"Go find your third aunt, hehe!" Chen Qiushu wiped his hair and walked out of the door in high spirits.
"Oh, you go to see her so often. Our third son really has his heart set on her!" Wang Huilian put down the bowl and said sarcastically.
Recently, she has been feeling very aggrieved. She dislikes everyone and wants to rebuke everyone who speaks.
“Looking at that coquettish look, if someone didn’t know better, they would have thought they were married,” Wang Huilian cursed inwardly.
"I asked him to go. What's the matter? Do you have any objection?" Old man Shen leaned against the windowsill and raised his eyelids to glance at the eldest son's wife.
"Ah... The third brother went to find Xiaoqin, that must be a good thing! Didn't I say that the third brother is concerned about his marriage? Hehehe, Dad, what are you thinking about?"
Wang Huilian's face froze, and she quickly said something nice to Old Man Shen.
Over there, Chen Qiushu walked for half an hour against the slight northwest wind before reaching Lijiazhuang where Li Xiaoqin was.
Li Xiaoqin's family was the first one at the entrance of the village. The earthen walls were already low, and some places were half collapsed. It was obvious that the family was not well off.
Shen Qiushu didn't dare to go directly to the door. He hid behind a big tree outside the village, looking around from time to time.
After a while, his snot was frozen and he saw Li Xiaoqin coming out of the house to get some water.
"Shh, shh, Xiaoqin? Xiaoqin?" Chen Qiushu ran over and lay on the wall to greet Li Xiaoqin inside.
When Li Xiaoqin looked up, she saw Shen Qiushu's head sticking out from the top of the wall.
She quickly looked back to see that there was no movement in the house, then she carefully put the basin aside and tiptoed to the gate of the yard.
"It's so cold, why are you here?"
"I missed you and came to see you. This is not convenient, let's go over there and talk?" Chen Qiushu turned his head and looked at the yard. He was afraid that someone would suddenly come out of her house, so he wanted Li Xiaoqin to go with him to Dashu.
When the two of them arrived under the big tree, Chen Qiushu wanted to hold Li Xiaoqin's hand.
Li Xiaoqin leaned against the tree inconspicuously, avoiding the hand that Chen Qiushu stretched out.
"What do you want to see me about?"
Chen Qiushu didn't pull the little hand, nor did he care. He still looked at Li Xiaoqin with a smile.
"My father asked me to come and ask, how much dowry does your family plan to ask for our marriage?" As soon as Shen Qiushu saw Li Xiaoqin, he forgot everything in his mind and sold herself to old man Shen.
Li Xiaoqin frowned when she heard this: "Just now she said she came to see me because she missed me, but now she's asking for the betrothal gift? Aren't all betrothal gifts the same?"
Instead of asking for the bride price through a matchmaker, the Shen family asked Shen Qiushu himself. What did this mean?
"No, no, no, I really came here because I missed you. Asking about the gift is just a side note. My niece's marriage to Zhao Jiawan is scheduled for the 25th of this month, so I want to ask when our marriage will be held?"
"Isn't it because I want to marry you home as soon as possible?" Shen Qiushu rubbed his hands embarrassedly.
"You just talk nicely, but you come to see me empty-handed?" Li Xiaoqin rolled her eyes at him.
"Ah... I... I didn't expect this. Are you... are you angry? I will definitely bring you something next time, okay? I came too hastily today." When Shen Qiushu saw that his wife was angry, he was a little at a loss.
"I'm not greedy for anything from you, I just feel that you don't have me in your heart at all. Even if you bring a sweet potato stem, I won't mind it, because it means you are thinking about me in your heart!"
Chen Qiushu felt a little guilty for a moment. The meals at home were all prepared according to the needs of several mouths, and he really couldn't find a single bite to eat.
But how could he admit it in front of his future daughter-in-law? That would be too embarrassing.
"Next time, I will definitely bring it to you, I promise!" Chen Qiushu almost raised his hand to swear.
"We'll see how you perform next time. By the way, you said your niece is getting married on the 25th?"
Li Xiaoqin's eyes turned and she didn't answer how much dowry her family wanted, but asked about his niece's marriage.
"Did you book the one from Zhaojiawan? Which one? Tell me if I know it."
"Zhao Changgui's family is quite old. She used to be a stepmother. It's not easy to be close to her. My father quarreled with me yesterday because of this!"
In order to highlight himself, Chen Qiushu tried his best to belittle Zhao Changgui, making him worthless.
"Then how much dowry did his family give to your second brother's family?" Li Xiaoqin asked casually, pretending to chat.
"The bride price is 8 yuan, 2 kilograms of sugar, and 50 kilograms of corn kernels. Otherwise, with his family, how can he marry a virgin girl?" Shen Qiushu told Li Xiaoqin everything without reservation.
When Li Xiaoqin heard that the betrothal gift alone was only 8 yuan, her eyes lit up and she finally smiled at Chen Qiushu.
"Your family has made a lot of money. No family in our village has ever given so much as a betrothal gift."
"Hey, who said it wasn't? We just had our first wedding ceremony yesterday, and we're just waiting to get married on the 25th."
"My dad said that after we finish their business, we will start with ours, and try to finish it before the New Year. Then you can celebrate the New Year at our house."
When Shen Qiushu thought that he would soon have a wife, he couldn't hide the smile on his face.
Li Xiaoqin raised her hand and smoothed her hair: "I still need to ask my parents. If they don't agree, our relationship will probably be in jeopardy."
Chen Qiushu got anxious when he heard this: "What's the matter? Didn't you say you've already talked to your parents? Why don't they agree?"
"I said it, but it was just a passing mention. Your family didn't even ask a matchmaker to come to our house, so how can I tell my parents?"
"Then...then I will ask my parents to ask someone to come to our house, is that okay?"
Li Xiaoqin: "Let's wait until your family's marriage is done, otherwise if the two things are combined, I'm afraid something will go wrong."
Chen Qiushu thought that there was nothing to worry about in their family's marriage. When the time came, the people from Zhaojiawan would come to pick up the bride and they would just need to send her to the door.
But seeing that his wife insisted, he let it go. After all, there were only a few days left.
The two chatted under the big tree for a while. Li Xiaoqin really couldn't stand the cold anymore. The cotton-padded jacket she was wearing was filled with old cotton from several crops at home, which was not warm at all.
"Okay, you go back first. I have to go back too, or my mother will come out to look for me soon."
When the two met today, Shen Qiushu didn't even hold hands and seemed a little reluctant to leave.
Seeing him like that, Li Xiaoqin had no choice but to give in and let him touch her twice before she coaxed him away.
Seeing that the people had gone far away, Li Xiaoqin hurried home. She couldn't stop being happy when she thought that Zhaojiawan actually gave 8 yuan to the Shen family.
I have to discuss with my mother when I get back to see how much dowry I should ask for from his family.
She was confident that she was definitely better than that girl from Shen Qiushu's second brother's family who couldn't even do a fart, right?
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