Jianjun's parents went to see the house with us, and they were very satisfied, and they settled on the spot. Along the way, Jianjun held my hand and didn't let go in front of his parents.

The whole family was very happy, Jianjun's parents went to the mall in the evening to prepare gifts, and early the next morning, the four of us went to the station and got on the bus to my house.

The afternoon before leaving, I called my mother from the store and told my mother that Jianjun's parents were going to come to discuss marriage, so that my mother could be mentally prepared. It's long overdue! ”

When I arrived at my house, as soon as I entered the door, I could see that my mother was really prepared, the house was cleaned up, and a brand new blue lattice tablecloth was spread on the table, on which were placed a plate with fruits, a plate of apples, a plate of oranges, tea was also brewed in the teapot, five teacups stood quietly beside it, Jianjun's parents and my mother met, holding hands and greeting warmly, I and Jianjun were awkward on the side, so I took him to the kitchen.

My mother prepared all the lunch in advance, put the plates on the kitchen counter, seven or eight dishes! I tore a piece from a plate of cut cooked meat and handed it to Jianjun, who opened his mouth and fed it to him.

Jianjun and I fed each other like this for a while, and heard my mother tell me and Jianjun to serve the food and start the meal.

We dragged out the dining table that had been placed against the wall since my dad died, and set up five chairs in a circle, my mother said that there were still a few hot dishes to fry, so we went to the kitchen to work, Jianjun and I served the dishes from the kitchen, Jianjun's mother also went to the kitchen to help, and my mother politely pushed it, and it was lively and messy.

Only Jianjun's father walked around the house with his hands behind his back, looking at the photos hanging in frames on the wall, and the younger ones had to lie down to see them closely, and from time to time he turned back to me and asked, "Is this your father?" ”

It was a photo of my dad and my mom when they were young, and my dad was wearing a military uniform and was heroic.

Finally all busy, all five people sat down, my mother also took out two bottles of liquor, which my mother bought and saved when she was at the consignment point, in preparation for the New Year's Festival when the family came to the guests, after my father died, there seemed to be no male guests in the family who could sit at home and drink, and the wine in the cupboard was saved.

"This wine is authentic!" Jianjun's father tasted it and nodded yes.

"And a lot more! If you don't drink anything at home, you will bring it to your father when Jianjun leaves. ”

"That's not good, it's been stored for so many years, this wine is better and better, keep it."

"It's useless to keep it, it still occupies the place, and it just so happens that Jianjun is following, let him carry it." ……

Finally ready, a table of people can finally sit down to eat, while eating and chatting, polite, greetings, Jianjun and I can't interject, so we have to lower our heads to concentrate on eating, suddenly, I listened to Jianjun's father clear his throat, and when I looked up, I just saw Jianjun's father give Jianjun's mother a look. Jianjun's mother comprehended the spirit and reached out to find a red piece of paper from the handbag that was placed aside. Jianjun's father put down his chopsticks and began to speak.

"Sister Ma," my mother is older than Jianjun's parents, "I should have come a long time ago, this is not the old people in my hometown, Jianjun and I have been serving in my hometown, and I can't get out, so we have dragged it here." ”

"That's how it is when there are elderly people in the family." My mom said casually.

"People are getting engaged now, let's follow suit, this is 6,000 yuan, even if you give Xiao Zheng the engagement gift money, you can collect it for her."

Jianjun's mother hurriedly put the thick red envelope in front of my mother, and my mother immediately got up and picked up the red envelope and stuffed it to Jianjun's mother: "People are prosperous, let's not be happy with this, I marry my daughter, not sell my daughter." ”

Jianjun's father said: "This is the rule, it's all like this, accept it." ”

My mom said, "We don't have this rule, no, no." ”……

After pushing for a long time, the red envelope finally fell into the hands of Jianjun's mother, and Jianjun's mother looked at her wife with a consulting gaze: What should I do?

Jianjun's father saw that my mother was resolute, and said a compromise method, "Anyway, this money will be spent on the two of them sooner or later, it's better to take it directly for them, and buy it yourself if you need to buy it, this is considered to be accompanied by my mother's family, what should we put here or what to buy!" ”

"That's not going to work." As soon as my mother heard this, she objected: "I have prepared it for her here, what you give is what you give, and she is the only one on my side, her father is gone, she has suffered a lot with me, and she has not made it to high school, I can't bend her anymore when I get married!" ”

My mom told me that my nose was sore, and I forced my eyes to hang down, and tears fell silently into the bowl in front of me. I thought that Jianjun and I could get married hand in hand, but I didn't expect the procedure to be so cumbersome.

My mother and Jianjun's parents continued to discuss the time, procedure, and method of getting married one by one, and said that the child was set on the sixth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, and there was less than two months to prepare, brush the house, buy furniture, almost enough.

Guarding the Jianjun parents, my mother gave me the 10,000 yuan that I had prepared earlier, my mother's retirement salary is not too high, and it is only a few years to give me this 10,000 yuan, I should have done my best.

Jianjun's father was a little unbearable on his face, and felt that my mother had given too much, so he said on the spot, he and Jianjun's mother waited for the house to be cleaned up, and they bought us another set of furniture.

Sitting in the car back, I quietly touched the bulging red envelope in my pocket, and a thought came to my mind, if I used this money to help Jianjun pay off his debts, Jianjun would only pay back 84,000 yuan.

Back at Jianjun's house, I quietly told Jianjun about my plan, but Jianjun immediately denied, "No!" That's the money your mom gave you to get married! ”

"So what's the matter, give it to me anyway, I'll have the final say."

"That's not going to work, besides, the old man and the old lady on my side won't do it!"

I didn't talk to Jianjun anymore, I suddenly had an idea, marriage can not be delayed, the money is given to us, let us look at it ourselves, I can buy less or not, such as washing machines, just two people, not to say that it is not necessary, rubbing it by hand also saves water and clean, this can save seven or eight hundred yuan, TV, buy a small one, are all things with a lifespan, see if it doesn't work and then change, when the time comes, just change it to a big one, this item saves more than the washing machine, as for pots and pans bedding, expensive and cheap, the price difference is also a big piece! After getting married, he still has money left in his hand, and then he goes to help Jianjun pay off his debts, he shouldn't object.

Jianjun's sister and brother-in-law heard that Jianjun and I were going to get married, and they all came to help, Jianjun and his brother-in-law also found a few male classmates, and a few people spent a Sunday to paint the house, the weather gradually warmed up, and the window was opened to dry during the day, and when I got off work in the afternoon, Jianjun and I went to close it.

After brushing the house, Jianjun and I said that I was going to go out, one is that the office has not been going for a long time, and the things in the factory cannot be left behind, and the other is that I should run more, and the deadline for repaying the money is almost half. The house is painted, the things that should be bought are bought and put inside, I take the money, and I slowly buy it myself, and if I can't make up my mind, I will wait for him to come back.

There is so much money waiting to be returned, I wish he would earn money back soon, and besides, if he is there, he may not be willing to buy cheap things to get married.

Life is really interesting, eight years ago, I only had a dozen yuan in my pocket, two years ago, I didn't know how to do well with Jianjun Chafu, now, we have a debt of 100,000 yuan, assets have become negative, thinking about how to save some money from the marriage, to deal with the debt. People will neither be poor for a lifetime, nor rich for a lifetime, ups and downs, never fixed in which stage, there seems to be a pair of invisible hands pushing you in the dark, difficult, it will show you a way to help you, burn the bag and forget the original, it will give you a small slap in the face, teach you the duty of being a man.