Chapter 11 Section VI

After Deng Yaogu's marriage was noticed by her parents, naturally many people came to be matchmakers.Farmer households and ordinary small grain households may be happy for Uncle Deng, but not necessarily what Mrs. Deng agrees with; Uncle Deng thinks he is the head of the family, marrying a daughter is an important matter, and if he thinks it is wrong, he cannot discuss it.Aunt Deng thought that her daughter belonged to me. Although you are the post-Laozi, you can only be half the master at most. The right to marry your daughter is in my hands.How many times have the couple quarreled over their daughter's affairs, but what they argued was nothing more than a matter of your decision and mine. Look, ask her if she likes it?According to the rules, this can only be done when marrying the second wife. Since ancient times, the girl of Huanghua has only listened to her parents.Suppose you violate the secular contract and ask your daughter in person: Do you want to meet someone in a certain family?Do you agree?Do you intend to marry him?Or how about a certain one?how about someoneThen I can tell you that you may not get an affirmative answer if you ask about burnt tongue and lips.Or even make you cry, so that you can't touch the fire door.

It is true that the countryside is not as strict as the city, and farmers are no more polite than official families, but when talking about marriage, it seems that the girl herself has to come forward to make a point, which seems to have never been seen since the beginning of the world.Therefore, when Deng Yaogu heard her parents making suggestions for her, she could only worry secretly, to know who the person she was going to marry was; Ask clearly.It's just that what the matchmaker mentioned was mostly in the countryside, not Chengdu, which made her anxious and frustrated. Until the spring when she was nineteen years old, grass had grown on Second Grandma Han's new grave.One night, when it was almost dusk, a group of crows flew straight to many bushes and croaked.The frogs in the field were making noise everywhere, and there was no one in the field. She was standing at the gate, watching the children in the neighborhood leading the buffalo out of the ditch, when she suddenly saw the small road leading to the Han family compound coming. Two women; one is the honest and taciturn Grandma Han, and the other is unrecognizable and neatly dressed.The two men walked over with their pens, Grandma Han pointed at herself, whispered a few words in the woman's ear, and the woman came to her without restraint, greeted her lightly, from head to toe, He took a close look at his own house, put his hands in his palms, pinched and looked, looked and touched, and led her a few steps before speaking to her a few words. , asked her age, and asked her what she does on weekdays.The tone of the attitude is very kind.Grandma Han just stood quietly beside her.

At the end, the woman said to Grandma Han: "In my opinion, there is no refutation; our old man must like it too. Let's go in and talk to her parents, sooner, sooner! Today's dozens of miles away The distance has really driven me enough!" Judging from the way this woman talks and dresses, as well as her nonchalant attitude, it is known that she is from Chengdu without waiting for her to reveal herself.A woman who came from Chengdu, looked at herself like this, asked herself like this, and then said something like that; even if Deng Yaogu was not an elf, she couldn't guess what it was for.So when the woman and Grandma Han went in, she felt her heart beating very fast and her body trembling slightly.Women naturally like to seek secrets, let alone their own business, so she quickly walked around the side of the ancestral hall and went to the kitchen, and heard the voices of the main room.

It was Uncle Deng's angry voice: "Gao Auntie, I'm telling you this on your behalf! However, although we are peasants plowing the fields, we are also innocent people, and we still have a bowl of rice to eat. To the point of selling my daughter to someone else as a concubine!..." Then came the voice of Aunt Deng: "The age difference is too far away! Don't talk about being a concubine, selling off roots, and not even seeing her parents. Even if the Ming matchmaker is marrying, I think he is old Not to mention anything else, just asking him to stand with our Yaogu is ugly enough!"

The woman seemed to persuade her a few more words, but she couldn't hear clearly, but she wrung her hands anxiously, thinking: "I should agree!" But the facts were the opposite, and my mother shouted even louder: "Good way! Both sons have become officials, what power does the old concubine have? No matter how rich she is, the property is in the hands of the young master and the young mother. The old man is here, of course. Dress well, eat well, serve slaves, the old man is dead?..." Dad took the mouth again: "Mom, what are you talking to her about? We are not people who sell our daughters! We don't want other people to become officials and get rich. It's everyone's life! Our daughter can't match it, and neither can we. Don’t dare to climb high! Our country girl, it’s still good for the country people, as long as they don’t starve to death!”

It was my mother's voice again: "That's right! I've seen a lot of petty things in the city, and how many of them have a good end? It's better to live in a saddle and a horse in the village. !..." Deng Yaogu didn't wait to finish listening, she was already immersed in ice, holding her head, no matter how high or low, she ran to the edge of the ditch, crying sadly for a long time.However, her parents have never known such a thing. Later, it seemed that people in the city were also mentioned, but it was not said.Until she was twenty-two years old, when her parents were almost bored with her marriage, suddenly a distant relative, after the Duanyang Festival, talked about Cai Xingshun, who returned to town from Tianhui: a strong young man at the age of twenty-seven, A real countryman, honest and honest, with no problems or tempers, a large grocery store with two bays, the business has been booming over the years, with hundreds of dollars in capital, his own house, no parents, no brothers and sisters, no neighbors There are no aunts and uncles, and few relatives.The conditions are too suitable, not only Uncle Deng and Aunt Deng are satisfied, even Aunt Yao heard it from behind the wall, and she also thinks it is a good place to go. It is indeed better than marrying in Chengdu, being a concubine to an old man, and going to live a life of anger.After a few years, I gained more knowledge. I used to only think of Chengdu, but now I can take a step back and think: In my own capacity, I may not be able to marry into a rich family in Chengdu. A shopkeeper is good!So she became anxious again.

However, Uncle Deng and his wife didn't dare to believe the matchmaker's mouth.I made an appointment with the matchmaker, and on a rush day in June, the couple got up early together and ran back to town. Although everyone didn't mention it in their mouths, everyone was sharp in their hearts.Uncle Deng was only paying attention to looking at the shop and looking at the goods in the shop; he also asked the price for this, and he also asked for the price for that, as if he wanted to beat Cai Xingshun's shop.And deliberately went to the street to find out the truth about Cai Xingshun from the people next to him.The first thing Mrs. Deng focuses on is people.He is really a good person, tall and tall, although his skin color is yellow, he is much fairer than the hard-working people.The weather is hot, and everyone is informal. When Lan Tubuhan's clothes are opened, what a strong chest!It's just that his face is too unattractive, like fat and swollen.A pair of blistered eyes, the whites of which can hardly be seen.The bridge of the nose is almost collapsed, even the nose must be flat.Kouli is a mouth, but there is no beard, and even the roots of the fibrous roots can't be seen.His face is so unappealing, and he has a bit of a naive look, but he is an honest person, so honest that he can't even speak clearly.And his skin is very tender, if you hear a bit of a split, you can immediately see that his face is flushed with embarrassment and timidity.But this is completely in line with Mrs. Deng's temper.Her thoughts: Yaogu looks like that, she is smart, capable, and has a bit of a bad temper. For a woman like this who has everything, if she marries a man who is too good, he will be restrained; He was alone again; if the man was as good as an elf, it would be too perfect. I am afraid that Yaogu's life might not be able to be suppressed.It's a bit of a pity, and as long as a man is dutiful, honest, and good-tempered, ugly is nothing. Nine out of ten lucky men are ugly.

What's more, during the meal, Luo Weizui heard it and came to accompany him.With his mouth, Cai fool has become a rare treasure in the world; and Luo Waizui's reputation and power have raised Cai fool several times.The first one is Uncle Deng. As soon as he heard that Luo Waizui was able to leave the government and enter the yamen, he won the lawsuit and collected excessive debts for others.He is Cai Xingshun's cousin by blood, and he came to smooth things over for him, how dare he not agree?Aunt Deng naturally liked it better. On the way home, the two couples told each other what they saw, and they were both surprised. Why this time, the two of them had the same meaning, exactly the same as when they refused to agree to Mrs. Gao and Mrs. Han last year?As a result of their investigation, they have no choice but to attribute it to the fate of the previous life and the fate of the present life.