Liao Xiucai treated everyone equally as he should, and did not intentionally neglect Dong Nuan or anything because she was a girl.
Anyway, a sheep is herded, and a group of sheep is raised. He was talking about three hundred thousand and other things above casually, and the students below just listened.
Because life was poor in the farmyard, everyone had no money to buy paper and pen. Liao Xiucai also had his own method. He filled small wooden bowls with water and asked everyone to write on the wooden table using water instead of ink. After writing,
Afterwards, you can wipe it off with a small rag.
Naturally, each family prepares a small rag. Because Dong Nuan was reminded by Liao Xiucai, he didn't know anything on the first day, so he also brought a small rag.
You can also put the small rags outside to dry at noon and use them again in the afternoon.
Dong Nuan studied all morning. When he came home at noon, he just washed his face with well water to cool down a little, when he saw a stranger coming to the house.
"Oh, this house is very clean." The person who came was a woman in her forties. She was wearing decent clothes, at least there were no patches. She always smiled when she saw everyone, and her hair was neatly combed.
just.
After entering the door, I looked around and said nothing but good things.
"Ouch, Sister Liu, why are you here? Come in and sit down." Mrs. Dong saw the people and hurriedly waved them in to sit down.
The other party came in generously with a basket on his shoulder. He put the basket aside and was not in a hurry to take out the things. Instead, he said some polite and auspicious words for a while.
Anyway, he is the kind of person who can make people look beautiful. Dong Nuan, who had just washed her face and was standing in the courtyard, also followed her into the main room.
Mrs. Liu looked at Dong Nuan carefully from top to bottom. After reading it, she nodded with satisfaction and said: "I still know how to raise children. Look, how good it is."
Dong Nuan looked at her for a long time, and now he probably guessed the other person's identity.
Matchmaker.
Thinking about her humanoid elixir, Dong Nuan knew that Hanjiang Tower should have prepared a matchmaker to come to propose marriage.
She wasn't embarrassed at all, she just let the other person look at him gracefully.
At this time, everyone in the family had also returned from the fields, but the second aunt and fourth aunt Dong were missing. Dong Nuan didn't care much about them, so she just disappeared.
"From the third family, come here." Mrs. Dong talked to Mrs. Liu for a long time, and then called Mrs. Dong Wu over.
After all, it is related to Dong Nuan’s marriage. It’s not good for Dong Wu’s mother to know nothing.
After the two exchanged pleasantries for a long time, Mrs. Liu went straight to the point: "I came to the door shamelessly because I was entrusted by someone, but this young man is a very good man. This is not what I said nicely, but
Everyone in the village can see it.”
Come on, come on.
Mrs. Liu made some unrealistic praise for Hanjiang Tower.
This is normal. You have to say good things to whomever you take money from.
After Mrs. Liu received the matchmaker's money, she couldn't help but do practical things, right?
The two families had mentioned this matter before, so Mrs. Dong listened carefully.
In fact, from the moment Mrs. Liu entered the house, Mrs. Dong felt a lot more comfortable, because Hanjianglou was good at being a good person and there were many matchmakers in nearby villages, but Hanjianglou specially invited Mrs. Liu from Mrs. Dong’s natal village.
It can be seen that I also had my own considerations, and at the same time I also deliberately showed goodwill to my family.
Mrs. Dong actually took this bite, which made her feel comfortable. Even though she knew that Mrs. Liu's words were exaggerated, she didn't feel uncomfortable at all.
"The young man of the Han family, he thinks everything carefully, for fear that he may have made a mistake in etiquette. Oh, I have never seen such a considerate young man." The matchmaker's mouth is so deceptive, listen to what she has to say.
Never mind.
However, when she opened the basket and revealed the contents, Mrs. Dong thought, well, just lie to people, as long as the things are not deceptive.
Hanjianglou was very generous. A piece of meat was cut and it weighed two kilograms. It was fatter and thinner, and it looked oily. Mrs. Dong just took one look at it and she felt quite satisfied.
In addition to a piece of meat, there were also things wrapped in paper, which smelled like candies, and a bottle of wine, which was probably about four taels, but not much. After all, it was just a visit to the house to propose marriage, so it was good to have expressed it.
Finally, there are ten eggs, each one is packed very cleanly, it can be seen that a lot of thought has been put into it.
I don’t know how many people come to propose marriage, and some come empty-handed, because no one knows whether it can happen.
However, their two families were in a special situation, so Hanjiang Tower was generous.
Mrs. Dong was very satisfied after reading it, and even her smile became much more sincere.
Old Man Dong looked on and nodded approvingly, secretly saying that Hanjiang Tower was doing a good job.
Dong Nuan doesn't care about things or not, she only cares about her humanoid elixir.
I haven’t smoked it yet today. Do you want to take a puff at noon?
But now that the matchmaker was at home, she couldn't run around casually. Mrs. Dong kept pointing her eyes at her to stop wandering around and behave well.
Although they are all in the same village, how can Hanjiang Tower not know how warm it is in winter?
However, it was time to show off to the matchmaker, so I had to put on a show.
The winter warmth kept in check and I didn't move around. I sat at the back door to enjoy the cool air.
Regarding this marriage, the two families had already discussed it. Now that they have found a matchmaker, it is just a formality and etiquette.
Mrs. Dong was a little reserved and then agreed to get married. Five days later, the matchmaker would bring the man to the house. The two parties exchanged tokens and finalized the marriage first.
Because there was no custom of having lunch in the farmyard, Mrs. Dong didn't leave any food, but she picked some cucumbers, eggplants, and six eggs from the backyard for Mrs. Liu to put them on.
If the man gives a gift to the matchmaker, the woman must also express her gratitude.
The main reason is that Hanjiang Tower is generous, and Mrs. Dong doesn't want to make her family look bad.
Mrs. Liu happily left with her things. The Dong family gave the matchmaker a gift, and so did Hanjiang Tower. Furthermore, Hanjiang Tower was very generous as he took the initiative to tell the matchmaker.
But I gave Mrs. Liu a piece of meat weighing a full kilogram, plus half a kilogram of candy and ten eggs.
For Mrs. Liu, this is already a very important matchmaker gift.
Then give me two eggs and let someone come to your door to talk about the marriage. It's not like she hasn't accepted the offer.
After seeing Mrs. Liu off, Mrs. Dong put her things away with a smile.
Fresh meat cannot be stored in the summer, so it needs to be smeared with salt, otherwise it will stink at night.
Mrs. Dong was very fast. As expected, there was half a pack of caramel wrapped in the paper bag. Just smelling the wrapping paper, the taste was already very good.
Mrs. Dong happily put away the eggs and sugar, and marinated the meat.
As for this small pot of wine, it was naturally reserved for Old Man Dong to drink.
Mrs. Dong Wu looked at it with greedy eyes. She wanted to ask Mrs. Dong several times to ask for sweets for Dong Yao to eat, but in the end she just opened her mouth and did not dare to make a sound.
She was afraid of being beaten as well as being punished. She originally wanted to control Dong Nuan, but unfortunately her eyeballs were almost squeezed out, and Dong Nuan remained motionless.
Finally, Ms. Dong Wu turned around and went back to her room in anger. Mrs. Dong pretended not to have seen her little trick the whole time.
After cleaning up, Mrs. Dong looked at the people at home, frowned and asked, "Where are the people from the second and fourth families?"
After asking, Mrs. Dong took another sip: "The fourth child pretended I didn't ask. Where did the second child go?"
Old man Dong didn't pay attention to this. Why was he staring at his daughter-in-law?
Mrs. Dong didn't expect him to answer, so she looked at Dong Nuan who was sitting at the back door. Dong Nuan shook her head and said that she didn't know. She didn't see anyone when she came back from school.
