There is a gossip circulating in Hexi Village recently: the grandson of the coffin shop owner is planning to marry the midwife’s daughter!
One welcomes new life, and the other sends people away. Gee, this matchmaker really dares to think of this combination!
Mother Shen saw off Matchmaker Qin who came to the house for the fourth time, closed the door, turned around and saw her daughter Shen Luzhu standing in front of the house, so she took her daughter and walked into the house while whispering: "Aunt Qin said so , when your cousin gets married, the Chu family will come over to express their happiness and see each other, so wear something brighter then..."
The Shen family has been herbalists in the village for several generations. They opened a medicine shop in their front yard and lived a prosperous life. They had four sons in total, but they only had one girl. Shen Luzhu was good-looking and had a pleasant temperament. Naturally, she was pampered like a baby by the whole family.
If the old lady of the Shen family hadn't passed away suddenly, and the younger generation had to keep her mourning for three years, Shen Luzhu wouldn't have been dragged to nineteen, with the marriage still unfinished!
Shen's mother, Mrs. Zhang, was a well-known midwife in the village. She was more familiar with each family than others. As soon as the filial piety period was over, she began to plan marriages for her daughters. However, most of them of the same age got married early, and the rest Either the settlement in the village is poor and food and clothing are a problem, or the wife in front of her is looking for someone to continue her marriage. Shen's mother thought about it but couldn't find anyone who could do it!
Therefore, when matchmaker Qin from Kaoshan Village first came to visit, Father Shen and Mother Shen were quite happy. However, when they heard that it was Chu Yi, the second grandson of the coffin shop, they were not very happy anymore.
No, Mrs. Qin has visited four times before setting a date to meet her!
It's not that the Shen family's parents relied on their daughter's beauty to win over Qiao, and had to be invited by the matchmaker three times before they would let go. It's just that Chu Yi's family is too complicated!
The Chu family is in Kaoshan Village across the river. Mr. Chu has opened the only coffin shop nearby. It is said that life is good, but the Chu family has had a lot of troubles in recent years. Several villages nearby have more or less Have heard of it all!
Mr. Chu and the old lady gave birth to three sons and one daughter. The daughter married a salesman in the town. The second son and his wife did not get married early and left behind two young sons.
As for the third child, he broke his leg a few years ago, and the third daughter-in-law left her little girl behind and returned to her parents' home!
The eldest son was the only one who was doing well. Five or six years ago, the eldest grandson of the eldest son was selected to be a scholar. But before he could get over the joy, the other two elders split up and lived alone. It was said in the village that they disliked this burdensome member of the family. I'm afraid that I will drag down my eldest son who is admitted to the scholar's examination in the future!
This Chu Yi is the second grandson of the Chu family. He is just twenty this year. It is said that he is very decent and capable. However, he lost his father and mother when he was twelve or thirteen years old. He has elderly grandparents and disabled people who need to be cared for. The third uncle has young brothers and sisters. Everyone is pointing their fingers at him. He is really not a good son-in-law!
It's no wonder that the first few times matchmaker Qin came to the door, she was blocked by Father Shen and Mother Shen for various reasons.
Later, after the matchmaker came to the house for the third time, Shen Luzhu persuaded his parents, "Daddy, grandma, why don't you listen to your daughter? Aunt Qin has come to the house three times. We always push back like this and hurt the harmony. Murakami." Those aunts and aunts are not sure how to arrange it behind the scenes. If you want your daughter to say it, why not just listen to Aunt Qin and let your daughter take a look at it? There is nothing wrong with it. If it really doesn't work, you will have an excuse then, right?"
Mother Shen smiled and poked her daughter's forehead: "Don't be ashamed, whose daughter is like you and wants to see her?"
Shen Luzhu stuck out her tongue, and she was not ashamed to say that she had not yet said that mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have been natural enemies since ancient times, not to mention that in this ancient feudal society, although Chu Yi lost his parents very early and was very unfortunate, she still would not I think honestly, if I don’t have in-laws, it’s not necessarily a bad thing, right?
During her sophomore year in a previous life, an earthquake occurred and she was knocked unconscious in the school studio. When she opened her eyes, she came to this dynasty called Daqian and became a newborn baby of the Shen family in Hexi Village.
She has lived here for almost twenty years, with a harmonious family and loving elders. Apart from not being able to accept the custom of starting marriage discussions here on the 14th or 5th, she has adapted very well. But now she is only nineteen and has become an old girl in the village who cannot get married, causing her parents and relatives to follow her and receive guidance. She really can't delay it any longer!
The next day, Shen's mother asked someone to deliver a message to Matchmaker Qin, and that was the fourth visit today.
August 26, Ji Mao day, is a good time to get married and pray for blessings.
The Shen family's old house started to be busy early in the morning. At noon, cousin Shen Zeqi finally walked out of the house surrounded by everyone and went to marry his bride.
Shen's mother and sisters-in-law were preparing for a wedding banquet today, and the task of taking care of her nephews and nieces fell to Shen Luzhu. She had just washed her niece's dirt-grabbed hands when she heard someone calling her outside.
"Is the Shen family's sister here? The Shen family's sister?"
Hearing the voice was that of a little boy, Shen Luzhu grabbed a handful of melon seed wedding candies and entrusted his nephews to the aunts and ladies who came to the house to add happiness. He opened the door curtain and saw a strange boy of eight or nine years old standing outside the house. She He bent down and handed the wedding candy melon seeds to the boy. Seeing that he looked very delicate, he joked: "Whose little fairy boy are you? Why are you looking for my sister?"
The little fairy boy Chu Li blushed and looked at the beautiful girl in front of him wearing a peach-colored short shirt and a bun. Is this the sister of the Shen family who is planning to marry her brother?
When Shen Luzhu saw that the boy didn't reach out, he thought he was embarrassed, so he reached out and put the melon seed wedding candy into the pocket of the boy's shirt, and touched his head with a smile: "It's okay, there is a happy event at my sister's house, here you go. You have a sweet mouth and some joy! You haven’t said anything yet, why do you want me?”
Standing in the courtyard, Chu Yi looked at the scene in front of the house, and was suddenly struck by the smile on the girl's face. He seemed to have forgotten his breathing and heartbeat, and stayed there until his younger brother led the person to him. Fang Ru wakes up from a dream! For a moment, I forgot what I had planned since yesterday.
"Brother, this is the sister of the Shen family! Sister, this is my brother, Chu Yi!" After Chu Li introduced the two of them, he hurried out. Brother said that he had something to say to the sister of the Shen family. of!
"Miss Shen."
"Brother Chu." Shen Luzhu looked at Chu Yi who stopped talking after seeing the ceremony. She didn't know what his intention was now. Although the two families had agreed to see each other, they didn't call him in front of him like this. Jichang is staring at it!
But Matchmaker Qin was right. Chu Yi was indeed good-looking, with broad shoulders and a tall figure. Although he was a little darker, his facial features were handsome and clear-cut, but there seemed to be a faint alienation between his brows. At this moment, he was standing without saying a word, obviously He looked a little more serious and indifferent.
One of them looked at the person in front of them in a daze, and the other was thinking wildly. They were silent for a while, but they were also surprisingly harmonious.
"Cousin, cousin! Come quickly! My brother is back to pick up the bride!" Uncle Shen's second cousin rushed in while shouting, dragged his cousin and walked towards the courtyard.
"Brother Chu, I'll leave first. Slow down, slow down, you're so unstable, be careful if the second aunt sees you and says something about you..."
The Chu Yi brothers had a wedding banquet in the Shen family yard, and waited for most of the relatives and villagers who came to add joy to the family, before they came forward to greet Father Shen: "Uncle Shen, my nephew Chu Yi, this is my brother Chu Li .”
Chu Li also bowed and said, "Hello, Uncle Shen!"
Father Shen drank some wine today, but he was still sober: "Okay, okay! The house is very messy today, and I didn't talk until now. Have you eaten yet?"
Chu Yi sent Chu Li out to wait for him: "Uncle Shen, my nephew has something to say to my uncle, and I want to tell you the truth. Aunt Qin, who is the matchmaker, has some relatives with my renter. My nephew is afraid that my aunt will arrange marriage arrangements for me. Cover it up, so today I want to talk to my uncle about the situation at home..."
I originally wanted to say these words to Miss Shen face to face, so as to teach her the truth, but something went wrong, but now I want to say the same thing to the elders of the Shen family.
After hearing what Chu Yi said, Father Shen reached out and patted Chu Yi on the shoulder: "Matchmaker Qin didn't tell any lies, so you don't need to take it too seriously."
In the evening, Chu Yi led his younger brother Chu Li on the way home. All he could think about was Shen Luzhu's sweet smile and her soft voice, making him look like a sweet peach dipped in sugar.
"Brother, what did you say to Sister Shen's family?"
Chu Yi stabilized his stalled heartbeat, and remembering how stupid he looked at that time, he clenched his fists and coughed: "Ahem, it's nothing. What's wrong?"
Chu Li didn't care if he got the answer. Anyway, his brother never talked much: "Then, will the Shen family's sister be my sister-in-law?"
Chu Yi himself didn't know whether the peach-like girl from the Shen family could marry him: "Ali, you want the sister of the Shen family to be your sister-in-law?"
"I thought so. Sister Shen is so gentle and pretty!" Chu Li had not seen grandma since he was a child. He grew up with his brother and was not very close to grandma, and grandma had never touched her so tenderly. over his head, let alone laughing and playing with him!
Chu Li didn't know if it would have been like this if A Niang was here. It would be great if the Shen family's sister could really be his sister-in-law!
In the evening, Father Shen and Mother Shen, who had been busy all day, rested on the kang and chatted, "Dad, did you take a good look at Chu Yi today? I have been busy all day, so I hurriedly took a look at him. He looks like a good match for our daughter." Son, I just don’t know what my character is like?”
Father Shen knocked on his pipe and took two more puffs before saying: "You are indeed good-looking. Although he doesn't talk much, he must be a good character. When he came here today, I was accompanying my relatives in the main room. He saw him , after seeing the ceremony, he stepped aside, and waited until the seats were cleared and everyone had dispersed before he stepped forward again."
"He is a solid and polite person, but what next?"
"He said that Mrs. Qin was related to his tenant's family, and he was afraid that he would deceive our family in order to talk about getting married, so he specifically told me about the situation at home..."
Hearing this, Mother Shen couldn't lie still and sat up: "Then there is something wrong with what Mrs. Qin said?!"
Father Shen was startled by Mother Shen and almost got burned: "You old woman, why are you so startled?"
Seeing that Father Shen was still slowly putting out his pipe, Mother Shen stretched out her hand and pushed her old man: "His father, tell him quickly, but is there anything else we don't know?"
"That's not true. His family knows all those things as soon as they inquire about it. I guess Mrs. Qin has also thought of it. She has nothing to hide. She just thinks that this child Chu Yi is not easy... But he is really good. Steady, honest and polite..."
Mother Shen also thought Chu Yi was good, but she still had some concerns. After all, her daughter was marrying into the Chu family, so she couldn't just look at Chu Yi alone: "His father, what do you mean, do you agree?"
Father Shen also knew Mother Shen's concerns: "Well, I'll talk to my father tomorrow, and you can ask our daughter what she means. After all, it's a lifelong event for her, and she has to be satisfied!"
