Knowing that the two young masters of the Wu family both like Mei Xiang, and have Liu Xingmei to pry them up, Zhu Le, who has always secretly had infatuated dreams for Mei Xiang, suddenly felt empty in his heart, so it's not a taste! Among the unmarried girls in the village, he didn't dare to have illusions about others, but he had extravagant hopes for Mei Xiang, who was poor at home. However, for a person like him, who is old and no different from a disability, it can only be an unattainable thing. Except for the two coins in hand, the others do not have a qualifying advantage. Needless to say, how dare you compete with the young people of the Wu family?! The kind and beautiful Mei Xiang has become a kind of sustenance and comfort in his mind, he wants to continue to do his absurd dreams, it seems that he is about to wake up with Mei Xiang growing up, and he has an indescribable grievance and sadness in his heart, which is so helpless and even desperate. The saddest thing is not that there is little hope, but that there is no chance at all, that he is a man who has been deprived of the right to pursue happiness since birth!

At the same time, as soon as the door of the main room opened, the first to come out was Mrs. Wu, followed by his two sons-in-law Lin Tong and Yang Xu, followed by his two daughters Wu E and Wu Mei, Wu Jinfu and Wu Jinlu, and Lin Chaoyang and Yang Zehu behind.

Niva and Nijuan's matchmakers are Lin Tong and Yang Xu's two uncles.

After eating at noon, Miao Hanxiang, Rong Laoxiao, Liao Daotong, Jiang Zeyi, Mu Youren, and Tao Qiyue all went back. Because the elderly people have drunk, they want to go back to sleep, and they haven't come yet.

The people sitting at the table politely stood up and gave up their seats.

Old lady Wu smiled and said, "It's so lively, what are you talking about?" ”

Cao Wanli hurriedly said respectfully to her father-in-law: "As long as there are apricot plums, there will be excitement." She just can speak, and she can really spit lotus flowers. Dad, sit down. The eldest brother-in-law and the second brother-in-law, you two also sit. ”

At this time, she was really a little worried, if Malt and Teng Miaoqian sued her, her harsh words would definitely annoy her father-in-law and be angry, and some things would inevitably be investigated, which would be very bad, could this happy event still go smoothly? In that case, she will be the hateful person of this family, and her own man will not forgive her. Although she is dissatisfied with her man and son, and she can't control her two nephews as a punching bag for a while, she sometimes has to endure disgraceful things, for the sake of the face of this big family. In addition, some words are also deliberately said to the stamen on the side, just to refer to the mulberry scolding the acacia! Just her words just now are enough for the uninformed to guess! But on this day of happy events, all the people who came were guests, how could she expel a person who was resentful and could not show it.

In order to be safe and smooth, a few days ago, the four elder brothers led the eight younger brothers to the small temple in the deep mountains, and made offerings to the two immortals of the tiger and deer, which was a pig's head and forage, and burned incense and knelt down to pray, praying for blessings. Not only for the girl who married three times, but also for the village to be free from bandits and devils and have a good year. This cannot be simply regarded as ignorant superstition, but people's longing and expectation of the unknown, so it has become a kind of spiritual sustenance.

Zhu Le, who has always been good at sneaking and patting horses, seems to be quick, helping Old Lady Wu to sit down, and pulling chairs and stools for others, he seems to be a natural slave.

Liu Xingmei said with a smile: "It's nothing more than gossip about gourds and scoops, making everyone laugh happily." For all kinds of dishes, what should be cut, what should be boiled, and they are all ready to stop, and tomorrow will not be wrong. ”

Old lady Wu thanked him: "Thank you for your hard work." ”

Wu He said: "These are all things that should be done, and other favors can't help, that is, if you can do this, the woman's family will do this." ”

Old Lady Wu said, "Stay for a while, then please prepare the dinner for the evening!" It is still a feast, and everyone eats and drinks well to express their gratitude. ”

Liu Xingmei said: "Whoever eats and drinks, anyway, I don't eat or drink, and it looks a little sinking at noon." I-"

Cao Wanli said: "How can this work, I still have to drink two cups with you?" ”

Liu Xingmei smiled and said: "I can't drink anymore, I'm going to fight grasshoppers at noon, and I still feel top-heavy." If a woman drinks crookedly in the dark, she can't make people laugh and lose her big teeth?! If there is nothing else, I won't go into the house to see the three brides, I plan to go to Cheng Yuan's two families to see, they are all villagers, I can't talk about it without looking at each other, and see if there is anything I can help with. Zhenkun left, just throw me down, just take it as a formality, this melon seed is not full of people's hearts, and it is not considered a loss of etiquette. Favors and exchanges cannot be overcome. ”

Old lady Wu said: "You think thoughtfully, it should be so. If it's okay, then you come again. ”

Liu Xingmei said with a smile: "I won't come, let alone send someone to call me, the love is not in eating and drinking, as long as the heart is there." I wasn't afraid of everyone laughing, and they all said that the dog's stomach couldn't hold two taels of ghee, so my father and mother gave me a belly to eat bran vegetables. Maybe it's unproductive, this meal of big fish and big meat makes this stomach a little uncomfortable! ”

Some people laughed at her blunt words, but others could feel the bitterness in them.

Cao Wanli said: "If you really know how to laugh, you will make people happy." But the three girls said that they would let you help them dress up tomorrow, you see——? ”

Liu Xingmei was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "The three of them are naturally beautiful, and they look like fairies without makeup." I'm a woman, but I'm a layman when it comes to dressing up. Because the family is poor and grows so big, it is only when she gets married that she puts the fat powder on her face once, which is really the first time that a big girl gets on a sedan chair. is also reincarnated as a woman, I don't have the capital to wipe the powder! In my opinion, it is better to find Sister Hua Rui, I think she is proficient in makeup. ”

Oh, yes! The beauty of women in the world needs to be carved by rubbing rouge and powder, but their own beauty is innate, and they don't need vulgar powder to cover up the true face given by their parents. She is not like too many women in this world, who always try to replace the first face, and do not hesitate to live up to her father's blood, looking for a second face that can be replaced. This is like a lack of trust in one's own parents, so they have to improve their own breeds, which is undoubtedly the sad place for women! She looked at the stamen to the side, and the stamen looked absent-minded.

At this time, Hua Rui, who had never spoken, peeked at Old Lady Wu a few times, estimating where the pistol was hidden. She also heard Liu Xingmei's recommendation, and she couldn't help but be a little flattered, and hurriedly said, "I-"

Without waiting for her "I" to say the words behind her, Cao Wanli said: "Who can compare to you?" is naturally beautiful, but it seems vulgar to use fat powder. Niwan said that this was the request of the three sisters, not one person. ”

Malt said, "Yes, Nijel told me the same. ”

Teng Miaoqian also said: "Niva said that only those who know how to appreciate will know how to dress up." Xingmei, they know that you don't dress up, but they know how you will dress up others, they all think so, so they believe you, can you not agree? ”

Perhaps, people sometimes often ignore their own appreciation, and such people are not the kind of people who show off and are lonely and self-appreciating, seemingly reckless but cautious, Liu Xingmei is such a person. Her pungent and decisive willfulness has made conformist women be subtly influenced, and how many people like her frankness, kindness and pure and flawless qualities. Let the precepts of male superiority and inferiority under the rules of the past generations begin to be subverted, and she will be able to exert her wisdom and ability under the appreciation of the enlightened and progressive head of a village, and she is invisibly setting a new example for women, no longer indecisive, no longer cowardly and submissive, and instilling the concept of ideals. Her free-flowing and casual style, daring to speak and do without dragging her feet, is exactly what the six sisters of the Wu family like and envy. Some women believe that the arrival of Liu Xingmei will bring a new atmosphere to this old-fashioned village, bring a transformable gospel to women who have been silently subjected to some oppression and discrimination under the deep-rooted feudal ideology, and advocate the concept of equality between men and women with dignity and status. But her rebellious thinking is a violation of the ban under the Confucian etiquette norms, so that some elderly women are not accustomed to judging her words and deeds, thinking that rebellion against women is against morals!

Rong Fanhui glanced at Hua Rui and muttered mockingly: "If she is allowed to put on makeup, she will have to become a goblin even if she is a good person!" ”

"I-" Liu Xingmei hesitated and said, "Then I'm a class with an axe, but it's hard to be enthusiastic, I'll try it when the time comes, and then I won't talk about it." ”

Cao Wanli said: "Okay, don't forget that tomorrow morning at eight o'clock, this time to come on time to pick up and marry, please Lan Di calculated." ”

Liu Xingmei said: "Don't worry, on a good day and an auspicious day, I will come in advance, how dare I delay such a big event." Speak, see you tomorrow! ”

Old lady Wu twisted her beard in her hands, smiled in her eyes, and said sincerely: "Then you can go to those two houses to have a look, if you have nothing to do, come again, prepare the dinner for the evening, and make a banquet as well." My three granddaughters are married at the same time, and to make them happy is in any way stingy. Born in our Wu family, we have to send them everywhere to be satisfied, and I will only rest assured if I am worthy of them. Speaking of which, the sisters were sensible, did not give any problems, and were satisfied with the dowry they had made. ”

Liu Xingmei said: "I just looked at the leftovers at noon, which is enough to make do with a meal, I'm afraid that it will not be enough, so I can simply exchange the two dishes, they are all from the village, and no one will pick them up, even relatives and friends will not, so they can't be wasted." I thought I could eat more, so I poured more rice. The dishes are also sumptuous, that is, to shake off the cheeks and lift the big molars to let go of the stomach to eat, there are so many left, which makes the small family incomparable. ”

Mrs. Wu said: "More is better than less, if there is not enough food in my house, it will not become a joke." Don't save, just celebrate. Everything is prepared a little more, and this day is getting hotter, and I am afraid that I will not be able to store it for a few days, and it will rot by then. ”

Liu Xingmei said: "This is really 'Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road'!" ”