Chapter 296: A Village's Look
PS: Yesterday my mother was not admitted to the hospital, and I have to go to the hospital today, I guess I can't do more today, please be considerate, thank you. This is an automatic update.
Xiao Fei drove back to the village from Zhongyuan City on the afternoon of the 27th day of the lunar month.
At this time, the strong smell of the New Year has already enveloped this land. Firecrackers were everywhere, and the smoke was filled with the smell of sweetness.
Children ran wildly down the village streets in groups of three or five.
Men gather on the side of the street to bask in the leeward and sunny places and play poker.
The women happily prepare the New Year's goods, the snow-white steamed buns are steamed from the pot, and the pots of meat pieces are boiled and put away, just waiting for the New Year to be served to guests.
After the mound was leveled, the entire village of Xili was exposed to the ground.
This year's Spring Festival is particularly prosperous and lively.
Although the autumn harvest was very bad, in 1996, the income of the villagers was not bad, and they first earned a sum of money by working as soil workers.
Later, Feiyang Supermarket opened, and dozens of people were also hired from the village.
In the year of the catastrophe, the villagers of Xili Village benefited from the above two good deeds, but not only did they not suffer much, but also saw more hope for life.
Xiao Fei's car entered the village and was recognized by many villagers.
Someone came around his car.
The smiling faces and warm greetings made Xiao Fei have to stop, open the car door, get out of the car, spread cigarettes to the villagers, and gossip with them.
Xiao Fei got out of the car, and more people came around.
This one said: "Xiao Fei, come to my house to drink at night, let's have a few of them, my family has good wine." ”
The one said: "Xiao Fei, you should come to my house first, when you were a child, my wife also breastfed you." ”
One by one, enthusiastically no.
Xiao Fei had to shirk one by one, saying that he still had a lot of things to do, waiting for the Chinese New Year's Eve. Be sure to set up a few tables at home and invite the old and young masters of the village to get together.
When he said this, people would let him go.
He was able to get back into the car and drive it to his yard.
And the news of Xiao Fei's return. Soon spread throughout the village. Quite a few people came to the door.
This one lifted dozens of eggs. The one sent a pair of cleaned pigs into the water. In short, there are all kinds of things to be delivered. If they shirk and say no, these people are still very angry, and if they say they don't accept it, they look down on them, balabala.
Let Xiao Fei have a big head for a while.
No way. He had no choice but to reluctantly accept it.
It was not easy to send these villagers away, and he was able to be deserted for a while. Sitting at the table with his father, his father was emotional.
"Our family has never been so beautiful, and the people in the village have never been so rushed to stammer us, think about last year's New Year, alas! Because I didn't have much money, I only bought three catties of pork belly and wrapped a few dumplings, and I didn't even buy a few decent dishes. ”
Contentedly, my father leaned back in his chair. Look at your youngest son.
In the past six months or so, the changes in this family have really been turned upside down.
"Dad, in the future, life will get better and better." Xiao Fei said to his father with a smile.
But my father said: "It's good enough, it's good enough, living in such a big and good house, the family doesn't have to worry about spending money, your brother and your sister's lifelong events have been settled, not to mention that you will have a big future in the future." What more could I not be satisfied with? ”
Xiao Fei noticed the sentence in his father's words about the lifelong events of his brothers and sisters.
My sister's matter has been decided, of course he knows that.
But he had never heard of his brother's business.
"My brother's family affairs have been decided?" Xiao Fei asked.
"It's set, it was set the other day. It's from Qian Village next door. The mother said, "Your sister-in-law is a very good person, tall and beautiful, and virtuous. ”
When Mother said this. A look of pride.
The father's face was a little gloomy: "How can it be decided? Xiao Yang just said that the girl was not bad, but he didn't say that he would definitely choose her! ”
"That girl is really good, more than enough for our Xiao Yang, Lao Xiao, I didn't say you, now you can marry such a good daughter-in-law, you must have burned high incense in your last life, what else is not satisfied? Don't you ask for an extra bride price? It's not like our family can't afford this money! The mother said in the side.
Hearing his parents arguing in front of him, Xiao Fei felt quite funny.
Marrying a daughter-in-law in the countryside, which one does not want a bride price? This is a custom that has been passed down for many years, and it is considered normal.
Xiao Fei glanced at his father: "Dad, how much bride price does the other party want?" ”
The father's face was angry: "It's 100,000 yuan when you open your mouth!" Is this going to sell my daughter, or are you going to make a fortune with this! I just can't figure it out. ”
"100,000 yuan is not much, they will give it to them if they want." Xiao Fei said.
"The point is, their family is a bit lacking in people's hearts, and they still want to count our current building as the marriage room of their daughter and your brother, which is a bit too much, what's the matter, my family is not the rest of the family in order to marry a daughter-in-law, and the rest of the family will sleep on the streets?" Father said angrily.
Xiao Fei just smiled.
The family's behavior is normal in the countryside.
Xiao Fei's family has two brothers, so in order to compete for more family property, while getting married, the lion opened his mouth to ask for more, lest he don't want it, and more property falls into the hands of the other, many people think that this is a normal phenomenon.
It's a bit excessive.
"What's my brother's attitude?" Xiao Fei asked.
"Your brother said, such a selfish wife resolutely don't want it! Now, your dad and I are talking to the family to see if we can lower the conditions a little. Mother said.
Since the Xiao family made a fortune, there has been a constant stream of matchmakers for Xiao Yang, and there will be one or two matchmakers coming to the door every day.
But Xiao Yang said that if he wants to find a daughter-in-law, he can't make do with finding a random one, he must find a sensible and worry-free filial old man, and the others are secondary.
But he picked and chosen, but he didn't find a suitable one.
It's hard to meet someone who has the right eye, how can you say give up? If you can save it, let's try it. This is what the old man thinks.
"Dad, Mom, my brother's age is not too old, he is only twenty-three or four this year, he is still young, you don't have to force him to find a daughter-in-law immediately, find a woman to marry, it's very easy for my brother now, take your time, don't worry, it's okay if it's two or three years late, maybe you can meet a better one." Xiao Fei said.
"Oh."
Father and mother looked at each other.
Xiao Fei's opinion is naturally very important. Now that Xiao Fei said so, they were actually resolutely opposed in their hearts. What does it mean to be young at twenty-three or four? The man in the village who is the same age as Xiao Yang and got married early, now the children are in elementary school!
Wait another two or three years, how old is Xiao Yang?
They're all waiting to hold their grandchildren!
A family of three was talking in the house when they heard a young and soft voice outside the door timidly asking, "Is there anyone at home?" ”
Xiao Fei walked to the door to look, but saw a beautiful girl pushing a Phoenix bicycle standing in the yard. (To be continued.) )