I hurriedly pushed the clothes to her: "How can this work, this dress is so expensive, I can't ask for it!" ”

Lin Cailian gave it to me strongly: "My age is not suitable for wearing this, wait until you have money to buy it for me." I want that kind of temperament. Good no good? ”

I had no choice but to nod, my heart full of gratitude to her. She is such an empathetic woman.

"Shall we eat?"

I laughed and said, "I ate it." ”

She took my hand and walked inside: "How can you have time to eat?" You don't have to be polite to me. ”

I went with her to the kitchen and watched as she lifted the lid on the stove, and there was a big bowl of noodles with a poached egg on top.

I was taken aback: "No, Sister Cailian, your family only has such a small amount of fine grain, and eggs are so expensive, what if you give them all to me?" ”

Lin Cailian pressed my shoulder and sat down and said with a smile: "I'm going to make it when you come back, you hurry up and eat it while it's hot!" Your brother and I ate it too. ”

"Is there anything good?" I asked curiously.

The eldest brother walked in at this time and handed me ten yuan: "This is for you, buy good clothes, right?" I'm rich. ”

I hurriedly asked what was wrong, and the eldest brother just laughed. Lin Cailian told me that the other party trusted him because he often used his eldest brother to dig wells, so this time he asked him to be a temporary captain, and gave him 20 yuan first, and then gave him 50 yuan when he was done.

I hurriedly smiled and said, "Big brother, you sent it!" ”

The eldest brother smiled and said, "I gave my mother five yuan for this money, these five yuan for Cailian to buy some food, and the remaining ten yuan for you." ”

"No, big brother! You can save this money to spend when you build a small family, I have money. ”

Lin Cailian pinched me shyly: "You just talk nonsense here." ”

"You have a few dollars, don't shirk, just give it to you!" The eldest brother smiled and forced me to play in the game.

I waved my hand and refused: "That's a lot!" In order to reassure him, I took out all the money in my clothes, and the money from selling vegetables twice was almost seven yuan, and Liu Cui's mother gave me a red envelope just now, which also had five yuan, adding up to more than a dozen yuan.

"So don't worry, I'm not short of money."

Lin Cailian smiled and pushed the eldest brother: "Look at your sister-in-law, compare you to you, right?" ”

The eldest brother smiled embarrassedly: "That's a good thing." Qiao'er, hurry up and eat, and you'll be in a lump when you meet. ”

I gulped down the noodles. I haven't eaten poached eggs for at least five years, and the eggs at home are all for the second brother, so it's really sweet to eat now.

When I was working on a construction site in my previous life, I wished I could eat such a bowl of hot noodles, but it was all extravagant. Now I can finally feel the warmth I have been longing for.

"Qiao'er, why are you crying?" Big brother looked at me curiously.

I hurriedly wiped my eyes: "Who is crying?" The eyelashes fell into the eye. "I remembered that Sun Hong also stuffed me with a large handful of candy, and quickly took it out for them to eat.

It was the most fashionable fruit candy wrapped in cellophane, and the colors were very fresh.

Lin Cailian and the eldest brother both liked it very much, and each of them ate several pieces.

The eldest brother asked me if there was anything fun at the wedding, and I immediately panicked, and told me all about Du Cheng and Song Dong fighting for me, and my mother and Duan Qiuyue fighting.

Lin Cailian frowned and was silent, and the eldest brother said: "Mom has always been like that, Qiao'er, I don't blame you for this matter, Song Dong is not from our village, don't worry about his mother, if Du Cheng dares to come and cause trouble, I will not let him go." ”

I said: "It's nothing, anyway, Du Cheng will go to work in the city after getting married, and it's impossible to be involved." ”

Lin Cailian looked sad at this time: "This matter is not so simple, for the women in our village, reputation is the most important thing, if you are not married, there are two men fighting for you, it will be difficult to find your in-laws in the future, it is really difficult to be a woman." ”

She is a young widow, and she has experienced many people's discussions, and as you can imagine, she must have felt a lot of emotion. The eldest brother looked at Lin Cailian, his eyes full of pity.

I smiled and said, "Sister Cailian, don't worry about me, getting married is not the most important thing for me." I've thought about it, if I don't have a suitable one, I'd rather never marry for the rest of my life. ”

Lin Cailian looked at me in surprise: "How can you say that?" For us women, having a man is complete. If you don't get married, you will be talked about to death. ”

I smiled and said, "So what, don't delay me eating and drinking, as long as I live calmly, no one else cares." ”

Lin Cailian looked at me suspiciously, she really couldn't understand my thoughts.

The eldest brother is very open-minded: "If you don't get married, you won't get married!" It's a big deal that my brother will support you for a lifetime, only one point, don't wronged yourself. ”

I smiled and said, "Brother, I have hands and feet, and I'm not the second brother, so I don't expect you to feed me!" After saying this, the three of us laughed together.

Lin Cailian lowered her head and sorted out the glass candy wrappers: "That being said, what do you really want in your heart?" Your eldest brother and I can help you find it, but if you can't find it, you can't wait. ”

Hearing her words, a shadow of a person suddenly appeared in my mind. A white coat, black pants and leather shoes, a handsome appearance, and a kind and bright smile.

My heart was sour, it was a person I would never get, someone else had a girlfriend.

"Why, looking at you like this, do you have someone you like?" Cailian hurriedly asked.

"How can there be! At this stage, I just want to save money to go to agricultural school, and I don't want to do anything else. ”

The eldest brother smiled: "Okay, our family must come out with a cultured one." ”

Lin Cailian also nodded: "Yes, I went to the agricultural school and met a lot of people, maybe I can have a suitable partner." At the end of the day, she still thinks that getting married is the most important thing.

Although I kept refusing, my eldest brother still gave me the money, he said that the agricultural school will start in March next year, and the living expenses for a semester will be at least 100 yuan, and the amount in my hand is not enough.

I took it, and I said in my heart, I will pay them back as soon as I have the money.

The eldest brother stayed for a while, finished the work here, and then reluctantly went back.

I sent him to the gate with Lin Cailian, and he smiled at us: "I'm leaving at two o'clock tomorrow morning, so I won't come to see you, you have to wait at home for me to come back." ”

I suddenly said, "Sister Cailian won't go with you?" ”

"I heard that it's too hard over there, Cailian is still at home." The eldest brother laughed.

Was it because I was worried that she would follow and I would have nowhere to go, so I stayed? I felt guilty all of a sudden.

Lin Cailian has been reluctant to look at my eldest brother, I know that the two of them have something to say, so I excused myself to go to the toilet and left.

After a while, Lin Cailian came back to me, her eyes were red and her expression was a little sad.

I took her hand: "Don't worry, my brother will be back in a few days." ”

"Well, I know... Look what's wrong with me. Lin Cailian wiped her tears and smiled.

I comforted her for a few more moments before she regained her composure.

At night, Lin Cailian and I lay on the kang and talked for a while, and then went straight to sleep.

I was sleeping in a daze, when I suddenly heard two big dogs barking in the yard, Lin Cailian and I were all startled and sat up from the kang together.

"This dog is not moving, someone is coming!" Lin Cailian neatly put on her clothes, took out a dagger from under the pillow, jumped off the kang directly, put on her shoes and walked over quickly.

I was taken aback, her movements were so skillful, had she ever suffered any big losses? She had been widowed for several years, sleeping alone every night, and someone must have come to hurt her, so she was ready at any time.

"Qiao'er, don't come out here, I'll go and see it myself." After she finished speaking, she pushed the door and went out, shouting, "Who is it!" ”

Someone at the gate said timidly, "I... I'm Sun Hong, Sister Cailian. Can you open the door? ”

Lin Cailian and I were all startled and walked out quickly.

"It's so late, what is Sun Hong doing here?"

Lin Cailian hurriedly stopped the dog, and I walked over and opened the door.

She was still wearing the same clothes she had worn for the wedding banquet before, and she was standing there crying, her hair was messy, her eyes were swollen, and there was a lot of dust on her wrinkled clothes, and she looked very pitiful.

I hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with you, who bullied you?" ”

When Sun Hong saw me, she immediately hugged me and cried loudly: "You are also here, Qiaozhen?" You can help me! ”

Lin Cailian hurriedly pulled her into the house: "Don't make the neighbors noisy this big night, hurry up and follow me in." ”

Because Sun Hong was a rare guest, Lin Cailian took her into the house and pulled the lamp rope to turn on the light.

Sun Hong sat on the side of the kang and sobbed and said, "I have no place to go, I can only come here, please help me!" ”

Lin Cailian wiped her face with a handkerchief: "Don't cry, what's wrong?" As long as I can help, I will help. ”

Sun Hong bit her lip and said, "I'...... I was beaten by Gao Hu. She said and looked at me, a look of shame on her face.

Lin Cailian didn't know the relationship between the two at all, and said in surprise: "Why did he beat you!" ”

"He's a big bastard, I hate him to death!" Sun Hong said and covered her face and cried. Then after a long time, she continued: "We haven't seen each other for the past few days, I want to talk to him, who knows that I haven't been able to see him, he hasn't even come to the wedding banquet." I inquired everywhere, and then I found Gao Hu at Erzhuzi's house. ”

I thought to myself, the second bolt is a famous gambler, and a bunch of bastards got together.

Sun Hong choked up and said: "Sure enough, Gao Hu is gambling over there, I want him to come out and talk to me, but he has been ignoring me, he beat me when I was in a hurry, saying that I affected his luck and caused him to lose money!" She burst into tears.