Pastoral Trifles: The Poor Girl Turns Over

Chapter 687 Encountering Heavy Snow 1
Seeing that Xiao Jiu was accepted, Cheng Huan and Song Fanhua were very happy. When the crowd dispersed, they sat on the ridge of the field and watched everyone busy.

The water has to be picked up in barrels from the river, and the tea fields are irrigated little by little. Because it is the first year of the tea seedlings, there is no need to fertilize, otherwise there are more things to do.

Seeing the crowd pouring buckets of water into the tea fields, both Song Fanhua and Cheng Huan felt hopeful.

Every day that followed, as the weather became colder and the preparations for winter became more busy, Cheng Huan went to the town to find a blacksmith to make nails, and led several families to make straw mats.

Song Fanhua and the others went to the mountain to cut down trees and processed them into planks and sticks. At the same time, Song Fanhua also negotiated a [-]% reduction in the price of hemp rope on the second day after Song Chengxun went to Shengtian.

The Cheng family was also busy because of the engagement of Cheng He and Fu Rong. Fortunately, the Cheng family was very popular. After returning home for a few days, Ouyang Qin asked Cheng Jia to come back to help when she learned that the family was busy with marriage. She also took the initiative to come over to get close, even Zixia occasionally came over to have a look.

The small courtyard, which was originally peaceful, became lively and jubilant because of the arrival of these people.
After asking the name, the auspicious omen was calculated, which made Xu Ruyun very happy, so Xu Ruyun asked someone to calculate Najib's auspicious date.

At home, the gifts that Najib needs are prepared, and the letter of engagement will be presented on that day. Xu Ruyun is happy and busy, and within two days, Sun Matchmaker comes to inform, saying that the date is set for the eighth day of the lunar new year, seven days later. .

　 Three days before the engagement, according to the rules, Cheng Qian took Cheng He to the mountain to pay homage to the ancestors, and read out the notice, which meant to inform the ancestors that the day before the engagement, Cheng Qian and Xu Ruyun were sitting in the hall of their house, and Cheng Huan handed the teacup to the ancestors. Cheng He, Cheng He took the teacup and knelt in front of him. Cheng Qian taught and encouraged his son according to the rules.

"After you get engaged, you have become an adult, you must take good care of yourself, and you must not be a playful person who is sorry for your wife and parents!"

"Yes, my son will remember my father's teachings! Thank you for your parents' teaching." Cheng He replied respectfully, offering tea cups, Xu Ruyun and Cheng Qian took the teacups one by one, and asked Cheng He to get up after drinking the tea. The family continued to discuss marriage.

Early the next morning, Cheng Cai and Cheng Kang came to the door. After a while, the two uncles of the Xu family also arrived one after another. After Song Matchmaker entered the door, the elders brought carefully prepared gifts. The team went to the woman's home for a gift-giving engagement.

According to the customs of Kunlan, the highest standard for engagement is "eighteen dan". The "eighteen loads" contain gift money, jewelry, clothing, daily necessities, drinks, etc.These eighteen burdens carry a kind of respect, a kind of joy, and a kind of solidity.

Before departure, the parents of the man will give everyone a "high trust" in front of the engagement team composed of relatives and friends, so that relatives and friends can convey the man's great friendship. After the "heavy trust", the engagement team set off immediately.

Then there is the "receiving gift" at the woman's home. It is necessary to arrange relatives and friends to welcome the man's gift-giving team [-] meters away from the house. The status should be equivalent to that of the man giving the gift.The way to receive the gift should be standing back to back to show stability.After all the gifts are delivered to the woman's lobby, the leader of the man's team invites the woman's parents to accept the gifts.

(End of this chapter)