Then Li Lao Wu asked my father who he was looking for to be a matchmaker. My father said, "Li Changmei." "Who is Li Changmei? He was originally a loan officer in our village. Because when I was young, I met and made friends with my father at a criticism meeting.

Later, he used his position to help my family. Moreover, Li Changmei often runs in our village branch, and he is an official, and he has more or less weight in the minds of the people.

So, this time my father thought of him. What people didn't expect was that Li Changmei and Li Lao Wu were actually from their own door, and they were also one of his uncles.

However, is Li Changmei willing to be a matchmaker? Naturally, my family has to ask for people's opinions. So, my father took me to find Li Lao Wu first, and then to find Li Changmei with him. When Li Changmei heard that my father came to let him be a matchmaker, he agreed on the spot.

Readers should know that this marriage between me and Yanzi was the thread of my master at the beginning. However, because my father belongs to a "desperate" family in our village, people look down on him. My father found another matchmaker, and the matchmaker was a bit too much.

Then Li Lao Wu said to wipe out my master and not let him be a matchmaker. Somehow, our family listened to him. Now there are only two matchmakers in this matter, one is Li Lao Wu and the other is Li Changmei.

As soon as the two matchmakers went to Yanzi's house to talk, they chose a date for the engagement. However, in the matter of getting a deposit for the engagement, our family fell into the hands of Li Lao Wu. Our rule there is that when a man and a woman get engaged, the man has to put out a deposit.

What's the use of this deposit? This deposit is pressed so that the man will not change his mind. If the man first proposes to repent of the marriage, then the deposit will be wasted. If the woman regrets the marriage, the deposit will be returned to the man.

However, in order to prevent disputes between men and women, matchmakers often try to make the woman ask for less deposits, which is a matter of hundreds of thousands of dollars. However, Li Lao Wu actually asked my family for a deposit of 2,000 yuan.

Because I didn't expect Yanzi to withdraw from the marriage later, and my parents and I didn't understand the rules, I fell for Li Lao Wu.

Then why did Li Lao Wu favor the Yanzi family? It was because he and the Yanzi family were godparents, and Li Lao Wu's youngest daughter was the goddaughter of Yanzi's mother. And the matchmaker we invited Li Changmei didn't expect these at the time, so I suffered a big loss in this matter later.

I still remember that my family had no money at that time, and the 2,000 yuan was sent from Hainan by my second brother.

As with other engagement ceremonies for people who come to the door, a total of ten people are gathered, and it is called the "Ten Complete Banquets." "At Yanzi's house, a table was set up. Among them, Yanzi's uncle and second uncle were also invited.

The swallow's uncle is single, and the second uncle's family has three sons. I heard that Yanzi's second uncle had a conflict with her father, and the reason for the conflict was that her second uncle laughed at her father for not having a son. I heard that the original words of the second uncle of the swallow are like this: "

I have three sons, you don't have a son, and one of my old sons will bring me a bowl of rice in the future, which will be enough for me to eat, but who do you rely on when you are old?"

In fact, this kind of thing is commonplace in the countryside: jokes with sons without sons, and then jokes without sons after 20 years, jokes without sons can't marry a daughter-in-law. In short, if you are flawed, others will laugh at you. Even if you are a brother!

The swallow's father had a conflict with her second uncle, and the swallow came back crying when she first went to invite her second uncle. When I was crying, I asked her why she was crying.

She said: "The second uncle has a conflict with my father, why are you angry with me? I kindly went to invite him, do you know what he said? He said, 'I won't go, you only want to be your second uncle and I will die.'" When the swallow finished speaking, she cried even harder.

The two matchmakers thought it was wrong, so they went to Yanzi's second uncle's house together. No matter how stubborn a person is, he must save face. The swallow's second uncle finally joined our feast accompanied by two matchmakers.

During the banquet, Li Changmei, the matchmaker invited by my father, who often runs around and is very familiar with the etiquette and living habits in the countryside, took advantage of the toilet time to hold my hand and let me shake hands with Yanzi's second uncle, and explained that he would take more care of me in the future.

His meaning couldn't be more obvious, although the second uncle's family has a bad relationship with Yanzi's father, but I have to have a good relationship with others. Because the second uncle has three sons, if I don't have a good relationship with others, I will definitely be bullied by them when I join the swallow family in the future.

This is also the reason why Li Changmei told the second uncle to take care of me. It can be seen that the matchmaker invited by my father was not in vain. He really has good intentions! Then Li Changmei also asked Yanzi's second uncle to shake hands with her father at the banquet. I remember that at that time, at Li Changmei's suggestion, the swallow's second uncle also touched a glass of wine with her father.

The swallow's second uncle looked at his brother and said, "Anyway, we were born to a mother." After listening to the second brother's words, the swallow's father said, "Didn't you just raise two sentences? ”

But what they said during the banquet was polite. As for the future, I secretly don't know how much more strength I will have. To tell you the truth, I am a rebellious person, and I hate these sisters in the countryside, the intrigue between brothers, and the superficial courtesy.

Thinking that wasting one's time on those things is tantamount to suicide and murder. However, when it comes to this kind of situation, I have to bite the bullet. But there are a thousand and ten thousand unwilling in my heart, and a thousand and ten thousand want to leave quickly, faster, faster!

Finally, the banquet was over and I went home with the two matchmakers. On the way home, they told me many more things, and I went in from one ear and out from the other.

One day after the engagement, the matchmaker Li Lao Wu came to me and said that the swallow is now working in a hotel called "Red Sun Hotel" in our county, and asked me to come to her tomorrow, and she wants to help me buy a set of clothes.

I know our rule, before you get through the door, as long as the girl buys clothes for you, you have to buy clothes for them twice. So I asked Li Lao Wu: "That person helps me buy clothes, don't I buy clothes for others?"

"You can do it yourself. Li Lao Wu said. I consulted with my parents, and my father gave me 200 dollars. I took the car to the county seat the next day.

When I arrived at the intersection of the Li River intersection, I asked people about the "Red Sun Hotel" and found the swallow. The swallows asked their boss for leave, and we headed out into the city together.

The two of us went together to a place that specialized in selling clothes. Swallow bought me a suit. I spent 200 yuan to buy her a duck down jacket, jeans, shoes and socks, hats, etc.

After spending these two dollars, I only have 20 dollars left. As he was about to leave, the swallow fell in love with a long white scarf with black dots on it. I knew I was shy, so I pulled her and wanted to leave.

But the swallow stood there staring at the scarf motionless. I couldn't help it, so I asked the scarf how much it was, and he replied, "Eighteen dollars." When I heard this, I let out a long breath and thought, "I almost fell off because it was very expensive." ”

Thinking of this, he took out the only 20 pieces left on his body from his pocket and handed them to the man. So the man gave me two. I took the scarf, handed it to Swallow, and pulled her away. Perhaps the swallow noticed that I had no money on me, and stopped going to the market with me, but went with me to her uncle's.

The swallow's uncle was in his sixties and was watching the gate in a small community in the county seat. Before going, the swallow bought some fruit by the way. We sat at her uncle's for a while and then returned to the "Red Sun Hotel".

In the evening, Swallow's colleagues were off work, and they asked me to go to Swallow's dormitory to play poker. Although I rarely gamble for money, I still know a little about fighting landlords, so I followed them to the girls' dormitory.

The clean floor, the well-folded quilt, and the smell of toilet water and other perfumes from time to time are the clean girls' dormitory.

Swallow found two more girls, plus me, a total of four people, and we played with the landlord.

This book is derived from reading books