Chapter 67 Su Tai gets married
Chunhua’s eyes were slightly red, and she shed a tear silently. She choked with a smile and said: "Sister, I know what you are thinking, but I am already eighteen now. I will be an old girl next year. I can marry as much as I want." What kind of good man?
Moreover, we have no father, no mother, no relatives or elders, so even if we marry into our in-laws’ family, we may not be able to live a good life.
Although the Ke family is in the ice field and the conditions are a bit more difficult, Aunt Han told me that their family are all honest and kind-hearted people. She also said that it is not easy to get a wife over there, and those who have a daughter-in-law will only love them. I won't treat you harshly, and I think it's pretty good.
The most important thing is that they are willing to give me ten taels of silver to marry me. With these ten taels of silver, I will not have to worry about winter this year. You will have to work hard for another year next year and you will be able to marry me after the autumn harvest. "
Chunhua expressed her thoughts.
The three Ye An brothers cried and shook their heads, refusing to agree to anything.
On the other hand, Xia Hua, who was silent on the side, had a calm face, "Why are you crying! Miss Su is getting married tomorrow. You and I will go to Aunt Han's house with me to meet her. Then ask carefully. If it's like what Aunt Han said, it doesn't mean that you can't get married. If you can’t let go of my eldest sister, the worst thing you can do is marry me!”
The four Chun Hua siblings were stunned by Xia Hua's words.
Ye An was anxious, "Second sister, we can't bear to leave you either."
"Why are you talking so much nonsense? If it weren't for this family, my eldest sister and I would have been married long ago." Xia Hua turned her face away, not letting them see the tears on her face.
Before dawn the next day, Su Tai was dug up from the bed by Mr. Han.
Su Yu couldn't come here because she was pregnant, so she asked Su Yan to help Su Tai dress up, and her mother-in-law helped, so everything went on in an orderly manner.
At this time, the butcher brought half a fan of pork, and Mr. Huang also got more than 300 eggs, which Mr. Han ordered.
Mrs. Tao and Sunizi were helping to make steamed buns and steamed buns in the kitchen.
The whole Su family went there and it was very lively.
Chunhua brought her younger brothers and sisters over. She first went to say a few auspicious words to Mrs. Han, and then Ruan Xiaoyu took her to the kitchen house.
When Mrs. Tao saw them, she looked surprised at first, and then suddenly realized, and arranged a job for them to wash vegetables. As if she was afraid that Sunnizi wouldn't recognize her, she even introduced her to her, "Five siblings, surnamed Ye, just joined us this year." The village is settled by good children who know how to be grateful.”
Sun Nizi's mind was moved, she looked at the spring flowers and summer flowers carefully, and praised with a smile: "They look really good."
"No! It's hard to be diligent and sensible, but it's difficult to catch up with the disaster years!" Tao shook his head, feeling regretful.
Sun Nizi hesitated for a while, then found a chance to go over and work with the five Ye family siblings.
He said in a voice that only a few of them could hear: "I am Xiao Tai's aunt. My younger brother and sister came to our door to propose marriage before, and they were talking about my son."
The five Ye family siblings did not expect Sunnizi to speak so straightforwardly, and for a moment they did not know how to answer the question.
Sun Nizi was also a little embarrassed, scratched her head honestly, and said: "Our home is in the ice field, and the food and clothing are definitely not as good as here, two meals a day.
In the morning, I would boil a pot of goat's milk and add soufflé cakes, and in the evening I would eat goat's milk mixed with gnocchi.
When you open your eyes every day, men go out to herd sheep and drive the sheep back in the evening. All women have to do is tidy up the house, wash clothes, clean the house, and dress themselves when they have nothing to do, and nothing else. "
Ye An opened his eyes wide and asked: "Isn't it very cold on the ice field? Is the water particularly cold?"
Sun Nizi nodded, not hiding anything, "The rivers on the ice sheet all come down from the glaciers, so they must be cold, so we all choose to wash clothes when the weather is good and the sun is strong. I estimate that we only wash our clothes every three to five days. No need to wash every day.
If the weather is bad, we will stock up on fodder for the sheep. At this time, women also have to help, because for grazing, we will settle wherever the grass is rich and it is common to move.
But this is also because we are too poor. This batch of sheep sold for a good price this year. The child's father said that he would buy a piece of land to build a house in the town, so that women can live in the town even if they don't want to move far away. You don’t know that there are towns on the ice sheet, but not many. There is only one every few hundred miles. The people who can settle in the towns are all from well-off families. In the past, I could only envy them, but I never thought that our family would have such a day! "
The five Ye family siblings were inexplicably happy when they saw Sun Nizi's expectant face.
Xia Hua asked again, "Does it cost a lot of money to buy land and build a house in the town?"
Sunizi hesitated for a while, then shook her head, "There are few people in Bingyuan, so it costs about forty taels to build a house like my brother's house, but ordinary families can't save two taels of silver all year round, so forty taels is simply unthinkable."
This year has also hindered the fortune of my village. Today, the village chief even told my family that from now on, we will tally up the families who want to buy sheep in the village every year, and ask my brother to go over and talk about it. We can earn some money when we come back from driving sheep.
I don’t want to be like this year, I’ll be content with just a few dozen taels. "
While they were talking, brothers Ke Zhengping and Ke Zhengliang appeared at the door of the kitchen house and shouted to Sun Nizi: "Mom, my uncle asked you to go over and meet your relatives."
Sun Nizi quickly put down what she was doing, said something to the five Ye family siblings, and ran away.
After a while, Ye Chunhua and the others finally saw the Ke family brothers.
Xia Hua said: "It looks okay, not much different."
Xia Hua's youngest brother whispered: "I heard that the Ke family's youngest daughter is very beautiful. My sister is so good-looking. My brother must be in trouble."
"That's true." Xia Hua muttered and looked at Chun Hua, "Sister, what do you think of this house?"
Chunhua didn't answer on the spot, only said: "Let's talk about it when we get home."
At almost noon, the wedding team arrived.
Shen Yi sat on the donkey, looking proud of the spring breeze.
Amid the cheers of the villagers, he strode into the backyard.
After a while, Su Tai was carried out. After bidding farewell to her parents and brothers, she was helped into the sedan chair.
The sedan was an eight-carry sedan specially hired by Shen Yi. This battle alone was enough for the villagers to talk about it.
Wait until the person getting married leaves.
Some village women came up to Mr. Han and asked, "Mother, Xiao Tai, how much do the Shen family give Xiao Tai as a betrothal gift?"
Han held out two fingers.
Everyone subconsciously guessed, "Two Liang?"
Han shook his head.
The other party immediately took a breath of air, "It can't be twenty taels! This Shen Yi's move is too generous!"
Huang sneered at the side and said: "What is this? You are only thinking about how many gifts Shen Yi gave Xiao Tai, why don't you think about how much dowry Xiao Tai brought? A farm cow, a pair of sheep, a lot of furniture, quilts and coats, and There are jewelry and silver coins, which total more than twenty taels!”
When everyone heard that this was really the case, they immediately stopped envying the Han family and instead envied Shen Yi.
Han Shi pursed her lips and snickered. In fact, the bride price given by Shen Yi was two hundred taels, but she didn't dare to say it for fear of arousing jealousy, so she kept silent and let everyone guess.