70: Raising a wife, the whole village is inhaling the aroma of stewed meat.

If a strong wind blows by, I'm worried the roof of this little courtyard will be blown off!

Zhou Qingwen, carrying a roasted rabbit foreleg, said, "Yu Yalan, come out here for a moment."

In Yu Yalan's cowshed, a small lamp, about the size of a bean sprout, illuminated the room.

"Who is it?"

"It's me, Zhou Qingwen."

Yu Yalan carefully opened the door, peeking out a cute and pretty little head: "What are you doing here so late?"

Just then, Yu Yalan's older brother heard the noise and ran out: "Little sister, who's here?"

Zhou Qingwen said with a little embarrassment, "Brother, it's me, Zhou Qingwen."

The older brother's eyes narrowed slightly: "It's so late at night, don't chat for too long."

Zhou Qingwen immediately said, "Oh, thank you, brother."

The older brother then said, "I'm right here watching you. I'm afraid you won't behave yourself!"

Zhou Qingwen's face turned slightly pale as he held back his anger, his face flushing red.

Although he wanted to pinch Yu Yalan's cheeks, he didn't have any excessive thoughts.

"This brother is really something, he's a total sister-protecting fanatic."

Zhou Qingwen took out the roasted rabbit foreleg and said, "Xiaoya, this is for you."

Yu Yalan saw a large piece of meat, swallowed hard, and said, "This is meat? Where did you get it?"

"I hunted it; it's rabbit meat."

A slight smile appeared on Zhou Qingwen's face, as if to say, "Praise me!"

Yu Yalan asked urgently, "Are you really going to become a hunter? I heard that hunters have to hand over their meat to the village. Have you already done that?"

Zhou Qingwen smiled and said, "Not yet."

Yu Yalan said with a slightly nervous expression, "You can take it and eat it yourself, I'm not hungry."

Just as Yu Yalan finished speaking, her stomach growled loudly.

Yu Yalan's face immediately turned red.

"You eat it. This meat was specially saved for you. I'm going back now."

Zhou Qingwen looked at his elder brother and said, "Another day, if I catch a big game, I'll send some meat to you brothers too!"

The older brother raised an eyebrow slightly: "We'll talk about it later."

Zhou Qingwen wiped the corner of his eye with his right hand, then smiled and said, "I'm leaving."

Yu Yalan held a large piece of meat in her hand; she certainly couldn't bear to eat it all by herself.

I'll definitely eat with my parents, older brother, and sister-in-law.

Just then, the second sister came out of the room: "Lanmei, who just came?"

"Sister Hui, it's him."

Yu Ya Hui asked with a sweet smile, "Where's Zhou Qingwen?"

"Yes, he even brought over a piece of meat!"

"Take it out quickly, let us have a bite."

"Go inside and talk to Mom and Dad."

The older brother suddenly said something.

The two sisters followed them into the house.

Then, Yu Yalan's father said, "To be honest, we don't have much food left. If Yalan and Zhou Qingwen can get along and get married, our lives might turn around."

Yu Yalan held a piece of meat in her hand, tore off a small piece and gently chewed it. "Dad, Mom, you can decide my marriage. I also find Zhou Qingwen quite agreeable."

Yu Xiongwei coughed: "Cough~ My health isn't good. I used all the money I brought with me when I was sent down to the countryside to buy medicine. Now, I have no choice but to have Yalan take the initiative to talk to Zhou Qingwen and see if he wants to marry you?"

At this moment, the eldest brother said, "Dad, let me bring this up; it's not convenient for my sister to do it."

Yu Xiongwei shook his head and said, "You don't understand. Zhou Qingwen just had someone break off the engagement. If you, as the older brother, were to bring it up, he might be wary. Yalan, on the other hand, has more in common with him. It's better to let Yalan handle it herself."

Yu Yalan looked around and saw a room full of relatives, all staring at her expectantly.

If she could find a way to get Zhou Qingwen to marry her, at least her family could recover their losses in the short term.

There is money to buy food.

In the village now, the bride price for weddings is 36 yuan or 66 yuan, and for some poorer families it is 18 yuan and 8 jiao.

Regardless of the dowry level, it was enough to keep the Yu family, who lived in the cowshed, alive.

Yu Xiongwei draped a coat over his shoulders, felt around inside, and then said with a worried expression, "Yalan, once you're married, at least you won't have to go hungry with us. Zhou Qingwen's family provides three meals a day; they certainly won't lack food for you."

With tears welling up in her eyes, Yu Yalan said, "Dad, Mom, I also like Zhou Qingwen. I'll go talk to him and ask him to marry me. As for the dowry, let him decide for himself. But he has to bring us some grain."

Tears streamed down Yu Yalan's face, and her mother choked out, "Good child, thank goodness for you."

Yu Ya Hui quickly added, "Mom, don't cry. My sister is going to enjoy a good life."

Yu Yalan said softly, "Sister Hui, I'm not home, so could you do more laundry for Mom?"

Yu Ya Hui gently held Yu Ya Lan's small hand and said, "Don't worry, I won't let Mom do the laundry alone."

The three women burst into tears.

The eldest sister-in-law swallowed hard; she had just eaten the most rabbit meat. "Oh dear, my milk's coming in!"

The three crying women looked up in surprise at their sister-in-law.

The two men inside both exclaimed, "That's great!"

The sister-in-law said shyly, "I'll go breastfeed Bao'er."

"it is good."

The three women finally stopped crying. Yu Yalan said, "Big brother, come with me to Zhou Qingwen's house. I want to talk to him and clear things up."

Yu Xiongwei said, "We are capitalists, we are among the five black categories. We are afraid of the negative impact during the day, so we go at night, secretly, so that no one can see us."

The older brother, looking tense, said, "Okay, sure."

Yu Yalan wiped away her tears slightly.

How glamorous were they before?

The job was great, but once he was demoted, all his former glory vanished!

That evening, Zhou Qingwen washed himself with a basin of water and changed his clothes in his room.

When Zhou Qingwen took a look, he thought, "Wow, only I wouldn't mind these clothes."

There are patches everywhere, and some of them have been patched multiple times.

"Zhou Qingwen, are you there?"

A woman's voice rang out from outside the window, startling Zhou Qingwen: "Who is it?"

"It's me, Yu Yalan. I have something to ask you."

Zhou Qingwen then heard Yu Yalan's voice; he had just thought some mountain spirit or demon had come.

It was pitch black, and we weren't prepared at all.

That really startled me!

Zhou Qingwen emerged looking refreshed: "What's wrong?"

A handsome smile graced his face.

Yu Yalan looked slightly nervous: "I want to ask you, in the few times you've spoken to me, do you like me?"

Zhou Qingwen said happily, "Of course I like you, otherwise why would I be so good to you?"

Yu Yalan said shyly, "Then how about we start dating?"

"Shouldn't I be the one saying this? Yu Yalan, would you like to be my girlfriend?"

Yu Yalan blushed and said shyly, "Yes, I'm willing."

Zhou Qingwen looked around and saw her older brother waiting a little further away.

"Wait here for a moment, I'll go in and get something for you."

Zhou Qingwen went to the kitchen, where his sister-in-law was washing dishes. Zhou Qingwen took a small black bag and scooped some cornmeal from the cornmeal.

The eldest sister-in-law asked nervously, "Third brother, what are you going to do with the cornmeal?"