Chapter 1508 Engagement
Manbao and his fifth and sixth brothers stood together, looking at the fourth brother who was eager to hug Old Man Qiu, and thought to himself: Is it the sixth brother who is getting engaged, or the fourth brother?
It was obvious that when her fourth brother and fourth sister-in-law got engaged, he blushed and couldn't say a word for a long time. What on earth had her fourth brother experienced over the years?
Mother Qiu also took Fang's hand and enthusiastically invited her to sit at the top of the table. Fang naturally declined and insisted on sitting at the top of the table with Mother Qiu.
Zhou Liulang stood aside with gifts in both hands, his face slightly red.
Qiu Pei was even more so, standing aside with his face flushed red.
After some enthusiastic pushing and shoving, everyone finally sat down. Manbao noticed that the relatives and friends invited by the Qiu family opposite had very grim expressions.
After both parties sat down, Zhou Liulang was pushed forward by Zhou Wulang and put down the gifts in his hand. The matchmaker who was invited came into play at this time. While pointing at the gifts brought by Zhou Liulang, he praised Zhou Liulang's character and appearance as well as the sincerity of the Zhou family.
Zhou Silang was very satisfied after hearing this. He felt that this matchmaker was indeed the one he had personally selected. The matchmaker had great eloquence.
Of course, after praising the man, the matchmaker also praised the woman at the right time, saying that they were truly a match made in heaven.
Even Manbao thinks so, let alone others.
But the faces of the Qiu family's relatives and friends grew even more dismal. After the matchmaker finished speaking, Qiu Pei's aunt couldn't help but ask suspiciously, "I heard from my great-aunt that after you two get married, you're going to have to take care of them in their old age?"
Zhou Liulang glanced at Qiu Pei and nodded with a red face, "Yes, Uncle Qiu only has one daughter, the eldest lady. Of course we have to take care of Uncle Qiu and Aunt Qiu until the end of their lives."
"But you're not a live-in son-in-law after all. If you take care of them in their old age, what about your parents?"
Zhou Silang, who was sitting nearby, smiled and said, "Don't worry, Aunt Jia. My sixth brother doesn't have to worry about this. He's the youngest of many brothers in my family. My parents have loved him since he was young, and we brothers also dote on him. We five brothers will still be there to take care of him in his old age. If he feels bad, he can just give more money and things to his parents."
周六郎在一旁默默地吐槽：才怪呢，打小他就是放养的，父母是否疼他，他已经没多少印象了，不过几个哥哥倒是经常揍他，尤其是四哥和五哥，他们闯了祸都喜欢推到他头上。
However, no matter how happy he was in his heart, Zhou Liulang was still very happy about what his fourth brother said.
Aunt Jia forced a smile and said, "So this means that if they have a child in the future, one of them will have the surname Qiu?"
Zhou Silang replied "yes" with an unchanged smile.
Aunt Jia curled her lips and said, "Why bother with so much trouble? Wouldn't it be better to just be a live-in son-in-law? You have many sons anyway, so you don't need this one."
"Aunt Jia, what you said is not true," Zhou Silang said with a smile, "Even though my family has many sons, my sixth brother was raised by my parents with their love and care. He is their flesh and blood, so they must be very distressed."
He glanced at Old Man Qiu and smiled, "That's why my parents were so kind. They thought Uncle Qiu and Aunt Qiu would definitely be reluctant to part with the eldest lady, so they asked my sixth brother to agree to the Qiu family's conditions. Otherwise, with my sixth brother's conditions, he wouldn't be able to find any wife."
No matter whether you can say it or not, just brag about it first.
Old Man Qiu felt that what he said was the truth. After all, he had just been to their house in Chongyuanfang not long ago.
And his sister became a high-ranking official.
Although she is my younger sister, not my younger brother, she is not married yet, so we are a family, right?
So Old Man Qiu hurriedly stopped Aunt Jia and nodded repeatedly, fearing that she would ruin the marriage that had been so hard to negotiate.
Zhou Silang, who was about to speak, saw Old Man Qiu's attitude and his expression softened a little. He left Aunt Jia and started to talk about the main purpose of their visit today.
The matchmaker immediately took the opportunity to smooth things over and heated up the atmosphere again. After the two families exchanged the betrothal gifts and engagement letters, and signed the marriage certificate, the marriage was almost half done. All they had to do was wait for the auspicious day to get married.
Of course, the requirements of both families were also written in the marriage certificate.
Old Man Qiu took Zhou Liulang's engagement letter, while Fang took Qiu Pei's. They all smiled at each other. Zhou Silang said, "Being engaged is a great joyous occasion, so we've specially cleared out a few tables on the second floor of our restaurant. Would you all like to come over and have a drink together?"
Old Man Qiu immediately said, "This engagement gift should be eaten at my house. How can I let you spend money on it?"
Zhou Silang then said with a smile, "Why should we divide this between our two families now? We have a large family, and Li Zhong and the others have already prepared it over there. Let's go to my house and eat."
Old man Qiu was still a little reluctant, but was pulled over by Zhou Silang.
Zhou Silang introduced them to the Qiu and Jia family's relatives and friends, "This is my eldest nephew Li Zhong, and this is my second nephew Li Wei. They are both doing business with us brothers now. This is my second niece Li Jun. Uncle Qiu knows her. She collects bills at the shop, and she manages all our family accounts now. This is my third niece Li Ru. She is studying medicine with my youngest sister."
Zhou Silang smiled and said, "By the way, you don't know my youngest sister yet, right? This is my Manbao. She is currently serving as a royal physician in the palace. His Majesty recently appointed her a fifth-rank official."
The Qiu and Jia families: ...
Zhou Silang continued, "These are my third nephew Lixue and fourth nephew Ligu. They're both studying at the academy right now. Alas, they're not as smart as my youngest sister, so I'm hoping they'll graduate. If they don't pass the exams, becoming an official wouldn't be bad either. By the way, is Bai Shan here?"
When asked, Zhou Lizhong nodded blankly, completely unaware of what was wrong with his fourth uncle today.
Zhou Silang smiled and said, "Uncle Qiu, Uncle Jia, let me introduce you to my brother-in-law. He's a real scholar and is currently serving as the Crown Prince's study companion in the palace. It's a rare day off for him to leave the palace, so I'm inviting his family to come to Sixth Brother's engagement party."
Everyone: ...
After finally showing off, Zhou Silang felt refreshed. He took Old Man Qiu's cousin and uncle upstairs, and did not forget to turn back to greet the Qiu couple.
Years ago, before deciding to tell Zhou Silang about this marriage, Zhou Silang had already inquired about the Qiu family.
The Qiu couple only has one daughter, Qiu Pei. Generally speaking, in such a situation, they would either marry a live-in son-in-law or adopt a son from their brother's family. Otherwise, after their death, most of the wealth they could not give as a dowry to their daughter would have to be divided among the clan members, except for the dowry for their daughter.
In addition to this shop, the Qiu family also has a small house with an entrance two streets away.
Although there is only one entrance, it is quite spacious inside. I wonder how many people in the tribe are jealous of it.
(End of this chapter)
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