"Second master, I see that you are dressed up today, with a black face and spring, and your love is revealed, do you want to go on a blind date?" Hong Yan smiled and looked at the second uncle who walked out of the door.

"The black face contains spring, and the sāo is full of love? Begging for a beating! "The second uncle who shaved off his beard looked younger and slightly immature.

"Well, that's black and red, masculine and fit, passionate and young, and the second uncle is a happy event? Tell me how about making my nephew happy too? Hong Yan joked with a smile. Alas, second uncle, this beard is shaved, there is no hair on the side of the mouth, and the work is not firm! ”

"This kid is neither big nor small!" Li Yun scolded with a smile.

"By the way, is the second master so handsome?" The second uncle put on a pose, so that there will be more soil.

"Handsome!" Rong Rong and Xiao Zheng said in unison.

"Listen, Rongrong and Xiao Zheng's eyes! Come to the second master to hurt you! The second master bent down to hug the second child.

The second little dodged and ran away. Ten minutes later, the mystery was revealed, and four women came up from the direction of the well. Two middle-aged women in their fifties, a young woman under thirty and a girl under twenty. Ordinary eighty percent new clothes, round mouth with tripping cloth shoes. The cloth shoes were covered with dust, and it was clear that they had gone a long way. It must be here to "watch the house".

"Housekeeping" is a custom of local blind dates. After an unmarried man and woman have been introduced to each other, if both parties have a match, it is confirmed that they want to further develop the relationship. The woman's relatives have to go to the man's "housekeeping". Housekeeping is to intuitively understand the man's economic situation and even personal relationships. The woman's relatives mainly include her mother, sister-in-law, aunt or aunt. There are no aunts, aunts, or sisters-in-law who can be accompanied by the elders of the clan.

Looking at the second uncle who was smirking with a cracked mouth, Hong Yan ran to him and smiled: "Okay, second master, the secrecy work is well done!" Everyone came to the door, and my nephew only knew, tell me, are you careful? ”

"Adults, children don't understand, don't interject, okay? Wait, the second master bought you something delicious? Play with you......" Hong Jianjun became more and more deflated the more he spoke, and his face was bitter. He really can't offer his eldest nephew anything good.

"Alright, let's go! Don't get carried away, something is coming to me! ”

"Housekeeping" Actually, there are a lot of taboos. Especially the sister-in-law should avoid suspicion as much as possible. In this era, the family is not good, the woman is likely to be disliked, and some people who have a bad relationship may look for the woman's family to "break" - saying that the man's family is not good, there are hidden diseases, etc. On the day of housekeeping, the sister-in-law can't avoid it, otherwise the woman will wonder if the family is not harmonious. The sister-in-law also cannot take the initiative to get close, or even talk casually, so as not to cause "diplomatic disputes".

A lively greeting was actually a meeting between Grandma Hong Yan and the woman's family. The second uncle also followed behind and said, "It's good!" Welcome, welcome! He can't call his future mother-in-law "Mom" or something too pro-ni, it's too much. "Welcome sister-in-law, hard work!" The title of sister-in-law is still okay.

The matchmaker's eyes are particularly poisonous, but she will not deliberately take the woman to see the bad places in the man's home. Sister-in-law is sometimes just a guest, and it is a good thing that the sister-in-law is married, everything is easy to say, and if it is not good, sometimes she will blame those who took care of the house. The future mother-in-law is often the most careful, and she also has to ask questions.

Hong Yan greeted "Gray Ash" and ignored these people for the time being. The girl he saw at first sight was not the second aunt in his previous life, which means that the girl didn't get together with the second uncle for some reason. Hong Yan guessed that the woman must have failed to take a fancy to it or someone broke it halfway. Because the parents of the second aunt in the previous life are not there, there is only one elder brother, and he rarely moves.

What is the girl's name Zhang Caixia, and her sister-in-law's name is Zhou Di. Sure enough, the two followed behind Zhang's mother and remained silent. Of course, the girl should be reserved, and it is impossible to speak. No one else can follow me. Only the grandmother accompanied the matchmaker and the Zhang family to take a look.

Zhang's mother's eyes were sharp, and looking at the dam from behind, Hong Yan seemed to hear whether there was room to build a house in this place. With three main rooms, how did the three sons divide the family? Zhang's mother rummaged through the cabinets to see the family's surplus food, clothes, cotton jackets, etc., and even the firewood upstairs had to be seen. She also seemed to ask what the public made a simple bamboo basket for?

"Second master, what do you think of Caixia?" Hong Yan took an opportunity to ask the second uncle.

"Caixia is your stinky boy's name? Call the second mother...... Well...... It's better to call it a scumbag! The second uncle's face is not thin, and he directly admitted it when they met for the second time.

"You are relatively tall, with beautiful eyebrows and phoenix eyes, good facial features, big chest and round belly, suitable for the appearance of a man and a prosperous man, second uncle, you have to work hard!" Hong Yan said with a smile.

"Hong Yan, what are you talking nonsense?" Li Yun couldn't help laughing when she heard her son say, "Big chest and round belly, suitable for the appearance of a man and a prosperous man".

"Hong Yan, good nephew, what you said is true? Don't coax the second master, the second master's careful liver can't be hit. The second uncle joked with his nephew with a shy face.

"Believe it or not!"

Seeing, asking, and listening are the basic skills of "housekeeping". After going out of the front door, several families in the front yard also knew that there were "housekeepers". Hong Yan knew that what grandfather and grandmother were most worried about was the landlord's wife. Because during the land reform, the grandfather divided his house, so the landlord's wife secretly hated it. After living well in her previous life, her mother also talked about how the landlord's mother-in-law worked hard and pretended to pass by her grandmother's house and didn't say anything bad about her grandfather's house.

It is said that for the sake of her daughter's future happiness, it is understandable that the mother understands the future son-in-law's character and family from all aspects. The key is what he picks?

Li Yun and Hong Chunli cooked egg tea at the right time—also called afternoon tea—and served it to the table. If the year is bad, one egg can entertain guests, and if it is good, you can have two eggs, and if it is better, you can have three eggs. On the table were bowls of three poached eggs and fresh mash. The sugar particles on the poached egg did not melt. Accompanied by her grandmother, her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can only have one egg per person. This situation is understandable to each other. In those days, families fed two chickens, sold eggs, beat kerosene or bought salt, and couldn't save a few eggs. No one else will pass. Inevitably, Zhang Caixia wanted to pretend to be Sven, let out two poached eggs, and take a shallow spoonful of mash water and then gently bite the eggs.

Mother Zhang nodded, secretly praising it well. The matchmaker boasted that "the mash is sweet and the soup balls are glutinous" and she has to ask for instructions on how to do it. Lao Zu wrote lightly: "It's very simple, the wine and rice should be good, the water should be pure, and the song should be authentic." ”

Koji is indeed good and bad, but isn't sake rice, that is, glutinous rice, all the same? And what is it about water to be pure? Is there anything called pure water? The matchmaker and Zhang's mother both muttered in their hearts.

"Cauldron, I'm going to eat it on the table too!" At this moment, the voice of a small child alarmed everyone.

A whole room was watched. There are two children, one big and one young, the younger one climbs on the high threshold to come in, and the older one carries a small soup bowl.

"Dad said that children can't go to the table." Hong Yan persuaded.

"I'm grown up, I'm not a child anymore!" Rong Rong said crisply and coquettishly.

"When I was younger, I said the same."

"Poof......" There was a laughing sound on the table. Two children, one said they had grown up, and the other said "when I was young".

"Am I going up? There are a lot of guests, Rongrong likes it! ”

"Come, come up!" The matchmaker played the round and beckoned the children to the table.

Rongrong ran to the table, circled around the table, and finally stopped beside Zhang Caixia: "Cauldron, I want to sit with my second mother!" ”

"Alas, little sister, you are too impatient! Oh, the second master is more anxious than you! Hong Yan sighed and nodded at Rongrong's forehead and said. Inadvertently brought out the second master.

"Little girl, come and aunt pick you up!" At this point, the blushing Caixia girl hugged Rongrong to the table.

"Second mother of beauty, my name is Rongrong, you can call me a little beauty!" Rongrong said seriously with a wink.

Zhang Caixia's face turned even redder, calling other people's beauties, how can anyone boast of being a little beauty? Is it really a beauty? The ancestor and grandmother saw that Hong Yan was beside them, and they didn't squeak. When the guests are there, naturally they can't be scolded and scolded, and it's not good to give them a look. The matchmaker and Zhang's mother looked at the second child meaningfully. The little girl has no wit, but the cauldron next to her is not easy to say. Zhou Di stopped the soup spoon in her hand and looked at the brother and sister, this situation is really ...... Rare.

"Granny Zhang, Aunt Zhou, and the widows, eat it, it's not good when it's cold! Don't worry about Rongrong, she's crazy! Hong Yan greeted a few people and said with a smile.

"That...... Rongrong, do you eat eggs? The matchmaker asked. Naturally, she was the best person to talk to at this table.

"Mother-in-law, I don't eat eggs. I have something delicious, but it's delicious, mother-in-law, do you want to eat it? Rongrong turned sideways and called the cauldron to put the bowl on the table.

Only then did everyone notice something in the bowl in the shape of small colored grapes, and there was mash. What's delicious about it?

"Second mother, do you want to eat? It's delicious. After Rongrong finished speaking, he scooped a spoon into Zhang Caixia's bowl one by one. Zhang Caixia didn't pick it up, she didn't pick it up, and in the end she didn't move the bowl, and let the little girl scoop it into the bowl. "It's grape-flavored...... Orange-flavored ...... Cucumber-flavored ...... Watermelon flavored ......"

"Rongrong, you don't eat it because your spoon is dirty." Hong Yan said behind his back.

The little girl raised the spoon to look at it, and said suspiciously: "The cauldron, it's not dirty, it didn't fall to the ground." Then, he put the spoon in his mouth and licked it vigorously and said, "Cauldron, it's not dirty, are you?" ”

Hong Yan's sweat...... It's really hard to explain.

What's even more embarrassing is Zhang Caixia! Although the little girl in front of her looked clean, she licked the spoon...... She shook her head and could see clearly that the little girl was scooping colorful rice balls. She also wondered in her heart, are there still colored rice balls?

"Caixia, that's just for kids. Juice and rub with watermelon, orange, cucumber and other messy fruits. It tastes really good, but the child is not sensible, so you won't eat that bowl, I'll tell Chunli to make a new bowl! Grandma Hong Yan explained.

"It's okay." Zhang Caixia blushed and replied to her future mother-in-law. Then, he patted Rongrong's back and smiled: "Xiao Rongrong's special dumplings for the children are small and good-looking, they must be delicious, aren't they?" Thank you, little beauty! ”

"You're welcome, Rongrong loves to eat it the most!" The little girl nodded.

Zhang Caixia scooped up an orange-flavored bite and tasted it, and there was really a faint navel orange flavor, and she secretly wondered in her heart: "It's too extravagant, he actually uses fruit juice to adjust the rice ball powder, what is his house like?" The nephews and nieces who have separated from the family came over on such an occasion, and there is no opposition from adults, and the relationship is very close! Is there still ...... Test? ”