take a wife to support the family

Chapter 138 Tofu Li Xishi

As if overnight, the teenagers and girls grew up rapidly, reaching the age to talk about marriage.

Young talents Liu Rulong and Song Xiuxiu took the lead, and it seemed like everyone had made an appointment in the next few months. At least five or six marriages were arranged in the town, and everyone was beaming with joy for a while.

Among them are Liu Sanping and Song Ermei. Liu Sanping settled for a girl from a wealthy family in a nearby village. When the family invited him to make furniture, the two saw each other. .

Song Ermei had the reputation of being a kefu, so she thought that no one would want to marry her. She got along well with her elder brother and sister-in-law at home, so she didn't want to marry anyone.I didn't want to think that among Liu Yi's brothers, there was a man named Liu Ping'an who just fell in love with her.

Liu Ping'an is a person who doesn't talk much on weekdays and is not very conspicuous, and his brothers can trust him.His family is not very good, so he is still a bachelor until now.

He whispered to Song Dagui several times in secret, Song Dagui was overwhelmed by him, and finally let go: "Second sister agrees, and I agree. If she doesn't agree, it's useless for you to ask me."

Liu Pingan went to Song Dagui's house every day, finding all the excuses to get close to Song Ermei. At first, Song Ermei was surprised: "Ping'an has made money recently? Why did I see Tianer come to buy meat?" Later, I also thought about it, a little Embarrassed, but also kind of sweet.

It's easy if there is sweetness, Second Sister Song herself is not a sticky person, think about it carefully, Liu Ping'an is a real person, the two of them often meet each other, and I haven't seen any serious problems with him.Brother-in-law is good to her, but she doesn't want to be his brother-in-law's heart disease - she knows that brother-in-law still wants to marry her off.

Song Dagui and his wife wanted to marry Song Ermei not because they were afraid of her being a burden, but because they were afraid that she would not be able to rely on her in the future. When they were old, they would have to rely on their children for a living. If the children were unwilling to support their aunt, they had nothing to do.

They got together a few times, and when Liu Ping'an came to the door again and had nothing to say, Second Sister Song said, "You don't think I'm a widow, so I'll call a matchmaker to come tomorrow. Some things should be prepared."

The pie suddenly fell from the sky, Liu Ping'an was so happy that he saw his teeth but couldn't see his eyes, and continued to say: "I'm afraid that you will dislike my old lady for being sick, and I'm not a capable person..."

He followed Liu Yi and a group of brothers to try to earn a living, but he was not as well-connected as Liu Yi, his brain was not as bright as Song Haonian, he was not as clever as Wang Xiaofu, and he was not as skilled as Liu Sanping. The dispensable person is also worried that he will have to be a bachelor for a lifetime, so that the incense of his family will be cut off in his generation.

It's rare that Second Sister Song doesn't dislike him. How could he dislike Second Sister Song for not being a big girl?

He knew that Song Ermei's husband died of illness only a month after she moved in, and she was also someone who had suffered in her in-law's family, so he felt a little pity for her in his heart.Remarriage of a widow these days is not a scandal, but a righteous act.

After two talks, they agreed, seeing that a good event is coming soon, I asked Mr. Yin Yang to count the good days of this year, and set the wedding date at the end of the year when the farming is slack.

Lily talked to Song Haonian in her spare time: "There are a lot of people who are engaged and married this year, and there are many people involved just to get married."

Song Haonian said with a smile: "Following favors, favors come out of it. Although few people came when we got married, brothers all helped, I all remember that these need to be reciprocated. From now on, our family will salute, thank you It’s best to write it down, and you can get it back when you give birth to a baby.”

This is the case with the ceremony in the countryside. When a family gets married, gives birth to a baby, or celebrates an old man’s birthday, relatives and friends will follow the ceremony no matter how much they are.

Some people are stingy, because they give too many presents and can’t take them back, and they don’t have a doll born, and some people celebrate the old man’s birthday every year.

Lily nodded and said, "Why don't we make an account book and write it down?" Anyway, now Song Haonian already knows that she can read, even writing in front of him is not evil.

Just relying on the human mind to memorize, there are always omissions, write it down one by one, and check it every time you have to go to the ceremony, it will be clear and refreshing, and you will never make mistakes again.

There is only rough and yellow straw paper in the house, which is brittle and easily broken. It can't be used for writing except for burning or putting it in the latrine.In the first episode, Song Haonian bought dozens of sheets of bamboo paper with one line and one line, and went home to let Lily sew it up to make a booklet.

Lily also glued a piece of leather with rags, which looks a bit interesting.

Pens and inks are also rare items, and you have to borrow them from school for normal use, but you don’t need pens and inks for keeping accounts at home. Lily usually uses thin willow branches and a section of burnt black thrush, but now she just uses eyebrow pencils on bamboo paper When writing, you are not afraid of ink smudges, as long as you are careful not to rub the flowers, it can be preserved for many years.

The young couple gathered their heads together and recalled those people who gave gifts when they got married, and who gave gifts when they moved. All of them were favors. In the future, there will be a wedding or funeral, and they will return the favors.

Song Haonian is not very literate, but he has seen others write and knows how to hold a brush.Seeing that Lily's posture of pinching the willow sticks was wrong, and the written words seemed to be missing arms and legs, she said, "Daughter-in-law, do you remember this account clearly?"

Lily said: "I can recognize it myself."

In fact, simplified characters have been used by many craftsmen in ancient times, and they are called "vulgar characters", which are slightly different from the official fonts.When simplifying Chinese characters, a large number of simplified characters from ancient pottery and ink scripts were absorbed, so even if Lily wrote some characters with missing arms and legs, literate people could roughly guess the meaning.

The two of them counted favors with their fingers, and the more they counted, the more they felt that their family is not bad now, Song Haonian said with emotion: "I used to hate dogs, I never thought that I would have today."

Lily took the opportunity to kiss him on the cheek, and said with a smile: "Now everyone knows that you are a good person, and they are happy to associate with you."

Song Haonian didn't say anything, but he thought in his heart: It's better to marry a wife, if it wasn't for Baihe, I'm afraid he still only deals with his sworn brothers, and in the eyes of the townspeople, he's still a prodigal and rascal.

These days, not only are there many people who are engaged, there are also many people who are excited by the atmosphere. The big girls will blush when they see the men with a straight face, and the young men will look into the eyes of the big girls and can't get them out.

Wang Xiaofu had already revealed some intentions, seeing the recent situation in the town, he was afraid that the person he liked would be cut off by others, so he ran to Song's house every day or so.

After eating today, Wang Xiaofu came to talk to Song Haonian again, he went into the room and sat down, first smiled at Lamei: "Sister, pour me a bowl of sugar water."

Lamei twisted her body to go to the kitchen to pour water, and complained to Lily: "What's the matter, Brother Fu, who runs to our house every day? It's not that he is not allowed to come, but even if he comes for dinner, I don't think you and your brother-in-law are not happy." But why does he make me do this and that as soon as he arrives, am I not busy?"

Lily smiled and said: "Maybe he sees you idle, so he wants to make you busy."

Lamei pouted and said, "Where am I free? I run between the store and the house all day long, and I have to watch the store and feed the pigs, and he comes to make me mess up!"

Lily almost collapsed with laughter, and she was afraid that Lamei would be ashamed, so she didn't want to see Wang Xiaofu, so she persuaded her kindly: "You see Xiaofu treated you very well in the past, you should repay him."

Then Lamei prepared the syrup and took it out, and put it on the table in front of Wang Xiaofu: "Go and drink your water!"

But Wang Xiaofu said that even if he was given a bowl of plain water, he would feel sweet, not to mention that the winter plums had enough sugar.Seeing him happy, Lamei walked out angrily, Song Haonian also had a few smiles in his eyes: he knew that Wang Xiaofu was not easy on Lamei, but now it is really funny to see this kid scratching his ears and cheeks.

It wasn't until the figure of Lamei disappeared that Wang Xiaofu looked away, he had already forgotten what he was talking to Song Haonian just now, and just held the water in a daze.

Song Haonian remembered that he had promised his wife that he wanted to ask Wang Xiaofu what the rules were, but a few days ago because of Song Xiuxiu and Song Haojie, he had been busy.

Now that Song Haojie is in prison in the county government, Chen Bin helped intercede with the county magistrate, reducing his one-year sentence to half a year, and allowing him to heal his sores in prison before going to repair the river. Niu cried and fainted several times , After all, there was nothing I could do, so I had to accept the status quo, and dared not do anything else for a while.

She is also interesting, when Song Haonian treats her well, she would push her nose and face.Now Song Haonian is ruthlessly teaching Song Haojie a lesson, even her intercession is useless, don't take her words to heart, she has developed a estrangement from Song Haonian, instead, she is not as rude as before, she is a little in awe .

Little Xiucai wanted to retire when he heard that Song Haojie was in prison. Don't want the third brother-in-law who has eaten in prison, but who told him to take over Song Xiuxiu's innocent body, the old man Song refused to let it go anyway, and the Liu family was greedy. Song Xiuxiu's dowry was not returned after all.

Now that the wedding date is set in May, Song Xiuxiu is focused on counting her dowry at home, trying every means to get more out of Niu's hands, and she doesn't care to trouble her unfeeling second brother.

Song Haonian got quiet, so he remembered his sister-in-law's marriage, and asked Wang Xiaofu: "What kind of rules do you treat my wintersweet?"

They were brothers, and it would be a great thing for brothers to become brothers-in-law, but if Wang Xiaofu didn't want to marry Lamei at all, and only used her as a prank for fun, then this brother wouldn't have to do it.

Wang Xiaofu walks the streets and alleys on weekdays, has the most contacts with people, and knows how to read people's faces the most. One glance at Song Haonian knows what his big brother didn't say.

He thought about it and said: "Brother Da Nian, I am sincere to Lamei, if you mean to play tricks on her at all, I will give you a thunderbolt!"

Song Haonian glared at him: "Just talking nonsense!"

Lamei is a sister-in-law, and Wang Xiaofu is also a brother. The palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh, and one cannot favor the other and wrong the other.

"Originally, Lamei was not too old, so I just waited for another year or two, and I could earn more money. But you don't know, now that some people in the town say 'Tofu Li Xishi', I'm afraid I won't look at it anymore, Someone coaxed her to go, and I couldn't find a place even when I was crying."

"Tofu beauty?" Song Haonian's face darkened, "What kind of talk is this?"

(End of this chapter)