Siheyuan: All the incense in the family is counting on you

The couple had thought about finding a son-in-law from among their four daughters to continue the family line.

But their grandfather interrupted their thoughts with a word: "After all, the son-in-law recruited from outside is not of the same mind as the family, and his bloodline is not the Li family. If you want to recruit a son-in-law, it's fine. Then you can open a separate account. Forget about the things saved at home. I will leave them all to my grandson!"

Not to mention, if the treasures saved in the family were to be given a separate account in this era, it would be tantamount to removing them from the family tree. After they die, Li Dahe and his wife can be buried in the ancestral tomb, but the rest of them can forget about it.

Li Dahe certainly didn't want to be removed from the family tree, so from then on he gave up the idea of ​​recruiting a son-in-law.

After the couple had discussed it, they waited to go to Shenjiazhuang the next day to propose marriage.

Li Dahe got up early in the morning and harnessed the mule cart. He put a bag of corn flour and more than ten kilograms of rice on the cart. He put the 400 yuan he got from his wife in his arms and prepared to go to Shenjiazhuang.

Just as he reached the door, Third Aunt chased out again, holding a bundle in her arms: "Boss, wait a moment!"

"What's wrong?" Li Dahe pulled the reins.

"Take this with you. I packed a few clothes that my eldest sister and her friends don't wear anymore. I think their family can use them. And this new cotton-padded jacket, you can also take it to that girl."

"Okay, then you can put it in the car. If you have nothing else to do, I'm leaving now!"

"Then go ahead, the sooner you go the sooner you'll be back!"

With a wave of the whip, the mule cart headed straight for Shenjiazhuang.

When they arrived, the fifth master, the oldest in the Shen family, had already been invited to come and sit in the seat in the middle of the main hall to rest.

Hearing the sound of carriages outside the door, Shen Laonian and Shen Shugen both came out to greet him: "Brother Li, you are here?"

"Brother Laonian, Brother Shugen, come and help unload the things!"

After moving all the things into the house and putting them down, Li Dahe asked directly, "Brother Lao Nian, who is this?"

"This is Master Wu, the most senior master in our Shen family!"

"Hello, Fifth Master!" Li Dahe stepped forward and greeted him respectfully.

Wu Ye stroked his beard and squinted at Li Dahe: "What's your name? Which village are you from?"

"My name is Li Dahe, and I'm from Lijia Village in the east!"

"Lijia Village..." After squinting his eyes and thinking for a long time, Wu Ye continued: "Do you know that Li Zongping? Who is he to you?"

Li Dahe showed a surprised expression: "Li Zongping is my father, old man, do you know my father?"

"Well, when the Japanese invaders were causing trouble, we two brothers delivered food to the troops together. We also experienced life and death together. That old guy is a great man."

Then he asked, "What's going on with you now? I heard from Lao Nian'er that you fell in love with his eldest daughter?"

Things would be much easier now that he knew someone familiar, so Li Dahe told everything to Master Shen Wu.

In the minds of the older generation, carrying on the family line is very important. After listening to Li Dahe's story, Uncle Shen nodded and said to Shen Laonian, "Laonian, I think this marriage is okay. I know his father, Li Zongping. He is a good man. I believe the children he educates will not be bad. Zhaodi will not suffer if she marries him."

"Fifth Master! You must have heard carefully, the Li family needs three households!" Shen Shugen reminded from the side.

"What's the matter? In the past, when the wife couldn't give birth to a child, the family married a concubine. Although it is forbidden to marry a concubine now, aren't there many people who divorce to continue the family line? This Zhaodi is not marrying to be a concubine. Dahe, which room of yours does Zhaodi occupy?"

Li Dahe quickly said respectfully: "It is our third branch, and the child will be from my branch in the future!"

"That's fine, I think it's okay, how do you feel, Lao Nier?"

"I listen to Master Wu!"

The old man asked Shen Zhaodi for her opinion again, and she also whispered that she would listen to her family.

The rest of the matter was easy to handle. Li Dahe took out all the money he had prepared and handed it to Master Shen Wu: "Master, this is the money I promised to help Brother Lao Nian pay off his debts yesterday. I'm handing it over to you!"

"Okay, give it to me. I'll give it to the Zhang family directly when they come. But now it's a new society, and arranged marriages are not the norm. Let the two children meet each other later. If they seem to be compatible, then it's settled! If not, then consider this money as a loan from Lao Nian to you, and I, Fifth Master, will be your guarantor!" Fifth Master Shen stretched out his hand to take it.

"I'll follow your arrangements." Li Dahe agreed with a smile.

Seeing that the matter was settled, Shen Zhaodi felt a little shy at this time. She turned her head and hid in the house, but she still pricked up her ears and listened to what Li Dahe was saying about Li Bowen's situation in the outer room.

I had some expectations in my heart, wondering what kind of person this soon-to-be husband would be.

Not long after, people from the Zhang family really came.

Their arrival made everyone in the house look unhappy. It was always uncomfortable to come to collect debts on the third day of the New Year. They really didn't care about their face at all just to find a wife for their stupid son.

Without waiting for the other party to speak, Master Shen Wu asked directly, "Did you bring the IOU?"

The other party thought that something good would happen today, but he didn't expect to hear such a sentence. He was stunned at first and then his face turned ugly: "Old Nian'er, it seems that you are not ready to marry us!"

"No, even though I'm poor, I can't push my daughter into the fire!" Shen Laonian shook his head.

"Okay, then pay back the debt quickly. We are still waiting for this money for my son to get married!" After saying that, he took out a stack of IOUs and slammed them on the table.

Master Shen Wu picked up the stack of IOUs on the table and handed them to Shen Shugen: "Count how many there are!"

Soon Shen Shugen finished the calculation: "Fifth Master, it's done! The total is 378 yuan!"

"Yes!" Master Shen Wu took the IOU and put it beside him, then picked up the money covered with a handkerchief on the table and said, "Zhang's, Lao Nian borrowed 378 yuan from you. Is the number correct?"

"That's right!"

"Okay, then I will pay back the money for Lao Nian today. It has been several years since Lao Nian's wife fell ill. You lent it to him out of kindness and righteousness.

Now it seems that you are planning to let Lao Nian marry his daughter to your son, so even if there is no affection and benevolence, it is only natural to pay back debts, and you can't use your money for nothing. I will also add the interest to it. This is 400 yuan, you can count it! From now on, your two families will have nothing to do with each other!" After saying that, he gave the money to Shen Shugen and asked him to pass it on.

Master Shen Wu did his job flawlessly, and the Zhang family had nothing to say. They took the money, counted it, and left without saying a word.

"Okay, everything is settled. Where's Zhaodi? Hurry up and come out to cook. Do you want to starve me to death?" Fifth Master narrowed his eyes, which were originally bright, and immediately dimmed, and shouted to the room.