Chapter 498
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a child's laughter.
"mother!"
"We're back!"
Lu Ming turned around and saw a little girl about four or five years old, holding a bunch of candied haws in her hand.
The little girl ran in with a smile. When she saw so many people in the yard, she suddenly stopped, her smile disappeared, and she turned around and ran out again.
"what happened?"
"Look, I scare you so much. Hahahaha."
"Humph! So many people are coming!"
"We have a guest today."
"Extremely many!"
"Really? Let me see."
Two more children came running up, a boy and a girl, eight or nine years old, who looked very similar.
"Wow, there are so many guests."
The movement at the door attracted everyone's attention.
The two children who came in first were not afraid of strangers. They entered the door happily and waved to the guests generously.
"Hello!"
"Welcome to be our guest."
Then Qian Erniu led the little girl who had just been scared away.
Finally, there was the oldest boy, fifteen or sixteen years old, carrying a wooden box.
"You're back, the guests are all here, come and say hello."
Both adults and children in the Cheng family are familiar with each other. Even the little girl who ran out at first let go when she saw Lu Ming and others who were about the same age as herself, and took the initiative to get in between Lu Ming and Zhao Yicha. Share the candied haws with them.
"Do you want to eat the candied haws?"
"I only bought one, let's share it."
"What are your names?"
"how old are you?"
"My name is Cheng Lu"
"We can play together. Do you like eating candied haws?"
He couldn't stop talking when he opened his mouth. He didn't care whether Lu Ming and Zhao Yicha answered or not, he was just talking happily.
Use a small handkerchief to pull off the candied haws directly and stuff it into their hands, "Eat it."
"I only give it to the little girl, I won't share it with you."
There were exactly six candied haws, two for each of the three people. The little girl saw Wu Mu and Zhao Changrui looking directly at her, with their backs turned to them.
Wu Mu rolled his eyes, who wanted her candied haws?
Because these Cheng family children were familiar with each other, they couldn't stay in the yard at all, so he quickly proposed to take them out to play.
The adults were happy to be quiet, but they were so noisy that they couldn't hear what they were saying.
It was rare for several equally outgoing children of the Zhao family to be led by the nose and played, which felt quite novel.
Lu Ming kept listening to Cheng Lu's chatter. This little girl seemed to have endless things to say, and she didn't care if people listened or not, she just said it.
Zhao Yicha rubbed his ears and felt as if there were hundreds of ducks noisy in his ears. He just looked forward to eating early.
Fortunately, they didn't have to endure it for long. When the children of the Cheng family saw that dinner was about to be served at another house, they consciously took people back.
Cheng Huan doesn't know how to cook, but his two sisters-in-law are pretty good at cooking.
There are more children than adults, and they eat quickly. They are full in no time and are running around the yard.
The children of the Zhao family knew that they were preparing to propose marriage today, but they didn't know what the adults' arrangements were.
So when the Cheng family children proposed to go out to play again, they refused. Just kidding, what should I do if I missed going out to play.
The food was removed and teacups and teapots were put on the table. The two younger brothers of the Cheng family valued their sister very much. They didn't say anything wrong about their sister and Li coming back with their two nieces, and even helped make arrangements so that they could live in peace as soon as possible.
At least on the surface, the two sisters-in-law are harmonious and treat guests as if they were their own family.
"No wonder Aunt Cheng and Li are so stubborn. My mother-in-law has the confidence."
The atmosphere was good, and Mrs. Zhao gave Aunt Niu a look.
Aunt Niu understood immediately and the topic turned to Qian Erniu.
Lu Ming immediately became excited, it's coming, it's coming.
But before he could hear it, he was excluded by the adults.
"You kids go out and play."
"The older ones can stay and help clean up the kitchen."
To make it official, get the noisy children out first.
Speaking of cleaning up the kitchen, only Xu San and Wu Yang stayed in the Zhao family, while all the other children were pushed out.
"Huh? Forget it about my younger brothers and sisters."
"Are we not old enough?"
The Cheng family left behind Qian Danniu and Qian Erniu.
The eldest boy was also kicked out and asked to look after his younger brothers and sisters.
Cheng Lu jumped up and led the way, "When we're full, we're going to go out and play."
"Why don't you go to my house? My brother brought the key!"
The two younger brothers of the Cheng family each bought yards in Lianhua Lane. They both made a living by fishing. Their old house was in the middle of Lianhua Lane, far away from the river. Fortunately, they bought new yards.
After waiting for a long time, they didn't see it. The children of the Zhao family were all suffocated.
After waiting for a long time, I was called back.
"What's going on! What's going on!"
Lu Ming and the others happened to be playing by the lotus pond and were led home directly.
After getting on the carriage, I couldn't wait to start asking. This time, I didn't rush to ride a horse. They all rushed to get a carriage with Xu San.
Xu San deliberately whetted their appetites. He didn't say anything no matter how he asked, he just kept laughing.
"Tell me now."
Finally arriving home, the children couldn't wait to close the courtyard door and stop people from asking questions.
Xu San raised his eyebrows.
"When we return to the capital next month, Erniu will come with us."
"Wow! That's a promise!"
Zhao Miaomiao clicked her tongue twice, she was there the whole time.
"I thought her mother knew how to start with a lion."
"Hey, have you noticed that when Aunt Cheng is with her brother, she is completely different from when she is at the Qian family?"
The children gathered around Zhao Miaomiao again and asked for details.
"Is only Qian Erniu going with us?"
"What other conditions are there?"
Zhao Miaomiao felt funny when she thought of that scene.
When Aunt Niu mentioned it, not to mention Qian Erniu's mother, even Granny Hua was so shocked that she almost twisted her waist.
"Follow the marriage rules of our county."
"The bride price is a little higher."
"Sixty-six taels, a lucky marriage."
Sixty-six taels was indeed a sky-high betrothal gift in the village.
It’s considered a wait in town.
Not much. For the current Zhao family, sixty-six taels is not something they cannot afford, and it is even less than they expected.
No other excessive demands were made.
Much smoother than expected.
The next day, the news that Xu San was getting engaged to Qian Erniu spread throughout the village.
The villagers who had just stopped visiting Zhao's house came again, and this time there were more people. Wave after wave of people came to ask if it was true.
The Qian family got the news quite late. Most of the people in the village knew about it before they heard about it.
The whole family came.
There were many people in the Zhao family yard. When Mrs. Qian came, she rushed in excitedly, pulled everyone away and went straight to Mrs. Zhao.
"Sister-in-law Zhao, is Xu San really going to get engaged to Qian Erniu?"
"We just proposed marriage yesterday."
Mrs. Zhao dealt with it.
Mrs. Qian's eyes widened, "Why did you propose marriage yesterday!"
"If your family has this intention, why didn't you do it earlier?"
"Oh, what a sin."
Mrs. Zhao rolled her eyes and didn't want to pay attention to her.