Portable Space: Reborn Little Couple

Chapter 54 Asking for a Dowry
What inconvenience can she have?

The Mo family's work is not too much, but during the busy farming season, Mo Qianrui would do quite a lot.But now, Mo Qianrui hardly does anything except help cook a meal occasionally.

This morning, most of the people who get up to feed the chickens are father, and mother has to wash the clothes of the whole family.Er Ya was already four years old, and she often went to Li's house to play with Ling Niang, so Mo Qianrui didn't need to worry about it at all.

A Niang also said: "Look at what Auntie Li said, what can happen to my house? Five days later, right? At that time, the eldest girl and I will come to your house to help."

After hearing this, the aunt of the Li family nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Okay, in fact, it's not like letting the big girl cook for everyone. At that time, my family will entertain the whole village and set up a three-day banquet. Big girl How can a person be so busy, besides my relatives, I have found a dozen other wives to work together."

Mo Qianrui was not aware of the customs of marriage in ancient times, but she had to remind her of one sentence.

"Auntie Li, you were also at the Zhang family yesterday. Do you remember what my father said?"

"Oh, I understand. What kind of temper does your father have, and our old neighbors for many years don't know? Don't worry, I will never let the old Zhang family be disappointed!" Aunt Li was stunned at first, but soon I came back to my senses.

Obviously, father is not the only one who hates the old Zhang family.

Because it was already time for dinner, after saying a few words, they dispersed.

The dinner was ready very quickly, almost as soon as the food was brought to the main room, Father came back.Accompanying her was Erya who had been missing for a whole day.Regardless of gossip, Dad has already started eating. It seems that he has been tired a lot this day, at least he is not lightly hungry.

"Brother, I heard everything. The Li family is going to set up a three-day banquet."

A little dazed by the little aunt's outrageous move, after swallowing the food in his mouth, Father said in a puzzled way: "What do you mean? If you want to eat, you can wait until the Li family has finished serving the banquets before leaving." , anyway, I see her grandma won't come to pick you up anytime soon."

Since it is a flowing water mat, everyone can eat it.

Of course, it's a different story if it's an enmity with the master's family like the old Zhang's family.

"I don't want to eat, what I mean is, if I get married in the future, will our family have a floating banquet?"

Mo Qianrui looked at her little aunt dumbfounded, this man really dared to say anything.Maybe in her previous life, these words were nothing at all, but in this era, they are shocking and regrettable.

Fortunately, Dad has gotten used to the occasional surprise words from my little aunt.

"What kind of banquet is there? It's not bad if you get married." Habits are habits, but Dad can't say anything nice.

Immediately, the little aunt's eyes were red again, and she choked up and said, "I don't have a dowry, no mat, nothing, how do you think I'm going to get married?"

"If you can't get married, fight out. Anyway, don't expect me to support you forever."

After seeing a few words, there was a feeling of gunpowder again, and A Niang hurriedly opened her mouth to smooth things over: "Okay, let's eat first, and let's not say a few words per person. Little girl, don't worry, the lame man in the village Isn't the second daughter of the Yang family married too? And the youngest daughter of the Sun family, with a pockmarked face, also married at the beginning of the year."

Mo Qianrui suppressed a smile, lowered her head and patted the rice in a muffled voice.

Fortunately, the person who said this was A Niang, and Mo Qianrui would not have any other thoughts. If the words just now came from Tang Yanxiu's mouth, she must think it was a mockery.

"Sister-in-law, it's easy for you to say, but you're telling me about marriage! Do you think everyone is as lucky as you?"

The little aunt slapped the chopsticks on the table bitterly, her face full of anger.

Dad also put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hand, his face sank: "What are you talking about? Do you think everyone is as ugly, lazy, greedy and without dowry as you? Besides your sister-in-law has no dowry, other people What is worse than others? What about you?"

"What's wrong with me? I don't look good because I don't have any beautiful new clothes. I'm lazy...then which sisters from the Li family are not lazy than me? Say I'm greedy, if I also eat delicious and spicy food every day, how can I be greedy? Why is there no dowry? Isn’t it because you are incapable of being a big brother?”

The last sentence really annoyed Father.

"Yes, I don't have the skills to be a big brother! You also know that I am your big brother? What does your dowry have to do with me? Even if I have a million dollars today, it can only be used by my wife and children, absolutely not I'll give you a penny!"

"Wow..."

I don't know if I was scared by Dad's tone, or was hit by the despair of reality.The little aunt suddenly burst into tears.

Seeing this, A Niang asked Dad to sit down and advised him to have something to say.

"Let me talk about it? How do you tell me to talk about it? Dad passed away so suddenly, the family land sold several acres, and he owed the uncle's family hundreds of pennies. At that time, the little girl was just born, and the second brother also I'm only four years old, and my mother has to take care of the house, and I'm responsible for everything outside."

Perhaps it was because of my little aunt's words that pierced Dad's heart, and he also brought up the past with red eyes.

"Originally, whose family didn't the eldest son inherit the family business? When we arrived at Mo's house, our family lived in this ancestral house, but what about the other ones? Auntie thinks about her second brother all the time. That's all. After all, it's my own brother." , he is still young, at worst, let's treat it as an equal share of the family property, and I won't say anything. Is it possible that the little girl's dowry has to be paid by me?"

In fact, Father's grievances are no less than those of little aunt.

Everyone knows that Grandma is eccentric, even though Grandma has fulfilled her duty as a mother to Father.

But most of the time, there is no poverty or injustice.

After so many years, Dad has to accept the fact that Grandma is partial to the little uncle, and gradually he has become accustomed to it.However, as he said, he has no obligation to his little aunt.

The saying that an elder brother is like a father presupposes that both parents are dead.

But now, most of the family's income is used by grandma to subsidize the little uncle, and now it looks like it won't be good for a year or two.Maybe when the little uncle gets married and has children, Grandma will continue to use the Mo family's money to subsidize him.

It's impossible to say that Dad doesn't blame Grandma at all, but the little aunt provoked him again and again, so naturally he was a little unscrupulous.

"Hmph, anyway, I won't give you a penny dowry!"

Dad said this bluntly. The little aunt was so angry that she couldn't care less about crying. She patted the table and yelled at him: "Why is it none of your business? Could it be that in the future the big girl You're getting married, don't you prepare a dowry?"

"Nonsense, that's my daughter, of course she is ready to marry. If you want a dowry, go find your father!"

The little aunt became even more angry, crying and cursing at the top of her voice, "Yes, your daughter Jingui, I'm nothing, okay? Anyway, if I can't get married, neither can your two daughters." go out!"

"Tsk, what you said is interesting. You are [-] years old this year. If you still can't get married next year, I'll just find an old widower, or a blind, deaf, disabled person, whatever. There will always be someone. I don't dislike you for being ugly, lazy and poor. Do you think you can really stay in our house until we get married?"

"Ahhh! I'm dead!" The little aunt looked mad with anger.

Father is not afraid of her at all: "Don't want to live anymore? No one is stopping you from dying. In this rural area, there are many girls without dowry. Instead of thinking about dowry all day long, it's better to work hard."

"No! I don't want it! I want to be rich and have a backer like Mei Niang, and I want to live a life when I don't work!"

"Go dream."

The brother-sister battle ended with the little aunt crying and running back to the house, but there was no joy on the victor's father's face.

Mo Qianrui originally wanted to go to the kitchen to help with the work, and talk to Auntie by the way.But Erya cut off her beard halfway, she insisted on dragging Mo Qianrui to the back room, saying that she had something good to share.

Erya's so-called good thing is a hard-boiled egg.

She told Mo Qianrui that her father gave it to her.Originally, she was asked to eat it on the road, but she was not willing to eat it alone, so she had to stay with Mo Qianrui at night.

Although Mo Qianrui didn't care for such an egg, he was still moved by Erya's actions.

The two sisters backed down a few times for an egg, but in the end Mo Qianrui still couldn't hold Erya back and shared the boiled egg with her.While sharing the eggs, Mo Qianrui learned about the whereabouts of her and Dad from Er Ya's mouth.

It turned out that Dad was entrusted by the aunt of the Li family to help collect some fat chickens from a nearby village.And because the aunt of the Li family took Lingniang to the town today, leaving Erya behind.Dad was afraid that Er Ya would be bullied by her little aunt when she stayed at home, so he simply took her with him.

"Father has collected a lot of chickens. There are ten... No, three and ten? Well, I don't know how to count."

Erya is not very good at counting, or it should be said that she can only count on her fingers. Once she exceeds ten, she will be at a loss.

Mo Qianrui snickered, and kept this matter in mind by the way, so he can teach Erya when he has time.Although she was just a cook and not a teacher in her previous life, it is always no problem to teach the most basic mathematics.

Addition and subtraction within one hundred, plus ninety-nine multiplication table, this is her goal for this year.

"Sister, this egg was given by my mother-in-law who sold chickens to my dad. It's delicious, right? Next time, our chickens will grow up and lay a lot of eggs. Sister boils eggs, let's eat together."

"Okay, you little greedy cat, sister will definitely not starve you."

After eating and drinking enough, Mo Qianrui lay on the bed with Erya hugging and chatting. Unexpectedly, Erya mentioned the incident about her little aunt just now, and asked, "Sister, is the dowry important?"

Mo Qianrui actually didn't have a good answer to this question.If it was in the previous life, the dowry was not that important, but in this age, if a bride does not have a substantial dowry, it may be difficult for a bride to gain a foothold in her husband's family.

After thinking about it, she could only say: "For most girls who have not left the cabinet, dowry is still very important."

"Then sister, do you have a dowry? Oh, I know, sister sold sugar before to save her dowry!"

Although Erya was only four years old, she was a small person, staring at Mo Qianrui with bright eyes.It's just that Mo Qianrui won't blush at the mention of marriage, like Meiniang.

"That's not true! I make money to save Erya's dowry. When Erya gets married in the future, she will definitely bring more dowry than Meiniang, do you think so?"

(End of this chapter)