Marrying into a poor family

Chapter 5 Yurong Bath Beans
After finally celebrating the New Year, his mother finally agreed to send someone to propose marriage. At this time, his classmates from the county school came to invite him to visit his teachers and classmates in the county, and to go to some gatherings.After his mother repeatedly promised to propose marriage, Xiao Hanyang happily followed his classmates.

He had been away for several days. When he came back yesterday, after hearing his mother's story, he rushed over to Qin Xiang desperately, wanting to ask her face to face, or to tell her that he didn't care about her reputation being damaged, but was still willing to marry her. Her determination.

Unfortunately, he didn't see anyone, and he had an argument with his mother after returning home.

He had been arguing with his mother just now, and he opened the door to ask Qin Xiang, but he got a slap in the face and found out that Qin Xiang had already made an engagement.

How can this be?

He turned his head blankly, looked at the worried Zhao Cuihua and asked: "Mom, didn't you say that we just quit for a few days? How come they are engaged? You must not be lying to me, right?"

"Let's go home first and wait until I go to ask." Zhao Cuihua was also very angry, but she still wanted to coax her little ancestor back. It would be bad if he made some jokes on the spot.

Only she knew how twisted Xiao Hanyang was. She had often battled wits and courage with her son for the sake of the vixen Qin Xiang next door, but at this point something went wrong.

After persuading her son to go back, Zhao Cuihua was extremely angry when she thought that Qin Xiang was engaged to Xiao Chenyu.

She looked down upon Qin Xiang's daughter who was born from another wife. Wouldn't it mean that her son would be hindered from becoming an official in the future? But her son was a stubborn ass and would get into trouble if he didn't get his way. It was really not easy for her as a mother. It took a lot of effort to be able to be righteous and confident. The reason for not wanting such a daughter-in-law was that she finally got rid of the Qin family and felt that the sky was getting brighter.

However, if you don't want it, you can't. The other party has just made an engagement, even Xiao Chenyu, so you can't do it. Isn't this a slap in the face?

Zhao Cuihua was not an ordinary ignorant village woman. If it hadn't been for her, how could Xiao Chenyu and her son have left home after the family separation, and her own son had become a young and promising scholar. She didn't believe there was anything she couldn't do.

After comforting her son, she hurriedly went out to inquire. Only after asking did she find out that Xiao Chenyu was really engaged. She started to buy things for the wedding in the past two days.

This is not only something that the son is going to cause trouble for, but also concerns Zhao Cuihua's face.

As soon as I came out of Buzhuang, I met Chen Youyou, the daughter of the boss of the town's bank.

Chen Youyou led two maids, and was accompanied by Su Xiaomiao, the daughter of Qin Xiang's second uncle.Zhao Cuihua looked around and saw that there was nowhere to hide, so she could only greet him with a smile.

Chen Youyou's originally cold face also showed a smile. She walked over and called out affectionately: "Auntie, do you want to see the fabric? How about we look at it with Auntie?"

Qin Xiang and Su Shi didn't know about these things outside and were only busy at home.

Because I remembered drinking brown sugar water these days, I asked how much brown sugar was left at home?
Aunt Sang said there was plenty of brown sugar.

"Then let's make Yurong Bath Beans." Qin Xiang clapped her hands and deliberately looked at Su who was looking gloomy: "Mom, is that okay?"

The red marks on Su's face were gone, but she was still not interested. However, it was rare for her daughter to let her do things together, so she steeled herself to accompany her.

"Okay, I'll do whatever you say!" Su said dotingly.

Qin Xi just wanted to keep Su busy, so that she could forget about being beaten today. If these debts are taken slowly, they will eventually be recovered with interest.

Aunt Sang was also invited to help. The three women gathered in the main room for the first time and worked under Qin Xiang's command, which was quite enjoyable.The main material of Yurong bath beans is brown sugar. Aunt Sang is responsible for mashing the brown sugar with a piece of sandalwood. Qin Xiang weighs a variety of fragrant powders and mixes them before sprinkling them on top of the brown sugar.

Su was also eager to join in. He mixed the brown sugar and medicinal powder thoroughly and evenly with his hands, and also picked out the particles in the powder.

Aunt Sang was stronger and kneaded the mixed brown sugar powder into a ball, then beat it repeatedly into a fragrant mud.

Even Aunt Sang was very tired. Seeing this, Mrs. Su hurriedly took over and let Aunt Sang rest.

Finally, roll the fragrant mud into small balls and put them into a mold to press them into bath beans. Each side of the bath beans is printed with a pattern of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, and an auspicious word is printed on the other side. When put together, it means "good luck, good luck, good fortune, longevity and joy" .

Qin Xiang wrapped a large bag of bath beans and handed them to Aunt Sang, saying: "Aunt Sang, take these, you can use them yourself or give them to others. Consider them as your hard work."

Aunt Sang shook her head quickly and pushed the bath beans out: "The situation at home is not good now, so it is more serious to use it to exchange for some money first. Isn't it a waste for an old woman like me to use these things?"

Regardless of Aunt Sang's objection, Qin Xiang handed over the bath beans and said without any objection: "What's given to you is for you, Aunt Sang can't refuse it. Besides, if you don't like using it, you can give it to your nephew-in-law." Well, she is still very nice to you."

Speaking of Aunt Sang's nephew and daughter-in-law, Aunt Sang didn't refuse and smiled and thanked her.

Aunt Sang was a childless widow. After being kicked out by her husband's family, she was taken back by her nephew who lived next door to her family.But the rope was broken at the smallest point, and the nephew's family was already having a hard time. When they brought their cousin back home, the nephew and his wife didn't say anything, and even comforted Aunt Sang not to think too much, and just followed them to live a peaceful life.

Less than a year later, my nephew went to work at the dock in the county town and offended a nobleman. He was kicked into a fast-flowing river. By the time he was rescued, he was already dead.

Aunt Sang couldn't bear to see her nephew and daughter-in-law taking care of their young children, so she went out to look for something to do. She happened to meet a good-tempered master like Su. She had been doing this for almost ten years, and she had long regarded this place as her home. .

Mrs. Su heard from the side that Qin Xiang asked Aunt Sang to sell these to Xiao Chenyu the next day, and she couldn't help but said: "Xian'er, when the money from the shop comes back, the family will be rich. Don't worry about money."

Qin Xiang looked at her mother who was still a little naive and said: "I'm trying to scare my second uncle today. He may not be scared. Sooner or later, the money will come back, and I will get the shop back. However, it will definitely not be the case these days." Things that can be done in a day. My marriage is the most important thing now. I will deal with the affairs of my second uncle and his family after this matter is over."

"Your second uncle's family?" Su Shi actually caught the meaning of Qin Xi's words and asked doubtfully.

Qin Xian smiled and said, "If my cousin didn't take me to Xuanmiao Temple that day, I wouldn't have fallen into the water. If there is a cause, it should naturally have an effect."

"I can't even understand what you're talking about?" Su's biggest advantage is that she doesn't interfere with her daughter even if she doesn't understand. She just told her that she is a relative no matter what, so she shouldn't go too far.

"Mom, your grandma, uncle, and uncle treat you like this, but why do you still associate with them, support them, and tolerate them like this?"

Even if Su is weak, he won't be bullied to this extent?Qin Xiang never thought about these things in her previous life, but now she sees things not just on the surface.

Facing Qin Xi's sudden question, Su's hand stopped and accidentally crushed a bath bean.

Qin Xiang's eyes narrowed. This bath bean is not easy to crush.

(End of this chapter)