When Guo Hong returned home and saw that her parents hadn't slept yet, she knew that the second elder wanted to ask something. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Niao, what are you talking about?" Her father was lying on a long rattan chair, with his hands in his cotton sleeves, and was watching "Liyuan Spring" broadcast on satellite TV, and when he saw his daughter coming back, he asked with concern.

"What are you talking about, but he always asks me how to decorate that room? What do you mean? Guo Hong walked to the edge of the coal stove and said while roasting his hands.

"Silly Nier, I'm asking you about the room, that's who he wants to talk to you." Her mother was afraid of the cold, so she kept sitting by the fire, and when she heard her daughter say this, she took her eyes off the TV screen and said to Guo Hong.

Hearing her mother say this, Guo Hong raised her head, thought for a moment, and said, "No, I don't think about it." ”

"Actually, this kid is not bad. Since childhood, the reputation has been good, and it is at our door, so we know the roots. I think it's in. Her father turned to Guo Hong and said.

"It's that his family has a lot of rules, and the child's father is also a frequent manager in the village, and he is also reasonable." Her mother chimed in.

Hearing her parents say this, Guo Hong's heart also rippled. Others have introduced her a few before, but they haven't entered her eyes, maybe they are related to being a soldier, and this time they are also a soldier, but they seem to have a heartbeat. Thinking about it again, I am not too young, and it is time to get married.

The next night, Guo Hong came to me and told me her thoughts, and we began to establish a relationship. After I told my parents about my idea, they said that if I agreed, I would find a matchmaker, set a date, and get engaged. In the countryside, this is a custom, and no one can avoid it. Because I had to rush back to work immediately after the Spring Festival, they set the date on the eighth day of the first lunar month. Sometimes looking for a partner, not far or near, not much, really depends on the timing, the timing is right, you meet the right person at the right time, the two hearts attract, fate will come, and the time will be ripe. From then on, I decided that she was my lifelong partner.

After I was busy with my family, I went to the county seat to find my comrades-in-arms.

"Yongning is at home?" I ran to the west of the river, walked to a large courtyard, and shouted. After Xiao Ning was discharged from the army, he found a job in his second brother's factory, originally he was a soldier according to the city hukou, and he could arrange a job when he came back, but the county's economy was sluggish, and the enterprises arranged for him often could not pay wages, so he bought out 1,500 yuan and did not go to work.

"Hey, Guo Fanyo, when are you coming back?" Xiao Ning ran out and saw that it was me, and was a little surprised. It's been three years since he was discharged from the army, and we haven't seen each other. We used to be a regiment, and when the veterans were discharged, because I went to study, I didn't see it.

"I've only been back for two days, so I'm coming to see you today." Seeing my former comrade-in-arms, I couldn't help but be happy in my heart, and stepped forward to hug him.

"I can't leave today, let's have a good chat with the brothers." It can be seen that he has a very prosperous life and lives a very positive life.

"Okay." I replied without thinking.

"Let's go take a shower first."

"Okay."

After saying that, he went into the room to change his clothes, took the bath supplies and bath tickets, and we went straight to the bathhouse.

Winter in the north is dry and dusty. After the busy people, a dollar and a ticket, a large group of men take a bath together, there is a different taste, and the spirit is immediately refreshed. This may be the reason for "catching the wind and washing the dust".

After the bath, Xiao Ning called Liu Tingyu and Wei Kaitao and a few comrades-in-arms and got together. The alcohol in the north is too high, and I drink it in a small bowl, and I am dizzy when I divide it by two. During the banquet, I learned that Tingyu and Kaitao's family has a little way, and after being discharged from the army, one was arranged in the Water Conservancy Bureau, and the other was arranged in the Labor Bureau.

"Guo Fan, don't come back, the place is too difficult, if you can stay in the army, stay in the army, don't keep thinking about coming back." Tingyu persuaded me.

"It's not easy to mix anywhere." I didn't know how to deal with it, so I went along with it.

"Tingyu is right, Lao Guo, now that you have become a cadre, you must do it well. If there is anything at home, squeak and promise to be on call. "Xiao Ning is a man of temperament and never says a word, which is why I have the most contact with him.

"Come, let's do it together, congratulations to Lao Guo Guangrong." The cup proposed by Kaitao was relatively large, but everyone was not ambiguous and drank it all.

When I woke up, I felt a very painful headache, and I didn't have any impression of where I slept. I saw a bed next to me and tried my best to recall the situation last night, only to know that I was lying on the bed in Xiao Ning's house.

"Wake up, there's water on the table, drink some water first, I'm stewing meat, and I'll use the broth to order some noodles in a while. Wait a minute. "It's almost the New Year, and every family is preparing New Year's goods, and stewing a pot of meat is a must-have material. Xiao Ning is busy with the New Year.

"What about my brother and sister?" I thought that if I slept here, it must have affected others.

"She went to sleep with my sister-in-law." Xiao Ning said while turning over the meat in the pot.

"I'm sorry, I drank too much. You see, let my younger siblings run so far. ”

"Look at you, see outside. Which of us is with whom! "He's always got that boldness.

"I'll go home first, there's something else going on at home." Be a good person, everyone is busy, and it's not good to disturb them for too long.

"Don't worry, let's have breakfast and then leave!" He stopped me from leaving.

"No, there's really something going on at home." I said and walked out of the house.

"That's okay, say it when you leave, don't learn it once, leave without saying hello."

"Good, good. You get busy first. I hurried out of his yard.

There are also a few relatives in the county, and I went to visit them one by one, which is etiquette and custom. When I see my comrades-in-arms, I don't know why, I just want to meet, talk about the past, drink wine, people are simple, and they think simply. Look at relatives, not to mention why, relatives are getting closer and closer, and they can't forget the kindness of the year.

Before I knew it, I felt that this year's New Year was very flavorful, the firecrackers were extremely loud, the couplets were very new, and the relatives were also very close.

Seeing that it is about to be the eighth day of the new year, I am really a little apprehensive. What does engagement really smell like?

On the evening of the eighth day of the new year, the family prepared a table of wine and food, which mentioned the woman's house. I arrived late, and as soon as I entered the door and saw a room of people, my mind was a little dazed, and I was most afraid of group occasions, and I didn't know what to say. Guo Hong's family is all there, her eldest brother, sister-in-law, second brother, second sister-in-law, and her sister, matchmakers are naturally indispensable. Although I usually know each other, I don't know how to speak today.

"Master Xi Zhou, thank you for bothering you." He is our matchmaker, and he is higher than my family in the village, so I call him that. He and Guo Hong are their own family, and they are the same generation as her father. I picked up the wine glass and poured him three glasses in a row, thanking him for the "matchmaker" who appeared in time.

"You're a good kid, I've always been optimistic about you. Be good to Guo Hong in the future. He admonished.

"Dad, I'll pour you a bar." I don't know where I got the courage, so I changed my name to Dad and Mom.

"Fanfan, I'm good, this Nier is good, but her temper is a little big, what we like is that you have a good temper, you can let her more in the future, ah." Her father politely instructed.

"Dad, don't worry, I will definitely be good to her." I swallowed my saliva and made a promise to the second elder.

We men sat at the table and drank, and the women sat in a ball by themselves, chatting and talking. I don't know which era the rules for women not to be allowed to serve the table were set, and who set them, I always think it's a little unreasonable, but who can change it!

We don't know what the adults said at the time. After the toast, Guo Hong and I went to talk next door, I tried to pull her hand, fleshy, and she agreed. I had physical contact with the opposite sex for the first time in my life, and my body was numb as if it had been electrified. She said she felt the same way, as if she had been electrocuted.

Since then, we have officially held hands.