"Didn't you make trouble?"

Zhao Wenle frowned and glanced at Zhao Chenghai, and said, "Zhenhua called me last night and asked me to come back overnight." I don't understand, my daughter's affair is a big joy, how can you make a fuss?"

Zhao Chenghai glared at his son Zhenhua viciously, pulled Zhao Wenle to sit down, and carefully explained the reason.

Zhao Wenle listened patiently and did not say anything for the time being.

After Zhao Chenghai finished speaking, he glared at his son again: "Dog, you invite the second old man back, do you want Mount Tai to crush you to death?"

Dog thing Zhao Zhenhua smiled bitterly and said, "Dad, wasn't I also forced by you and Chunlan?"

Last night's situation was really scary.

Dad and Chunlan have both walked into a dead end, and if they don't look back, it may lead to a family tragedy. Zhenhua and Yilan are indeed forced to go to Liangshan, otherwise they would not easily open their mouths to disturb a busy person like Zhao Wenle.

Zhao Wenle smiled and patted Zhao Chenghai on the shoulder: "Don't be angry, old nephew, wait until I find Chunlan to find out, and I'll cut off the housework for you." Who's right and who's wrong, I can tell. ”

Zhao Chenghai didn't dare to lose his temper in front of Zhao Wenle, sighed, and hid in the backyard to smoke silently.

Zhao Wenle came to find Chunlan.

Chunlan's eyes were red, and her tears were blurred: "Second grandfather ......"

Zhao Wenle nodded and said, "Chunlan, your father told me just now, you just want a color TV, right?"

Chunlan nodded.

Zhao Wenle said with a smile: "It's not wrong to want a color TV, it's not wrong to be in charge of your own business." But have you ever thought about it, if you buy a color TV, you won't have the money to buy anything else. ”

Chunlan nodded: "I know everything, I don't want anything else." For example, I don't know how to sew a sewing machine, so it's useless to come, and the quilt can be a little less, four beds are enough. In this case, if you buy a color TV, the bride price will be more than enough......"

Zhao Wenle was not in a hurry or impatient, and when Chunlan finished speaking, he asked slowly: "According to the rules of our hometown, on the day you get married, there will be many relatives in the family who will send relatives and dowries to the man's house." Isn't it too shabby for so many people to send a TV set?"

Chunlan replied: "Others know about my family's wedding color TV, and they won't say that we are shabby." ”

Zhao Wenle smiled: "Yes, others know that our family will marry the color TV, so they won't say anything." But others don't know, so what should we do? Do we let the procession shouting while walking, saying that our family is married to a color TV? Sending relatives from Dongwan Village to the town has to pass through several villages and pass through the center of the street. It's impossible for everyone to know that our family is married to a color TV, right?"

Chunlan was silent, pondering what Zhao Wenle meant in her heart.

Zhao Wenle continued: "When people from all over the country talk about our Dongwan Village, they all say that mosquitoes are bigger than flies, wasps are bigger than sparrows, and sons-in-law are bigger than father-in-law. Chunlan, do you know what this means?"

"Saying that we are very poor in Dongwan Village, my parents ...... For the sake of money, marry your daughter to a very old man......"

"yes, that's what it means. Zhao Wenle sighed and said:

"Mosquitoes and wasps are bigger because of the climate and environment in our hometown. The son-in-law is older than the father-in-law, which is a sarcastic joke about our Dongwan Village, saying that the people of Dongwan Village do not care about their daughter's happiness for the sake of the bride price. Chunlan, your father's meaning is very clear, he is just afraid that people will misunderstand and say that he has deducted your bride price!"

Chunlan frowned slightly, as if she was touched.

Zhao Wenle continued: "When you get married, there will be dozens of people in the team to send relatives and dowries, and they will bring a TV. When the people in Hedong Town saw it, they must have talked about it, saying that your father sold his daughter. Your father has been honest and upright all his life, and he needs a face if he is tired of hard work. Can you stand being talked about like this?"

These words finally made Chunlan convinced, bowed her head and said nothing.

Zhao Wenle knew that his persuasion had been effective, and said: "Of course, this is also to blame for our poor family, otherwise, what about accompanying you with a color TV? As a parent, who doesn't look forward to their children?"

Chunlan burst into tears and said in a low voice: "Second grandfather, I asked the Wu family to give me an extra 1,000 yuan as a dowry and let me buy a color TV, okay?"

Zhao Wenle shook his hand and said with a smile: "I don't approve of this." The bride price can only be a meaning, a form, if the amount is too large, it will change the taste, but also bring bad to our local rural customs. You want the mood of color TV, the second grandfather knows. Although there is no color TV now, you also have to have confidence in your future life. The living conditions of our peasants are getting better and better, and in a few years, color televisions will become widespread and everyone can afford them. As long as you work hard to earn money in the future, are you still afraid that you won't be able to afford a color TV?"

Chunlan nodded.

Zhao Wenle comforted again: "Color TV is a technical product, with the continuous popularization of technology, color TV will become cheaper and cheaper." I also believe that you can quickly see color TV through your own labor. I think that's the end of the bride price, so let's do what your father wants. In a few months, you will be a member of the Wu family, you have to cherish the family affection. ”

"I know the second grandfather. Chunlan finally relented and accepted Zhao Wenle's mediation.

So, Chunlan's color TV dream came to an end.

Zhenhua had been listening outside the door and admired the second old man's art of speaking. A crisis was resolved by him lightly.

Zhao Wenle was very busy, he didn't eat lunch, and immediately returned to Xiangshui Township.

Before leaving, Zhao Wenle criticized Zhenhua's father: "How old are you, you still have a temper like a child? You still drill into the pigpen, and you are not afraid of other people's jokes? Now you discipline your children differently from before, and you can't follow the old routine before." Talk to your child, be friends and be reasonable......"

Zhao Chenghai smiled and nodded again and again.

After Zhao Wenle left, Zhao Chenghai came to clean up Zhenhua again: "Dog, did you tell the second old man that I drilled the pig pen?"

Zhenhua hurriedly denied: "The son doesn't say anything about the father, I didn't say anything about it, don't rely on me." ”

"I said that! Who told you to drill the pig pen yourself? Next time you drill the pig pen, I will call the whole village to watch the play!" Zhenhua's mother stepped forward.

Zhao Chenghai also felt embarrassed, glared at his wife, and went to sleep in the bedroom.

Yilan was in her bedroom and smiled at Zhenhua: "I'm right, if you don't invite the Buddha, you can't suppress Sun Dasheng." ”

"You keep quiet, if Dad knows that you say that he is Sun Dasheng, he will break the teapot again. Zhenhua said with a smile.

"That's not smashing the teapot, it's Sun Dasheng kicking over the gossip furnace!" Yilan rolled his eyes.

Chunlan's color TV dream is broken, and she is still a little unhappy after all, but she can only accept her fate.

Zhenhua and Yilan both knew Chunlan's grievances, tried their best to coax her, and took time to talk to her every day and talk about some happy topics.

A week later, Chunlan gradually let go of this sad matter.

On the twentieth day of the first lunar month, Qi Lei finally returned to Dongwan Village. He ran another big project, returned to his hometown to recruit troops and horses, and took workers to work.

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