After the night, the weather cleared.

The north wind carries a cold snap, and it makes people feel cold all over their bodies.

But Zhao Chenghai was in full swing and devoted himself to his great cause.

Carrying a shovel, he smoothed out the potholed footprints on the dirt road leading to Tung Wan Village and cleared the water from the low-lying sections.

In this way, the road surface will dry and harden a day earlier, and it will be smoother.

The people in the village rushed to the market, and when they saw Zhao Chenghai on the road, they didn't forget to ridicule them: "Hey, Lao Zhao has made this dirt road so smooth, do you want to buy a car to come back?"

Zhao Chenghai always took out a cigarette and saluted, smiled and said proudly: "Build a house, put the materials home!"

"How big is the house, how many are you building?"

"Four, one zhang eight!" Zhao Chenghai's answer was even more hearty.

When the son is older, he wants to talk about family affairs, this can't be sneaky, it must be open, and it must be widely publicized!

As the saying goes, when you talk about your daughter-in-law, you praise your wealth, and when you marry your daughter-in-law, you cry cold.

Zhao Chenghai is now going to tell his son about family affairs, and it is the time to boast about wealth and wealth.

Therefore, no matter who asks, he smiles and answers all questions, and I can't wait for the whole township, county, and the whole country and the world to know that he has money, and he will build four big houses for his son next year......

After another three or four days, the road surface finally hardened thoroughly and was smooth.

This dirt road, in the decades since it was planned, has never been so smooth.

Zhao Chenghai took his son and used an old buffalo to drag a flatbed truck to transport the red bricks on the side of the road home.

Qi Lei is idle and has nothing to do, and has been here to help.

Liu Zhigao also took his own flatbed truck and ploughing cattle to help Zhao Chenghai with bricks.

Zhao Zhenhua was infected by his father's energy and emotions, and his feet were full of energy, and it seemed that he hadn't thought of Annette Lu for many days.

He felt that Annette Lu had completely walked out of her life. This is very good, the bridge is the bridge and the road is the road, and they forget each other in the rivers and lakes.

However, Qi Lei always mentions Annette Lu from time to time, when he is alone with Zhenhua.

"Zhenhua, I've inquired, Xiulian, this girl...... No, it's not a girl now, it's a woman...... She really hasn't been back since she came back. Alas, it's really the most poisonous woman's heart, she doesn't even want her father and mother anymore, and she will never go back. ”

On the night of the end of transporting bricks, Qi Lei had dinner at Zhenhua's house. After being full of wine and food, the two chatted on the threshing floor, and Qi Lei mentioned Annette Lu again.

Zhenhua sneered: "Do you miss her, go to the county seat to see her, no one will stop you!"

Qi Lei sighed: "Look at you, when you talk about Xiulian, you get angry." This is not good, you are about to say that the partner is married, and you still can't forget Xiulian, and you won't be happy in the future!"

Zhenhua couldn't cry or laugh, and rolled his eyes: "I have long forgotten about Annette Lu, it was your broken mouth that brought it up again!"

Qi Lei shook his head and threw a cigarette over: "Forget it, I won't mention her in the future, so as not to mess up your mind." You, forget about Xiulian quickly, marry a wife in the future, and live a good life......"

Zhao Zhenhua opened his mouth, but stopped talking.

Zhao Chenghai and Cui Hong were also discussing family matters at this time.

After all the calculations, there was still a shortage of 2,000 yuan to build a house, so I had to go to the credit union for a loan. But the loan is not easy, whether it can be approved or not, Zhao Chenghai has no idea in his heart.

Cui Hong was more worried about her son's marriage, and said:

"It's the New Year in a blink of an eye, and after this year, Zhenhua has added another year, I'm afraid it's even more difficult to say that my daughter-in-law is even more difficult. Now, the materials for building the house have been bought, his father, why don't we ask someone at the end of the year to tell Zhenhua about his family?"

Zhao Chenghai thought for a while, nodded and said, "It's okay, but in the nearby village, whose girl do you think is suitable?"

Cui Hong smiled bitterly: "What's the use of looking at other people's suitability? I think most of the girls in these three towns and five miles are suitable, but you have to be favored by your son! Hao Guolan spreads the reputation of Zhenhua and Qi Lei every day, saying that Zhenhua is a psychopath and Qi Lei is a drunkard maniac. The girls in the upper and lower villages, I'm afraid they can't say it. Even if it is said, Hao Guolan's mouth, with a clear sentence and a secret sentence, can also make things yellow!"

Zhao Chenghai scratched his head and said:

"You go to the pig killer Wang Xiang and his wife Xiuzhen, and ask her to inquire about us. Their family is in a hurry to do business, and they are popular, so they will definitely be able to help!"

Xiuzhen nodded: "I think so too." It just so happens that it's okay tonight, so I'll go to Xiuzhen to ask for a shoe sample, by the way. ”

Zhao Chenghai waved his hand: "Hurry up and go, talk to others politely!"

"Big radish to be watered with, I'm such a big person, I can't even speak?" Cui Hong smiled and glanced at her husband, straightened her clothes, and went out gently and skillfully.

Wang Xiang, a pig slaughterer, lives on the same side as Zhenhua's family, with three families in between, which is less than a hundred meters away.

Cui Hong walked under the eaves, and through the window, she was discovered by Xiuzhen.

"Sister-in-law Cuihong, where are you going so late?" Xiuzhen asked when she came out of the house, rubbing her hands on her apron.

People who do business pay attention to harmony and make money, and they are very polite when they see people, and they laugh without smiling, and ask without asking. Wang Xiang is the first self-employed person in the village, Xiuzhen helps her husband with some business, and also grinds out a good temperament with a smiling face.

"Aunt his, I came to look for you, and when I saw that the lights were still on in your house, I knew that you hadn't slept. Cui Hong smiled all over her face before she could speak, and said: "I made cotton shoes for Zhenhua's father, but I can't find the previous shoe samples." In the whole village, your pig killer and Zhao Chenghai are forty-five yards bigfoot, so I have to come to you!"

"Come and sit in the house, and I'll find it for you." Xiuzhen pulled Cui Hong into the house.

Cui Hong didn't sit down, just waited in the door.

Xiuzhen entered the bedroom, rummaged through the cabinets, found a white paper shoe pattern, took it in her hand and walked out, and said with a smile: "Big feet are really harmful, to make a pair of shoes, you have to waste a foot of cloth!"

"Who's to say it's not? I only saw tall people wearing more cloth, but I didn't see short people walking less!" Cui Hong smiled and took the shoe sample, and thanked him again and again.

Xiuzhen pulled the bench over and beckoned, "Sit down for a while, sister-in-law Cuihong, I won't charge you for the bench!"

Cui Hong still didn't sit down, and said: "Tomorrow is the day of the fair, you still have to kill the pig early and go to the street, right?"

"Don't worry, it's only eight o'clock, and it's still early to go to bed. Xiuzhen sat down with Cui Hong, and asked again: "Are all the materials for building the house ready, when will the construction start?"

"I plan to start construction after the year...... Cuihong suddenly sighed and said, "My son is older, and I can't wait, so I have to build the house first." ”

Xiuzhen nodded again and again: "It's good to cover it up a day earlier!" By the way, Cuihong's sister-in-law, Zhenhua's relatives, have you said it?"

Cui Hong was waiting for this sentence, and said with a smile: "We are poor, how can it be so easy to say that a daughter-in-law." Aunt her, I'm here to borrow shoes tonight, and I want to beg you two by the way, listen to my family Zhenhua, there is a suitable girl, help us introduce it!"

In the bedroom, there was a sudden voice from the pig killer Wang Xiang: "Sister-in-law Cuihong, don't you say that I forgot! A few days ago, someone really asked me to introduce his daughter to someone!"

Cui Hong was overjoyed, stood up excitedly, and said in the direction of the bedroom door: "Uncle hasn't slept yet? Which village is that girl you are talking about......? Do you look up to our poor family?"

Wang Xiang walked out of the bedroom with his shirt and shoes on his feet, and said, "I just lay in bed and haven't fallen asleep yet...... That girl is the Song Ancestral Hall Song Scar's family. Song Scaryan knows, right? He often goes to the countryside to collect goose and duck feathers!"

"Song Scaryan?" Cui Hong thought about it for a moment and said with a smile: "I recognize, I recognized the ducks I slaughtered last year, and the duck feathers were sold to him." By the way, uncle, have you ever seen a girl from his family, how tall is she, what does she look like, how old is he?"

Wang Xiang nodded and smiled: "I've seen that girl, twenty-three or four......teen years old, right? Not fat or thin, the human face is also good-looking, and the water color is good. It's just that he can't read and write, he hasn't studied, and he doesn't know if Zhenhua, a high school student, can see it. ”

Cui Hong smiled so much that her face was full of wrinkles, and she clapped her hands and said: "You can see it, farming is not a university entrance examination, what does it matter if you are illiterate? As long as people can look at my family Zhenhua, I will kowtow to the west of Amitabha Buddha!"

Wang Xiang waved his hand very boldly: "That's easy to do, tomorrow at the fair, I will tell him when I see Song Scaryan, let her daughter and Zhenhua face each other, go on a blind date!"

"Oh, that's counting on his uncle and aunt, I'll go home and say it, let Chenghai invite you to drink!"

After a few more kind words, Cui Hong said goodbye.

Zhao Chenghai was waiting for his wife, and when he saw Cuihong coming back, he couldn't wait to ask, "How is it?" Wang Xiang and his wife, are you willing to help?"