Marrying into a poor family

Chapter 4 Meeting Uncle and Nephew
After everyone left, the courtyard was silent. Everyone looked at Qin Xiang, some were surprised, some were confused, and some were worried.

Only then did Qin Xi realize that she seemed to be too different from before, which aroused suspicion and worry from her mother and Aunt Sang.

But they were one of their own, so Qin Xiang was not worried. Instead, she looked at the newly engaged man.

Xiao Chenyu just shook the pastry in his hand and said with a smile: "This is a new pastry made by Xuanmiao Temple. I'll give it to you to try. I walked fast, so there should still be some heat now."

The food at Xuanmiao Temple is very good, especially the pastries, but it is rarely available to ordinary people.

Qin Xiang stared at Xiao Chenyu for a while, and saw no other emotions in his eyes. She also smiled, turned to Aunt Sang and said, "Aunt Sang, take the pastries and put them on a plate."

Aunt Sang had already finished arranging her hair, came over with a smile to thank Xiao Chenyu, and carried the cakes to help Mrs. Su back to the house.

Su had a cowardly temperament. After being beaten and her future son-in-law saw this, she felt even more ashamed, so she allowed her daughter to receive Xiao Chenyu and followed Aunt Sang back to the house.

Qin Xiang stayed with Xiao Chenyu to eat, and Xiao Chenyu agreed.

But it was still early, and even if they were engaged, they still had to abide by some rules, so Qin Xiang set up tea sets in the yard, and Xiao Chenyu sat opposite and watched her quietly cooking tea.

Inadvertently seeing the colorful tassel on Qin Xiang's waist, the corner of her mouth curled up slightly.

The sachet connected by colorful silk threads, commonly known as "incense tassel", not only has the meaning of warding off evil spirits and protecting peace, but more importantly, it is a sign of a woman's engagement.

At this moment, Xiao Chenyu felt like he was engaged.

Qin Xiang handed the tea over and took it herself to taste it slowly.

The two sat in silence for a while, and then Xiao Chenyu spoke: "I attach great importance to marriage, but I have no choice but to have a tight budget. I am afraid that this wedding will not be a success, and I am afraid that you will think that I have other ideas in my mind, so I came here specially." Tell me."

Qin Xiang nodded without any hint of shyness and replied calmly: "You must have guessed a thing or two about the situation in my family. It's just that I have more tiles to cover my body than you do. Besides, we are in urgent need of this marriage. , so I really don’t dare to criticize whether the wedding is beautiful or not.”

Xiao Chenyu didn't say anything. The Qin family's marriage was in a hurry. He naturally guessed that it was not just because of the rumors, but he also had his own thoughts and didn't pursue it so much. Besides, Qin Xiang's mother said that if the two of them couldn't get along in the future, , can be peaceful and divorced.

At the end of the day, this marriage is just about each getting what he wants.

"Do you need me to intervene regarding your second uncle's family?" Xiao Chenyu asked again.

"No need for the time being. Don't mess with a scoundrel like him. Just leave this kind of person to Lu Da." Qin Xiang didn't want Xiao Chenyu to be involved too much, not to mention that Xiao Chenyu was going to take the scientific examination.

I was afraid that he would think too much, so I started talking about something else: "By the way, besides selling paintings, can you sell something else?"

Xiao Chenyu sold Spring Festival couplets, door gods and pictures of joy before the new year, and after the new year, he sold pictures of Jumang God and pictures of spring oxen. Farmers would rush to buy pictures of Jumang God and pictures of spring oxen.Xiao Chenyu has a filial reputation and his prices are fair, so his business is very good.

Xiao Chenyu said: "Of course it is possible. As long as you can earn some money, you can consider anything other than murder and arson."

Qin Xi smiled, handed over a cup of tea, and said: "It's not something that makes things difficult for you. I used to make some incense with my husband, and I want to send it to your stall for sale. How about you and me? ?”

Xiao Chenyu frowned. When Qin Xiang thought he was unwilling, Xiao Chenyu said: "Although I am down and out, I won't even make money from my future wife. You just make the incense and I will sell it."

He probably felt that Qin Xiang's words were a bit disrespectful to him as a man, so he spoke a little coldly.But Qin Xiang felt a little happy. It seemed that this person had a really good character.

The two of them seemed to be chatting, but in fact they were trying to test what kind of person the other person was.

"Thank you very much. I'll ask Aunt Sang to deliver Xuanmiao Temple tomorrow morning." Qin Xiang was not polite and made an agreement to start selling incense tomorrow morning.

Xiao Chenyu left after the meal. He had already wasted the whole morning and had to go back to set up a stall in the afternoon.

Passing by the gate of Xiao's house next door, the courtyard door opened, and Xiao Hanyang rushed out angrily. Behind him was Xiao Hanyang's mother, Mrs. Xiao, who looked anxious.

The two people stopped immediately when they saw Xiao Chenyu, and both looked at Xiao Chenyu suspiciously.

Zhao Cuihua, the eldest sister-in-law of the Xiao family, could not care less about her son. She stepped forward and asked sternly: "Why are you here at our house? Do you still want to share my family's property?"

Xiao Chenyu was too lazy to talk to her and turned around to leave. Xiao Hanyang's eyes moved from the door of Qin's house next door to Xiao Chenyu's back.

An idea flashed in his mind, and he seemed to know something. He suddenly chased after him, grabbed Xiao Chenyu's arm, and asked sternly: "You went to the Qin family? Why did you go to the Qin family? You have already harmed the girl of the Qin family. Your reputation has been damaged, and you still want to come to her door and continue to harm her?"

Xiao Chenyu opened the hand that grabbed his arm and said contemptuously: "Boy, even if we don't interact with each other, I am still your uncle. Please be respectful, otherwise I will go and say it in front of your wife, and you will become a blind man." You are a respected person!"

Brother Xiao did a great job in dividing the family back then, but it also left hidden dangers. Now that their son has achieved academic success, they are even more afraid of anyone mentioning this matter.

Now facing Xiao Chenyu's intentional threat, even though Mrs. Xiao was trembling with anger, she did not dare to continue to anger him. She just secretly resented in her heart: I didn't expect that the child who only knew how to cry had grown up and was so difficult to deal with. .

Xiao Hanyang was reluctant and continued to ask: "Tell me, what are you doing at Qin's house?"

"Why should I go to my fiancée's house to do anything to you?" Xiao Chenyu said coldly, turned around and left.

Xiao Hanyang's head was buzzing. He looked at Xiao Chenyu's retreating back and couldn't say a word. He could only repeat three words: fiancée.
There was only a courtyard wall between the Xiao family and the Qin family. When he was a child, he was very naughty and could not sit still at all. But as long as he heard the little girl next door playing the piano, he could sit still until the girl stopped playing.

He often used the excuse to ask his husband for advice and gave her the new gadgets he carefully collected as if they were random. Every time he could see the joy in her eyes, which made Xiao Hanyang happy for a long time.

Later, as he grew older, his mother did not allow him to continue to go there to ask for advice, and sent him to school in the county.

But the less I see it, the more I miss it. If I can't hear the sound of the piano, I can't calm down.So he could always find some reason to come back. His mother said that if he came back often, he would simply move his family to the county town.

Xiao Hanyang didn't understand his mother's thoughts, so he could see that the girl next door had no intention of studying.

In the end, his mother could only talk to him: if he was admitted as a scholar, she would ask a matchmaker to propose marriage to the Qin family next door.

With his mother's promise, Xiao Hanyang had enough motivation. After hard work, he finally won the scholarship last year. When he came back happily, his mother said that he would wait until Qin Xiang had a hairpin before proposing marriage.

As Xiao Hanyang grew up, he no longer contradicted his mother as before, and with his mother's promise, he felt at ease.

And after Qin Xi and Ji, every household is busy celebrating the New Year, so how can they have time to propose marriage?With this delay, the new year has passed and the first month has passed.

(End of this chapter)