The two of them sat in the dining hall. Song Yuehua didn't say much, only asking, "Is it because of Chen Shu?"
"Yes and no." Zhou Xiaohu said.
"Tell me more."
"I don't want to say."
Song Yuehua stood up, walked around the room twice, and pointed to a big tree not far away and said.
"If you can't talk properly, I will strip you naked and hang you on that tree. I guarantee that no one can save you. Do you want to give it a try?"
“Hey!”
Zhou Xiaohu's face turned pale with fear, because he really believed that Song Yuehua would dare to do such a thing, "Are you crazy?"
"Hurry up and tell me."
At this moment, Zhou Xiaohu would rather be punished by his grandfather to kneel down.
"Xiaoshu is one reason. Another reason is that Xiaocao is too young. Even if I really want to get married, I want to wait a few years."
Zhou Xiaohu said reluctantly.
Song Yuehua hummed and said, "Chen Shu doesn't seem to have any objections to this marriage, so he is not a problem. It is reasonable to get married a little later. Xiaocao is still young, so let's get engaged first and set the wedding date later. This way everyone will be happy."
"I don't think it's very good..." Zhou Xiaohu said.
"What's wrong?"
Zhou Xiaohu couldn't say anything.
Song Yuehua said, "This is the best way, unless you can come up with a better way..."
"Actually, there is a way. You can find a new wife and let Xiaocao recognize you as his sworn brother. What do you think?"
Listening to Song Yuehua's suggestion, Zhou Xiaohu shook his head desperately. It would take him a while to find a wife.
"Do you have a lover?" Song Yuehua asked.
Zhou Xiaohu shook his head. He had been thinking about cooking all these years and had no one in his mind.
Song Yuehua said helplessly, "You can't solve the problem, and you only want others to compromise for you. If you are like this, Xiaocao will be in a difficult situation at home. Have you ever thought about it?"
"How could that be?" Zhou Xiaohu said.
Song Yuehua whispered, "What do you think in your heart? Why don't you tell your family? Aunt Lin has already regarded Xiaocao as her daughter-in-law, and you don't want to get engaged. What do you want Aunt Lin to regard Xiaocao as?"
Zhou Xiaohu was stunned for a long time, and no one knew what he was thinking. Song Yuehua sat beside him and waited quietly.
"We will get married at least next year."
This is the compromise made by Zhou Xiaohu.
Song Yuehua passed this message to the Zhou family.
Lin looked at Zhou Dafu, "His father, tell me what to do."
"The year after next is the year after next. It was originally scheduled for August 15th of next year, and it will only be a few months later than the year after next," said Zhou Dafu.
Grandpa Zhou waved his hand and said, "Just do it yourself."
On October 1st, the Zhang and Chen families and the Song and Zhou families got engaged.
The marriage between the Zhou and Song families was naturally arranged by the matchmaker Tang.
Early in the morning, the Zhou family brought the betrothal gifts to the Song family. The procedure was the same as when Liu Xue got engaged.
Matchmaker Tang took her hand and said with a smile, "Big girl, you are really a blessed person."
"That's all thanks to Aunt Tang's matchmaking." Song Yuehua said politely.
On such occasions, everyone listens to polite words just to make things festive.
Matchmaker Tang laughed out loud with joy.
Tan Xiuxiu was also at the Song family helping to entertain guests, while Ma Yong and Zhou Dafu were having a lively conversation in the hall.
Lin wanted to help, but Song Yuehua stopped her, "Aunt, you are a guest today, how can I ask you to help?"
"You see, now that I'm here at Daya's place, I feel like I'm at home." Lin said with a smile.
Matchmaker Tang quickly responded, "So this is a match made in heaven."
“That’s right!”
After everyone had had tea and exchanged the marriage certificate, the marriage was finally settled.
After everyone left, Song Yuehua showed the betrothal gift list to Song Xiaocao.
"Put this at my house for now, and bring it back on your wedding day. In the days ahead, save up some dowry..."
While Song Yuehua was explaining things to Song Xiaocao, another guest came outside.
The people who came were Jiang Mei and Song Dalang.
"Boss, Xiaocao is getting engaged today, and we, her cousins, are here to help with her wedding."
Jiang Mei is a talkative person, so Song Yuehua invited her in.
"We don't have much good stuff at home. Here is half a piece of cloth and the makeup box I brought with me when I got married. Although it looks a bit old, the wood is definitely good."
After saying that, Jiang Mei took out the things.
Although there weren't many things, it was already quite decent in the village.
Song Xiaocao glanced at Song Yuehua, not knowing whether to accept it or not.
"You guys are really thoughtful." Song Yuehua said with a smile, "Xiao Cao, thank your cousin and his wife."
"Thank you, cousin and his wife."
Jiang Mei took Song Xiaocao's hand affectionately and said, "Second Uncle's family is not a decent person, and it has nothing to do with us young people. We should do what we should do."
"Cough!" Song Dalang coughed heavily.
Jiang Mei said with a look of disdain, "What are you coughing about? Everyone in the village knows about your Song family's little troubles."
Song Dalang, "..."
"Amei, there is also a bracelet." Song Dalang had to remind her.
Jiang Mei then said "oh" and took out a red cloth from her arms. When she spread it out, there were two copper bracelets inside.
"This is something your mother asked me to bring to you, saying it's for your dowry." Jiang Mei pushed the thing in front of Song Xiaocao.
"No need." Song Xiaocao's voice was trembling when she said this.
In the same village, since she was sent to the Zhou family, her mother has never come to see her or ask about her once.
It would be a lie to say that I don't blame you.
Seeing that Song Xiaocao looked unhappy, Song Yuehua sent the people into the house, and then said to Jiang Mei, "You should have a good talk with Mr. and Mrs. Song. If they come to make trouble again now, then they can't do their jobs anymore."
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