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Chapter 9 Getting Married
"Thank you." Father An stretched out his thin hand to hold Zhang Zhen'an's generous palm, and murmured:

"Xiu'er will be counting on you in the future. She has suffered a lot since she was born. Her mother and I have always felt sorry for her, but even so, many times we still can't take good care of her. When she was three years old, she gave birth to a child. She was seriously ill, and the doctor in the village couldn’t cure her. I had no choice but to carry her to the town for acupuncture every day. Several pairs of shoes were worn out. When she was seven years old, she…”

Father An held Zhang Zhen'an's palm, and babbled about what happened to An Xiu'er from childhood to adulthood. While listening, Mrs. Liang turned her back and wiped away tears furtively, while An Xiu'er was listening Seeing these, tears can't help but fall down.

However, Gu Linlang felt bored. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he secretly took a few steps back and left quietly.

It took a long time for Father An to finish these words, but he did not let go of Zhang Zhenan's hand, but saw that Gu Linlang was not there, and said a few more words secretly:

"Brother Zhang, I can tell you this. My Xiu'er is definitely not the kind of person who will speak ill of you behind your back. I'm not afraid of your blame. My mother and I usually call you by the nickname given to you by the villagers. It’s all about us.”

"That's right, she told us that if you marry a chicken, you can marry a dog like a dog. In the future, we will all be one family." Liang Shi also said from the side.

"I know, there is no need to explain." Father An spoke for half an hour, but Zhang Zhen'an only replied six words.

"Hey, then I won't say anything, I'm afraid you might misunderstand." Father An explained again.

"No." Zhang Zhenan replied indifferently.

"These things happened just now, and it's getting dark now, why don't you stay and eat?" Mrs. Liang suggested.

"No." Zhang Zhen'an still refused, nodded to Father An and the others, turned and walked out the door.

After Zhang Zhen'an left, the flower matchmaker finally found a chance to speak. She was not as admiring and shy as she was for Gu Linlang before, but she said with some displeasure: "If you say that Master Gu really likes to meddle in his own business, how can this matter be done casually?" What did you say?" It almost made me lose the gift money, which is really disgusting.

In the eyes of the flower matchmaker, although Gu Linlang was good-looking, what was it compared to money?
"That's right, but he was also kind." Liang said, "It's just that he used the wrong method."

Sitting next to Mrs. Liang, Mrs. Dong pursed her lips, but she didn't think so in her heart. She once saw An Xiu'er and Gu Linlang alone by the river. At that time, the love in An Xiu'er's eyes was not fake. , my sister-in-law should be broken and broken, she is really a generalist.

"Xiu'er, Mrs. Gu wants to help you, don't you want to, Zhang Zhen'an is the person you choose, don't blame your parents in the future." Liang thought that An Xiu'er was really stupid. If she had admitted it at that time, maybe it would have been true In Liang's eyes, his daughter was born beautiful, so it's okay to be with Gu Linlang, but this girl is so sincere.

Sighing, she wiped her tears again and said: "Since the matter is settled, you will be married in a few days, so don't go to deliver meals to Rong He for a few days, just rest at home and make a wedding dress. "

The next day, Mrs. Liang found a piece of red cloth from nowhere and asked An Xiuer to make a dress by herself.

Due to the rush of time and the poverty of An's family, when the day of her wedding came, An Xiu'er had nothing but the red wedding dress she was wearing, and the rest of the bedding, furniture, etc. that should be dowry in the countryside. Her second brother wanted to cut down the big locust tree in the yard to make some furniture for her, but An Xiuer also refused.

The second elder brother is the main labor force in the family, and it is busy farming now, so we can't waste this precious spring plowing time just because we have to make a dowry for her.

They couldn't hold back An Xiu'er, in the end they just hurried up the mountain, cut down two trees, made some practical barrels, and some rags that An Xiu'er usually wore at home, and the two wooden boxes that Mrs. Liang brought to An's house as a dowry. These count as dowry.

These things, even in this countryside, are a bit shabby.Relatives and friends had long heard that she had to marry Zhang Zhenan for money, so naturally she couldn't face it. On the wedding day, they only came here in a hurry and gave some gifts like poached eggs. He left in a hurry after a meal.

Zhang Zhen'an rarely communicates with the villagers on weekdays, so a few bearers in the village hurriedly parked the sedan chair at the door of his house, and the flower matchmaker led her in, made a formality with Zhang Zhen'an, and then settled An Xiu'er In the new house, he also left in a hurry.

An Xiu'er sat on the edge of the bed, listening to the sparse sound of firecrackers, the corners of her mouth slowly curved upwards, revealing a somewhat bitter smile.

She thought she was already prepared, but the shabbyness of this marriage was beyond her expectation. Thinking of what her mother told her when she went out, she couldn't help but her eyes turned red again.

"Water thrown by a married daughter."

In a woman's life, apart from her mother's family, her husband's family, where is her own home?
Feeling a little irritable for no reason, she pulled off the hijab on her head, but just as she threw the hijab away, Zhang Zhenan walked in.

This is something An Xiu'er can't accept. She suspects that he is bald, or is there another reason?Why do you have to wear a hat?Even on the wedding day, his attire was still the same as before. She couldn't tell that he attached the slightest importance to this marriage.

However, she was still a little embarrassed when Zhang Zhenan saw her tearing off the hijab privately, it was her rudeness.

"It's too hot to wear a hijab, I can't breathe." An Xiu'er was worried about what was going on in his mind, so she explained to him.

"It's okay." He didn't care about the clinker at all.

An Xiu'er felt a little uncomfortable, but knowing that his temperament had always been like this, it was already very good that he didn't blame her for it.

The newlyweds didn't know each other before, they were sitting together, it was a bit awkward, after a while, Zhang Zhenan turned around and went out, An Xiuer was puzzled when she saw him bring a bowl of rice and two side dishes, and said: "You must be hungry today, let's eat something first."

"Thank you." Only then did An Xiu'er realize that he had gone out to get food for herself. She took the rice and ate it bit by bit.

White rice is very sweet and soft when chewed. An's family is poor, so it's good to have something to eat. This kind of white rice is only willing to eat once or twice every autumn when the harvest is harvested. An Xiu'er almost forgets about this white rice taste.

Standing aside, Zhang Zhen'an saw her eating elegantly with chopsticks, with a narrow chin and small cherry lips opening and closing, he felt that her side face was soft and very pretty.

After eating, An Xiu'er put the bowl and chopsticks away, and felt a little embarrassed again, looked up at him, really didn't know how to get along with him, so she just asked: "Have you eaten yet?"

"Just had dinner with the villagers." Zhang Zhen'an replied, seeing that An Xiu'er was feeling uncomfortable, he excused himself to clean the yard and left first.

Zhang Zhen'an didn't have many friends in this village, so there was no one making trouble in the bridal chamber. Now that the bridegroom had left, the courtyard would be a bit dreadfully deserted.

An Xiu'er came out and looked at the small courtyard carefully, it was not big, just three broken thatched huts, these huts were originally abandoned by a family in the village, later Zhang Zhen'an came, just in need of a place to live, So I bought it, tidied it up, and added some fences outside, barely enough to live in.

This house is right by the river, standing outside, the river wind blows and the humidity is overwhelming.

An Xiu'er didn't find Zhang Zhen'an in the yard, and was afraid that he would see that it was inappropriate to come out later, so she went back into the house.

As their new house, this bedroom is really too shabby. An Xiu'er originally thought that An's family was considered poor, but anyway, she lived in an earthen tile-roofed house, and it was tidy and tidy. I saw a few grasses drooping from the roof.

The dilapidated window, the white paper pasted in winter has not been completely torn, and it blows in the wind, rattling, and a simple and somewhat scary big red Chinese character. The room has added two traces of joy.

Apart from the two wooden boxes she brought here, there is only a simple bed made of bricks and wooden boards, a wooden table, two benches, and a broken cupboard. Then there is nothing.

An Xiu'er sighed, marrying herself, he spent a lot of money, if he didn't spend this money, he could clean up the house, but it doesn't matter, I will help him take care of the house in the future, just now he Being able to care about her when she was hungry and even come to bring her food gave her a lot of confidence in him. She believed that she could live a good life.

Resisting not to tidy up the room, she sat upright on the bed. In this somewhat bleak atmosphere, night gradually fell.

Zhang Zhen'an didn't have the awareness of being newly married today. He was sitting on the boat with a fishing rod in his hand, and he had already caught a lot of fish by his side.

Seeing that it was getting dark, he closed his pole, stood up from the boat, carried the fish basket, and walked home unhurriedly.

On the road, I ran into someone who happened to pass by, and seeing him like this, I couldn't help sighing again, thinking that this person is really weird, he came to fish on the day of his wedding.

An Xiu'er didn't know all this, she sat there, and when she heard the wooden door creak, she pursed her lips, guessing that Zhang Zhen'an might be back, her heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

Zhang Zhenan took off his fishy clothes, took a cold shower in the kitchen, and reheated some of the leftover lunch before bringing him in.

Seeing him coming in, An Xiu'er's heart that was beating wildly just now gradually calmed down. She stood up, moved the kettle on the table a little, and helped him take the food off the tray.

The two sat opposite each other, and An Xiu'er realized something was wrong. It turned out that he had taken off the bamboo hat on his head, and even the black cloth covering his eyes. Looking at him, Zhang Zhenan noticed her small movements, so he glanced sideways at her and said, "But the food doesn't suit your taste?"

"It's delicious." An Xiu'er whispered.

"Then why do you look at me so often?" Zhang Zhenan was puzzled.

(End of this chapter)