It was a stomachache and a bird's blunderbuss again, and the woman became worried.
Everything is inferior except for reading. The Kong family relies on scholars, so this is even more true. This is also the view of other people in the Kong family.
Seeing the worried look on the woman's face, the man comforted him and said, "They are all guards at home, and there are bandits everywhere. It is safer to have some guards with soldiers and armor at home, and only wealthy families can afford to support such guards." .”
"You mean Qing'er's future husband's family will be from a wealthy family?" The woman's eyes lit up.
The man hesitated for a moment and said, "That's right! The clan elder personally arranged the marriage for Qing'er. Ordinary people are not worthy of the clan elder's intervention."
His status is too low and he doesn't know much. Even if he knows a little, it's because he is marrying his daughter.
"That's true." The woman nodded in agreement, and then asked, "My son-in-law is not here? Why should I meet my husband?"
The man shook his head and said: "I haven't heard that my son-in-law is coming, but it doesn't matter. I haven't passed the three matchmaking and six recruitments yet. The future son-in-law will definitely come."
"I hope my future son-in-law doesn't have any flaws. I always feel a little uneasy here. You said that the clan elders don't have any boudoir girls waiting to be married, so why do you choose to fall in love with a girl from a small family in our family?" The woman said. said.
The man thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's because our Qing'er is so good-looking! She's hard-working, and she's a rare good girl from all over the country."
"Qing'er is good-looking, but the ladies from the clan elders' families are not ugly either. I'm always a little uneasy." The woman frowned.
The man didn't answer.
He also had the woman's worries, but it was useless to say anything at this time. Since the clan elders had interfered in their daughter's marriage, there was nothing they could do to stop her.
"Mom? What's the lake?" The son of the man and the woman shrugged his nose vigorously.
A smell of burnt lake filled my nose.
"Oh, I cooked the porridge!" The woman quickly turned around and ran to the stove.
He grabbed the ladle in the bucket, scooped up a ladle of cold water, opened the lid of the pot and poured it in, then stirred vigorously at the bottom of the pot with the spoon on the side.
"Dad, Mom, why does it smell like a lake?" A crisp voice came from outside the fence into the yard.
"My sister is back!"
The young man dropped a word and ran towards the courtyard gate.
The courtyard door was a wooden board about half a person's height. He ran over and hurriedly opened the courtyard door with his hands.
The young woman walked in, holding the tub on her waist.
"The porridge your mother cooked accidentally spilled. Second son, go and take the wooden basin from your sister's hand." The man explained and asked his son to help the young woman.
The young woman holding the wooden basin with one hand said with a smile: "No need to trouble my brother, it's just a few steps away, I can just put it over myself, so as not to have to change hands."
"Sister, let me help you." The young man held the bottom of the tub with his hands.
The young woman did not refuse this time. The two siblings put the wooden basin on the ground near the door of the house, propped up the hemp rope for drying clothes, and hung the clothes one by one on the hemp rope.
After drying the clothes, the young woman placed the wooden basin under the eaves.
"Sister, have you heard about it? The husband the clan has found for you is from a wealthy family. This time, dozens of guards came, all wearing armor and carrying blunderbuss. It was very impressive." After drying the clothes, half The eldest son hurriedly expressed his gratitude to his sister.
The young woman didn't show any joy when she heard this. Instead, she looked at her parents and asked, "Father, mother, please take care of your son. What is he talking about?"
The young woman was not as shy as an ordinary woman would be when she heard about the marriage for the first time. Instead, she looked very calm.
"Qing'er, what your brother said is true. The clan has promised you a family, and it's a wealthy family." The man wanted to make a good deal with his daughter's future husband's family as much as possible.
In fact, he also thought it was a wealthy family. After all, only wealthy families could have dozens of guards at once.
"Mom, are what dad and brother said true?" The young woman turned her eyes to the woman in front of the stove.
The woman put down the spoon in her hand and nodded to her.
"This is a good thing! If my daughter can marry into a rich family, she will live a good life in the future and be able to take care of her parents and younger brother." The young woman said with a smile.
The man felt a little better after hearing this.
Although the marriage is decided by the clan elders, if a daughter can marry into a wealthy family, she will no longer have to suffer and suffer with them in her life.
"Hey, I just don't know what the family the elders introduced is like?" The woman looked worried.
As a woman, she knows very well the importance of a woman getting married.
It's okay to marry into a good family, but if you meet someone with a restless family, there will inevitably be some dark things.
When a man sees a woman, he always says something unpleasant, and he immediately says dissatisfied: "The family the clan elders are looking for must be about the same. Is it possible that you, a woman, are more powerful than the clan elders?"
"I'm just worried about my daughter. After all, we don't even know where she will marry. If she wants to see her one day, we don't know where to go." The woman said unhappily.
"The Sword Comes"
The man said: "Isn't this just the marriage proposal? It will become clear soon after the three matchmaking and six engagements. It's okay for you. Don't worry about whether or not you will get it."
The two of them were about to quarrel with each other.
The young woman next to her interjected at this time: "Mom, my daughter has reached the age of getting married. It is a good thing that a clan elder can come forward to arrange the marriage. There are so many girls in the clan who are waiting to be married, and how many of them can have this honor, so you Don’t worry, the clan elders can’t watch their own family suffer.”
"Alas!" the woman sighed.
How could she not understand in her heart that her daughter was comforting her.
The young woman looked at her father again and said, "Dad, please stop arguing with mother. Mother is doing it for her daughter's good. After all, it will be difficult for her to see her again after she gets married."
"Daddy won't quarrel with your mother." The man assured his daughter.
At this time, the young man jumped out, rubbed his belly and said, "Mom, eat quickly, I'm starving."
"You are greedy!" The young woman reached out and pointed at her brother's forehead, and then said, "If you are hungry, go and set the table. My mother and I will bring the porridge later."
For families like them, their daily meal is porridge, and they only add some dry food when the farming is busy.
The kang table was placed on the adobe bed, and the family sat around the table.
A porridge bowl was placed in front of everyone, and in the middle of the table was a plate of pickles cut into shreds.
The youngest son in the family was starving for a long time. He didn't care about the porridge in the bowl that burned his mouth. He drank it all in a short while and didn't even take a few bites of the pickles.
