In early spring, March, the weather is warm but still cold.
Wei Lian came back from the fields and as soon as she entered the room she found that there was another man sitting in the room besides her husband, Sun. He is in his thirties and doesn't seem to be one of the people Sun usually associates with.
The man was sitting facing the door. When he saw Wei Lian coming back, he stood up, smiled at her, and said familiarly, "Wei Da is back from the fields?"
Wei Lian nodded as a response to his question.
Wei Lian has few sisters, only two in total. She is the eldest and has a younger sister.
"You're back." Sun was chatting with Li Bingren. She saw Wei Lian coming into the house and asked casually, "Have you finished planting the rice?"
Although the weather in March is hot and cold, it will be too late to plant rice if we don't do that.
Wei Lian responded with a “hmm”.
Seeing that Li Bing was still standing, Sun raised her hand and pulled him to sit down. "You sit down. She is just like that. She doesn't talk much. Don't mind it."
Li Bingren smiled and said, "It's better for a woman to talk less, not be glib and work hard. I see your wife is a capable person, and you are lucky to just sit at home and enjoy yourself."
After hearing this, Sun sneered, "Enjoy happiness? What happiness do you want to enjoy? Stop joking."
Before he finished talking to Li Bingren, he turned to the woman who was washing her hands and said, "Xiao Luo has gone to Mr. Zhang's house. Go and bring him back."
Wei Luo is the son of Wei Lian and Sun. He is four years old this year and was named by his scholar aunt Wei Min, Wei Lian's sister.
After Wei Lian left, Sun sighed and said, "Children just can't sit still."
Parents can complain about their children, but in their hearts they cannot bear to hear others agree with them. Li Bing naturally understood this. He smiled and said, "Children, it's better to be lively."
Sun shook her head and said, "Let's not talk about him anymore." Thinking of what they talked about before Wei Lian came back, Sun took Li Bingren's hand and said, "Good brother, please tell us more about that young master..."
Li Bingren raised his hand and patted the back of Sun's hand, saying, "Are you still not confident that I am the matchmaker? I will say what I mean and I will never go against my conscience and say something that doesn't exist."
Although he said this sincerely, how many truths can a matchmaker say? With just a few words, she could make that pockmarked young man look as handsome as the goddess of Luo River who had descended to earth.
Sun smiled awkwardly and raised her hand to add a cup of hot water to Li Bingren's cup. "I know what kind of person my brother is, but don't blame me for being long-winded. It's really that my wife only has this one sister, and she protects her like the apple of her eye, so I have to ask her more clearly."
Li Bingren was not annoyed. He took a sip of the hot tea and moistened his throat before saying, "It's no wonder you ask too many questions. This young man is from two villages away from us. He is not like the people in the same village who don't know everything about us. You should ask more questions."
"What a coincidence! That family asked someone to find a matchmaker for their son, and you asked me to find a matchmaker for your wife's sister. I thought that young man was not bad, so I wanted to bring the two together, so I came to tell you about this."
"The family's surname is Zhang, and the young master is called A'ruan. It's a miserable life." Li Bingren sighed and told the story to Sun.
It turned out that A'ruan was not Zhang's biological son, but was adopted from somewhere else.
Mrs. Zhang had been married into the Zhang family for many years, but her pregnancy had not progressed. The elders in the village gave her an idea, which was called "Dragon Attracting Phoenix".
The meaning of "dragon attracting phoenix" is to let the Zhang family do good deeds and adopt a son from their relatives and raise him as their own. You can only get pregnant if you have a son first.
This is a strange story. Just a few months after the Zhang family brought two or three-year-old A'ruan home, the Zhang family's husband became pregnant. Ten months later, a chubby, fair girl was born, which made the whole family very happy.
Mr. Zhang already has a biological daughter, so why would he ask about this adopted child? He fed her mouthful of rice bit by bit, and naturally gave the good food to his daughter first. As long as he was not starved to death, it was enough.
A'ruan grew up to be eight or nine years old. Although he was thin, he had a pretty face and his voice was as sweet as a little lark. Many people in the village said that the Zhang family would be able to marry their son off well in the future.
The Zhang family originally thought so. A'ruan is a few years older than their daughter. If she marries well in the future, the betrothal gifts will naturally not be small. They can save the money and use it for their daughter's schooling or for her to find a husband.
From then on, the Zhang family was no longer so negligent towards A'ruan, and their attitude was obviously much better. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Zhang family wants to use their son and "sell" him for a good price in the future.
Who would have thought that this well-thought-out plan would fail because of Aruan's cold.
The Zhang family was not a wealthy family. When A'ruan fell ill, they went up the mountain to pick some herbs for him to eat, and were reluctant to even go to the doctor to get some side dishes.
I thought it was just a minor illness and that my son was strong and would be fine in two days.
Unexpectedly, the cold became more and more serious. Seeing that A'ruan was about to die, the Zhang family was ready to wait for him to die and bury him, but he just managed to survive.
Unfortunately, his good voice was ruined and he became a mute from then on.
For the Zhang family, it would be better for him to die.
How can I be sold to a rich family as a servant if I become mute?
Not only can he not sell the products, but he still has to feed them three times a day. It’s a losing business.
From then on, the Zhang family no longer treated A'ruan as their own son, and just treated him like a free servant.
The Zhang family's daughter is now twelve or thirteen years old and is preparing to go to college. The whole family is counting on her to make a name for herself, so they decided to buy the family's land and prepare to take their daughter to study in the county.
The county is not like the countryside. It is impossible to feed so many people and mouths. That is why Mr. Zhang found someone to arrange a marriage for A'ruan in order to get rid of this burden.
Sun sighed after hearing this, and Li Bingren also sighed, "My wife's brother is from the same village as the Zhang family. When he heard that the husband of the Zhang family wanted to matchmake A'ruan, he asked me to help find a family to help him find a matchmaker, so that the husband of the Zhang family would not be cruel and sell her off again."
Now the Zhang family wants to live in the county, but they have no means of making a living there, and how can they not spend money on food, drink and accommodation? How long can the money from selling the land last?
If A'ruan hadn't said that, the Zhang family would have taken him to the county, and when they ran out of money, they naturally wouldn't have supported him anymore.
As for where a mute would be sold to, even if Li Bing didn't say anything, Sun could guess it.
Generally, wealthy families have very strict requirements for servants. Those who cannot speak will definitely not be accepted. Even if they are recruited into the mansion, they will do the roughest and heaviest work, and the salary is not very high.
But if you want to sell it at a good price, you can only go to the Kiln, Ziliu, Lane...
Sun admits that she has a hard heart, but she is still much softer than the Zhang family.
Sun was hesitant. "Aruan's life story is indeed pitiful, but my family is arranging a marriage for my younger sister, not doing charity..."
If he took it upon himself to marry Wei Min a mute, Wei Lian would have to divorce him if she knew about it.
Li Bingren held Sun's hand and said, "I'm not being harsh. Although your wife's sister is a scholar, what's the use of her? If she fails the provincial examination this year, she will have to come back to farm and make a living."
"She is a person who is used to holding a pen, but she can't carry anything. If she doesn't get married, won't you and Wei Da support her? And if she wants to continue to take the imperial examination, won't you have to support her for the rest of her life?"
When Li Bingren saw Sun lowering her eyes in deep thought, he knew that he had spoken to her heart, "When she gets married and you separate your families, she will not have much to do with you no matter what happens.
Whether she wanted to take the imperial examination or farm was something she and her husband discussed behind closed doors. Although Wei Da is her sister, she can't worry about her all her life, right? ”
After hearing this, Sun couldn't help but clench her fists. He really wanted to separate from Wei Min.
The house they live in now was built later. Although it is bigger than the old house, it only has two rooms.
He, Wei Lian and Xiao Luo lived in one room, while Wei Min lived in another room by himself.
As Xiao Luo grew up, Wei Min became sensible and said that she wanted to move back to the old house and leave her room to Xiao Luo. But before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Wei Lian.
An eldest sister is like a mother, and her younger sister was raised by her. How could she let her live in the old house alone?
"There's nothing in this old house. If you can't even get a drink of hot water when you get home from the academy, I won't agree with you moving out." Wei Lian said firmly, "You can live here."
Wei Lian has always been a person of few words, but once she has made up her mind about something, nothing can change her mind. Although Sun was angry, she did not get angry.
Now her son is four years old, and Wei Min is going to take the imperial examination this year. If she fails the provincial examination, given her personality, she will definitely not let Wei Min move out.
But Sun still wanted a daughter...
The son lives with his wife and husband. They can't do anything and can only lie down to sleep at night. How can he have a daughter?
That's why Sun wanted to arrange a marriage for Wei Min. If she got married, it would not be appropriate for her to live with her sister and brother-in-law. Besides, Wei Min is seventeen years old this year and it’s time for him to get married.
Li Bingren saw that Sun's expression had relaxed, and couldn't help but say, "Besides, this Ruan is really good-looking, good-looking, gentle and virtuous, and can do any job. He is a real good husband. Except for his inability to speak, he is no worse than other young masters."
"I know your wife's sister is a scholar, so she is bound to have high standards and wants to marry a perfect person. Let me say something unpleasant, a young man from such a family has high standards, how could he be interested in a poor scholar who has nothing?"
Li Bingren said: "Zhang is determined to marry him off, and she will definitely not have any contact with him in the future, which will save her husband's family from trouble.
The Zhang family is in a hurry to marry off their son, so the betrothal gift they asked for is not high. It's really a bargain. Ask around and see if there is any family that spends less than this amount to marry a husband? ”
Sun looked at the three fingers that Li Bingren had raised, gritted her teeth, and finally nodded, "I'll have to trouble you, brother, to take care of this matter."
The author has something to say: Small theater
Wei Min: Hello everyone, let me introduce you to my soon-to-be husband @阮三两
A Ruan: ...Does this mean that you think marrying me is too cheap? Then you can sleep on the floor tonight (cold face)
Wei Min: (Why is this different from what I expected? Where is the promise of showing affection?) QAQ
I'm going to post a short drama using a phrase that was quite popular on Weibo a few days ago~
After a month, I, Hu Hansan, am finally ready to write a new article. It’s a sweet story about marriage first and love later. I hope you like it (/▽╲) Love you all ＾3＾
I'm so scared that the original advance collection has become a zombie collection that no one reads_(:зゝ∠)_
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