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Chapter 24 Iron Mountain Marriage
The eighth month of the lunar calendar has passed, and with the bleak autumn wind, September has quietly come.

The wheat field that has been planted has already sprouted tender new shoots. Looking around, the farmland is lush green. In this era, there is no rice in the north. Wheat and corn are the main crops cultivated by farmers in a year. Baozhu heard from his father , because there is no rice in the north, and a stone of rice in the town costs five guan, which is something only rich people can eat.

This season, the weather has bid farewell to the hot weather, and it is even a bit chilly in the morning and evening.After an autumn rain, the sky was washed blue and blue, and the inside and outside of the village were golden yellow. The beans, melons, and garlic in the vegetable garden were growing gratifyingly, and the walnut trees in the yard were also covered with ripe black skin Walnut.

The elm trees on both sides of the road didn't have many leaves. A gust of autumn wind blew, and the large pieces of elm leaves scattered on the ground were rustled and moved along the road from the east to the west.

Baozhu was sitting on a deck chair under the walnut tree in the sun, watching her father and a few younger ones go up the tree to pick walnuts.

Chen Liushi also squinted her eyes and looked up at the tree. After a while, the basket was full, and Chen Liushi couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear.

"Sister-in-law, hey—" Chen Liushi heard Aunt Hu shouting from a long distance away, her eyes lit up, she greeted her cheerfully, and sighed: "I'm looking forward to you! Come, come, come to the house said inside."

Chen Tiegui got down from the tree, showing a naive smile, slipped the basket in one hand, picked up the orb in the other, and beckoned a few little ones to drive home, since the Hu family came, the matter of Tieshan might be settled.

It turned out that a few days ago, Mrs. Chen invited Aunt Hu, a matchmaker. Aunt Hu was a matchmaker in the village for many years, and she handled things quickly. No, it took only half a month, and she came to report.

Mrs. Chen Liu let the bodyguard sit down, Mrs. Wang rushed over to serve some tea, put some snacks on the table, and said with a smile: "It's rare for my aunt to come, so I need to chat with my mother for a while."

Aunt Hu responded with a smile, and pulled Wang to sit down, "Sit down, Xiuye, don't worry about it, just say a few words and leave."

Chen Liushi was concerned about her son's relatives, so she didn't even care about polite words, and asked with a smile: "Big sister, how is the situation? Which family is the girl from?"

Aunt Hu took a sip of tea unhurriedly, and said to Chen Liushi with a smile: "Then you can still run? Does Zhangjia Village know?"

Chen Liu couldn't hold her mouth shut with a smile, "Why don't you know, isn't our Hongyu from Zhangjia Village? What's the matter? That girl is from Zhangjia Village?"

Aunt Hu put down her teacup and raised her eyebrows, "That's a good relationship. When we enter the door in the future, don't we all kiss each other!" Then she lowered her voice and approached Mrs. Chen Liu and Mrs. Wang and said, "This woman's family, but Mrs. Zhang One of the richest households in Jiacuner, and my elder brother was admitted as a scholar last year! The conditions are really nothing to say."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang murmured in her heart. Farmers said that relatives like to be well-matched, and the conditions of the man’s family can’t be worse than that of the woman’s family. The conditions of the Chen family are extremely common in every village. No matter how hard you search, you can't find a rich account to go to. Could it be that the girl has some flaws?

Chen Liushi and his daughter-in-law wanted to go together, they babbled a few times, their tone lost the excitement before, straightened up and asked: "What is the appearance and stature of that girl? Isn't she old?"

Aunt Hu took a few more sips of tea, took no surprise at Chen Liushi's expression, smiled, and said: "If you want to say that the girl is also juicy, and there is nothing wrong with her body, that's what my sister-in-law just said, she is a little older. It looks a bit bigger." The tone changed, "However, sister-in-law, we have to tell the truth, according to the conditions of the Zhang family, if this is the right age, we can still join our Tieshan? That is the daughter When you get older, the conditions are lowered."

Chen Liushi felt troubled, and asked Aunt Hu, "What does the Zhang family say?"

"As soon as I heard that Tieshan is honest and hard-working, I'm willing to join him. I didn't inquire about the number of jobs, and I just accepted it. I just wait for news from your Chen family." Aunt Hu took Chen Liu's hand and said : "Sister-in-law, it's not that I talk too much, it's from the bottom of my heart. Nowadays, it's hard to find such good conditions as the Zhang family!"

Chen Liu said with a smile on her face, "What should I say or should not say, what the big sister said is reasonable! The left and right are not all for the sake of Tieshan baby, so this matter allows me and the baby's father Let's discuss it again."

Aunt Hu got up and said goodbye, "That's OK! Whether this marriage is successful or not, the sister-in-law will still think about it, and give me an answer as soon as possible tomorrow. I have to go to the Zhang family to report the letter."

Aunt Hu walked forward, and Mrs. Chen Liu started to discuss with Mrs. Wang, "Xiu, what do you think of this matter?"

After thinking for a while, Mrs. Wang still expressed her worries, "According to the Zhang family's conditions, even if the daughter is older, she won't worry about not being able to get married. I'm afraid there are still some secrets."

Chen Liu thought about it too, but she also felt that if she could get close to the Zhang family, she would always have someone to help her in the future. Those with better conditions are better than those with poor conditions. "Why don't Tiegui and Hongyu go to Zhangjia Village? Let's take a trip and find out the details of that girl, don't you be so unreliable?"

Mrs. Wang figured out that Mrs. Chen and Liu were moved, and wanted to persuade her again, but then she thought again, Tieshan is simple-minded and easy to be fooled. If he finds a better condition, his wife's natal family will always help Tieshan in the future. It's just that he's older and has no other problems, so what's the problem?So I stopped persuading Chen Liushi.

Tie Gui and Hongyu arrived at Zhangjiacun before dark, wandered around in front of Zhangjia’s yard, but saw no one, so they had to leave Zhangjia and went to Zhang Hongyu’s home, the two of them originally planned to go directly to Hongyu’s home Inquire, the child has already entered the door.

The father of the Zhang family heard the purpose of his daughter's visit and knew that talking about marriage is a big deal, so he didn't dare to neglect it. After thinking about it, he said: "The Zhang family started to do pork business a few years ago, and they have made a lot of money in these years. The houses are all new. It's the youngest son of the Zhang family, Ruiqing, who is also a serious scholar and a scholar who was admitted last year."

Zhang Hongyu had been married for many years, and she was only fifteen when she left, so she didn't have much impression of the Zhang family, so she asked his father, "I don't remember the Zhang family, what kind of personality is that girl?"

According to Hongyu's father, Zhang's daughter seldom goes out, and she is not the one who is always in a hurry. Tie Gui felt relieved, and asked Zhang's daughter how her temperament is. Hongyu's father sighed, "I don't know Well, we have very little contact with the Zhang family, and we don't get to cut the meat a few times throughout the year, we only know that we are old, twenty-one, twenty-one, and if we marry, we will be much older than Shanwa."

(End of this chapter)