Sun Daba
Two days later, just after breakfast, Geng Zhenlan came again with Tang Xiaomei, and Tang Xiaomei's father Tang Laoer also came.
Geng Zhenlan said that Sun Daba was from Dawa Village, and when they came, they asked Geng Zhenhai and Ye Meizi to help with the supervision.
In fact, Tang Xiaomei was going to come to Dawa Village to compare Sun Daba and Geng Feng.
If he is not as good as Geng Feng, he will not agree. If he is on par with Geng Feng, or better than Geng Feng, he will agree.
Anyway, their family backgrounds are similar, so what they compare is appearance.
Ye Meizi had no choice but to entertain them.
Just after the hour of Mao, matchmaker Du from Dahe Village came with Sun Laoxi and his family.
Qin Nian confirmed to Ye Meizi yesterday that Sun Laoxi's son is indeed called Sun Daba.
Out of curiosity, she and Mrs. Li waited under the window early in the morning, sitting and standing, chatting, waiting to see people.
Sun Daba was very tall, taller than Geng Feng. Qin Nian estimated that he should be over 1.9 meters tall.
He is very thin, like a bamboo pole. When he walks, his body leans forward slightly. When he walks fast, he is like a bamboo pole following a strong wind. When he walks slowly, he is like a bamboo pole following a light wind.
Long arms and legs, like a thinner bamboo pole, and the neck is also like, like a section of bamboo pole.
Zhuganren has thick eyebrows, big eyes, thin lips, and pretty facial features. He is wearing coarse blue clothes and trousers, and looks handsome.
Tang Xiaomei couldn't look the man face to face, so she hid in Geng Feng's warehouse.
The warehouse faced west and east. Tang Xiaomei saw Sun Daba passing by through the gap in the warehouse door.
I didn't see it clearly, just a rough idea.
This man has a good appearance. He is the only son in the family with no sisters. Tang Xiaomei is very happy.
After Sun Daba sat in the room for a while, he left. At this time, Tang Xiaomei came into the room to let the man's parents see her.
After talking for a while, Mr. Sun and his wife stood up to say goodbye. Matchmaker Du followed them and said she would come back later.
She should ask the man's opinion first and give the woman's family a chance to discuss it.
"Second brother and second sister-in-law, what do you think?"
Geng Zhenlan asked Geng Zhenhai and Ye Meizi happily.
Geng Zhenhai said: "Marriage is an important matter, it's up to you and your brother-in-law to make the decision."
Ye Meizi also said: "Our opinions are not important. It's okay only if you think it's okay."
"The boy is so tall and handsome, I like him. Xiaomei, Xiaomei, do you like him? How do you feel about him?"
Tang Xiaomei's eyes were full of smiles. She looked at Geng Zhenlan and nodded slightly: "I'll listen to my mother."
What the hell, this means I agree.
Geng Zhenlan was even happier.
Soon, matchmaker Du came, and as expected, Mr. and Mrs. Sun agreed. Sun Daba had not seen Tang Xiaomei, but he agreed since his parents agreed.
He is the one who truly listens to his parents.
Matchmaker Du clapped her hands and said, "If both parties agree, it's a good marriage.
Zhenlan, tell me what you want as a dowry. It's been a year of famine, so don't ask for too much. I can't afford too much."
Geng Zhenlan's face turned unhappy, "I have raised a girl to this age, no one would give her anything for free.
We don’t ask for much, just eight taels of silver as a betrothal gift, two new dresses, two silver hairpins, and two pairs of new shoes—”
It’s exactly the same as Qin Nian’s betrothal gift.
Geng Zhenlan believes that Tang Xiaomei is no worse than Qin Nian, and the betrothal gift cannot be less than Qin Nian's.
Matchmaker Du was stunned, her eyes widened: "Zhenlan, do you want to rob Sun Laoxi's house?
Even if you search the house, you can’t find so many things.”
"How come they confiscated all the stuff? My second brother and his wife are here. Ask them if this is the amount of money they gave to Mrs. Li's family when Geng Feng got engaged?"
Matchmaker Du shook her head: "Every family is different. They can't be compared."
Geng Zhenlan was unhappy and her face darkened: "Mrs. Du, you mean that Qin Nian is much better than my Xiaomei, so her betrothal gift is larger?"
"Zhenlan, your second brother and Geng Feng are both hunters. I heard that before they got engaged, Geng Feng hunted a wild boar.
The wild boar meat was sold, and the betrothal money came out. Sun Daba is not a hunter, so he can't hunt wild boars, so his family can't afford so much."
"How much can he take out?"
"Two taels of betrothal silver, to be given at the time of the wedding. Two sets of dresses, two pairs of new shoes, plus a jar of wine."
"What?"
Geng Zhenlan was furious: "Mrs. Du, how can the Sun family marry a widow? The betrothal gifts for a widow are much higher than this, not to mention my Xiaomei, a virgin.
No, absolutely not."
Mrs. Du walked away to ask Mr. Sun.
It took a while for him to come back, and the Sun family only agreed to give him another silver hairpin, and refused to agree to anything else.
It's not that we don't want to give, it's that we can't afford it, so let's not waste each other's time.
The blind date failed, and Geng Zhenlan and Tang Laoer left angrily with Tang Xiaomei.
Before leaving, she left a message to matchmaker Du, saying that if the Sun family still wanted to make this marriage happen, they had to add a pair of silver bracelets.
Matchmaker Du was so angry that she said something cruel:
"Zhenlan, your daughter can't find anyone who can afford such a large betrothal gift even if she stays at home until her beard pokes the ground."
Geng Zhenlan and her family of three passed away.
Geng Zhenhai and his son and Qin Nian also stood up and went into the county town to the brokerage office to ask Zhang Heng about the status of the land they wanted to buy.
It was so hot that the heat waves poured down from the sky like fire.
The trees on the roadside were drooping, their leaves curled up, and they looked lifeless. There were few people on the road.
It's so hot, why go out and do nothing? It's just a waste of energy.
The three people who drank the spiritual spring water were full of energy and entered the county town in half an hour.
Seeing them coming, Zhang Heng's eyes shrank into two small shrimps, curled up under his eyebrows.
"Brother Geng, nephew and niece, I went to Mr. Zhang's residence the day before yesterday.
I asked Mr. Zhang, if you want to buy 100 acres of land, the price is 660 taels of silver, no less.
You can see that the land is good, if it weren’t for the drought, one mu would be worth at least ten taels of silver.”
Qin Nian, Geng Zhenhai and Geng Feng discussed for a while and decided to buy 100 acres.
Zhang Heng was so happy that he nearly knelt on the ground. He finally opened his business. The profit from the difference in sales was enough to last him for at least one year, if not three years.
Writing the sales documents, issuing the silver bills, and transferring the ownership at the government offices, all these things were done in one go because Zhang Heng had connections at the government offices.
When Qin Nian held the land deed with the official seal, he was as happy as a little sika deer.
After being angered to death in the previous life, he traveled to this dynasty. From not having enough to eat dandelions, to finding a spring, planting a piece of land, and then buying a hundred acres of land, this sense of accomplishment made Qin Nian so excited that he shed tears.
The three of them went to the market, bought two pounds of meat and some vegetables, and went home to make dumplings to celebrate.
It is indeed worth celebrating.
When she got home and saw the land deed, Mrs. Li was so excited that she burst into tears.
Five people from two families gathered around a wooden table to make dumplings.
After eating dumplings, we sat in the yard to enjoy the cool air, looking at the deep night sky and chatting.
Geng Feng said that Qin Nian's eyes were brighter than all the stars in the sky.
He said it very seriously, and Mrs. Li and Ye Meizi laughed.
I'm not really sleepy. I don't want to go into the house to sleep, but I can't sleep.
At midnight, the wind was a little chilly, the stars seemed far away, something was blocking the sky——
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