"I dug up, dug up, threw stinky skins...... Uncle steamed, grandma tasted, the golden cake was sweet and fragrant......"

In the Grange, every year in the lunar month, every family has to steam some pumpkin cake, used to sacrifice and eat, this custom continues for thousands of years, meaning simple and sincere, one is because the pumpkin cake color is golden and shaped like a gold brick, it is a perfect symbol of wealth, it can be used to sacrifice and pray for blessings, it can also be enjoyed by the ancestral gods, and the other is because the pumpkin cake is soft and sweet, delicious and delicious, it is the favorite food of the elderly and children, so this custom has been passed down. However, when Tian Donkey was a child, he especially hated eating pumpkin cakes, mainly because his dumb old lady came from other places and did not learn the cooking skills www.biquge.info of steaming pumpkin cakes at all, so the pumpkin cakes steamed out every year were as hard as the heels of the dead, and after a few sacrifices, they were as hard as an iron plate and could not be swallowed. Therefore, when it comes to pumpkin cake, it is the memory that Tian Donkey hates the most.

After steaming the pumpkin cake, the New Year will not be far away. Early in the morning, Qian Wa was taken out of the quilt by his father and helped his grandmother cook the fire. On the kang in the north house, Tian Donkey, who woke up from drinking, had a painful head, his memory was blank, his whole body was still soft and unable to move, and Tian Donkey, who was not strong enough to drink, looked pale. He lay quietly, listening to Qian Wa's songs, while trying to recall that he was drunk last night, but no matter how desperate he tried, he couldn't remember anything, only remembered that the village chief Li Yuankui borrowed money from him, but he couldn't remember the two sons of the village chief's family who drank and lost money. Yes, just like the pumpkin in Qian Wa's arms didn't know that he would be dug and dug out, Tian Donkey didn't expect that he had also been dug and dug out of the fate of the goug, in essence, it was no longer as good as a pumpkin.

Sun Jinsheng, who had been waiting on the side, saw the signs of Tian Donkey'er turning over and waking up from the crack in the door, hurriedly pushed open the door, and personally brought a basin of washing water.

"Nephew of the three armies, are you awake?"

"Oh, wake up, headache! Uncle Jin Sheng, I ...... last night? ”

"You were drunk and unconscious last night, and you fell directly at the door of my house, but it worried me badly, Sanjun nephew, I heard Qian Wa say, you went to Li Yuankui's house to drink, why did you get drunk like that? Who sent you back? ”

Tian Donkey shook his head and said.

"I don't remember anything, Uncle Jin Sheng, who did Qian Wa say I drank with?"

"Li Yuankui's two bandit sons"

was reminded by Sun Jinsheng like this, and a few small memory fragments flashed back to Tian Donkey'er's mind.

"Oh yes, I seem to be drinking with someone, cell phones, and a lot of cell phone ......"

"A lot of cell phones? Sanjun nephew, you remember wrong, didn't you buy a mobile phone yesterday? ”

"Yes, I didn't buy it, but ...... It seems like...... Where are you looking......"

"Forget it, don't torture yourself, if you can't remember, you can't remember, it's not a big deal, the main thing is that I listened to it several times at the door of your house in the morning, for fear that it would be bad if you drank something wrong, now it's okay, people are fine, and they finally woke up, so hurry up and wash up, I'll take you to the woman's house in Shangyangzhuang for a walk"

"Huh? Today? ”

"Ahem! You can't delay any longer, it's going to be the New Year, and the women are coming back to wait for you, if the New Year is over, everyone is going out to work again, you want to see it, you can't even see a single hair of people."

"Oh, it's okay, I'll listen to Uncle Jin Sheng's arrangement"

At the urging of Sun Jinsheng, Tian Donkey quickly washed up, hastily ate breakfast, and Sun Jinsheng came to the entrance of the town together, and took a motorcycle to the place called Shangyangzhuang. This village, which looks no different from the Grange, is the same adobe house, the same poverty, and the same despair that is shrouded in the gray winter sky. The two got off the motorcycle, and Tian Donkey stood at the entrance of the village and looked out, seeing the ruin of the village's past, but not seeing its vibrant future, which made people inexplicably melancholy. Yes, poverty here is longer than winter, and no one can stand in this cold and bleak winter, see the warm and green spring, and they can only see the vicissitudes of each other's faces mixed with the smell of earth.

"Let's go, why don't you stand still?"

Sun Jinsheng urged.

"Oh, Uncle Jin Sheng, this village seems to be quite crowded, look, at a glance, there are only a few scattered families, which one are we going to?"

"There"

As he spoke, Sun Jinsheng pointed to his hand, and then strode in front and began to walk, saying as he walked.

"This village, used to be good, with a large population and fertile land, but unfortunately, these years have given birth to sons, and it is strange, every family has sons, and there are three or five in their lives, no, it has become a well-known singles village in a few years, and now, everyone can't marry a daughter-in-law and can't become a family, so they don't want to stay here, all the capable people go out to work, and they can be regarded as plugging in their wings and flying, and most of them are left behind, most of them are farming with no ability, you say, what is the future of this village?"

"Oh, how many daughters does the house we're going to have?"

"Just one, people said, you have to pick a good family with an only child, no, I'll tell you, go, go quickly, let others take the lead when it's late"

Saying that, Sun Jinsheng quickened his pace, Tian Donkey trotted a few steps before keeping up with his pace, and finally, the two came to a very dilapidated courtyard, but it was still too late, and what surprised Tian Donkey even more was that the dilapidated yard was almost full of people, making this small and crowded yard look like it was about to be overwhelmed.

Tian Donkey looked at the dense young men in his early twenties, there were twenty or thirty of them, no need to ask, the purpose of their coming here was probably a blind date. What surprised Tian Donkey even more was that he actually saw Ah Ming in these crowds, and Ah Ming seemed to see himself too, he squeezed out of the crowd and walked towards him.

Tian Donkey still remembers that day in the restaurant in the market, Sun Jinsheng said that he would not arrange the same blind date for himself and Ah Ming, because the grades are different, and today, what is going on? And, when Amin sees himself, what will he say? Isn't this obvious that he came to rob Ah Ming's blind date? Tian Donkey turned his head to look for Sun Jinsheng's figure, but saw that he had already walked to a bunch of matchmakers, and started smoking and chatting with acquaintances, not looking at himself at all, and Ah Ming had already come to his side.

"Brother Sanjun, are you here too?"

"Oh, yes, yes, Amin, you're there too"

"Yes, although I was worried about this situation that day, but today it seems that I still have to compete with Brother Sanjun, Brother Sanjun, I know you are a millionaire, I'm afraid I have no hope today"

"Well, this ....... Amin, this was arranged by Uncle Jin Sheng, I actually didn't know that he also arranged for you, and besides, Uncle Jin Sheng didn't talk about it when he brought me here......"

Ah Ming shook his head and said, "No, I brought it from the matchmaker over there," and as he spoke, Ah Ming pointed to a middle-aged man who was talking to Sun Jinsheng not far away.

"What? Didn't you also ask Uncle Jin Sheng to tell you about matchmaking? ”

"Yes, but I've been on a blind date for two years, and the more difficult it becomes, the more difficult it becomes, so I not only sent Uncle Jinsheng's matchmaker, but also someone else's matchmaker, which can be regarded as double insurance, so that I can meet as soon as possible, and the chance of success is greater."

"Oh, that's it."

Although Ah Ming's strategy is great, the current situation is not optimistic, because before him and Tian Donkey, there are still more than a dozen waiting young men, Tian Donkey couldn't help but ask.

"I didn't expect the blind date scene to be so big, it's almost the same as a group blind date, although, there's only one woman"

"Yes, like a collective, that's because there are too many men and only one woman, it's really a monk with too little porridge, and there is little hope of success."

"My grandmother, that's okay, I really can't wait to see that woman, if it goes on like this, won't she become a queen?"

"Hmph, it's more expensive than the queen! Brother Sanjun, you don't know, I've seen a bigger scene, and no one believes it."

"Then you talk about it, I'm idle and bored now anyway"

"Well, the last blind date, the woman's family was in the inside, and the man went in twos and twos, so that there was comparison, and then eliminated one on the spot, leaving one, this is the first round, and when it comes to the second round, it will be compared with the choice of those who are left, and so on, until the last one is chosen, and the girl can come together"

"Oh my god, doesn't that sound like that pickle-up competition on TV!"

"Olympic! Yes, it's really similar to that competition, and in the end it's the final of the victory and defeat, let's get married here, it's more cruel than participating in an Olympiad, and I can't live! Moreover, if you win the Olympiad, you will be given a gold medal, let's do it here, if you win, you will have to spend the bride price, and the bride price rises every year, and a daughter sells for hundreds of thousands, this business is really cost-effective! In the future, if I get married, I hope to have all daughters, not a single child, and the more children I have, the better! In this way, in a few years, I will make a fortune! ”

"Forehead ......"

Amin's words may sound wrong, but they are realistic and irrefutable. Although, in the countryside, the custom of preference for sons is not as serious as in the past, the ancient precept of raising children to prevent old age has not changed. The son, as the main labor force of a rural family, still has great value for existence, but he didn't expect that in Amin's life plan, he has been abandoned, hated, and erased.

While speaking, in the courtyard of the woman's house, a young man walked out dejectedly, and left quickly with his head down, this scene is self-evident, a smile flashed across Ah Ming's face, looked at the back of the man, and said.

"It's just right, it seems, I have a little more chances, the more hopeless the front, the more hopeful I am, if the front is on the line, we will be in vain!"

As he spoke, the smile on Ah Ming's face quickly disappeared again, because in front of him stood Tian Donkey, a millionaire. So, he couldn't stop sighing, and continued.

"Hey, I think I'm happy in vain, Brother Sanjun, I'm a poor guy compared to you, if that woman knows that you are a millionaire, then all the people in this courtyard this afternoon will be in vain, and there will be no need to be phased, it is estimated that no one is rich as you."

"Well, Amin, actually, I ...... Now I don't have much money, and I don't know how much the bride price of the woman will cost here."

"This brother of the three armies doesn't have to worry about it, the lowest is 100,000, and there is no cap if it is high, if you give a 180,000 or 200,000 today, the woman's family music will bloom, and you will be able to get married tonight."

"You mean, the minimum is 100,000?" Tian Donkey suppressed the shock in his heart a few times, and then eased his tone and asked in a normal casual tone.

"Yes, 100,000 is still the number a few years ago, and now people want 100,000 or less, and it can be regarded as a bit of popularity, knowing that marrying a daughter is to let her daughter marry and live a good life, not simply sell her daughter."

"Well, then I don't think I need to be photographed."

"Why?!"

Amin looked at Tian Donkey in disbelief, thinking that he was talking nonsense.

However, only Tian Donkey himself knows why he suddenly gave up this blind date opportunity, because he Tian Donkey is not a millionaire! Because he is penniless now! However, no one believed! Even if he tells the truth now, no one will believe it, Ah Ming won't believe it, and Sun Jinsheng won't believe it, so he must be a millionaire now!

"Because...... Because I think I'd better let it go to you, you have a good look, it's best to be in a good relationship, I'm not in a hurry, besides, I still want to renovate the old house, or come back next year."

Hearing Tian Donkey say this, Ah Ming was puzzled and worried, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, and he couldn't wait to give Tian Donkey a hug in front of the public, but here, a hug between a man and a man is not good, so he can only shake hands, Ah Ming held Tian Donkey's hand tightly, and swore that he must cherish this hard-won opportunity and not let Tian Donkey down.

But disappointment was inevitable, and later, Tian Donkey heard that Ah Ming had been waiting all afternoon that day, and he didn't even see what the woman looked like, because someone in front of him had already met, so there was no chance for Ah Ming.

Only Sun Jinsheng heard Tian Donkey's words, he was very puzzled, he thought that Tian Donkey should not easily give such a good opportunity to others, although it is said that rich people have opportunities at any time, but Tian Donkey's age is not young after all, especially in the rural marriage market, the man's age is the same as the number of bride price, which is one of the very important conditions.

Tian Donkey, who returned home, has also been very silent, with a cloud of 100,000 bride price in his heart, and the whole person is wilting. This made Sun Jinsheng even more puzzled, and he couldn't guess what went wrong, which made his God of Wealth troubled.

"Nephew of the three armies, today, why did you suddenly give up? I really don't understand, can you say you...... Don't look down on our rural girls at all? ”

"No, no, Uncle Jin Sheng, I'm just, just a little ......"

Tian Don'er didn't know how to describe his state of mind at this time, was it sadness? It doesn't seem to be all, and besides, sadness doesn't help, because from the beginning he Tian Donkey was not a real millionaire, so after being squeezed dry by Li Yuankui's family, he is still Tian Donkey, or that poor bastard, what is there to be sad about? Is it an annoyance? It seems that some, worrying about their poverty, worrying about the wrong birth from the beginning, was born in this poor land, but now, they can't go back, hey, there are still troubles. And, what should I do next? Continue to be a millionaire or tell the truth and relive the cold of the world eight years ago?

No, you can't go backwards, life can't go backwards, just like a donkey can't go backwards into his mother's womb, you can only move forward. After thinking about it, Tian Donkey finally decided, so let life be handed over to life, and you don't have to think about it! It's a big deal, just continue to be his millionaire. Thinking of this, the clouds in his heart began to disperse, besides, the 100,000 bride price is not coming soon, it is just a number, the same weight as the word millionaire, since he can afford such a heavy title as a millionaire, what is the big deal with the 100,000 bride price, this number should not be hung in his heart. However, there should also be an explanation for Sun Jinsheng, so he searched his stomach and prepared to make up a beautiful excuse to prevaricate Sun Jinsheng, but he didn't expect Sun Jinsheng to stand Tian Donkey's silence and took the initiative to ask again.

"Are you still feeling well?"

"Uh-huh, yes, not feeling well! It's a little unwell."

Sun Jinsheng was relieved, as if he could only prescribe the right medicine if he asked the right question, and he was a little smug.

"Then I'll rest assured, Sanjun nephew, then you will rest early tonight, tomorrow, I will take you to another family, in short, this year must solve the problem of your lifelong event, hey, Sanjun nephew, you don't know that I really broke my heart for you"

"I know, thank you, Uncle Jin Sheng"

"Hey, how can the family be polite, don't see me, then you can rest, you will get up early tomorrow"

With that, Sun Jinsheng withdrew from the north house, and closed the door with Weitian Donkey.