Actually, some people had been openly or secretly discussing the possibility of marriage between their families with Xia Hongfen long before.
However, at that time, Xia Hongfen was just beginning to learn the craft, and whether she could make money was another matter. Most people were still in the observation stage.
In addition, Xia Hongfen was preoccupied with preparing banquets at that time and wanted to learn the craft so she could return to Xiaojiagou as soon as possible to earn money with her son and daughter, so she declined all offers.
Now Xia Chunmei is becoming more and more capable. Xia Hongfen is the one who cooks the banquets and teaches cooking. She is Xia Chunmei's aunt and Xia Chunmei's only close relative. How could we mistreat her family?
Even if Xia Hongfen doesn't make money from hosting banquets in the future, once you become in-laws with Xia Hongfen, will you still be able to find jobs for your family in the future?
Once the villagers thought about it, they couldn't sit still.
Xia Hongfen's youngest son, Xiao Quanfu, will be twelve years old after the New Year, which is the perfect age for marriage.
He was also the only unmarried child in Xia Hongfen's family.
It immediately became a hot commodity.
"There's no rush for the wedding. I plan to let my son get married when he's seventeen or eighteen. There are still many years to go, so there's no rush."
"It's okay to get married later. We can arrange the marriage first. I'm not bragging, but my granddaughter..."
"Your granddaughter is nowhere near as diligent as my granddaughter."
"Your granddaughter is indeed diligent, but with that kind of appearance, she's not exactly appealing! My granddaughter is much better."
"What's the use of being good-looking? You can't eat a meal. When choosing a wife, you should choose a virtuous one."
"My granddaughter is beautiful and virtuous, isn't she perfect?"
"My daughter is the best; she eats less and does more work."
“You have five daughters. Who knows if your daughters will take after you and have a bunch of girls? My daughter is better.”
"Your daughter is so skinny, how can she compare to my granddaughter? My granddaughter has a big bottom, she'll definitely give birth to a son!"
...
A group of women surrounded Xia Hongfen, chattering and arguing incessantly.
Xia Hongfen felt like her head was about to explode.
"Hongfen, I have something to ask you about Chunmei's marriage." Aunt Lihua saw Xia Hongfen's distressed state and quickly found an excuse to rescue her.
"Luckily you were quick-witted, otherwise I wouldn't know how to get away."
Pear Blossom smiled and said, "It's good that you don't blame me for ruining your plans."
"How could that be?"
Xia Mingshi said gloomily, "You can dodge the first day of the month, but you can't dodge the fifteenth. As long as your Quanfu hasn't been engaged, this is the norm. You'd better wait to be besieged."
Xia Hongfen thought it made sense, and her gaze shifted to Aunt Lihua: "Lihua, has your Guixiang gotten engaged yet? How about we become in-laws?"
(g, fourth tone)?
Aunt Lihua was taken aback, then laughed and said, "Alright, I'm just afraid you won't like my Guixiang."
"Why don't you like her? But I'm serious. I think your Guixiang is great. We know each other very well, we know each other's backgrounds."
“But my Guixiang is bigger than Quanfu.”
"It's okay if she's only a year older, she'll be carrying half a gold brick." Xia Hongfen thought about it more and more and felt it was a good idea. Lihua's family was small and easy to get along with. Xia Guixiang was also hardworking. Wasn't this the kind of wife she wanted?
Xia Hongfen: "I'm serious about Lihua. If you have no objections, when Chunmei comes back, let her calculate the birth dates of the two children."
“We’re all family, we know each other well, I think this is a good idea,” Xia Mingshi said.
"Alright, if Chunmei says the horoscopes are compatible, I'll agree."
...
Xia Chunmei never expected that the job recruitment would indirectly bring her cousin a good marriage.
When I came back on the afternoon of the ninth day, I heard about this. According to the birth dates and times of Liu Guixiang and Xiao Quanfu, they are a perfect match!
Good heavens, as soon as Xia Chunmei uttered the words "perfect match," Xia Hongfen and Aunt Lihua immediately arranged the marriage between the two children.
Because the two were still young, they decided to wait a few more years to get married. Xia Hongfen told Aunt Lihua that her family would work hard to earn money in the next few years so that Guixiang could live in a spacious and bright brick house when she entered the family.
Aunt Lihua was also very generous; she wasn't the kind of person who valued her sons more than her daughters. She immediately said that if they built a new house, she would give them furniture.
Hearing this, Xia Hongfen felt even more certain that she had made the right choice in choosing her in-laws.
The villagers soon learned that Xia Guixiang had become Xia Hongfen's future daughter-in-law, and they were all extremely envious.
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