Chapter 74 Ye Yong proposes marriage
Hu Family——
"Xiu Xiu."
Hu Xiuxiu was feeding chickens at home when a voice sounded behind her.
Looking back, I saw the headman's wife standing outside the gate.
"Why is the village head lady here so early?" Hu Xiuxiu quickly opened the door.
The village head's wife came in with a smile on her face, looking at her.
Hu Xiuxiu blushed as she was stared at: "Village head grandmother, are you here to..."
"Is your mother home?"
"In the house!"
The headman's wife smiled and nodded, then walked into the house.
Xiuxiu's mother was sewing the soles of shoes. When she heard the noise, she came out immediately: "Aunt, why are you here? Come in and sit down."
After the two entered the main hall, without waiting for Xiuxiu's mother to serve tea, the village head's wife took her hand and asked, "How is Xiuxiu's marriage going recently?"
"Well... I've already got someone I'm looking for, but I have to wait for a while. What's your aunt doing..."
"I won't beat around the bush. I told you last year about Ye Yong from Ye Youtian's family. Last time you said you wanted twenty taels of silver as a betrothal gift, but their family didn't have it, so I didn't mention it again. Now his family has gathered the money!"
As he spoke, the village head's wife lowered her voice and said, "Besides, we know some things. Both of these young people are quite interesting. Why don't we help them achieve their goals?"
Xiuxiuniang's eyes lit up when she heard this.
During this period of time, she had been waiting for Carpenter Cai and had become anxious.
Although she felt that Xiuxiu was in good condition, she had been searching for so many years but couldn't find anyone who could afford twenty taels. Xiuxiu was already seventeen, and if she waited any longer, she was afraid that she would be worthless.
Carpenter Cai is hanging there, who knows whether he will succeed in the end. Now there is a ready-made one, of course we should take the ready-made one!
"Let's go!" Xiuxiuniang stood up.
“Where are you going?”
"Let's go to the Ye family to propose marriage. We are from the same village, so let's settle the marriage face to face. Then we can ask them to find a matchmaker to propose marriage!"
The village head's wife was stunned by her. Others would wait for the ice man to reply before inviting a matchmaker to come and have a chat.
I've never seen anyone so impatient!
But there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with a quick resolution.
The village head's wife followed Xiuxiu's mother and quickly walked out of the house.
“……”Hu Xiuxiu was startled when she saw them suddenly come out.
She had listened to most of their conversation just now. Her face turned red, and she felt nervous and happy. Her marriage would be settled soon.
The village head's wife and Xiuxiu's mother went to Old Ye's house together.
When they were almost at Ye's house, they saw Ye Bajin's ox cart parked there from afar, and Ye Caiping was getting off.
"Caiping has come back after finishing her work." said the headman's wife.
"Yes." Ye Caiping smiled and glanced at Xiuxiuniang behind her. Is she here to propose marriage?
"Bajin, go home first." said the headman's wife.
Ye Bajin obediently drove the ox cart away.
Xiuxiu's mother glanced at Ye Caiping without saying anything, and raised her head slightly.
She remembered clearly how Ye Caiping scolded her the last time Xiuxiu fell into the water!
Humph, no matter how arrogant he was at that time, he is still asking to marry her Xiuxiu now!
Ye Caiping frowned and said calmly, "Aunt, Xiuxiu, please come in!"
"Sister-in-law, Daquan's wife, Xiuxiu's mother is here!" The headman's wife walked into the room, her loud voice filled with smiles.
Ye Yong was chopping wood in the yard when he suddenly saw the two of them coming in. He blushed when he saw Xiuxiu Niang, and stood up quickly:
"Grandma, Auntie...why are you here? I'm going to call grandma and my mother."
As he said that, he ran towards Jinhua and Yinhua's room.
Old Mrs. Ye, Mrs. Du and Mrs. Wei, Jinhua, Yinhua, and even Jin'er and Huan'er were all sitting on the bed, sewing clothes.
"Grandma, mom, Xiuxiu's mom is here." Ye Yong walked in, looking a little nervous.
Mrs. Du had heard the voice a long time ago: "How come you are here so quickly? The head of the village came to answer the question... why did you bring the person here directly?"
"Now that they're here, let's go out to welcome them!" Old Mrs. Ye put down the needle and thread in her hands.
Old Mrs. Ye and other female relatives came out of the house together, and smilingly invited the village head's wife and Xiuxiu's mother to come into the main room and sit down.
It was not convenient for Ye Yong to be there, so he had to hide in the room of Old Man Ye and his wife.
Jinhua, Yinhua, Jin'er and Huan'er all hid behind Ye Yong and eavesdropped together. Ye Yong tried to drive him away several times but he refused to leave.
Ye Caiping and Wei served tea to everyone and then sat down next to Old Lady Ye.
Once Xiuxiu's mother sat down, she just sat there doing nothing. It was clearly her who came forward, and this time she actually served it without saying a word.
The village head's wife saw that the atmosphere was a bit awkward and wanted to slap herself in the face.
She should have stopped Xiuxiuniang from running over suddenly!
The village head's wife smiled and said, "I just went to Xiuxiu's mother's house and talked about the marriage of the two children. Xiuxiu's mother has already agreed. I thought, since we are from the same village, why not sit down and have a good talk? Once it is agreed, I will ask the matchmaker to come to propose marriage and exchange the engagement letter, which will save trouble."
The village head's wife gave face to Xiuxiu's mother and took the responsibility of coming here suddenly.
Hearing that Xiuxiuniang agreed, Mrs. Du and Old Lady Ye both breathed a sigh of relief, their faces filled with joy.
Ye Yong in the room also felt relieved, and a blush appeared on his face. Jinhua and Yinhua whispered to him.
Old Lady Ye smiled and said, "Yes, it would be easier if we sit together and talk. Xiuxiu Niang, besides the twenty taels of betrothal gift, do you have any other requirements for the betrothal gift?"
Xiuxiu's mother slowly put down the coarse porcelain teacup and said, "In addition to the eight items required by the rules, you must give Xiuxiu a gold hairpin."
"Gold hairpin?" Both Mrs. Du and Mrs. Wei were shocked.
When proposing in this place, there must always be something valuable as a weight.
Poor farmers would give a small bronze mirror, ordinary people would give a pair of silver clove earrings, and those with a little extra money would give a silver hairpin.
Mrs. Du originally planned to give her a silver hairpin, but Xiuxiu asked for a gold one as soon as she asked!
Old Lady Ye smiled and said, "Okay, the gold hairpin."
"Mother..." Mrs. Du's heart was bleeding, but she thought about the marriage her son had finally obtained, and she couldn't lose the big picture for the small one.
The lightest gold hairpin would cost at least ten taels of silver... Fortunately, Ye Daquan has his wages now, so he can borrow some money from his mother later, which will be enough.
Wei glanced at Old Lady Ye. Yong'er wanted the gold hairpin, and her son Peng'er must not be left out when he gets married in the future.
Before Xiuxiuniang could say anything more, Old Lady Ye spoke up:
"Xiu Xiu Niang, we are a farmer's family. Twenty taels and a gold hairpin are the best we can give. Ask outsiders, who can give a gold hairpin when they are betrothed? If you want any other gold or silver, we can't give it to you."
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