It should be said that the mother-daughter duo of Li Yuqin and Tang Fengying are indispensable for the smooth progress of Sheng Xiping and Zhou Qinglan.
Li Yuqin really took a fancy to Sheng Xiping. If it weren't for the fact that there was no suitable daughter in the family except Tang Fengying, she would have brought Sheng Xiping home as her son-in-law.
Of course, she didn’t have a biological daughter, but her cousin was also pretty good, so Li Yuqin tried her best to bring them together.
Although Sheng Xiping and Zhou Qinglan are in free love, when it comes to discussing marriage, there must be a matchmaker in the middle.
Convey the words that parents on both sides find difficult to say directly.
Li Yuqin has a straightforward temperament and has good relations with both families. Naturally, she has to play the role of matchmaker.
Originally, the Tang family was still busy with a lot of things today. The Sheng family was moving, and Li Yuqin and his wife did not come to help.
But the Sheng family specially sent their children to invite them, and Li Yuqin understood what was going on.
So Zhang Shuzhen didn't need to say anything, Li Yuqin took the initiative to bring up the marriage of her two children.
Li Yuqin's words really touched the hearts of Zhang Shuzhen and Wang Chunxiu.
When the children are older, it’s time to talk about marriage.
Men are generally big-hearted and don’t think about these things, but as a mother, who doesn’t think about them all day long?
Especially Zhang Shuzhen, her son is twenty years old, the right age for a daughter-in-law, and now that he has a pretty good match, he really wants to marry his daughter-in-law right away.
But she couldn't ask Wang Chunxiu directly about this.
Just as Li Yuqin said it, Zhang Shuzhen stopped her chopsticks and looked at Wang Chunxiu expectantly.
As for the Zhou family, Wang Chunxiu is actually very satisfied with the Sheng family and Sheng Xiping.
But I just feel that my daughter is only eighteen, a bit too young, and I don’t want her to get married too early and start a family.
But Zhou Qinglan now works as an educated youth in a forest farm, far away from home. Even though she is taken care of by her cousin, she is still a step behind.
Wang Chunxiu was sometimes worried that if the young girl and the young man really put off the marriage and something else happened one day, it would make both families look bad.
So when Li Yuqin asked, Wang Chunxiu hesitated.
"Yuqin, sister-in-law Shuzhen, if I tell you from the bottom of my heart, Qinglan's father and I don't want our daughter to get married too early.
We all came here when we were girls. As the old saying goes, one day is a girl and one day is an official.
Girls enjoy the most happiness when they are at home. Once they get married, their husbands, children, and the elderly are all worried about everything. They have to worry about everything, and there is no time for leisure."
There is a saying that goes like this: "Marry a girl with your head up, marry a woman with your head down", "A woman from a family can be sought from hundreds of families".
It wasn't Wang Chunxiu who deliberately took advantage of it. Anyone who has a daughter has to think carefully about it. How can anyone just nod and agree to the marriage easily?
"But, Qinglan and Xiping's relationship is here.
We, as a couple, have come to understand now that Sister-in-law Shuzhen and Brother Shanda are both real people, and they are really good to our family Qinglan."
The previous words are just foreshadowing and also express an attitude. It is not that no one wants our daughter.
"You see, I never thought of making a pair of thin cotton trousers for the child. My sister-in-law even made them specially for the child to wear.
Sister-in-law, I have to thank you, we are very relieved that Qinglan is in your hands."
Wang Chunxiu said while grabbing Zhang Shuzhen's hand.
"Sister-in-law, do you think this is okay?
Mingyuan and I are busy with work, so I may not have time these days.
Let’s hurry up before the end of the year. When you and Brother Shanda have time, we will go to Songjiang River and we will directly arrange the marriage of our two children.”
Regarding their daughter's marriage, Zhou Mingyuan and his wife discussed it countless times.
The most ideal way is to get engaged before this year and have a wedding after the year after logging ends and before afforestation begins.
It just so happens that Sheng Xiping and Zhou Qinglan are old enough to register. It would be good for the two families to put some effort into having a grand wedding.
"Okay, okay, listen to my siblings. In fact, Lao Sheng and I think so too.
We don't need to be too anxious. Let's save some things for the child and then we can organize the wedding better.
Qinglan is a city girl, and she is getting married in this mountain valley, so no matter what, we have to make the wedding beautiful."
When Wang Chunxiu said those words earlier, Zhang Shuzhen was still worried, fearing that the couple would be reluctant to part with their daughter and would not let Zhou Qinglan get married too early.
Unexpectedly, Wang Chunxiu changed her tone and actually agreed to the marriage, and the time it was said was almost as Zhang Shuzhen thought.
The forest farm is about to start winter production. At this time, the whole field is in a game of chess, and everyone must be mobilized for harvesting and transportation.
If things go wrong, both Sheng Liancheng and Sheng Xiping will have to live in the mountains. How will they have time to get engaged and get married?
The most suitable time is during the holidays before the year before, to get engaged first.
We are waiting for the logging task to be completed after the new year, and the reforestation has not started yet, so we will have two months of free time, which is perfect for a wedding.
The two sides coincided with each other, and both Zhang Shuzhen and Wang Chunxiu were very happy.
Wang Chunxiu, in particular, felt even happier when he heard that the Sheng family wanted to prepare something for him.
"Sister-in-law, you have several sons in your family.
We don’t have to be too good, we can just follow the crowd, we mainly like this guy Xiping.”
When people of this era get married, there is no betrothal gift or dowry. As long as the two people are of the same mind and can live together, that's fine.
There was nothing before, and they couldn't even afford new clothes when they got married.
Not to mention weddings, banquets, and just getting a certificate and moving in together, right?
The Sheng family has prepared a house and furniture, not only gave Zhou Qinglan a watch, but also bought fabrics, shoes and other things.
This is already better than the conditions of most families. Wang Chunxiu is not the kind of greedy person, and he will not ask for anything again.
As long as Sheng Xiping can treat Zhou Qinglan well, know how cold she is, know how hot she is, and know how to care about her daughter-in-law, the Zhou family really has no other requirements.
Zhang Shuzhen laughed when she heard this, "I just said that Xiping, our family, has a good life.
After finding such a good girl like Qing Lan, Brother Zhou and his younger siblings are even more reasonable.
Don't worry, brothers and sisters, we will definitely do our best and prepare as much as we can.
If you really can’t prepare much, just don’t find fault with me, brothers and sisters.”
The more you speak, the more open you become.
Neither of the two parties are deliberately finding faults. They both want the best for their children, so they can naturally talk about it together.
Li Yuqin raised her head and said nothing again, leaving Wang Chunxiu and Zhang Shuzhen to discuss it.
At this moment, Li Yuqin was particularly happy to hear that the two of them had discussed the engagement and marriage.
"Cousin-sister-in-law, sister-in-law Shuzhen, then we have decided on this matter.
When Xiping and Qinglan get married, I will definitely help with the arrangements."
Li Yuqin is as warm-hearted as his daughter Tang Fengying. Besides, these are serious relatives, so they must be attentive.
"That's necessary. You are Qinglan's aunt, so we have to ask you to be the matchmaker."
Wang Chunxiu and Zhang Shuzhen looked at each other and laughed.