Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

The four mothers were busy in full swing. "Looking at what they did before, they usually finish cleaning up the tools before coming to eat, and it will take a while." Xiao Lan said.

"That's still in time." Xin quickly put the food in the pot onto the plate. Then Xiaoting cleaned the pot and prepared to fry the next dish.

By the time Xiaoting finished cooking the last dish, Shengxuan and his group had also returned with their work.

A group of people walked to the front yard. Sheng Xuan and two farmhands carried two buckets of water and several wooden basins from home. Everyone washed their hands and faces. While everyone was washing, Zhang and Xin took Xiaoting and Xiaolan to put the food on the table. There were many people in the family, so there were three tables of food in total.

After dinner, since they were from the same village, they went back in groups of three or four.

"Mom, you, grandma and my elder sister, you cook for so many people every day. It's really hard work. Should we hire someone to help?" Xiao Lan said.

"There's no need to ask for help. Your mother and I can handle it." Without waiting for Zhang to answer, Xin was the first to express her opinion.

"That's right. We can handle it. Since we came back from the capital, we haven't earned a penny. All of it was spent. Cooking is such a small thing, it's not worth spending money to hire someone." Zhang also refused.

Xiao Lan thought about the recent expenditure of money and thought, it's true, the family is really short of money. Otherwise, she should work hard for a while, and when the family has income, she can discuss with her mother about hiring someone. Now the family has no income, but still spends a lot of money every day. Zhang has seen this situation. According to her mother's personality, she would be extremely unwilling to find a helper to share her hard work at this time. Xiao Lan also considered this point and gave up the idea of ​​hiring someone.

A blacksmith must be strong himself. When the family is not short of money, Zhang probably won't mind hiring someone to do the housework. Xiao Lan sighed secretly, she still has to earn money.

After dinner, the family spent the longest time together. Xiao Lan sat in the chair and didn't want to move. Although she didn't do much physical activity that day, her mind was always working. She had to think about all the things that needed to be done, and she also had to consider the fatigue of the family. No matter how big or small the matter was, she was indispensable. Her mind was almost a mess these two days.

She covered her mouth and yawned. Listening to Sheng Xuan and Zhang Qingshan's conversation about the progress of the workshop and the fish pond, she could not bear it any longer and yawned frequently.

After Xiaoting finished cleaning up the dishes, she came back and saw Xiaolan looking so tired. She said with some concern, "The chair is too hard. It's uncomfortable to lean on it like this. Let's go back to the room and sleep."

"That's right, hurry back to your room and rest. You're just too worried. You can't handle the chores at home without you. It's strange that you're not tired." Xin said distressedly. "Xiaoting, Xiaoyan, hurry up and help Xiaolan back to the room."

"I will worry more about it now. Once everything is on track, I will feel comfortable and it will be easy for me to just look at the account book every day." Xiao Lan explained as she stood up.

Xiaoting's engagement date was set for August. A few days earlier, Zhang Qingnian and Liu, along with their children Xiaowen, Xiaohu, Xiaocheng, Xiaoqiang, and Mr. Huang, rushed back from the provincial capital.

Zhang Qingfeng and his wife Liu came back this time to move their soap business from the capital back home. Mr. Huang also said that he would stay in Shengjiatun with his children for a while and was not in a hurry to return to the capital.

Of course, Bao and his family also came back from the capital, and the engagement banquet was held at Xiaolan's house. On the day of the engagement, the family started to get busy when it was still dawn. Today was Xiaoting's good day, and the whole family wore new clothes. Xiaoting was dressed especially beautifully that day, a red brocade jacket, paired with a pomegranate red skirt, she looked cute and cheerful.

Xiaoting's outfit was of course designed by Zhang, and it was the result of her busy morning.

Not long after the family had finished breakfast, they heard the sound of a carriage outside.

When the Bao family came to make the reservation, Xiaolan and her family went out to greet them.

Manager Bao, Mrs. Zhao, Bao Heng, Mr. Zhao and Manager Xu were all there. They were all very familiar with each other and took their seats after a few pleasantries.

Generally speaking, there is no specific rule when farmers make a betrothal gift. Those with better conditions will give the woman a hairpin or a piece of cloth; those with poorer conditions may just make the betrothal gift verbally but will not give a rule.

The Bao family prepared six kinds of betrothal gifts.

On a large tea tray brought by Zhao were placed two rolls of plain satin, two rolls of colored satin, two gilded bracelets, two solid gold phoenix hairpins, two solid gold step-shaking ornaments, and two pure gold rings.

As soon as the Bao family's betrothal gift was presented, Xiaolan's family felt their eyes light up, and Fu and Liu were amazed. Xiaolan's family had heard about the Bao family's wealth, but they didn't expect that the Bao family would attach so much importance to this betrothal gift, which showed that the Bao family valued Xiaoting, and Xiaoting would definitely live a good life after marrying into the family.

Everyone has a scale in their hearts. With so many rules, at least 180 taels of silver are needed. This betrothal gift is the first one in Shengjia Village. Sheng Xuan and Zhang are very happy to see that the Bao family values ​​their Xiao Ting so much. This not only represents the wealth of the Bao family, but also represents that their family values ​​Xiao Ting and values ​​this marriage with Sheng Xuan's family. This not only makes Sheng Xuan and Zhang proud, but also makes Xiao Ting proud.

"Time flies by so fast. Look at how Xiaoting has grown into a big girl." Fu said with a smile, "If you ask me, there is no girl in our village who can compare to Xiaoting."

"That's right. Xiaoting grew up right before my eyes. It felt like the blink of an eye." Liu said with a smile. Today is Xiaoting's big day, and Zhang also invited Sheng Hao's family over.

Xiao Lan was busy serving tea to everyone. When she heard her aunt and fourth aunt praising Xiao Ting, she was very happy for her.

"Brother Heng, have a drink of water." Xiao Lan smiled and handed a cup of tea to Bao Heng. "You keep staring at my elder sister. Your eyes must be tired. Have a drink of water and take a break."

Hearing Xiao Lan's joke, Bao Heng's face turned red all of a sudden.

Everyone in the room burst into laughter.

"You kid, why are you still teasing your brother Heng?" Zhang said with a smile, "Come here quickly."

Zhang was afraid that Xiaolan would continue to tease Bao Heng, so she quickly called her over. Zhang's move just happened to save Bao Heng from his embarrassment.

Zhao took Xiaoting's hand and asked her to sit next to her. The more she looked, the more satisfied she became.

Xiaoting is getting engaged today. In addition to the Sheng, Bao, and Zhang families, Xiaolan's family also invited Sheng Hao's family, Mr. Huang, Sheng Yugui's family, the village head, and others.