In the year of famine, the hairpin was pregnant. Zhen'er persuaded her daughter-in-law that the year was crooked, and the adults couldn't take care of it, so she wanted this baby. But the hairpin refused, and went back to his parents' house for more than half a year. In the summer of the second year, the hairpin gave birth to a child, which was a miscarriage and less than a month. Zhen'er often said to people: "Oh, the baby that people want is like a cat baby, and when she puts it on the kang and covers the mattress, she can't find that there is a baby under the mattress." But You'er is still full of heart, and named his grandson Wu Yinhai, nicknamed Haihai.

Perhaps because of premature birth, this Haihai was a little lacking in physique and fell ill just over half a year old. First there was a fever, then red dots the size of rice grains grew on the back of the head and back, and soon a red halo appeared near the spots, and the redness turned into a blister the size of a pea. The hairpin held the child and ran to the village health station one by one, and he gave injections and prescribed medicine, but it was not good, and the child cried all day long.

There was no way, the hairpin thought about it, picked up Haihai and ran out of the village. Seeing her sister-in-law's posture, Ye Zi didn't say a word, and followed out. The two of them hugged Haihai instead, and went all the way over the ditch and crossed the ridge to the Chen family in Nantang, that is, the hairpin's mother's house. The hairpin's mother worked as a midwife and loved her grandson. Seeing that the child had chickenpox, and it came so quickly, the old man was so anxious. I didn't even give the sister-in-law a sip of water to drink, so I went to Dr. Liang together.

This Dr. Liang fled from Henan in the early years, and his medical skills are quite good, and he is well-known in several nearby villages. Dr. Liang looked at the child's symptoms and said, "Oh, if you are one day late, the baby will not be saved." The hairpin was so frightened that his legs and stomach jumped suddenly, and he knelt on the ground and cried. The hairpin's mother rolled down her tears at once, and hurriedly begged: "Doctor Liang, you can save the baby." "It depends on how you take this medicine. Dr. Liang said as he took the medicine.

Ye Zi quickly took the medicine granules, put them in a small spoon, twisted them with a small rolling stick, poured some warm boiling water, and stirred them with chopsticks to melt. The hairpin mother pinched the child's nose and quickly poured a spoonful of medicine into the child's mouth. The child swallowed the medicine and cried with a "wow". The hairpin held the child and walked around the house to coax. After a while, Dr. Liang looked at the child, shook his head and said, "Why doesn't it work?" As soon as he heard Dr. Liang's words, the hairpin couldn't help crying and said, "Mom, what can I do?" The hairpin's mother pleaded: "You can think of another way, Dr. Liang." ”

Dr. Liang pondered for a moment and said, "Or, another injection." If you can't fight it, you can't do it. "Then hurry. "However, I have to make it clear that this needle is dangerous. "What's the matter?" "Generally, if you don't get this injection, you will have sequelae if you don't get it right." "Oh. The hairpin mother gasped. "If you don't fight, this baby won't be able to get dark. "Oh miserable son. The hairpin pressed her face to the child's chest and cried. "Then let's fight, what's the matter. The hairpin mother said decisively.

Saying that it was too late, Dr. Liang loaded the needle, sucked the potion, pushed a few drops upward, wiped the cotton wool on the baby's rice, puffed it in, and slowly pushed the potion. At this time, the child seemed to have no energy, still closed his eyes, only moved a little, and seemed to have no strength to cry.

In this way, while everyone was anxiously waiting, after a while, the blisters on Haihai's body changed color and seemed to begin to dry up. Thank goodness Haihai was finally saved, and everyone was so happy. Ye Zi hurried back to Liuwan to report the news. As for the hairpin, he stayed with the child at his mother's house until he completely cured Haihai's illness. This sea is a rat, with a round face, big eyes, not noisy or noisy, and it is cute. It's just that some of them are skinny and don't look as strong as other babies.

I don't know what's going on, during Haihai's recuperation, Zhen'er, who is also the hairpin mother, never went to her in-laws' house to see her grandson. As a result, the roots of discord between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were also buried. Of course, that's another story.

The days passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the leaves were nineteen, and they were like shallots, with the breath of a big girl from head to toe, and they were of the age to be married. One evening in the summer of this year, Ye Zi, as usual, took a sewing basket after dinner, ran to the female classmate to play, and did not go home that night.

I don't know if it was the girls who discussed it, or if there was some other reason, after dinner the next day, Ye Zi didn't go out of the house, but like a lamb, he sat under the eaves with his mother and shook a fan to enjoy the coolness. Although it is a big summer, there is a large temperature difference between morning and evening, and it is not hot or humid. Wormwood was smoked in the house, and the family sat in the yard chatting. The sky is full of stars, and occasionally a cool breeze blows, which is very cool.

"I'm going out today, and I'm going to turn that thread with my forehead. Zhen'er said to her daughter. "Hmm. Ye Zi didn't plan to go out, so he casually responded. The mother and son were chatting while turning the line, and Ye Zi said coldly: "Mom, uh, I want to get married early." "Oh?" said Jen'er, looking at her daughter in surprise. "Huan'er has been married for a year. Ye Zi was afraid that his mother would not agree, so he added. "Hehe, too, this girl is too old to move at home. ”

"Mom......" Ye Zi embarrassedly tugged at the placket of her mother's clothes and asked, "Do you agree?" It's just that if you change it, who will give you a hand in the future. "Look at what you said, if you dare to change your forehead, you won't come." "That's different. ”

"Mom, I can get married early. "It's not like you think it's early, it's up to the other side." "No matter what, you have to get married early." "This woman. Then, that amount will take the time to talk to your matchmaker. "I'll go tomorrow. Ye Zi urged her mother. "This thief woman said that the wind is the rain. "Mom......" Ye Zi pulled off the placket of his mother's clothes. "Okay, okay, change if you want to change, and save yourself from worrying. Ye Zi lowered his head and did not reply for a moment.

"You changed it, and the forehead is a big deal. Zhen'er glanced at her daughter again, and continued to chat while turning the line. Maybe it's because I'm sleepy and want to sleep, but Ye Zi doesn't talk much this night. After a few days, Ye Zi urged his mother to meet the matchmaker from time to time.

On this day, Zhen'er carried a basket, bought two packs of snacks from the village consignment store, and went to Ye Zi's matchmaker's house. The matchmaker is also a "small-footed woman", wrapped around the hem of her trousers, as if she had just caught a cold, and there is still a faint mark on her forehead that she has buttoned the fire cup. Zhen'er and the matchmaker first pulled the family routine, but it was only when they came that they showed a little bit of wanting to marry their daughter. The matchmaker is also a master who can understand at one point, and promised to take time to go to Zhang's house in Qingping in the past few days to talk about it.

At the beginning of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, autumn has just passed, and there has just been a rain at dawn, and the sultry day is a little cooler, and occasionally the sound of chirping autumn insects can be heard. It's raining, and you can't work in the fields. So, early in the morning, the matchmaker combed her hair and said to the old man that she was going to Qingping to talk about her relatives for Yezi. Although there was work to be done at home, the old man didn't say anything because he was going to do good things.

The matchmaker wore a white Chinese shirt and light gray Chinese pants, wrapped the cuffs of the trousers, took a handkerchief casually, looked at the mirror again, and then stepped out of the door. The neighbor saw that the matchmaker was dressed neatly and neatly, and guessed that eight or nine times out of ten it was to say that the matchmaker was going, and it was inevitable to ridicule her, and the matchmaker happily accosted her while walking.

When she saw the slogan on the wall, the matchmaker couldn't help but think of the old bachelor's words to criticize her, and couldn't help frowning, thinking that this is a good thing to accumulate virtue and do good, and we haven't done anything wrong, so we are not afraid. The matchmaker likes the woman Yezi, and she thinks that even if she is criticized, she has to do the Yezi thing. This Liuwan is only five or six miles away from Qingping, and the matchmaker walks all the way with small feet, catching the sun, looking at the autumn scenery, and soon comes to Zhang's house in Qingping.

This Qingping Zhang family, according to the usual saying at this time, is regarded as a middle peasant, a small courtyard, a high gatehouse, and a large tile house, but it is only a single transmission of three generations in a row, and the people are not prosperous. When the guy from the Zhang family was engaged to Ye Zi before, Zhang's mother secretly invited someone to read the eight characters in private. The person who reads the words says that the leaves are more blessed and more blessed, and the leaves themselves look like a beautiful billet, and they are ingenious, so this Zhang family is naturally very satisfied.

As soon as the matchmaker arrived at Zhang's house, she first said how beautiful the leaves were, how capable they were, and how difficult to find them in eight villages with lanterns. Zhang's mother was naturally happy to be grateful, and then said that her son had been demobilized from the army, and she wanted to hug her grandson as soon as possible, so she asked the matchmaker to talk to her mother-in-law and handle the marriage of the two children as soon as possible. It was such a coincidence that the people at both ends really wanted to go together.

However, this matchmaker has her own way, and people took over the conversation, but they said something like the Wu family is a girl, how to be reluctant. As soon as she heard this, Zhang's mother was really anxious, and repeatedly asked the matchmaker to be accommodating with the Wu family. And the matchmaker, who just smiled and didn't answer. Zhang's mother said it badly, and the matchmaker agreed to go back and talk to Ye Zi's mother. Zhang's mother was naturally grateful and sent snacks. In this way, the matchmaker came and went, and set a wedding for the leaves before planting wheat.

On the day of the ceremony, the Zhang family welcomed the bride price, and the groom was dressed in a grass-green military uniform, wearing a big red flower, pushing a bicycle with a red ribbon, and came to the Wu family generously under the watchful eyes of a group of men and women, old and young in Liuwan.

Although the year is not good and the Zhuang people are strapped for money, but the wedding is a major event in the daughter's life, the Wu family still invited a cook according to the habits of the Zhuang family, set up more than a dozen tables of thin wine, and invited relatives, friends, neighbors and friends E'er and her parents to have a meal of wine. Of course, Huan'er married in this village and came with her mother-in-law's family.

Ye Zi was also wearing a grass-green military uniform, wearing a big red flower, pushing a bicycle with a red ribbon, accompanied by the person who sent her relatives to her mother's family, and followed the groom official and the person who greeted her to Zhang's house.

Marrying a daughter is a child, marrying a daughter-in-law is a big one. The Zhang family did everything they could, even borrowed some famine, set up dozens of banquets, read out the marriage certificate in front of everyone, and bowed to *** like three times. Although it was said that drum music was not allowed to be used in these years, the Zhang family still quietly got a drum, let the children beat it vigorously, set off a firecracker, and it was a decent wedding.

On the night of candles in the cave house, the neighbors came to make trouble in the cave house. During the frolicking, the main people were seen waving the ruler stick (the ruler used by the country woman to measure the homespun cloth, usually a little larger than the city ruler), asking the bride and groom to perform some strange shows. If the newlyweds are perfunctory or do not listen to the command, the homeside will beat the groom, who has always been accommodating, with a ruler. In the area of Persimmon Bay, there are two reserved programs in Dafan Cave House, one is "Eating Bridge Smoke", and the other is "Digging Pigeon Baby".

After eating a bridge cigarette, let the bride gently hold the middle of a cigarette with her lips, but not wet the cigarette roll, and then let the groom close to the bride, stick to the bride's face and hold one end of the cigarette, and then put one hand around the bride's shoulder and head, and the other hand holds a lit match, stretches out to the other side of the bride's face, protects the bride's face with the back of the hand to prevent burning, and finally lights the other end of the cigarette in the middle of the bride's mouth.

As for digging out the pigeon baby, that is the finale, that is, the groom is in front of everyone in the cave room, trying to lift the bride's shirt and give everyone a look. Every time he meets a bride with a character, the two newlyweds are like wrestling on the kang, moving over to earn it, and the groom will do his best to make the hole room end up in a satisfying laughter.

Ye Zi married to Qingping, and the neighbors did not praise the bride for her good looks. Zhang's parents were so happy that they couldn't keep their mouths together, looking forward to hugging their grandson as soon as possible. But Ye Zi seemed to be a little unsteady in his heart.