Chapter 392 So Beautiful
Li Dazui said that his son had made money and bought a small courtyard in Zhuanglang County, and he came up here to give a gift.
In other words, we give a gift and drink a cup of wine at the third child's wedding.
Li Dazui was still as fond of boasting as ever. He walked into the fort and looked around carefully, praising it repeatedly.
"Wow, Sister-in-law Jiang is amazing. Such a big fortress with such sturdy walls, even if bandits invade the city, we won't be afraid of them breaking in."
"Wow, your vegetable garden is amazing! So many kinds of vegetables, and some with names I've never even seen or heard of before. This woman is getting better and better at managing her household."
"Oh dear," Li Dazui exclaimed in his hoarse voice, unable to contain his amazement at the sight of the various sheds in the backyard filled with goods. "You've hoarded so much fodder and coarse wheat bran. You can eat it when the famine comes. Why don't you sell it and buy grain instead?"
Song Chunxue smiled and said, "I haven't had time to do it yet. I'll sell them in a few days and exchange them for some grain."
Li Dazui came up to the attic with a smile. He saw that the room was spotless and there were brand new quilts stacked on the kang (a heated brick bed). He couldn't help but pat them.
"This house is so beautiful, why don't you move in?" Li Dazui exclaimed. "The Jiang family is living the best in our village right now. The eldest son is building another house. He spent money to buy pine wood, and so many people are envious."
“I sit at my front door, and sometimes a breeze blows by, and the smell of pine wood is just so wonderful,” he exaggeratedly slapped his thigh. “The smell is even stronger when you pass by the door. I wish I could have a pine coffin when I die.”
Song Chunxue was both amused and exasperated. "Your son is making money now, isn't he? He'll be even richer in the future. He'll not only be able to rebuild a big courtyard, but he can also sell sandalwood coffins, believe it or not?"
"That's too expensive. My bones can't afford it. Pine wood will do." Li Dazui waved his hand seriously. "Pine wood is just as beautiful."
These words made Song Chunxue burst into laughter.
He stood at the doorway, stroking the freshly painted fence, looking at the people in the yard, nodding repeatedly.
"When I get back, I'll tell everyone in our village that you're living a better life than the county magistrate..."
"Please don't say that," Song Chunxue said in a low voice, "You're making me hated."
"What are you afraid of? I thought you stopped caring what others said a long time ago. I'll just say a few words to you." Li Dazui walked downstairs. "Alright, today is your son's big day. Go and get things ready. I've seen it, you're doing better than anyone thought."
Tables and benches were set up in the courtyard, ready for the wedding tomorrow.
"Oh right, where is the Taoist priest?"
Song Chunxue paused for a moment.
"He went with the soldiers to suppress the bandits and is expected to return tomorrow."
Li Dazui nodded, "That's true. We need to avoid suspicion at this time, otherwise everyone will speculate that you two are already husband and wife."
Song Chunxue laughed, "You know, even though you talk a lot, you're not annoying; in fact, you're quite pleasant to listen to."
"That's right, I always know how to speak properly and would never intentionally hurt anyone." With that, Li Dazui waved his hand, "Go ahead and do your work, I'm going to have a cup of tea with your second brother."
"You're not in a hurry to go home, are you? I'll pack you some food as a thank you for your guidance to my eldest son from time to time. Although he's stubborn, he listens to what others say."
"When you go back in your eldest son's donkey cart, you should prepare some food for him. Just give me a few steamed buns. I'm home alone and too lazy to make steamed buns."
"Alright," Song Chunxue said with a smile, "I'll arrange for more people to buy a few more tea stoves to brew tea. If there are many guests tomorrow, stewing tea is the most practical option."
There's a set number of meals at a banquet, unless the family finds the meat and vegetables too greasy and prefers a couple of bowls of noodles in fermented vegetable soup. When others are chatting, they just sit around the tea stove, brewing tea and gossiping.
Without the tea in the can, this joyous occasion would be half as sweet.
Song Chunxue hired two chefs to prepare three tables of food, and the relatives and friends who came to help ate two meals.
In the evening, everyone was decorating the house.
Bright red "double happiness" characters, bright red bed sheets, and Jiang Hongying even took out a red embroidered mandarin duck handkerchief that was covering the quilt.
No wonder Hongying hasn't been visiting lately; she probably spends all her free time embroidering.
"Sister, your embroidery is so beautiful. Will you embroider one for me when I get married?" The fourth brother touched the veil. "We can't be biased towards one over the other."
Everyone laughed, and Jiang Hongying teased him, "Where's your wife? Once you've decided, I'll embroider it for you right away."
The three aunts took turns asking about the fourth son's wife. When they learned that the girl he had his eye on was from Ji County, they all advised him not to look for someone from out of town.
Not only is it difficult to marry someone from too far away, but Ji County is flat and the conditions are much better than here. Even if someone were willing to marry into this area, they wouldn't be easy to get along with.
“That’s right, and we speak a different language than the people from Ji County. We can’t understand their babbling. Fourth brother, you should be honest and look for someone in our county. We’ll definitely introduce you to a pretty and virtuous girl. We don’t want any girls from Ji County,” Song Chunmei said. “If my Cui Cui hadn’t already gotten married, we would have been even closer relatives if I had arranged for her to marry you.”
The second sister, Song Chunxiang, and the fourth sister, Song Chunlian, laughed and scolded her for dreaming. They said that the fourth sister was too young, and marrying her would be like a young cow eating old grass.
This caused everyone in the room to burst into laughter.
"By the way, have you decided who will be going to fetch the bride tomorrow? Is it twelve or ten?"
Song Zhizhu, the second brother of the Song family, asked while cracking melon seeds, "Tomorrow we still need to prepare wedding money, as well as money for the brother to lead the horse. Have you prepared the candy for the children?"
Hongying held a red cloth bag. "My child and I are packing it. The wedding party's uncles and aunts all have to go. The third child has already been arranged."
"What about He Chuan?" Li Dazui laughed. "He's Jiang's sister-in-law's son-in-law. He's really capable. Now he not only helps with farming, but he also helps out in every way, even though he lives so close by. He's more reliable than my son."
Song Zhizhu nodded, "That's right, Fifth Brother, you need to treat He Chuan better."
“I know that, as the saying goes, a son-in-law is half a son. Although he can’t compare to a biological mother, I can’t let him resent me as his mother-in-law. I will definitely not let him suffer any losses.”
Song Chunlian teased her, "Don't forget, after Sanwa gets married, you, as his mother-in-law, won't have it as easy as before. But don't mistreat your daughter-in-law either. Don't be so eager to propose when you liked her so much, only to complain about her lack of skills after she's married into the family."
She should have listened to these words in her past life, but she couldn't accept them back then.
Now, without needing anyone's explanation, she will definitely treat Mulan well.
"Don't worry, once Mulan marries into the family, I'll find someone to help her. If she wants to cook, she can; if not, I'll do it," Song Chunxue said earnestly. "These aren't problems. I'm just worried that now that Sanwa is educated, he might look down on those who aren't."
All eyes turned to the third child who was pasting up the "double happiness" character.
Sanwa's ears turned red. "No, I can teach her to read. It doesn't matter if she doesn't want to learn; I can do it myself."
The fourth brother chimed in, "Oh right, shouldn't you wash yourself before the wedding? Otherwise, it'll be such a disappointment on your wedding night. The bride will think she's married to a dirty mud pig."
"..." The room fell silent. Back in the village, it seemed that no one paid attention to these things.
Either she secretly washed herself a few days before the wedding, so that she wouldn't be covered in grime on her wedding night.
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