There were a lot of people in the room, and when she saw her coming in, Mother Zhou urged with a smile, "Everyone is tired today, so go back to bed early."
Zhou Chengkang helped her fetch water to wash first, and the two of them went back to the room after washing. It is worth mentioning that there are two water rooms in the Zhou family, and they are divided into men and women.
"The third sister-in-law wanted it, and mother thought it would be more convenient to have two, and I just made it a few days ago." Zhou Chengkang explained in a low voice, pulled her into the door, and helped her brush her hair.
Her hair is thick and thick, and it took a long time to wipe it dry. Being so close, Zhou Chengkang could only feel the fragrance of her body rushing to his nostrils. On her slender waist, she sighed contentedly, "I finally married you."
Li Qinghe laughed.
Hearing her chuckle, Zhou Chengkang sniffed her hair, very satisfied, "I always feel unreal."
Li Qinghe didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and stretched out his hand to push him, "My hair is not dry yet, so hurry up and move away. I'm hugging you, and you still think it's unreal?"
He couldn't push it away, but instead he bent down and hugged her by the waist. Seeing that she was about to exclaim, he quickly hissed and said in a low voice, "There are many people outside."
Li Qinghe glared at him and said in a low voice, "Candlelight."
The room was brightly lit, and occasionally people's shadows would be reflected on the window, Zhou Chengkang understood it, smiled at her, placed her gently on the bright red Baizixi quilt, got up and blew out the candle.
The night is still long.
The next morning, Li Qinghe was woken up by someone next to his ear, not with his voice, he was blowing over there, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that it was getting bright outside, and it was still early, so he turned over and stared at him, "You are not tired ?"
"I'm not tired." Zhou Chengkang stretched out his arms to hug her, "I didn't fall asleep last night, thinking about being good to you, our days, our children..."
Li Qinghe couldn't take it anymore, covered her head with a quilt, "I'm tired!"
Behind him was his low laughter, and they couldn't sleep anymore. The two of them got up early, went to the pond to feed the fish, and looked at the chickens. They died a few days ago, and many of them died. Now The weather is warmer, and the chicks are much bigger, and basically there are no dead ones.
After feeding the fish and chickens, I went to the field to look at the crops. This wasteland is not a little bit worse. The seedlings in the other people's fields are lush and lush, but the seedlings growing here are not tall. They are yellow and yellow, as if they are going to die .
"Next year should be better." Zhou Chengkang comforted.
When the two returned home, the sun was out, and the fifth sister was feeding the pigs in the yard. Zhang Haiyao's exaggerated voice caught my ear first, "The sun is already high, and it hasn't risen yet. I thought I was lazy. I didn't expect ah… "
Zhou Laosan saw the two people outside the yard, frowned and reprimanded, "Say less."
Hearing this, Zhang Haiyao became more and more annoyed, "Why don't you say less, there is one more person in this family, why should it be my turn to cook?"
Seeing the two people at the door in a blink of an eye, he looked at the room belonging to Zhou Chengkang over there in surprise, and then looked at the two people at the door, "Are you out?"
"I'm going to feed the fish." Zhou Chengkang looked cold and serious, "Sister-in-law San doesn't have to cook for us in the future."
At first, Zhang Haiyao felt embarrassed. They all went out to work and came back. It wasn't that she was too lazy to get up. Hearing this, she couldn't help it, "Speak lightly. If I don't cook your meals alone, mother Time to train me."
Zhou Chengkang didn't answer this, and looked at Zhou Laosan.
Zhou Laosan immediately scolded, "My mother never scolded you."
Zhang Haiyao snorted coldly, turned around and went into the kitchen.
Li Qinghe and the others went to the well to wash their hands, and he whispered, "Brother and the others will take the aunt to the town to sell tofu in the morning, they get up early in the morning and go to bed early at night, and basically only eat one meal at home, the second brother They basically don’t come back to eat. Usually, the third brother and the others eat at home the most, and my mother asked the third sister-in-law and fifth sister to cook at home, so they don’t have to go to the field.”
In this way, before Zhou Chengkang got married, there were not many people eating at home.
I heard Zhang Haiyao shouting over there, "Qing He, come in and help me light a fire."
Zhou Chengkang patted her on the shoulder and pushed her into the room, "I didn't sleep well last night, go back and have a rest."
He didn't sleep well, the culprit was him.
Seeing him enter the kitchen, Li Qinghe frowned, and followed him in, and saw that he had already gone to light the fire, and Zhang Haiyao looked at him in astonishment, "No, why are you here? What do you say?"
"Can't I burn it?" Zhou Chengkang asked back.
"Your daughter-in-law is too outrageous, where is she going to rest for you to work..." Li Qinghe had already stood at the door of the kitchen, "I'll do it."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but push Zhou Chengkang out.
"This makes sense." Zhang Haiyao was very satisfied. "I tell you, from now on, we will cook the meals in this family one day, or one meal per person. My sister-in-law does the dishes. This is the rule set by my stepmother."
Li Qinghe agreed without any objection. During breakfast, there were indeed a lot fewer people than last night. There was only one table set up. Before the dishes were cleared up after eating, someone came outside.
Accompanied by Mrs. He was a woman in her fifties, her clothes were neat and clean, 90% new.
Zhou's mother hurriedly greeted, "Auntie, come and sit down."
Introduced to Li Qinghe again, "This is my aunt, you can call her aunt, she has helped our family a lot."
Li Qinghe called out obediently, and Aunt He was very happy. After looking her up and down, she praised, "She's a good girl, the fourth one is lucky."
There were guests over there, and the bowls and chopsticks were quickly cleaned up here. When Li Qinghe finished wiping the table and was about to leave, Zhou's mother stopped her, "Qinghe, call your third sister-in-law and the others to discuss something."
As early as when people came in, Li Qinghe had guessed that yesterday's happy event came to the door again today, no matter how it looked, it looked like... a debt collector.
You must know that many people's congratulatory gifts nowadays are copper coins. The Zhou family received nearly one tael of silver yesterday.
She didn't ask too many questions, just knew what was in her mind. Zhang Haiyao also looked puzzled when she heard that she had something to discuss. When everyone arrived, the aunt smiled and said, "The Zhou family was in trouble that day, so I borrowed 12 from your family. Two silver, my son wanted to move to the town a few days ago, and he took a fancy to a yard. The yard is really good, the light, feng shui, and size are very suitable. We have been looking at it for several years, and finally met. It's suitable, but the money is a bit out of hand... "
Everyone has already understood the unfinished meaning.
Zhou's mother was a little nervous, Li Qinghe lowered her head and said nothing, Zhang Haiyao over there immediately said, "I remember that my quilt hasn't been dried yet, so I'll be here in a while."
After thinking about it, she knew that she would not come back after running away, Zhou's mother hurriedly said, "Haiyao, don't worry about drying the quilt for a while."
Turning around, Zhang Haiyao's complexion was very ugly, and her tone was not polite, "What do you want to say?"
Zhou's mother lowered her eyes, "The Zhou family is poor, and everyone knows that when the eldest brother married his wife, he only took five qian silver for the small settlement. The second child also had five qian, which was still used to make new clothes. I know, this one of mine The mother did not do well, and they were wronged. But when it comes to the third child, first the small order is three taels, and then you have to pay five taels for the bride price, and the red seal when you get off the sedan chair. I don’t want to marry my daughter-in-law It’s too much money.”
"Then what do you want now?" Zhang Haiyao looked straight at her, "I've been in the house for a few months, now you settle the accounts with me, what do you want to do? Ask your daughter-in-law to repay your betrothal gift debt, how can you be so capable? I’m afraid I’ll laugh my ass off if I say it.”
"I want to borrow the money." Zhou Laosan gave her a hand, "At the beginning I said I couldn't afford the five taels of betrothal gift, so you asked me to borrow it."
"Fart!" Zhang Haiyao was angry, "I asked you to borrow it, but I didn't say that I will pay it back."
Seeing this, Aunt He got up and said, "You guys discuss it, I'll come back tomorrow." She added, "The day after tomorrow, the yard will be paid for the title deed."
After speaking, she went out the door first.
He Shi, who was walking behind, sighed, "Don't blame your mother, she has suffered enough." She looked at Zhang Haiyao again, "Don't think that our Zhou family lied to you, when the third child was with you, you felt so miserable. I know the situation of the Zhou family, they insist on so much dowry. In a normal marriage, Xiao Ding plus the dowry and door-to-door presents, at most two taels of silver tops the sky, why you want so much, only you know why."
"What am I for?" Zhang Haiyao asked, "What's wrong with me getting the dowry when I get married?"
"The daughter of the mayor's family is not as expensive as you to marry. I'm not afraid to part with you. You just want to let the brothers of the Zhou family give you all their savings for many years." He's tone was solemn and unceremonious. pierced her mind. Looking at Zhou Chengcai, "Third son, you insist on marrying this daughter-in-law. You are already married, so you should have a man's responsibility. Do you want your mother to work hard to pay off your debts?"
Zhou Chengcai didn't say a word, Zhang Haiyao became even angrier when she saw this, she caught sight of the silent fourth couple from the corner of her eye, and she had a flash of inspiration, "What about Qinghe, she's not even five taels!"
Li Qinghe raised his eyebrows, "I didn't ask for that one, it was given by the Zhou family on its own initiative." There was no intention of taking it out between the words.
Seeing this, Zhang Haiyao was a little proud, and quickly said, "Unless she pays it back, I won't pay it back!"
He Shi waved his hand, "I'm back, you can discuss it yourself."
Zhou's mother looked distressed, "I'm not afraid to tell you that in order to marry you guys, the food was sold out last year, and now all the food is borrowed, and I have to pay it back after the autumn harvest."
There was a moment of silence in the room, Zhang Haiyao frowned and said, "If you can't make it through, the family will be separated, and you can find something to cover your own mouth."
As soon as these words came out, the room became even quieter.
Parents are here, no separation. Separating the family in advance always has the meaning of cursing the elders to die quickly. Zhou's mother closed her eyes and waved her hands for a while, "I have raised you all this time, ask yourself that I am sorry for the Zhou family, wait for the boss and the others to come back later, and then invite the second child, let's make it clear today."
"I have something to say first." Mother Zhou opened her eyes and looked at Zhang Haiyao. "Generally, two liang of silver is enough for a girl to marry in. At first, your family said three liang of money, and then you don't want anything. Are you The girl in the town, she was wronged by marrying into our family, and I can accept more, so I brought a matchmaker to the door."
"But I don't agree to the dowry later on. The youngest insisted on asking for it, and he went to borrow it by himself. You have to pay the money no matter what."
Zhou Chengcai responded sullenly, which was an agreement, and Zhang Haiyao immediately became angry, "What about Qinghe?"
"The fourth one borrowed it by himself. I don't accept this account." Mother Zhou lowered her head, her voice was heavy, and her shoulders seemed to be even more slumped.
Seeing her like this, Li Qinghe felt uncomfortable, "I will pay back the money. I hope the third sister-in-law will keep her promise."
"What!" Zhang Haiyao was stunned.
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