Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 189 Liu Dali Sends a Betrothal Gift

"People in their village said that if it weren't for his reputation of bringing bad luck to his relatives, he would have been married long ago and his children would have grown up."

Ji Wenhe squatted beside him: "This is fate, just like you and me."

"If you hadn't been away for three years, you would have had a child by now."

Shen Rongshan nodded: "Yes, so my destiny is you."

She tilted her head and looked at him with a smile: "Yes, I am your destiny, and you are my destiny."

It was already destined.

three days later.

Early in the morning, several people gathered under the shed, knitting while chatting and laughing.

From afar, I saw Liu Dali carrying a basket on his back and walking into the village with a basket in his hand.

Niu Guilan stood up and said, "Hey, you are here to offer your betrothal gifts, I'm afraid it must be a lot of good stuff."

"Shen Guyan from Qian Hongjuan's family is really lucky. Look, he is a nice person and has money."

Lan Qiuhua put down the purse in her hand, stood up, and patted her arm gently: "What you said, Gu Yan is not much worse."

He smiled and went to greet him: "Da Li, I'm here to give you the betrothal gifts."

Liu Dalihan smiled and nodded: "Hey, auntie, please come with me."

She is the matchmaker between the two of them, so she has to be present when the betrothal gift is made.

"Okay, let's go."

"Hey."

He followed her nervously.

Niu Guilan waved to the people next to her and said, "Let's go and take a look."

Miao Zhaodi, Zhou Xiaoyu, Li Chunhong, and He Yuxiang all put down what they were holding and followed.

"Wenshan, you watch here, I'll go take a look too."

Ji Wenhe hurriedly chased after him and walked with Li Chunhong.

"Aunt Li, will Aunt Xie host a banquet?"

Shen Guyan is not favored at all in the family and is a dispensable existence.

"Not necessarily. I can't say for sure."

She has been married to Shenjia Village for many years and knows everyone in the village more or less.

"Your Aunt Xie is reluctant to spend a penny on Shen Guyan, but it's hard to say. She can accept the gift money after the banquet."

"There are fewer wild vegetables this season. There are not enough vegetables at home. We have to go to town to buy them, and there is also meat."

"Your Aunt Qian has six sisters and one brother. If she holds a banquet, all the family members will surely come."

"If you calculate it, we'll have to spend a lot of money if we don't have seven or eight tables to seat them."

Ji Wenhe calculated that the gift money for each family was six cents, and there were fourteen families in their village, totaling eighty-four cents.

"How much gift money can Aunt Qian give? They are all direct relatives, so they should give more."

Li Chunhong shook her head: "Only six cents. It's not easy for families these days. We don't have much money."

"And I heard that Qian Hongjuan and some of her sisters don't have a good relationship."

If there are many children in the family, ten people can sit at one table, and two families can fill up the table.

If you calculate carefully, you really can't receive much gift money, and you may even have to pay for the banquet.

Several people slowly followed them to Qian Hongjuan's house.

Lan Qiuhua shouted with a smile: "Aunt Xie, Hongjuan, come out quickly, Dali is here to deliver the betrothal gifts."

Shen Guyan in the utility room stood up nervously from the bed and looked at the yard through the crack in the door.

From her angle she couldn't see anyone, she could only see a corner of a scene.

When Xie Fenglian came out of the house, her eyes first fell on the basket and backpack.

"Thank you, Aunt Qian."

"Da Li, hurry up and go inside. It's very hot outside because of the strong sun."

"Hey." Liu Dali looked around and finally his sight fixed on the utility room with the door closed.

"Da Li, come, sit down and talk." Qian Hongjuan moved two small stools.

Lan Qiuhua was behind them. She looked back and waved to Ji Wenhe.

The latter understood and immediately trotted in, saying with a smile: "Congratulations, Aunt Xie, Aunt Qian, where is Gu Yan? Why can't I see her?"

Xie Fenglian said nonchalantly, "Inside the house."

Then he walked into the house and greeted Liu Dali warmly.

"Thank you, Auntie. This is 328 yuan as a betrothal gift."

He took out a piece of red cloth from his bosom, which contained the copper coins, and carefully strung the copper coins on with a red rope.

Ji Wenhe stood behind Lan Qiuhua and watched. The smiles on their faces were almost reaching their ears.

"Okay, okay, I'll accept it, Auntie." Xie Fenglian stepped forward and took it.

Lan Qiuhua smiled and said, "Now that you have accepted the betrothal gift, you should change your tune in the future."

"Hey, grandma, mom." Liu Dali called shyly.

Qian Hongjuan agreed with a smile, and only then remembered her daughter, and walked to the door: "Guyan, come in."

Shen Guyan opened the door, nervously grasped the hem of his clothes, and walked into the house with his head lowered.

Ji Wenhe saw that the clothes she was wearing were the same as before, washed white and full of patches, and she was still wearing the hemp shoes with holes on her feet.

It was crimson purple and a little too big for her body. It didn't fit her body at all. It looked more like something her mother or someone else had given her.

I gave her the money this morning, and asked her to change into nicer clothes because the engagement was going to happen today.

It seemed that what she was wearing was already her best clothes.

When Liu Dali saw her come in, he opened the lid of the basket and took out the cloth and shoes wrapped in cloth.

Lan Qiuhua stepped forward and took it: "This is a ready-made dress, rouge red, and there is also a pair of cloth shoes, which Gu Yan wore on her wedding day."

On the way here, I told her what I bought.

"There are still two sets of material. When Gu Yan gets married, let her make two sets of clothes for herself."

Xie Fenglian looked at the cloth in her hand, an inexplicable emotion flashing through her eyes: "Why are they all delicate colors?"

"Aunt Xie, Gu Yan is a little girl, so of course she should wear delicate colors. How can we buy her old-fashioned colors?"

Ji Wenhe rolled his eyes where they couldn't see.

She roughly understood what Xie Fenglian was planning.

If it were another color, such as dark blue, I could have saved some and made clothes for my two grandchildren.

Fortunately, Liu Dali bought light pink and lilac colors, which are suitable for little girls, otherwise she would definitely have taken some of them.

Lan Qiuhua also understood what she meant and continued with a smile, "There are also two pheasants, two hares, two catties of pork, and two large fish."

She took things out of the baskets and put them on the table.

"Oh, why are there so many gifts?"

Xie Fenglian's face was full of smiles, and her eyes kept scanning the table.

"Didn't we agree not to send gifts? Why did you send one?"

Lan Qiuhua told Liu Dali that day that he didn't need to bring any gifts, just bring three taels of silver and eight cents as a betrothal gift.

But he still sent it over, and he does know how to do the job.

"Da Li is a man with a lot of intentions. He wants to marry your granddaughter. How can he come here empty-handed?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Xie Fenglian looked at the person standing next to her, "I didn't choose the wrong son-in-law for my grandson. Gu Yan will be blessed to marry you in the future."

Liu Dali smiled and secretly glanced at Shen Guyan who was standing at the door. She lowered her head and the expression on her face could not be seen clearly.

But the raised corners of her mouth let him know that she was happy.

Ji Wenhe observed them silently, with a smile on his face.