The four of them walked back to Lao Zhou's house. It happened that the food was almost ready. Three tables were set up in the yard. The people from Lao Zhou's family and the people who came to help were still busy in the yard, serving food and

Cut the meat and remove the bones.

When Man Bao saw Guan Xin holding a knife and cutting meat beside the desk, he immediately called out, "Brother-in-law?"

Guan Xin turned around and smiled at her, "Manbao is back, your eldest sister is in the house."

Man Bao immediately pulled Bai Shan and Bai Erlang into the house to find Zhou Xi.

Santou also called "uncle" and ran in after him.

Zhou Xi was sitting on a chair with her baby in her arms. Because she was breastfeeding, she had gained some weight, and her face was much whiter and rosier.

When she saw Man Bao, she laughed out loud and waved: "Man Bao is back. Come and see your nephew. You were the one who delivered the baby."

Man Bao came up to take a look at the chubby child, touched his face and asked, "Sister, why didn't you ask someone to call me back when you came back?"

"Your brother-in-law has taken a break. I'm staying at home tonight to help. I'm not in a hurry to leave," Zhou Xi smiled and greeted Bai Shan and the others, then asked Man Bao, "Did you enjoy your time?"

Man Bao nodded.

Originally, Zhou Xi was supposed to come back tomorrow, but she thought that she had not seen her sister since she came back, and she would leave again after the New Year.

That's why she came here early.

Zhou Xi and Guan Xin's child is very good-looking, white and chubby. He was bigger than other children when he was born, and now he is even stronger.

He can already sit and climb, and can even occasionally stand up on his own while holding on to the wall, but he doesn't dare to walk.

Except for the eyebrows and eyes that look a bit like the old Zhou family, his face is exactly the same as Guan Xin's, and his temper is also similar. I heard that he doesn't like to cry, and he is very naughty. His chubby cheeks were pinched repeatedly by Man Bao and Bai Shan Bai Erlang, but it was just

I looked up and saw them mumbling something they couldn't understand. They were neither crying nor angry.

There were five, six, seven and eight children in Lao Zhou's family who were about the same age as him. It was not easy to sit in the main room, and in order to gain luck and seek good omens, Qian took all five children to Da Ya's room.

inside, put them on the bed and let them crawl on the bed by themselves.

Bai Shan and others stood in the room for a while and then moved to Man Bao's room.

Manbao's room was relatively spacious, with a bamboo screen separating the inside and outside. The outer room was both a guest room and a study. The three of them flipped through books on her bookshelf and saw that she had added a lot of interesting bamboo weavings to the shelf.

I picked up the things and looked at them.

The three of them were enjoying themselves here. Firecrackers sounded in the courtyard next door. Sanya ran in from outside and reported, "Sister-in-law, the Guan family is here to deliver the dowry. Grandma asked you to come over."

The three of them put down their things and ran out to watch the fun.

Sanya conveniently locked the door of Manbao's room. There were basically only two places in Lao Zhou's house that needed to be locked, one was the main house and the other was Manbao's room.

The former is where most of the money of the old Zhou family is hidden. As for the latter, no one knows how many valuable things are in the Manbao House.

Especially since this is a small courtyard, someone may touch you if you make the wrong mistake. Whenever there are many guests at home, this room must be locked.

Sanya locked the door, took the key, ran over there to find her mother, and handed the key to her.

After collecting the key, Feng asked: "Is the window closed?"

Sanya:……

Mrs. Feng tapped her forehead and said, "What a fool. What's the use of not closing the window? Go and close the window."

Sanya could only run back and close the window.

Although Lao Zhoutou invited the chief of Guanli to come over to have dinner with him, it was impossible for him to be the chief of Guanli. Giving betrothal gifts is a matter for young people. So today, in addition to his uncle, aunt and two brothers, the people who accompanied Guan Yong to give betrothal gifts were

Some cousins ​​and young men from the clan came.

In fact, it wasn't much, there were six in total, but it was one of the best betrothal gifts in these eight villages, and many people came to watch the fun.

The matchmaker took out a bag and stuffed it into Guan Yong, pushed him with a red face and said, "Hurry and give out candies to your uncles, brothers, brothers-in-law, aunts and sisters-in-law."

Guan Yong did as he was told. The teenagers and children who had been waiting outside immediately crowded in and joined in the fun. They started to say good things as if they were free of charge. They talked about how they could live together for a hundred years and have a son soon. Anyway, after you finished speaking, I continued,

Say it repeatedly.

Guan Yong stuffed them with candy, and the children took the candy and dispersed in cheers.

The Guan family may have expected that there would be a lot of people here, so they prepared quite a lot of candies, at least it would not be embarrassing.

When Lao Zhou saw Guan Yong handing out so many candies like a fool, he called Er Du, who was watching the excitement, "Bring your brother-in-law in, and let San Du take away the boys outside. Just have fun."

Already."

The second head smiled and went to find the third head, and soon brought Guan Yong in.

Guan Erlang and his wife, who were talking to Mr. Zhou Dalang and Mr. Qian, also came in to greet Mr. Zhoutou Qian.

Man Bao was already standing behind Qian.

As soon as the two parties sat down, Guan Erlang handed over the list of betrothal gifts and said: "Two days ago, my family went to the city and bought a house, not far from the county school. Although it was only the first step, it brought a big yard.

When the niece-in-law comes in, she can accompany A Yong to study in the county town, and it will be easier to take care of her."

The old Zhou family knew what they meant as soon as they heard this, and nodded and said that their family felt sorry for their daughter, so they gave Daya a shop. It just so happened that she could continue to run the shop while Guan Yong was studying in the county.

, but it can also subsidize the family.

The matter that the two parties had discussed before was officially settled, and the Zhou and Guan families were very satisfied, so the Guan family handed the marriage certificate to Lao Zhoutou. If there were no accidents, they could just come to the house to get married tomorrow.

After talking about the business, Guan Erlang's wife also saw Zhou Man standing behind Qian. She pulled Guan Erlang's back and smiled at Qian: "Auntie, is this Da Ya's sister-in-law? She is really good-looking.

"

Qian responded with a smile and pulled Man Bao out from behind, "This is my little daughter."

Guan Erlang's wife took out a big red envelope and handed it to Guan Yong. Guan Yong took it and handed it to Man Bao with a blushing face, but looked at her and couldn't speak.

Guan Erlang's wife quickly said for him, "My sister-in-law is also blessed with Daya and Ayong, and she will find a good husband in the future."

Bai Shan and Bai Erlang on the side couldn't help but smile when they saw such a red envelope scene for the first time.

Manbao was very happy when she received the red envelope, with a little bit of shame on her face. She accepted the red envelope and nodded. Qian couldn't help but pinch her quietly after seeing it. She quickly came to her senses and followed what her mother taught her,

"You and Da Ya will live a good life in the future, respect and support each other, and grow old together."

Guan Yong respectfully agreed.

Mrs. Qian then pulled Manbao behind her and asked the kitchen to prepare the meal. Xiao Qian and Mr. Guan Erlang's wife went to Daya's house to have a look at her.

There were many people in Da Ya's house. Apart from Zhou Xi and the five children, they were the girls who played well with Da Ya.

Guan Erlang's wife took Daya to talk for a while and then was invited to the courtyard for dinner. When she went out, she saw Zhou Man and several teenagers talking together and couldn't help but pause.
Chapter completed!