Shen Guodong never came back, in the evening, Yang Gaozhi personally rode a bicycle to Zhou Yang to send a few messages, Shen Guodong called the commune, saying that he had an urgent business trip and asked Zhou Chen to accompany Zhou Wan to stay for a few days.

Yang Gaozhi was now the deputy head of the Armed Forces Department of the Commune, and he could just let an officer come to such a trivial matter, but he still came by himself.

Zhou Yang accompanied him for a long time, and brought him a basket of early-ripening tomatoes and melons at home before sending him out of the door.

Judging from the familiarity of Yang Gaozhi and Zhou Yang, he usually runs here.

Zhou Wanwan didn't tell Zhou Yang and Zhou Chen about Shen Guodong's abnormality at noon, and said that they had no other way but to worry.

She lay in the quilt and pondered repeatedly, thinking about it back and forth, overturning the possibility that something was going on on Grandpa Shen's side, and she didn't quite believe that it was something temporary in the unit.

Last night, Shen Guodong also planned to take her to Xiaohan Mountain to pick flowers and look for mushrooms, so it can be seen that there is time for the weekend. No one came to inform him, how could he suddenly have something important?

Zhou Wanwan's eyes flashed Shen Guodong's burning gaze and suddenly reddened ears, as well as his helplessness and panic, his heart turned fiercely, and he sat up suddenly.

No way! When pigs fly! Zhou Wanwan almost panicked and comforted herself, she must have been thinking too much, how could she think about it in this way?! It's outrageous!

They grew up together since childhood, and they are closer than brothers and sisters, how deep her relationship with her eldest brother and second brother is, and how deep she is with Shen Guodong, that is the intimacy and dependence beyond blood. How can things that are fleeting and ever-changing be surpassed?

Shen Guodong has always regarded her as a little sister who needs to be taken care of and protected, and he will never be guilty of this kind of confusion. The family relationship between them is stronger and more reliable than any relationship, and it is impossible for Shen Guodong to give up pearls to pick up fish. He's shrewd.

Midsummer in July. Zhou Wanwan wrapped herself tightly in the quilt, but she still couldn't resist the cold that rose from the deepest part of her heart, and she trembled slightly uncontrollably.

The next day was the day when Zhang Lixiang came to the house as a guest. Zhou Chen got up early in the morning and carefully cleaned the already clean and tidy home, took out the prepared pork ribs, fresh fish, fresh shrimp, fungus, and fresh monkey head, and went to the chicken coop to catch chickens, looking like he was ready to do a big job.

Zhou Wanwan also got up early, ran before and after Zhou Chen, and asked Dong questions to make trouble.

As long as Zhou Chen is there. He never let his sister do a little bit of the family affairs, and today is a special situation, so he allowed her to follow along. But he still didn't let her stretch out a hand.

Zhou Wanwan took the warm honey water stuffed by the second brother, muttered to him about messy topics, and refused to leave if he couldn't help.

Zhou Chen was busy with the work in his hands, and glanced at his sister every once in a while. She took a sip of water very consciously. And then talk to him.

Zhou Yang swept the yard under Zhou Chen's command, rearranged the flower pots, and even combed Xiao Wang's hair, "What should I do if the guest comes and it loses its hair?" Zhou Chen looked at Xiao Wang's plush head with a little disgust.

Xiao Wang was very aggrieved to rub Zhou Chen, saying that I don't lose hair, I go to the Gancha River to swim every morning, I'm clean!

Zhou Chen pulled it away and commanded Zhou Yang. "Clean it up!"

Zhou Yang saw that there was really no work for him to do at home, so he went over and pulled his sister to the table and sat down. "Little confused, why aren't you confused today?"

Under normal circumstances, Zhou Wanwan either didn't get up at this time or sat there with a pale face and didn't speak, and he had never been so energetic as he was today.

Zhou Wanwan bit the cup and smiled, "Big brother, has the bride price list been written?" When is it too much? Have you discussed the second stubble ceremony? ”

The rules of blind date here in Xiangyangtun, if both parties are satisfied with the first meeting, they will go to each other's house once or twice to be a guest, which is regarded as a preliminary contact with each other's people and families, and then if there is no opinion, you can write a bride price list and overdo it.

After the first stubble ceremony, even if it is an official fiancé, under normal circumstances, the engagement will be more than a year before the second stubble ceremony, and then the marriage will be discussed.

This process generally lasts about two years.

But Zhou Yang is twenty-six years old this year, listening to Mrs. Li's meaning, she hopes that he can get engaged and get married as soon as possible, as long as the girl is willing, she urges Zhou Yang to marry her daughter-in-law back within a year.

"The bride price has not yet been decided, so let you get in touch with it first." Zhou Yang touched his sister's pigtails and patiently explained to her:

"I mean walk around twice before the first stubble, engagement is not only a matter of two people, but also two families have to get along with each other when they get married in the future, so you can't just look at one person, you have to look at the family."

"Do you agree?" However, both parties have the right to repent, which is allowed in terms of rules and morals.

It seems that men and women are equal, but if they get along, if the man does not agree, it will have a greater impact on the woman.

Whether in terms of reputation or economy, the woman will feel that she has suffered a loss. After all, if the man repents, according to the rules, the woman can not return the gift money.

This is a very practical problem, and anyone who has a daughter has to think about it.

"Before getting engaged, we usually go to each other's houses once or twice, and I told the matchmaker that we would walk around twice first, which is not excessive. Grandma also offered to buy a set of woolen clothes first, which was not included in the bride price. ”

Zhou Yang winked at his sister, "Grandma is afraid that I will scare people away!" ”

Zhou Wanwan also winked mischievously at Zhou Yang, "Then you have to behave well, don't really scare the 'people' away!" ”

Zhang Lixiang and matchmaker Aunt Baocheng came over at ten o'clock in the morning, and brought her sister Zhang Liqin with them.

No matter how enthusiastic Mrs. Li is, she is also Zhou Yang's close relative, and being a matchmaker is always suspected of being towards her own family. So in the end, it was Aunt Baocheng who took the initiative to be this matchmaker.

Aunt Baocheng's mother's family is the first hurdle, and she has a few relatives with the Zhang family, and Zhang Lixiang has to call her aunt. Aunt Baocheng's family has been close to Zhou Yang's children over the years, and she knows both sides. I am very willing to facilitate this family business.

For a guest of this nature like today, it is the most normal custom to bring a matchmaker and a younger sibling at home, after all, they are not yet engaged. No girl's family can come by herself.

Zhang Lixiang is a tall and healthy girl, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, three-dimensional facial features, and she is quite assertive at first glance. Zhang Liqin is eighteen years old, and she looks like her sister, but she is not as capable and cool as her sister, and she follows Zhang Lixiang a little restrainedly.

Zhou Wanwan and Zhou Chen accompanied Zhou Yang to invite Aunt Baocheng and Zhang Lixiang into the house. Fruit, candy and tea were served with swift action, and they were warmly entertained.

Aunt Baocheng gave a brief introduction to everyone first, guiding Zhou Yang and Zhang Lixiang to slowly integrate into her topic. The two sides quickly let go of their inhibitions and were able to talk naturally.

Zhou Wanwan kept pouring water for Sister Zhang Lixiang, taking fruit candy cubes, and occasionally gagging, and the atmosphere was getting better and better.

Sister Zhang Lixiang is also very concerned about Zhou Wanwan. To this beautiful and pampered future sister-in-law. They've heard a lot of people talk about it.

When I saw them today, she was even more beautiful than I had heard, but she was surprisingly gentle and talkative, and she was very good at taking care of people, and the sisters were very surprised.

Zhang Lixiang is okay, she can control her expression and eyes, don't keep paying attention to Zhou Wanwan, Zhang Liqin's eyes are almost glued to Zhou Wanwan.

Zhou Wanwan completely ignored it. If you are willing to see it, you can see it, as long as it is not malicious. It doesn't matter what you think of her.

Seeing that it was noon, Zhou Chen said hello to everyone and was about to go into the kitchen to cook, Zhang Lixiang and Zhang Liqin also immediately stood up to help.

"Sister Lixiang, Sister Liqin, the first time you come to the house, you will eat a ready-made meal first, and then it will be more common, we will definitely not be polite to you." Zhou Wanwan pulled their sisters back, "If you go to work, I have to go too, I want to borrow your light to steal a lazy time today!" ”

Aunt Baocheng also stopped their sisters with a smile, "Listen to you!" You're going to have a ready-made meal today! I'm also getting wet, and we women won't be in the kitchen today! ”

Zhang Lixiang insisted on refusing, Zhang Liqin took advantage of the opportunity to persuade Zhang Lixiang a few evenings, and went down to the kitchen to roll up her sleeves and wash the vegetables first.

In the end, the four women all entered the kitchen and drove Zhou Chen and Zhou Yang out.

Zhou Yang and Zhou Chen looked at each other wordlessly at the tightly closed kitchen door, both of them didn't know what to say.

Zhou Yang suddenly remembered something, and quickly pushed the door and ran in, and stopped her before his sister picked up the kitchen knife to kill the fish, "Don't move, big brother will take it outside to wash." ”

"Yes, yes! This work of killing chickens and fish has to be done by men! Aunt Baocheng hurriedly answered.

"Yes, in fact, the work in our kitchen is done by me and Xiao Er, we never let Nan Nan into the kitchen, today she is happy to see the guests, she has to join in the fun. Aunt Baocheng, you watched her and told her to stay away from the knife and the oil pot. ”

Zhou Yang didn't appreciate Aunt Baocheng's kindness, but felt that many things were better explained at the beginning. His home was whatever it was, and he didn't want to hide anything.

Moreover, just because he is getting married, he can't disrupt the original life of his younger brothers and sisters, let them accommodate something or be wronged. In that case, he'd rather never get married.

The Zhang Lixiang sisters all stopped what they were doing and looked at Zhou Wanwan with some surprise.

No wonder they are surprised, in the countryside, fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls never go into the kitchen, which is indeed shocking enough.

Especially in a family like theirs without a mother, the normal situation should be to do all the housework alone to take care of the brothers every night.

Zhou Yang pulled her sister over and asked her to wash her hands, comforted her sister with a smile, and also expressed her attitude to everyone:

"Not being able to cook is not a big deal, don't be embarrassed, no one laughs at you. The eldest brother is willing to cook, and in the future, our family will be the eldest brother cooking! You are the first in the exam every year, and you can knit sweaters, make clothes, and embroider, which is already very good! ”

"Yo! Listen, after that, someone will take care of the cooking work at home! Aunt Baocheng smiled narrowly at Zhang Lixiang.

Zhang Lixiang blushed suddenly, and lowered her head embarrassedly to pick vegetables, but her mouth did not twist, "Then what is it!" Men can just do the work outside, and when they go home, they can't go around the pot anymore! ”

Zhang Liqin wanted to answer, but Zhang Lixiang stuffed a handful of green onions into her hands, "Peel and cut into sections, and stew fish for a while." ”

"From now on, your family is rushing to cook! Think about your Uncle Baocheng, I have lived with her for most of my life, and he hasn't even helped me brush a bowl. ”

Aunt Baocheng enlivened the atmosphere, and the kitchen soon returned to liveliness.

Zhou Yang wanted to go out to kill fish, and under the pretext of asking Zhou Wanwan to bring him an empty basin, he wanted to take his sister out, but was stopped by Zhang Lixiang, "Let it go!" I'll be killed with two knives in a while, I don't have to take it out, it's troublesome! ”

Zhang Lixiang was busy in the kitchen with her hands and feet, chopped a large piece of onion and garlic with a few knives, picked up the kitchen knife and smashed the head of a big fish with two strokes, and scraped the scales of the fish into the air with a few more strokes.

Zhou Wanwan and Aunt Zhao almost couldn't help with anything, and she could even stir-fry at the same time, without anyone else lighting the fire.

"Go out and wait, I'll be there in a moment!" Zhang Lixiang stewed the fish, put the ribs in another pot and stewed them, and beat the eggs again, "Just fry two more green vegetables, the little chicken doesn't need to be stewed today, so many dishes can't be eaten, now it's hot, I can't put it away, and if it's broken, I'll be blind." ”

Aunt Baocheng could only come out, and even Zhang Liqin was finally kicked out.

Zhou Chen had already cleaned up the table in the room, re-arranged the fruits and sugar cubes, and made a new pot of tea.

"Reika, this kid is notoriously capable! Caught at home and outside the house, usually at home is so quick, her mother told me that after this child is sixteen, she will become the shopkeeper, and she doesn't need to do any work at home! Aunt Baocheng introduced Zhou Yang a few times. (To be continued......)