Chapter 272 Engagement
"Is it delicious?" Jiang Yunniang asked.
Yingbao nodded: "It's delicious."
Jiang Yunniang smiled: "Auntie will make a few more later, and you can give them to your parents to try."
"Okay." After eating a meat pie and drinking a large bowl of vegetable soup, Ying Bao's stomach was already very full.
"Aunt, why are you busy alone? Where are the eldest cousin and second cousin?" she asked.
Jiang Yunniang said while making meat cakes: "They went to Washe to sell meat cakes."
"Oh." Ying Bao nodded. That's not bad.
At this time, uncle Zhang Jia came over from a distance and said to Jiang Yunniang: "Give me some money. Hong Shao has a fever. I will take her to the medicine hall for treatment."
Jiang Yunniang glanced at Zhang Jia coldly, "Where can I have money?"
Hongshao is the daughter of my concubine. She is almost two years old. She has been sick and coughing frequently recently.
"Why not? Where's the money you earned today? I think you just deliberately didn't want to give it so that Hong Shao could die of illness, right?" Zhang Jia glared at his wife.
Jiang Yunniang glanced at her husband and sneered: "The three melons and two dates I earned are not enough for you to eat a five-stone meal. Can you count the money?"
Zhang Jia didn't know when he got addicted to Wushi Powder. He would take a dose every few days, and then spend the whole night misbehaving with his concubine.
Now Zhang Jia's body and neck have begun to have pustules, and the fishy smell can be smelled from a distance.
Jiang Yunniang was so disgusted that she was planning to rent two small houses elsewhere and take her children there.
When Zhang Jia saw his wife harming him, he couldn't help but became furious. He pointed at her nose and cursed: "You vicious woman! I should have divorced you in the first place!"
"Leave me alone?" Jiang Yunniang sneered: "You should give it a try!"
Not to mention that she had three brothers to back her up, but it really pissed her off, so she sold the mother and son.
Zhang Jia glanced angrily at Jiang Sanlang and Jiang Cheng who were standing at the door of the store. He clenched his fists again and again, but finally did not dare to hit them and turned around to leave.
Yingbao finally understood why Aunt Jiang set up a stall in front of her shop.
Because if she goes elsewhere, she will definitely not be able to keep her money.
Not only would Zhang Jia come to beg for it forcefully, but the gang of ruffian relatives from the concubine’s family would also come to cause trouble.
My aunt set up a stall at the door of the shop, which could completely prevent this kind of thing from happening.
Moreover, the tables and benches can be put into the shop when the stall is closed every night, and the money can also be given to her eldest nephew to help her keep it.
Jiang Sanlang narrowed his eyes and watched Zhang Jia leave, and then said to Jiang Yunniang: "I will close the stall early today and have a casual dinner at Dacheng's house in the evening. Dacheng will get engaged tomorrow, so you can come with your children."
The nephew's engagement is a big deal, and since my aunt is here, it seems inappropriate not to invite her to a meal to recognize her.
Jiang Yunniang nodded, "I'll take care of it right away."
The eldest nephew is getting engaged to the daughter of a famous pastry shop in the county.
Although my parents didn't come to the county town, my sister-in-law and two younger siblings were here, so I had to prepare a decent red envelope.
The next day, Dacheng and the matchmaker brought gifts and personally drove a carriage to the pastry shop to pick up shopkeeper Qiu and his family.
Today is actually the wedding day, which means the day when the two families agree on the wedding date.
The dishes for the four-table banquet were all cooked by several cooks invited by Jiang Cheng. They were beautiful and rich.
Sitting at one table were the male elders of the two families and two matchmakers.
At one table were the female relatives of both families, Yingbao was among them.
The other two tables were occupied by the boys of the family, and Jiang Yunniang's two sons were also sitting with them.
Jiang Yunniang's husband Zhang Jia also came and sat at the table of the male elders. But he said nothing and just drank.
At the table, the two families discussed the wedding date of their children, and finally decided on the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month.
It is said that having a daughter-in-law makes it easier to celebrate the New Year. Shopkeeper Qiu happily said that he would ask his daughter to go to Jiang's house early to kowtow to her grandparents in the New Year and collect New Year's money.
The wedding date was naturally based on the woman's opinion. Uncle Jiang nodded in agreement without hesitation, and said that a new house had been prepared in his hometown, and everything was new, and he would never treat his children badly.
Shopkeeper Qiu naturally had no objection.
It took a lot of hard work for him to catch Jiang Cheng, the golden son-in-law. Now that he is finally done, he can't wait to pack his daughter up and send her to Jiang's house as soon as possible.
Over the past year, the business of Jiangji Specialty Shop has been booming, and it will soon surpass Rongfu Pastry Shop, which has been in business for decades.
Aside from other things, just say that Jiang Cheng bought a two-bedroom house in the county in a short period of time. Who can do this for an eighteen or nineteen-year-old child?
So he took a two-pronged approach and let his daughter do the job of delivering cakes. He asked his daughter to make two more trips and deliver the goods several more times, so that she could have more contact with the young man.
On the other side, he tried every means to invite Jiang Cheng to his home for dinner, and asked his wife to cook delicious food for him. In addition, he asked for help, and soon won Jiang Cheng's heart. The two young men inevitably became more and more mature. The more harmonious things are.
Shopkeeper Qiu thought proudly that thanks to his early start, the old guy from Qianer's satin shop was still looking for someone to inquire about Jiang Cheng.
I know the old guy's situation best. His family has several girls waiting to be married.
Because Jiang Cheng often went to the pastry shop to pick up goods for a while, they saw him, so several young ladies always visited the specialty shop intentionally or unintentionally, saying they were buying pastries.
Their own pastry shop is right next door to their house. The pastries are cheap and freshly baked, and are hot and delicious.
Instead of buying cheap and delicious pastries, they ran two blocks away to buy them at a specialty shop.
snort! Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone on the road!
Shopkeeper Qiu picked up a glass of wine and smiled at Jiang Dalang: "Come on, come on, in-laws, let's have a cup."
Jiang Dalang quickly served the wine and said, "Okay, in-laws, I'll do it first as a token of respect." He raised his neck and drank it all.
After drinking two cups with Jiang Dalang, shopkeeper Qiu drank two cups with Jiang Erlang and Jiang Sanlang one by one, and then toasted to Jiang Yunniang's husband Zhang Jia.
Zhang Jia sneered, muttered something with his tongue, raised his neck and took a drink, then slammed the wine cup on the ground.
Everyone fell silent.
Seeing this, Jiang Yunniang quickly came over with her eldest son to stop him, and apologized to everyone: "I'm sorry, Mr. Lang, he is drunk and confused. I will take him back right now!"
After saying that, he took Zhang Jia and walked out.
Jiang Cheng paused for a moment, then got up to hitch the carriage and send them back.
The faces of Jiang Dalang brothers are not good-looking.
In fact, calling Zhang Jia over was a last resort. After all, he was Jiang Cheng's biological uncle, and he had not reconciled with Jiang Yunniang.
I didn't expect him to be so rude and embarrassed in front of his relatives and matchmaker.
Shopkeeper Qiu didn't mind, he smiled and smoothed things over.
He has been in business for many years, what kind of person has he not seen?
People with low moral character like Zhang Jia will not have much potential in the future, and I don't bother to care about them at all.
"I made you laugh." Although shopkeeper Qiu didn't care, Jiang Dalang still had to apologize to him.
Shopkeeper Qiu shook his head: "There is no need to worry about the in-laws. We are all one family. There will be more relatives moving around each other in the future. We can meet people with all kinds of tempers. It's nothing strange."
"Yes, yes, a drunk man is the most stateless. When he wakes up, he won't remember anything." The two matchmakers agreed with a smile.