Chapter 52
Qin and the others came back from the county on the third day. When they came back, they brought a lot of things. Except for the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the rest of the cart was full of things.When they got home, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law got out of the car with smiles on their faces, "Yun Bai, you park the cart in the yard first, and let them help move everything in." Qin ordered.

The family members heard movement in the courtyard, Yun Feng came out to see that it was the Qin family who came back, "Mother, you are back, my father was still talking about it just now, I don't know how you went to the county town." Hurry up and help looking at mother.

"You don't need to help me, go and ask your eldest brother and fourth child to come out and bring everything into the house. This time I went to the county town to buy a lot of good things, and everything for Yunhua's marriage is ready." The old lady entered while talking. house.

Mr. Tong was smoking on the kang, and when he saw Mrs. Qin coming back, he asked, "How is it? Is this trip going well?"

"Very good. The things in the county are much cheaper than those in our town. This time I prepared all the things for the fourth marriage, and I also sold two pieces of fabric for us to make clothes for our son's wedding. " Qin said happily to the old man. "You don't know, sister Caiyun's in-laws are very polite. We stayed at her house for two nights and cooked delicious food every day."

"Then you didn't buy anything for him? We can't live and eat here for free. If you stay in a hotel, the four of you will earn a lot of money." The old man took a puff on his cigarette and asked.

"I bought it, two pieces of fabric, four boxes of snacks, and candy for the children. Xiuying's sister refused to accept it, and then she accepted it." Qin gave the old man a white look. "You think I'm so incapable of doing things? I'm in my 50s and I'm going to be [-], and I don't even understand this?"

Just as they were talking, the four brothers of the Tong family moved all their things in and put them on the kang.The old lady looked through the samples, and then put them in the cabinet while muttering: "This is the quilt, let's prepare two beds and two covers for the quilt, and use the two pieces that the eldest daughter-in-law brought back for the quilt. This is The surface and the lining of the mattress are also good. The cotton is also very good. The cashmere is long. I will make the bedding tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. And this is the curtain, this is the pillowcase, and the rest is the bride price to be sent to the woman. .” The old lady said and put everything away.

"Today is September [-]th. Let's send a bride price to the woman's house on September [-]th. How many people will we have to go?" Old Master Tong asked.

"The two of us can't go, Yunhua has to go, the eldest daughter-in-law can't get mixed up in her current state, let the second son go, and the village chief's daughter-in-law, plus the matchmaker, these people will do. The bride price we prepared is also There are quite a few, and the woman has nothing to say if she wants to come." Qin made some calculations and decided on the number of people.

"Well, let's just talk to these people. Make an agreement with the matchmaker and the village chief's wife in advance, don't let them run out of time." Mr. Tong nodded, "If the eldest daughter-in-law is not pregnant, it is serious for her to go with the eldest, but now We can only let the old couple go."

The next day, Mrs. Qin called all the daughters-in-law over and took out something to make quilts, "Let's make two bunks and two covers here. This is how you prepared when you got married, and the fourth daughter-in-law can't pass by." You go, let's hurry up these two days, let's make the quilts first, and then clean up the house. I think Yun Hua's house is almost dry, and when the walls are completely dry, the furniture must be put in, kang mats I bought it a long time ago, and the window paper needs to be pasted again." The old lady began to talk about the work to be done. "Boss, daughter-in-law, you are so handy, you can cut some window grilles with Chinese characters for happiness, and it will be festive to paste them on."

"Okay, mother, I'll start cutting some time these few days." Fang nodded in agreement.

"The three of you have to find time to take out all the quilts at home to dry in the sun, and wash the ones that need to be unpacked and washed. Yun Lian and the others will come back by then. I have also sent a letter to your old aunt. I don't know if it will be possible. Come." Qin arranged work for the daughters-in-law.

"Mother, the old lady hasn't come back for many years. The third child and Yunfang didn't come back at that time. Can they come back this time?" Fang has met this old lady twice. When the second child got married.This old aunt is the younger sister of Mr. Tong, who is several years younger than Mr. Tong. She married to Fucheng. Fang's family was quite good when she came back.

"It should be possible. This is the last one of your generation to get married. Why doesn't she come back to see her as an old aunt?" Qin's tone was not quite sure, "It's fine if you don't come back, just Yunlian and the others , the bedding at home may not be enough.”

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law began to quilt, "Mother, we bought this cotton well. The down is really long and plays well. It's a big one. It's easy to waffle up." Fang praised the cotton .

"Yeah, why don't you go to the county town to sell it? Not only is it good, but the price is also much cheaper. It's just that the distance is far and it's not easy to travel. You have to live there. If it's okay in summer, it's pretty fast by boat. In winter It’s okay to walk on the river, but even now, there are no boats, so it’s a bit of a delay.” Qin complained.

What I made today was quilts, and Mrs. Qin used the two quilts that Mrs. Fang brought back. Mrs. Zhou looked at them and was envious, "Sister-in-law, your two quilts are good enough. The material is made of Hangzhou silk." Well, look at the tricks on it, it's not worse than Xiaojuan's at that time, it seems that Bilian's family is rich enough, so you can give away such a good thing if you want to give it away."

"It was Bilian who gave the quilt when she heard that Yunhua was going to get married. This is an old pimple in our family, so Bilian has to express it anyway." Fang said with a smile.

"Hey, I didn't have such a good thing when I got married." Zhou sighed there.

"Okay, let's talk less. Our family didn't have the conditions we have now. The past few years have been good, so we can save some money for the wedding of the fourth child." Qin said from the side.

The three daughters-in-law did not speak, and held cotton quilts.It took three days to finish the two sets of quilts. After the quilts were finished, Fang found all the quilts at home, dried the clean ones, and took out the dirty ones for washing.Fang is a diligent person. The quilts built by the family have to be removed and washed once a month. During this period, the autumn harvest has been delayed.

After the quilts were removed and washed, Fang took the time to start cutting happy characters and window grilles, while Yuxian watched from the side.After a while, a happy character was cut out. Yuxian saw that Fang's cut was too simple, so she said, "Mother, can you give me a piece? I want to cut one too."

"You little girl, cut your hands carefully." Fang gave Yuxian a piece of red paper.

Yuxian took the paper, ran to get the charcoal pen that Fang's embroidery used, sketched a few times on the paper, and then set off the scissors to start cutting. After a while, a window grille with a magpie on a plum blossom announcing good news was cut into up. "Mom, can you see what I cut?"

Seeing the window grilles cut by her daughter, Fang immediately became happy, "Yuxian, you cut them really beautifully. My daughter's hands are quite skillful. Yes, it's better than mother's. Help mother cut it together. Well, I'm still a little worried that no one will help me." Then she gave some red paper to Yuxian, and the two mothers began to divide the work. Fang cut out some simple happy characters, because these are used in many places. Each door of the room must be used.Yuxian just cut some delicate and beautiful ones, which are specially designed to decorate the new house.The mother and daughter were busy for a long time before they could finish it.Fang wrapped all the cut-up happy characters in a larger piece of paper, and then sent them to Qin.

Dalang and the others have not been idle these days, they followed Tong Yunsong into the mountains to hunt, and they could hunt something back every day.Erlang was responsible for sending the phone calls to the town to sell.Every morning, Tong Yunsong would lead Dalang, Xiaosan and Xiaosi into the mountains, while Erlang and Xiaowu would drive an ox cart into the town to sell wild animals, and they would bring back a lot of money every day.In particular, wild rabbits are the best sellers, because the winter in the north is very cold. Although there are cotton coats, people with a little money like to make fur jackets. Rabbit fur is the best at this time.

That evening, Tong Yunsong led a few children back home, each carrying prey, and Tong Yunsong even carried a wild boar on his back.

"Hey, today we hunted a wild boar. This guy is not young. He must weigh more than 100 catties. This pig can be sold for a lot of money." Qin Shi saw it and was very happy. There are still more than ten days to get married, if we don't save it for the banquet, we can buy less pork."

"Mother, you don't have to be sorry, this one is sold, maybe you can meet it someday, just hunt it again. Mother, I also hunted a fox today. Look, how good is this fur." ​​Yun Song persuaded Qin Shi.

"Oh, brother, today's harvest is really not small. Just selling the skin of this fox will cost you five taels of silver. Mother, look at the sister-in-law who said that you don't need to worry about the money for the banquet. It's just that the fox's fur was sold today. This fox is enough, the coat color is really good, it's an authentic fire fox." Liu was envious.

"Boss, do you think it will take a while for this skin to mature?" Qin asked.

"Mother, it will take more than a month to get acquainted, what do you want to do?" Tong Yunsong asked puzzled.

"Hey, mother didn't think that the Zhang family didn't ask for much dowry at that time, they asked for five taels, and mother wanted to add this piece of skin to the bride price this time. Your fourth brother is the only one in our family who is not married. Mother thinks Make it more perfect and beautiful." Qin said.

"Mother, you are quite partial. When you went shopping in the county, you bought a lot of good things. This time, you have to give such an expensive skin as a gift. You didn't give so much when we got married. A bride price." Mrs. Liu quit from the sidelines.

"You don't compare there. At that time, our family married two daughter-in-laws a year. Where did you ask your mother to prepare so many good things for you? It would be nice if you could hold a banquet for you and get married. At that time , can be considered a good bride price, what else do you want to do?" Qin's face sank.

Seeing this situation, Tong Yunsong hurriedly said: "Mother, if you want to use this leather as a betrothal gift, there is a way. I will deal with it simply, and it will last for a long time."

"No need, let's sell it, lest someone say I'm biased." Qin finally decided to sell the skin.

 The third one is delivered, tomorrow is New Year's Eve, I wish you all a happy new year in advance.By the way, what delicious food did you cook?
  
 
(End of this chapter)

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