Chapter Seventy-Four: The Barren Land
I came out of the tent. Xiaomei shouted at me from afar to let me pass.
Xiaomei said: "That day, I went to Nanwa Village with Da Bai Tao and met the object of Wangcai, but the bride price that people asked for was heavy. ”
At that time, the countryside paid attention to thirty-six legs or something, and there were three turns and one sound. Thirty-six legs refer to the legs of furniture, and three turns and one ring are electrical appliances, that is, bicycles, sewing machines, watches, and then tape recorders.
"What is the bride price?" I asked.
"In addition to the normal three, six, nine. Three golds. ”
I understand that three-six-nine is three hundred, six hundred, nine hundred cash. The three golds are necklaces, bracelets, and earrings.
"Is the second marriage still so high?" I'm a little blind, how much money can I get on Wangcai?
"Hey, what's wrong with people's second marriage? You have to deal with it cheaply, you can't afford to marry a daughter-in-law, you don't have the ability, and you still want too much?" Xiaomei said with a blank look.
I scratched my head: "The problem is that Wangcai really can't take it, because the bride price is yellow, what a pity." Although he is a young man with a lot of money, he is a talent. But it's hard to find it again. ”
"That's what your family looks like? I see, the coffins of the second table are about the same. But people can inquire about you, they say that young man, must not have decided to marry? I said, it has already been decided, you don't care about that!"
"Sister, you don't hurt me with this pure heart, I didn't get married!"
"I deserve it, whoever asked you to let me go, let me go, I'll say that!" Xiaomei played witch lai.
Xiaolian saw me and Xiaomei laughing, and came over from the side with a red face and said, "Brother Yong, you can't walk anymore when you see the beauty?" There was obviously a bit of jealousy in her tone.
"Haha, what are you talking about? Sister Xiaolian is a big beauty, I'm talking to Yong about Wangcai's marriage, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to get the bride price. Xiaomei hurriedly said.
"It's nothing, right? I really can't let them make it up, how much can they help. Wangcai has passed this village, that is, there is no owner of this shop, so you must grasp it!" Xiaolian said.
Xiaomei nodded, glanced at me with her autumn-like eyes, then looked at Xiaolian and said, "That's right, I believe I got it, you can discuss, if there is any help, I will do my best! After saying that, he turned around and left.
Xiaolian looked at Xiaomei's back and said, "Sister Xiaomei is married, her figure is still so good, and she is still so smart. In the future, if you have something, just say it, don't gossip about the black dog and white tail, I'm afraid you won't be able to control it. ”
"What the hell, don't I just be a good sister like you? Hurry up. Slow down, people touch it more carefully. ”
"And, do you still treat me as a child?" Xiaolian laughed, looking more and more handsome, quite like "Kunshan jade broken phoenix called, hibiscus wept and dew Xianglan smiled".
Xiaolian turned around and went busy.
The celebration continued into the evening, and most of the young and middle-aged people and women in the village did not leave, so they dismantled the tents and picked up all the people before resting.
Wangcai was busy distributing cigarettes to everyone, and I also thanked everyone for their help in talking.
This year is a warm winter, and the remnants of snow in those two days have already melted away. The ground didn't freeze this year, only a layer of ice. The broken temple can still work, although the cement wall can't be moved, the team still sent two people to clean up the garbage inside and outside the temple. After the New Year, the construction will start when the spring flowers bloom.
The village is not too big, especially in winter, except for the mushroom greenhouses, but there are still more people on the streets than usual. I run back and forth from the village breeding factory, and Wangcai helps me when I am at home and is a companion.
Wangcai is not accurate, sometimes he goes back every day, sometimes he doesn't go home for several days. Carrying the oil-stained yellow cloth pocket on his back, he rode a weighted flying pigeon bicycle and swayed around. Step on the door of a hundred families, eat a hundred meals, and make a home everywhere within a radius of 100 miles.
His fame is also getting louder, and although his expenses are also rising, he still has no savings. Sometimes the family gave him money to save him from disaster, and he threw the money on the table, drank and eaten, and left. He doesn't want to chase him out of the house, and the money he forgot is not mine, forget it. Only hard stuffed to him.
I'm also worried about him, once I talked to Zhijie Erdan about Wangcai's marriage, they were sad, and Wangcai's object was a conflict because her ex-husband was an animal economy and often didn't enter the house. What is the difference between marrying Wangcai and that ex-husband? Isn't it still possible to divorce in the future?
First of all, the bride price is a big obstacle, and I can't take it out. There have been seven or eight years of no marriage in the village, whose eldest daughter has drilled into this poor nest. There are also a lot of girls in the village, who belong to popcorn, and they are cooked and jumped one by one.
I told Wangcai about Da Bai Tao and Xiaomei's trip to Nanwa Village, and Wangcai was also blindsided: "Even if you repair a house and marry a relative, it will cost 120,000 yuan roughly calculated." Wangcai said that I have a few thousand yuan in my hand at best, that's enough, Yong, you have to help me!"
"Besides, you still use me to help you with such a great ability!
"That's a different thing, you have to help me if you say anything. Otherwise, I really wouldn't have to mess around. ”
"I'll give you a trick, if you want to get rich on the road, and if you want to get rich and smash the treasury, you can try. "I amuse Wangcai.
"You purify this bad idea and let me rob the Tao? You also said who robbed whom, and it is not good for people to rob me. If you have the job of smashing the bank, you should do it!" Wangcai said dejectedly when he saw me teasing him.
"Don't worry, what about the house, our brothers will help you get it. You don't even have to worry about the meal, we will share the material cost. You don't have to worry about the cost of marriage, you can see how much you can make up for the bride price, and we will decide. I'll go there in person, and then talk about whether the bride price can be less. ”
When Wangcai heard this, his eyes lit up again, and he came up and hugged my neck and said, "This is my good brother, you can let me marry a daughter-in-law, and I will do whatever you tell me to do in the future!"
"Fuck, nothing else, I'll let you wash your feet and brush your teeth first! The others will be put in the future, and you will marry a daughter-in-law in the future, and then you will be so moral, no one will be able to save you if they don't let you go to bed!" I said with my mouth covered and avoided Wangcai.
Wangcai's eyes were squinting, and his face was full of excitement. I should wash my face and teeth with water, brush my teeth and wash my feet.
The old people in the village are fine in winter, and they often come to see the growth of the cows, and they sit in my house and talk when they have nothing to do. Wangcai and I would also like to listen to them talk about the past and the present. They chatted and spewed fog, and they all thought that my place was a good place to spend their time.
I am willing to have people come and go often, and when I have something, the old people can help me guard the door, especially Uncle Deshun can also help me feed the cattle and drink the cows.
I found a semiconductor radio again, and I was annoyed to listen to "The Biography of Yue Fei" and "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" or something. Many old people forgot to go home after listening to it.
That day, an old man said that his son was worried about a piece of land, no matter how much fertilizer was used, no seedlings would grow, and the whole field would grow, but only the middle one would not grow. It's confusing.
Another old man said, don't say you don't grow seeds, for as long as I can remember, there hasn't even grown grass in that area.
That's weird.