Chapter 35: A Woman's Jealousy
When the Shen family and his wife came back at noon, they learned that Du Xuanmo had sent a hundred catties of grain, and they all thought that this child was good, but this hundred catties of rice was worth a lot of money, so they received other people's rice, and they always felt a little unhappy. "Seeing that the ducks can come out in a wave, let's pick a few fat ones and send them over!" Father Shen said that their Zhuang family is simple, and their family can take advantage of others like this.
Shen Shiliu thought for a while: "Owe it first, and there will be a chance to pay it back later." β
Zheng Shi saw that it was not too early, so hurry up and have lunch at noon, and there is still business in the afternoon!
After the Shen family had lunch, they prepared everything. Taking advantage of the time when Shen Pomegranate went to find Hong Xiuhua, Zheng prepared some sugar and salt peanuts, and boiled sugar water with white fungus and begonia fruits.
As soon as Hong Xiuhua came in, she was pulled by the Zheng family to eat snacks for a while, and clichΓ©s were naturally indispensable during the period.
"Xiuhua, you are not too young, and you can't always be unmarried." Zheng finally turned to the topic after going around for a while.
Shen Shiliu listened on the side, seeing Hong Xiuhua's red face, she knew that there was a door, her feelings yesterday were not wrong, Hong Xiuhua had a good impression of her brother!
"Auntie, my family ......" Hong Xiuhua wanted to talk about her own situation, if the Shen family felt that her family was a burden, she would not have to say anything about it in the future.
Zheng waved his hand: "Your family's situation is nothing, my younger brother will be older in two years, you don't have to worry so much about it then, if you are married, it will be the same if you pass the door later." These words can be regarded as reassuring to Hong Xiuhua.
Hong Xiuhua was naturally happy when she heard this, and said, "Auntie is right. β
Shen Shiliu came up at this time and said: "I think Sister Xiuhua is good, I am very happy to be my sister-in-law!" β
"Oh, Pomegranate, what are you talking about!" Hong Xiuhua scolded this Shen pomegranate with a smile, and she knew what the people on the Shen family's side thought, but she ......
"I'm afraid I'm not worthy of the ...... of the big tree." Hong Xiuhua is a little lost, her family conditions are not good, and she is older than Shen Shu, Shen Shu is one of the best young people in the village, and now the Shen family has some family background, because of borrowing money from the village, the Shen family is very face-saving in the village, she is like this, I am afraid that Shen Shu will not look down on her.
Zheng patted Hong Xiuhua's hand: "It's not in the way, since I'm here to ask you, it's the eight characters that have that hand." "She will leave the words here today, if Hong Xiuhua is willing, she will also settle the family affairs with Hong Dadi as soon as possible, the children are not small, if there is a good one, hold it down quickly, so as not to miss the good girl.
Shen Shiliu saw that it was almost over, so she asked the Zheng family to go first, and she accompanied Hong Xiuhua to chat.
"Pomegranate, no more baskets?" Hong Xiuhua was chatting when she saw it, and she hadn't done the work yet.
"Don't worry, my brother made up this basket when he came back from the school." Shen Shiliu said, I have to leave some opportunities for her brother.
All of a sudden, the two girls were chatting, but they didn't know that the other girl was already sad.
Shouting beauty is to watch Hong Xiuhua be led into the Shen family's compound by Shen Pomegranate, Hong Xiuhua is of the right age, and it has been rumored that Hong Dadi wants to marry Hong Xiuhua these days, and it must be of great significance to go to the Shen family at this time. But what could she do? If she marries later, maybe she will be the one who marries Shen Shu, what kind of fate is she!
Han Shuliang could only sigh when he saw Han Meili sitting alone wiping her tears, Han Meili's life is really not good, this matter is one by one, as if God arranged it, that is, Han Meili can't marry Shen Shu.
"Brother, I don't want to get married." Shouting Mei cried and said, now that I think about it, I feel bad.
Han Shuliang shook his head: "Don't say this, my father and mother will give you a happy event next month, and you can't say that you won't marry at this time." β
In order to save food, Han Laofu'er and his wife pondered that they should marry Han Meili first, so that they could live a little better when they arrived at their in-laws' house.
When Han Meili heard this, she cried even more, and said while crying: "I don't want to get married, you can marry Pomegranate, why can't I marry Brother Da Shu!" β
Han Shuliang hurriedly came over and covered his mouth and shouted beautifully, if he said such a thing before he got married, if it was spread to his future mother-in-law's house, what would people think, she would not be allowed to wear small shoes!
"Are you going to marry me? That's a big deal! There is no way out! Han Shuliang was also desolate in his heart, if it weren't for Shen Shimei's refusal to make such a deal, he would really want to be someone's son-in-law. Shen Pomegranate is very good, but is the "inverted door" so easy to do? I won't be able to lift my head for the rest of my life!
Han Meili continued to cry herself, and the Qian family inside also listened to the words of the two brothers and sisters. Even though she thanked the Shen family for lending money to them at a critical time, she was very resistant to letting her son go to the family. Is Shen Shiliu stupid or crazy to refuse such a marriage, but it can be regarded as giving her Han family a little hope, and she must repay the money in the future, saying that she can't let her son really go into trouble.
When Shen Shu came back from the school, he saw Hong Xiuhua sitting in the courtyard, and went to wash his face first after saying hello. Shen Shiliu saw that her brother was a little bored, and she had to assist.
"Brother, come here, I can't make up this basket!" Shen Shiliu called Shen Shu over, and handed over half of the basket in his hand to Shen Shu, and even handed over the place where he was sitting to Shen Shu.
Hong Xiuhua pursed her lips and smiled, looking shy.
Zheng and Shen Shiliu were busy in the kitchen, and they glanced at the yard from time to time, and Zheng's mood was not ordinarily good.
In the evening, Hong Xiuhua was left at Shen's house for dinner, and she was quite embarrassed, Zheng diligently served Hong Xiuhua vegetables, and her attitude was already obvious.
After eating dinner and sending Hong Xiuhua away, the Shen family got together for a small meeting, and the theme was also clear, what was Shen Shu's attitude towards Hong Xiuhua.
"There's nothing wrong with that." Shen Shu directly left such a sentence, but Shen Shimei had already heard it, Shen Shu was satisfied, at least it was better than when he discussed his marriage with Han Meili before.
Zheng smiled: "Okay, when this time is over, I'll go to Hong's house to find out what Hong Dadi means." β
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Although the problem of the disaster in the village has been solved, the villagers will still go to the back mountain to dig wild sweet potatoes and wild vegetables to fill the table.
"Uncle Hong, you're here too!" Han Meili leaned over and pretended to be digging vegetables.
"Yes, although there is enough food, you can't just eat food, dig some wild vegetables and go back, you have to have someone to eat." Hong Dadi said that he has been a father and a mother all these years, and these things are Yemen Qing'er.
Han Meili thought for a while and said: "Sister Xiuhua is not young, Sister Xiuhua is capable in our village, I don't know which family will have this blessing in the future and can marry Sister Xiuhua." β
Hong Dadi didn't think much about it, and said indifferently: "The family affairs have not yet been settled, and it is even earlier to get married!" β
"Uncle said the same, Sister Xiuhua is so capable, the family takes care of the two younger brothers, I am also worried that if Sister Xiuhua marries too early, the two younger brothers in the family will be in order, uncle, you are a big man, you will definitely not be able to take care of the children so carefully." Han Meili said this with some thoughts.
Hong Dadi smiled: "I really said that someone is willing to marry, and I will marry her, I am afraid that someone will dislike our family and be unwilling to marry my family Xiuhua." Brother Hong was very confused about this matter, and then said to Han Meili: "Meili is going to get married next month, right?" β
Han Meili squeezed out a smile, nodded reluctantly, and then went to the side to dig vegetables.
Hong Dadi saw that Han Meili was gone, so he sneered.
What his family Xiuhua said is really right, this Han Meili must still be unwilling in her heart, or she can't say these words in front of him today, if she changes her unreasonable father, she may also tie her daughter to her side and let her take care of the family, but Hong Xiuhua has already discussed with him, what does the Shen family mean, if the family can succeed, you can pass the door two years later, what else does he want? Naturally, he can't let these people with a heart provoke him and delay his daughter's marriage, how can he explain to her dead mother?
In the evening, Hong Xiuhua listened to what Hong Da said, and smiled faintly, since she had taken a fancy to Shen Shu, she naturally couldn't let Han Meili make trouble. Even if Han Meili is unwilling, what can she do? Anyway, she is going to get married next month, and it is not a threat to her.
"Let's eat, Dad, I'll call Yimu and Shuangmu." Hong Xiuhua said, not caring about Han Meimei's affairs at all.
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Shen Shiliu finished cleaning up the family's work and went to the county seat, Shen's father was still selling broth, and when he saw Shen Shimei coming, he wondered.
"Why did the pomegranate come?" Father Shen asked.
Shen Shu raised his head and saw that Shen Pomegranate was approaching.
"Dad, brother!" After Shen Shiliu finished calling people, he went to find the Zheng family.
Now she has also measured the cotton jacket she took out, and she needs to resize it, not enough cotton in it for some years, and the color is a little black, and it is not warm at first glance, so I came to the county seat at this time to ask Zheng where to sell cotton.
"It's time to make something new, and the padded jacket and leather are old." Zheng said.
"You don't need to buy a new one, I don't think the skin is very broken, or the cotton is not good, just change some cotton." Shen Shiliu said that the family has been paying money for a while, and it is better to save it now.
Zheng pondered about it, so he said: "Then buy more cotton this year, and the old cotton jackets of the people in the family will also be taken out to play cotton again." β
Shen Shiliu nodded, and when he finished speaking, he looked at the bookstall at Du Xuanmo's end.
When she turned her head, she found that Du Xuanmo was also looking at her, so she just happened to go over and say a few words.
"Pomegranate Girl is finally here, and there is no big problem on her feet, right?" Du Xuanmo asked with a smile.
Shen Shiliu nodded, and there was no foot injury originally.
"It's okay, thank you very much." Shen Shiliu said and picked up a book and looked at it, which he hadn't seen before.
Du Xuanmo looked at Shen Shimei and read the book, and said, "Since you are here, you will take a random test, and you must always dictate it." β
"Huh?" Shen Shiliu was stunned, this little test was too sudden!