Chapter XVII
Sheng Aiguo was a little embarrassed: "Meiru, I also want to earn more money." If you want to marry and live, I can't bear to let you suffer. The more money I make, the less work you can do. Sheng Aiguo is still a little flowery, three sentences or two sentences made Lin Meiru not angry, not only not angry, but also sweet in her heart.
After eating, the little couple whispered a lot together, seeing that it was really late, and if they didn't leave, they wouldn't be able to catch the shuttle bus back. Sheng Aiguo reluctantly left. Before leaving, Lin Meiru Guan Sheng patriotically arrived at the platform. Sheng Aiguo took Lin Meiru's hand, "Meiru, when I go back, I will call my mother to come over to discuss the wedding date." You will wait to marry me in peace. ”
Sheng Aiguo didn't go back to the dormitory, and went home directly. When I got home, I was pumped by my mother. "You dead boy, running around all day! I haven't been home for the past few days, and your father hasn't seen you when he goes to the factory to look for you. Say, where did you go? Sheng Jiamu's mother put her hands on her waist, her willow eyebrows were upside down, and her chest was bulging with anger.
Sheng Aiguo was pumped all over the yard and ran around: "Mom, don't be angry! I'm going to earn money! I'm not out and about. I ran back to the field with the car. I just left in a hurry, so I didn't have time to tell you. Sheng Aiguo felt that he was also wronged, and he had explained this several times.
After listening to the explanation, Sheng Jiamu's mother felt a little better: "You are such a big person, you are about to ask for a wife, and you must know the importance of doing things." No matter how anxious you are, you have to explain it before leaving, you know! When Sheng's mother thought that her son was going to get married, she was happy and sad at the same time.
has a son and a daughter, and when the daughter gets married, she doesn't come back often. When I come back, I often have to spit out my bitterness with my mother, this is not good in my grandmother's house, or my sister-in-law is not in harmony, how can everything go well when she is just a daughter-in-law? Now my family is about to ask for a daughter-in-law, although I have gotten along a few times before, the little girl still looks good, but it is far away and smelly, and no one knows what the situation will be like in the future.
"Mom, I know. By the way, Mom, for most of this year, I rushed to follow the car, and the subsidy was a lot more. I'll give you the money in a while, and you can save a little bit of effort when you get married and do things. Sheng Aiguo didn't think there was anything wrong with handing over his salary. Sheng Aiguo has seen the big one since he was a child, and every time he goes back to the factory to pay his salary, the Sheng family's father gives the salary to the Sheng family's mother for distribution.
The family's food and drink, young and old, are all paid out of that little salary. Grandma Sheng is not in good health and takes medicine all year round. Sheng Jiamu's mother has to take care of the family, and she doesn't go to work, but just takes some manual work to do at home. But now it's a little more relaxed, the daughter is married, and the son is starting to earn a salary. The life of the family is only getting better and better.
Sheng Aiguo didn't give much, for more than half a year, he usually bought Lin Meiru some snacks to eat. And Sheng Aiguo likes to smoke, but in the past half a year, in order to save his wife's capital, he has smoked less. Only four hundred and fifty pieces were saved for those who were saved on the left and on the right. gave the Sheng family's mother 400 yuan, and the other 50 yuan was used as his own small treasury.
Sheng Jiamu's mother wiped her hand on the apron before taking the banknote, tapped it, and carefully put it in her pocket. "You go and see your grandmother, I'll make another soup, and when your father comes back, I'll have a good meal." When she turned around, Sheng Jiamu's eyes were a little moist. My son has been raised, and I finally know that I feel sorry for people.
Sheng Aiguo ran back to the room and took out a bottle of canned fruit that he brought back last time. This canned fruit turned out to be Sheng Aiguo's filial piety to the elders, but the elders didn't have one by one, so Sheng Aiguo took it back to the room, and every time he came back to rest, he opened a can, and then took a bowl and shared it with everyone. This is better than collecting canned food and storing it as an ornament.
This time, Sheng Aiguo opened a jar of yellow peaches, remembering that grandma likes to eat yellow peaches. Opening cans is a technical job, but it's a pity that Sheng Aiguo didn't learn it, so every time Sheng Aiguo opened the can violently, he directly took a kitchen knife, cut a big hole in the iron seal of the can door, and then poured out all the goods in the bottle.
A jar of yellow peaches topped the sky with ten pieces. Sheng Aiguo gave his grandmother two pieces, and put the rest in a big bowl for his parents to eat. It's not that I don't give my grandmother too much, but the elderly have weak stomachs and don't dare to give too much at once. Sheng Aiguo took the bowl and entered the back room. "Grandma, I'm back, see what delicious food I brought you this time?"
Grandma Sheng is already ninety years old, her eyes are not dazzling and her ears are not deaf, but she has few teeth, and it is not very convenient to eat. Seeing Sheng Aiguo coming in, he laughed: "Call you skin, call your mother to beat." Come, let me see if it hurts. Grandma Sheng sat on the bed and waved to Sheng Aiguo.
Sheng Aiguo put the bowl away first, and then sat down next to his grandmother. "Grandma is relieved, Mom is reluctant to really beat me. A hot stick was pulled up for a stance, and if it was really going to be beaten, it was estimated that it would not fall a or two weight on me. Grandma, let's have a yellow peach. Sheng Aiguo cut the yellow peach into small so that it was easy for grandma to eat in her mouth.
Grandma Sheng took Sheng Aiguo's hand and slowly ate the yellow peach, chatting with Sheng Aiguo about the recent daily life while eating. Sheng Aiguo is also a person who can talk, one will talk about the fun things he encountered when he was with the car, and the other will talk about the funny things he saw in the factory. The grandparents and grandchildren spoke and listened to each other, and they were also happy.
It didn't take long for me to hear a noise outside the house, and the Sheng family's father came back. When the Sheng family's father came back, he said that he could eat, so Sheng Aiguo carefully helped his grandmother out. helped my grandmother sit down at the dinner table, and then went to the kitchen to help serve the food. "Dad, it's time for dinner!"
Sheng Bing, the father of the Sheng family, sat at the table, waiting for his son to serve him food. "You know you're back?"
As soon as he heard the old man speak, Sheng Aiguo felt that he was going to die of a headache. "Daddy, eat, eat!"
Grandma smiled and helped: "Yes, Ah Bing, it's time to eat." Let's talk about what is going on! So the dinner was finally finished and eaten quietly.
After eating, Sheng Aiguo, who had explained to his father again, felt very tired, so he ran to wash up one step earlier, and then went to sleep. I slept soundly this night. In the next room, there was the Sheng family's father and mother, who didn't sleep well.
"Ah Bing, in a few days, I want to invite Aunt Zhao Di to go to the Lin family together. The days of patriotism and Meiru's engagement are also quite long, so it's time to invite them to pick a date. This is a good day, and our family should get ready early. "Aunt Zhao Di is the matchmaker of Sheng Aiguo and Lin Meiru. According to custom, when the man goes to the woman to ask for a date, he must ask the matchmaker to take the lead.
"Well, go ahead. The door-to-door ceremony is magnificent. Sheng Bing felt that it was also time, he had seen his son's performance in the past few months, and the floating aura on his body had worn off a lot. Sure enough, you have to start a family to start a business.
Huang Yueying, the mother of the Sheng family, sighed: "I calculated that this money is not enough." The refrigerator, washing machine, tape recorder, and television set were bought, and there was no 2,000 yuan to buy them. I also have to do drinks. Today patriotism gave me four hundred, plus these are still a little worse. "Now that you need these points to get married, the Sheng family has such a son, and if you don't buy it, Huang Yueying feels that she can't get over it.
"I know, I'll take care of this. You pick a good day first, and let Aunt Zhao Di go with you to meet your in-laws. Let's see what it means to be on the in-laws' side. Sheng Bing also felt a little pressure, but his son was finally getting married, and this pressure was nothing. Looking at his wife who was struggling to fall asleep next to the pillow, Sheng Bing reached out and patted Huang Yueying's back: "Sleep, I have to get up early tomorrow." ”
"Hey, I see."
Not much to say, Huang Yueying was busy in the next few days, and after finishing the work at home, she had to pick a good day and prepare to go to the Lin family with Aunt Zhao Di to ask for an appointment. Aunt Zhao Di is a talkative person. Several couples can be made every year. Count the famous matchmakers in the neighborhood. However, Sheng Aiguo and Lin Meiru were not introduced by Aunt Zhao Di, but they knew each other and asked Aunt Zhao Di to be a ready-made matchmaker.
Before the official door-to-door invitation, Aunt Zhao Di went to run by herself first, and made an appointment to wait at home together on a date. Both Grandpa Lin and Grandma Lin said it was no problem. So, on a good day, Aunt Zhao Di took Huang Yueying to the door with her things.
"Mother-in-law, you're here! Come on in! Grandma Lin welcomed everyone in a hurry, and then boiled poached eggs and brought them to Huang Yueying and Aunt Zhaodi to eat. waited for the two of them to eat poached eggs, and then they began to get down to business.
Aunt Zhao Di said tentatively: "Sister Qindi, you see that the two little ones are also old, and the relationship between the two is good." I think it's a good thing to do. Yueying has already asked someone to count a few good days, so she thought about asking Brother Lin and Sister Qindi to take a look. Aunt Zhao Di said as she handed over a piece of paper, on which three auspicious days were recorded.
Grandma Lin couldn't understand this, so she turned the red paper red to Grandpa Lin. Grandpa Lin read them one by one. The first one is October 22. Grandpa Lin and Grandma Lin didn't like it on this day, it was too close, and it was not easy to prepare anything. Grandpa Lin continued to read, and the next day was December 22.
Grandma Lin picked up the perpetual calendar on the table and flipped it out to take a look. It's a good day, an auspicious day for the zodiac, and there are no taboos! This can be noted for later use. There is one more day to turn over the year, February 10th. Grandma Lin flipped through the perpetual calendar, this day is good, but it is not as good as December 22.
So Grandpa Lin and Grandma Lin discussed it, and finally decided that it would be December 22. In fact, Huang Yueying also likes this day. As the saying goes, it's better to marry a wife if you have money or not. Before the New Year, Tian Ding imported, and when the New Year was just kowtow to the ancestors, so that the ancestors could bless them a lot, and it was best to hold two in three years!
On this good day, both families began to get busy. And Lin Shuang followed forward and backward curiously. Although Lin Meiru's dowry was already engaged and helped by Lin Zhihong, but now when the weather is good, Shan Yongming will still take the varnish to help again. Watching the varnish go forward layer by layer, and the patterns of the furniture changed, Lin Shuang felt that this was very, very magical.