Since Huixin and Tao Qingnian's marriage had been agreed, even if the Tao family was not happy, they had to go through the procedures for discussing marriage. Northerners did not have many rules. The previous omission was directly accepted, which was to issue a betrothal gift. The Tao family chose the eighth day of the 10th month to come to Xu's house to pay a betrothal gift.

On the morning of the eighth day of the lunar month, Zhixin got up early to clean the yard. The children at home were also cleaned up, and Xue prepared today's banquet in the kitchen.

Logically speaking, Huixin's engagement should be the brother and sister-in-law who were all present, but Zhixiang was far away in Changbai Mansion and could not come back. Zhiming and his wife worked for others in the county, but they always didn't go to work, so they didn't call him. Zhide and Chen really thought that Han looked down on the Xu family too much, so they asked them to come back, and Chen felt a little disturbed. So, he didn't tell his three sons, but just invited the village chief and his wife, Mr. Xu's cousin and sister-in-law.

Zhixin went to the mountain to hunt yesterday to make a few more dishes today. Fortunately, Zhixin was lucky and got two rabbits, one roe deer, and three pheasants, which was quite a lot. Xue had all handled these and stewed the pheasants in the pot in the morning.

Wenhan was also sent to the town yesterday to buy some meat and fish. The Xu family has only one daughter, so why can't they lose face, right?

The Xu family is well-known in the village. I heard that the daughter of the Xu family got engaged today, and several wives came to help, including Lin Zixuan's mother, Fang. There are also Shi Tou's wife and daughter-in-law who gave birth to a child. Everyone came after the morning meal and helped prepare the banquet in the kitchen.

At the beginning of Si Shi, people from the Tao family came. Mr. Tao, the old lady, Tao Qingnian's elder brother Tao Qingfeng, his wife Yu, and Tao Qingnian and Qian Matchmaker. Everyone held things in their hands, a pair of goose, pork with four ribs, four boxes of tea, four boxes of snacks, and two sets of clothes prepared for Huixin.

When Chen saw that the Tao family was coming, he quickly came forward to greet Mr. Xu. Matchmaker Qian asked Chen to take the things over and then let the Tao family go into the house. Everyone went into the house to sit down. Although the old lady of the Tao family was a little unhappy, she was still able to make it.

Old Mrs. Tao took out the prepared betrothal gift, five taels of silver, and put it on the table. Chen smiled and put the betrothal gift aside. Then the matchmaker Qian asked for both Huixin and Qingnian's letters, and wrote the wedding letter according to the age above. Both parents pressed their handprints on the wedding letter. Even the engagement was completed. The wedding letter was in duplicate, and both parties held one, waiting to go to the yamen to file the record.

After these were completed, matchmaker Qian also breathed a sigh of relief. "Okay, congratulations, the two families will be in-laws in the future."

The two sides discussed the date of marriage next, and according to Chen, they got married at the end of February after the New Year. However, Mrs. Tao refused to do it and insisted on getting married in the first lunar month, so Chen didn't want to be stubborn with her. So she agreed to get married in the first lunar month and finally set the date of marriage on the eighth day of the first lunar month.

The wedding date was set, and everyone chatted casually. The Tao family didn't agree with the marriage, so they were a little thorny in their words. The wife of the eldest daughter-in-law of the Tao family was so sad that she said, "Now, the betrothal gift is five taels, and the betrothal gift is also required. Total count, it's not even twenty or thirty taels to get off? It's better to raise a girl. If there are too many kids, it's hard to get married at that time."

Xue listened and laughed. "My son has the benefits of a son. Let's talk about the work in the field. No matter how much a girl is, she can't compare to a boy. In fact, if this boy doesn't study, he will start working in the field at the age of fourteen, and usually get married at 18 or nineteen. He will get married after 10 or twenty. He will have to earn ten or twenty taels of marrying his wife." It is naturally hard to say anything else in this situation. But anyone can understand that Tao Qingnian's expenses for getting married have already earned it. Tao Qingnian can save thirty taels of silver without hiding his family, so what he has taken home in the past few years may be at least twice as much as these.

When the eldest daughter-in-law of the Tao family heard this, her face was not very good-looking, but she had no words to refute because Xue did not say who it was.

Here, Xue saw that the time was almost over, so she hurried to the kitchen to see how the dishes were cooked. When Zixuan's mother saw Xue coming, she said, "Sister-in-law, look at today's dishes, pork stewed vermicelli, braised braised pork, rabbit stewed potatoes, chicken stewed mushrooms, braised carp, vinegar and cabbage, stir-fried roe deer meat, fried eggs, fried peanuts, and fried peanuts. It seems that there is a dish missing, what else to do?"

Xue looked at it and there were soaked black fungus next to it. "Why would you like to stir-fry the meat with black fungus? There are exactly ten dishes, this dish should be OK, right?"

Zixuan's mother and several other wives laughed, "Sister-in-law, this dish is better than the banquet for marrying a wife. We can't eat such a good dish during the Chinese New Year, so they can't pick anything." Everyone praised that the dishes prepared by the family today were more tough.

These people work quickly, and after a while, they just fry the meat of black fungus. Xue quickly went into the house and asked, "Mom, Aunt Tao, Aunt Qian, the food is ready. Are we going to have a chat while eating?"

Chen nodded, "Okay, eat and chat, don't sit here."

So, Xue and his wife who helped her quickly put the table on the kang and the table on the floor, and the remaining children were eating in the kitchen. Huixin only showed off her noodles at the beginning, and then helped in the kitchen. Naturally, she couldn't eat with everyone. Jinghan and Jingya took the food and delivered it to the west room to eat with their aunt. The dishes were put on the table, and the old man of the Tao family smiled, "I said, in-laws, your dishes are so tough. Who doesn't have such good dishes during the New Year." Mr. Tao was a little unhappy, but it was already this time. It was useless to say that those were useless, and it would be better to get along well. There is still a juren in the Xu family, saying that he dares to tell what he will be like in the future?

The village chief here also said, "No? We Zhixin, that's a talented person. We have done a good job in the field and can go up the mountain to hunt in winter. Many of these dishes are brought back by Zhixin today. Brother Tao, don't worry, marrying the Xu family is guaranteed to be wrong. The Xu family is the most kind. Look at the Xu sister-in-law, there are several daughters-in-law in the family, but they have never quarreled with anyone. Zhixin's wife has been here for thirteen or fourteen years, and she has never quarreled with her mother-in-law." Everyone in the village knows that the character of the Xu family is actually obvious to all in the village, which is the case with the Wei family, but now everyone doesn't mention it.

The old man of the Tao family nodded. Since his son insisted on marrying the daughter of the Xu family, he also asked someone to inquire about the Xu family. He knew that the village chief was telling the truth. In fact, a family like the Xu family is honest and honest, and they are not bad-hearted. Even if the old woman put forward such harsh conditions, they agreed, just to help the two children. "Come on, Brother Xu and Brother Zhou, let's have a drink, and we will be relatives from now on. Qingnian, this child has been in Renji Hall since elementary school and has been a serious doctor now. He will not have to worry about his life in the future. Not to mention being rich and noble, he is still fine. Huixin has arrived at my family and can't endure hardship."

Xu Chengkuan nodded after hearing this, "I feel relieved if I have my in-laws saying this. We are just farmers, and we are not afraid of suffering. As long as the couple get along well, they are better than anything else."

The meal started at the beginning of noon and ended until the beginning of the hour. During this period, the old lady Tao only said a few words. She was naturally unhappy. The three sons in the family counted the best-looking second, and they also studied medicine since elementary school, and had good medical skills. She originally expected that the second child could find a wife with a better family background and could also benefit from the family. But I didn't expect that the second child's mind was not sure what was wrong, but she just looked at the farmer's family.

Girl, she refused to agree to the marriage of the Liu family. The old lady was so angry. Fortunately, the Xu family has a juren, which is quite good. Otherwise, even if the Xu family pays 200 taels of silver, she would not agree. Today, she was just not angry, but the Xu family was warmly entertained, and the food was prepared, but she couldn't make up any problems. The old lady was so excited that she didn't want to speak.

Since it was 80% of the wedding after the New Year, the bride price had to be given before the New Year. The two sides discussed it and decided to give the bride price before the New Year and the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month.

After the banquet, the Tao family left. Chen and matchmaker Qian separated all the things brought by the Tao family, kept half of the things brought by their own family, and took the rest back to the Tao family. This is the rule. There were also two new clothes made for Tao Qingnian, and they also asked them to take them away. Chen and the old man naturally sent them to the gate. Seeing the Tao family walking away, Chen sighed, "Oh, this marriage is really unreliable. If it weren't for Huixin, I wouldn't agree." As he said that, he returned to the east room.

The helping wives had dinner here and went home. They were not too busy now, but the woman was at home, inside and outside the house, and they were all working, so she didn't stay for many of them at the Xu family. Xue also sent them to the door and greeted them all, and often came to play when she had time. Seeing that the wives had left, she turned around and went back to the house.

Huixin came out of the west room and went to the east room. When she saw Chen sitting on the kang, she was next to her mother, "Mom, I'm sorry, it's all for me." Huixin was about to cry as she said.

Chen hugged his daughter and said, "Daughter, don't be sad. I think the old man from the Tao family is reasonable. After marrying, be diligent and get along well with his mother-in-law and sister-in-law. Didn't you say that Qing Nian? You have to separate the family and live alone with you. I guess the separation may take one or two years. You have to endure the two years. As long as it is not a big deal, you will endure it."
Chapter completed!