Chapter Fourteen: Hui Xin's Marriage
Of course, Jinghan doesn’t care who takes the money. My elder sister is at home all day long, so of course it’s better for her to hold it. A while ago, Xue gave it to the children and put it all together. In this way, it’s about 1,500 and 600 cents. The children were counting the money and felt very happy.
"Okay, you can take the money, not just let you spend it casually. Think about the tiredness of working, you have to spend it to the right place, do you know?" Xue said with a smile.
"I know." The children answered together.
"It's fine, it's okay. Don't go too late tonight. Go to bed early." Xue asked the children to go to bed quickly. She sat next to the oil lamp to make up the clothes for the children. The farmers' lives, and new clothes can only be worn when they go out. Usually, they wear old clothes, so they have to make up the clothes. At this time, you can see how the needlework of women is like. Some people's patches are neat and fine, and although they are old, they are also very pleasing to the eyes. Some people's patches are twisted and twisted, and the stitches are big and small. If a man from any family wears such clothes, he dares not raise his head, for fear that he will laugh at him for marrying a stupid wife.
Xue's needlework is not the best, but it is OK. Every night, she will sew and mend it for a while. Zhixin came back from outside and saw that she was still sewing, so he advised her to go to bed early, "Okay, don't always do needlework at night. The light is too dark and will make the river tired."
"How can I not do it? There is also a bigger job during the day. Things are very trivial inside and outside the house, and it is the most peaceful at night." Xue was still sewing it. "Is the life on the mountain like this?"
"The first weeds have been pulled, it's time to pinch the ginseng flowers. I saw that these days are pretty good, so I have to pinch them back quickly. This thing can't be pinched when it's cloudy and rainy anymore." Yunsong washed his feet, and then went to the kang. "Then I'll go to bed first, you can go to bed quickly later." Not long after, the snoring sounded.
When Xue heard her husband's snoring, she smiled and continued to repair her clothes. After finally finishing it, she blew out the oil lamp and went to bed.
In the next two days, Zhixin went up the mountain to pinch ginseng flowers. This ginseng flower is the flower of ginseng. The ginseng grown generally lasts for six years, and the fifth year of the ginseng seeds can be kept. At this time, ginseng has grown big enough and the ginseng seeds are relatively full. By the sixth year, you can no longer keep seeds, which will affect the yield. Ginseng flowers will grow from the fourth year, so you have to pinch off the ginseng flowers that do not keep ginseng seeds. The pinched ginseng flowers are also useful, and some vendors will collect them, and the price is not low.
The Xu family had a total of about 40 feet of bars without seeds. Zhixin used it for three days and pinched all the ginseng flowers. Chen poured the ginseng flowers on a broken mat and baked them in the sun. This thing can be sold for seventy or eighty cents per pound if dried. This year, he pinched about thirty pounds of fresh ginseng flowers, and it would be good to dry out five pounds of dry. No matter how small the things are, it is still money? The money you sell can buy a lot of things.
After pinching the ginseng flowers, it was time to travel twice in the field. Zhixin and the old man led the cow to the field.
Chen sat outside, looking at the ginseng flowers while putting on the soles of his shoes. While sitting there, an old lady of the same age as Chen came in outside. "Old sister-in-law, I'm here to visit your house."
When Chen saw that it was Qian, the matchmaker she went to look for a few days ago. "His aunt, why are you here for me today? Come and sit down." Chen hurried into the room and went out to a glass of water, "Her aunt, drink a glass of honey water, this sunny thing, hurry up and relieve sweating."
Matchmaker Qian sat on the bench and slapped the wind with the veil in her hand, "It's okay, it's not too hot, it's just that I've been walking in the aisle for a long time. Old sister-in-law, I've only had something to do today, a good thing."
"That's right, it's not a good thing for her aunt to come. What's wrong? Do you have a letter to my Huixin marriage?" Chen was also very happy.
"No, I said this, you will be satisfied. Do you know the medicine shop in this town? It's the one named Renjitang. Isn't there a very young doctor in them? The last time you took Huixin to get medicine, he was treating Huixin. Somehow, I became interested in Huixin. So, I asked me to inquire about it. When I heard him say it, I knew it was Huixin from your family. How about it, sister-in-law, do you still remember this person?" Qian's matchmaker took a sip of water and moistened his throat.
Chen remembered that when he went to the town that day, there was indeed such a young doctor. He looked only in his twenties, gentle and elegant, and pretty, and had a good appearance. "My aunt, he is a doctor, and he looks good, how could he look at my Huixin?"
"Sister-in-law, you may not be able to find a few of your Huixin's little appearance in the town. Doctor Tao fell in love with Huixin as soon as he saw it." The matchmaker Qian patted Chen's hand and said. "Sister-in-law, I'm afraid that the marriage will be completed. He is a doctor and can make money for people to treat and make money. He is not afraid of not living a life. Besides, Huixin's body is weak, and this family knows it. He must have looked for me if he doesn't dislike him. What do you think?"
Chen still pondered for a while, "Auntie, when the old man comes back, I will discuss this with him, and then take some time to go and see the younger generation. Our Huixin is weaker, so we have to be careful. I hope you don't be surprised." Chen has always loved this old daughter very much, so he has always been very attentive in her marriage.
"Sure, what's wrong with this? When your elder brother comes back, you can discuss it carefully and then send me a letter. I will help you find out some things about their family. This girl gets married, but it's a big deal for the rest of her life." The matchmaker Qian was not angry. How could it be done if she said matchmakers? They had to go a few more times. "Okay, sister-in-law, I'll leave first. There are still several families to run away." As he said that, the matchmaker Qian left.
Chen quickly sent her out, "Auntie, go slowly, come and play when you have time." Standing at the door, he couldn't help but laugh. Someone from her daughter also came to propose marriage. He turned around and entered the west room and saw Huixin embroidering the tweed.
"Hui Xin, you heard what matchmaker Qian said just now?" Chen sat down at the kang and asked at his daughter.
"Mom, my daughter's marriage is all up to parents." Huixin's little face was red, and she lowered her head and did not dare to look at Chen. The last time she went to Renjitang, she thought that the doctor was very young and had a good attitude, but she didn't expect that he actually found someone to propose marriage.
"Oh, I want to give all the good things to my children. Of course, I want you to marry a good family, but you have to like it. Tell me, what is your impression of that person?" Chen couldn't help but sigh when he looked at his daughter's appearance. Since the child was born, he had to be raised well. But there is no good thing in this farmyard to raise her body? I've just been going to do it all these years. Fortunately, after hearing Jinghan's words, I bought a sheep and looked at her daughter's face improved a lot in the past few days.
"Mom, I just met him. What do you think he doesn't like? I just think he is kind." Huixin said in a low voice, his face red.
When Chen heard this, he knew that his daughter had a good impression of the man, so he felt relieved. "So, I'll go and ask about his family one day, and I have to know the basics. By the way, you have to persist in drinking that goat milk. I see that you have drunk it, and your face has improved a lot. There is nothing good in our family. If this thing is useful, you can drink it vigorously."
Chen came out of his daughter's room and went to Xue's house again. Xue was not there. When he went outside, he saw Xue was taking care of vegetables in the garden. The grass in the garden grew again, and if he didn't pull it, it would grow into pieces. So Chen also squatted in the ground to pull the weeds.
Xue also saw her mother-in-law, "Mom, why are you here in the garden? Your waist is not good, don't squat anymore, I'll do this work if I take time."
Chen was still pulling weeds there, and by the way he told Xue about what the matchmaker had just arrived. She wanted Xue to ask for information when she had time. She had already been to Renjitang. If she showed up again, she would be afraid that others would know that she was going to inquire. Xue was happy for Huixin, "Mom, this is a good thing. He is a doctor and can cure diseases. Our Huixin also has a good embroidery job, and her life will not be bad in the future. This is much better than marrying a farmer.
If you marry a farmer, Huixin will not be able to work in the fields during the busy farming period? Huixin is in our family, but she is a spoiled person. How can she bear it when she goes to do rough work when she arrives? It will be different for a doctor to marry. Just do as long as you wash clothes and cook at home, and don’t have to be too tired." Xue Shi was optimistic about this marriage, "Okay, when I go to see this person one day, we will settle down. Huixin is not young anymore, it should be the age to get engaged."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law reached an agreement on this matter, chatting and pulling weeds. After they finished pulling the land, Chen quickly stood up and straightened his waist. "After all, I'm old, and I fell a little in my early years, my waist really doesn't work. I'll go and see how to cook, you can do it for a while. Today, the second wife disappeared again. I said that day, it took a few days to go, what's wrong?" Chen went back to the house while pounding her waist.
Jinghan didn't go up the mountain today, so he went to play with the Lin family Yumei. The Lin family also lived by the river, and was a distance from the Xu family. Yumei was learning to do needlework at home. When she saw Jinghan coming, she quickly asked her to sit down and then took out some melon seeds. "This was found a few days ago, so I asked my mother to fry it. If she didn't eat it, she would be slaughtered after the break."
The two were sitting there chatting, Yumei was still holding needles and thread in her hand, and was stitching there. "Sister Yumei, what are you doing?"
Chapter completed!