The three of them talked for a while in the room. At this time, Li Yan came over and asked everyone to go eat.
Because today is the third day of the baptism for the two children, the lunch is extra rich.
Braised pork elbow, braised pork ribs, steamed fish, poached chicken, stewed mutton soup, stewed cabbage and tofu, stir-fried bamboo shoots, plus a dish of candied golden dates.
The children were so excited to see so many delicious foods. Who can eat meat like this every day? It's even more sumptuous than Chinese New Year.
Mrs. Wu pulled Mrs. Wang to sit down and said, "Old sister, thank you so much for taking this trip today to have some food!"
"Okay, okay," Wang agreed repeatedly.
This trip solved her granddaughter's lifelong issue, and Wang was in a very good mood at the moment.
Today's third-day bathing ceremony was attended by the closest relatives of the family. Wu was the one who kept chatting with Wang, so she didn't seem too reserved.
An hour later, when Wang was about to leave, Li Yan handed over the red envelope and festive eggs she had prepared earlier in the morning. "Thank you for troubling me today, Grandma Wang. Please accept these!"
This is also the current rule.
Wang happily took the gift and said with a smile, "Then I'll accept it and share in your family's joy!"
After seeing Wang off, Guo Shi helped clean up the dishes and then went back.
My aunt had already agreed to leave yesterday, so Li Yan didn't want to force her to stay, so she said, "If you want to go back, why don't you let my cousin stay here for a few days?"
Mrs. Guo looked at her little daughter playing in the yard and said, "She's a tough girl. Your mother is in confinement right now and needs some quiet time. I'll bring her here next time."
Since her aunt said so, Li Yan did not try to persuade her to stay. No matter how good someone else's home was, it would not be as comfortable as living in her own home.
While her aunt was cleaning up, Li Yan went to the kitchen to pack a piece of pork belly and some mutton, and stuffed a few bags of cakes and candies that the children liked. Li Erlang was busy harnessing the mule to the cart.
When the group was leaving, Li Yan put a large bag of food in the car. Guo was still a little embarrassed, how could she eat and take it at the same time. After some refusals, she finally accepted it.
After Guo returned home, she packed her things, took a bag of cakes and a bag of malt sugar, and hurried off to find a matchmaker.
On the way back, Guo thought about it all the way and already had a matchmaker in mind. Now that the elders of their two families had already talked about it, there was no need to look for that smooth-talking matchmaker. She just needed to find a happy person to go to the Zhou family to go through the formalities.
After thinking all the way, Guo thought of Cao, the wife of the head of Linjia Village.
Mrs. Cao was a blessed woman. She gave birth to three sons and one daughter, all of whom grew up healthy. Her three daughters-in-law were also capable and hardworking. Now Mrs. Cao only needed to stay at home and play with her grandchildren every day. Her life was the best in Linjia Village.
Lin An looked at his wife rushing to the village entrance, and he knew what she was going to do.
He was also happy to see this happen. His younger brother was already grown up. People of his age in the village already had sons who were three or four years old, but this guy was still single. How could he not worry?
When Guo arrived at the home of Patriarch Lin, Patriarch Lin's old wife, Cao, was watching the children playing in the yard. Seeing Guo coming, Cao hurriedly invited her into the house.
At that time, people still had great respect for scholars and their wives.
Guo handed over the snacks in her hand and said, "Auntie, I wouldn't come to you for no reason today. I need your help with something!"
Cao looked at the snacks brought over and tried to refuse, but her smile deepened: "How can you be so polite!"
At this time, the little grandson saw the oil-paper bag in his grandmother's hand, sniffed his little nose, ran over and pulled his grandmother's arm, saying: "Grandma, sweet, eat, eat!"
Cao looked at her chubby little grandson and her heart melted. "Don't be offended, auntie. This child is a greedy one."
"Look at what Auntie said, my little one is the same, they are both at the age of eating delicious food!"
Cao took a few pieces of malt candy from the bag and fed them to her grandchildren who gathered around her. The children ate the sweet malt candy and were as happy as little birds, and went off to play around again.
After sending away the boys who were gathered around her, Cao led them into the house and sat them down. "Auntie, please sit down first. I'll go get you some water!"
Guo said hurriedly: "Aunt, no need to rush, I want to ask you to propose marriage to my brother-in-law!"
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