Chapter 43 Gossip

"Ahem, mother, the fruit is sweet, please take a look."

Really.

Without even looking, he thought she was poisoned.

Even if you are not sick, you will be photographed as sick.

"Wait, Yan Zi, put Fu Bao down, this is not a poisonous fruit, this is a sweet banana!"

Fortunately, Sun Pingmei took a look at the basket on the back.

She saved her niece and continued, "Before I got married, I went to the town and saw a fruit vendor who sold bananas, but they were not as big as this one. I heard they were very sweet and delicious. The monkeys in the mountains love bananas more than peaches. If monkeys can eat them, humans should be able to eat them too."

I heard the fruit is not poisonous.

Zhang Yanzi breathed a sigh of relief.

I went home with my daughter.

Poor Jiang Fubao, he almost vomited his breakfast.

If she had known this, she would not have taken the banana.

I regret it...

Zhoujia Village on the other side.

Jiang Tongjin and Zhou Yuanyuan signed the matchmaking document together.

The matchmaking letter was handed over to Zhang Jinlan for safekeeping.

The two families officially became engaged.

The betrothal gift was also given to Zhou Chen.

Exactly two taels.

"Then we won't keep you here. We still have to go to the town." Zhou Chen's words made Zhang Jinlan's face turn cold.

How can you do it this way?

Are you going to chase someone away right after receiving the betrothal money?

Normally, on the day of engagement, the girl's family should set up a table to entertain them.

He didn't even know how to be polite and just drove people away. He doesn't understand the ways of the world at all.

If it were in the past, Zhang Jinlan would have made some sarcastic remarks, but considering that they had just gotten engaged, and for the sake of her grandson, she finally endured it.

"Well, it's getting late, and we have a lot of things to do at home. We have to go back quickly."

The smile disappeared from Zhang Jinlan's face, and she turned and left after she finished speaking.

Jiang Dahe and his family of three hurried to follow.

"Mother, this Zhou family is really something. They turn their backs on us when they have money in their pockets. If I had known this would happen, I should have asked the matchmaker to look at a few more families for Tong Jinduo, and I wouldn't have settled with the Zhou family so early. Seeing that Zhou mother-in-law is so anxious, I am so angry."

Zhu Yingqiu also became angry.

Others didn't see it just now, but she saw it clearly.

When the mother-in-law took out the betrothal money, Mrs. Zhou's eyes lit up like oil lamps.

My eyes are glued to the silver.

She pretended so well in the past two days that she even thought the Zhou family was a polite family.

It's all just an act to scare them.

I couldn't bear to spend even a meal.

Who knows whether Mrs. Zhou will redeem that peace plaque in the future?

If you don't give it, it means that your daughter-in-law will have no dowry.

Think of this.

Zhu Yingqiu regretted so much that her intestines turned green.

"Well, the matchmaking agreement has been signed, there's no point in regretting it. As long as the two children live a good life after marriage, it doesn't matter what the Zhou family does. It has nothing to do with us."

Jiang Dahe glanced at his eldest son.

He quickly interrupted his daughter-in-law.

There is no turning back. My son will feel bad if I say too much.

"Well, let's go back, and walk faster. Fubao is still waiting for us to go back for dinner."

After Zhang Jinlan finished speaking, the four of them quickly walked towards the village entrance.

When I turned the corner, I happened to see a few women chatting.

Zhang Jinlan had sharp ears, and when she heard the word "Yuanyuan", she hurriedly stopped, pulled her son and his family aside, and stood at the corner to eavesdrop.

"Matchmaker Zhou went to Yuan's house to propose marriage yesterday. Did you see it?"

A round-faced old woman spoke mysteriously.

"I saw it. There was a lot of commotion. I heard it was from the Jiangjia Village next door. They are very poor. Wasn't that old woman Chen still boasting in the village a few months ago that her daughter Yuanyuan was going to marry a boy named Ma in the town? How come the person has changed now? Could it be that boy Ma doesn't like Yuanyuan?"

The pointed-faced woman next to the round-faced woman replied.

"Who knows? Chen likes to brag. We don't even know if there is a Ma Tongsheng in this world. But Yuan girl is pretty. It's a pity that Jiangjia Village is very poor. I heard that every household goes to the mountains every day just to dig some sprouts to cook at home. They can't even afford brown rice porridge. Unlike us, we have enough brown rice porridge."

Another lady with chubby cheeks took over the conversation.

Her words implied that she disliked Jiangjia Village.

"That's right. There are only two girls from our village who have married there and they have become sisters-in-law. The village chief of Jiangjia Village is not poor. I heard that he is the clan leader and his family lives a good life. But I dare not say anything about other people in Jiangjia Village. Anyway, my family absolutely looks down on Jiangjia Village. In the future, my granddaughter must at least marry into Zhangjia Village."

The round-faced woman who came earlier started showing off her granddaughter.

A look of pride.

"Haha, your granddaughter has a big butt and is hardworking, so she will definitely be easy to marry. You will definitely get what you want. Okay, let's stop talking. I have to go back to cook, otherwise my wife will quarrel with me again."

The pointed-faced woman laughed dryly twice and left quickly.

The crowd dispersed.

However, suspicion arose in Zhang Jinlan's heart.

Who is Ma Tongsheng?

Why haven't I heard the Zhou family mention it?

But she remembered that her eldest grandson's matchmaking book was still with her, so it was too late to regret now.

Zhang Jinlan sighed and could only go back to the village to make plans.

"Let's go."

After she finished speaking, she took her son and his family out of the village and headed straight for Jiangjia Village.

"Grandma, Fubao picked some fruit. They are sweet and delicious. Mom said that each of us can have one, including Grandma."

Jiang Fubao held his own little wooden chair and sat at the doorstep, looking eagerly in the direction of the village entrance.

Until I saw four familiar figures.

She shouted in that direction with all her strength.

The words had just fallen.

The four people in sight started running.

Jiang Fubao giggled.

Because when grandma runs, she looks like a fat hen in the backyard.

“Huff huff—”

"Grandma is back. I didn't hear what Fubao said just now."

Although Zhang Jinlan was panting from exhaustion, she still picked up her granddaughter and carried her home.

Jiang Dahe picked up his niece's small wooden chair.

Follow behind.

Zhu Yingqiu and her son also walked in side by side.

"I picked some sweet fruit. Mom said we can each have one. I want to eat it with grandma."

Jiang Fubao hugged grandma's neck.

He shook his head as he spoke.

Looks very happy.

"Fubao is really capable. He picked fruits again. There are fruits at this time?" Zhang Jinlan deepened her guess again.

Her granddaughter was a fairy in the mountains in her previous life.

Otherwise, how can we pick fruits in the early spring?

The willow trees by the river have just sprouted.

When is the time for the fruit to ripen?

"Mom, I don't know where Fubao picked up a bunch of bananas. I just tasted them. They are delicious. Come, mom, you try them too. Sister-in-law, Tongjin, both of you come and take some. There are exactly sixteen bananas. The extra one was thrown away by that stinky boy Tongmu. What a pity."

Sun Pingmei's face was filled with regret. When she met her nephew at the foot of the mountain, she should have asked him where he had thrown the bananas so that she could go back and pick them up. The extra ones would have been hers.

Unlike now, she had already finished eating that one.

But my mouth is still greasy.