, and Qian Laiwen was among them, booing all the way to welcome the bride away.
After the welcoming team left and the banquet started outside, Qian looked at the direction where the sedan chair disappeared and wiped her tears, while Li Fu also stood there for a long time in a state of melancholy.
Originally, two girls were supposed to send Zhao Wanwan off, but Qian directly found them from her mother's house. She didn't ask Li Qinghe to send them off, and she didn't even step forward. She watched the sedan chair leave. She just wanted to wait for the guests to finish their meal and leave. Good to clean the yard afterwards.
Now that Zhao Wanwan is gone, she wonders if Qian's dislike of working will get better.
An hour later, the villagers finished their meal, helped to clean up the dishes on the table, washed them, and took their own things away. When the people left, there were only tables and melon seeds left in the yard. shell.
Clutching her chest, Qian said, "I feel bad, go back and lie down for a while." Saying that, he staggered into the door.
In the yard, Yu Yan stayed to the end. Seeing this, she couldn't help but peek at Li Qinghe's speechless expression, approached her and smiled in a low voice, "I won't really leave you alone, right? I'll help you."
At this moment, Li Fu came in from the outside. He was going to return other people's things. When he saw the two girls holding a broom, he glanced around and didn't see Mrs. Qian, so he frowned, "Where's Aunt Qian?"
The author has something to say: See you tomorrow night, this chapter will give out red envelopes~