Shopkeeper Zheng always felt that Zhou Man looked at him as if he were looking at an evil father, as if he would sell his son for glory, but is he such a person?
Shopkeeper Zheng felt that his son must have said something in front of Zhou Man, so he blew his beard angrily.
Seeing that he was angry, Man Bao quickly comforted him and said: "Big shopkeeper, although Zheng Gu has a soft temper, he is actually gentle. As a doctor, a gentle temper is the best. If you search carefully, you will definitely find a good daughter-in-law."
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Shopkeeper Zheng felt even more angry.
At noon, when Zheng Gu and Zheng Shao came to see their master with gifts, they looked bitter, "I don't know what happened to my dad today. He was fine in the morning. After master left, he always looked down upon me. Originally, he didn't like me."
I didn't want to bring the gift until after noon, but I couldn't bear my father's nagging, so I came early."
Dr. Liu came over half an hour late. The two families were talking about getting married. She was quite embarrassed to come, but it was also the rule to bring food to Master during the winter solstice.
Man Bao happily accepted their gifts. He wanted to keep them at home for lunch, but all three of them refused.
Because there are quite a few people coming to Zhou’s house today to deliver delicious food.
Yin You, Liu Huan, and even Feng Zongping personally brought some delicious food over and occupied their yard to eat and drink.
Feng Zongping said: "You are still at home. The adults don't care much. You have many children and a big garden. You can play as you want."
Bai Shanze and Man Bao said, "I was still thinking of delivering food to Senior Brother Tang and Senior Brother Yang this afternoon, but it seems impossible now."
Man Bao said: "It's okay, I still have a day off tomorrow, we will deliver it tomorrow."
The Winter Solstice is a festival for sharing food.
Everyone has worked hard for a year, and by the winter solstice, basically all the work for the year has been done, and then it’s time to wait for the New Year.
So even poor families will take out some things to make delicious food and share them with relatives and friends.
Even the business hotels outside are closed, so everyone can interact and enjoy delicious food.
It was rare for Bai Shan to have no schoolwork, and Man Bao also suspended her work. She even suspended Teacher Mo's class for a few days.
Teacher Mo didn't quite understand their festival. The winter solstice seemed to him to only exist in history books, and this festival was no longer celebrated in his time.
Because as long as they think about it, every day is a holiday; and as long as they are busy, it is a holiday just like a working day.
Manbao and the others ate happily all day long, and the next day they picked out many delicious and unique things at home and put them into baskets and food boxes, and then took them to give gifts to Mr. Tang and Mr. Yang.
Tang He and Yang Heshu also spent the past two days eating and drinking with their relatives and friends.
Tang He received their gifts first, thought for a moment, and simply picked up a basket of steamed buns from the kitchen, then took a few pieces of bacon from under the kitchen eaves and went with them to find Yang Heshu.
So everyone spent another day at Yang Heshu's house. When they finally left, not only were their bellies full of food, but they also received many gifts from the Yang family in return.
Lao Zhoutou looked at Lijun taking things out of the basket and turned over a box curiously, and then asked: "What is this?"
Man Bao took one look and said: "Bird's nest."
She said: "This stuff is good. Take it out and let my sister-in-law cook it. My mother's spleen and stomach are not very good. From now on, she will eat a small bowl every day to recuperate her spleen and stomach. My sister-in-law also eats it for beauty and beauty."
When the sisters-in-law on the side heard this, they couldn't help but come forward to look at it and asked curiously: "Is this a bird's nest?"
Xiao Qian looked at it and asked, "How to cook bird's nest?"
"Put in the water and let it boil," Man Bao didn't understand very well, "Why don't you go back and I'll check it out and copy some recipes."
Zhou Lijun took a look at the aunts and uncles in the house and felt that there were too many people in the house, so the bird's nest was just enough for one meal, so he closed the box and said directly: "Keep it, isn't this bird's nest also medicine?
?Maybe it can be used in the future."
Qian and Xiao Qian also thought so. This thing was expensive, so why would they eat it if they had nothing to do?
As a result, a few days later, when Manbao took another bath, Lao Zhoutou told Manbao that his appetite was not very good and he didn't want to eat. He wanted to eat something to nourish his spleen and stomach.
Man Bao understood it instantly, so she gave her father a prescription for bird's nest porridge, and then showed it to her sister-in-law.
She squatted in the kitchen and whispered to her sister-in-law, "Let's cook it. Make two more bowls and give them to my parents and sister-in-law."
Xiao Qian smiled and nodded her nose, and said happily: "What a clever guy, just like dad. Be careful if you find out about it, you'll beat dad."
Manbao laughed happily and said, "Don't be afraid, my mother will be fine in two days."
Although Xiao Qian received the recipe, he did not cook three bowls, but only cooked two bowls. One bowl was given to Lao Zhoutou, and the other bowl was given to Qian.
After eating it, Lao Zhoutou said to Qian: "It's not surprising that people like to eat this food so much. It's really delicious."
Mr. Qian glanced at him and said, "How old are you? You're still pretending to be sick just to get a bite to eat."
Lao Zhoutou shamelessly defended: "Who said I was pretending to be sick? I really have no appetite, but I feel much better now. Let me make some mutton steamed buns to eat in the evening."
Qian ignored him and brought up the marriage of the Liu family, "Man Bao said that the Liu family has agreed and the two children are getting along well these days. I mean, while Man Bao is off for these two days,
Mu, just ask the matchmaker to talk to you."
Lao Zhoutou agreed, "That's right. It's already the twelfth lunar month now. We can make a decision before the New Year. After the New Year, we can choose a date to get married. By the way, how much money do we have at home?"
Although Li Jun was in charge of the accounts now, Qian knew it well. She said, "Don't worry, one wedding is enough."
Old Zhou was relieved.
As soon as Qian wanted to propose marriage, Man Bao said: "I have discussed it with Dr. Liu, and we both think Xiao Yuanzheng would be a good matchmaker. I mentioned it to Xiao Yuanzheng two days ago, and he agreed."
She said: "We have prepared gifts at home. Tomorrow I will take my elder brother and sister-in-law to Xiao's house to invite Mr. Xiao?"
Qian nodded and immediately prepared a gift for her.
Because the marriage has not yet been completed, all we need to do now is to invite a matchmaker as a gift. Moreover, this kind of marriage that has been agreed upon by both parties requires an acquaintance to be the matchmaker. The matchmaker does not even need money, and only needs to prepare some food. It is very convenient.
Simple.
The next day Man Bao led his elder brother and sister-in-law to Xiao's house with gifts.
Xiao Yuanzheng received Zhou Man's post one day in advance and waited at home early. After accepting their gift, he smiled and said: "Just in time, we have a place to go for lunch."
I plan to propose marriage to them at noon.
Zhou Dalang and Xiao Qian quickly thanked them.
Xiao Yuanzheng greeted politely and sighed when sending Manbao out: "My little daughter is about the same age as Dr. Liu, and it will take two years for her to leave the palace. If Dr. Zhou has a suitable candidate by then, don't forget
Please introduce it to me."
Zhou Man: "...Okay."
Why did she become a matchmaker inexplicably?
Seeing the Zhou family walking away, Xiao Yuanzheng sighed. Mrs. Xiao walked up to him at some point and sighed, "I said at the beginning that I would tell my children about her..."
"No," said Xiao Yuanzheng, "your son is not worthy of me."
Mrs. Xiao said angrily: "You speak as if that is not your son."