Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 443 Crush Him

It is said that children have short memories. When the young master was captured, he was fed medicine and was in a coma throughout the whole process. After he woke up, Song Chunlin played with him for a few days, and he almost forgot everything. He became full of energy and Song Chunlin almost couldn't cope with it.

"Brother Chunlin, good brother, take me out to play. I promise I won't run around this time. Isn't it okay if I just behave well?"

Song Chunlin stood outside the door with one foot, and the other foot was held by the little boy and refused to let go. He rolled his eyes speechlessly several times. Even the palace maids were trying to persuade the young master that now was not a good time to go out.

Song Chunlin was thinking about how to tell the kid that it was not that he didn't want to, but his uncle, the emperor, didn't allow him to go out. The two of them were deadlocked at the door for a long time. Finally, Song Chunlin promised to bring him gifts next time, which scared the kid.

After finally getting out of the palace, Song Chunlin touched his chest, still quite frightened.

Before going home, he had to go to the Street Office. The new household registrations of the siblings Songsong and Liuliu had been received, but their registrations were still in their old house. It was only at this time that Song Chunlin learned that the two actually had a house in Beijing!

Songsong felt a little embarrassed when he talked about this.

"It's just a very small, remote house. Ever since our parents passed away, we haven't had the money to repair it. The roof has long been broken and it's uninhabitable now, so we've never mentioned it."

After listening to this, Song Chunlin patted him on the shoulder gently and asked him what his plans were.

When talking about the future, Songsong and Liuliu's eyes sparkled.

"I've discussed this with my sister. After our household registration is restored, we'll use the money to do some simple repairs on the house, at least to make it habitable. Then, my sister and I can move back home. Since we already have a home, we can't stay at the Orphanage forever. We have to give up our bed to someone else."

Songsong now lives in the store most of the time. Their original house was a bit far from Xingchengfang. He didn't go back before because no one was waiting for him at home. Now that his sister is back, they certainly want to go back to their own home, even if it takes a lot of time to go back and forth every day.

Of course Song Chunlin understood their feelings, so he asked them when they were moving and took people to celebrate their move.

Songsong only said that he would try to move there before the New Year. Although he had a lot of money on hand, his house had long been in disrepair. It would be more like tearing it down and rebuilding it rather than repairing it. Now it was only three or four months away from the New Year. If he was in a hurry, he would have to pay more, so the money on hand would not be enough.

Song Chunlin told the housekeeper uncle Mo and asked Song Song to advance three months' wages. The house was used to shelter from the wind and rain, so it naturally had to be well maintained. After receiving the money, Song Song thanked Song Chunlin profusely, and even Liu Liu excitedly blurted out several words.

After saying goodbye to Song Song, Song Chunlin returned to the Song family. Gu Fengyue was not in the capital this year, and they had agreed that the Gu family would spend the New Year with the Song family. The work in the fields was almost done, and Song Dazhuang and his wife were restless, so they took the soldiers to plant several acres of vegetables, mainly cabbage and radishes, which were their main source of vegetables in winter.

As soon as he got home, Song Chunlin met the brothers Wang Qin and Wang Mian. They exchanged a few words at the door and then went their separate ways.

After entering the house, Song Chunlin casually asked the two brothers what they were doing there. Song Qinshi replied casually, "They came to ask me to act as a matchmaker for them."

Song Chunlin's gossip spirit burned fiercely. "Really? Who did Brother Wang Mian like? Which village is she from? No, why did he ask you to be the matchmaker? I remember his sister-in-law went to the town to ask for an official matchmaker, so why did he ask you to be the matchmaker when it came to Brother Wang Mian?"

Speaking of this, Song Qin curled her lips and said, "Your brother Wang Mian has taken a fancy to a girl in town. There's an official in that family who said it's too cheap to hire an official matchmaker and that we need to hire someone with higher status. Tsk, he hasn't even married yet, and he's already trying to intimidate your sister-in-law Wang Qin."

If Wang Mian hadn't really liked her, Wang Qin probably wouldn't have been willing to come on behalf of his brother. Song Qin had never met her, but judging from the expressions of the two Wang brothers, they seemed quite satisfied with the girl. Moreover, Wang Qin came to invite her in person, so his wife must have agreed. Song Qin went along with it and agreed that three days later, the two sides would go to a teahouse in the town and pretend to meet by chance, and then test each other's views on the marriage.

The main things are the betrothal gifts, dowry, and the date. Song Chunlin doesn't understand the twists and turns here, but seeing that Song Qinshi is not very willing to do it, he is afraid that she is also feeling sorry for Wang Qin's wife.

Three days later, Song Qin came back from the town. Song Dazhuang asked her how things were going at the dinner table. Unexpectedly, Song Qin exploded when asked this question.

"In my entire life, I've never seen such an unreasonable family. They agreed on a betrothal gift of sixteen taels of silver. The Wang family prepared a set of red gold headgear and three bolts of fine cotton cloth, with other small items not included. The Liu family gave a new quilt as a dowry, and each member of the Wang family was given two pairs of shoes and a set of clothes for each of the four seasons. Aren't these the simplest dowries for us peasant families? At first, they said the Liu family was being generous this time, and a new quilt would cost at least seven or eight taels of silver, so their dowry wasn't shabby. But when we sat down in the teahouse and chatted like this, they said the dowry was an old quilt, a thin one at that. The girl had slept on it for two years, and she took it back as a dowry. Bah, and they still have the nerve to say they're from an official family. What a crappy official family! Even eunuchs wouldn't be so shabby."

Song Chunlin heard the betrothal gift offered by the Wang family, which was sixteen taels of silver, plus a set of red gold headwear and three pieces of fine cotton cloth. The total of these three big items was more than thirty taels. Although cotton has become popular in Dajing in recent years, the output is still in short supply, not to mention fine cotton cloth. A piece of coarse cotton costs more than one tael, and fine cotton cloth costs three taels. This level of betrothal gift is already very decent in the countryside, but the return gift from the opposite family is indeed very shabby.

But Song Qin said that the matter was finally settled, but it was not because the Wang family backed out, but because the girl from the Liu family across the street argued for it.

"The girl is a good girl, she knows what she's doing. But this family is really unreasonable. They even invited an aunt from the clan to accompany her. I think the aunt is also unaware of what's going on. She's so embarrassed. Tsk, you didn't see it. If it were me, I wouldn't be able to stay any longer."

This aroused everyone's curiosity. The girl from the Liu family was quite tough, but she had to face such a Yue family. I wonder if Wang Mian could bear it.

"He chose her himself. I think this girl is pretty good and a good match for Wang Mian. Next time I go to propose marriage, I'll wear my imperial robes and see if I can crush their family."