Pastoral little master

Chapter 223 Zhao's Change

Tan Dejin and Mrs. Xu returned home, called Qiduo over, and discussed together what to do for the engagement banquet three days later.

Tan Debao also hurried back from Luhuapo.

Mrs. Xu first said what Mr. Tan meant, and wanted to do it in the front yard.

"Don't listen to him, it's better to do it in our yard as I said before." Tan Debao was the first to wave his hand to express his objection.

Qiduo pursed her lips and thought about it seriously, then shook her head, "Fourth Uncle, since Grandpa mentioned it, we can consider it."

Tan Dejin and Mrs. Xu looked at their daughter in surprise, wondering why she would agree to go to the front yard to do business.

And Tan Debao glared at her directly, "Silly girl, it's not like you don't know who those people are in the front yard."

"Fourth Uncle, don't be angry, just listen to me." Qiduo smiled at Tan Debao coquettishly.

Then she expressed her thoughts, "Fourth uncle, father and mother, people say that father and son are soldiers and brothers who fight tigers. Our family now has some property. It was nothing when we were poor. At most, others looked down on you. Although We still don't have much money in our pockets, but that's not the case in the eyes of outsiders. Who knows if anyone wants to get our ideas.

Our current strength is a little weaker. Only the fourth uncle and father in the family are a little more awe-inspiring. In the eyes of others, we women are powerless and nothing to be afraid of.

Everyone in our village knows that our grandma and grandma are not particularly close. Why don't we take this opportunity to get closer to our grandma and let everyone in the village see that our Tan family is twisted together and united. Yes, it cannot be deceived.

Just like a chopstick is easy to break, but a chopstick is not easy to break, that's the reason. "

Today's Tan family is a bit like a mess, which Qiduo doesn't want to see.

Tan Decai belongs to the kind who won't help you much, but won't ruin your affairs, and Wu Shi has no scheming, and the whole world knows what he has, such a person is easy to deal with.

Apart from being lazy, Tan Deyou couldn't make any big waves for the time being because he was still young.

Tan Guihua is similar to Tan Deyou.
Right now, the most unstable factors in the Tan family are mainly Tan Deyin and his wife and the Zhao family. These three people may cause some unexpected situations at any time.

Mrs. Zhao attaches great importance to money, and at the same time protects her own interests extremely. She is extremely greedy and cold-tempered. She loves herself the most in her heart.
But Tan Deyin and his wife have a vicious temper, smiling at you on the surface, stabbing you in the back, and doing whatever they can to achieve their goals.

Compared with Mrs. Zhao and Tan Deyin and his wife, Qiduo is willing to win over Mrs. Zhao to her side.

Because the grievances between my family and Tan Deyin and his wife can't be cleared up in a few words. Although they made Erxia stay at home, but the father broke Tan Deyin's legs and made him stay sick for several months. He deserved what he deserved, and he only felt that his father was too vicious. I believe he will avenge this revenge sooner or later.

As for Mrs. Zhao, for now, a little favor and a big cake can stabilize her.One more friend is far better than one more enemy. If everyone is against you, you will have a hard time.

After listening to Qiduo's words, Tan Dejin and his wife and Tan Debao nodded at the same time, thinking that it made sense.

It's just that this is said lightly, it is not an easy task to really want to unite a family together.

"Duo, I really want to do this, but it's not that easy. Just now, your father and I went to talk about the eldest sister, and your grandma was a little unhappy." Xu sighed softly. To this mother-in-law, Zhao, she really Helpless and headache.

Qiduo smiled, "Mother, no matter how easy it is, we can try it. The front yard is relatively spacious, and the banquet will be held together at that time, which should be very lively. As for the venue, we will talk about it later. Let’s discuss what to do next.”

Zhao Shi's reaction was expected, as long as she saw other people making a good marriage now, she would not be unhappy.

What's more, she is the granddaughter she dislikes the most, so she is even more unhappy.

Qiduo's family seriously discussed what to buy, and who to invite to cook.

Who is in charge is a big deal.
There are cooks in the countryside who specialize in preparing meals for weddings and weddings. Although Qiduo can cook, wedding banquets are different from ordinary banquets. There are very strict rules about which dishes to cook, which dish to serve first, and which dish to serve later. , can’t be messy, and the family doesn’t want her to be too tired, so I decided to hire someone to do it.

Chef Zhang from Guangming Village is very famous in this business, Xu asked her to invite her, and everyone agreed, and decided to go to implement the matter in the afternoon, and then go shopping according to the menu prescribed by the cook.

The Tan Dejin brothers would naturally go door-to-door to ask guests to borrow things, and Mrs. Xu took Liuju and Erxia to clean up the outside of the house and prepare to welcome guests.

The Kang family will send over the betrothal gift for the engagement tomorrow, and all the meat, chickens and ducks used for the banquet come from this betrothal gift.

Qiduo was going to look for Mr. Tan in the front yard, but she was a little worried about Tan Deyin and his wife.

If the two of them played tricks behind their backs and went to the Kang family to gossip, it would inevitably make the Kang family doubtful.

Although there is a saying that you are not afraid of the oblique shadow when you are upright, it is better to be wary of some things.

As soon as he left the hospital, he saw Mrs. Zhao walking towards him slowly.

It's just that her face is so serious, as if someone owed her money and hasn't paid it back.

"Grandma?" Qiduo was very surprised.

"En." Zhao raised her eyelids, "Is your mother at home?"

"Yes." Qiduo hurriedly nodded and made way.

Some are not sure what Zhao will do.

Looking at her expression, she seemed a little unhappy, but she didn't look like she was here to find fault. What was it for?

Qiduo followed Zhao Shi closely to see what she wanted to do.
Seeing Mrs. Zhao coming, Mrs. Xu hurriedly put down the feather duster in her hand, called her mother-in-law into the house, and asked Qiduo to make tea.

Mrs. Zhao didn't go into the house immediately, but stood in the yard and looked around, "Since Erxia is getting engaged, it's a great event. Buy more red lanterns and hang them in the yard to make it more lively and festive."

Is this for pointers?

Mrs. Xu was a little uncertain, but seeing Mrs. Zhao's kind words, she was also happy and nodded quickly, "Hey, mother, I made a note of it. I'll let Dejin buy it in the afternoon."

Mrs. Zhao nodded, entered the room, and sat down at the table.

"Sit down and talk too." Seeing Xu's unnatural expression, Mrs. Zhao curled her lips, but her tone was much softer than usual.

Mrs. Xu nodded, and sat down on the left side of Mrs. Zhao, still wondering why Mrs. Zhao came, did she come to Xingshi again to inquire about her crimes?

Zhao's eyes turned around in the room, it was still the old furniture, nothing new was added.

Look at Xu's clothes again, they are still old clothes from before, and there is no gold or silver jewelry on her body.His complexion was a little rosier than before, but his stature was a little thinner.
Think about the clothes of Qiduo and the three sisters. Compared with before, the clothes are newer, but the material is still ordinary coarse cotton, not too ostentatious, and the three girls are usually too busy to get their feet dirty. All thinner.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Zhao feels better. It is not easy to make money, and she is as tired as a cow every day.

"Cough." Mrs. Zhao cleared her throat uncomfortably, and looked at Mrs. Xu, "Your father asked me to come and see if there is anything I need to help with. People saw the joke and lost face to our Tan family."

Qiduo entered the room with hot tea, and when she heard these words, she was overjoyed, which saved herself some tongues.

"Mother, if you can give me some pointers, my heart will be at ease." Mrs. Xu answered with a smile.

Qiduo put the tea in front of Mrs. Zhao, and said with a smile, "Grandma, you are really sending charcoal in a timely manner."

Seeing his daughter-in-law and granddaughter's gentle and humble attitude, Mrs. Zhao was very pleased. He drank some hot tea and began to talk about some etiquette.

Mrs. Zhao married a three-bedroom daughter-in-law, two daughters and a granddaughter. She has rich experience in organizing weddings, which is not comparable to Mrs. Xu.

There is a lot of red tape in weddings, and it is not surprising that many people are polite, but if one is missing, people will be criticized.

When Erxia and the Lin family got engaged before, the Zhao family and Tan Deyin couple had a ghost in their hearts, so they did it very low-key, but no one in the village knew about it.

Fortunately, this marriage of the Lin family couldn't be concluded in the first place, and it was withdrawn later, otherwise, if the marriage was made in such a quiet manner, the villagers would laugh at them when they got married later, and would say that the marriage came from a wrong way.
Therefore, most people will hold some lively banquets when they get married, and some families are too poor, so they don’t invite people from the whole village, but only invite the close relatives of the family to hold a table or two, and tell everyone that his daughter (son) is engaged .
With Mr. Tan's previous instructions, this is related to the dignity of the Tan family, so Mrs. Zhao did not dare to be sloppy, and told Mrs. Xu carefully.

Mrs. Xu listened very carefully. Qiduo had a lot of etiquettes, so she was worried that she would not be able to remember them, so she took a pen and paper to write them down.

Then when it came to the issue of the venue, Mrs. Zhao once again mentioned that it would be better to do it in the front yard because the venue is open.

Qiduo rolled her eyes slightly, and said with a look of embarrassment, "Grandma, in fact, we really want to go to the front yard, but...it's just that we are a little scared."

"Afraid? Afraid of what?" Zhao asked puzzled, in her eyes, Qiduo was fearless.

"Oh, grandma, you also know how the second uncle and the second mother are. We are very worried that when that day comes, what kind of moth they will make, and they will lose face for you and grandpa." Qiduo said pouted.

For Tan Deyin and his wife, we really have to be careful.

"They dare!" Mrs. Zhao slammed down the table and shouted in a deep voice, looked at Mrs. Xu and Qiduo, and raised her chin slightly, "Don't worry, if they dare to embarrass our Tan family, I will make them die for the rest of their lives." I can't hold my head up as a human being."

She is extremely disgusted with Tan Deyin and his wife now.

Thinking of what Qiduo said to her last time, how Wang Honglei vilified herself in front of outsiders, she was so angry that she was dying.

The reason why Wang Honglei knew these things must have been told by Tan Deyin and his wife, otherwise how would he know these things.

When Xu Shi heard Zhao Shi say this, his eyes became hot, and he said sincerely, "Mother, thank you, when Erxia has a future, she will definitely be filial to you and Dad."

"Well, Cheng, we are all one family. We also hope that Erxia will marry well. At that time, the sisters in the family will still have sweet-scented osmanthus, but she will have to help them." Only the eldest family can rely on it.

Mrs. Xu nodded, "Mother, don't worry. Although Erxia can't speak sweet words, she is gentle and kind by nature. She will remember your kindness to her. If something good happens, she will never forget the sisters at home." , especially sister-in-law."

Mrs. Zhao nodded, and decided to go back and teach Tan Guihua well.

Qiduo's worries are unnecessary.

When Tan Deyin and his wife learned that Erxia was going to get married, they were all stunned.

After reacting, Yang hurried out to the county.

(End of this chapter)