On Shewu Mountain, wild honeysuckle was everywhere, climbing with branches and low slopes, Du Mei took the black girl into the mountain early in the morning, the fog in the mountain had not yet dissipated, and the hem of her skirt was also wet with dew.

When the sun rose, the people who got up early in Dujiagou and went to the ground saw Du Mei carrying a basket full of honeysuckle on his back. Honeysuckle is a Chinese herbal medicine, and children in the countryside often pick it and dry it and sell it to pharmacies and medical centers for one or two pennies to supplement their families. So I was not surprised to see her do this.

After breakfast, Du Mei went to pick lotus leaves again, at this time the wild lotus leaves, water chestnuts, mushrooms, and gourds in the small river dam of Dujiagou withered for a winter, and began to emerge fresh and tender buds one after another, and the lotus leaves grew like a pot lid, and were round and spread on the water surface.

The stem of the lotus leaf is very brittle, and Du Mei has a sickle, and it is cut with a slight stroke. White pulp will emerge from the breaks, and there will be long strands of silk connected to them. The lotus leaves were so big that Du Mei only cut four or five pieces, and the bamboo basket couldn't be stuffed.

The bitter gourd seedlings that arrived at the rice last time were planted in the ground, this thing was very splashy, and a few reed poles were inserted at random next to the seedlings, and a shelf was built, and it could see the wind growing.

But the taste of this bitter gourd is not as attractive as cucumber, cucumber is picked in the ground, and the particular one is washed in water, and the temperament is anxious to rub two or three times on the trouser leg, and you can directly stuff it into your mouth to eat.

Bitter gourd has a bitter taste, that is, Du Mei's family often uses it to make cold bitter gourd in summer, and most other people are not used to eating it, and even Mrs. Cao is not willing to steal it. But this bitter gourd is an indispensable dish in summer, which has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, defeating fire and preventing sores.

At the beginning, there were a total of ten seedlings, and the two stunned servants them all to life, and now the bitter gourd is hanging on the shelves, how many can you eat just by Du Mei's cooking? A few days ago, Xu regretted that he couldn't eat bitter gourd, and he was old.

Du Mei went to the field, picked all the bitter gourds that were not old, and filled a basket full of bamboo, and when the villagers saw it, they all praised her for the good growth of her food, and she generously wanted to give them some, but no one wanted it.

Today, the sun is good, there is no wind, Du Mei cut the lotus leaves into a finger-wide strip, and cut the bitter gourd into slices, and spread it in the yard with honeysuckle to dry, so that it is exposed to the sun for a day, and tomorrow you can try to make tea.

After lunch, Xu and Du Gui took a nap, and Du Mei was drying lotus leaves, bitter gourd and honeysuckle in the courtyard, but saw Chunhua running in a panic.

"Plum..., Plum, it's not good." Chunhua ran all the way from Chenqian Village, the beads of sweat on her head soaked her sideburns, and her throat was even more dry and smoking.

"Don't worry, drink some sour plum soup and speak slowly." Du Mei let her into the house and made a bowl of sour plum soup and handed it to her.

"Goo-dong, goo-dong...... "Chunhua picked up the bowl and drank it in one go, she drank too hard and too quickly, and couldn't help but burp.

"Meizi, my uncle locked Sister Chunya at home!" Chunhua said anxiously.

"Hey, that's good, why is that?" Du Mei asked suspiciously.

"I don't know which bastard came to our village to spread rumors, saying, saying, saying......" Chunhua blushed and spouted.

"Oh, you say! Rush to death! Du Mei shook Chunhua's arm.

"Rumors say that our sisters and the old man ......" Chunhua is spicy on weekdays, but in the end she is a teenage girl, she is too ashamed to speak.

But with these few sentences, Du Mei guessed in his heart that ** is not far from ten, this is obviously the same person as the rumor maker in Dujiagou!

"Your uncle

Sister Chunya is locked up, she can't go crazy yet! Du Mei said worriedly.

"But no, Sister Chunya cried all morning, and the uncle was heartbroken after eating the scales, and he also said ruthlessly that he would rather raise a fool for the rest of his life than ruin the reputation of his daughter's family!" Chunhua said helplessly.

"Your father didn't embarrass you, did he?" Du Mei looked the spring flowers up and down.

"Qiuguo is at home, I climbed out of the window to find you, and now only you can save us." Chunhua said with a sad face.

"The old man came to my house yesterday, saying that he wanted to hire Chunya. The rumor-monger will not be caught for a while, so I asked the old man to propose marriage as soon as possible, and this unjust case will be cleared up. Du Mei thought for a moment and said.

"I already knew their intentions, just because he doesn't dislike Sister Chunya's illness, I respect him as a man!" Chunya cried with joy and wiped her eyes.

"If it is as she wants, Sister Chunya's illness will be fine." Du Mei bowed her head to comfort Chunhua.

"You let him propose early, don't let Sister Chunya stay up, she's so pitiful." Chunhua said with a bitter face.

"I know, I promise nothing will go wrong!" Du Mei patted Chunhua's shoulder.

"Then I'll go first." Chunhua didn't dare to stay for a long time, for fear that her father and mother would be suspicious after a long time.

"Well, I'll go out with you." Du Mei sent the spring flowers away and hurried to find the old man.

The three sisters did not come today, and the old man was depressed, so he scribbled a bowl of noodles and lay down on the bamboo bed to rest.

Du Mei came, he hurriedly got up and welcomed into the house, and after listening to her repeat of Chunhua's words, his heart felt as if he had been twisted, sore and painful.

“…… Hurry up and find a matchmaker to propose! Du Mei babbled to the end, focusing on this sentence.

"I know, I'll go." The old man's depression was replaced by a hurry, and he was in a hurry.

"You must not look for the old eighteen media!" Du Mei suddenly remembered and reminded him.

"I don't know who to look for." The old man looked dazed, no wonder, how did he understand these things as a man.

He was all focused on grinding tofu, and he didn't have his father and mother urging him, after the normal marriage age, he was not in a hurry, but he was delayed in vain.

"Let's go and ask Aunt Fang." Du Mei is similar to the old man, his mind is not on this, he doesn't know anything at all. The reason why she didn't want the old eighteen to protect the media was entirely because she saw her bullying and coercing the eldest girl's family.

Fang Shi was sitting on the soles of his shoes in the hall, listening to their words, he was amused, "How can getting married be as simple as you think?" Three media and six women, Guang Liuli walked all the way down according to the rules, and it was not possible to do it for half a year. ”

"Anyway, where do you start?" When Du Mei heard that it was so complicated, he was very anxious.

"Since you are not optimistic about Lao Eighteen, you can find Hao Po, she is not a snob." Fang Shi rubbed the needle in his hair.

"Aunt Fang, tell me, what am I going to do?" The old man scratched his head and said.

"First of all, the first step, you prepare some gifts, ask the matchmaker to go to the woman's house to propose, if the woman's family agrees, will bring back the birthday Bazi. You go to the temple and ask the master to calculate, divination of good fortune and evil, if there is no conflict, the marriage will basically be decided. Then there is the letter of appointment, the letter of gift, as well as the bride price and the bride price. Then choose the auspicious day of the zodiac, set the date with the woman's family, and finally bring the welcome book to the church. Aunt Fang put down her hand

Count them one by one.

Du Mei heard that one head and two were big, and the old man was also confused, and when Fang saw that they were confused, he had to say: "You go to Hao Po first, and then talk about the back." ”

The old man immediately went to invite Hao Po with gifts, Hao Po was sitting at home and worried, and most of the countrymen chose the winter moon and the first month to do happy events. In the summer, the weather is hot, the food can't be placed, and after half a year of poverty, everyone is not rich in their pockets, and the summer is the time when the farm is slack, and most of the young and middle-aged people go out to work.

The arrival of the old man made Hao Po particularly surprised, and what made her even happier was that the old man was reluctant to seek the near and far, not looking for the old eighteen, but looking for her, this is not obvious, her reputation is better.

It is rare to have a business, and the old eighteen gave it up, Hao Po decided in her heart that even if she didn't make money, she would tell the matchmaker that more people would come to her in the autumn.

Hao Po smiled and agreed, promising to go tomorrow, and the old man went home with a thousand thanks.

Hao Po was more anxious than the old man, and the next morning, she dressed up, put on a gift, and went out to Chenqian Village.

Chunya didn't eat or drink, and cried in fear for a whole day and a night. At this point, I was probably so tired that I fell asleep in bed.

"Brother Qian, congratulations to you!" Hao Po rushed to Chunya's house and greeted the courtyard.

Chunya's father Qian Maofu was disgraced by his daughter, and suddenly someone came to the door early in the morning to say hello, which was tantamount to sarcasm, he said angrily, "Go and go, I found the wrong door." ”

"No, isn't this Qian Chunya's house?" Hao Po looked around, she has been a matchmaker for half her life, who has a marriageable girl, what is her appearance, and how old she is, she has inquired properly.

"It's my house, what's the matter with you?" Qian Maofu frowned and asked, this woman was dressed in fresh clothes, her hair was combed and smooth, and she was carrying a gift in her hand, as if she was a relative, but he didn't have such a relative.

"Say hello to the eldest brother and the spring bud girl!" Hao Po smiled so much that she couldn't see her teeth.

"What joy can we have!" Qian Maofu waved his hand impatiently.

"There is a descendant in Dujiagou who asked me to be a matchmaker, this is not a great joy." Hao Po familiarly placed the gift on the table.

"Dujiagou?" Qian Maofu asked suspiciously.

"Yes, this Dujiagou is the richest village in our ten miles and eight townships, not to mention that there is a good craft in this future life, and he earns a lot!" Hao Po said at the end, and her voice was suppressed, adding a sense of mystery.

"Craft?" Qian Maofu had an angry look on his face.

"It's not, grinding tofu, although the life is hard, how can I earn more! Besides, there is no old one in the family, if you agree to this good family business, Chunya will be the master of the house after the door, how good! Hao Po's eyebrows fluttered as she spoke, and she didn't see Qian Maofu's darkening face at all.

"Are you talking about the old man of Dujiagou?" Qian Maofu forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and asked in a deep voice.

"Oh, how do you know I'm talking about him, and you like him! This is really ......," Hao Po said in a daze.

"Get out!" Qian Maofu roared angrily and interrupted Hao Po.

"It's... This..., what are you doing here? Hao Po was frightened by his anger and said a little angrily.

"This little king is too deceitful!" Qian Maofu slammed his fist on the table, and the gift jumped with it, almost falling to the ground. 2k reading web