Chapter 1350: Engagement
The four of them walked back to Lao Zhou's house, and the meal was almost ready. Three tables were set up in the yard. Lao Zhou's family members and those who came to help were still busy in the yard, busy serving the meal, cutting the meat and removing the bones.
Manbao saw Guan Xin cutting meat with a knife at the table and immediately called out, "Brother-in-law?"
Guan Xin turned around and smiled at her, "Manbao is back, your elder sister is in the room."
Manbao immediately pulled Bai Shan and Bai Erlang into the house to find Zhou Xi.
Santou also called out "Uncle" and ran in.
Zhou Xi sat on a chair holding her child. Because she was breastfeeding, she had gained some weight, and her face had become paler and rosier.
When she saw Manbao, she laughed out loud and waved, "Manbao is back. Come and see your nephew. You were the one who delivered him."
Manbao leaned over to take a look at the chubby child, touched his face, and asked, "Sister, why didn't you send someone to call me back when you came back?"
"Your brother-in-law is on leave, so I'm staying home tonight to help out. I'm in no hurry to leave," Zhou Xi said, smiling as he greeted Bai Shan and the others. Then he asked Man Bao, "Did you have fun?"
Manbao nodded.
Originally, Zhou Xi was supposed to come back tomorrow, but she thought that she had not seen her sister since she came back, and she didn’t know when she would leave again after the New Year.
That's why she came early.
Zhou Xi and Guan Xin's child grew up well, fair and chubby. He was bigger than other children when he was born, and now he is even stronger.
He can already sit and crawl, and can even stand up on his own occasionally by holding on to the wall, but he is afraid to walk.
Apart from his eyebrows and eyes that resembled some of the Zhou family members, his face was exactly like Guan Xin's, and his temper was similar. It was said that he didn't like to cry and was very naughty. When Manbao and Baishan and Bai Erlang pinched his chubby cheeks repeatedly, he just looked up at them and mumbled something they couldn't understand. He neither cried nor got angry.
The children of the old Zhou family who were about the same age as him were five, six, seven, and eight. It was not convenient for them to sit in the main hall. In order to get some blessings and a good omen, Qian took all five children to Daya's room, put them on the bed, and let them crawl on the bed by themselves.
Bai Shan and his companions stood in the room for a while and then moved to Manbao's room.
Manbao's room was quite spacious, separated from the inside and outside by a bamboo screen. The outer room served as both a reception room and a study. The three of them flipped through the books on her bookshelf and saw that she had added a lot of interesting bamboo items to the shelf, so they picked them up to look at them.
The three of them were enjoying themselves here when firecrackers were heard in the courtyard next door. San Ya ran in from outside to report, "Aunt, the Guan family is here to deliver the betrothal gifts. Grandma wants you to come over."
The three of them put down their things and ran out to watch the fun.
San Ya locked Manbao's door. There were basically only two places in the Zhou family that needed to be locked, one was the main house, and the other was Manbao's room.
The former is where most of the Zhou family's funds are hidden, and as for the latter, no one knows how many valuable things are in the treasure house.
Especially since this is a small courtyard, someone might rob you if you're not careful. Whenever there are many guests at home, this room must be locked.
San Ya locked the door, took the key and ran over to find her mother and gave her the key.
After Feng collected the key, she asked, "Is the window closed?"
Sanya: ...
Feng tapped her forehead and said, "What a fool! What's the point of not closing the window? Go and close it."
San Ya could only run back and close the window.
Although Old Zhou invited the head of Guan to come and have dinner together, it was impossible for the head of Guan to come. Delivering betrothal gifts was the job of young people, so today, in addition to his uncle, aunt, and two brothers, the people who accompanied Guan Yong to deliver the betrothal gifts were some cousins and young people from the clan.
In fact, there were not many, only six in total, but it was one of the largest betrothal gifts in the surrounding villages, and many people came to watch the fun.
The matchmaker took out a bag and stuffed it into Guan Yong's hand. She pushed him, whose face was flushed red, and said, "Go and give candies to your uncles, brothers, brothers-in-law, and sisters-in-law."
Guan Yong did as she was told, and the teenagers and children who had been waiting outside immediately squeezed in to join in the fun, praising her like they were free, saying things like "May you have a happy marriage forever" and "May you have a baby soon." In short, after you finish speaking, I will continue, repeating it over and over again.
Guan Yong stuffed some candy into their hands, and the children took the candy and dispersed while making a fuss.
The Guan family may have anticipated that there would be a lot of people from the Zhou family, so they prepared quite a lot of candy, at least to avoid being embarrassed.
Seeing Guan Yong handing out so many candies like a fool, Old Zhou called out to the second head who was watching the fun with great enthusiasm, "Bring your brother-in-law in, and have the third head take those guys away. It's enough fun."
The second head smiled and went to find the third head, and soon brought Guan Yong in.
Guan Erlang and his wife, who were talking to Zhou Dalang and Xiao Qianshi, also came in to greet Old Zhou and Qianshi.
Manbao was already standing behind Qian.
As soon as the two parties sat down, Guan Erlang handed over the list of betrothal gifts and said, "A few days ago, my family went to the city and bought a house. It's not far from the county school. Although it's only one-story, it has a large yard. When my niece-in-law comes home, she can accompany Ayong to the county to study, and I can take better care of her."
The Zhou family understood what they meant as soon as they heard it. They nodded and said that their family loved their daughter, so they gave Daya a shop as a gift. It was just right that while Guan Yong was studying in the county, she could continue to run the shop and subsidize the family.
The things that the two sides had discussed before were officially settled, and both the Zhou and Guan families were very satisfied, so the Guan family handed the marriage certificate to Old Zhou. If nothing unexpected happened, they would just go to the house to marry him tomorrow.
After finishing the business, Guan Erlang's wife also saw Zhou Man standing behind Qian. She pulled Guan Erlang's back and smiled at Qian, "Auntie, this is Daya's aunt, right? She's really pretty."
Qian smiled and agreed, pulling Manbao out from behind her, "This is my little daughter."
Guan Erlang's wife took out a big red envelope and handed it to Guan Yong. Guan Yong took it, walked over with a red face and handed it to Manbao, but he looked at her and felt a little speechless.
Guan Erlang's wife quickly said for him, "Little aunt, you should also enjoy the blessing of Daya and Ayong, and find a good husband in the future."
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang, who were standing by, saw such a red envelope scene for the first time and couldn't help but smile.
Manbao was delighted to receive the red envelope, but also a little shy. She accepted it and nodded. Seeing this, Qian couldn't help but pinch her secretly. She quickly came to her senses and said as her mother had taught her, "You and Daya should live a good life in the future, respect and support each other, and grow old together."
Guan Yong agreed respectfully.
Only then did Qian pull Manbao behind her and ask the kitchen to prepare dinner. Little Qian and Guan Erlang's wife went to Daya's room to see her.
There were quite a few people in Daya's room, including Zhou Xi and the five children, as well as the girls who played well with Daya.
Guan Erlang's wife talked with Daya for a while and was then invited to the courtyard for dinner. When she was leaving, she couldn't help but pause when she saw Zhou Man and several young men talking together.
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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