Chapter 197 Marriage Proposal
"I asked a client to get this for me." Ye Caiping said with a smile, "These cassava trees are different from other cassava trees. Let's plant them here and take good care of them."
"Leave it to me!" Old man Ye rubbed his hands together.
Old man Ye used to hate working in the fields and growing vegetables, but now that he has some free time, he has fallen in love with growing vegetables.
He weeded and watered the vegetable garden every day, and kept it thriving.
"Then I'll trouble you, Dad." Ye Caiping said, "These cassavas are a little special. Dad, please don't tell anyone about this."
Old Man Ye didn't ask any more questions: "Don't worry. By the way, I heard from Huan'er that you are going to reclaim the 80 acres of land. Are you going to hire long-term workers or something? Let me take care of this!"
People who have worked hard for decades are suddenly not used to having a comfortable life.
Seeing that he was in high spirits, Ye Caiping smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll leave my land to Dad."
Anyway, Old Man Ye doesn’t have to work himself, he can just stand at the head of the field and give orders.
"I want to plant 60 mu of cassava. The saplings will be placed in the warehouse on the far right of the workshop. After we recruit some people, Dad will bring them to move them."
As he said that, he gave the key to the warehouse where the seedlings were stored to Old Man Ye.
Old Man Ye didn't ask why so many cassava trees were planted. He happily took them and said, "Let's plant these five first."
The father and daughter began to dig holes and plant cassava.
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After Old Man Ye took over Ye Caiping's eighty acres of land, he was very busy.
It only took two days to recruit 30 long-term workers, and the wage was 30 cents a day.
Next, Ye Caiping began to reclaim the 80 acres of land in a vigorous manner.
That afternoon, Ye Caiping was inspecting the workshop when she suddenly saw Ye Huaner running over and said, "Mom, the Zhou family is here to propose marriage!"
Ye Caiping was startled: "Go back and take a look."
When Ye Caiping returned home, she saw more than a dozen boxes of gifts tied with big red flowers piled in the courtyard.
In the living room, Old Man Ye and his wife, Mrs. Du, Ye Daquan were sitting there, and even Mrs. Wei came.
The matchmaker was chatting with Mrs. Du. I don't know what they were talking about, but they were all laughing.
"It's the matchmaker!" Ye Caiping greeted with a smile.
"Haha, hello, Madam Ye!" When the matchmaker saw Ye Caiping, she shuddered, remembering Ye Caiping's choking way of chatting last time.
Ye Caiping sat down next to Wei with a smile.
"Matchmaker, let's start!" The strange woman standing aside spoke. She was a servant of the Zhou family, named Liu Ma.
"Yes, yes." Matchmaker Hua stood in the middle, smiling and bowing to Ye Daquan and his wife: "Uncle Ye, Madam Du, congratulations. I have heard that your Jinhua is a famous good girl in Qinghe Village. When Madam Zhou heard about it, she immediately came to me to propose marriage."
This is just a festive and polite statement. No matter where you go to propose marriage, the matchmaker will always say this. Different matchmakers have different statements, but they are basically the same.
Even though he knew it was just polite talk, looking at the matchmaker's festive smile and the gifts piled up outside, even if he had some dissatisfaction in his heart, it was reduced by 70% this time.
Ye Daquan and Mrs. Du were delighted to hear this and couldn't help laughing.
Jinhua, who had been hiding in Old Lady Ye's room, was feeling both happy and shy, excited and nervous, with her heart pounding.
The matchmaker said, "Let's talk about the betrothal gift. The betrothal gift is eighty-eight taels, and the various gifts are eighteen loads. Uncle Ye, if you have any other requests, you can ask."
Ye Daquan and Mrs. Du looked at each other. Eighty-eight taels was already a lot for a village girl. For example, Xiuxiu's mother asked for twenty taels at that time, which was already a sky-high price.
Although they have made a lot of money in the past six months, their mindset has not changed all at once and they still think that eighty-eight taels is really good.
The two felt very honored. They had never expected that Zhou Ziyang valued Jinhua so much and did not give her only 6 or 8 taels just because she was a farm girl.
Jinhua in the room was feeling so sweet. Eighty-eight taels of silver, if she told everyone about the betrothal gift, she would claim to be second to none in the surrounding area, and no one would dare to claim to be first!
Old Man Ye and his wife also felt that the Zhou family was sincere.
Wei tutted her tongue twice and whispered to Du, "This betrothal gift is really high! I heard that the Zhou family has servants! Jinhua will become a young lady in the Zhou family and enjoy a good life."
Mrs. Du was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.
Ye Caiping held her tea in silence and did not take part in the discussion.
Seeing that Mrs. Du and the others were satisfied, Hua Matchmaker and Liu Ma smiled. Liu Ma generously repeated, "If you two have any other requests, just ask."
Mrs. Du was so satisfied that she dared not ask for anything more: "We don't care about the amount of money, as long as Jinhua can live a good life."
Mother Liu smiled and said, "As long as you enter our Zhou family, are you still worried about having a bad life?"
The matchmaker said, "Mrs. Du, please bring out Jinhua's engagement letter!"
Mrs. Du was already prepared. She picked up a box from the coffee table and handed it over.
Mother Liu opened it and found Jinhua's engagement letter inside. She quickly put it away and said with a smile, "Then we will go back first."
Seeing that they were about to leave, Mrs. Du was a little confused: "Wait, where is Zhou Ziyang's engagement letter? Aren't we going to exchange engagement letters?"
Matchmaker Hua was startled, but Aunt Liu smiled and said, "Don't worry, don't worry. Let's take Jinhua's engagement letter back first, and then go to the government to write a document."
Mrs. Du and Ye Daquan looked at each other, what was going on?
Old Lady Ye frowned, "Are you confused, or are we? When my three children got married, and my eldest grandson got married, both parties exchanged engagement letters. How can you only give engagement letters to the woman and not the man? Matchmaker, have the government rules changed?"
The matchmaker was also confused: "No? But you are... not taking a concubine? How can a concubine's family ask for a male's birth certificate? The male's birth certificate is only exchanged with the main wife's family. This is still a concubine, so the female's birth certificate is required, and then it is taken to the government to write a concubine document. If it is a concubine, even a birth certificate is not needed, just a direct sale contract will be enough."
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire hall fell silent.
Jinhua in the room was stunned. Taking a concubine? How could she be a concubine?
In an instant, a chill rushed from the soles of her feet to the top of her head.
"What did you say? Who am I?" Ye Daquan widened his eyes.
The matchmaker noticed that the atmosphere was not right and was shocked: "She is the concubine? You... don't know?"
No way?
After saying that, he looked at Liu Ma.
Mother Liu looked embarrassed and said with a smile: "Oh, I am a concubine after all, you——"
Mrs. Du finally came back to her senses from her confusion: "After talking for so long, you are taking a concubine?"
"Fuck you, my daughter won't be someone's mistress!" Ye Daquan yelled angrily and jumped up. "What do you mean she's originally a concubine? When did you ever say that? Huh?"
Mother Liu took a step back in fear: "It was on our young master's birthday last time. Didn't our wife talk to you about it at that time?"
"Puh!" Mrs. Du finally came to her senses and was shaking with anger. "I didn't even mention the word 'concubine' at that time. But Mrs. Xie kept saying 'marriage'. Who calls taking a concubine 'marriage'?"
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