Li Laosan scratched his head, at a loss, "Mother, I don't have anything on my mind, what's wrong."

Mrs. Yao didn't believe it, and she squirted "You don't have anything, you don't have anything to do all day and night, you don't see anyone after work, you have to look for you everywhere every day when you eat, you don't have anything, you don't have anything to go to the village to wander around in a day, who did you secretly send the fruit you got yesterday, give me an honest explanation, don't think you can fool your mother, you were born to me, I still don't know who you are?" ”。

Li Laosan was told the central matter, his face turned red, and he lowered his head and did not speak.

Mrs. Yao was even more angry when she saw him like that, and continued to scold, "One or two are not worrying, if you really have something, which girl do you like, you tell your mother, can your mother still harm you?" You are sneaky, you have been seen, will our family be embarrassed in the future? If you really don't care about your family, your mother will treat you as if she never gave birth to you, and I will never care about you anymore."

Li Laosan saw that Mrs. Yao was angry, and he didn't dare to hide it, so he had to recruit "Mother, I said, I said it's not okay."

It turned out that Li Laosan had fallen in love with a girl surnamed Lin in the village, named Lin Xiaomei, eighteen years old, relatively ordinary-looking, honest, a famous old girl, and a poor household. Lin Xiaomei has a father in the family, or a perennial sick number, Lin Xiaomei takes care of the family inside and out, many people in the village feel sorry for her, but the heart is distressed, no one wants to marry, after all, if she marries her, her maiden family must help her, otherwise her father will not be cared for, and she will not be poked in the back.

The people in the village can't take care of their own homes, where is there any time to take care of other people's homes, so even if Lin Xiaomei is very capable, even if she doesn't want a bride price, no one wants to marry, and over time, she becomes an old girl.

Once Li Laosan was working in the field, Lin Xiaomei passed by, and the two of them somehow looked at each other.

Usually, Li Laosan doesn't see anyone from time to time, so he goes to her house to help with work.

Mrs. Yao listened, and also lowered her head to think about this problem, Lin Xiaomei, she also knew that this child was a hard-working person, and there was no way to put it on that family, but just like other people's families, she also looked down on her family, but the third child fell in love, and the third child has been delayed, and he is not young, if he misses this, he is estimated to have a temper tantrum, and he doesn't know if he can find it in the future, and now he just has a little money in the family, if the Lin family doesn't want a bride price, then simply buy a table and don't pay two taels of silver. It can definitely be done.

Thinking of these, Mrs. Yao felt that it was feasible, although her father was a burden, but since she married into her own family, could she still go back every day? The most unfortunate thing is to go back occasionally to help.

"I want to think about it, you go back to the house first..."Mrs. Yao was thinking about things, so she drove Li Laosan out.

Li Laosan thought that his mother disagreed, so he wanted to say a few more words, "Mother, Xiaomei... She's fine, her father said, their family doesn't need a dowry, and they don't need to ......"

Mrs. Yao glared at him, touched a pillow and threw it over, scolding, "I haven't married into the door yet, so I will help, and I won't forget my mother when I marry in the future."

Li Laosan grabbed the pillow and was embarrassed and at a loss, he was stupid and didn't know how to say it, but marriage is a big deal, he values it very much, no matter what his mother says, he insists on it, after all, he really thinks Lin Xiaomei is good.

When Li Laosan returned to the house tremblingly, Mrs. Yao discussed with Mr. Li.

Old Man Li has always let Mrs. Yao take ideas about these things, so he replied casually, "You can just look at it, as long as the character is okay and the person is diligent, it's about the same, don't be too picky about our family."

Old man Li is telling the truth, Mrs. Yao also knows this truth, but she knows it, she still feels a little uncomfortable, the two daughters-in-law in the family, one is cheating and playing tricks, the other is silent, no one is satisfied, if the third child marries another one, she is still not satisfied, she feels that her heart has to be entangled.

However, she also knows her own difficulties, although she is partial to her daughter, but her son is also her own, if he really likes it, she can still make trouble, as soon as the various possibilities are weighed, Mrs. Yao also accepted it, took out the small box containing money, counted it, there are more than six taels of silver, and these are all added to the money from Li Lanxi selling wild ginseng.

Hey, it's hard to save, but it looks like it's going to have to be spent again.

Li Lanxi rested in the house, she slept in the afternoon, and now she is not sleepy, let go of her ears and listen to all kinds of insect calls everywhere, and also heard the voice of her father and mother in the upper room, thinking of the money in the space, how can I take it out for the family?

She had to think of a good reason.

The next day

Mrs. Yao woke everyone up early in the morning, went to the second uncle's house for lunch, and asked everyone to come back early at noon, change their clothes, and go down to the field, all of them were dirty, and if they didn't change their bodies, they would be laughed at when they went out.

Anyway, they are all in the same village, and they are close back and forth.

When they heard that they could go to a banquet, the adults were happy, and the children were even more happy.

The second uncle Li Dahai is considered a rich family in the village, plus the eldest uncle Li Dajun and the old man Li, the three of them are brothers, and the relationship is passable, since the death of the two elders, the three brothers have split up, and the other two have made a little money, and the relationship is limited to personal favors.

Mrs. Yao found a set of peach-colored clothes for Li Lanxi, which looked festive, the fabric was cotton, and it was very comfortable to wear, most of the family's clothes were mainly linen, and there were few cotton clothes.

Like Li Lanxi's set of clothes, it looks new, but it was actually made two years ago.

Mrs. Yao tied Li Lanxi's ponytail and said with a lot of experience, "Don't look blind when eating, don't pick the vegetarian one, first clip the meat, don't care if you eat it or not, put it in your own bowl first, and your hands and feet should be faster when you serve the food, otherwise it will be gone."

Li Lanxi is embarrassed, is there still such knowledge? "Mother, otherwise, I won't go", Li Lanxi imagined the picture, and didn't want to go.

Yao Pozi said softly, "Why can't you go, you have to go, your second uncle's family is not better than ours, their family conditions are better, this banquet must be done well, even if the two families usually don't have a deep friendship, but after all, this is a relative, the surface affection is still there, and besides, doesn't my mother still want to give gifts, if you don't go, it's not a loss."

In fact, if you want to give a gift and go to close to two tables of people, who will suffer?

Li Lanxi had no choice but to listen to her mother, forget it, go ahead, she can only follow the customs of the countryside now, hum, it's a big deal, if she picks up the vegetables, she will give it to her mother.

When it was time for lunch, the people from Shimoda also came back in a swarm, changed their clothes briefly, and one person held a large bowl of chopsticks, ready to eat.

It turns out that no matter where you go to eat noodles in the village, you all bring your own dishes and chopsticks, there are so many people in the village, and it is impossible for others to take out so many dishes and chopsticks.

The gift prepared by Mrs. Yao also survived, and a letter of brown sugar was put in the basket, in fact, it was only half, Li Lanxi bought it, Mrs. Yao kept half of it, and added 20 eggs and 200 yuan, this gift is heavy, and most people send 20 to 50 yuan, and then it is not good, that is, a few eggs or something.

The reason why Mrs. Yao gave such a heavy gift is that in order to save face for Mr. Li, among the three brothers, Mr. Li's conditions are a little worse, if he sends a shabby gift at this time, he will lose face, and although their family is poor, this point can still be taken out.