Traveling through the mountains and fields to be leisurely

Chapter 220
"Oh, I said, old sister, what are you doing? I'm here today to recognize relatives. Your etiquette is a bit too big."

Having said that, Mrs. An didn't help them up immediately. When she entered the room, she could see the expressions of the old couple. Back then, she persuaded Lan Erzhuang's family, even if they were wronged, Also get close to the old couple more, after all, they are biological parents, no matter how bad they are, but now seeing them with their own eyes, they are really a greedy and cruel couple. The best is shown, and it's just to improve the status of the daughter, but the two couples not only don't think that the son is sensible, but feel relieved for the children, and even put on a look of resentment for how much money they owe them, Mrs. An How could anyone fail to see that, at first glance, he was black-hearted and jealous, and felt that his son's filial piety was less, which made the two of them dissatisfied. Such a person deserves to be tortured by them.

Mrs. An didn't cry out, no one dared to step forward to help, Mrs. Lan and Mrs. Lan really kowtowed three times, Mrs. An was satisfied,
"Qiutang, hurry up, ask someone to help the old couple up, this family is so polite."

These words made the old lady Lan very angry. Since she was not polite, she still gave herself three heads, but she only dared to whisper in her heart, and never dared to say it out loud.
"After all, you are the old lady of the Hou Mansion, how can we not understand such rules."

Mrs. An nodded. It's not bad to be able to say this. At least she didn't get scared. She seemed to be a bold person. When she saw her son and grandson, she also entered the house accompanied by Lan Erzhuang. , Mrs. An waved her hands at everyone and was about to speak.

"Don't be polite to my family. I'm here today for the children's marriage. Let's talk about how this marriage should be settled."

Mrs. An called a woman in a red jacket and trousers who was following her to her front.
"Please tell me the regulations, so that the two of us can sit down and discuss."

Needless to say, this woman knew she was a matchmaker, but judging from her attire, she was very discreet and decent, and her hair was combed in an orderly manner. At first glance, she was not an ordinary matchmaker walking around the streets. This should be an invitation from the An family. The Lan family is naturally very satisfied with the official media. The value of the official media and private media is very different. Their own daughter is also valued by the An family. Naturally, they use the best for everything. Lan Erzhuang and Lin Qiutang looked at each other. After a glance, both of their faces showed joy. Only a daughter-in-law who is valued by her husband's family can have a good life in her husband's family, and the two of them can rest assured that their daughter's life is good.

"There are a few elderly people around for the engagement procedure, so it's not too much trouble. I know no less about marriage than I do. Except that our family's affairs are a little more urgent, the rest is no different. Just look at the posture. , the two families are quite satisfied with this marriage, then the next step is to exchange Geng Tie, this is An Shizi's Geng Tie."

The official media handed over An Zhiyuan's geng post, and Mrs. Lan took it carefully, and immediately handed over Lan Lingxue's geng post,

"This is a post from our granddaughter."

She was still thinking about getting a hand, but she knew that the person who came to propose was the An Guohou Mansion in the capital. No matter how much she thought about it, she had to hide it. Well, I have to borrow some strength from the Houfu, how can I offend people at this time, I have to say, when it comes to the critical moment, this old lady Lan is not only greedy, but also has some thoughts, and she is somewhat scheming, but All her thoughts were devoted to dealing with her children.

After exchanging Geng posts, according to the normal engagement procedures, each of the two families will be settled for three days. If the two families are safe and sound during these three days, the marriage will be considered a deal, but An and Lan have no such patience. Wait, when the two families have set the date of eighteenth, the two families have already taken the Geng Tie of the two children, and went to someone to figure it out.

"These two geng posts have been unsigned by the masters. This marriage is signed by the superiors, so we don't have to worry about it. Since the geng posts are fine, and the two are compatible, the next is the man's betrothal gift, Mr. An?"

The official media looked at General An, and seeing General An nodded, the official media took out a brocade box, took out a gift list from it, and handed it to Mrs. Lan and Mrs. Lan who were sitting there.
"In-laws, this is a betrothal gift from the An family to Miss Lan's family. You two elders have a look at it."

The old lady Lan didn't know any words, and the old master Lan didn't know any more than her. He just took the list, looked at it with a gesture, and handed the list to the second son. He handed it to his daughter-in-law, but he was busy chatting with General An. Lin Qiutang took the gift list and said to Mrs. An with a smile,
"This is just a formality. Our family can't pick a gift from your family."

While speaking, he held the gift list in front of his eyes, and when he saw it, his eyes widened immediately, and then he raised his head instantly,

"It's unavoidable. Our family can't accept such a heavy betrothal gift. Didn't we discuss it before, as long as we do our best for the child, it's over for the in-laws!"

These words made Lan Erzhuang also divert his attention, and then moved closer to his daughter-in-law to look at the betrothal gift list she was holding in her hand. On the other side, Mrs. Lan and Mrs. Lan who were sitting in the main seat, their current situation But the attention was not on the dowry gift list. The two of them were staring at the son and daughter-in-law who were looking at the list. The two of them could understand the list, which meant they were literate. When did this happen?

The old couple finally moved their eyes away and looked at each other. The changes in the second son's family since they separated are too surprising and unimaginable. The son and daughter-in-law didn't know a single word at the beginning. , and now they have become scholars, which is too unbelievable. If you say that their family has made a lot of money, it is because of their luck; Finding a husband's family of An Guohou was due to good luck; so what about these two people's knowledge of etiquette and literacy, is it just luck?Even if they don't understand it, they also know that the character is learned by one horizontal one vertical one stroke one stroke and there is absolutely no shortcut.

It can be seen that the family of the second son has put in so much effort and effort in order to live a good life. At the beginning, the two only thought that the second son was disobedient and could not continue to bring benefits to the family, so they were ruthless. The second son and his family were kicked out of the house, thinking that they had nowhere to go, so they had to bend over and lick their faces when they came back. How sad, but things didn't develop according to their imagination. Afterwards, they only saw their family get better and better. Seeing that they can succumb to their softness, they can return to their own compound and contribute to the entire Lan family. Even if the villagers say that their old couple is cruel, they still insist on their own way, but in the end they did not lower the second son's family. So when we saw them again, I was still awkward in my heart. Although the second son did not fill up the family, the two still felt that it was not enough. They felt that the second son owed them because the second son did not take the path they designed. .

Now the two people found out that they only saw that the family was getting better and better, but they didn't take a good look at it. How much did the family pay?Old Mrs. Lan and Mrs. Lan can no longer pretend to be invisible. Although they are selfish and want their children to surround them and carry forward the Lan family, they are their sons and grandsons after all. When they think of their second son Even if they hadn't witnessed the family's previous struggles, they could already imagine the scene in front of them. It was absolutely impossible for them to say that they hadn't worked hard on reading and writing, let alone their son and The daughter-in-law is such an old person, one can imagine the hardships of learning from the beginning, especially Mrs. Lan, I feel that I am really too superficial, I only see the material things, but I don’t see what these materials come from. Hard work, when he looked at his second son again, there was no more contempt and resentment in his eyes, he was just a little regretful, if he didn't stick to his son when he was at home, but let him develop on his own, would the Lan family have already died? It's a different scene.

"Brother An, this is not acceptable. You have to put down the first few things now. Our family can't accept such a heavy betrothal gift no matter what."

Here, the old couple of the Lan family had some ideas, but Lan Erzhuang didn't know about it. After reading the gift list in his wife's hand, he couldn't sit still, so he directly stuffed the dowry gift list back into the hands of General Di'an.
"Why can't I accept it? I like Miss Lan. From then on, she will be my daughter-in-law and a member of our old An's family. I can give whatever I want. I think it's too little. If it wasn't for the long distance, I would I want to add something."

This is the first time the official media has seen that the woman’s family thinks the dowry is too much, and the man’s family thinks the dowry is too little. What kind of trouble is this?

"Brother An, I'm not talking about you. Even if you are willing to give it to them, I don't care about sending it to their young couple's house. But now it's sent to our Lan family. Absolutely no, we can't talk about such a generous gift."

If people find out about this, they think their family is selling their daughters, and even sell them at a high price,

"I can't say anything. This gift list is not for you to post for others to see. We just want to express our intention to settle down. We can't wrong Lan girl. She is a good girl, and it is worth giving anything. It's our importance to children, what does it have to do with outsiders, you don't look like a die-hard one, why are you more serious than me in this?"

General An was the one who led the army to fight, so he was naturally straightforward in his bones. Moreover, he always said that he was one-sided. It was really annoyed that he was just being pushed back as a dowry gift.

"You two in-laws, wait a minute. I now understand what the two of you are arguing about. As a matchmaker, let me share my opinion. Let me talk about General An first. Our family didn't say that we would send such a heavy betrothal gift at the beginning. , This caught your in-laws by surprise, they are naturally in a hurry, because they will go back to the capital with you soon, so how can they have time to prepare enough dowry to match such a heavy dowry, I have to talk to you first You didn't think it through, let's talk about Lan's family, you are overthinking, no matter how heavy the dowry is, it can't compare to the preciousness of our daughter, and the amount of dowry, I believe General An's family will not choose, right?"

(End of this chapter)