Meng Tao nodded, and her tone was weak: "I want to thank you, I don't have any good things, the eldest sister and brother-in-law have been living in the courtyard of my house with the children...... Ahem, ahem, ahem! ”

The violent cough came suddenly, and it was really not a fake.

The original owner, Meng Taohua, was a blind and infatuated ghost, and always thought that Tian Zhigao was sincere and married to her.

But Meng Tao retrieved and sorted out her memory, and after analysis, she felt that this was not the case.

Tian Zhi was arrogant back then, he was dignified, and he graduated from high school, it can be said that there is no dust at the moment, he can't like a fifteen-year-old village girl like a young peach, and Meng Taohua doesn't like to study, only goes to the third grade of primary school, and has no culture.

It's just that Tian Zhigao is helpless, his family is too poor and too poor, seven brothers and sisters, the eldest sister is also very poor when she marries in a neighboring village, the second brother can't talk about a daughter-in-law who is a bachelor, and the younger brothers and sisters have to eat, wear and study, and his father has long been bent over by life, and his mother is not in good health because of too many births, and he has no relatives to support him and no money to have a future, so he can only participate in the infrastructure team, go to the infrastructure construction site to pull stones and pick up mud with his strength to earn high work, and he has been working hard for two years, but he still has not been able to change his family's predicament.

Later, his mother Wang Shuifeng sent a letter to tell him that the Meng family was going to recruit a son-in-law, the Tian family had many sons, Wang Shuifeng's initial idea was that she was afraid that there would be no money to build a house in the future, and she wanted her third son Tian Zhigao to go to the Meng family to plug in the door, the Meng family has a courtyard house, and the old man Meng also receives a government subsidy every month, and the old and the young live a comfortable life, and more importantly, the woman's family will give the son-in-law a "bride price" and a batch of grain, and the Tian family urgently needs these.

Tian Zhigao didn't like Meng Taohua, he actually succumbed to fate.

He acted according to Wang Shuifeng's carefully planned steps, and did not go straight to the door to go on a blind date like other guys, because Meng Taohua was young and timid, and he was afraid of scaring her.

He made chance encounters, and after the first time, he met every week, with a big smile, a gentle and nice speech, and each time he brought small gifts that cost little but were very romantic, such as a ring made of sweet notes, a bouquet of wildflowers or a handful of small berries picked from the mountains, and a delicate and beautiful little stone picked up by the river...... won Meng Taohua in this way, of course, it is also blamed that Meng Taohua is too young, unknowledgeable and inexperienced, and can't resist the teasing of a twenty-year-old man, not to mention that this man still has talent and looks good to speak, and it is strange that a fifteen-year-old girl does not fall.

And Grandpa Meng is old and sick, he knows that his time is short, and he desperately wants to see his granddaughter get married and have a person to rely on, so he can close his eyes with peace of mind, so he didn't take the test, just based on the superficial goodwill, the key is that his granddaughter likes it, so he accepted Tian Zhigao.

Set up a banquet to invite the whole village to eat and drink, Meng Tian and his family made an agreement under the auspices of the village cadres, and said that they would be a son-in-law, and Grandpa Meng gave the Tian family 200 yuan, 200 catties of grain, a number of cloth tickets, oil tickets, sugar tickets, and Grandpa Meng is an old guerrilla who fights devils, enjoys state subsidies, and the little money he saves from eating and frugality is used to recruit a son-in-law for Meng Tao.

It's just that Meng Taohua is still young, she hasn't developed at all, and she hasn't even come to the menstrual period, so she won't have a round house for the time being, of course, this is only known to the two families.

Later, seeing that Tian Zhigao was educated and ambitious, Grandpa Meng thought about it and talked to Tian Zhigao again, so he ran to the county several times with his sick body, and finally got a place and sent Tian Zhigao to the provincial steel mill.

Grandpa Meng's thoughts: Supporting the grandson-in-law is for the good of the granddaughter, the grandson-in-law has a future, and the granddaughter will be able to enjoy happiness in the future.

Before Grandpa Meng died, he handed Meng Taohua the last 300 yuan, and told her that this was her pressure box money, take it for her own use, and don't give it to anyone.

Grandpa Meng also told his granddaughter: Our small courtyard is very strong, this is your home, you will be angry if you marry someone else's house, recruit a son-in-law to live in your own house, you can live how you love, and others can't care about it.

The old man understood his granddaughter's character and knew that she would inevitably be oppressed if she married into someone else's family, so he reminded her granddaughter to keep her homeland.

The poor old man's worries turned out to be true, and after he left, Meng Taohua was very uncompetitive and didn't hold on.

Three hundred yuan was coaxed and taken away by her mother-in-law Wang Shuifeng, and on the grounds that she couldn't bear to let her daughter-in-law live alone, she asked Meng Taohua to move into Tian's house, and when she got married, her grandfather bought new furniture, clothes and supplies, and was soon divided between Wang Shuifeng's mother and daughter.

The courtyard of the Meng family was given to a quarrel with her mother-in-law, and Tian Xianglan's family, who was separated, lived.

Or the cadres of the brigade think this is not like words, Tian Xianglan married and went to the neighboring village and ran back to occupy the courtyard of her younger siblings' maiden house, which is very inauthentic.

The cadres of the brigade directly came forward and divided the Meng's courtyard into two with a fence, and the three main houses were for the educated youths to live in, which was rented by the brigade headquarters, and at the end of the year, more food was distributed to Meng Taohua; The row of slightly lower wings, let Tian Xianglan's family live, after all, people are relatives, and it is not good to do too much.

Tian Xianglan was not convinced by this tone, thinking that the cadres of the brigade deliberately suppressed her, a married girl, and asked Meng Taohua to make trouble several times, and wanted to bring back the three main houses to her.

And the Tian family was happy to see Tian Xianglan go to occupy Meng Taohua's mother's yard, and when they talked on weekdays, they didn't forget to knock Meng Taohua, and they couldn't wait for her to let go and agree, and give the yard directly to Tian Xianglan.

Just like now, Tian Yalan seized the opportunity again, walked to sit next to Meng Taohua, and said, "Do you want to give that broken yard to the eldest sister as a life-saving thank you?" ”

Wang Shuifeng thought of something, and said with a smile: "You don't need to send it all, just send half to your eldest sister according to the current division." ”

"Mom, who is rare in half of the yard? Narrow and small. Tian Yalan shouted.

Wang Shuifeng gave her youngest daughter a look, in the end, it was a mother and daughter, Tian Yalan immediately understood - Meng Taohua was about to become a woman with Shi Datou, even if she was stupid and really gave all the yard to the eldest sister, but at that time she had nothing to do with the Tian family, could she follow the eldest cousin back to the mountain village, but the eldest sister lived in her yard, so she was not allowed to gossip about the whole village? The cadres of the brigade will definitely come forward again to be verbose, and the eldest sister will not take care of it, and in the end, I am afraid that she will not get any benefits at all. Only the eldest cousin and Meng Taohua lived in it, and gave the eldest sister half of the yard, and said to the outside world that it was a matter between cousins and sisters, who could care? This is reasonable, so the old lady is still shrewd!

Meng Taohua saw the mother and daughter coming and going to fight the lawsuit, and she couldn't guess it, so she didn't bother to pay attention to it, if she knew that the mother and daughter meant this, she would definitely be so excited that she wanted to throw the explosive bag again.

I only heard Wang Shuifeng say: "Mom is going to make dinner, what do Peach Blossoms want to eat, Mom will make it for you, is it okay to make a bowl of egg soup?" ”

"No need, keep the eggs for oil and salt, and I'll just eat the same as everyone." Meng Tao was polite.

"That's not good, you're weak, mom will make you some eggs to supplement nutrition, you can rest."

Tian Yalan said with a smile: "Peach Blossom, there is a guest today, it is the eldest cousin of Zhushan, he came to our house last year and made a lot of bamboo baskets and bamboo chairs and bamboo beds, you have been watching it for a long time, praising him for his good craftsmanship." Now that he's here again, aren't you going to see him? ”

Meng Tao was disgusted, and there was no expression on her face: "I have a headache and I am dizzy, so I won't help you see it, Yalan, you take a good look at each other, although the big-headed cousin has bad legs and feet, he still looks good, he and Yalan you have a husband and wife, it's good." ”

"What are you talking about?" Tian Yalan stood up suddenly, her face was ugly as if she had eaten monkey: "Who is with him as husband and wife?" Who said I was going to see him? ”

Meng Tao's eyes widened as if she was frightened: "That's not what you just said?" Could it be that I'm dizzy and tinnitus, and I'm hearing it? ”

"You ......" Tian Yalan was almost angry when she looked at her like that.

Wang Shuifeng waved his hand and made peace: "Don't quarrel, don't make noise, it's common to hear a fork in your ears, go to Yalan, help my mother wash the vegetables." ”

Tian Yalan followed her mother and said angrily: "I don't want to wash vegetables!" I went to work as a worker in a textile factory in the city in November, and you still made me work, what should I do if my hands are thick? Peach Blossom is lying comfortably, tell her to wash! ”

"Oh, she's hurt, isn't she a headache and dizziness?"

Wang Shuifeng hinted at the little daughter's arm and turned back to Meng Tao: "Peach blossom, you don't have to get out of bed, just rest well, and I'll send it to you when the meal is ready." ”

Meng Tao paused and agreed: "Hmm." ”

"Hillbilly, I won't say thank you."

Tian Yalan glanced at her with disdain, and then walked away with her head held high, as if she was now a high-ranking city person.