The whole mountain is my hunting ground.

Chapter 692

Yong'an Tun Majia.

The family of four, Ma Dafu, Wang Cuihua, Ma Ling, and Ma Yang, each had a quilt on the big kang in the east room, but they hadn't laid down yet, their legs were under the quilt, but they were sitting.

Ma Dafu and Wang Cuihua were in the middle, separating Ma Ling's siblings. Ma Ling was on Wang Cuihua's side, and Ma Yang was on Ma Dafu's side.

Therefore, from the top of the kang to the tip of the big kang, there are Ma Ling, Wang Cuihua, Ma Dafu and Ma Yang in sequence.

This sleeping method is unacceptable to some southerners.But in the northeast forest area at this time, it was commonplace.

Don't say it's all my family, if there is a guest, if the guest is a man, then Ma Dafu will sleep in the middle, he will be the guest on one side and Wang Cuihua on the other.

If the guest is a woman, let Wang Cuihua sleep in the middle and separate Ma Dafu from the guest.

This is just an example. Ma Dafu's family has two houses, east and west. When Ma Ling and Ma Yang were young, they lived in the west room with their elder brother Ma Sheng.Later, Ma Sheng married his wife and separated from Ma Dafu and the others. 13-year-old Ma Ling took Ma Yang to live in Westinghouse.

Until Ma Ling was 15 years old, it was not convenient for the siblings to live on the same kang.So, Wang Cuihua asked Ma Ling to move to the east room, and live with her and Ma Dafu.As for Westinghouse, it was left to Ma Yang himself.

Because the old lady said a few words, Liu Tiezui went to the door of Lao Ma's house just after eight o'clock this evening, and discussed with Ma Dafu and Wang Cuihua for a long time in this house, before being sent out by the couple.

After Liu Tiezui left, Wang Cuihua and Ma Ling were quilted according to their usual habits.After the quilts were finished, the three of them got into their own quilts respectively. While the fire wall was still warm and the room was still warm, the three of them did not lie down immediately, but sat and continued to discuss some matters.

At this moment, Ma Yang came over from Westinghouse with his quilt and pillow in his arms, insisting on getting involved.He also said that this is his sister's lifelong event, and he must personally check it out.

It is only natural for a younger brother to care about his older sister.Moreover, Ma Dafu and Wang Cuihua also felt that there might not be many days for a family of four like this in the future.

So, the family of four lay on the kang, discussing together the information that Liu Tiezui revealed to them when he came here just now.

No matter when it comes, money is always a topic that people can't get around.When Liu Tiezui came, he said that Lao Zhao's family would give Ma Ling 1000 yuan as a bride price.

This surprised Ma Dafu and Wang Cuihua. When his family Ma Sheng married Xu Xiaoqing, he only gave 400 yuan to the old Xu's family.

As for the 400 yuan bride price, the villagers talked about it, saying that Lao Ma's family belonged to a bright family, and it also made Xu Xiaoqing's mother's family look good.

The old Zhao's family was lucky, they offered one thousand for every move. Even if Ma Dafu and Wang Cuihua were not greedy for money, they still felt a little confused.

But since ancient times, there have been only those who dislike too little betrothal gifts, and no one who dislikes too many betrothal gifts.Although Ma Dafu and Wang Cuihua had a lot of things in their hearts, they couldn't tell Liu Tiezui.

And Liu Tiezui's departure, not to mention the date of the gift, the gift of 1000 yuan has already been decided!

By the way, there is also a set of silver jewelry!
But with 1000 yuan, silver jewelry is nothing.The most important thing is that Ma Ling has to take the jewelry back, and the bride price belongs to Ma's family.

"Cuihua." At this moment, Ma Dafu said, "Do you think this will work?"

As soon as Ma Dafu said this, Wang Cuihua turned to look at him, and Ma Ling and Ma Yang also turned their eyes to this side.

Ma Dafu said: "Let's make two sets of clothes for Zhao Jun, and let's choose the good wool to make for him."

These days, there are also suits.And the best suit fabric is wool, the best wool is made of wool, and the higher the wool content, the better the wool.

Ma Dafu said that he wanted to make two sets of clothes for Zhao Jun because the young couple got married and had to do one at each home.

According to Yong'an's rules, it needs to be done at Lao Ma's house first, usually two days in advance.

Then, go to Zhao Jun's house to do it. On this day, Zhao Jun will bring someone to pick up the relatives, and take Ma Ling from Lao Ma's house to his own. Even if the daughter-in-law returns home, Ma Ling is also married.

People with average conditions, although they received the bride price, they only made a suit of clothes for the uncle.Some don't even make suits, just buy a piece of cloth to make a dress.But even so, the in-law's side would not pick this.

This is also the reason why there are many children in every family at this time.Like those three or four girls who got married one after another, the natal family naturally didn't pay much attention to it.

"That's for sure!" Wang Cuihua didn't expect Ma Dafu to hold back such a sentence for a long time.

She immediately frowned, glared at Ma Dafu, and said, "Do you need to say that? I'm just such a girl. My girl is going out, and I won't make two sets of good clothes for my uncle? Let alone the old Zhao family." It’s not a loss to us, I’m the only one who pays, and I can’t miss this!”

"Hey!" At this moment, Ma Yang, who was sideways watching the excitement, suddenly put his palms on the mattress, raised his head and looked at Wang Cuihua through Ma Dafu, and asked, "Oh my god, won't my sister take the suitcase away?"

"Ah!" Wang Cuihua stretched out her hand to paw at Ma Dafu's head, and as Ma Dafu lowered his head, Wang Cuihua looked at Ma Yang and said, "The boxes are all packed, shouldn't they be put in the room?"

When a girl gets married, she has to take something from her natal home, right?These things have to be neatly packed in boxes, and they can't be packed like fleeing.

These boxes are the face of my mother's family.Even if there is nothing for the girl to pack, even if the box is not full, it must be like that.

Just like the box where the little lynx of Zhao Jun's family lives now is the dowry of Zhao Jun's grandma.

Because there is a daughter in the family, Wang Cuihua has prepared the wood a long time ago.

Anyway, in the forest area, wood is not a valuable thing.Since the day Ma Ling and Zhao Jun made an appointment to get married, Wang Cuihua asked the old carpenter to pack four large boxes.

No nails were used in the production of these four large boxes, and they were all joined by mortise and tenon joints.Moreover, they are all small dimples, and the three dimples added together do not exceed one centimeter.

Seriously, it must be done by a fine carpenter. Carpenters like those who pull big saws can't do this job at all.

It is said that such a fine carpenter knows how to order Luban books.When Ma Ling was young, she still clamored to worship the old carpenter as a teacher, but because of environmental factors, the old carpenter said that he would not admit that he had that ability, let alone accept Ma Ling as his apprentice.

Although the master-student relationship was not established, the old carpenter had a good impression of Ma Ling.Thinking about the little girl who cried and wanted to worship him as a teacher back then, and now she is getting married, the old carpenter gladly took over the job.

The wood that has been stored for many years is already dry, the wood is very stable, and it is difficult to crack again.

But even so, Wang Cuihua still beat the box with beeswax.Now, those four big boxes are all stacked on the shelf in the barn of Lao Ma's house, covered with a big fan cloth.

Ma Yang continued: "Mom, on the day my sister went out, we put good things in the box. If I can prepare something for my sister, I will prepare it for my sister."

Speaking of this, Ma Yang smiled, and said again: "At that time, I will give my sister another ten yuan for a box corner!"

As soon as Ma Yang said this, Ma Ling who was farthest from him widened her eyes instantly, Wang Cuihua was startled, and Ma Dafu suddenly threw his head, looked at Ma Yang and asked, "How much?"

Pressing the box is also a custom handed down from ancient times, that is, when a girl gets married, her mother's family puts some money into the dowry box.

Some people say that the natal family gave the money to tell the husband's family that our girl has her natal family and has support, so don't bully our girl.

Others said that the money for pressing the box was money from the natal family to the daughter.When something difficult happens one day, take this money out for emergency.

But if you really want to break it down, the money is more like a buyout money.Because in the old society, when a daughter left the family and joined the family, she became a member of another family.

Just like Jiazhang's and Jiangliu's, they put their husband's family name before their own.Even the surname has been changed, isn't it a member of the family?
So in the old society, from the time a girl got married, she was born as a member of her husband's family and died as a ghost of her husband's family.If I can't go on, hanging myself and drinking medicine are better than going back to my mother's house.

In this way, the box money is more like the last friendship between the natal family and the daughter.My daughter is having a hard time getting married, and her natal family won't help her anymore.

According to the rules of the elders, the daughter-in-law brings the box to her in-laws. The in-laws see the amount of money for the box, and then take out a sum of money that is more than the money for the box, and give it to the new daughter-in-law. It is regarded as the new wife’s private money. .

But in the old society, marry a chicken and follow the chicken, marry a dog and follow the dog.After getting married, few new wives can keep the money.

Until now, new people, new things and new countries, the rules of the old generation have been passed down, and they have been changed beyond recognition.

And each place has different local customs!
Like Zhao Jun's house, money is pressed into the four corners of the bottom of the box.When the new daughter-in-law comes in, the husband's family will pay the same amount and give the money to the new daughter-in-law together.

The box-pressing money given by the natal family is usually one yuan, which is put in the box by the girl's brothers and sisters before the girl gets married.

When Zhao Chun got married the year before last, it was Zhao Jun who pressed one yuan into each corner of the box, and the four boxes added up to 16 yuan.

This money is not given too much.One piece is the number at the top, and there are others who give fifty cents, two cents, or even one cent or five cents.

That's why Ma Dafu was so surprised when Ma Yang said that he would put ten yuan on the corner of a box for Ma Ling.

You know, a box has four corners, and four boxes have sixteen corners.

One dime weighs ten yuan, but sixteen dime is one hundred and sixteen!
People press one piece at each corner, four boxes are sixteen, and Lao Ma's house is one hundred and sixty, how scary!
"Go to the side!" Ma Dafu waved his hand at Ma Yang, and said, "How can there be so much pressure?"

As soon as Ma Dafu said this, the smile on Ma Yang's face froze instantly, while Ma Ling over there felt a little disappointed.

It's not that Ma Ling wants to draw money from her in-law's house before she's married. Money is very real these days, but decent people value face more.

The old Zhao's family gave a gift of one thousand, not only the Zhao family has face, but also the old Ma's family.

But facing such a wealthy in-law's family, Ma Ling still has psychological pressure. At this time, she really needs her natal family to support her.Therefore, when Ma Yang said that he would press the Great Unity into the box, Ma Ling was very happy.

But at this time, Ma Ling didn't say a word.

And Ma Yang was slammed by Ma Dafu, and his small face fell instantly. He is young and doesn't know as much as Li Ruhai, but he has a very good relationship with Ma Ling.

Even though the siblings usually quarrel, but after all, they are first-class compatriots. He grew up with Ma Ling, and when he thought of his sister marrying into someone else's family, he also worried that the Zhao family would bully his sister.

If Ma Yang had money, he wanted to put more money into the box for Ma Ling.But he had no money, so he asked Ma Dafu to reject such an opinion.

At this time, Wang Cuihua suddenly raised her hand and slapped Ma Dafu on the back of the neck.

"Snapped!"

With a crisp sound, Ma Dafu was shocked.

Wang Cuihua didn't put much effort into it, but it was very refreshing to pat the back of her neck, especially when she suffered so suddenly.

Ma Dafu shuddered, turned around and shouted at Wang Cuihua, "What are you doing?"

"You dodge (shān)!" This time it was Wang Cuihua who shook his hand at Ma Dafu, then Wang Cuihua raised his chin at Ma Yang and said, "Son, what you just said seems to be really good!"

After finishing speaking, Wang Cuihua turned back and slapped Ma Dafu on the shoulder again, saying, "We really want all these gifts given by others?"

As she said that, Wang Cuihua gave Ma Dafu a white look, and said, "Let my daughter take it there!"

Ma Dafu is not a person who is greedy for money, he just didn't realize it just now.At this moment, the smell came, Ma Dafu widened his eyes, nodded and said: "Don't talk about it, it's fine."

"That's right!" Hearing his mother's support and his father's surrender, Ma Yang regained his spirits and continued: "Their family is not bad, and our family can't be bad either! We can't let the whole village pay attention to us, just in case It is said that we are in-laws with the old Zhao Jiaga because of their dowry?"

"Slap!" As soon as Ma Yang finished speaking, Wang Cuihua slapped Ma Dafu again on the shoulder.

Wang Cuihua's shots were not heavy this time, but she attacked suddenly, and the pain was not painful, but Ma Dafu was startled.

Ma Dafu turned around again, and shouted at Wang Cuihua, "What are you doing?"

Wang Cuihua raised her finger to Ma Yang, but looked at Ma Dafu, and said to him, "Listen to what your son said, it makes sense!"

"I'm listening!" Ma Dafu replied in a bad tone.

At this time, Wang Cuihua ignored Ma Dafu, and stretched her right hand back towards Ma Ling. Ma Ling hurriedly grabbed Wang Cuihua's hand, and moved to her side.

At the same time, Wang Cuihua extended her other hand to Ma Yang.Seeing this, Ma Yang rushed to Ma Dafu and held Wang Cuihua's hand through Ma Dafu's body.

Wang Cuihua took her two sons and daughters by both hands, and said to Ma Ling: "Girl, just do as your brother said, when the time comes..."

Speaking of this, Wang Cuihua turned to Ma Yang, and then continued: "Son, Mom will give you the money when the time comes, and you put it in the box for your sister."

"Mom!" Ma Ling was both moved and sad in her heart. She was moved because she was touched by her family's love for her. She was sad because she was about to get married. Although they will all live in the same village in the future, she would not be able to go back to her mother's house if she wanted to live again. easy.

Thinking of this, Ma Ling couldn't help hugging Wang Cuihua.

"Mom!" Ma Yang also rushed over there, but there was Ma Dafu between him and Wang Cuihua, so he pushed Ma Dafu aside and staggered.

Ma Dafu: "..."

Looking at the three people hugging each other, why does Ma Dafu feel that he is superfluous?

(End of this chapter)