sbdcsierra Chapter 659 Zhou Gu himself has a crush on one
Chapter 659 Zhou Gu himself has a crush on one
Zhou Xing was embarrassed and anxious, and quickly covered her mouth. "I, I, I, I, I didn't mean that. I just think that this stepmother and father are not good people. It's troublesome to get involved with them. You can't get rid of them for a lifetime, and it's easy to disgust people. When did I say that I would not associate with my family, and you misunderstood me?"
Zhou Guo smiled and stopped making trouble, saying, "I know, but there is nothing we can do. Big brother likes her, so if he likes her, just marry her. You're right, but that family obviously dislikes her because she will bring bad luck to others, so why did they keep her until she's so old?"
"Why else? Of course it's to do work for the family. She takes care of everything inside and outside the house. If she leaves, who will do the work at home and in the fields?" Li's cold voice sounded at the side.
Zhou Xing then remembered that her parents' family didn't seem to be in good shape either. She looked at Li's expression and didn't dare to speak.
Zhou Guo stood up and walked out.
Zhou Xing asked, "What are you going to do?"
Zhou Guo sighed, "Go buy a pig."
The matchmaker came back in the afternoon of the same day. As soon as she entered the room, she laughed and said, "Mother Guoguo, I have done everything for you. Oh, I have come a long way. Let me have a drink of water."
Li came out of the house in a hurry, and invited people in with a smile on her face, "Come on, sister-in-law, sit inside, and tell me everything."
Zhou Guo and Zhou Xing also came out of the house and sat in the living room.
Xu had been staying in the room without moving, and she was also asked to listen to her son's marriage.
Matchmaker Wang wiped the sweat off her face with a handkerchief and said, "When I went to their house and told them which family you were from, the couple were stunned. They kept asking if it was true, fearing that they had made a mistake. Nowadays, everyone in the surrounding villages knows your Zhou family. You are a very famous family..."
Zhou Xing and the others became anxious as they listened to the conversation, wondering why the speaker couldn't get to the point for such a long time.
Li also asked, "Sister-in-law, what did that family say?"
Matchmaker Wang paused, looked at her with a guilty look, and said, "That family wants 40 strings of cash, two pigs, and 20 dan of fat."
The country folk have never heard of any family being able to afford a betrothal gift of 40 strings of coins. 4 strings of coins is too little, and half of them are only 2 or 3 strings of coins.
It's really a huge opening, just in case the Zhou family takes a fancy to them.
Zhou Guo didn't say anything. Forty strings of cash was a lot for others, but it was not enough for their family. He looked at matchmaker Wang and asked, "Aunt, did they ask for forty strings of cash from the beginning?"
Matchmaker Wang slapped her thigh and pointed at Zhou Guo and said proudly, "You are such a capable girl. You are right. They asked for 80 strings of cash at first, but I had to persuade them. I said that there are many good girls in the surrounding villages and that there are many people who would marry into the family with 10 or 20 strings of cash. They were scared and finally gave in and offered 40 strings of cash."
Matchmaker Wang said this while feeling regretful that she didn't have a daughter. Otherwise, if she married into the Zhou family, she would have enjoyed endless happiness. As a mother, she would not only have the face but also benefit from it.
Zhou Guo thought to himself, sure enough, how could it be possible that he only wanted forty strings of cash?
Li said without hesitation, "Okay, 40 strings of cash, but sister-in-law, they can't raise it any further. If this marriage goes smoothly, I'll give you 10 strings of cash!"
"Okay, leave it to me." Matchmaker Wang was so happy that she almost laughed out loud. Ten strings of coins, that's ten strings of coins!
This marriage was already half done, hahahaha, the ten strings of cash are now in our hands, how can we not be happy?
Zhou Guo saw that her face was deformed from trying so hard to hold back her laughter, and she was having a hard time, so he said with a smile: "Auntie, just laugh when you're happy. Who wouldn't be happy when they make money? I was also happy when I made money, and I laughed out loud."
Li scolded, "How can you talk like that? Why don't you apologize to your aunt?"
Matchmaker Wang laughed heartily, waved her handkerchief happily, and said, "Your Guoguo is right. I am happy to make money. So, while it is still early, I will go again and try to settle this matter. I will exchange the birth dates of both parties, and then we can discuss the marriage. I will leave first."
Li said hurriedly: "...Don't be so anxious, it's getting late and it will be the same if we go tomorrow."
"I'm not tired. The sooner we settle it, the better it will be." He was extremely anxious.
Li had no choice but to "Take this cake with you and eat it on the road."
"Well, that's good, that's good. The cakes in your house are really delicious. I usually don't have anywhere to eat them. Haha, then take a few pieces and bring some back for my grandchildren." Matchmaker Wang, who had walked out the door, came back, took out a handkerchief, and wrapped the entire plate of cakes in the handkerchief.
Zhou Xing found it funny and touched Zhou Guo.
Zhou Guo also laughed. She still liked Wang the matchmaker very much. She was straightforward and said what she thought without beating around the bush. She was easy to deal with.
Li laughed and said, "This matchmaker is like a chicken with blood pumped up. She's going back before she even has time to sit down."
Zhou Guo said: "If you told me that I could earn 10,000 taels per trip, I would leave in the middle of the night, not to mention leaving now. I would be more enthusiastic than her."
Zhou Xing laughed, "How can ten strings of cash be compared to ten thousand taels of silver?"
Zhou Guo said, "Why can't we compare? For an ordinary family, 10 strings of cash is enough for several years of household expenses. You forgot that our family used to spend only 2 strings of cash a year. Now we have spent 10,000 taels in the past two or three years, but we have at least a few hundred taels, which is about the same."
Li shook her head and said, "It's more than a few hundred taels, a few thousand taels is too little. You guys are all getting older, don't you need money to get married? Our family is different now, and the people we marry are different. Isn't it possible to spend thousands of taels of silver?"
Zhou Guo thought about the dowry he had prepared for Zhou Xing during this period of time, including shops, houses, fields, jewelry, fabrics, furniture, and the silver at the bottom of the box. At least a few hundred strings of cash must be prepared, right?
This thing costs at least one or two thousand taels. It's really expensive. Their family is really rich now. They prepare several thousand taels of dowry. I can't believe it.
In the evening, Zhou Gu came back and the whole family was there.
Zhou Guo asked, "Brother, when did you fall in love with that girl? You are so tight-lipped!"
Zhou Mai and the others were also told by Zhou Guo after school. They all looked at him with dissatisfaction. How could this matter be kept secret for so long?
Zhou Gu said innocently: "I didn't hide it, I told the master."
Zhou Guo turned his head and looked at the old man, "Master, why didn't you tell me if you knew this?"
The old man said, "How could I know that you didn't know? I thought he told you all."
Zhou Guo waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's not pursue this now. I just want to know, how did you fall in love with her, and when did you fall in love with her?"
All the brothers and sisters looked at him. They only found out about such a big thing after they invited a matchmaker to come to their house. Are they still a family?
Zhou Gu laughed foolishly.
Zhou Su couldn't bear to watch it, "Brother, don't play this game, I won't eat it anymore, just tell the truth."