When Cuiying tells Heyi that she doesn't have to go to school anymore, Heyi's mood is broken. She stared blankly at her mother, unable to believe it was true for a moment. She looked at her father, touched her schoolbag again, and asked repeatedly, "Mom, are you joking with me?" ”

"This kid." Cuiying looked at her reproachfully, "What are you doing with jokes, Mom?" You should also come back to learn to do work, girl, it's good to read to this extent, you can read two words, you are already a cultural person in our village. ”

"Mom." He Yi looked at her in disbelief, "How can you be a cultural person if you know two words?" I'm only in my first year of junior high school, and I still have a lot of books to read and a lot of knowledge to learn, so why don't you let me study? ”

"Then you are studying, is your brother still studying?" Cui Ying frowned, "Your brother will spend a lot of money in the future, your father asked the teacher, then you don't need money to go to high school and college, if you go to school, what will your brother do in the future?" ”

He Yi opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. She turned her head and turned her pleading gaze to her father, hoping that he would say something for herself.

Jiafu sighed, got up from the chair, and said with his hands behind his back: "Listen to your mother, come back and learn to do work with your sister, don't know how to do anything." ”

"Your dad was right." Cuiying hurriedly echoed, "Then if you go to your mother-in-law's house in the future, can you still expect to study for your father-in-law and mother-in-law?" You don't do anything, be careful that they beat you in the future. ”

"Even if I don't know how to do the work, they don't have the right to beat me!" He Yi retorted, "I'm going to school anyway!" I'm just going to school! ”

"Tsk." Cui Ying turned her head to Jiafu and said, "It's a harmony again. She persuaded again, "Look at your sister, how sharp her hands and feet are, she can do anything, you look at this insole, how beautiful the embroidery is, you have to follow the study, I think my family can do better than your sister in the future!" ”

Heyi's tears were about to come out, she couldn't care about being reserved anymore, sat on the ground, and cried loudly: "I want to go to school!" Father! I want to go to school! I'm going to school! I don't want to learn to do work! ”

"Alright." Jiafu glanced at Heyi unhappily, took his hat from the top of the kang cabinet and put it on, "I'll send Hefu away, you take a good look at Heyi, don't let her run around." ”

"I'm going too! I'm going too! He Yi got up from the ground, picked up his schoolbag with a handful of snot and tears, and followed Jiafu. Cuiying stretched out her hand and hugged her, and she struggled desperately, but where did she have the strength of an adult as a child, and watched Jiafu go out of the door, and closed the courtyard door with a "bang", and after a few minutes, Cuiying let go of her and persuaded softly: "You are obedient, Heyi, you have to think about our family and your brother." ”

"What about me! What about me! He Yi cried out, his face full of despair. Cuiying sighed, got off the kang, lifted the curtain and walked out. He Tu was squatting in front of the stove door to make a fire, when she heard her mother's footsteps coming out, she looked up at her mother silently, stopped talking, and lowered her head again to light the fire.

"Don't do it yet, wait until your dad comes back." Cuiying said, "Look at your sister, don't run to the intersection. ”

"Hmm." She jumped up from the stool, closed the door, and hurried into the back room. Heyi was sitting on the floor and rolling around, trying to arouse his mother's sympathy in this way so that she would agree to go back to school.

"Combine." Heda grabbed her arm and struggled to pull her up from the ground, "Okay, don't cry. ”

"Sister!" He Yi grabbed Hedi's hand and cried in a broken heart, "I want to go to school!" Why didn't my dad let me go to school! ”

He Tu looked at his sister silently, but he didn't know what words to use to persuade him. She didn't understand why she suddenly didn't let Heyi go to school, she had always stood on Heyi's side, and felt heartily looking forward to and happy that Heyi could go to school. But what can she do, no one can shake the decision made by her father, they can only bear it silently.

"Sister, I want to go to school!" He Yi screamed, his voice hoarse. He Tu stroked her back distressedly and whispered, "Okay, don't cry, don't cry." ”

He Yi cried even more on Hedi's knees, and she almost shed tears for the rest of her life. She was unwilling, and she was not convinced at all by the reasons her mother said.

"What can I do?" He muttered, "Not yet. If you don't listen, you're not filial, what can you do? ”

He Yi cried for a long time, and it was not until Jiafu came back in the evening that she stopped crying. The moment she saw her father stepping through the door, she seemed to realize this fact, and sat on the stool in despair, looking at her father helplessly, with her mouth open and not knowing what to say.

"Hefu has arrived, right?" Emerald asked. Jiafu glanced at Heyi, nodded, and said, "Is the meal ready?" ”

"Alright." Hedi was serving food to the table. She glanced at Heyi, saw that Heyi was dumbfounded, and sighed faintly.

"Don't you cry?" Jiafu sat down next to Heyi and said with a smile, "Is this obedient, this is my obedient Heyi." ”

He Yi pouted and glanced at her father, who was seriously probing in his eyes, trying to see if he really didn't let her go to school.

"It's good to stay at home, a girl runs so far, Dad is not at ease." Jiafu said, pushing a plate of stir-fried beef with celery to her, "Look, your sister won't let her eat your favorite dish specially made for you." ”

He Tu Rui smiled in agreement.

He Yi sobbed, looked at the few people in front of her with wide red and swollen eyes, she picked up the chopsticks and grabbed a piece of beef, and couldn't help but ask again, "Is it true that I can't go to school?" ”

"Look at your sister, who has been in school for a long time." Cui Ying held up her chopsticks and said, "You should be content." ”

He Yi looked at the piece of beef on the chopsticks unwillingly, and it took a long time for her to sigh like an adult, as if accepting this fact, stuffing the piece of beef into her mouth and chewing it hard.

"Eat more." Jiafu put a few more pieces into her bowl and looked at her with pity. In fact, why didn't he want Heyi to go to school, but the teacher said that it costs so much to go to high school and college, how can the family support it, not to mention that only one college student in a family is enough, and he can still count on two? As for Heyi's grades, every time he went to school to pick them up, the teacher had to nag him, and he really felt that Heyi didn't have the talent to study, so it was better to stop the loss in time, let Heyi go home and learn to do farm work well, and he could help his family in the busy farming season in the future.

After eating, I didn't know where to hide, and my parents didn't care, saying that she should go and play by herself, so as to dissipate her mood. After washing the dishes, he was about to go out with the water to pour it out, and when he passed by the big house, he suddenly heard his mother saying his name. She slowed down and walked softly to the bottom of the wall, trying to hear what her parents were saying.

"This time, I went to their house to have a look, the conditions are still good, the family is big, but I married a daughter-in-law before, but somehow left." This was Jiafu's voice, and he sighed after saying this, with a slight dissatisfaction in his tone.

"Huh?" Cuiying said, "Isn't it wronged to marry us?" ”

He Tu chuckled in her heart, and she hurriedly pricked up her ears and listened seriously.

"That's not going to happen, I see, the old couple is pretty good, after all, they are rich people, so it's normal to put up a shelf. I didn't see his son in the past, but when I saw the photo, the young man looked pretty good. The man said, it doesn't matter how much the bride price is, he doesn't care if there is a dowry or not, what he likes is the character of our family, otherwise it is so far away, and he will ask someone to come and say goodbye to me. ”

"Look." Cuiying took a sip of tea, "I don't understand, as long as we won't be wronged." ”

"How can you see this, who can tell what will happen in the future? Besides, I haven't agreed to this matter yet, and I'll see when the time comes. ”

He Tu breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that his family affairs have not been completely decided, and the little girl of Heyi is probably disappointed. Her mood became relaxed, and she turned and walked back with the basin. Herui was lifting the curtain and walking out, shouting Heyi.

"What did you tell her to do?"

Herui shrugged, "What do you care I tell her to do?" After saying that, he ran away, and he didn't look at Hetu. He pouted and ran into the house on tiptoe. It was so cold outside, her hands were wet again, and they were almost frozen into ice. As she put the basin back in place, she thought back to her parents' words and imagined about the family's situation. But she has seen so little that she can't imagine what the situation is like when "the family has a big business, and she married a daughter-in-law before and left". "What does it mean to be gone?" She frowned and thought, "Where did you go?" Can you marry another one if you leave? She shook her head violently, sneered, and muttered, "I haven't even browbed yet, why am I thinking about this?" She smiled helplessly, turned and went into the back room.

The next day, when the family was having lunch, someone knocked on the gate of the yard.

Hetu put down his chopsticks and went to open the door. Outside, there were two men in tunics, with several wooden boxes beside them. When they saw Hetu, they squinted and laughed, looking at Hetu carefully. He Tu blushed, lowered his head and asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”

"Are you Hedi?" One of the clear-faced, handsome men asked, his eyes like microscopes trying to see the inside and out of Hetu, and there was a certain majesty in his gaze. He Tu nodded, glanced at the visitor curiously, and asked, "Are you looking for my father?" ”

As if he hadn't heard, the man turned his head and nodded to the other man next to him, smiled again, and then said to Hedi, "Yes, is your dad at home?" ”

"Here, come in." He Tu opened the courtyard door, turned back to the courtyard and shouted, "Dad! Someone is looking for it! ”

Jiafu answered inside, opened the curtain and walked out, he saw the two people, first showed a slight surprise, and then hurriedly smiled: "Ouch, why are you here?" Come in, come in, it's cold and tight outside. ”

"You can't agree to this unless I come to the door in person." The man said with a smile.

"That's a good word, fast forward, fast forward." Jiafu greeted warmly, opened the curtain and let the two of them in. The man at the front turned his head and pointed to the box outside the courtyard and said, "I even brought the bride price, just outside, I just got out of the car and hired two people from the village to help carry it, otherwise it will be too heavy, and we will not be able to carry it." ”

The man had something to say, and after he finished speaking, he looked meaningfully at the family portrait. Jiafu smiled politely and said, "You are too polite, this matter has not been decided, why did you bring the bride price." ”

"Hey you." The man smiled even more happily, but the happiness seemed to be floating on the skin and always seemed unreal, "I won't bring it, can you agree?" I've brought it, and you'll let go. ”

Jiafu carried the box into the courtyard with the two of them. Heyi was lying on the top of the box and looked curiously, so Jiafu waved his hand and said, "Hedi! Take Herui Heyi into the kitchen. ”

He Di answered, hurriedly reprimanded He Yi in a low voice, and took He Yi's hand and walked into the kitchen.

The man turned his head and turned around on Hetu's body again, nodded approvingly, and then followed the gesture of Jiafu into the big room.

"The girl is good, I like it very well." The man sat down in his chair, and Cuiying lowered two bowls in front of them, motioning for them to drink tea. The man waved his hand and thanked him, saying, "You can't refuse me anymore." ”

"Is this a long-term consideration, Hetu is still young, not at that age?" Jia Fu Ying Cheng said with a smile.

"Hey, I don't think it's too small." Therefore, the man made a reproachful look, "Let's settle the family affairs first, and the time will be about the same next winter." ”

Cuiying lowered her head and glanced at Jiafu.

Jiafu was very surprised by their visit, and the person named Cheng Tielong in front of him had been aggressively trying to settle the family matter, he was already a little uncomfortable in his heart, and he was anxious to change the topic, but he couldn't think of what topic to transfer to for a while, so he had to persuade him to drink tea.

Cheng Tielong took a perfunctory sip of tea, nodded and said, "Well, good tea." So—is that settled? He nodded at Jiafu, and then nodded at Cuiying, "Don't worry, my Cheng family will not wronged your daughter, I only have one daughter, and when your daughter marries, I will definitely treat her as my own daughter." ”

"I won't say much about that." Jiafu rubbed his hands together and smiled, "Then this one is for sure." ”

The man beside Cheng Tielong was his younger brother, and he was also busy saying at this time: "That's it, then you can say as much as the bride price, our old Cheng family will definitely not wronged your daughter, you can have as much scene as you want at the wedding." ”

When it comes to this, Jiafu feels more and more difficult to refuse. He looked at the visitor with some embarrassment, smiling awkwardly, but he didn't know what to say. He didn't think the family was bad, but from the current point of view, he was still very satisfied with their performance, the family affairs had not yet been decided, and everyone came to the door with so many bride prices, and said that they could meet all the conditions of the other party, and this kind of good thing could not be picked up. So what is he struggling with in his heart, it is not the daughter-in-law that the eldest son of this family married before. This time he went to the city, he didn't inquire, the Cheng family didn't tell him the truth, although the words in other people's mouths were mixed, but they were always a bit genuine. He heard that since the daughter-in-law went, the eldest son of the family was mentally abnormal, crazy all day long, not doing anything serious, only mixing in the mahjong restaurant. He went to Cheng's house several times in a row and didn't see this eldest son, what does it mean, isn't it because he didn't want him to see it. If this matter is not verified, his heart will not be at ease, for fear that Hetu will really marry a fool. At this time, the family came to the door in person and yelled and yelled to propose marriage, which made him suspicious in his heart, and he felt that he couldn't easily agree.

"That's right." Jiafu hesitated for a moment and said, "I haven't seen Ling Lang yet, so ......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Cheng Tielong, Cheng Tielong raised his head and smiled, and said boldly: "It turns out that you care about this, this is a trivial matter, and what is so difficult." It's just that brother, you went a few times before, and my son went out, so I didn't have time to see you, otherwise, I'll go back today and bring him to see you tomorrow. ”

Jiafu hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile: "How can this work, this time and again." ”

"It's a little thing." The man smiled tolerantly, "I understand you, it's all for your own children, what's so hard to work for." So, what about the bride price, you take it. He opened his wallet, took out a thick red envelope from his wallet, and pushed it to Jiafu, "This is a gift money, you accept it, and I will bring my son up to see you tomorrow." ”

"This can't be done, the matter hasn't been decided yet, I can't accept gifts."

"Hey, brother!" Cheng Tielong pretended to be angry, "Didn't you see the outside?" Besides, those boxes are really heavy, and I can't compare to the size of the year, and I can't carry them back and back again. Besides, we are bound to be in-laws, and we still care about this thing. These are all as they should be, you take it, you take it. He stuffed the red envelope into Jiafu's hand, patted the back of Jiafu's hand, and stood up, "Okay, then I'll go back first, see you tomorrow!" ”

Jiafu and Cuiying hurriedly stood up and gave them away, until the figures of the two disappeared around the corner, and Cuiying said in a loud voice: "Oh, it's really rich." ”

Jiafu sighed and said, "I always feel a bad premonition. ”

"What's bad, I think it's good." Cui Ying smiled proudly, "My daughter, I have to be held by others like this, I am very optimistic." ”

"What do you stupid know?" Jiafu glared at her and turned to enter the courtyard. He Yi ran to the boxes and began to study them, and He Yi stood beside her and looked at her with a smile. When Jiafu saw Hedi, an unknown emotion suddenly surged in his heart, he remembered the events of some time ago, and then thought of today's events, he really didn't know what the fate of this daughter was. At this time, she has a calm smile on her face, as if the years are undisturbed and everything is worry-free, but who knows what will happen in the future? If it's like Hexin again....... Jiafu almost didn't dare to think about it anymore, he stretched out his hand and pinched it fiercely on his thigh, and scolded in his heart: "What are you thinking about, who said that my daughter can only experience bad things, maybe my Hedi will be very happy in the future." He comforted himself, and his heart settled down slightly.

"Carry it into the house." Jiafu looked at the sky, "I think there may be snow." ”

"I'll carry it, I'll carry it!" He screamed, struggling to prop up the box. Unfortunately, her strength was too small, and the box didn't move. Jiafu smiled and said, "It's better for me to come." He easily picked up a suitcase, clapped his hands and cheered. The shadow of not going to school seems to have passed in her heart, and she has returned to her former simple, fun-loving nature, she is almost a little complacent, feeling that from now on she will never have to get up early, no longer have to memorize texts to do math problems, no longer have to be asked questions by teachers in class, this feeling of playing every day is quite good, she is really glad that her father did not send her to school.

And Hedi, she seems to vaguely know who those two people are and what they are here for. She tried to act as if nothing was happening, suppressing her curiosity, because her mother had told her to be reserved as a girl and not to ask questions indiscriminately. She saw through the kitchen window that her father had led the two men into the big room, and they had talked for a long time before they came out, and the man was very happy, with a smile in the corners of his eyes, but his father was a little embarrassed. "What does that mean?" She guessed, but she couldn't guess, she felt as if it was an invisible hand of fate, and when these two people knocked on her door, her own fate had already been decided.

And the next day, when there was another knock on the courtyard door, she saw the man who was in charge of her own destiny.

It was a young man, who looked a little younger than Zhu Hai's, with clear eyebrows, sword eyebrows, and a medium build, and his hedgehog-like hair standing straight up to the sky. It's just that although he is young, his face does not have the vitality and enthusiasm that is unique to young people, he has a lifeless face, there is no brilliance in his eyes, and he opened the door, he just looked at her coldly, and did not say a word. Cheng Tielong stood next to the young man, saw the door open again, and said with a smile: "Ouch, it's been hard work." ”

He Tu peeked at the young man, invited the two of them in, and then led them directly into the big room. Jiafu sat on the chair and waited for them, and after some greetings and humility, all three of them sat down. She shook her head and went to the backyard with a bucket to fetch water.

"It's cold today." Jiafu said, looking at the young man from time to time, "It was gloomy yesterday, I thought it was going to snow, but it was not so cold when it snowed." ”

"It's cold." Cheng Tielong echoed, he patted his son on the shoulder and said with a smile, "This is my son, Cheng Jiahua." He said to Cheng Jiahua again, "This is your Uncle Zhou, hurry up and say hello." ”

Cheng Jiahua had a stiff face, barely showed a smile, and said, "Uncle Zhou is good." ”

"Hey, hey." Jiafu hurriedly nodded in response. He saw that this young man was still good-looking, and he was quite energetic, but there was something wrong with the expression on his face, as if he had been hit by something. He asked, "What's going on?" Didn't sleep well yesterday? Why do you look so bad. ”

When Cheng Tielong heard this, he hurriedly smiled and said, "Hey, he's in a hurry, he was still out of town yesterday, I forced him back, maybe he didn't rest well." He pushed Cheng Jiahua's shoulder, and Cheng Jiahua nodded.

Jiafu nodded, and asked Cheng Jiahua about some of the situation in his family. Cheng Jiahua answered like a fluent, the whole person's actions and words were also polite, at first glance, he was very polite after studying, although his expression was ugly, he didn't put on a show, like his father, he risked a "sincere" enthusiasm. During the conversation, Jiafu kept nodding his head, expressing his approval and recognition of Cheng Jiahua. Cheng Tielong had already seen all his reactions, and when the topic reached a certain level, he asked at the right time: "Brother, do you think you are still satisfied?" ”

"Okay, okay." Jiafu nodded and said with a smile, "It's good." ”

"So that's it?" Cheng Tielong asked tentatively.

"Things?" Jiafu reacted suddenly, and hurriedly smiled, "Ah, it's decided, it's decided." He looked at Cheng Jiahua from top to bottom again, and felt that he was meticulous in his dressing, treated people and things well, like a person who could be entrusted for life, so he no longer hesitated and decided to do this family matter while the iron was hot. Cheng Tielong lowered his head, took out another red envelope from his wallet and stuffed it into Jiafu's hand, and said with a smile: "Take it, take it!" ”

"Hey, what is this?" Jiafu looked at him suspiciously, and pushed the red envelope back, "How can this be done?" ”

"Make, make, bride price, not too much." Cheng Tielong smiled and stuffed the red envelope tightly into Jiafu's hand. Jiafu no longer shirked, so he accepted it. He seems to have been affected by Cuiying's words yesterday, and felt that his daughter was worthy of being held by others, and what happened if there was too much dowry, it was because his daughter was good, and others rushed to marry her.

Jiafu was especially happy on this day, he asked Cuiying to make a table of good dishes, and asked Cheng Tielong and Cheng Jiahua to stay and eat, and then go back after eating. Cheng Tielong was also not polite, and pulled the reluctant Cheng Jiahua to sit down. There were suddenly two more people in the courtyard, and Cheng Tielong was a person who liked to discuss current affairs and had a lot of experience, so Jia Fu was very happy to have a conversation with him. Jiafu's words suddenly increased, and he was especially enthusiastic at the dinner table, which can almost be described as gushing. Most of Cheng Tielong just sat and listened, but he agreed with all the views of Jiafu, and then expressed his own opinions, which made Jiafu feel as if he had met a bosom friend, and even his heart was about to be spoken.

In contrast, Cheng Jiahua was silent, he lowered his head and just ate silently, almost without raising his head. He Tu sat beside his mother, occasionally glancing at him, and felt that this person was so quiet that it was really strange. There was a story about him that made him dark and incomprehensible. "Is it the daughter-in-law's business?" He Di secretly thought that when she recalled the time when she fell out of love, it seemed to be similar to him now, and she suddenly realized in her heart, "It turns out that he is like this, no wonder he is so low." She nodded, smuggling for a moment at her cleverness.

"Then it's decided, we will be in-laws from now on." Jiafu said happily. Cheng Tielong smiled and agreed, and the atmosphere was very harmonious. Hedi's face turned red when she heard this, she lowered her head and didn't even dare to open her mouth to eat, for fear of damaging her image. Cheng Jiahua looked like he had just woken up, and he felt very confused and confused about the sudden noise at the dinner table.

"Okay, don't send it, it's getting dark, so our father and son will go back first." Cheng Tielong stood up and said, he pulled Cheng Jiahua, and Cheng Jiahua also stood up busily, "Let's go." ”

"Slow down on the road." Jiafu and Cuiying sent them downhill before they stopped. After the two of them walked away, Cui Ying said happily: "Hey, yes, it's good." ”

"You think it's good, don't you?" Jiafu smiled, "When I didn't see Cheng Jiahua before, I still felt uncomfortable in my heart, but when I saw it, I felt that it was not bad to return the baby, which was quite polite." He turned around and walked back, Cuiying hurriedly followed his footsteps, and he continued, "In such a big family, it's normal for others to say some rumors, but they say that Cheng Jiahua is crazy, I don't think so, isn't it good, have you ever seen a madman shake hands with you and say hello." ”

"That's it, that's it." Cui Ying echoed, "Don't listen to those people, you still believed in them yesterday, and you really didn't know until you saw them with your own eyes, and those rumors didn't spread well, how could they be true." ”

Jiafu smiled happily, and felt sincerely happy that he had finally solved the marriage of his second daughter. He decided to start saving a rich dowry for Hedi now, he couldn't give so many dowries, and he only let his daughter bring a little dowry, didn't this leave a handle for others to laugh at himself. He decided to add some more money to Hedi's original dowry, and he must not let the Zhou family lose this face, otherwise he would still be able to be a man if it was spread out? Can a daughter still live a straightforward life at her parents-in-law's house? He made up his mind, and suddenly felt that his whole body had strength, so he quickened his pace and walked towards home.