Early the next morning, Geng Zhenhai took Geng Feng and Geng Tiangeng up the mountain to get various branches that could be used to weave chicken coops.
Mother Li made a nest with a quilt and wrapped two hundred eggs in it to hatch chicks.
Qin Nian and Ye Meizi went to the county town together.
The greenhouse can wait a little, but the shed that needs to be built cannot wait. After the strawberries grow, someone has to watch over them.
Otherwise the strawberry seedlings will be pulled out and transplanted into the vegetable garden, which will be troublesome.
Anyway, we will need blue bricks to build the greenhouse, so we might as well buy some first.
Before buying the bricks, I went to the market first. There were many people in my family, so I had to buy some vegetables.
After buying the vegetables, I went to buy blue bricks. If I bought a lot, the seller would send them with a horse-drawn carriage.
Qin Nian and Ye Meizi also got on the carriage and sat down at the edge of the field.
After unloading the bricks, the seller left.
"Aunt Geng, you can go home with the vegetables. I have to stay here and watch over the blue bricks."
Yes, this place is more than ten miles away from Dawa Village. If you don’t check the newly bought bricks, they will definitely be thrown away.
“Okay, I’ll ask Geng Feng and the others to come over with the tools this afternoon, and we’ll build the shack first.
When the strawberry seedlings had grown and the shed had dried out, the father and son moved in and took care of the land.”
After Ye Meizi finished speaking, she carried the basket back home to cook. Qin Nian flashed into the space to rest, and came out to take a look after a while.
After noon, a man from Gengjiaxi arrived. Geng Feng was pushing a cart with tools and several buckets of water on it.
"Xiao Nian, are you hungry? Go back and eat."
Qin Nian knew that she was not needed here, so she went back to the village to eat.
Mrs. Li took the initiative to suggest that we live and work together and eat together.
From now on, we will eat together so that we don’t have to light a fire between the two families.
Ye Meizi nodded: "Okay, I've wanted to bring it up for a long time, but I have a large family, so I don't feel comfortable doing it?"
Mrs. Li laughed: "You have a large family? There is no one who is idle, they are all working people."
Lunch was noodles and braised eggplant and meat.
While Qin Nian was eating and Ye Meizi and Li Pozi were sitting and talking, Geng Zhenlan came.
"Zhenlan, how come you have time to come?"
She brought Tang Xiaomei here for a blind date, and it’s only been a few days since she returned. What is she doing here again?
Geng Zhenlan glanced at Mrs. Li and Qin Nian and said, "Sister-in-law, let's go to your house and talk."
"Hurry up and leave. I don't want to hear your nonsense about home. You shouldn't have come to my house before me. If you shouted at the door of Mei Zi's house, she would have heard it and come over."
After saying this, Granny Li pushed the bowl of noodles towards Qin Nian and said, "Have another bowl. The sauce is a little bland, add two more spoonfuls.
Eating well can help you grow taller and smarter. "
Qin Nian didn't even look at Geng Zhenlan. She was even less interested in their family affairs.
Geng Zhenlan glanced at the dining table and said, "Oh, you guys are really rich, buy some white flour.
Oh, and I'm also making stewed meat. The money for the betrothal gift is almost gone, right?"
“Soon.”
Mrs. Li looked at Geng Zhenlan and said, "It's okay if Hua Mei doesn't have any money. Let Zhenhai and Geng Feng go out and do the hard labor.
Xiao Nian and I will continue to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks, and make you, the bitter melon, mad as hell. "
Ye Meizi knew that Mrs. Li was deliberately trying to anger Geng Zhenlan, so she stood up quickly and said, "Let's go to my house."
Geng Zhenlan took great effort to take her eyes off the noodles and followed Ye Meizi to her home.
"Second sister-in-law, after returning from the blind date that day, Xiaomei told me that she liked the young man Sun Daba and agreed to ask for less betrothal gifts.
Tang Lao Er and I discussed it and decided that it is hard to find a good match, so we should ask for less and fulfill Xiao Mei's wish."
"Isn't that great? You live in the same village as Matchmaker Du. You can go talk to her and ask her to go to the Sun family to negotiate."
“I went there, and that old woman said that we asked for too much betrothal gift, and it even made her look embarrassed.
Now she's changing her mind, and she doesn't have the face to make peace. I have no choice but to come to you.
Second sister-in-law, Wu Kuaitui, who introduced Geng Feng to the girl next door, is the matchmaker from your Dawa Village, right?
Go talk to her and ask her to be a matchmaker between Xiaomei and Daba. Wu Kuaitui is very good at talking, and with her help, this marriage will definitely be successful."
Ye Meizi knows better than anyone what kind of girl Tang Xiaomei is. With Geng Zhenlan around, no family will have an easy life if they marry me, Tang Xiaomei.
When the young couple had a conflict, the matchmaker was the first to be blamed, and she was scolded by many people.
Ye Meizi went to find Wu Kuaitui, and if Wu Kuaitui was scolded in the future, she would also be blamed.
Ye Meizi didn't want to get involved in this matter.
"Zhenlan, what did you reduce in the betrothal gift? Tell me about it."
"Before, I asked the Sun family for eight taels of silver, two silver hairpins, two sets of new clothes, and two pairs of new shoes.
Now I can have a new dress and a new pair of shoes, is that enough?"
No wonder Matchmaker Du refused to go to the Sun family to act as a matchmaker again. If she went, she would be criticized.
"Zhenlan, you didn't reduce the betrothal gift? If it were me, you should give at least two taels of silver. No one can afford more than that."
"I've already asked for one less dress and one pair of shoes. I can't ask for any less, otherwise people will think my daughter is worthless."
Ye Meizi shook her head: "Zhenlan, I'm not good at speaking.
You also know Wu Kuaitui, so go and talk to her yourself."
"Second sister-in-law, you are not a fool, are you? How can a mother go to find a matchmaker herself?"
"You can't go. I'm not good at talking and I don't dare to go."
Ye Meizi used this as an excuse and refused to go, so Geng Zhenlan had no choice.
“Dahe Village and Dawa Village are adjacent to each other, so Geng Zhenlan is not in a hurry to go back.
"Second sister-in-law, I've told you long ago that Mrs. Li is not a good person, and her little Nian is even more of a lazy person.
You saw it today, you gave only a few taels of silver as a betrothal gift, but she actually bought white flour and made meat stew.
It's obvious that you don't know how to live. In the future, there will be times when you won't even know how to cry."
Ye Meizi said nothing.
Ye Meizi was very clear about Qin Nian's character and abilities. All the girls in Dawa Village combined were not as capable as Qin Nian.
He was only sixteen years old, but he earned enough money to buy a hundred acres of land, a hundred acres.
But the family had already planned such an important matter as Qin Nian's purchase of land and did not let Geng Zhenlan and the others know.
It’s not that I’m afraid, I just don’t want them to know. If they knew, they would definitely find ways to cause trouble for me.
After staying for a while, Geng Zhenlan left.
It was completely dark when the two men from Geng Jiaxi came back. They built two shacks in the afternoon.
Although the shacks are all made of single pieces and don't need to be built that high, it's still quite capable to be able to build two in an afternoon.
The blue bricks are placed on the ground to make it easy for people to steal them, but no one will tear down the shacks they build.
The strawberries haven't grown yet, so the shack is not occupied for the time being.
Starting from the next day, the three young men of the Geng family went up the mountain to cut branches, and Geng Zhenhai began to weave chicken coops at home.
Qin Nian and Ye Meizi went to plant cabbage. It was almost noon, so they came back together to cook.
After more than ten days of busy work, it was late July.
Qin Nian climbed over the ridge alone to see the vegetables she planted. When she arrived at the edge of the field, Qin Nian exclaimed.
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