Chapter 17: Pork neck meat

On the 20th of the first month, the Yang family really sent someone to hire.
After Zhou frowned and looked at the list of gifts, his face was very heavy, and then he closed his eyes on the bed and wondered if he was asleep.
Yong Ruo knows why she is not happy-even if she doesn't know much about the pomp of big families in this era, she also thinks that the gift is too simple!
Usually, from the thickness of the engagement gift, we can see the in-laws' attitude towards the future daughter-in-law.
Along with the gift of appointment and the letter of appointment, there was an old wife of the Yang family, two little girls and four family members. They all live in Yong's house before welcoming their relatives.
The old woman's surname is Yan. It is said that it was the old man around Mrs. Yang who used to teach Yongruo etiquette; two little girls ring one to serve Yan Ruo and one to serve Yongruo. The four families came to protect women and children. Only one of the Yong family entered the courtyard and five rooms. They could not squeeze into the Yong family, so they rented a house in the east and west neighborhoods.
After seeing Zhou's situation, Yan Zheng was frowning, and his eyebrows were also frowned tightly, and he muttered in a low voice, "Is this a joy to my son, or a joy to your mother?"
Yong Ruo said: Is it bad to kill two birds with one stone? But I couldn't say this, so I just didn't hear it.
After a slight circle of the Yong family, Yan Zheng picked the structure of the Yong family one by one.
"What is it to build a stove in this main room?" This is a cottage fireplace in the main room. "Are you not afraid of breaking Feng Shui?"
Yong Ruo had a quiet smile on his face and calmly replied, "Hui. My family is cold and I do n’t have extra money to buy charcoal for heating. I built such a stove here last winter, and my mother was sick. Now, you can use this stove to boil water decoction, the second can also use this to warm up, it is two birds with one stone. As for feng shui, I have never looked for anyone. But with this stove, my family had a chance to make a marriage with the grand Yongchang waiting house, want to come This feng shui is not bad. "
A bit of proud expression appeared on Yan Yan's face: "This is also true!"
Yong Ruo laughed without saying a word, looking calm and elegant. Yan Zheng glanced at Yong Ruo, and then glanced again, showing a little satisfaction.
"This bed is you sleeping?" Yan Yan pointed at the other bed in the main room.
"Yes! My original house, but my mother is ill and needs help. I sleep here more conveniently." As for the fact that she was in a bed with her two younger brothers, she didn't have to say it at this time, lest This lingering thought of something such as "seven different seats for men and women seven years old" or something like that.
"Are you sick?" Yan Yan's eyebrows frowned again.
"Back, the doctor said, my mother is not sick."
Yan Biao's brow still did not loosen, and said, "You are about to leave the cabinet, there are many things, and this personal service should be left to someone else! Or buy a little girl, or hire a wife."
"I'm right! I will hire someone when I look back ..."
Widow Qin is a good person, only she is a widow, if you enter the Yong family at this time, I wonder if the Yang family would feel taboo? It might be better to find her daughter-in-law Qin Dazhen, who has a cute round face and smiles very well.
Looking at the five rooms, Yan Yan was dumbfounded: "Where do we sleep?"
There are only five rooms in the Yong family, three rooms in the north room, a hall in the middle, a main room on the east side, and a room on the west side of Yongruo; one in the east chamber, shared by Yongmiao Yongmiao brothers; kitchen. Where else can the three Yan Yan live?
Yong Ruodao: "It's really wronged! Why not? I hired a young daughter-in-law in this alley. She served my mother here during the day and went back to her own house to sleep at night. I still slept in my mother's room and carried a piggyback. With two sisters living in my house, wouldn't it be convenient? "
Yan Min thought for a moment, then said, "How can someone take the girl's house? The girl still lives in her own house! Call a girl ring to serve in your house, and I will bring another girl to the neighbor's house to rent. Go to the house. "
When she saw the bamboo stud under the fence, Yan Zheng looked a little worried when looking at Yong Ruo. Her slightly turbid eyes seemed to be saying: How can you do such a thing in your girl's house?
"Is this bamboo dowel array useful?" Yan Yanzi asked casually.
"Of course it is. On the night when the bamboo peg array was laid, two thieves bullied our orphans and widows and broke in through the wall to steal things. They were hurt by this bamboo peg array." She said something about that night. Anyway, no one knows the whole hutong of this matter, and you can't hide it if you want to hide it.
The fear on Yan Yan's face was even heavier.
That night, Yan Ye took a girl and rented a house in a neighbor's house in Hutong.
When she returned the next day, she inadvertently asked: "I heard that you know a very generous young man?"
Yong Ruo didn't care much, and calmly repeated the previous lie: "I went to the lantern festival that night to sell plum blossoms. I met an old lady who was kind and kind and had some roots. The old lady was sent off the next day. The young man came and gave me some meat snacks and said he wanted to buy a plum to insert a bottle. Yesterday, the boy came again to ask for a plum, but he didn't send anything anymore. "
"I heard that the boy also gave you a famous thorn?"
"That's the case."
"Maybe show me that stab?"
"I forgive you. The prince who was given to me by the boy was the old lady who was very helpless to our orphans and widows and gave us help to deal with the catastrophe and disaster. It did not allow me to show them at will. I dare not Meng Lang . "
"Why is that noble?"
"I don't know what's going on. The noble person never revealed it, and I didn't dare to ask more. There was only one name and one address on the name."
"Will the girl bring the famous thorn to the Yang family?" Yan Yan stared at Yong Ruo, seemingly inadvertently trying.
"No! The Yang family has a great career, and they have their own relatives and friends who are old. How can I use the favor of this noble man of unknown origin? That famous thorn, I will leave it to my younger brothers for emergency needs."
After talking about the famous thorn, Yong Ruo evoked a faint smile, and looked at Yan Zheng: "He questioned me like this, but what gossip did you hear outside? It ’s easy to tell that I live in this alley People, not all of them are good people. The character of the Qin family in the east is pretty good. They can trust a little bit more. The family of the Jin in the west, most of them are worried, except for the elders. Do n’t believe me; that ’s what Auntie Jin said, I ’d better listen to it. Among the other neighbors, Brother Wu ’s family was not good enough, and they just suffered a big loss in my hands. Even though I ’ve been tolerant, I ’m afraid they It won't do me any good ... "
She said about the character and disposition of the neighbors in the hutong, and said, "Inquire about the character and family style of your in-laws and future wives. It was not a surprise. It ’s no wonder. You just have to know. When it comes to right and wrong, it is right and wrong. There are such class of villains in this world, who like to hurt innocent people with evil words. If you believe the villain's words, and use pearls as rubble, this is not only my regret. It will also be a pity for the Yang family. "
Yan Xuan said, "The girl makes sense." A look of disapproval appeared.
Yong Ruo had a dull heart, knowing that Yan Yan had come on behalf of the Yang family and Mrs. Yang Tai.
Yan Yan's attitude means that he is being rejected by the Yang family. And these subordinates sent to their own homes, in addition to helping her family name, secretly have a mission to inquire about themselves and their families.
She felt like she was the only piece of pork neck left in the vegetable market in the evening! Buyers are clearly unwilling to buy, but have no choice but to pay with their noses.
It seems that after going to Yang's house, at least for a while, he will not be very happy.
The wedding was near, but Yong Ruo had no plans to get married before. She had no dowry, no dowry, and no gifts for clothes, socks, or purses for the relatives of the Yang family.
These things can only be bought. Fortunately, this is a very developed commercial city, mostly poor people who depend on needlework for a living. She took Yan Zheng to contact the two shops, paid the deposit, and everyone in the shop patted her chest to ensure that nothing would go wrong!
To buy these things, of course, the Yang family's gift silver.
In addition to some kind of gifts, the Yang family also has 620 cash. Yong Ruo was going to set aside 200 silver cases for emergency, and 52 dollars for weddings, and 52 dollars for Zhou and Yong Buckwheat Yongmiao, and the remaining 320 dollars were used for dowry.
The dowry of three hundred and twenty silver plus the silver of two hundred and twenty silver, placed in ordinary people, is definitely a rich dowry.
It can be put in a place like a waiting house. With this little dowry, it is enough to be a laughing stock and be laughed for a lifetime.
Ke Yongruo did not take this to heart.
The huge gap in the door was already known to her. As long as she promised the marriage, she knew what she was doing now. Now that she had made a choice, she had the courage to face it all.
She just prepared to marry peacefully, and dealt with all matters in an orderly manner, neither sullen nor joyful.
But three days before her wedding, she was hit with a hit!
The Yang family said: They want to get married!
break off an engagement? !!
At that moment, Yong Ruo, who had endured for a long time, could no longer remain calm, a deep sense of humiliation, and severely hurt her heart!
She had known for a long time that she was a suspected pig-neck meat, and did not expect to be treated with pork belly!
But why do you buy it if you hate it? Since I bought it, why should I return it? !! Do n’t you know this is a piece of pork neck meat when you pay? !!