Chapter 169 The Marriage is Confirmed
Su Tai smiled in a reproachful manner and lowered her voice and said, "Grandma, you are an experienced person and have eaten more salt than I have eaten rice. I won't beat around the bush with you about some things. Shen Yi's two cousins have not yet proposed marriage. The elder one is called Shen Liang, and you have also seen him.
This man is down-to-earth, hardworking, dutiful and filial, a good young man with good character. Uncle Shen Yi and Aunt Shen Yi have made a lot of money from farming and selling grain in the past two years, and they have built a whole yard a year. Now that yard has been expanded, they can be two families as long as there is a wall in the middle.
The place Daya lives after she gets married will definitely be good. In addition, Shen Yi's uncle and aunt have also saved some money and prepared 20 acres of land for each of their two sons. The couple also have a few acres of land for themselves. They can't say they are very rich, but compared with ordinary people in the village, their conditions are also very good!
Second Aunt was also frightened by Mo Chunxiang at first. She was suspicious and had never chosen a daughter-in-law that she was satisfied with. Coincidentally, she fell in love with your daughter-in-law!
Second Aunt also knows your family's situation, so she specially prepared twenty taels of silver as a betrothal gift this time, and only asked Daya to bring ten taels of silver as a dowry to support the occasion."
"What? Twenty twenty taels? He, he, he... Shen Yi's second aunt is so generous! This..." Liu Jinhua was so overwhelmed by the amount of the betrothal gift that she was dizzy and couldn't even speak clearly.
Seeing that she couldn't believe it, Su Tai nodded firmly and took out twenty taels of silver. "Look, she gave it to me before I left. I brought all the silver here."
When Liu Jinhua saw the money, she finally came to her senses and said anxiously, "Xiao Tai, I have to talk to my old man and Daya's parents about this. So, you stay in the room first, I'll be back soon."
Although the busy farming season is over now, there is still a lot of work to do in the blacksmith shop. Wei Laoqi has been hammering away in the next room without stopping.
All the work in the fields was given to Wei Gang and his wife.
Wei Yi and Chen took a few children to open up wasteland.
The wasteland was bought by Wei Laoqi with money borrowed from Chen Yi half a month ago. There were a total of 40 acres of it. It took his family day and night to clean it up.
It is impossible to fertilize the field, so you can only burn some hay to turn the soil over, burn as many insect eggs and weeds as possible, and then sow the seeds.
When the family was working hard, Liu Jinhua ran over.
"Ouch! Boss, stop working for now. I have something to tell you."
Chen stood up with the help of her hoe, sweating profusely, "Mom, what's the matter?"
Wei Yi still didn't stop, and said while working: "Mom, just tell me what's the matter."
There is nothing more important than farming nowadays.
Liu Jinhua knew her son's bad behavior, so she didn't force him. She just said, "Shen Yi's wife came to our house to propose marriage to our daughter. It's Shen Liang, the cousin of Shen Yi's second uncle. You also met him when you were in Shenjia Village.
She looks good, and her family is much better off than ours. They are willing to give her 20 taels of silver as a betrothal gift, and they said that Daya can just bring 10 taels when she gets married. What do you think?"
Wei Yi was so shocked that he stopped what he was doing. "Mom, is Shen Liang's mom really interested in our daughter? And she even gave us 20 taels as a betrothal gift?"
"Yes! Mother, if you say that they like our Daya, I believe it, but giving twenty taels of silver as a betrothal gift is too exaggerated! If the Shen family is really willing to spend twenty taels of silver to help Shen Liang get married, why would they choose our Daya?" Chen was the first to doubt.
Wei Daya was working not far away. She heard her parents mention her name frequently, so she stopped and pricked up her ears to listen carefully.
Liu Jinhua was unhappy. "What's wrong with our daughter? How is she any worse than other girls? She is capable, obedient, gentle and virtuous. Who wouldn't like her?"
Seeing that Liu Jinhua was unhappy, Chen hurriedly explained, "Mother, that's not what I meant. Daya is my biological daughter, so naturally she is fine in every way. But twenty taels of silver is too much!"
Liu Jinhua sneered, "Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it's fake! To tell you the truth, Xiaotai has already brought the betrothal gifts and wanted to give them to me just now, but I didn't dare to agree to it casually, so I came to find you two.
No matter how much I say, it won’t be as good as you seeing it with your own eyes and hearing it with your own ears. Now that she is at home, you should go over and discuss and settle Daya’s marriage.”
"Sister Daya, grandma said that she wants to arrange your marriage." Wei Daya's cousin Wei Erya whispered beside her.
Wei Daya blushed and quickly lowered her head to continue working.
When Wei Erya saw that the adults had left, she hurriedly asked, "Sister Daya, grandma and uncle and aunt have all run away, why don't you go back to see them?"
Wei Daya shook her head and looked at the vast 40 acres of wasteland. She felt a little panicked. "Let's work first and think about other things later. Anyway, my parents and grandma won't harm me."
"That's true."
When Wei Yi and his wife returned home, Su Tai repeated what she had said before.
Chen stared at the twenty taels on the table, and she completely believed what her mother-in-law said. She said hesitantly, "Second Aunt Chen Yi is so sincere, I agree to this marriage."
Wei Yi glanced at Chen and nodded, "I've seen that child Shen Liang, he's a good one, their family is kind and easy to get along with, I agree."
Liu Jinhua breathed a sigh of relief and smiled brightly, "Xiaotai, since Daya's parents have agreed, I, as a grandmother, will definitely be more willing. So, let Shen Liang's mother find a matchmaker to come to our house to propose marriage and exchange the engagement letter."
Su Tai took out another red envelope from her bosom, "Grandma, it's better to do it today than to wait for a day. I brought Chen Liang's engagement letter and betrothal gifts. Why don't we exchange the engagement letter today and finalize the marriage? Then we can ask the matchmaker to come to discuss the date. What do you think?"
"Ah? So rushed?" Chen exclaimed, then quickly explained, "I mean it was too sudden. There is nothing in this house."
Liu Jinhua said hurriedly: "I'll go borrow some red paper and ink, and find someone who can write to help me write it."
The Gengtie in the village is where the eight characters of birth are written. It is enough for you to just be able to write these commonly used characters.
Su Tai laughed and said, "Grandma, just borrow it and I'll write it."
"You write?" The three members of the Wei family were all shocked, and the way they looked at Su Tai instantly showed a bit more respect and caution.
I thought Su Tai was just smart, but now it seems that she is a hidden talent. It is really a blessing for Shen Yi to marry such a daughter-in-law.
Liu Jinhua ran out happily and asked several families. Finally, she bought red paper and writing brushes and ink from a farming and scholar family next to Shenjiazhuang.
After getting the things back, Su Tai wrote down Wei Daya's name and date of birth in front of everyone in the Wei family, "Grandma, I'll take the things back and give them to Second Aunt. You keep Chen Liang's engagement letter and betrothal gifts. I'm leaving first."
Su Tai walked out of the door with the child in her arms and stopped again, turning back and saying, "We will send some fabrics and headgear when the wedding date is set, so don't rush to prepare a dowry for Daya.
If you want to prepare something, just prepare some things like beds and cabinets, nothing else."
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