In the last years of the previous dynasty, the betrothal rituals among the people were very complicated.

The engagement ceremony is considered complete after three steps: the betrothal gift, the betrothal gift, and the financial gift.

Not to mention the complicated etiquette, but also the high cost of money, which leads many families to be willing to spend all their money to marry a daughter-in-law.

In this dynasty, starting from the royal family, many overly complicated etiquette of the previous dynasty were abolished from top to bottom, and frugality was advocated.

After so many years, the moral standards among the people have improved a lot.

The engagement ceremony is also simplified and only needs to be done once.

Old Mrs. Ye prepared everything and finally waited for the auspicious day.

Early in the morning, the Ye family got up before daybreak.

When Old Lady Ye saw Old Fourth Ye wearing new clothes, her eyes couldn't help but become moist.

Seeing this, Mrs. Ye quickly said, "Mom, today is the fourth child's good day, we can't cry!

"Look, this dress made by the second son's wife looks so good on the fourth son!"

"Yes, it's a good day, don't cry, mother." Old Mrs. Ye quickly suppressed the sourness at the root of her nose and looked at Ye Laosi with pride.

After several months of training in the Yulin Guard, Ye Laosi looks taller and stronger.

Tall, broad shoulders, narrow waist.

Paired with the new clothes that Ye Ersao specially made for him, it really made everyone's eyes light up.

After everyone had breakfast together, Ye Laosi mounted his horse and set off for the Zhou family with his brothers from the Yulin Guard and the prepared engagement gifts.

Old Mrs. Ye stood at the door, watching them walk away. She couldn't hold back her tears and quickly raised her hand to wipe the corners of her eyes with her sleeve.

"The fourth child is the youngest in the family and has been protected and spoiled by his brothers and sisters-in-law since he was young.

"Among the four children in the family, he is actually the happiest.

"I just happened to stumble upon a big setback in my marriage.

"Now that I see that he's finally back on track, I feel a kind of indescribable emotion in my heart."

Mrs. Ye stepped forward to support Old Madam Ye and walked into the house, saying as she walked, "Mother, you can rest assured this time!

“The Fourth Brother and Miss Zhou have always been in love with each other.

"We've seen Miss Zhou's character with our own eyes along the way.

"What's more, the fourth brother now has his own job and abilities, so his life will definitely get better and better from now on."

"Yes, that's exactly what you said." Old Mrs. Ye was an insightful person. After hearing what Mrs. Ye said, she quickly got rid of her previous sadness.

Although Ye Lao Si went to propose marriage, things were not completely smooth sailing at home.

Ye Laosi invited so many Yulin Guards to help out today. After he goes to pay the betrothal gifts, he must treat them to a good meal.

Today was a rare day, and taking advantage of this happy occasion, the three daughters-in-law who were usually so busy that they were rarely seen came over. Everyone gathered together, chatting while picking vegetables, kneading dough, chopping stuffing, etc. It was quite similar to what they used to do at home.

As the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were chatting, they talked about the autumn harvest.

“The peanuts and other crops in the village have already been harvested.

"But this year is a good year, and it has been sunny recently. Although it is quite cold in the morning and evening, it is not yet at the point of frost or freezing.

"People from the Sino-Agricultural Department have been guarding the fields all the time, thinking that a day's delay will give them a day's growth, fearing that harvesting too early will affect the yield per mu.

"Since we haven't harvested our crops yet, the villagers have followed suit and are just standing there watching!"

Old Madam Ye nodded and said, "When it comes to crops, when it comes to the grain filling stage, they really change every day.

"It's still relatively good in the capital now. Back when we were outside the Great Wall, the corn and sorghum were often destroyed by frost before they could even grow.

"At that time, there was really no one to turn to.

"A year's food rations all come from the fields. If we lose even one day's supply, the whole family will have to endure countless days of hunger.

“If it weren’t for this, the eldest brother wouldn’t have gone to learn hunting in the mountains from the old hunters in the village.

"If it weren't for your eldest brother and sister-in-law, who knows what our family would have been like!

"It's a pity that the eldest brother couldn't make it back for the fourth brother's engagement, otherwise the fourth brother would have toasted his eldest brother."

Third Sister Ye was mixing dumpling fillings. Without even looking up, she said, "It's the same even with the eldest sister-in-law around. The third brother always told me that if it weren't for the eldest brother and his wife's responsibility, and if they hadn't gotten married and not split up the family, and instead continued to help out, he and the fourth brother wouldn't have had enough to eat and wouldn't have grown tall."

"That's absolutely true, especially after the old man passed away. If it weren't for the eldest brother and his wife, I don't dare to think about how life would have been at home."

Mrs. Ye also said: "Don't mention the third and fourth brothers, even the two of us, when we first had children and raised them, we also benefited a lot from the eldest brother and his wife.

"I remember when I was in confinement after giving birth to Changrui, if my eldest brother hadn't gone hunting in the mountains, there would have been no meat at home. I'm afraid there wouldn't even be enough milk for the baby."

Seeing them talking about this over and over again, Mrs. Ye quickly changed the subject and said, "Oh, why are you talking about this all of a sudden?

"After all, we are the boss! Isn't this what we should do?

"Mom, you and the second daughter-in-law make dumplings here, and the third daughter-in-law, you come to the kitchen and help me."

"Okay, I'll be right there." Third Sister-in-law Ye washed her hands and winked at Old Lady Ye and Second Sister-in-law Ye. "Eldest Sister-in-law is good in every way, but she's shy and can't stand people praising her!"

"Third son's wife, hurry up!" Mrs. Ye raised her voice again.

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