Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 191

Mrs. Zhang sighed, with a worried expression on her face: "Silly girl, your brother is honest, how can you be honest? Your brother can tell you that it makes you feel uncomfortable? Can you see if he still works as hard as before?"

When Mrs. Zhang said this, Xiuqin also felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell, so she wanted to go home and ask.

Mrs. Zhang said again: "Do you think your mother didn't pay attention to your elder brother's marriage? Our family is poor now, but it is easy to marry a daughter-in-law. Your elder brother is good-looking and good-natured, and everyone likes him. But the matchmaker keeps coming back and forth. So, do you know why not?"

Xiuqin also knew that a matchmaker often came to her family to talk about marriage with her eldest brother. Her parents said that she was sixteen, and she wanted to settle the marriage, so that she could marry in the next year.But the eldest brother is not in a hurry, just, let's look at each other first, and it's not too late to formally say goodbye when you're twenty.So she didn't care if those matchmakers failed, but it was her own.

Seeing her bowing her head in thought, Mrs. Zhang persuaded her again: "If you don't believe me, just take a look quietly. Does the matchmaker despise your elder brother? If you want to talk about a daughter-in-law, I'm afraid it will be difficult. People who pretend to be immortals like your mother will not think about it." If you want to lie to someone else's girl, you must tell her the truth."

Xiuqin also knew that if someone knew about her hand, she would ask her. If Mother knew, she would definitely tell her, otherwise she would be considered dishonest.When it comes time to test the relatives, they just need to think of a small way and try it out.She frowned, "Nurse, who told my brother?"

Mrs. Zhang curled her lips: "Then who knows? They went to the county and then to your grandma's house. Many people know about it."

Xiuqin didn't believe it, "My elder brother didn't say anything, neither did Yaoyao, neither did my mother know."

Mrs. Zhang hummed: "If you don't believe me, ask your father, ask your grandfather, ask Yaoyao, ask your brother himself." Seeing that Xiuqin's expression had changed, she coaxed her: "Your brother won't be able to marry Daughter-in-law, but it also depends on you."

Xiuqin knew right away that Mammy was talking about a marriage exchange, she bit her lip, "Mother, there are so many brothers and sisters in this family, why do they insist on looking for our family?"

Mrs. Zhang reassured her, "Isn't there your aunt? If it weren't for your aunt, people would have taken a fancy to a family like you? It doesn't matter what you want, think about it, there is no dowry, no dowry, and they even send a bunch of daughters Dowry, what's wrong with giving you a bunch of dowry gifts?"

Xiuqin knew that these things were good, if his son was also good, it would be a good thing that fell from the sky, but if other people's son was good, it would not be their fault.

For example, the Bai family, they refused. The young man's eager and dark eyes were obviously full of love, and the Bai family's parents also agreed, so why did they change their minds?

She didn't speak, so Mrs. Zhang asked her to think about it, and Xiuqin left with her padded jacket in her arms.When they got home, Mrs. Liu took a look at her, "Your mother asked you to help sew the padded jacket, didn't you say anything else?"

Xiuqin shook her head, "No." She asked again: "Mother, is my brother's hand ready?"

Mrs. Liu smiled happily: "Good morning, don't say it, this Langzhong Sun is really good, your brother's hand can't see the problem. It's the same as before."

A gleam of hope floated in Xiuqin's heart, maybe her brother was really well. When she saw Qin Ye coming home from outside, she didn't say anything, and everyone was going to eat.After dinner, tidying up, everyone talking and doing some small chores.

Seeing Qin Ye from below, Xiuqin said, "Brother, let's feed the pigs."

Qin Ye naturally agreed. He saw that Xiuqin had already prepared a bucket of pig food, and was about to leave with his left hand. Xiuqin hurriedly said to him, "Brother, take this bucket of water as well."

Qin Ye hummed, "Leave it alone, I'll come back and pick it up."

Xiuqin asked: "Brother, you can carry it once, it won't sink."

Qin Ye took a look, the bucket of water was not brisk, he could not lift it with his right hand, and might damage his hand, so he smiled and said: "It's okay, I'll come back to carry it."

Xiuqin's face immediately turned pale, and she realized that what Mammy said was true. She entered the house and heard her mother and father talking. It seemed that a matchmaker would come over tomorrow, and she wanted her to go to her grandmother's house first. .

Liu Shi said: "I'm thinking about it. Usually, they marry a daughter from a high family and a woman from a low family. Our Xiuqin looks like a child and has a good temperament. It's not a problem to marry someone better than us. Her grandma's family is not a problem. Daye But it doesn't work, our family is not good enough, I'm afraid the daughter-in-law we marry will be worse than ours, and it will be troublesome at that time. Why don't we marry a wife for Daye when we get better, at least she must have enough food and clothing." If you are like Lao Qin Before the family, it was not a good thing. If you were poor, you would worry about it, and your mother-in-law's family would not be stable.

Qin Dafu naturally agreed.Xiuyao and the others don't care about such important matters, they are playing with the rope on the side, it's not like being at the nanny's house now, as long as they don't delay their work, they can play whatever they want.

Xiuqin said to Liu Shi: "Mother, I will sew up my grandpa's coat tomorrow, and then go to grandma's house the day after tomorrow."

Mrs. Liu disagreed: "It's okay to sew the coat in a few days. Your grandfather is not in a hurry to wear it. If your mother urges you, I can sew it for him."

But Xiuqin insisted that it's okay for Liu Shi to think about it, anyway, people from grandma's house will not come immediately tomorrow.

On the second day, everyone was busy with a set of tasks as usual. Xiuyao went to the field, and Xiuqin sewed a coat at home. She told Liu Shi that she didn't want to go to her grandma's house recently. Liu Shi saw that she didn't have much energy, and knew that she was careful. I was afraid that she would feel uncomfortable, so I agreed.

It didn't take long for her to hear someone calling the door. Mother went to open the door and welcomed a fat and young woman in. The woman called herself Aunt Zhao.

Mrs. Liu and Aunt Zhao were talking in the west room, Xiuqin listened with pricked up ears, and she really was talking about the elder brother's marriage.

Liu said: "Our son is eighteen this year, not very old, but we have to pay attention. Sister-in-law, you have also seen the situation in my house. This house is rented. We will build a new house when we save money. The conditions are poor now. It will be much better after a few years, so we want to ask my sister-in-law to pay attention to see if there is a suitable girl, and then we will talk about it when our eldest son is 21 and [-] years old."

Liu believes that in three or four years, the family will change drastically.

Aunt Zhao smiled brightly: "Big sister, you speak honestly and don't fool anyone. I just like dealing with people like you. People say that the marriage is good or bad, it all depends on the mouths of us matchmakers. But they don't think about it." If it weren't for their lack of support, they always want to find someone better than their own and climb a high branch, can we do this? The best thing is that we tell the truth, show our family background, what kind of family to find, and the conditions, I am good Find one by one, it’s best to find the ones that are suitable, and if there are no suitable ones, we will lower the conditions.”

Mrs. Liu said with a smile, "Exactly." She talked about the conditions of the family, and said, "In less than two years, our family will be much better."

Aunt Zhao nodded, "My sister's family is willing to do it, and we are also looking forward to your well-being. It is right to marry a family."

Liu Shi said: "It doesn't have to be too nice, as long as the family doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, we don't count on the dowry, we must have enough dowry when the dowry arrives. Girls have to have a good temper and look good."

Aunt Zhao smiled and said, "It's much easier to find this way." The two talked again, and Mrs. Liu gave Aunt Zhao a pair of insoles, and if the agreement was made, she would give twice as much money as a matchmaker.Aunt Zhao said goodbye happily, and happened to meet Qin Ye at the door, and he greeted him with a smile.

Aunt Zhao saw that the young man was very handsome, tall and generous, he must be a good person, she was more satisfied in her heart, and there were several candidates in her mind immediately.Seeing her leave, Qin Ye smiled and said, "Mother, did you tell Xiuqin about your kiss?" No wonder I didn't go to grandma's house.

Liu Shi just smiled and went in without saying anything.

Aunt Zhao was suddenly chased by someone when she walked to the entrance of the village. She turned around to see a woman with a dark and yellow complexion, and said, "Sister-in-law, what do you want me to do?"

Let's say Mrs. Liu was spinning at home, and heard Mrs. Zhao's voice, so she got up to look. Before she could open her mouth, Mrs. Zhao said reluctantly, "Sister-in-law Liu, why do you think you are so dishonest? I thought You are an honest person."

Liu didn't understand, so, "Sister-in-law Zhao, how do you say that?"

Aunt Zhao said angrily: "Tell me, is your son's hand broken and can't do heavy work? Why are you hiding this from me? Don't you say you're lying? You can just lie to other girls, but how can you even lie to me?" Lie too?" If the hands are broken, it's good to pretend. This means that the method and cost of kissing are different from those of good ones. She thought that Qin Ye was just poor, but how could she know that he was still a cripple.

Mrs. Liu frowned, and said anxiously: "Sister-in-law Zhao, what is this about? Our youngest son was touched by his hand. We went to the county to ask Mr. Sun to look at it. If you don't believe me, we can go and inquire."

Aunt Zhao sneered and said, "I don't need to inquire, isn't your kid here? Come and I'll find out." Although she was a matchmaker, she was a pharmacist in her early years, she could still see such a big deal.

Naturally, the Liu family hurriedly called Qin Ye over, but Qin Ye and Xiu Qin felt their hearts thump when they heard that, Xiu Qin immediately said: "Mother, my brother has gone out." She signaled Qin Ye to hide.

Qin Ye felt that he couldn't hide it, so he walked over and said, "Aunt Zhao, you are right, you don't need to try, my hand is good and not broken." Show her the sleeves.

Liu Shi breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, look, it's all right."

Aunt Zhao snorted, "Go get a bucket of water and let me see."

Qin Ye didn't move, Liu asked him to hurry up, Qin Ye said: "Aunt Zhao, my mother doesn't know that my hand is fine, but it's only the strength of a ten-year-old child, and I can't carry such a big bucket of water." No I can't lift it up, but it means that it is not so easy to carry. A child carrying such a large bucket of water has to use both hands to suck the milk.

Aunt Zhao looked at Mrs. Liu as if I was right, but Mrs. Liu looked at Qin Ye in disbelief, "Daye, why don't I know?"

Qin Ye lowered his eyes and said in a low voice: "Mother, don't be angry. Dad and I are afraid that you will be sad, so..." Before he finished speaking, Liu Shi also knew what he meant. She couldn't accept it. Has one hand as strong as a child's?

"Daye, is it not well-raised? Go see Mr. Sun again."

Qin Ye shook his head, "Mother, Mr. Sun said, that's it. I knew it from the beginning."

Aunt Zhao saw that their mother and son did not look like they were acting, so she couldn't help saying: "Big sister, you don't know."

Mrs. Liu didn't care about her, and said: "Sister-in-law, I'm really sorry, why don't you go back first, and I'll compensate you another day."

Aunt Zhao did not leave instead, she said: "What are you afraid of? Dear, you don't need to farm at home, so you don't need much strength. Don't worry, my Aunt Zhao has a sharp mouth."

Liu closed her eyes in pain, and she smiled wryly: "Sister-in-law, that's not acceptable. If this is the case, you must make it clear to the girl when you talk about kissing. If you want to come, you can come. If you don't want to, we won't deceive you." .”

Mrs. Zhao said with a smile: "I said you are a real person, so I don't think I can be mistaken. So there is such a thing, you don't know, your son is also filial, such a big thing, you can't hide it." I'm worried about you, because I'm afraid you'll be worried, so don't blame him. You listen to me, anyway, you are not in a hurry, don't you want to talk about marriage in two years? By then, the house will be ready, and I will keep it for you to say good family. .In the future, the family will have a lot of land, and they will hire people to plant the land, so they don’t have to work the land themselves, and it doesn’t matter if they are strong or not.”

Although that's what he said, both Qin Ye and Liu Shi knew that the Qin family would not reach that level in recent years, so his hand was the resistance to a blind date, but he didn't want to lie, even if he was a bachelor?Besides, a cripple can find a wife, not to mention him, one hand is weak, but the other is fine.

Seeing their insistence, Aunt Zhao sighed: "You are honest people, but honest people are bullied by others. Let me tell you the truth, if you don't tell them, it's fine, as long as the marriage is done. If you really want to say it, I'm afraid that this person will It’s not so easy to find, if you want to find it, you can find it, but the conditions are much worse.”

If this is a noble son, one hand is broken, he might be called weak, but this is a villager, he will be called a useless person.

Liu Shi forced her to pay attention, no matter what the conditions were, as long as the girl had a good temper.

Aunt Zhao left, and when she walked to the door, Mrs. Liu asked her who said it, and Aunt Zhao wondered: "Sister, it's not that I don't tell you, you also know that we are matchmakers, and we always want to find out about ourselves. If people don’t let me talk about it, I can’t say it, otherwise, if there is a bad reputation of not being strict, people won’t like to deal with me in the future.”

Liu Shi expressed her understanding, smiled, and sent her away.

As soon as Mrs. Zhao left, Mrs. Liu looked at Qin Ye, "Why are you keeping this from me about such a big matter?"

Qin Ye thumped and knelt down, "Mother, I don't want you to worry."

Mrs. Liu sighed, helped him up, and said softly: "Silly boy, no matter what, you can't hide anything from mother. Mother doesn't know, and she was frightened to death by saying it out of other people's mouth suddenly."

Qin Ye choked up and said, "Mother, I was wrong."

Mrs. Liu patted his arm and said: "It's okay, be careful, don't hurt that hand." Then she went into the house without saying anything, and went to her own business. What could she say, there was nothing to say.

Qin Ye blinked and stopped his tears. He was still young, so when he thought of this incident, he would still cry. After many years, after experiencing so many things, he realized that this is actually the smallest thing, but it is everything. origin.

Xiuqin glanced at Liu Shi, wanted to say something but didn't say anything.

In the days that followed, Liu Shi didn't mention it again, as if she still didn't know, it was still the same as before, nothing changed, Xiuyao and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiuyao and the others always go to work in the field, but Xiuqin knows more at home. Mrs. Zhao has come here a few times, but it is not very smooth. Even if it is a poor family, it is not very easy to find someone People don't like it, after all, they have to rely on strength to eat, not afraid of poverty, afraid of not being able to!

And my grandmother's family found a similar family for Xiuqin. Although it is slightly worse than Lao Bai's family, it is better than Qin's family. The family has a hundred acres of fertile land, and Liu's is very satisfied. She plans to go to her grandmother's house to talk about it in person in two days. .

Xiuyao and the others were not at home that day, Xiuqin said to Liu Shi: "Mother, I want to tell you something."

Liu said with a smile: "Speak up if you have something to say, why are you so polite."

Xiuqin said: "Mother, I want to accept my aunt's marriage."

Liu Shi didn't seem to understand, so she glanced at her and asked, "Xiuqin, do you know what you said?"

Xiuqin nodded, "Mother, I know, I can't find a better family anyway. My mother and my aunt said that the family is in a good family. I don't have to suffer when I go, and they give a lot of dowry. Our family I can also borrow strength." The most important thing is that the elder brother's marriage is also established. She asked the mother, and said that the boy from the family is called She Yubao. It couldn't be better, gentle and generous, good work, and a lot of dowry.

Liu looked at her fixedly, Xiuqin was her daughter, she would never think that Xiuqin wanted to enjoy life, the first thing she thought was that her mother-in-law was putting pressure on Xiuqin, saying that she would marry her elder brother or something, she said : "You don't have to worry about the marriage of children and the orders of parents. I will definitely tell you and your elder brother how close you are."

Xiuqin shook her head and said firmly: "Mother, I don't think epilepsy is anything to be afraid of, I am willing to marry him."

Mrs. Liu rebuffed her categorically: "It doesn't matter what you want, but I don't. I don't want my granddaughter to be sick all day long at a young age." It's a bit epileptic, I'm afraid it's not that simple, if It's just that, relying on so many businesses, she won't be able to find a daughter-in-law, and there must be other diseases, she won't let her daughter marry such a man.

Xiuqin bowed her head in silence, and Liu Shi said to her again: "Xiuqin, mother knows you are a good boy, but there is a limit to being good, and it's not unprincipled. I'm not very happy that you did this for your elder brother. Instead, I feel uncomfortable. If your elder brother is that kind of person, your elder brother will be happy if you do this. But your elder brother is the same person as you. If you do this, he will feel uncomfortable. He will feel that he has dragged you down and dragged us down. Family, by doing this, you are putting a knife in his heart."

Xiuqin burst into tears, "Yes, but my mother said, elder brother can't talk about his wife."

Mrs. Liu snorted coldly: "Your nanny said, your nanny also said that she never favored sons over daughters, and was never obsessed with power and wealth."

When Xiuqin heard her mother speak so harshly about Mammy, she didn't dare to say anything.

Mrs. Liu continued: "Listen to mother, there is nothing to be afraid of, mother will not favor any of you, and will never let any of you be particularly wronged. You and your sisters have different temperaments, mother must give You need to find someone with a gentle personality, otherwise you won't be able to handle it, and you will suffer a disadvantage."

Xiuqin still wanted to say something, but Liu said: "Okay, don't say any more. It's not good for your elder brother to hear." She got up when she said that, and when she walked to the main room, she happened to see Qin Ye at the door, and she said: "Daye, when did you come back?"

Qin Ye asked with a smile: "What's the matter, I just came in."

Mrs. Liu said it was okay, and told Xiuqin: "Don't go to your nanny's house, I will let you go later, don't go."

Hearing his mother's stern tone, Qin Ye smiled and said, "Mother, what's the matter?"

Liu's face was cold: "It's nothing, you don't want to go to your grandfather's house to deliver grass today?"

Qin Ye hummed, "Xiuxian and Yaoyao have gone, and my father and I went to pick and pull stones for a while, mother, don't worry, I won't be tired, this hand is not working hard." He raised his right hand, and mother knew , On the contrary, he was relieved, and the whole family was relieved, no need to think about how to hide it from them.

Mrs. Liu didn't say anything, when Xiuli came to call Xiuqin again, Xiuqin just refused to go, Xiuli said: "Eldest sister, why don't you go? How can I explain to the nanny?"

Mrs. Liu heard it, and said: "Lili, you tell the nanny, just say that the aunt has asked the elder sister to work, and if you don't have time, turn around."

Xiuli went back and explained to Mrs. Zhang.Although Mrs. Zhang is angry, she doesn't have the guts to go to the big room to make trouble now. If Xiuqin doesn't come, she has no choice but to get angry.

Seeing that she was not happy, the third aunt stepped forward to persuade her, "Mother, my sister-in-law doesn't appreciate it, so don't make trouble for me, it's thankless."

The second aunt was also full of anger. These days, Mrs. Zhang got something from the Liu family, and she was so pissed off, she was so angry when she saw it.The mother-in-law doesn't take care of the big house's affairs, and she has to scold her when she has free time, which is really annoying. "That's right, my sister-in-law found Zhao Matchmaker, and the marriage is a close one, and she can't run away. Mother, you are so busy, she will definitely not say hello, but think you are meddling in other people's business. Treat it like a donkey's liver and lungs."

Mrs. Zhang was furious and scolded a few times, but she didn't know who to scold.

A few days later, Aunt Zhao ran to Qin Dafu's house happily, and shouted as soon as she entered the door: "Big sister, big sister, good thing, good thing!"

(End of this chapter)