The sixth son is twenty this year, and the peach blossom is eighteen. The two of them are not too young, so in a few days, the marriage will be finalized.
The specific date of the wedding has not yet been determined. According to previous plans, Lin Yuanqiu is planning to have all the brides get married on the same day.
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Chapter 215 New Farming Method
Lin Yuanqiu had only one purpose for letting the bride get married on the same day, and that was the dowry.
Because he didn't want anyone to marry these girls just for the sake of such a large dowry.
If you want to avoid this, you can only plan all marriage affairs well, and then all the newlyweds will get married on the same day. In this way, when others see that the bride has a lot of dowry, even if they have second thoughts, they will regret it.
To say it was a large dowry is not an exaggeration at all.
Ten acres of paddy fields, a pair of camphor wood boxes, descendants' treasure barrels, wedding basins, six pieces of cotton, two quilts, two sets of clothes for all seasons, and finally twenty taels of silver for pressing boxes.
The number of acres of paddy fields included in the dowry was decided by Wu.
Ever since she learned that her grandson had dug out 26,000 taels of silver notes from a big house in the capital, Mrs. Wu no longer felt so bad about taking out money to help others.
Especially when she heard that the original owner of the bank note was a corrupt official, Wu became even more supportive of using the money to do more good things.
In order to prevent the dowry from spreading, apart from Lao Lintou and his wife Lin Sanzhu, the only people in the family who knew about the matter were Lin Yuanqiu and Zhong Yurou.
In the past few days, Lin Sanzhu has been busy buying paddy fields. To be honest, it was not easy to buy two hundred and seventy acres of paddy field in one go, so he had to look for it early.
In addition to purchasing paddy fields, camphor wood boxes and treasure barrels for descendants must also be prepared in time. Lin Sanzhu went directly to the carpenter's shop to pick out the pattern, then paid a deposit and asked them to make twenty-seven copies of it. After they were done, they would pick them up together.
The preparation of bedding, cloth, and clothes for the four seasons were all left to Wu, Feng, and Zhong Yurou. Also twenty-seven copies.
As for why he had to buy twenty-seven copies of each item, this was Lin Yuanqiu's decision after discussing it with his family. Although there is a high possibility that the older girls will not get married, even if they are not married, they will still be given a lot of things, especially paddy fields. With such a piece of land in hand, even if they rent it out in the future, they will not need to eat. Sad.
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The dowry is being purchased here, and the marriage talks are also going on on the other side.
Many members of the Yang family, Zhao family, and Chen family breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the official matchmaker had chosen someone else's house and not forced the marriage as they had previously thought.
Although they said to the outside world that their children had been engaged since birth, they were also worried that the government would take it seriously. After all, in just one month, there were suddenly so many child marriages in the family. How could it not be questioned.
With no worries in their hearts, these tribesmen quickly started gossiping about the official media talk about the marriage with gusto. For example, I went to a certain house today and was declined, and I went to a certain house tomorrow and was rejected.
In the past few days, the official matchmaker's marriage arrangements have not gone smoothly. Although the few families I contacted did not rush to arrange marriages for their children like others, when the official matchmaker came to their home to arrange marriage, the other party did not say that they would consider it. After considering it, I just shook my head and refused.
According to the prefect's wishes, the official matchmaker also inquired carefully before coming to propose marriage. Therefore, although the families I visited were not in a good financial situation, their family traditions were good.
It's a pity that these families were concerned about Shan's wife's reputation and did not agree.
Seeing that the official matchmaker had hit a wall, several clan leaders and clan elders felt indescribably happy. They all thought that no marriage would be possible by then, and it would be up to the prefect to see how it would end.
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They say everything is difficult at the beginning, but as long as you get started smoothly, the rest will be much easier.
No, when the news of Taohua and Liuzi's marriage reached the ears of the Yang family, Zhao family and Chen family, and when the official matchmaker came over again, the situation was completely different.
First, those families who had said they still wanted to consider it quickly found the official matchmaker and expressed their family's intention to get married.
But the official matchmaker remembers the words of the prefect.
The prefect said that anyone who had hesitated would not accept the offer, so the official matchmaker smiled and declined.
Don't tell me, it's quite refreshing.
Soon, another family who wanted to get married found an official matchmaker. This is an eldest lady of the Chen family. After finding the official matchmaker, she stretched out her finger to express her family's intention to marry five daughters-in-law.
"Five?"
Aunt Chen nodded with great confirmation, "Five."
When she heard that there were indeed five, the official matchmaker's eyes almost turned into bells with excitement. The prefect said that as long as it was a marriage, he would give her one tael of silver for her hard work. Oops, it was only five taels of silver now.
However, she was happy because she was not as cautious as an official matchmaker. After hearing Aunt Chen tell her about her family and her five sons, she found someone to inquire about in detail.
After finding nothing wrong, he happily went to the government office and reported the family's situation to the prefect.
There are five brothers in the Chen family, all of whom are tall and strong. It's a pity that the family is poor, and the Chen family's father has been sick all the time, and the sons are filial. Whenever the family has money, it will definitely be used for the father's decoctions. And without money, it was impossible to marry a wife. Therefore, except for the eldest son of their family, who had one marriage proposal, but was later annulled by the woman's family, no one cared about the others.
The Chen family's father passed away the year before last, and it took the five Chen family brothers until the end of last year to pay off all the family's debts. But at this time, the eldest son of the Chen family was already in his twenties, and even the second eldest son of the Chen family was already twenty-six years old.
Aunt Chen originally planned to save money for a year and then marry her boss a wife first. It didn't matter whether she was a widow or an older girl, as long as she was a good person. As a result, I heard that the prefect wanted to marry the mountain wife. To be honest, Aunt Chen was a little moved at that time. The reason why she kept putting it off was mainly because she was worried that the people in the clan would hold grudges and not dare to take the lead. Also, Chen The two acres of land that the aunt put out with gritted teeth have not been sold yet.
As for why the land was sold, of course it was to use the money to marry his daughter-in-law. The Chen family has a total of fifteen acres of paddy fields. Old Chen sold five acres when he fell ill. The remaining ten acres of paddy fields were originally planned by Mrs. Chen to be divided into two acres by one of her sons a hundred years later.
But now that she wanted to find a wife for her son, she couldn't care so much anymore, so she immediately sold two acres.
Aunt Chen had never thought about marrying her daughter-in-law without spending a penny, but she still understood the principle of marrying a wife.
Besides, this can also prevent the daughter-in-law from being laughed at by the clan members as being picked up for nothing in the future. Aunt Chen is going to give each daughter-in-law a dowry of one tael of silver, and part of the remaining money will be used to clean up the house, repair the house, and add some furniture. In the end, some money was left for the wedding banquet. In her words, when you marry a daughter-in-law, you have to behave like a daughter-in-law.
Lin Yuanqiu did not hesitate and immediately ordered the official matchmaker to agree to the offer.
It can be said that Lin Yuanqiu agreed when he heard that the other party was willing to use money as a bride price.
Apart from other things, even though the family situation is not good, they are still willing to spend money to marry a wife, which is enough to show that this family knows how to respect people, and their character is definitely not bad.
After marrying into such a family, they will never be bullied.
And the most important point is that there is strength in numbers.
In Lin Yuanqiu's view, if five girls married into the same household, if something happened to them, they would definitely unite to deal with the outside world or help each other based on their sisterhood in Wushan.
Since the prefect thought it was good, the matchmaker naturally went to arrange the arrangements happily.
It is said that a third-year girl has a gold nugget. The matchmaker plans to match the eldest son of the Chen family with a thirty-one-year-old girl, and then the second-eldest child of the Chen family with a twenty-nine-year-old girl. The other three will also try their best to choose from the matches.
After making the calculation, the matchmaker first went to the backyard of the government office. Wu and Feng came forward and called out the five girls, including Xiu'e.
When the matchmaker saw them, she was stunned for a moment. She originally thought that these girls had been in Wushan for several years, especially the older ones, and they must be dark and thin. But that's not the case now. Apart from looking a little thin, everyone is refreshed and full of energy. And those clothes, which looked like they were newly made, gave them the beauty that girls should have when they were wearing them.
Of course the official matchmaker didn't know that after more than a month of recuperation, these girls are now very different from when they first arrived. In addition, since I started learning embroidery, my whole temperament has changed, and my eyes light up when I look at nature.
The official matchmaker who came back to her senses did not waste any time and quickly told the situation of the Chen family and the five Chen family brothers. Then she smiled and said, "I came here today just to listen to the opinions of some girls. If not, The question is, is it feasible to make an appointment with someone to see each other again?"
Xiu'e was thirty-one this year, and the official matchmaker told her that it was the eldest son of the Chen family. Knowing that her brothers could endure hardship, she nodded.
When the other people saw Sister Xiu'e agreeing, they no longer hesitated.
Thinking that they will become sisters-in-law and live in the same home in the future, I feel inexplicably reassured.
Since the woman had no objection, the official matchmaker said goodbye to Wu and Feng and quickly went to find Aunt Chen. After hearing about the situation of Xiu'e and the other five, Aunt Chen nodded repeatedly. She still said the same thing, as long as the girl is nice.
Naturally, the five brothers would not arrange to see each other on the same day, starting with the eldest brother of the Chen family and Xiu'e.
The place to meet was He Ji Teahouse, not far from the government office.
To be honest, the eldest son of the Chen family didn't have much hope when he heard that the girl he was given was now thirty-one.
But when he saw the girl following the matchmaker, the Chen family boss couldn't believe it for a moment.
I saw the person opposite, wearing a pink and blue cross-collar skirt. She was tall and slender, and her skin could not be said to be fair, but it was not dark either. The most important thing is the pair of almond eyes. Although there are some crow's feet at the corners of the eyes, the eyes are like autumn water, which makes people feel comfortable.
And Xiu'e also secretly looked at the person in front of her. It was just like the matchmaker said, tall and burly. From the other person's thick eyebrows and big eyes, she saw sincerity.
The news that all five sons of Chen Tugen had decided to get married quickly spread throughout the Chen family.
Some said it as a joke, while others thought Aunt Chen was really smart. You see, this solved all the problems of her son not being able to find a wife.
But when they found out that everyone actually paid the bride price, they felt that Aunt Chen was really stupid. She even sold two acres of land in order to pay the bride price. In their opinion, what was the use of money to marry such a daughter-in-law.
Aunt Chen didn't pay attention to these talkative people, but she and her sons quickly tidied up the house. What is there to fear after selling two acres of land? In her opinion, only having a daughter-in-law can lead a promising life. What's more, as long as the family works together, it won't take long for the family to have more land.
After the five brothers of the Chen family arranged their marriage, more and more families came to look for official matchmakers.
And here, Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Feng were just as busy looking at each other as their granddaughter (daughter) looked at her husband's family.
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Due to climate reasons, the sowing time in the north of Saibei is later than in the south.
So when Lin Yuanqiu arrived at Housi Village, the villagers here had just organized the paddy fields.
According to the past, the next thing the villagers have to do is sow seeds.
The so-called sowing means sowing grain seeds directly into paddy fields.
This kind of farming method was often seen by Lin Yuanqiu when he was in Xiaogaoshan Village. About ten days after sowing the seeds, a little green buds will appear in the paddy field. This is the germination of the rice seeds. As for the locations where green shoots have not grown, the seeds may have been eaten by birds, and the seeds must be replanted quickly, otherwise the harvest will be lost.
But grain seeds are also food, and replanting would be equivalent to a loss of food.
Lin Yuanqiu came to Housi Village today because of the farming matter that suddenly occurred to him.
After coming to Da Jing Dynasty for more than 20 years, Lin Yuanqiu discovered that no matter in the previous small mountain villages, or in the capital or the northern part of the Great Wall, the common people used to sow seeds directly into the fields.
Lin Yuanqiu clearly remembered how his grandfather farmed the land in his previous life.
My grandpa would soak the grain seeds in water first, and then mix them in lime water. I heard from my grandpa that the rice grown from seeds soaked in lime water is less likely to get sick.
After three or four days, when the grain seeds have small sprout tips, they are sown into the specially prepared seedling fields. Then when the seedlings grow to almost one foot high, they are pulled up and transplanted into the paddy field.
Lin Yuanqiu made a comparison and found that the farming methods in the previous life, compared with today's sowing methods, did not waste grain seeds, but also allowed the rice seedlings in the paddy fields to be planted evenly, not as densely as what he had seen in Xiaogaoshan Village before. Dense or sparse, this will definitely affect the grain harvest.
Therefore, Lin Yuanqiu came to Housi Village today to prepare for the experimental field.
If Housi Village produces a good grain harvest this year, then starting from next year, all Shizhou Prefecture will adopt new farming methods.
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Chapter 216 The marriage is settled
Gao Tongzhi and Qian Tongpan were also present at Housi Village with Lin Yuanqiu today.
Logically speaking, Gao Tongzhi has the responsibility of supervising food at the local level, so it is normal for him to accompany him. But when Qian Tongpan followed him, it was a bit confusing. However, seeing Qian Tongpan following suit, Lin Yuanqiu didn't ask any more questions and quickly made arrangements with the villagers about what to do next.
Lin Yuanqiu certainly didn't expect that his method of "marrying a mountain wife" would make Qian Tongsuan look at him with admiration. Especially when I heard that the three families of Yang, Zhao and Chen were constantly quarreling and no longer monolithic as before, I was even more impressed by Mr. Lin's "division method".
What Qian Tongpan thought at this time was that if such a "master" didn't follow suit and learn more, then he would be a fool.
