Regarding Xue Tao'er's marriage, there have been several twists and turns.
The Zhou family has chosen several households for her, but she has not been able to go around. The family I liked before has a good family background, and the man's character is also good. The two met each other and felt pretty good. Seeing that it was about to be agreed to hire, Zhou Shi and the other party's old lady met, and suddenly changed their minds.
The other party's mother is not a worry, she really asked someone to ask.
The Zhou family had suffered enough from her mother-in-law, but she couldn't let her daughter fall into the hands of a powerful mother-in-law. This marriage could only be ruined.
They met again. The man is a scholar. Although he has no fame yet, he seems to be polite and polite. The family seems to be well-off, can afford to read books, but also how to be poor.
Zhou Shi told Tao'er, she nodded, and turned her head to ask people to know that this family is a faceless family. It was similar to the Xue family back then, because this son was an old man, the whole family was close to him, and there were many conflicts in the family.
Naturally, this one doesn't work either.
After these two times, Xue Tao'er became rebellious. Whenever the Zhou family told her about marriage, she would just hold her back and keep silent. But it made Zhou Shi angry, scolded her for being reluctant, and said that she would not listen, so she froze all the time.
Seeing that Tao'er is already sixteen, and she hasn't decided on her family yet, Zhou Shi is so anxious every day that she gets angry. She couldn't do anything about her daughter, so she went to the man to vent her anger, and the couple had several awkward fights over this.
No, seeing that when he was free at the end of the year, Zhou Shi was tossing about kissing Tao'er again, and he was so busy lately that no one was there.
And Li Datian came to Xue Tingxiang just to talk about this.
"What did you say? Do you want to marry Tao'er?" Zhao'er asked in surprise.
Li Datian blushed with embarrassment, nodded, and then explained the reason.
He is the eldest of the four, and he is nineteen this year. The family has been urging him to get married, but he refused because he wanted to study. Later, when I was admitted as a scholar, it stands to reason that it was time to talk about major life events, so I went to Beilu Academy again.
This time he went back to his hometown, because he didn't pass the exam, he naturally had to study for another three years. This is not because his father and his grandfather said that they should start a family first and then start a career, and they should take care of his marriage. He was busy for a while before, so he never gave a positive response, but now he can't hide it, and he couldn't help it, so he came to Yu Qingcun.
"I've also inquired about it before, and it seems that Sister Tao'er hasn't said anything about her. I just want to ask Zhao'er to help me. Do you think Sister Tao'er likes me? If you do..."
Li Datian said stumblingly, Zhao'er and Xue Tingxiang looked at each other, wondering if it was possible that they had already liked Tao'er? Why haven't I heard him say it before.
Thinking about the only contact between the two of them was the two selling Spring Festival couplets. Could it be that the two of them have already seen the right eye, so the men have been procrastinating not to marry and the women have been procrastinating
"Okay, since it's Datian who said it, I'll go ask." Zhao'er stood up immediately and went out with a big belly.
Li Datian still couldn't react, and stared straight at Xue Tingxiang, thinking that she would go out alone with such a big belly
"It's alright, she has a restless temperament, and there's Kuroko to follow."
On the other end, Zhao'er went to Xue's house and entered the three-bedroom house, where Zhou Shi sat there with a dark face.
As soon as Zhou Shi saw Zhao'er, he said: "Zhao'er, you are so good, go and talk about that dead girl. Her mother's legs are about to break every day, so I want to tell her a good family, so that she will not suffer in the future, But look at her, she is now her enemy!"
Zhao'er hurriedly reassured Zhou Shi and went to the back room.
In the back room, Xue Tao'er was sitting on the edge of the kang wiping her tears when she saw Zhao'er come in and wiped her face.
"Sister recruit."
"What's the matter? You quarreled with Aunt San?"
Xue Tao'er poured out the bitter water in her stomach: "She said she wanted to tell me about other people. If I, as a daughter, can say anything, I will let her say it. But the master is not good, and the west family is not strong, so I was dragged to talk to each other. Several times, but it didn't work. I said that the person was not good, she said I was picky, I said okay, just him, and she said that I don't care about my own affairs. Sister Zhaoer, why do you say this? It's so difficult, I don't even want to get married!"
As she spoke, she began to cry, and Zhao'er patted her on the shoulder soothingly, but couldn't say anything to comfort her.
After waiting for her to calm down a little, she said, "Then what do you think? The person who wants to spend a lifetime with you, the third aunt is not afraid that you will suffer and suffer. Do you have a favorite descendant? If so, You can also talk to the third aunt, so that you mother and daughter don't stay frozen over this."
Xue Tao'er froze for a moment when she wiped her face, she didn't know what to think, and then lowered her head: "I don't have any favorite descendants, it's not that you don't know, I don't usually go out."
"real?"
"of course it's true."
Zhao'er was very familiar with Tao'er, and she seemed to have something to do with her behavior. She didn't break it, she just said her intention.
"Actually, I'm here today for something."
"What's up?"
"Someone came to ask me to propose marriage to your family."
Xue Tao'er stood up subconsciously, then sat down hurriedly, and said, "Sister Zhao'er, what do you tell me about this matter? If you want to say it, you should go to my mother."
Zhao'er looked at her with interest: "Of course I want you to agree, and then tell the third aunt, if you don't agree, even if I tell the third aunt, it is no use."
Xue Tao'er lowered her head and said in a very low voice, "Marriage between men and women has always been the word of the matchmaker's parents, so I can't afford to interrupt."
"Okay, alright, I'm not going to do anything. Datian asked me to ask for him. Would you like to?"
"Is it Brother Datian?"
All Datian brother? When did these two become so familiar!
Perhaps feeling the teasing in Zhao'er's eyes, Xue Tao'er blushed even more, and asked in a low voice, "Sister Zhao'er, you are not mistaken, how could Brother Datian come to me to ask for relatives. Besides, he is not too young, Didn't his family tell him about kissing?"
Zhao'er patted his leg: "No, Daejeon is a strong man. If you have to say that a man starts a career first and then starts a family, he doesn't start talking about it unless he has passed the exam."
"That, that..."
"Then what?"
Xue Tao'er covered her face, she was so ashamed that she didn't know what to do: "Sister Zhao'er, I'm ignoring you."
"Forget it if you ignore me, then I'll treat it as if you don't agree, and I'll leave if you don't agree." Zhao'er stood up and made a gesture to leave. As soon as she took a step, someone grabbed the corner of her clothes from behind, Xue Tao'er lowered her head and whispered, "Sister Zhao'er, if, if he wants to, I will, I will also, I am afraid that I am worthy of it. Don't get on him..."
"Whether you deserve it or not, you have to say it yourself. Besides, we Tao'er are born well, have a good temperament, are virtuous and diligent, a good girl who is hard to find in every mile and eight villages, and a big brother, only we can choose someone else, No one else picks us up."
"That's what I said, but Da Tian is a scholar after all..."
"Anyway, you can see for yourself. If you want, I will tell the third aunt. If you don't want to, I will reject Da Tian. Anyway, I think Da Tian is very sincere.
Xue Tao'er pulled the corners of her clothes for a long time before she nodded fiercely.
Zhao'er laughed and went out to find Zhou.
In fact, there is no need to look for it at all, Zhou shi has been listening outside, and finally figured out why this girl is stubborn, and he has already liked someone.
Given Li Datian's family background, naturally there is no dissatisfaction with the Zhou family, but she still dragged Zhao'er and talked for a long time. When Zhao'er came out of Xue's house, she sighed very much, thinking that the older the woman is, the more broken her mouth is.
Turning his head back to the top of the hill, Zhao'er had stopped teasing Li Datian's thoughts at this time, and said what Sanfang meant. Li Datian ran away immediately, but Xue Tingxiang didn't stop when he called out, and it seemed that he was in a hurry to go home and talk about it.
Afterwards, Zhao'er was crooked on the kang, with Xue Tingxiang sitting beside him.
"You said, how did these two meet, why didn't I find out?" she sighed a little.
Xue Tingxiang glanced at her, and Zhao'er was slow in her own affairs, let alone others.
Maybe Xue Tingxiang's eyes were too strong, and Zhao'er looked at him with his eyes: "What kind of eyes do you have? Did you see it?"
Naturally, he didn't see it, but as a man of course, he had to pretend to be unpredictable.
Seeing that the little man ignored her, Zhao'er thought about it uninterestingly, and envy after thinking about it: "Actually, it's good, really good. You like me, I like you, and what the book says is willing to be wholeheartedly. It's probably like this."
She sighed so much here, but Xue Tingyan's face darkened over there.
Zhao'er felt that as soon as the light in front of her eyes dimmed, a person appeared in front of her, looking at her with a dark face.
"As you said, you don't like me?"
"me… "
"You don't want to grow old with me?"
"I… "
"Are you still thinking about Jiang Wu?"
Why can Jiang Wu be involved in everything!
Zhao'er hurriedly sat up and said, "Where did you think of where you went and what does it have to do with Brother Jiang Wu?"
Xue Tingxiang glanced at her and went out.
Leaving Zhao'er sitting on the kang and wanting to cry without tears, this is finally getting better, why is it angry again!
This anger lasted until the New Year.
During this period, Wang Ji's Spring Festival couplet business started, and the Li family also came.
Because Xue Tao'er still has filial piety, the two families can only make an agreement in private, and wait for the filial piety to complete the job application.
On the other hand, Li Datian ran to Yuqing Village very diligently. Every time he came, Xue Taoer always had something to do. I came here twice, probably because of everyone's joking eyes. When Li Datian comes again next time, Tao'er will not come.
For this reason, Li Datian complained a lot about Xue Tingxiang in private, eating meat by himself, not even letting others drink soup. He doesn't take advantage of his free time to win over Tao'er's heart. When the new year begins, he will go back to Beilu Academy. This time, he will not be able to come back to marry until the end of the year. If Tao'er is deceived by other wild boys How to do.
Needless to say, it must be the craftsmanship of Mao Badou.
Mao Badou left long ago, with Chen Jian. Although he was not sure that he would pass the exam this time, Lin Miao was about to end, and as a disciple, he naturally had to serve by him.
In order to marry Lin Yanran, Mao Badou made the most of his 'disciples in need'.
This year, the Xue family lived very peacefully. Everyone knew that the Xue family had filial piety, and naturally they would not come to disturb them. On the 30th day of the new year, the whole family sat together for a reunion dinner.
However, the main seat was empty. Mr. Xue was gone now, and neither was Mrs. Zhao.
The Zhao clan was ordered by Patriarch Xue to be locked in a room behind the ancestral hall. That room is usually locked here when there is a woman in the clan who has made a big mistake, but there is no way to deal with it.
It was closed in private, but externally, it was claimed that the Zhao family ate the fast here to atone for his sins because he was angry with the old man and repented in his heart.
As for the deadline, since Mr. Xue is dead anyway, it is naturally the family that has the final say.
But it is expected that it will be like this for a lifetime. As long as Xue Tingxiang is still there for one day, as long as the Zhao family does not give up the tossing, Patriarch Xue will not be able to let her do bad things.
However, before the New Year's Eve dinner, the family made a special trip to the ancestral hall and sent some vegetarian meals to the Zhao family, which was also full of filial piety.
During the New Year's Eve dinner, the atmosphere was not very good.
After all, Mrs. Zhao is the mother of the two brothers Xue Qingbai. No matter how angry they are, Mrs. Zhao will not feel better when they see her being locked up now.
Especially Xue Juncai, he rushed back from the outside and faced a situation where his grandfather was mad at his grandmother and his grandmother was locked up. The Zhao family has always loved him, and he could only watch helplessly, unable to say anything against the decision of the clan. In the past few months of his filial piety, he has been very silent, and he is very thin. Anyway, Zhao'er sees that his temples are faintly white.
You must know that Xue Juncai is only eighteen years old now.
Including Mr. Yang, he is also very old. The talented boy is now both obedient and sensible. He doesn't run around every day, and he works at home to help Mr. Yang.
After eating, Zhao'er and Xue Tingxiang both breathed a sigh of relief when they came out of Xue's house. The two walked back together, silent all the way, thinking about their own thoughts.
Zhao'er had an attack on the fifth day of the new year, and she was still eating dumplings at the time of the attack.
The dumplings here are eaten with vinegar, which was brewed with the recipe given by Xue Tingxiang before Zhao'er. Before the time, she couldn't help it, so she opened a jar to taste it.
Unexpectedly, the more she tasted, the more she liked it, and just as the dumplings were ready, she took the lead in scooping a bowl and eating it with vinegar. After eating several times, she suddenly heard a thumping sound in her stomach. She thought that the baby was kicking her in the stomach, and even teased: "Don't worry, you can eat it when you come out later. Now watch my mother eat it first. what."
There was no movement after that, and she didn't take it to heart. After eating a bowl of dumplings, she felt the pain.
When she heard that her stomach hurt, Xue Tingxiang threw the bowl on the spot, Zhao Di hurriedly put down her chopsticks and ran over to see her condition.
Reaching out his hand, he immediately scolded: "You stupid, the water is broken, and you don't even say anything."
"Is it broken? Where is it broken?" Zhao'er asked stupidly.
Over there, Xue Tingxiang had already rushed out of the house at the fastest speed in his life. He didn't go anywhere else, but went to pat the door of Gao's house. I kept taking pictures of Aunt Gao, only to find out that he took the wrong place, and actually took the door of the barn. If Aunt Gao hadn't heard the movement and came out, it is estimated that he would have smashed the door.
When Aunt Gao saw Xue Juren, who was so old that he didn't look like a young man on weekdays, his face turned pale with panic, and his hands were shaking.
"Auntie, Zhao'er has a stomachache."
Aunt Gao calmly counted the time, and while walking with him, she said, "It's almost time, it's a few days earlier, don't panic, it's not so fast for a woman's family to give birth to a child. It takes at least half a day to give birth, and some days can't be born."
She was heartless here, but Xue Tingxiang's face turned even paler over there.
After that, there was a lot of people turning their backs. Finally, the midwife was invited, and everything that should be prepared was prepared. Xue Tingxiang was pushed out by Zhou Shi and asked him to wait outside.
He was waiting outside, sitting there, accompanied by Xue Qingbai and Xue Qinghuai.
Seeing his nephew panic like this, the two experienced men comforted him with every word.
"Actually, it doesn't matter. It is instinct for women and Dao people to have children, and they will be born in a while."
"The last time Shuanzi was born, it was much faster than Tao'er. Your third aunt gave birth for most of the day."
"When your aunt gave birth to hairy eggs, although it took a long time, they were born in one day."
Are you two comforting people
Fortunately, Xue Tingxiang still has the determination, otherwise the designated person would have thrown the two out long ago, which must have added chaos.
Zhao'er was born fairly quickly, and when it was getting dark, a loud cry came from inside.
There was movement in the house, and the midwife came out with the wrapped child in her arms after a while.
"Congratulations to Master Juren, Mrs. Juren gave birth to a boy, and the mother and child are safe."
Looking at the boy in the swaddle with his eyes closed and howling, Xue Tingxiang finally breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't even bother to look at it, and hurriedly squeezed in.