peasant young lady

Chapter 165
Cheng Xia was taken aback, why did Xiao Du come?Are those two pineapples in your hand?

Lin Xiu didn't know Xiao Du, so he grabbed Cheng Xia's clothes and said cautiously, "Sister-in-law, what is that man doing?"

Cheng Xia signaled Lin Xiu not to be afraid, and only called out to Yang Lihua's room, "Sister-in-law, someone is looking for you."

Yang Lihua immediately left the room, and when she saw Xiao Du standing at the gate, her cheeks were blushed immediately, she entered the main room shyly, and called Mrs. Chen out.

Mrs. Chen looked at Xiao Du who was standing at the door with an inexplicable face, and asked Yang Lihua in puzzlement, "What's going on?"

"Mom, I don't know either, you go and ask." Yang Lihua said shyly, twisting the corners of her clothes with both hands.

Cheng Xia wanted to laugh when she saw Yang Lihua's pretentious appearance. She looked for the river shrimp and peeked at the direction of the door. She saw Mrs. Chen walking to the gate and asking Xiao Du something. Xiao Du didn't know what to say. Chen's face turned livid, he slammed the fence shut, turned around and walked into the yard.

Yang Lihua panicked, quickly pulled Xiao Du's clothes, opened the door to let him in, Xiao Du was obviously not happy, and didn't want to go in with a cold face, Yang Lihua murmured something to him, and Xiao Du reluctantly entered the door .

Cheng Xia saw that Xiao Du followed Chen Shi into the door, and then she looked away. She thought there were river prawns at home, but she couldn't find them, and the corn and shrimp rolls couldn't be made, so she simply made a corn roast to satisfy Xiaolong's cravings. Bar.

The freshly cooked corn kernels just come in handy. Cheng Xia sprinkles some salt in the corn kernels to taste, and then adds an appropriate amount of flour to mix well. There is no glutinous rice flour or raw flour, so we can only use flour instead. As for the stickiness, Cheng Xia is also not sure, let's try it out.

Pour some more hot oil into the pan, and pour it out after the oil is cooked.There is only a little oil in the bottom layer of the pot. At this time, pour the flour-coated corn kernels into the pot and press it evenly with a shovel to facilitate shaping.During this process, hot oil is continuously poured in to shape the shape. After the corn kernels are fragrant, pour all the hot oil that has just been poured in at one time. When the corn kernels are burnt golden, you can take them out and drain the oil. up.

Lin Xiu had been staring nervously at the direction of the main room, and suddenly smelled a strong fragrance, she turned her head quickly, and saw Cheng Xia was cutting a whole round of corn into small pieces, Lin Xiu was curious She leaned over, "Sister-in-law, you are so amazing, you can do this too."

Cheng Xia sprinkled sugar on the corn that had been placed on the plate, and said, "I think Xiaolong will like it, so I made it for fun."

"Sister-in-law, I think the man who just came here seems to know my aunt." Lin Xiu tasted a piece of cornbread that Cheng Xia handed over, but was still worried about the main house.

Just as he was talking, Du Zhong came to the kitchen in twos and threes, took a sniff, and set his sights on the plate of corn. He couldn't wait to take a piece, and said, "Auntie told you to go in."

"Sister-in-law, you can go, I'll do the rest," Lin Xiu took the shovel from Xia Xia's hand, and said worriedly, "You can help me find out what's going on, I feel that mother is not very happy."

Cheng Xia nodded, took off the apron, took the plate of corn and roasted it into the house.

Xiaolong stood at the door in fear and waited. When he saw Cheng Xia approaching, he quickly threw himself into her arms. Cheng Xia handed the corn brand to Xiaolong, picked him up and carried him into the house.

At this moment, a quarrel broke out in the main room, which Cheng Xia could imagine.Mrs. Chen sat on the kang with a gloomy face, while Yang Lihua stood in front of Mrs. Chen, looking as if she had done something wrong, while Xiao Du sat on a stool beside her carelessly, and put two pineapples on the table, His eyes were fixed on the corn rib soup and sweet corn kernels that had been placed long ago.

Yang Dalang and Du Zhong, who had just entered the door, stood at the door, with their arms folded on the left and right, as if they were two guardians.

Cheng Xia went in with Xiaolong in her arms, and called to Mrs. Chen, "Mother, call me."

Mrs. Chen finally raised her eyes, and pointed at Yang Lihua and Xiao Du angrily, "Daughter-in-law, look, your sister-in-law did such a thing, hooked up with a man in private, and now everyone is coming to propose marriage Well, as a mother, I was still kept in the dark."

Cheng Xia raised her eyebrows, thinking that this day had finally come, she hugged Xiaolong and sat on the bed, Xiaolong saw that Mrs. Chen was not happy, so she picked up a piece of corn and baked it in Mrs. Chen's hand, "Grandmother, auntie just made it." , can be sweet or crispy, Grandma try it, don't be unhappy."

Chen looked at Xiaolong who was considerate and filial, and then looked at the unfilial girl standing in front of her, her expression was still not good-looking.

Cheng Xia smiled softly, "Mother, I can't say anything about this."

"Why can't you say anything, sister-in-law is like mother, you have always been the most thoughtful, if you don't help me, mother really doesn't know what to do." Chen said anxiously.

Cheng Xia turned to look at Yang Dalang at the door, seeing him nodding to herself, Cheng Xia had some plans in mind, and then asked Du Zhong, "Are you here to propose marriage?"

When Du Zhong heard the question, he finally looked away from the two dishes and nodded, "My mother said, let me propose marriage."

Cheng Xia immediately bowed down, she obviously saw that Yang Lihua's face was not very good-looking, and guessed that Yang Lihua could not have imagined that the Du family didn't even invite a matchmaker, and the person directly came to propose marriage.

Marriage in ancient times was the most particular. The so-called "six rituals" of marriage have continued from the Western Zhou Dynasty in ancient times to modern times. Although the 21st century is not as meticulous and thoughtful as it is, there are still some procedures that should be followed. After all, it is a tradition.

The so-called orthodox six ceremonies are the six procedures for marriage, including the six steps of accepting, asking for names, najib, accepting, asking for a date, and welcoming in person.

The simplest way of accepting marriage is that the man first sends a matchmaker to the woman's home to propose marriage, and after the woman agrees, he sends an envoy to send an engagement gift and make a formal proposal.

This is just the most basic part of the six rituals, and the Du family didn't even abide by it. There is no matchmaker to find the closest and most trusted relatives, and the man can't make the marriage proposal by himself.

"Do you know that a matchmaker is needed to propose a marriage, and gifts are also needed?" Cheng Xia said patiently.

"My mother said, I can do it myself. Lihua and I are in love, so we don't need a matchmaker. As for gifts," Xiao Du took the two pineapples on the table and handed them to the kang beside Chen, "this is Yes, this food is delicious."

Cheng Xia looked at Yang Lihua's face that changed color in an instant with amused expression, and still looked at Xiao Du and asked, "You use this pineapple to make money, and this idea was passed on from me, and now you still bring pineapple to my house to propose marriage, it's really ridiculous. "

Xiao Du's face turned red. It was because his mother didn't need to bring anything. He felt a little rude, so he picked two pineapples from the mountain, and they still hated them.

Xiao Du's expression was not good, "I'm here to propose a marriage, so I brought my things with me. My mother said, if you agree, you agree, and if you don't agree, I have nothing to do."

Yo, this attitude is quite tough!
Cheng Xia laughed, "I hear what you mean, no matter what your attitude is, we have to happily marry someone to you, right?"

"That's what my mother meant."

Cheng Xia turned to look at Yang Lihua, "Sister, what do you mean?"

Yang Lihua twisted the quilt on the side of the kang tangled, "I, I listen to mother."

When Mrs. Chen saw Xiao Du's attitude, she got angry and slapped the kang's face, "I don't agree!"

"If you don't agree, forget it," Xiao Du stood up and took two pineapples from the kang, turned around and walked out the door.

In a panic, Yang Lihua quickly grabbed Xiao Du's sleeve, turned her head and said to Mrs. Chen, "Mother, he is kind enough to propose marriage, so don't be so rude."

"What did you say?" Mrs. Chen jumped off the kang, "You hooked up with this guy in private, who are you playing tricks on? He said he wanted to marry you when he came up. I know which onion he is. Suan, where does he live, how old is he, who is in the family, what are the conditions? Did he tell you? I don’t know anything, so I just heard him talk about my mother, how old is this man, and has he been weaned? Yes I didn’t have any ideas of my own, and I felt angry when I saw him. I haven’t taught you a lesson yet, but you have taught your old lady a lesson instead!” Chen said without getting angry, looking for fire sticks everywhere .

Lin Xiu made a plate of scrambled eggs with spinach and came in. Seeing Mrs. Chen's appearance, she quickly stopped her and kept winking at Yang Lihua, "Miss, today is Mother's birthday, don't make Mother angry."

Yang Lihua stiffened her neck and said angrily, "It's my mother who has a bad attitude, so I didn't say anything."

"You bastard, how dare you say that!" Mrs. Chen found a fire stick with a thick arm behind the door where Du Zhong was leaning, picked it up, and greeted Xiao Du. When Xiao Du saw it, he was so frightened that he threw away the pineapple , hurriedly pulled Yang Lihua to him, Chen's strong stick hit Yang Lihua's waist impartially, Yang Lihua groaned and cried out in pain.

Chen was even more furious, "It's just a man like this, who pulls a woman in front of him to suffer, and hides behind his back. What do you think of him?"

Xiao Du patted his chest nervously, picked up the two pineapples on the ground and was about to rush out the door, "Your house is too scary, my mother said that if I am wronged, I should go back and tell her that I have to go home. "

Du Zhong's long legs blocked the door, and Xiao Du couldn't get out, so he turned around and dragged Yang Lihua anxiously, "Let me go quickly, who are these people in your house, my mother said that I would eat at your house, but Look at what they did to me."

Yang Lihua gasped for the pain in her waist, she took a careful look at Mrs Chen, and saw Mrs Chen stomping her feet angrily, she also knew that she couldn't take advantage of it today, so she hurriedly said to Du Zhong, "Brother Du, you let him Go back first."

"Are you sure?" Du Zhong asked.

Yang Lihua nodded affirmatively, Du Zhong didn't say anything, just retracted her long legs, and watched Xiao Du run away like a shit.

Yang Lihua looked back at Chen Shi, "Mother, Xiao Du and I really love each other. He came to propose marriage today, which means that he wants to marry me. You should agree."

Chen was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood, she pointed angrily at Xiao Du who had disappeared outside the door, "This attitude still really wants to marry you? You are dreaming! I put the words here, if he dares to pay ten taels Yinzi, let's talk about getting married again, otherwise he won't even think about entering my house again."

"Mother, how can you be unreasonable? What do you want ten taels of silver for? Gambling for your son? I don't agree!" Yang Lihua said angrily.

"You!" Chen's chest hurts in anger, "Get out of here, my birthday will not pass today, I don't want to see you now, get out of here far away!"

"Who should get out?" A familiar voice suddenly came from outside the door, Cheng Xia was taken aback, Yang Hunter?
"What are you doing here?" Seeing Cuihua following behind Headhunter Yang, and seeing that her belly was not obvious at all, Chen was so angry that she didn't want to speak.

"I'm here to talk to you about Erlang." Headhunter Yang said flatly.

(End of this chapter)