bookrandom Chapter 124 Living in the Village
Chapter 124 Living in the Village
Seeing that she couldn't get any information out of him, Sun Ruhua asked, "Are you still going to get married?"
"Why not?" Xie Jiaojiao said.
"Really?" Sun Ruhua was happy now.
"Can I still lie to you?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Sun Ruhua took Xie Jiaojiao to go shopping!
When she took Jiaojiao to the jewelry shop, Xie Jiaojiao found something wrong.
"Mom, you're not buying a dowry for me, are you?"
Sun Ruhua nodded: "Isn't it your dowry?"
Xie Jiaojiao covered her forehead, speechless: Use her money to buy a dowry for herself? It would be better to leave her more money for herself!
Xie Jiaojiao pulled Sun Ruhua out of the jewelry shop.
"Oh, Jiaojiao, how can you not have any jewelry that I like when you get married?"
"Oh, mother, I really don't need it! Can this jewelry be used as food? Or can it be used as silver? I obviously have silver, why should I exchange it for jewelry that is not worth it? I bought it for five taels of silver today, but it will be worth less than three taels in the pawn shop tomorrow!"
Sun Ruhua looked at Xie Jiaojiao, how could this be considered like this!
"This dowry is just for appearances!"
"Will the Jiang family, who are so wealthy, care about our appearance?"
Sun Ruhua was speechless after hearing what Xie Jiaojiao said.
With his hands in his pockets, he said, "I just want you to be looked down upon in your husband's family!"
Xie Jiaojiao sighed: "Mom! Whether I will be looked down upon in my husband's family is not based on these things!"
Sun Ruhua disagreed and said, "If not these, what else can you watch?"
"Look at myself! I can make money on my own and I don't rely on others. No one will look down on me, and no one dares to look down on me!"
"But you have to buy some jewelry, right? Otherwise, it would be embarrassing for you to get married without any jewelry on your head!"
Okay, Xie Jiaojiao finally couldn't win over Sun Ruhua and picked out two hairpins in the jewelry shop.
Seeing that she bought jewelry, Sun Ruhua was satisfied.
When passing by a cloth shop, Sun Ruhua planned to buy two pieces of cloth for Xie Jiaojiao and embroider a red dress for her as a wedding dress. Xie Jiaojiao did not stop her. After all, who doesn't need to wear red and green when getting married?
If she married Jiang Weinan wearing ordinary clothes, wouldn't it be embarrassing for Jiang Weinan? It would also make her look cheap.
In fact, a girl should sew her own wedding dress, but Xie Jiaojiao doesn't have the handicraft skills, so Sun Ruhua has to do it.
After buying so many things, Xie Jiaojiao had a hard time carrying them.
When they arrived at the town entrance, they saw Jiang Weinan's carriage there. Lai Fu was sitting beside the carriage. When he saw them, he immediately jumped off and said respectfully to Xie Jiaojiao, "Miss Xie, the young master asked me to see you off!"
Sun Ruhua was afraid that it would be too much trouble for Jiang Weinan before the wedding, so she quickly said, "We can go back by ourselves in a bullock cart."
Lai Fu laughed and said, "Madam, this ox cart is not as comfortable as our young master's horse carriage!"
After that, he turned to Xie Jiaojiao and said, "The young master is sincere, so Miss Xie and Madam should not refuse."
After saying that, he was about to take off the backpack on Xie Jiaojiao.
"Okay, mom, let's go, get in the car."
Lai Fu then happily put the backpack behind the carriage.
"Thank you, ma'am, sit tight!"
When they got home, Xie Jiaojiao wanted to go to the fields, but Sun Ruhua immediately said, "You are about to get married, you can't go to the fields anymore!"
Xie Jiaojiao looked at Sun Ruhua. Is there such a thing as this?
Sun Ruhua pulled her aside and said, "Other girls do nothing for half a year after they get married. You haven't agreed yet. I have too many things to do at home. That's why I let you go. Now that the wedding is going to be held, we have to keep it secret. This way, you will look better when you get married."
Hearing her say this, Xie Jiaojiao seemed to understand that the girls who grew up in this village always looked like country girls. They worked in the fields all year round, went up the mountain to collect firewood, and so on. Their skin color was always dark and red.
But in order to look good on the wedding day, basically as long as the marriage is decided and the date is chosen, the family will not let the girl go out to work. She will embroider the wedding dress at home, so that she will not be exposed to wind and sun. When she gets married, her skin will be whiter and she will look better.
Sun Ruhua took the hoe from Xie Jiaojiao's hand and said, "You should stay at home and take good care of yourself these days. The sun is very strong here, don't get tanned. My daughter is pretty. If she is whiter, she will be no worse than those girls in town."
Xie Jiaojiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this.
The next morning, Sun Ruhua and Xie Jiaojiao had just finished breakfast when Sun Ruhua was still measuring Xie Jiaojiao's body to make clothes!
There was a knock on the door, and Lai Fu's voice rang out: "Miss Xie, it's me, Lai Fu, come and open the door."
When Sun Ruhua heard this, she immediately put down the rope in her hand and asked, "What are you doing here so early in the morning?"
"Mom, go open the door first."
When the door was opened, Lai Fu was seen leading a woman. The woman had her hair combed into a flowing bun and a few pearl hairpins in her hair.
"Madam, this is Auntie Hong, the owner of the county embroidery shop. She was arranged by the young master to come and measure Miss Xie's figure so that she can make the wedding dress."
Sun Ruhua quickly moved out of the way.
I saw Aunt Hong walking into the yard, looking at the rows of flowers growing under the corner of the wall, and then looking at the two-story building in front of her. She was so surprised that this farmer's family actually had such a nice house?
He immediately became more respectful towards Sun Ruhua and Xie Jiaojiao.
When Aunt Hong saw Xie Jiaojiao, she laughed: "I guess this is Miss Xie, right? She's really pretty and has a great figure!"
Aunt Hong circled around her.
Xie Jiaojiao heard what they said just now, so she let her look at them.
Lai Fu was afraid that Xie Jiaojiao would not accept it, so he wanted to explain it, but Xie Jiaojiao said to Aunt Hong: "Thank you for your hard work, Aunt Hong!"
Aunt Hong smiled and shook her head, then took out the ruler from her sleeve and said, "Miss Xie, please raise your hand."
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After taking a few measurements, Lai Fu took Aunt Hong away.
Sun Ruhua smiled and said, "I never thought that this son-in-law is a capable person. The work of the lady in the embroidery room must be more beautiful than that of my mother!"
Uncle?
Xie Jiaojiao didn't say anything. She turned around and brought the soybeans from home to pick them.
Sun Ruhua also sat down, and the two of them chatted intermittently.
Xie Jiaojiao said: "Mom, even if I get married, I will still live here."
Sun Ruhua was stunned, and then immediately refused: "What do you mean? They won't let you in? If they won't let you in, why marry you? Isn't this ruining you! You are the legitimate wife, not..."
Sun Ruhua stood up and said, "No! I want to go to the town and find out clearly."
Xie Jiaojiao didn't expect Sun Ruhua to react so strongly, and hurriedly pulled her back: "Mom, listen to me! It's not that he won't let me in, but I don't want to live in his house! I want to stay at home with you and Zhiyi, and so many people in the village are watching me! If I get married, who will sell the sugarcane in this village? Who will harvest the soybeans?"
"You said you wanted to live in the village? You're already married, and if you still live in your own home, people will gossip about you."
"Mom, who would gossip? If I don't go back to the village, I'm afraid I'll cause gossip."
"Can the uncle agree to that?"
Xie Jiaojiao nodded: "We agreed yesterday that he would live with me and stay here with us."
Sun Ruhua nodded and sat down: "That's better!"
Just as he finished speaking, Niu Er came running in: "Aunt Xie, Grandma Sun, please go to your old house and take a look. Uncle Xie is dying! He wants to see you!"