Chapter 40: Anxious to Get Married

Zhou Chen looked guilty as she spoke.

The safety lock she mentioned was made of silver.

One piece costs more than half an ounce.

It’s not cheap.

"It's just that my Zhou family has one more request. The girl's family said they can't wait too long, so the two families have to settle it the day after tomorrow. After the ceremony, we can get married ten days later. What do you think? My family doesn't ask for this or that. As long as we can get married as soon as possible, we won't complain no matter how many tables you set up."

A dark light flashed in Zhou Chen's eyes.

She lowered her head slightly and pretended to drink water, but in fact she was waiting for the Jiang family's reaction.

"Are you in such a hurry?" Zhang Jinlan's smile suddenly froze.

She thought it would take at least a month.

Unexpectedly, the Zhou family wanted to get married in ten days.

This is too fast.

There's no need to be in such a hurry.

"I can't help it. They are urging me to marry you off because of my grandson's wish. Otherwise, I would never marry Yuanyuan off so hastily. I won't hide it from you. My grandson's wife is from the town. It's so difficult for us, a farmer, to marry a girl from the town. So we have to do what they say! Yuanyuan, don't blame grandma. It's grandma who is sorry for you."

Zhou Chen put down the cup, shook her head and sighed.

"Grandma, I don't blame you. As long as my brother can get married, I will be satisfied. Besides, Brother Jiang is a very good person. I believe he will treat me well, right, Brother Jiang?"

Zhou Yuanyuan suddenly changed from being shy and looked at Jiang Tongjin boldly.

"Yeah, that's right."

Her eyes were too hot.

Jiang Tongjin was sucked in unconsciously.

His heartbeat quickened a lot.

"How can you be so rude, kid? Come on, go back to your room. You are a girl, don't listen to the elders' conversation."

Zhou Chen waved her hand, and drove her granddaughter away with a smile and scolding.

"Sister Jinlan, what do you say now that Sister Zhou has said this?"

Matchmaker Zhou on the side also urged.

"Yamato, what do you think?" Zhang Jinlan always felt that something was strange but couldn't put her finger on it, so she simply asked her son for his opinion.

"Since the two families are destined to be together, the speed of the wedding doesn't matter. My son has no objection. As long as he likes Jin, it's fine." Jiang Dahe was an experienced person. He only took a glance at his son and knew what he was thinking.

It was obvious that my son had a crush on this little girl named Yuanyuan.

As a father, I naturally have to support him.

"Okay, that's settled then."

The son agreed.

Zhang Jinlan was speechless.

All in all, this girl looks good.

As long as he's not a troublemaker, she can accept it.

Although the marriage was hasty, the most important thing is that the two children live a good life after marriage.

"Okay, okay, I will make some noise tomorrow morning to let everyone in the village know that I have come to the Zhou family to propose marriage. The day after tomorrow, you two families will make an appointment, and after the wedding ceremony, you can get married ten days later."

Matchmaker Zhou was grinning from ear to ear.

She finally made a profit from the matchmaking gift.

Good deal.

The four members of the Jiang family left Zhoujia Village.

At this time, Jiang Fubao was playing in the yard.

See grandma and the others come back.

She ran to the door excitedly and shouted loudly.

"Grandma, I picked up eggs again. I picked them up on the mountain. There are so many of them. My second brother said there is also rice. What is rice? I have never eaten it. Grandma, is rice delicious?"

I heard my granddaughter picking up bird eggs and rice.

Zhang Jinlan's jaw dropped in shock.

My granddaughter, is this a blessing from heaven?

Picking some bird eggs on weekdays is already outrageous enough.

How come you can even pick up rice?

Could it be that the mountain at my doorstep is a sacred mountain?

Her granddaughter is the fairy who guards the sacred mountain?

The more Zhang Jinlan thought about it, the more she felt that this was the fact.

She trotted towards her granddaughter, picked her up, and asked hurriedly, "What? Did you pick up bird eggs again? Where are they? How come there is rice? No one in our village has planted rice in recent years? Tongmu, were you seen by the villagers when you went down the mountain?"

"Grandma, the rice is here. No one saw us when we came down the mountain. Look, it's all top-quality rice, polished to a bright white color."

When Jiang Tongmu saw his grandmother asking, he quickly took the backpack out of the kitchen.

"Oh, it's really rice, and it's top quality refined rice. Fubao, tell grandma where you picked it up?"

Zhang Jinlan held her granddaughter in one hand and picked up a handful of rice in her right hand. She rubbed it for several times before reluctantly putting it back.

I haven't grown rice for several years.

It's rare to see it, I miss it so much.

"It was on the mountain. My brothers and I went to catch bugs. My second brother wouldn't let me, so I played nearby. There were a lot of eggs in the grass nest. Fubao saw them at a glance and said, 'Grandma, am I amazing? By the way, Grandma, what does rice taste like?'"

Jiang Fubao made an agreement with his brothers.

They couldn’t tell their family members that they went to the inner circle, otherwise they would definitely be scolded.

Finish talking to grandma.

She noticed that several of her brothers were winking at her.

Afraid she would let the cat out of the bag.

"Amazing, really amazing, Fubao is the best. Since Fubao has never eaten rice, we will eat rice at noon! A big bowl for each person, eat until full! And with egg and mugwort cakes, fried in lard, one for each person!"

Zhang Jinlan was ecstatic.

Today is truly a triple blessing.

First, the hen at home laid three eggs in one day. Then, the eldest grandson set a date for his wedding, and when he came back, he found that his granddaughter had also picked up precious refined rice and bird eggs.

"By the way, where are the bird eggs?"

Zhang Jinlan asked hurriedly.

"It's here with me." Jiang Tongshui picked up the bamboo basket and placed it in front of his grandmother.

The bugs inside had long been thrown into the backyard to feed the hens.

A total of one hundred and twenty quail eggs.

They counted them clearly.

"Aren't these quail eggs? Why are there so many? We must have emptied all the quail nests on the mountain." Zhu Yingqiu on the side said and quickly squatted down to count them.

"Mom, there are 120 of them. The last time I sold quail eggs, I got 180 coins. If we sell all of these, wouldn't we get at least 700 coins? Oh, our family is going to get rich. Fubao, come and let your aunt hold you and share in the good fortune. Your aunt wants to pick up some eggs, too."

Zhu Yingqiu snatched her niece from her mother-in-law's arms.

Hold tightly.

He also kissed Jiang Fubao hard on each cheek twice.

Jiang Fubao wiped the saliva from his face.

Give a fake smile.

What to do.

I feel so desperate. When will I grow up?

"Mom, the price of refined rice has also gone up. I heard it when I was carrying the grain bags. It's selling for 130 wen."

Jiang Yamato's faint voice echoed in the yard.

Everyone was shocked.

"One hundred and thirty wen? One dou? Are you selling it for gold? A few years ago, refined rice was only 75 wen. If it goes up, it will be over 80. How come it's 130 wen now? Who can afford it?"

Zhang Jinlan looked a little surprised.

I knew rice was so expensive.

She sowed the seeds a month later.

What if it rains again?

We can plant rice this year, and we will make a lot of money by selling it.

Unfortunately, the fields are already full of brown rice.

It's all too late.