Chapter 446 Please find him a marriage
The son and grandson returned safely, and the happiest person was none other than Hu's mother.
Originally, the son-in-law and daughter went to a wedding banquet today, and Qin Yilin and Ding Jiajia were not coming. Since there were not many people at home, they thought that a simple meal would be enough, so they did not prepare many dishes. Now that the people who went out have returned, the people who were attending the wedding banquet did not drink anymore. The daughter and son-in-law invited the three members of the Ding family to get together, and suddenly the table was full of people!
Hu the butcher immediately went to kill chickens and rabbits, and Hu's mother scooped rice and washed it again.
In the yard, there were several horse-drawn carriages parked. When they went there, they were all loaded with medicinal materials, and the donkeys were only responsible for carrying people. After selling the medicinal materials, they bought a lot of goods and pulled them back with horse-drawn carriages.
The carriage frame was unloaded, and the horses were pulled out by several men from Feng Damanku to feed them with hay, and other men were responsible for unloading the goods.
Fan He was chattering on the side, explaining: "Mother, father, you don't know how many good things little uncle bought!
He bought many kinds of fabrics alone, but don't think about it, he only bought fabric for one set of clothes, definitely not for us;
The cakes are too far to bring back, but a lot of sugar balls and the like are bought, second sister, younger brother, younger sister, you can go and make trouble for little uncle!"
Speaking of the latter, he couldn't help but tease little uncle.
Xing Hui snorted: "I won't make trouble for little uncle, that will be for our little aunt in the future! I'm waiting for little aunt to come in and share it with us!"
Da He just didn't have good intentions, let them make trouble, is it possible to make trouble?
Fan Hu has always been quiet, just curiously looking at Ding Jiajia.
Wan Xia stood aside and laughed happily, sweeping away the depression of going to the wedding wine since morning.
Compared to her elder brother's wedding, she was more looking forward to the wedding of little uncle and aunt Jiajia.
Ding Jiajia blushed, but she couldn't go forward and ask Hu Wenhua to divide it at this moment, wouldn't that mean she accepted it first? But the children were all looking at her, so she could only look at Hu Wenhua.
Hu Wenhua couldn't bear to see the person he loved being teased, so he glared at Dahe and said generously: "Don't listen to Dahe's nonsense! We have them all, I'll give them to you later."
Fan He kept shouting: "Hey, uncle, don't take the wrong one. If you give us the carefully selected betrothal gifts, won't you be so upset later?"
Hu Wenhua looked at Ding Jiajia who was so embarrassed that she was about to run away, and threatened fiercely: "If you say one more word, I won't take you out next time!"
Fan He was not afraid, "Ha, the next time I sell medicinal materials will be at the end of the year, I don't care!"
By then, Ding Jiajia would definitely be his aunt, and he would beg her for help. Would he be afraid that his uncle would not listen to her?
Hu Wenhua said with a long tone, "If you go out in the middle of next month, don't come to beg me."
Fan He was dumbfounded and asked hurriedly: "Mid-next month? How can it be so close? Who said that? Uncle, are you lying to me?"
It's impossible. Today is the end of the month! He can't stay at home for half a month and then go out? The key is what to do when the medicinal materials are all sold out.
There are only tangerine peels in the warehouse, but they have to be kept for a long time before being sold. Besides, it's not worth going out for that little bit of tangerine peel.
He saw his sisters and brothers laughing knowingly, realized something, and quickly looked at his mother who was watching the show next to him and asked: "Mother, is what my uncle said true?"
Shui Qing couldn't watch the show anymore, so he had to open his mouth and tell the story of the toothbrush shop.
Fan He opened his mouth. He didn't expect that he had been out for just over a month, and so many things happened at home.
Brother Ling came back and took his elder brother to Beidu. Brother Bai continued to go south, and his family actually had another toothbrush shop!
Is there anything else he doesn't know?
There can't be more, this is enough!
After Shui Qing answered her second son, she accidentally saw Hong Daniu's envious and disappointed eyes, and he was a little hesitant to speak. She asked with concern: "Uncle Hong, do you have anything to say?"
Hong Daniu moved his lips, first forced a smile, and then spoke as if he had made a great decision: "I am happy to see Wenhua is going to be engaged, that is, Mancang is nineteen this year, I, I want to ask Madam to find him a marriage.
I know that there are many things and complicated things now, and I shouldn't bring this up to add trouble to Madam, but"
The marriage of their servants is arranged by the master's family, and the mistress is usually the head of the family to appoint the candidates. They came after the flood, and their food, accommodation and clothing are all provided by the master's family. Until now, they haven't done any particularly important work, so they shouldn't have asked for this.
It's just that after returning to the village, I heard that Fan Dazhu was married, and seeing that Hu Wenhua was also going to be engaged, they were both only seventeen, and Mancang was already nineteen. If he didn't hurry up, the girl behind him would probably not want him.
Their mother was gone, so he, as a father, could only shamelessly ask the mistress to make the decision.
Shui Qing understood, and it was indeed her inexperience and negligence.
Before they came back, if Hong Daniu had asked her for this, she really didn't know where to find a suitable girl, but with Zhulin Village, it was simply the best arrangement!
In this dynasty, there are two types of indentures: living indentures and dead indentures. After the living indentures are redeemed, they have nothing to do with the master's family. For the dead indentures, birth, old age, sickness and death, including marriage, are under the control of the master's family, and even their parents are not qualified to make decisions!
So there was a reason why Hong Daniu asked him to make the decision.
She looked at Mancang and said, "I remember there are eleven men among you who are not married? Go and call them all over, and tell them your ideas in person. When they are old enough to get married, you can get married together."
Hong Daniu didn't expect Shui Qing to be so efficient, and not only did he arrange the marriage of his eldest son, but also the youngest son. He was so grateful that he didn't know what to say, and couldn't stop thanking him: "Thank you, thank you, Madam!"
Hong Mancang quickly called all the people over. When their family members heard that the host family wanted to help arrange the marriage, they all followed, including the women such as Dani and Zhou Yu.
They were so moved that they didn't know what to do.
There were more than a dozen people in the yard at once. Shuiqing called them all to the main hall. After she sat down at the main seat, she motioned for the others to sit on the armchairs on both sides.
Hong Daniu, Feng Dafeng, Erdani, Zhou Yu and others thanked them, sat down happily, and looked at the men standing in the middle of the main hall to arrange the marriage with joy.
Hong Mancang, Hong Manku and the other eleven men stood uncomfortably, with a blush on their dark faces.
When they were away, they heard that Hu Wenhua was going to propose marriage, and they were envious and excited;
They also heard that Fan Xiaoliu's family was going to find a girl for him, and when they came back, they happened to run into Fan Dazhu getting married. People who were younger than them or the same age as them got married, and it would be a lie to say that they were not envious.
But they knew that marriage was a big deal, and the master had no other servants, let alone women, so arranged marriage was impossible.
Moreover, they were servants, slaves, and had a death contract, so they had never thought of redeeming themselves, and girls from other families would never marry them, so they envied them, but they knew in their hearts that marriage was impossible.
At least, don't think about it in the next few years.