The Qin family had temporarily put aside the matter of recruiting brides, and must tell the matchmakers. One of the matchmakers was lucky. After receiving a generous hard work fee from Qin Shan, he said a basket of flattery and left.

Another matchmaker, Li's mother's cousin, was so depressed that she refused to accept the hard-earned money. She repeatedly asked the Qin family why they disdained the Li Zhao she introduced, and then praised Li Zhao to the heavens, saying that the Qin family had missed it.

There is no such store in this village.

Qin Shan was almost convinced by her. Fortunately, he still remembered that his daughter didn't like Li Zhao, let alone the Li family, so he had no choice but to kick the matchmaker out and secretly put the hard-earned money she refused to collect into his own money.

Small vault.

Beautiful, hee hee.

The matchmaker was so angry that she wanted to add fuel and jealousy to smear the Qin family and Qin Xiaoxiao's reputation. This was a common method in their profession, and she had done it often before.

However, the Qin family is not an ordinary family. They have an official status and a civil servant. She, a little matchmaker, is not someone she dares to offend. She can only grit her teeth and endure the bad breath, and angrily goes to the Li family to find Li's mother.

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Li's mother had just lost a large amount of money (Li Zhao's wages) and was feeling distressed that she had no energy to do anything or eat anything. She could only rely on imagining that Li Zhao would successfully marry into the Qin family and get back a gift of fifty taels of silver.

Soothe her wounded heart.

As a result, this beautiful fantasy only lasted for less than three days, and was completely shattered by the bad news brought by the matchmaker's cousin. She could not accept this heavy blow, and couldn't help but vent her anger on the matchmaker's cousin, thinking that she was the one doing the work.

If you don't do your best, you may offend the Qin family.

After the matchmaker worked so hard, she naturally couldn't bear Mother Li's accusations, so she started to argue with her. Over and over, the two of them had a heated argument. If Father Li hadn't come back in time, the cousins, who usually had a good relationship, would have been together.

There was a big fight.

The various farces in the Li family naturally had no impact on the Qin family. Not to mention Qin Xiaoxiao, there was nothing else to distract her, and all her energy was once again focused on how to amend the household marriage law.

August has arrived, the weather is getting colder, and the crops in the fields have entered the harvest period one after another. The Qin family has officially decided to rent a second house to the An family before the busy farming season.

Although it was a marriage, as the first marriage of the younger generation of the Qin family, Mr. Qin did not want to fool around with it, whether it was for good luck or otherwise. He was worried that the second wife would not be interested, so he specially called the person in front of him.

A reminder.

With Mr. Qin watching over them, Qin Chuan and Zhao Cao'er didn't dare to mess around. They informed their relatives and friends in advance and asked them to come over for the engagement banquet on the day of the engagement. Then they prepared all the things they would need for the engagement.

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Of course, it was Xueya who paid.

An engagement banquet is not as grand as a wedding banquet. The guests who come to congratulate you are all close relatives, such as Qin Taohua, Qin Guihua, and Zhao Caoer's brothers and sisters. Two or three banquet tables are enough.

This morning, Qin Xiaoxiao went to the next door to help in a pair of half-worn clothes. Her cooking skills were good, but she couldn't make dinner, so she could only help Lin Qiuniang with washing and cutting.

"Xiaoxiao, these lotus roots are too thick. Let your father cut them carefully. It will hurt your hands." Seeing that her granddaughter had chopped the minced meat and was about to cut the lotus roots she had just washed, Mrs. Miao stopped her:

"The vegetables are almost cut. You have been busy all morning. Go back to the house and rest first."

"Grandma, you should go and rest, I'm not tired." Qin Xiao smiled and picked up a piece of white and tender lotus root, scraped off the rough skin on it with a knife, and started to cut it.

"Okay, I'm going to take a break and call your dad over." Mrs. Miao was old. She had been washing vegetables for a long time with her waist bent. She was really tired, so she got up and went to the front yard.

As Mrs. Miao said, these lotus roots are too thick and it is really difficult to cut them. As soon as Qin Xiaoxiao finished cutting two sections, the tiger's mouth turned red and her wrist almost ran out of strength.

"Xiaoxiao, I'll cut it and you stuff the meat." Qin Shan came over, rolled up his sleeves and took the kitchen knife from his daughter's hand. While cutting, he complained: "Your second uncle really doesn't know how to do things. Why buy such a big fried lotus root sandwich?"

It’s hard to pick up lotus roots.”

By coincidence, Qin Chuan came over with two buckets full of water. Hearing his eldest brother's complaints, he said angrily: "I can't do anything, how can you be any better? Last year, my sister-in-law asked you to make noodles.

, you added too much water and added noodles, you added too much noodles and added water, and the final portion for four people was actually enough for forty people, which made me eat steamed buns for three days in a row. Who am I to argue with this?

go!"

Qin Shan was humiliated and glared: "I gave you the steamed buns out of kindness, but I gave them to you by mistake? If you don't want to eat them, don't eat them. Feeding them to pigs will make them gain three kilograms of meat."

"Then you go feed the pigs and see if my sister-in-law doesn't kill you."

"You also said, you also said, spit out my steamed buns!"

"If I dare to vomit, do you dare to take it? Is it disgusting or not?"

"..."

Seeing that they were quarreling like children, Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't hold the lotus root clip anymore, thinking that the relationship between the two of them probably stemmed from quarreling since childhood.

Until Lin Qiuniang, who was busy in the kitchen, ran out of water and ran out to talk to the noisy brothers. They finally stopped and went about their own business.

Not long after, the lotus root folders were ready. Qin Xiaoxiao took a basin full of lotus root folders to the kitchen. When she came out, she saw Hu Qingqing looking around: "Sister Qingqing!"

"Xiaoxiao, I'm here!" Hu Qingqing ran over quickly and took her arm with a smile: "If there is anything left unfinished, I will do it with you."

"It's almost done. You don't need to do anything to avoid staining the new clothes." Qin Xiaoxiao waved her hand and said, then his eyes fell on her face: "When did you trim your eyebrows? They look really good."

Upon hearing this, Hu Qingqing touched her forehead and asked shyly: "I asked an aunt in the village to repair it two days ago. Is it really good-looking?"

Qin Xiaoxiao nodded and praised: "It has indeed improved a lot. Your eyebrows used to be a bit thick and thick. With the willow eyebrows like this, you look much more delicate and graceful."

Not only have my eyebrows been trimmed, but the mustache at the corners of my mouth has also disappeared, and the down on my cheeks has also disappeared. It looks smooth and pink, like an egg that has been peeled.

Hu Qingqing was very happy, with two red clouds on her face: "I think it's good, too. Next time you come to my house to play, I'll take you to that aunt's house and let her trim your eyebrows."

As she said that, she took a look at her cousin's eyebrows, shook her head and said admiringly: "It's better not to fix it. Your facial features are naturally beautiful, just like they were carefully drawn every stroke. Changing your eyebrows randomly will not look good."

Qin Xiaoxiao straightened her back, raised her chin slightly, and said proudly: "That's right, this girl is naturally beautiful and doesn't need to be repaired at all!"

Hu Qingqing pretended to be angry and stretched out her hand to scratch the itchy flesh on her waist: "Damn you, you show off in front of me, I have to take care of you!"

"Pfft~ Stop, don't scratch!" Qin Xiaoxiao was holding a vegetable basin in her hand. She couldn't stop him when she scratched him, so he could only struggle to escape and not let her get close to him.

"Hehe, just scratch it, I have to show you how powerful my sister is!" Hu Qingqing ran after her, pulled her clothes and scratched her waist several times.

"Good sister, I was wrong, I know I was wrong, please forgive me!" Qin Xiaoxiao cried and laughed, huddled up and begged for mercy.

His body was too weak to struggle.

Seeing that she had given up, Hu Qingqing also stopped and pulled her up with a playful smile: "Sister, I'm joking with you. If I'm too petty, I won't be jealous of you."

Qin Xiaoxiao was out of breath and said angrily: "If it were anyone else, I wouldn't brag in front of her."

Hu Qingqing laughed and joined her in washing and cutting the remaining fruits and vegetables.

After the work in the kitchen was finished, Mrs. Miao sent her sisters to play. So the two sisters went into Xueya's room, and then through the crack of the door, they saw Dabao stuffing silver into Xueya's hand.

ticket.

Since Dabao gave up writing and went into business, he spent less and less time at home. He went home less than three times this year. If it hadn't been for the important event of Feng Xueya's engagement, we wouldn't have seen him today.

"Brother, I have enough money, you don't need to give me money." Xue Ya retracted her hand and refused to take it: "Hurry up and put it away, don't let mother know."

"This is a little thought from me as the eldest brother. Just accept it if I give it to you. Mom won't know." Dabao forced it into his sister's hand and said with a fierce face: "If you don't accept it, don't call me eldest brother in the future.

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Xue Ya said helplessly: "Brother, you will spoil me like this. I can't rely on you to support me all my life."

Dabao smiled and said: "This little money can't support you for the rest of your life, so just keep it. There will be many places to use money in the future."

Xueya couldn't refuse, so she had to accept it.

"That's right. When you and An An get married, he can follow me if he wants. I won't treat him badly." Dabao hopes that his sister will live a good life and doesn't mind recruiting her future brother-in-law.

Xue Ya knew An An well and knew that he was not a business person, but she didn't say it out loud and just smiled and said, "Okay."

Dabao rubbed her head, told her something and came out. Seeing the two sisters standing at the door, he blinked and gestured: Don't tell my mother.

Qin Xiao smiled and said: "Brother, you have to give us some benefits to bribe us."

Dabao said cheerfully: "Sure, if you have some good leather, please bring it back to make winter clothes for you two."

Qin Xiaoxiao showed his teeth: "Okay, brother, don't forget it."

Dabao Qu's finger flicked between her eyebrows: "Even if I forget my last name, I will never forget my promise to you!"

"Hehe, big brother is the best." Qin Xiaoxiao hugged his arm and flattered him continuously.

However, Dabao accepted her trick and walked away with a smile on his face.

The two sisters entered Xue Ya's room and proposed to go to An's house for a while and take them to join in the fun.

"It's up to the uncle to come forward for the appointment. You have to discuss it with him." Xueya smiled, with an indescribable meaning on her face: "There is still a difference between a man marrying a wife and a woman recruiting a wife. When the time comes, giving a big gift will be the same.

Brother An, come here by yourself, I don't need to pick him up."

Today she wore a red dress, a light layer of powder on her face, and a little lipstick on her lips. Her appearance was quite different from usual, and the sharpness between her eyebrows and eyes was even more sharp.

Hu Qingqing didn't realize this, and her face was full of envy for her cousin: "Sister Xueya, from now on you and your cousin-in-law will live your own happy life without all the troubles between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. How wonderful it is.

!”

Xueya poked her forehead and was about to say something when she noticed that she was shaving her eyebrows and face. She couldn't help but raise her eyebrows: "Have you got a sweetheart?"

Hu Qingqing's eyes dodge and she denies: "It's nothing. Sister Xueya, what are you talking about? If my mother hears it, she won't scold me to death!"

Qin Xiaoxiao was also startled and looked at her cousin hurriedly.

"Really not? I'm a person who has been here before, don't try to lie to me." Xue Ya said with a half-smile but not a smile: "The boys are getting married and the girls are getting married. You are already in time. It is not a shameful thing to have a sweetheart. You are just right.

Explain to my sister-in-law and ask her to find a matchmaker."

Hu Qingqing did not dare to look directly into her eyes and continued to deny: "No, it means no. Why did I lie to you?"
To be continued...