Three and a half women in four courtyards

Chapter 16

Hou Zhang was stunned immediately. This Diao Yingzi seemed to be crazy about wanting to marry, anyone can do it?

Seeing Diao Yingzi holding the door frame, with tears in his eyes, he continued, "Oh, my dad said that the dowry requires four acres of land!"

As soon as the "four mu of land" was exported, I stuttered and trembled all over.He clicked his mouth and didn't dare to answer.

Not only stuttered and trembled, but the spectators also murmured in private: "Oh, the bride price of four acres of land, is this marrying the Seventh Fairy?"

"Ang, is this the emperor marrying the empress? It seems that the Diao family are all looking for money!"

……

After a while of booing, San stammered and slipped away.

He knew that four acres of land was not a small number, and smashing his bones would not be enough to make up four acres of land.

"Oh, come on, don't make any noise! ​​Those who are making noise (shouting loudly), let's go, let's go!" Hou Zhang drove everyone away.

She turned around and asked Diao Yingzi: "What's wrong? Why did it become four acres of land again?"

"Auntie, I'm—" Diao Yingzi glanced at Shun Liu Hou, and Hou Zhang gave him a wink to let him go to another room.

Diao Yingzi went on to say: "I am, I am afraid that the Fourth Emperor will not agree... If it is not possible, I will make do with stuttering."

"Ang! Oh, let's save some time. You're not old enough (shrewd)! Why don't you just add an acre of land?"

Diao Yingzi nodded.

"Son, don't you know? If he stammers so much, he might as well go to our house for a walk. Not to mention four acres of land, he can't even get three acres of land!" Hou Zhang said.

"Oh?! He, isn't he, does he have a brother-in-law who is the boss?"

"You are talking about howling, he is so careful, he is stingy! He is small (not many), give me three melons and two dates, four acres of land? Just wait!" Hou Zhang disdainful All in all.

"Auntie, then, I'm relying on you, so you can make up your mind. Or, why don't you talk to the Fourth Emperor first?"

As he said, Diao Yingzi was about to cry again, Hou Zhang agreed and sent Diao Yingzi away.

When Bao Yixian's foot injury healed, he couldn't take it easy.

She is a diligent person, and she cleans up the inside and outside of the house every day.

Mrs. Hou Zhang came in through the gate and saw the scene in the yard. She was surprised at first, and then praised: "Oh, sister, you are really good at living! Look at the cleaners in this yard, every corner (every corner) There is not even a thorn in the grass!"

Bao Yixian limped out of the room, smiled and nodded to her.

"Where is Mr. Cong?" Hou Zhang asked.

Bao Yixian gestured with his hand, which meant that he was in the small pharmacy.

In the small pharmacy, His Majesty the Fourth Emperor was weighing the medicinal materials with a scale, and then recorded the dosage one by one.

"Ang, brother, are you busy?" Mrs. Hou Zhang came in from outside the house.

Looking back from the Fourth Emperor, he saw that it was Mrs. Hou Zhang, and said, "Ang, come in, sister, you can sit down by yourself."

As he spoke, he was busy with his work.

"Brother, what I said before, the matter of renewing my brother's marriage, has a clue!" Hou Zhang said happily.

The working hands of the Fourth Emperor paused, and asked, "Ang, where is it?"

"Ang, that's true. As the storytelling says, if you break through the iron shoes, you won't find anywhere. It's easy to get here! Haha, Aun, we're the ones who went to the fields, in the camp."

"Om? In the camp?" The Fourth Emperor stopped what he was doing, turned around, and seeing that Hou Zhang was still standing, he motioned for her to sit on the kang.

Sitting on a chair from the Four Emperors, with his hands on the back of the chair, he faced Hou Zhang who was sitting on the edge of the Kang: "Ang, from the camp, which one is it?"

"Uh, haha, that's Diao Gui's daughter." Mrs. Hou Zhang smiled.

"Om? Diao, Diao Yingzi?" Cong Sihuang frowned.

"Oh, yes, that's the kid."

The hand of the Fourth Emperor knocked on the back of the chair twice, thought for a while and said, "Oh, brother and sister, let me touch it. You see, I am so old that I am already in my forties. What about Diao Yingzi? I'm only in my teens, and I'm still a child. It's too big for my age. I'm extending a room. I just want to find someone who can cook, take care of the children, and take care of housework. I have two children. Now, we can’t find another child to raise, can we?”

"Oh, Diao Yingzi, he's capable. He's only thirteen, and he's a master at home and outside. He cooks, cooks, and takes care of housework. He's not evil!" Mrs. Hou Zhang hurriedly explained.

"Ah-ah, I'm only 13 years old, a flower has just bloomed. Why don't you have to find someone of the same age. Our family is better off than others, but we can't bully others, right?" From the Four Emperors to this Life and death do not agree with the relatives.

"Uh, then why are you bullying his family? We are saving others and doing good deeds!" Hou Zhang argued.

"Oh? What's the matter? We are almost forty, and marrying a 13-year-old girl, how can we become good deeds? I don't understand."

"Ah-ah, big brother, I didn't want to say it at first..." Mrs. Hou Zhang patted her thigh and said, "This Diao Yingzi is... a beggar (wrapping hard) Yangji (begging) I'm here to mention this relative. That's how it is..."

Hou Zhang had no choice but to tell all about how Diao Gui ruined his own daughter.

Hearing this, the Four Emperors frowned: "Oh?! This is against human relations, against human relations! He, how can he be so arrogant? He is condemned by God!"

Standing up from the four emperors, they walked around on the ground, sat down again, and said, "Ang, then I can't agree to this marriage either!"

Hou Zhang asked: "Oh? What's the matter? Do you think she is dirty?"

"Oh, that's not true! I'm a scholar after all, we can't take advantage of others! Besides, if she wants to look for it, she has to find someone of her age!" He suddenly remembered something, "Uh——yes , Didn’t Mingshun not ask for a wife? Tell Mingshun.”

Mrs. Hou Zhang sighed and said: "Oh! I thought about it too, Shunliu monkey is big and big. But, but the bride price they want is three acres of land! Our house depends on you to take care of it, let Mingli follow you Those who run here and there are paid generous wages, and only a few acres of land are sold, which is enough for the whole family (living expenses). The dowry gift of three acres of land is really hard to come by!"

Stand up again from the fourth emperor, walk around on the ground, and then sit down: "Oh, brothers and sisters, can you see if this works. I have made a career, and you can touch it. I have three acres of land. What will happen in the future?" , it will be deducted from Mingli’s money, and when the deduction is over, it will be counted. Anyway, it’s a long time. It’s a good thing to make do with this marriage and make Mingshun a family.”

"Ah! Hey-ah! That's great! Big brother, it's good for you to come out with this (Dao'er Dao'er), it's just that big brother is at a loss!"

Hou Zhang never expected such a good thing to happen.

"Hey! What's wrong, who made me and Mingli brothers. His younger brother, isn't he my younger brother?"

(End of this chapter)