Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

On September 20th, Matchmaker Qian came to the Xu family again. Mrs. Chen still entertained her as before. Matchmaker Qian sat there and sighed.

Seeing this, Mrs. Chen knew that Huixin's marriage might not work out, "Her aunt, you have to worry about it too. Forget it, this marriage has its own fate. If this family doesn't work out, there will be others." Although she felt a little pity in her heart, But it’s hard to say anything else.

"Hey, sister-in-law, it's not that the marriage won't work out. It's that the Tao family's mother-in-law is so irritating that I can't speak." Matchmaker Qian sighed. "Ahem, let me stop hiding it. That's what happened. As soon as the Tao family's mother-in-law heard that her son insisted on marrying your family Huixin, she asked your family to send twenty taels of dowry money. This money is not I want to give it to Huixin, but I want to give it to their family. Tell me, how can we be such a good girl, and we don’t need much gift from them when we get married, but I am also asked to accompany her with the dowry money. I'm angry, but I can't help but Doctor Tao begged me to come and tell my sister-in-law. I see, this is really a marriage," Matchmaker Qian kept sighing.

When Ms. Chen heard this, she got angry, but she had never cursed anyone, and she didn't know how to scold, "What's this? My Huixin is a good big girl, so she doesn't have to marry into his family." . Why did you do such a thing? Forget it, I think this is just a marriage. Before anything else, the dowry money will be paid. Then if the family separates in the future, she will have to ask for milk money. ? Her aunt, go back and tell Dr. Tao that this marriage is beyond our reach."

After hearing this, Matchmaker Qian nodded, "Yes, sister-in-law, what you said is correct. That's it. I'll go back and tell Dr. Tao about this idea of ​​letting him die." With that, Qian The matchmaker is about to go out.

Mrs. Chen took out a red envelope and gave it to Matchmaker Qian, "Her aunt, you have been running back and forth a lot these days for Hui Xin's affairs, so why don't you take it and buy some tea. We have to entrust her with Hui Xin's marriage. Where is my aunt? "This Qian Matchmaker is a nice person, and she always tells people that she is sincere. The newcomers she introduced generally lived a harmonious life, so Chen still wanted Matchmaker Qian to help find them.

Matchmaker Qian refused and said, "Sister-in-law, you are slapping me in the face. The marriage has not been agreed. How can I have the nerve to accept your red envelope? Wait, I will find a good one for Hui Xin. Then you can I'll take whatever you give me." The two of you are pushing me here.

Just at this time, there was a voice outside, "Doctor Tao, why are you here?" It was Xue's voice.

The two people in the room stopped, and Mrs. Chen hurried out of the room, only to see Doctor Tao standing at the door of her home. Mrs. Chen sighed, "Doctor Tao, come in quickly. It's cold outside. Come inside and sit for a while." The person was already standing at the door, and he couldn't be kicked out.

When Tao Qingnian heard this, he quickly entered the hospital. Mrs. Chen let him into the room, and everyone went inside and sat down. "Doctor Tao, are you here today?"

Tao Qingnian took out a few ingots of silver from his arms and put them on the kang, "Auntie, I know what my mother did was wrong. Here is the silver I have saved in the past few years, a total of thirty taels. Auntie holds it, except for me. Apart from the twenty taels that Mom wants, I can give Huixin something else. Auntie, I just want to ask you to marry Huixin to me." With that, Doctor Tao bowed to Mrs. Chen.

Mrs. Chen was a little stunned and looked at Tao Qingnian, "My child, you have saved this with so much hard work. Is it worth it for Huixin? You and Huixin have only met a few times, and you treat her with all your heart and soul like this. You Let the aunt say something? Huixin is weak and you have to take care of her when we get married. Don't you regret it? "Ms. Chen really doesn't know what to say. A man is willing to do it for his own sake." Even he, the mother-in-law, was very touched that his daughter could do this, let alone Huixin knowing what it would be like.

Tao Qingnian nodded, "Auntie, I know about Huixin's problem. It's okay. It's just that her foundation is a little weak. If you take good care of it, it'll be fine. I'm a doctor and I will take good care of Huixin. As long as Auntie agrees to marry Huixin to me, I swear I will treat her well and never let her suffer." It seems that Tao Qingnian really likes Huixin.

Huixin was in the west room, and she had long heard the conversations in this room. At this time, her face was already covered with tears. Huixin came to the east room and knelt down in front of Mrs. Chen. "Mother, I am willing to marry him. Please let me marry him." As she said this, she cried again.

Mrs. Chen helped her daughter up and said, "What an injustice. You two don't know what life it was you were guilty of. That's all, I'll forgive you. Celebrate the New Year, you take this money back. I'll take care of Hui Xin's dowry money." Way. Put this money away for future living." Mrs. Chen handed the money to Tao Qingnian.

Tao Qingnian refused, "Auntie, I gave this money to Huixin, just keep it for her to buy something. Just watch and prepare it. I still have the ability to treat diseases in the future, and I won't starve Huixin. Don't worry, auntie." , I will be very happy if my aunt is willing to marry Huixin to me. I will just earn the money later." Tao Qingnian looked at Huixin and felt so beautiful that he could finally marry her.

"Her aunt, I won't trouble others about this matter anymore. Let's do this. Tell the Tao family for me and say that I agree. Let them handle it as normal marriage negotiations. It won't work if anything is missing. ." Mrs. Chen looked at Matchmaker Qian, naturally she still had to deal with this matter.

Matchmaker Qian was also confused by Tao Qingnian's sudden behavior, "Okay, since my sister-in-law has said so, what else do I have to say no, I will handle this matter as soon as possible."

Now that the marriage had been agreed upon, Matchmaker Qian and Tao Qingnian took their leave. Mrs. Chen sent them out and when she came back, she saw Hui Xin still weeping. "Okay, don't cry. Since Dr. Tao is willing to send you this money, he is sincere to you. Mom is not that hard-hearted, so I will just help you. I have also saved your dowry in the past few years. Some. In a few days, your sister-in-law and I will go check it out and give you some more." Mrs. Chen hugged her daughter and said, "My child, you should be kind to your wedding."

Huixin blushed and nodded, "Mom, I understand."

Mrs. Two taels of silver? We can always get it together. Huixin's ability to marry a good man is much more important than that 20 taels of silver. My sister-in-law supports you. She wants to marry you even if she borrows money. It will be done smoothly, I trust my sister-in-law.”

After hearing what Xue said, Mrs. Chen smiled, "There's no need for you to borrow money. Our family hasn't reached that point yet. Just now, the boy from the Tao family sent thirty taels. I don't want it, so he has to keep it." Let's do this, give them twenty taels to the Tao family, and let's just give the rest to Huixin. It seems that they should go through the formal marriage negotiation process in the next few days, and we should be well prepared. ”

"Hey, don't worry, mother, Huixin's dowry won't be too shabby." Mrs. Xue smiled and walked out of the room.

Jinghan didn't know this, she was picking acorns there. This year I picked up a lot of acorns and piled them up in the warehouse. Jinghan went to pick acorns when she had nothing to do. Peel off the smooth outer skin to reveal the white kernels inside. Put the peeled acorn kernels in a basket and wait to be soaked in water for a few days, then crushed with a grinder and cooked before feeding to the pigs.

Jinghan peeled these acorns with joy. With these things mixed in, she should be able to catch two more pigs next year, right? The price of pork is very high now. A pound of pork costs more than 20 yuan, sometimes 30 yuan. If you calculate it this way, you can buy a pig for nearly five taels of silver. It looks like this is pretty good, Jinghan is full of money, thinking and laughing at the same time.

Just as Mrs. Xue came over, she saw her daughter giggling there, "Jinghan, what are you laughing at? Look at you like that." Mrs. Xue said funny.

"Mom, I was wondering if our family could catch two more pigs next year? Look at these acorns, they should be enough to feed." When Jinghan saw that her mother was coming, she pulled her mother's lapel and asked.

Mr. Xue looked at Jinghan, then at the acorns that filled the warehouse. This Jinghan is really able to go home. She has been idle all autumn, and she didn't stay at home until it snowed. Mrs. Xue was also happy to have such a child. "Okay, it's up to you. Let's catch two more pigs next year. Jinghan, it's cold in this warehouse. You'd better pack some and go back to the house to pick them. Don't let you freeze again." With that, he helped his daughter. He packed a large basket of acorns and put them in the kitchen.

Naturally, Jinghan followed her mother into the house, and then picked acorns next to the big basket. The peeled acorn skins are thrown directly into the stove pit. I also love this thing. It can also heat the kang when burned. Wenchang and Wenxuan went out to play for a while, and when they came back, they saw Jinghan picking up acorns, and the two boys came to help. With the addition of two more people, the cooking will naturally go faster. After a while, a basket was pulled out.

When Mrs. Xue saw it, she quickly found a bag to put the peeled acorns in. You couldn't soak them all at once, you had to keep them and feed them slowly. After loading it, I gave the basket to Jinghan and the others, and the three little ones continued to pick it up.

When Mrs. Chen came out, she happened to see three little guys picking acorns. She smiled and said, "Okay, we will raise two more pigs next year. We will keep one for ourselves during the New Year and kill it." The children knew how to work at such a young age. , Chen is naturally happy.

When the children heard that they were going to raise more pigs, they all became happy and said, "That's great. Then we will have meat to eat."