April 28th is an auspicious day, everything is suitable.
In the morning, Li Hui asked for leave and stayed at home, waiting for Yan Yixin to bring the matchmaker.
Normally, Xiao Ding only needs four kinds of gifts, but Li Yue is the daughter of the governor, and Yan Yixin is reluctant to wrong her, so he prepares ten kinds.
I specially found a matchmaker surnamed Li. This person is really eloquent. There was nothing but laughter in the room, and there was no silence at all.
As soon as the two children finished their time together, Li Hui hurried to the Yamen.
Matchmaker Li is an official matchmaker registered with the government office. She knows what the state government is doing these days, and she sighed deeply when she saw it.
"Since Mr. Li came to the north, our life has been better than before, but the Wutanxia people are really not satisfied. Oops, it is the slave family who has overstepped. Don't talk about this, don't talk about this. Mrs. Li, what are you looking at?
Is it appropriate to hire him? Yan Xiucai means that he plans to do it on the fourth day of May, before he leaves for Liaodong."
"Okay, just do as Yixin said."
"Okay, okay, then we'll come back on the morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year."
It is said that this marriage is the icing on the cake for Matchmaker Li. The two families decided it in private, so there is no pressure at all.
After lunch, Yan Yixin went to the room to chat with Li Heng and Li Huai.
Matchmaker Li looked at the backs of sisters Li Yue and asked:
"Mrs. Li, how old is your little daughter this year? After all, we are also from the same family, and this second young lady's marriage..."
"She is still young, I have to stay for a few more years." Cheng Xue interrupted her directly, "What did you mean when you said Wutanxia was not satisfied?"
At this moment, there were only the two of them and Bai Wei in the room, and it was a good time to learn about the situation outside from the people's mouths.
When Matchmaker Li saw her taking the initiative to ask, she did not hide her answer:
"Since Mrs. Li asked, the slave family won't hide it. These four counties seem to belong to us, Liangyan, but in fact the people are exclusive. The people here can't help Mr. Li with big things, but here there is nothing wrong with the marriage of a woman.
We can take the initiative to help, but when people propose marriage, they don’t even consider our side. It’s really shameless.”
Cheng Xue understood her anger and felt sorry for the people's sacrifice.
"Since they are in a hurry and don't know how to do business, then we don't have to think about it when we get married. Apart from the marriage, are there any conflicts?"
"Yes. After all, the name 'Bei Mengzi' is not for nothing. There are a lot of people there. But fortunately, our government officials and patrols are very powerful, so we didn't cause any big trouble."
Cheng Xue breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. As for petty frictions, these are definitely inevitable. Villages will also fight over a well or a river, not to mention that the people of the two dynasties wanted them to forcibly integrate.
"How's the Blacksmith Village? Is there anyone over there who comes to you to secure your match?"
"Yes, yes, quite a few. There are a lot of men and women. I've said there are five pairs in the past few days."
"Yeah, that's really good." Cheng Xue nodded with a smile and chatted with her.
Matchmaker Li is a talkative person. After lunch, she stayed here chatting with Cheng Xue for a full hour before going back.
Of course, Cheng Xue didn't treat her badly. She asked Bai Wei to wrap a big red envelope and gave her two pieces of brightly colored material. The official media here was similar to what was shown on TV. The clothes she wore when they got married were very colorful, and her sideburns were even brighter. I need a big red silk flower...
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Around the Dragon Boat Festival, it is the best time to nibble green corn.
Li Hui kept busy with the day. On the morning of the second day of May, he finished all the things at hand and asked Dexi to go back to pick up his wife and daughter. He also asked Shen Jue and the others to get ready and wait to go to the experimental field in the north.
The original northern defense line has been moved to Wadalu. After the demolition of this area, a large open space was left. Li Hui used it as a test field to grow corn. He added enough fertilizers and came to check every day in the early stage. Now the corn stalks It will grow very well, it just depends on the grouting.
A group of people and five cars left the city in a mighty manner.
This is the top priority of the northern state capital this year, and every official and cadre attaches special importance to it.
Li Heng, Yan Yixin, and Li Huai were riding horses outside. Li Hui and his wife took Li Tian in the carriage. Li Yue didn't come over, so it would be inconvenient to go out after the engagement, not to mention that Yan Yixin was here today.
Talking and laughing along the way, Li Tian acted coquettishly and begged his father more than once for a horse.
The thing about "eye connection" is really wonderful. The relationship between Cheng Xue and Xiao's mother is average, but Xiao's mother likes Li Huai very much. The Li family can ride horses, so Li Huai muttered in front of Xiao's mother, the next day A three-month-old foal was sent, and it was also a purebred Beiqi war horse.
Of the four recaptured cities, except for Wutanxia, which was dominated by cattle and sheep, the other three were all famous for their horses. Now all the war horses stationed in the northern military camp have been replaced, and they are slowly being transported to the northwest, southeast and other places.
"...Oh dad, please don't do it. I also want a horse, a white one with no hair at all, okay?"
When his ten-year-old daughter held her arms and acted coquettishly, Li Hui felt as if he had picked her up and was very happy.
After enjoying enough, he nodded and said softly:
"Okay, okay, dad, I promise, I promise you!"
"Really? Dad, you are so kind. Damn—"
Li Hui noticed the wetness on the left side of his face, shook his head in amusement and said:
"It's true. Dad has already said hello to your Uncle Xiao. He wants two fine horses as dowries for you and your sister."
"Okay, the dowry is good, the dowry is good." Li Tian nodded shamelessly.
Regardless of whether it's because of the dowry or something else, getting the horse is the only way to go.
Cheng Xue looked at the little girl's appearance, poked her forehead lightly, and said "shameless".
Half an hour later, when we arrived at the experimental field on the outskirts of the city, everyone got out of the car and saw a large green cornfield in front of them, which was very pleasant to look at.
Cheng Xue led Li Yue and walked forward, staying away from Li Hui and the others. After all, they were here for work and they should not be disturbed.
Just choose any corn in the field, crush it with your fingernails, and it will become pulpy instantly.
"Mom, it's boiling white. Is it healed?"
Cheng Xue nodded, picked another ear and squeezed it with her fingernails, and it also became pulpy instantly.
"Tell your father that the crops are ready to be eaten green."
"Okay." After Li Tian agreed, he quickly walked over there to find his father.
This means there are outsiders. If Shen Jue and the others are not here, the little girl will definitely run away.
Cheng Xue walked from the end of the field to the end, and then from the east to the west.
So far, the weather has been relatively normal, so the corn, which has been carefully cared for, is growing very well.
The yamen official started to break the corn, and Li Heng led his sister over and said:
"Mom, my dad asked us to take some back and give some to Uncle Xiao on the way."
"knew."
After saying that, Cheng Xue started to break the corn directly. She hadn't done this job for a long time, and she didn't expect that she was quite proficient at it.
Li Heng's brother and sister did not watch the fun, and followed her example in breaking corn. They broke three bags in one go, cut off the stalks of corn and fed it directly to the horses.
Just when Dexi and others thought that the horses could not eat, they did not expect that several horses feasted on the food and even started to fight over it...