After marrying the sister next door

An Shengcai, the head of Dahe Village, is the uncle of the nine clans of Anji's clan according to his seniority.

They are all of the same great ancestor, but the other branch has always occupied the position of village head, and each generation is more or less literate. The main thing is to eat enough and not go hungry. Even the better-off families in the village are reluctant to send their children to study for that money.

The reason is that the cost of studying here is too high. Not to mention Shuxiu Qian, even a Three-Character Classic costs three to four hundred words. This is not affordable for farmers. People with good conditions will send their children to study for a year at most. Words or something, people will not be easily fooled in the future, and this is considered a learned person in the village.

Anji's father, An Dahe, read a lot of books because Grandpa An had hoped that his son would become a dragon. He went to a private school for three years and finished learning the Three Character Classic, Hundred Surnames and Thousand Character Classic. Became a barefoot doctor.

When Anji searched for this paragraph in memory, she couldn't help but rolled her eyes, tsk tsk, how stupid this is! I learned three books in three years!There are still those few books in the cabinet now. The three enlightenment books are really thin. As for the medical skills Angie turned over, it is an elementary introductory book.

To be honest, she admired the original owner's father very much in her heart. She was simply daring. If she dared to see a doctor at this level, then she would definitely be able to become a famous doctor at this level.

Under the influence of her grandfather since she was a child, she read the Compendium of Materia Medica to learn to recognize various herbs, and memorized the appearance and properties of herbs. The more I think about it, the more I feel that it's a pity that her craftsmanship is wasteful.

The village head lived in the center of the village, a row of green brick and tile houses stood out, and even the courtyard walls were made of stone. The village head's house was definitely the first in the village in terms of conditions and houses.

Angie looked at the stone wall deliberately. She was very interested in the stone wall. She wanted to replace the fence of her house with something like this. The reason for this idea was for safety reasons. She is a girl after all. The courtyard wall surrounded by fences makes her feel uneasy sleeping at night, and her home is at the foot of Anling Mountain. I am really worried that wolves and tigers will run down the mountain. Wouldn't it be her home that will be the first to suffer!So based on these two points, the walls of her house must be replaced this year.

Anji came in with a willow basket and saw that the village chief was smoking dry tobacco under the pagoda tree in the yard. He smiled and said hello: "Uncle, enjoy the cool air."

An Sheng raised his head to see that it was Anji, put down his cigarette stick and beckoned her to come and sit down, knowing that this girl is the master of the Three Treasures Hall, so he asked directly: "Why are you here, I have something to do with my uncle."

He is of the same generation as An Dahe, so he naturally has feelings, so he takes care of Dahe's only blood.

Just as An Ji was about to reply, she saw the village chief's wife come out of the house, and quickly handed her the willow basket: "Auntie, these are dried sweet potatoes that I dried myself. They are especially chewy. Let uncle and auntie try something new."

There is no such kind of dried sweet potato that she dried here. The dried sweet potato she made is steamed and then cut into strips to dry. People here generally eat the steamed sweet potato directly. No one will bother to dry it. This thing is A snack, in the eyes of the villagers, filling the stomach is the most important thing.

After hearing this, Mrs. Zheng smiled and exchanged a few words of greeting, took the willow basket into the room, took out one with a puzzled look, and tasted it, the chewy and sweet one was quite delicious.

An Sheng shook his head after reading it, picked up the pipe and smoked with a smile: "You girl has also learned this."

Anji chuckled: "Uncle, I misunderstood, I just wanted to give you a taste of something new."

In my memory, the village head usually took care of the original owner, so after she came, she devoted herself to building a good relationship with the village head. With the village head covering her, no one would dare to bully her in Dahe Village.

An Sheng was just amused, this girl is getting more and more good at talking and doing things, no one doesn't like to hear good things, the village chief put down the pipe again and asked An Ji to say something.

This time Anji was not polite, and directly explained the purpose of coming: "Uncle, you see, I am seventeen now, and this marriage has nowhere to go, and I don't want to find a niece who lacks arms and legs, and a good family will not marry me." Come to my house, matchmaker Li went to the Bai family to propose marriage, and the object of the marriage proposal was Wang Dalang in Erhe village. Sister Bai rejected the marriage because Wang Dalang killed my father. Didn’t you see sister Bai was humiliated by matchmaker Li? of."

Speaking of this, he sighed for a long time, and continued with a guilty look on his face: "Sister Bai is about to reach the marriage age stipulated by the government, and now she offended Matchmaker Li because of my family's affairs. This marriage is completely hopeless, my niece thought about it Why can't we just watch Sister Bai being fined and forced to marry me to a crooked melon? No, I want to ask my uncle to help me go to Bai's house to propose a marriage to Sister Bai. Anyway, we want to get married in this situation. It's too difficult, why don't we get along together and have a partner, uncle, do you think it makes sense." Hehe, she also worked hard to marry a daughter-in-law who likes to watch.

Only then did An Sheng know that matchmaker Li was causing trouble in the Bai family, and that An Ji beat up matchmaker Li with a sweet potato.

He frowned after hearing Anji's words. The imperial court stipulated that if there are men and women in the village who are over the legal marriage age, the village head will also be punished accordingly. He worried a lot about the marriage of the nine girls. After all, no one's money is a big wind. It was blown, and it was all accumulated by sweating beads on the ground with the loess and the back facing the sky, and the eight petals were collected little by little. Who wouldn't feel bad when they took it out for nothing.

It stands to reason that An Ji's proposal helped him solve the problem, but as the uncle of the clan, he had to remind: "Girl Ji, your idea is very good, but have you ever thought about it? There are two boys in the Bai family who are about to get married. If you live together with Nine Girls, what will Nine Girls do with you in the marriage of the two boys, would you be happy if I let you pay for it?"

"The two families live next door to each other. You can watch those two boys who can't eat. Moreover, the house of the Bai family is so dilapidated that it collapsed after a heavy rain. What will you do if you need to build a house? You should pay for it or work hard."

The village head responsibly told Anji thoroughly about the Daodao here. The Bai family has no elders who can call the shots. From now on, the elder sister Zhang Luo will definitely be married to the brothers of the Bai family. This is also the reason why the nine girls have not been able to get married so far. Who The family does not want to marry a daughter-in-law who takes care of her mother's family everywhere.

Anji blinked after hearing this, and the village chief meant that the two brothers of the Bai family wanted to gnaw on their sister, tsk tsk, that's what she thought about it, and she definitely wanted to help, but she wouldn't let the brothers of the Bai family just ask for it blindly. Well, she can borrow money, but she must have an IOU or something.

It's not that she is stingy and unwilling to pay, but that she has seen a lot in their village before. Her parents raised their son and gave a gift to build a house to marry a wife. In the end, the old couple owed a whole body of debts. Knowing how to feel sorry for her parents, she only knows how to ask for and gnaw on the old. In view of this, she will prevent this kind of situation from the beginning, because she doesn't want to test human nature.

After thinking about it, he expressed his position with a serious face and a firm tone: "Uncle, the nieces you mentioned have already thought about it. You can help your niece go to the Bai family to propose marriage. The niece is helping sister Bai and herself."

An Sheng sighed after hearing this: "Okay, since you've made up your mind, uncle will go to Bai's house tomorrow morning, and if you become the two of you, go directly to the county government to get the marriage certificate." The two girls are like this After all, this kind of thing is contrary to common sense, and it cannot be done wantonly.

Anji thanked the village head immediately after hearing this, and took the opportunity to ask about the building of the stone wall. After exchanging a few pleasantries, he got up and left.

On the way back, Anji calculated in her heart according to the various quotations given by the village head. According to the area of ​​her courtyard wall, it would cost a tael of silver to replace it with a stone wall. Thinking of the more than 500 copper coins in her hand, she felt You have to find a way to make money, otherwise you won't even be able to support your wife in the future.