On the morning of March 18, the Xu family got up early. After breakfast, everyone waited in the reception room in the front yard. Zhide and Qingnian both came early. This was the first happy event among the juniors of the Xu family. How could they not be there? Wen Xing is twelve years old this year. She is not short, with a round face and big eyes. Jinghe is ten years old this year, and her appearance is not as outstanding as Jingxian, but she is also a pretty little beauties. Han is now old and has a much better temper than before. She smiles when she sees anyone. Life here is getting better. If Han is like usual, no one will pay attention to her.

Jinghui is seven years old this year, and she is even more energetic. Huixin didn't come today because she got pregnant again. After giving birth to Jinghui, Qingnian was worried about Huixin's body, so she never dared to have a child again. Unexpectedly, she got pregnant again last winter. Now she is almost five months old, and her body is getting stupider and stays at home. Besides, pregnant women have many taboos, so it is better to come less in this kind of occasion.

The whole family was dressed neatly and sat in the room waiting. Chen Shimo, Lao Wang outside shouted, "Old man, old lady, the people from the Yue family are coming, and they are almost at the door." Lao Wang was always watching outside. When he saw the Yue family from afar, he hurried in to report the message. After saying that, he hurried out again.

Zhixin, Zhiming, Zhide, and his wife, as well as Qingnian, all welcomed them out, which shows their importance to their in-laws. When everyone came outside, the Yue family's carriage also arrived at the gate.

Two carriages in front and behind stopped at the door of Xu's house. The first carriage came down, and of course Yue Pengcheng was the leader. Pengcheng turned around and opened the curtain, and helped a woman get off the carriage. The woman was naturally Pengcheng's mother, Liu. When Pengcheng helped her mother down, several women came down from behind. One of them looked very familiar, which was the matchmaker Wu who Zhixiang was looking for when he got married.

Zhixin and others quickly came up and led everyone into the yard and went straight to the living room. Yue Siyuan and his wife took Yue Pengcheng to greet the old man and Chen, and then introduced them to everyone. It turned out that the ones who came with Pengcheng were Pengcheng's uncle and aunt, as well as uncle and aunt. In such occasions, relatives must come.

The servants of the Yue family also placed all the betrothal gifts they brought to the hall. The Yue family's betrothal gifts include a pair of big goose, a piece of meat with four ribs, a piece of meat with four ribs, a piece of vermicelli, a four jar of wine, and a box of tea. In addition, the Yue family also prepared 160 taels of gifts, a pair of red gold hairpins, and a pair of red gold bracelets. In addition, sixteen pieces of brocade of various colors, of course, two sets of clothes prepared for Jingya were indispensable.

Matchmaker Wu took the list to read it to everyone. After Chen finished reading it, he quickly said, "Oh, how is this good? Whose girl has such things to get engaged? Siyuan, Xiujuan, you are a little over this. These betrothal gifts are enough for more than a dozen wives. Jingya is just a country girl, which is too over."

Chen's words are true. For people here, the gifts of only 10 or 8 taels of gifts are very good for the people who are engaged in marriage. The rest can be assembled with four. Some don't even have gifts, just four gifts, and there are even those who can decide the marriage when the two families verbally say it.

The Yue family prepared such a generous betrothal gift to prove their importance to Jingya, which of course made Chen very happy. However, thanks to the Xu family's life in recent years, otherwise, after receiving such betrothal gifts, they really don't know what to use as dowry to match them. Sometimes, too many betrothal gifts are not necessarily a good thing, and the woman has the ability to accompany her. Some families will take the man's betrothal gifts and then give their daughter a little dowry. When they become married, the bride generally has no status in the in-laws' family and live a bad life, which is called selling girls. Of course, this phenomenon is very common. Many families raise girls just to exchange for some betrothal gifts and then tell their sons about their daughter-in-law. Often, the girl and son live a bad life.

The Xu family is naturally not the kind of family that sells girls, so after receiving this betrothal gift, he had to buy a dowry for Jingya. The family had already discussed that the things sent by Yue's family, except for some food, could leave some meaning and bring all the rest to Jingya. If the gifts for this betrothal gift are not kept at all, it would be better if the more or less, it would have to be left behind.

Pengcheng's mother smiled and said, "Look at what my aunt said, Jingya is not a country girl. If you want me to say, these girls from the Xu family are not like those from farmers' families. If you say they are girls from wealthy families in the city, you can believe them. Look at these beautiful and beautiful looks, they are really painful. Auntie doesn't have to care. I have a relationship here. These betrothal gifts are our intentions. Jingya is a good girl, and this betrothal gift is in line with each other." Yue's family has a great career, so naturally they don't care about this little money. Pengcheng likes Jingya as his eyes. Yue Siyuan and his wife also like Jingya very much, so they prepare these betrothal gifts.

Matchmaker Wu interjected, "Auntie, I want me to tell you, this is nothing. Your Jingya is also the best in our town, and she is worthy of this betrothal gift."

There are not so many rules in the north, so Jingya is here today. She is wearing red clothes, standing beside Chen, just like a blooming red lotus. Pengcheng's aunt and aunt have never seen Jingya before, and when they see it, they can't help but nod. It's no wonder Pengcheng rejected marriages from several wealthy families in the town, but insisted on choosing the Xu family. The daughter of the Xu family is really good-looking. Not only Jingya, but also the girls next to her are outstanding.

Everyone was chatting and laughing together, Jinghan pulled Jingwan and Jingxian, "Let's go, let's go and help cook." The Xu family did not hire any helpers, and there were no servants at home. Of course, Zhu and Han were helping with the banquet today. Jinghan was afraid that they would be too busy, and was also afraid that Jingxian would be too eye-catching here, so he quickly pulled his two sisters out. "Grandma, let's go to the kitchen to see if there are any helpers. Let the elder sister go over and cook two special dishes." After Jinghan said that, he led Jingwan and Jingxian out. Jinghe was still young, so he didn't follow him.

"Auntie is such a blessing. Look at these granddaughters, they all say they are beautiful, but they are not bad at all. I see those two people are not young anymore, and they said they have kissed them?" This is the second time that matchmaker Wu arranged a marriage for the Xu family, and it is very familiar to me, so when he saw Jinghan and the others, he would inevitably suffer from this kind of occupational disease again.

"Jinghan and Jingwan are both fifteen, but they haven't said they have kissed them yet. The girls in our farmer didn't say they had kissed them too early. Besides, Jingya hasn't gotten married yet, so it's not their turn. I also thought of staying for another two years, otherwise they would get married one by one, and the old women wouldn't be alone?" Chen felt that it would be early to say kissing at the age of fifteen. The girls would enjoy a day of happiness for the girls to stay at their parents' home for one more day, so they were not in a hurry to say kissing to Jinghan and the others.

"It's because my aunt loves her granddaughter and can't bear to marry her early." Pengcheng's aunt said. "To be honest, this woman is still the most enjoyable before she gets married. She is waiting to marry someone and have children, and she is busy at home and outside the family. How can she have a moment of leisure? It's a little earlier in the north of our fifteen years old, and there are many people who get married until they are seventeen or eighteen years old."

The people in the room chatted warmly and didn't mention it. Jinghan and her two sisters came to the kitchen. Xue, Zhu and Han were busy there. "Mom, let's help you with your work. How do you raise the vegetables? Let's leave a few things for my elder sister to do later. My elder sister has good skills, and today is the time for her to show her face." The girl has good cooking skills, so she won't be angry at her in-laws' house.

"After, let your sister stew some fish and stir-fry two more dishes. Come and help pick out the mushrooms and fungus, which will be useful later." Xue had thought of this for a long time, so she said without thinking.

Jinghan and the other two quickly rolled down their sleeves and came forward to help. The mushrooms and fungus were planted by Jinghan, and of course the fresh ones were gone, and they were all dried. The women were busy in the kitchen. Soon, Jingya also came. Jinghan quickly found an apron to tie it for Jingya, and then helped to burn the fire. Jingya started cooking.

By the beginning of noon, all the dishes were almost the same. The lunch banquet was placed in the living room, with four tables in total. Looking at the full table on the table, the people in the Yue family were very satisfied. Generally, the richness of the wine and dishes represents the satisfaction of the family with the marriage, so even if the poorest family is, the engagement banquet cannot be too bad.

At the banquet, the men naturally had to drink. Wenhan brought out the good wine he bought yesterday and poured it for the elders present, and then returned to the table for the younger generation. Wencheng, Wenxuan, Wenchang, Wenxing and Wenxing were all on this table, and of course Yue Pengcheng was indispensable. "Pengcheng, come, let's drink a little too. This time you have to call me elder brother." Wenhan also poured wine for Pengcheng. They are now twenty years old and can drink.

"What about you brother? Didn't you let us chase us in front of us? I don't know when we will have a sister-in-law." Pengcheng is one year older than Wenhan, but now he can only call Wenhan the eldest brother. To be honest, he feels frustrated.

Wen Han smiled happily after hearing Pengcheng's words, "Do you think everyone is like you, and it's so easy to find someone who is suitable for you? How many people in the world are like my girls? Just go and have fun."
Chapter completed!