Chapter 505 Newcomer
Qian treated all the children in the family equally and tried her best to treat them equally.
So even though the family is doing better now, Zhou Wulang's betrothal gifts and wedding banquet specifications are still based on those of his older brothers, and are basically the same.
Fortunately, the marriage customs in these villages are the same, and in the countryside, there are fewer rules than in towns and cities. There are upper and lower limits on betrothal gifts and dowries, so even though the old doctor's family is well-off, he did not ask for an excessively high betrothal gift.
Qian had carefully prepared the betrothal gifts, but Zhou Wulang secretly went to the city to make a pair of silver earrings and a pair of silver bracelets to add to the gifts.
Old Zhou looked at his son with disappointment, thinking that his son had begun to favor his daughter-in-law before they even got married.
Qian just smiled and added the things to the betrothal gifts, asking the brothers to carry them together to the old doctor's house to propose marriage.
Things went very smoothly. Manbao and Bai Shanbao, who had grown up, could no longer roll in bed with the fifth brother, so this time the people responsible for rolling in bed were Wu Tou and Zhou Dazhu's three-year-old daughter.
The two children took off their shoes and were placed on the wedding bed, but they just sat there stupidly. Manbao and Bai Shanbao, who were very experienced, pushed them down together, and then pushed them from the head of the bed to the foot of the bed.
The two children thought that Aunt Manbao was playing with them, and they were so happy that they rolled back and forth several times laughing.
Seeing that they had wrinkled the wedding quilt in an instant, He immediately said, "Alright, alright, hurry down and I'll make the wedding bed again."
Feng gave the two children red envelopes and drove out Manbao and others who were causing the trouble.
The two happy children were left in the room sitting on the bed.
Manbao and Bai Shanbao rushed out screaming. Over the years, they had been the bed-rolling boys many times. When people in the village got married, they liked to ask them to roll around in bed.
In the past, this business was monopolized by the two of them. This was the first time they saw other people rolling in bed, and they both found it very novel.
At the same time, being able to stand at the entrance of the village and wait to see the bride coming is also a very novel experience.
When the auspicious time was almost approaching, the ox cart carrying the wedding entered the village. Manbao and his friends rushed forward along with a group of children, surrounding the cart and shouting loudly.
They themselves don’t know why they are shouting, but since others are shouting, they feel happy and shout along.
Zhou Wulang, who was sitting on the ox cart, smiled and stuffed the wedding candies into their hands after touching them. All of a sudden, the children started praising them with all kinds of words.
Nice words were thrown at Zhou Wulang and Lu Zhi as if they were free.
Lu Zhi blushed and lowered her head slightly, letting the red veil block her last sight.
This time, Mr. Bai also came to sit at the table in person, and even Mr. Zhuang came to join in the fun. Old Zhou was so happy that he couldn't suppress the joy on his face.
An elder whispered to his younger generation, "This is a sign of prosperity. Is the Zhou Jin family about to reach its peak of prosperity?"
Thinking of the situation of Zhou Jin's family five years ago, or even earlier, the younger generation couldn't help but nod, "Yes, it seems to have started after Shi Lang started gambling. This is really strange."
The old man said, "Silly boy, why don't you think about it? Manbao was admitted to school that year. Didn't you hear the Taoist priests on the mountain say that Manbao was the reincarnation of a fairy? I think the Zhou Jin family's fortune started with Manbao."
There are quite a few people who have this idea. Now, everyone in Qili Village is convinced that Manbao is the reincarnation of a fairy.
Only Mr. Bai and Mrs. Liu would just laugh it off when they heard such words.
The Zhou family has another member. Well, there is one more person to support, but there is also one more person to work.
After Lu Zhi came in, it took her a few days to get used to the situation and she shyly and cautiously integrated into this big family.
Fortunately, her sisters-in-law were all very kind, and her eldest sister-in-law loved her very much. In the first few days, her eldest sister-in-law and eldest sister-in-law took her to work, and her husband followed her from time to time, so it was not difficult for her to fit in.
But she felt a little embarrassed that Zhou Wulang always followed her around from time to time, helping her wash dishes, cut vegetables, and cook.
Zhou Xi disagreed and said to her, "Let him do it. They have nothing to do in the middle of winter. If they don't work, they will just go out and play. It's better for him to help at home."
Lu Zhi smiled shyly and asked softly, "Sister, the New Year is coming in a few days. Do we need to prepare any food at home?"
"Of course we need to make some sesame candies and rice cakes. This year, the kids also want to eat stuffed tofu, so we'll probably have to prepare a lot for that. But these are all made by my sister-in-law, so we can just help out."
Zhou Xi smiled and took her hand, saying, "I think your cooking is delicious. What kind of snacks can you make?"
Lu Zhi blushed and said, "I've only learned how to roll glutinous rice balls, but I don't know how to do anything else."
"It's okay. Even if we can, they won't want to eat what we cook. Oh, I don't know what's going on. Even though we use the same method, my sister-in-law's cooks taste better than ours."
Lu Zhi had eaten a lot of meals cooked by Xiao Qian in the past few days, and nodded in agreement.
It was agreed that each person would take turns cooking each day, but when it was not busy, Xiao Qian was basically the one cooking in the kitchen, and the chores that were her turn were done by the person in charge of cooking that day.
Lu Zhi had only been married for two days when Zhou Xi quietly told her about it, and also conveyed Qian's intentions, "Mother said, we have all learned from the eldest sister-in-law for many years but haven't really learned it, but you are smart, maybe you can learn it, and when you have your own little family, you can manage the kitchen. So, you should learn more from the eldest sister-in-law, and we can talk about it when you can't learn it anymore."
Occasionally, when her elder sister-in-law has to make tofu and is too busy to cook, she can eat the food cooked by the other sisters-in-law. In fact, it is not much different from what she ate at home or other homes before, but the premise is that she has never eaten the food cooked by her elder sister-in-law.
This New Year, Xiao Qian's family is not only going to make rice cakes and sesame candies, but mainly Manbao and his family are going to the county town to eat delicious food.
She thought it was too expensive, so she went to find the Bai family's cook and planned to learn some dim sum recipes from her.
She and the cook said, "How can anything cooked outside be as good as what we make at home? It costs money, and it takes time to go to the county town. There's nothing in the city, so why not cook it for them? That way they don't have to run around all that time."
The cook agreed, "It's just that the young master and his wife are tired of the snacks I make, so I'm afraid they don't like them anymore."
"Oh, how can you get tired of eating dim sum? Why don't you make him something different? Make him buns today, rice cakes tomorrow, and osmanthus cakes the day after tomorrow... By the time it's time for the next bun, you won't even know how many days have passed."
"No, that's what I did before, but he still misses the delicious food in the city. By the way, do you have any new dishes?"
The cook felt that Xiao Qian had a talent for cooking. Occasionally, when she got some fresh ingredients sent over, she discovered it when the two of them discussed dishes.
The next chapter will be around 1:00 PM
(End of this chapter)
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