days of being forced

Chapter 25

The age of the son is indeed the time to marry a wife, Zhao Xiulan did not delay, and raised this question at the dinner table that night.

Gu Li's first reaction was to refuse, "There is no room in the family for him to get married, and now several children are crowded in one room, besides, the elders and children are orderly, and the children of the elders are not married yet, why? It's the little one's turn."

Zhao Xiulan has a solid idea in her heart, she is not afraid of Gu Lishi now, "Then leave one free, Gu Hua will sleep in a room by himself, our second child is almost 20 years old, no matter what, it is time to find a wife It makes no sense for others not to get married, so my children have to wait, and the children of people who are the same age as Xiao Er in the village can run all over the place."

I don't even think about it, Gu Hua is already 23, and I don't like the girls in the village, and I can't find a suitable partner. When he spends more time, when will he be a head.

This age has indeed come, Gu Lishi will not be too persistent under irreversible conditions, and asked again: "Then which family's child have you taken a fancy to?"

"As for the child from the Yang family who was sent back by mistake, didn't our father tell Lao Yang that he would make a marriage contract for the two children before?"

Having been eating in silence, the grandfather Gu Rongquan who was suddenly summoned looked up at the second daughter-in-law and nodded, indicating that what Zhao Xiulan said was indeed true, but hesitantly said: "But the Yang family has never mentioned this for so many years, nor has it I know people still agree with it now."

He was on good terms with old Yang Tou back then, but the two younger generations of the Yang family didn't seem to get along with him.

Zhao Xiulan said: "Whether you agree or not, this marriage contract has been established since childhood. Our mistress is so good, how could the Yang family disagree."

Ha ha.

Mrs. Gu Li picked up the chopsticks and said: "Since you are his mother, you can handle the marriage, and the money will be paid by the public, but I heard that the couple of the Yang family are looking for ways to marry their children to the city. If you go here, the dowry is probably quite a lot, a little higher is fine, but too high is definitely not acceptable." What she said was reasonable, but in fact she had other calculations.

Gu Lishi knew that Gu Xingzhi and Jiang Ning were often together, and the two younger ones definitely wanted to get married. She wanted to stop Zhao Xiulan's mouth in advance, lest Zhao Xiulan really ask her for a large sum of money because her son likes it. silver.

Anyway, Gu Lishi didn't want to spend more money on the second room, and she didn't want to.

"Also." Gu Lishi looked at Gu Ming who was staring at Gu Xingzhi blankly, and said, "Xiao Ming, pack up your things and move to your elder brother's room tomorrow."

Although she didn't think the matter between Gu Xingzhi and Jiang Ning would work out, what Zhao Xiulan said was right, after all, at this age, it's not too far away whether they get married or not, and sooner or later they have to move.

Before Gu Ming opened his mouth, Zhao Xiulan objected: "No, the room where Xiao Er sleeps is narrow and small, and the light is not good. How can he sleep there in the wedding room? Gu Hua is not married, so let him sleep first. Just give up the house, and when he's going to get married, we'll probably have to build a new house, just right."

When it comes to the interests of her own son, the elder sister-in-law Zhang can't hold back anymore, her voice is always gentle: "What are you talking about, the second brother and sister, we, Hua, as the eldest grandson of the eldest house, have lived in that house since we were young. , how can we let him move out. Besides, Ah Hua is also getting old, and his sister-in-law is showing it to him, and it is estimated that he will get married soon."

Zhao Xiulan didn't like this, "How long will it be? He has lived for more than [-] years, and we are not allowed to live for a few years? Don't talk about the eldest son of the house, our second house has contributed a lot. Come back with three taels of silver every month, Qingqing's stewed pork recipe can also make money, you Gu Hua must first pass the examination as a scholar before talking."

"Okay." Gu Li patted the table, "According to what the second daughter-in-law said, let Ah Hua move in and live with Xiao Ming. I also saved some money. Now the business in the shop is good. Wait two more We will build a new house every month." It happened to confirm the use of the money to prevent the second daughter-in-law, Lion, from asking for money.

Zhao Xiulan: ...

Although I won, I don't know why I always feel a little bit aggrieved.

There was a tough battle in the Yang family, and Zhao Xiulan knew that the two members of the Yang family were the ones who would not let go of the money. It would be fine if old Yang was here, but not now.

She thought about it all night, and decided to go to Yang's house to find out.

It's amazing to find out, they want 300 taels!

Not knowing where the tone came from, Zhao Xiulan left the Yang family angrily.

Then he asked his son to talk, "Xiao Er, you said that we should change our daughter-in-law, but the Yang family actually asked for 300 taels of silver, which is outrageous. You said that if you are a few dozen taels of silver, you can talk about it for you, but so much Your grandma will definitely not be willing to take it out."

Gu Xingzhi smiled slightly, and said to Zhao Xiulan: "Mother, you don't have to worry about the money, the child has his own arrangements. As for the grandma, you can take as much as you want, mother, and then all will be yours."

"You, what do you mean by that?" Zhao Xiulan asked suspiciously: "Could it be that you are looking for someone to borrow money or something, then you have to pay it back in the end, 300 taels is really too much, then Jiang Ning You can’t bring anything, it’s not worth it.”

"Mother knows that you young people love to be pretty, but he's not the only one who looks good. There are some in the next village who are good-looking and can work. Mother will help you get married."

"Mother." Gu Xingzhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Don't worry, the Yang family treated Jiang Ning so badly, how could I really give them 300 taels, anyway, you should ask grandma first, and put away as much as you want. Wait until the day of marriage proposal, You will know what your son is planning."

Zhao Xiulan was skeptical, but she followed her son's instructions first, fought with Gu Lishi, and snatched 43 taels of silver.

After she wanted to come, she came to her son: "This is the dowry money that mother asked for from your grandma, and that's all. How about I ask her for some more?"

Although Zhao Xiulan felt that 43 taels was already a huge sum of money, but compared to the 300 taels that the Yang family asked for, it was really not enough.

She didn't want her son to work too hard.

Gu Xingzhi shook his head, "Put these mothers away." He turned around and took a cloth bag from the table behind, and handed it to Zhao Xiulan, "Mother, you can take this to discuss marriage with the Yang family later, The sooner you get married, the better."

His vacation time is limited, so he must make a quick decision and get the marriage settled as soon as possible.

Zhao Xiulan opened the cloth bag curiously, looked startled, and said hesitantly, "There are just some rocks in here."

Son out of his mind?

Or was her eyes wrong?

Gu Xingzhi smiled, "Mother, just take this and try again."

Under Gu Xingzhi's persuasion, Zhao Xiulan walked into the gate of the Yang family with suspicion. She doubted that the Yang family couple would throw her out with a big stick.She turned her head to look at her son behind her, and under Gu Xingzhi's affirmative gesture, she yelled twice with a heart of death: "Sister-in-law of the Yang family, are you home?"

Yang Taohua came out of the house, looked at the two people in the courtyard, and said for a long time: "Come in and sit down."

Gu Xingzhi followed in, because this was not a formal marriage proposal, it was just that the two families made an agreement first, and then a matchmaker was brought up, so it doesn't matter if he followed.

The two took their seats.

Yang Taohua held her neck high, choked her throat, and asked, "You guys have brought enough silver taels today, 300 taels, and you can't lose a penny. If you don't have any, please go back."

If the Gu family can really get 300 taels, she doesn't mind marrying Jiang Ning.

Yang Taohua had inquired about it before, but Master Zhu's family in the town wanted to marry their stupid son, and they only offered more than 200 yuan.Mr. Zhu's family is rich, but they just don't want to pay so much to a brother from a farming family.What kind of family background determines what kind of value, rich people are not stupid.

But Yang Taohua was also guilty, she didn't dare to tell people that Jiang Ning was raised by the Hou family, because she remembered that she was indeed born a daughter, not a brother.

It's not that no one knows about it, and she's afraid that if she talks too much, something will happen.

As for that stall, there are a lot of places, but her son is a scholar. If Jiang Ning is really sold and people know, her son will be a scholar.Only then did Yang Taohua rest her mind.

Yang Taohua's tone was very bad, and her disdainful attitude came over her face, but Zhao Xiulan didn't care about it. She put the cloth bag on the table with a stiff smile, and didn't dare to speak.

"Why, this is all together, I'll say that your old Gu's family is rich." She fingertips, and opened the cloth bag in a strange manner.

Zhao Xiulan closed her eyes and dared not look.

A smile appeared on Gu Xingzhi's expressionless face, and his fingers hidden in his sleeves moved slightly.

"Okay, go back and find someone to propose marriage."

Zhao Xiulan didn't open her eyes until she heard this sentence in her ear. She looked at Yang Taohua biting a stone in her mouth like an idiot, and once suspected that she was dreaming.

She asked tentatively, "You, do you agree?"

After biting one by one, Yang Taohua nodded, "Yes, you can choose your own dates and things like that."

Zhao Xiulan smirked and walked out of Yang's house with the money in her arms. This money can only be given after a matchmaker is hired. It is not needed now, and she is also afraid that Yang Taohua will give it to her in ignorance.

After leaving the door, Zhao Xiulan lightly touched the stone in her arms, and turned her head to look at her son, "You said, these are actually silver, am I wrong? Isn't this a stone?"

Gu Xingzhi shook his head, "This is because I gave the Yang family medicine in advance, so that Yang Taohua mistakenly thought that what she saw was silver, but it was not. This is also time-sensitive, about half a month, and then it will change. into stones. So the speed of getting married should be faster."

This is actually the effect of Gu Xingzhi's illusion, but martial arts in this world don't seem to be so magical, so he simply blamed the medicine.

"So that's how it is." Zhao Xiulan didn't doubt it. She knew that some medicines were very strange. For example, she had heard before that there was a kind of Gu in Miao Jiang, which could make people like her all the time.

"Then we have to hurry up. Let's go to the matchmaker now and make an appointment. Your vacation is coming soon. We have to give the matchmaker a medicine, otherwise it's not good for her to see how many rocks are inside. It will be revealed later."

I went to the matchmaker's house, who happened to be free, and didn't object after hearing Zhao Xiulan's request to go immediately, anyway, her reward was indispensable.

It's not bothersome for Yang Taohua to be asked about Jiang Ning's marriage for half an hour and so on. Of course it would be the best to get the 300 taels into his pocket as soon as possible.

In the end, according to the few good days recommended by the matchmaker, Zhao Xiulan chose a close one. Even if she gave the dowry today, she would get married in half a month.

After seeing off the matchmaker, Zhao Xiulan breathed a sigh of relief, finally no one pointed out that the 300 taels of silver were stones picked up everywhere by the roadside.

"By the way, do many people know about your medicine? Will she know about it someday?"

Gu Xingzhi: "This is a family secret of the old man. They haven't used this medicine much. Few people in the world know about it. Mother, don't worry."

Zhao Xiulan nodded, that's right, the old man is so powerful, he must have a lot of money, how could he cheat like them for 300 taels of silver.

Back home, Zhao Xiulan hid the 43 taels that she wanted to come over before, and then confidently asked Mrs. Gu for money. The marriage was engaged, and she wanted to buy something for her son and come back to get married.

The whole family didn't expect that Zhao Xiulan would be able to negotiate this marriage. Mrs. Zhang asked, "Second brother and sister, how much dowry does the Yang family want?"

Zhao Xiulan originally wanted to say something casually, but she was afraid that the rumors from the Yang family would be wrong, so she said, "300 taels."

"Ten taels?"

"Where did you get the money?"