Pastoral Valley Fragrance

Chapter 57 Everyone is happy
The two brothers went to Shiwei Village, and found Zhao's family without any trouble.

Although Shiwei Village looks small, after entering the village, I found that there are many alleys. A group of people are starting construction at the intersection. It seems that they are building houses. Li Dejiang quietly pulled Li Dequan back, "It's not a good thing for us to come here. There are too many people." He turned around.

Li Dejiang asked a few more people, walked around two alleys, and found out that the Zhao family was said to have a bamboo forest behind the house by the guide, and it was more than ten meters away from the dilapidated courtyard. The two brothers were chilled.

This is no one’s house, there are bamboos piled up in a mess in the yard, some are half-dried, some are still freshly cut, and there are bamboo strips and bamboo tubes piled up everywhere, there is almost no place to set foot.I don't know if the soil was not compacted in this yard at the beginning, and it rained again, and it looked very muddy, and the mud spots hit the bamboos again, which looked mottled and dirty. Li Dejiang sighed , "Why do you live in such a dilapidated way? Although you are poor, you should clean up."

Li Dequan was stunned. He was looking at the house. At first glance, the house was a rammed thatched hut, but when he looked closely, he felt sad. The mud had fallen out of shape, and the holes were tied up with bamboo strips. Looking at it, it looked similar to the barn, with a bamboo shed that was a little blackened by the smoke, it seemed to be the stove.

The two brothers had nothing to say, they both gasped, they couldn't imagine how Qiao'e lived in such a place.

An old lady came in from the yard, saw them here, looked at them, and found out that they were from the Li family, she warmly welcomed them into the room and sat down, and said: "There are so many things at home recently, you don't mind if you come here." Say it first." After speaking, he asked a child to call Zhao Lang back.

The room was tidied up properly, Li Dequan and Li Dejiang looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that the aunt is also a person who lives.

Zhao Lang's mother had been to Li's house for a few times to make a fuss, but she smiled when she met her now, she just kept telling them to eat those red dates and peanuts, and didn't say anything else.

Li Dejiang was thinking about how to speak, but he didn't know that Li Dequan was sincere, so he took out the silver from his pocket and put it on the table, "Ma'am, I won't hide it from you, Qiao'e and Zhao Lang have been going back and forth about this matter, Our older brothers can also see it. My mother has a stubborn temper, so don't worry about her. I think it's really difficult at home, but you are also an honest person. Five taels of money we I will also go back to persuade you, this is two taels of silver that our brother collected, if the mother does not let go, you will give it to her."

Suddenly the light dimmed, and a dark-faced man entered the door, called mother, and looked at the two of them shyly. He probably heard what they said, and his face was a little dark and red, "Although I haven't married yet, I should also call you brother, brother, quickly take back the money, those who marry a daughter-in-law for no reason want you to post the money, and people will make fun of our Zhao family. My father is fine now, and there is no drag , even if it is five taels of silver, I will marry Qiao'e into the family if I borrow it, and my family will earn it naturally, so hurry up and take it back."

After he finished speaking, he handed the silver to Li Dequan straight away. Hearing what he said, Li Dequan thought that this young man is also a good one, so he was more determined to give it to him. Zhao Lang felt a little angry, and looked at his expression With such perseverance, Li Dequan felt relieved and took the money back.

Li Dejiang on the side looked at Zhao Lang when he entered the door. The young man is strong and strong, walks like a gust of wind, and speaks reasonably. , After such a while, they have already started a fire to cook, busy without touching the ground, but also taking care of adding water and talking to them, they have already settled down in their hearts, and said: "In this case, let's go back and tell my mother , do it according to the rules, if it’s really not good, you don’t want the money, and when it’s difficult to raise money, just give it up, and it’s considered a loan.”

Zhao Lang nodded and said nothing, looking at his mother and smiling.

But the aunt smiled loudly, "Okay, I know Qiao'e is a good girl, who told your father to come up with such a bad idea."

Now that they had seen it, Li Dejiang and Li Dequan were about to say goodbye, Zhao Lang hurriedly held them back, and wanted to see his father and stay for a meal, but they didn't want to be sympathetic, so they had to sit down again.

Now that the matter has been figured out, he started talking casually, just talking about the harvest of those crops, craftsmanship, etc. Li Dequan heard that Zhao Lang said that he was learning to weave bamboo wares, and he was a little close to the craftsmen, and he felt a little closer. It was Yixi, thinking that those messy bamboos in the yard were of such a use, so he understood, and told him for a while, "I happen to know a master of bamboo weaving, but he is very good. You go to learn from him, that hand is clever."

Zhao Lang thanked them again, told them to sit down and wait, and then went out.

The aunt smiled and talked to them while setting the dinner table, "The girls are all married, and there are only three of us left in the family. This kid is not married to Qiao'e, but it is really destined... The old man will come back with you later, take care of him." Have a drink."

When Li Dequan saw the dishes on the dinner table, there was a big pot of meat glistening with oil, the red tofu fried with spicy peppers was red, white and white, and green onions were dotted on it, and there was another big pot of golden scrambled eggs. Not to mention, there was also a big bowl of fish soup, this meal was even richer than the Chinese New Year's meal, both of them were stunned.

Zhao Lang just came back at this time, and put away the big and small bags, and just put the earthen jar on the table, it was a jar of wine. "My father is over there and will be right back."

Li Dejiang directly said how these people could eat so much food, it was really expensive.Zhao Lang didn't explain to his mother, just smiled and said nothing.Li Dequan has a rather impatient temper, and said that he wants to live a good life, and he should clean up the house first, so that he doesn't need to live like a landlord's house.They just laughed and said nothing.

There was a burst of hearty laughter, and a black and strong man entered the yard, his voice was very loud, "If you have a distinguished guest at home, don't call me earlier!"

The two quickly stood up to greet the head of the Zhao family. Li Dejiang looked at him, thinking that Zhao Lang was like his father, both dark, strong, and tough. Looking at him like this, who would have thought of the time when he was seriously ill? .

Li Dequan was stunned, and Zhao Lang's father was also stunned. He waited until Zhao Lang's father came up to him, and then he clapped his hands and laughed loudly! "Brother Zhao! It turned out to be your family." "Brother Dequan, we really are not a family, we don't come into the family!"

The few remaining people stood there in a daze. Li Dequan explained to Li Dejiang, "Second brother, this is the brother Zhao I met when I was doing work. I just said I would find a master for Zhao Lang."

The one over there followed Zhao Lang and explained, "Brother Dequan is an honest person. He had nothing to do with him and he helped me for a few days. Otherwise, he would come back so soon. Who would have thought it would be Qiao'e?" Third brother!"

The people on both sides were even more happy. Big brother Zhao Qiliang joked, "Dequan, you can't call me big brother Zhao now, and you can't mess up your seniority!"

Everyone understood and sat down around the dining table with a smile.

Zhao Qiliang explained to them with a smile, "Just now Zhao Lang said what you are doing here, I still thought that this family is real, and the daughter-in-law who married must be good, but it's only five taels of silver..."

At this time, Li Dequan talked again to go back to persuade, and if it didn't work, he would add something.

Zhao Qiliang waved his hands in a dignified manner and said no, "You guys, it seems that you really don't know the situation of our family. If we say we are going to divorce, isn't that just adding salt to the wound? It has made me more or less miserable these years."

Both Jiang Dequan's faces were a little red, and Li He's behavior at the beginning was really not authentic.

But Zhao Qiliang went on to say: "It's just that my son-in-law is quite capable in the past two years, and my craftsmanship can also come in handy. Life is not bad, and it's time to marry this kid. Who knows that he just spotted your family?" My girl, his mother and I were tortured to no avail, so I came up with an idea and asked her mother to propose marriage. I thought about it and didn't say so much. They still thought that we were poor, and if we were willing to marry, we would admit it. Daughter-in-law, I didn't know that I hadn't said anything yet, and we quarreled a few times, and the wives just let it go!"

The aunt was not convinced, "If I hadn't been arguing, where would such a good daughter-in-law come from? I saw it during the tea ceremony. Except for being a bad mother, there is really no choice for a daughter-in-law. What did you say?" I want to shed tears." He cried and laughed at the same time.

Zhao Qiliang also laughed, "This time you are here, it is the Dequan brothers again, no no, the Dequan family, I will tell you the truth, did you see it when you entered the village, that is us I built a house, and when the new daughter-in-law passes through the door, I will live there, and I will only put my bamboo and other things here."

Li Dejiang recalled it first, and repeatedly said that he came to show his eyes.

Zhao Lang laughed again, "Brother, it was my father's idea. He was afraid that Qiao'e would be bad, so he didn't believe me when I said it, but now he really believes it."

Zhao Qiliang said again, "If your mother must ask for five taels of silver, to be honest, I don't have any now. I spent more than half of the house just now, and even if I want to, I have to marry a wife. I must bear some foreign debts and pay them back later. I won’t ask you to send money over and use it as a betrothal gift, it’s not a difficult task, besides, I know that Dequan’s family is having a hard time, so if you have this money, you should take it back first, because there are many children in the family and they are studying.”

The mysteries were solved one by one, and everyone was happy for a while. They all put their hearts in their stomachs and ate a good meal, and left naturally.

Li Dejiang is a man who can make decisions, and he didn't hide it from Li He when he went back. He said that a new house has been built over there to marry a wife. One tael of silver is enough, this is the rule of the farmers.

Mrs. Zhang saw that Qiao'e was going to get married when things were over, and the family was settled, so she felt angry, "Why pretend to be poor when the family is so rich, five taels of silver is cheaper for them!"

Li Dejiang has always dared to challenge Mrs. Zhang, but he really couldn't understand how her elder brother was being controlled so tightly, so he slammed at her angrily, "If these words spread, Lichun and Lixia will grow up, and no one will tell them at that time. Kiss me and see that you have no place to cry when you regret it!"

When Mrs. Zhang thought about this, it wasn't that she simply didn't think about it. If the news got out, Lichun and Lixia would have to marry a wife with ten taels of silver. Don't be angry.

Li He thought that life would be easier over there. It would be good to marry Qiao'e by herself. The life of the girl is good, and she will have face when she goes out by herself. Married, how many families can build a house to marry a wife!Thinking about it made me feel pretty, so I agreed.

Li Dequan took the silver back home, and distributed it among them one by one. He also took the gift from the Zhao family. Several people sighed and talked for a while, and they all laughed happily.

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This is the second update of today. I have posted a chapter in the early morning, and I am still sleepy. The second update will start tomorrow. The first update will be at 10 am, and the second update will be around 7 pm.

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