At this time.

Tian Futang had already led Sun Yuting to the outside of Widow Liu's courtyard.

Before pushing open the door, Tian Futang stopped and explained: "Sun Yuting, when you speak, you must be careful, don't be as frivolous as before, this is a blind date, not a teasing woman." ”

Sun Yuting nodded hurriedly: "Uncle Futang, don't worry, my Sun Yuting has no other skills, that is, he can speak well, and he will definitely make the little widow happy." ”

Tian Futang was not happy to hear this, but thinking that Sun Yuting was still of great use, he could only reluctantly nod, turned around and knocked on the door.

At this time, in the house, Widow Liu was applying grease and powder to her face.

That's right, it's the kind of rouge gouache before liberation, not the alabaster sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives.

This thing was obtained by Tian Futang from the family of the landlord of Jin, and then transferred it to Widow Liu.

Widow Liu looked at the woman in the dirty mirror who was no longer faced, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

Back then, she was a famous flower within a hundred miles, much more beautiful than Wang Cai'e, but she had a bad vision and married a short-lived man, so she could be regarded as having tasted the warmth and coldness of human affection in this life.

Thinking of the dead ghost man, Widow Liu didn't even have the interest to dress up, put down the fat powder, and took out a photo frame from the drawer.

The photo frame was originally golden, but after years of brilliance, coupled with the fact that it is often picked up, the gold on both sides of the photo frame has long been gone, and it has been replaced by a black one, which looks particularly old.

The photos in the frame are also a little faded, but you can still see that the man in the photo has good facial features, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he can be regarded as a handsome and beautiful man.

The man's name is Zhou Tianheng, not only handsome, but also very capable, he became the captain of the production team at a young age, especially since he is still a primary school culture, and he is one of the few cultural people in Zhoujiazhuang.

Therefore, the people in the village felt that when the old branch secretary retired, Zhou Tianheng would definitely take over.

So when Zhou Tianheng took two big roosters to Widow Liu to propose marriage, Widow Liu agreed without hesitation.

After getting married, the two husbands sang with their wives, and Widow Liu really lived a good life for a few years, but there were unforeseen circumstances, and in that year, Zhoujiazhuang and Shuangshui Village jointly dredged the river.

The members led by Zhou Tianheng and the members led by Tian Futang dug out the silt in the river and loaded it on the ox cart.

This sludge is good soil fertilizer, and if it is piled up in the field, even the most barren field will become fertile the next year.

Just when the members of the two villages were working hard in the river, the upstream sluice suddenly released floodwater, and Zhou Tianheng reacted very quickly and immediately beckoned the members to retreat to the riverbank.

It stands to reason that Zhou Tianheng can escape, but when he saw that Zhoujiazhuang's donkey was still in the river, he jumped into the river without hesitation, wanting to rescue the donkey.

As a result, a wave came, and Zhou Tianheng disappeared.

At that time, the members of Zhoujiazhuang were in a hurry, desperately looking for Zhou Tianheng along the riverbank, and in the afternoon, they finally found Zhou Tianheng on the river beach downstream.

It's just that at that time, Zhou Tianheng was no longer breathing.

When Zhou Tianheng was sent back to Zhoujiazhuang by the members, Widow Liu had just returned from her mother's house, looking at the cold corpse, her body shook and she fainted.

After burying Zhou Tianheng, Widow Liu fell seriously ill for two months before she was able to climb out of bed.

She refused her mother's request to let her go back to live and stayed in Zhoujiazhuang.

At the same time, Tian Futang took advantage of this opportunity to often shush and ask for warmth beside Widow Liu, and Widow Liu, an infatuated woman, unexpectedly accepted Tian Futang's kindness.

This shocked the surrounding members, and some even scolded Widow Liu shamelessly in person, if it weren't for Zhou Tianheng's face, thinking that Zhou Tianheng sacrificed to save collective property, the villagers of Zhoujiazhuang would have driven Widow Liu out long ago.

Over the years, Widow Liu has endured countless humiliations and countless blank eyes.

However, Widow Liu silently admitted that she had only heard a rumor.

While Zhoujiazhuang and Shuangshui Village were working in the river, Tian Futang sneaked upstream and dug up the upstream embankment.

At the beginning, Widow Liu thought that this was someone else slandering Tian Futang, after all, after Zhou Hengtian died, in order to handle his funeral, Tian Futang was busy, and lost several pounds in half a month.

and also sent dozens of catties of food to Widow Liu.

You must know that in that era, dozens of catties of grain could marry a yellow flower girl.

In addition, the relationship between Tian Futang and Zhou Hengtian has always been very good, if it weren't for the liberation and the old rules, the two might have married brothers.

Because of this, the production teams of the two villages will work together to clean up the silt in the river.

How could such a big brother-like figure be a black hand to Zhou Heng in the world!

However, after this suspicion fell on Widow Liu's heart, it quickly took root.

After some secret inquiry, Widow Liu quickly found out a few suspicious points.

First, when the Tian family from Shuangshui Village went to clean up the mud that day, they did not bring a donkey cart.

After the people of the two villages met, Zhou Hengtian also felt that something was wrong, after all, there was no donkey cart, how could he pull the silt cleared out of the river to the field?

So, he questioned Tian Futang.

Tian Futang's explanation at the time was that the Jin family was using the donkey cart in the village, and when the mud was cleared, they would bring the donkey cart over.

Zhou Hengtian didn't have any doubts, but when the river came, the Tian family, who didn't have an old donkey cart, could retreat to the shore without any burden. But Zhou Hengtian died because of rescuing the donkey cart in Zhoujiazhuang.

Widow Liu later asked Jin Junwu of the Jin family about the donkey cart, although it was a long time after the incident, because Jin Junwu's son was born that day, so Jin Junwu remembered clearly, he originally planned to use the donkey cart to send his daughter-in-law to the town hospital to give birth, but was rejected by the Tian family's handlebar.

This is enough to show that Tian Futang deliberately did not bring a donkey cart into the river at that time, and he had been planning for a long time.

Second, Tian Futang suddenly begged Zhou Hengtian when his bones were not cold, and said that he had long fallen in love with Widow Liu, but he was preempted by Zhou Hengtian, as long as Widow Zhou agreed to be good with him, then he guaranteed that the little widow would live comfortably for the rest of her life.

Is this something that a good brother can do?

After determining that Tian Futang was very suspicious, Widow Liu made up her mind to investigate the matter.

But Tian Futang was already the leader of the Tian family at that time, and no one in the Tian family dared to provide clues, and those members of the Zhou family were all focused on cleaning up the silt, and no one noticed whether Tian Futang left the river at that time and dug a dam upstream.

Widow Liu understands that it is impossible to find out the truth of the matter on her own.

So he agreed to Tian Futang's request and prepared to find evidence.

But Tian Futang, this old thing, is too cunning, and it is strictly forbidden to do things, and there are no flaws left at all.

Widow Liu has endured humiliation and burdens over the years, but she has gained nothing, just when she was about to have a fish with Tian Futang, Tian Futang suddenly proposed to marry her to Sun Yuting.

Although Sun Yuting is not a member of the Tian family, he is Tian Futang's dogleg, and he followed Tian Futang to the river back then, maybe he will know the truth of the matter.

So Widow Liu put the sickle she had prepared under the bed and agreed to this humiliating request.

Thinking about these things, Widow Liu, who heard the knock on the door, gritted her teeth, slowly stood up, adjusted her facial muscles, and let a smile appear on her face, and then turned around and slowly opened the door.

Seeing Tian Futang and Sun Yuting outside the door, Widow Liu's face was just the right amount of shyness, neither rejecting people thousands of miles away like a little girl, nor looking dissolute.

She bit her light red lip lightly and smiled: "You guys are here?" ”

Widow Liu is wearing a small cotton jacket with broken flowers today, her face is as white as a goose egg, and her big black braid is simply tied behind her head, if Sun Yuting didn't know her age, she would think she was a big girl!

Sun Yuting couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and said with a smile: "Come, come." ”

Noticing Sun Yuting's gaffe, Tian Futang coughed lightly.

Sun Yuting reacted at this time, straightened his collar, and said with a smile: "Sister, we are here." ”

"Come in, you know how many widows are right and wrong in front of the door, and if anyone sees them, they will definitely murmur about me behind my back." Widow Liu turned to the side and let the two into the house.

Then a kerosene lamp was lit with a match, and the dim light spread from the wick and gradually filled the room.

When she leaned down, the beautiful curves she showed almost straightened Sun Yuting's eyes.

Sun Yuting swallowed and foamed, and said with a smile: "Sister, I, I'm here to propose marriage today." ”

Hearing this, Tian Futang's face darkened visibly.

He knows Widow Liu's temperament, this woman seems to be dissolute, but in fact, she is still very conservative in her heart.

This kind of thing should have been told by him as a matchmaker.

Really.

When Widow Liu heard this, the smile on her face gradually converged, she sat down on the table, her left leg was crossed on her right leg, and she snorted coldly and said, "What's the matter, my Widow Liu is not having a good time, and I want to marry and serve you men?" ”

"No, it's not." Sun Yuting was startled, and hurriedly stood up and said; "Girl, I'm really rare for you. Since I met you, I don't want to eat, but now as long as I think of you, there is a fire in my heart. ”

Widow Liu was no longer angry, and looked at Sun Yuting with a smile.

Tian Futang coughed lightly twice and said, "Widow Liu, this is Comrade Sun Yuting, our poverty alleviation director of Shuangshui Village, he is twenty-eight years old this year, two years older than you. ”

Sun Yuting would have been laughing all the time, and Tian Futang had to push him and remind: "Sun Yuting, hurry up and introduce your own situation." ”

"Ah, yes, yes." Sun Yuting came to his senses, quickly straightened his chest, and said loudly: "Widow Liu, don't look at me now, but I am a cadre in Shuangshui Village, and I am the only junior high school student in Shuangshui Village, and I have also worked in a steel mill, and I have been a worker, which is much more powerful than those old farmers who face the loess with their backs to the sky."

As long as you marry me, I guarantee that you will be able to eat and drink spicy food in the future. ”

Widow Liu had long known the details of Sun Yuting, and when she heard this, she almost laughed out loud.

She held back a smile and said with a straight face: "Sun Yuting, have you divorced He Fengying?" ”

Hearing this, Sun Yuting's face suddenly changed.

He had forgotten about it.

When he was in the county seat, Sun Yuting was beaten up by He Fengying's eldest brother and fled back to Shuangshui Village in embarrassment, and he didn't think about marrying He Fengying at the beginning.

Wait for Tian Futang to introduce him to the object.

He was so happy that he forgot about it completely.

"I, I'm going to get a divorce right away." Sun Yuting was hesitant for a long time, and he could only squeeze out such a sentence.

Hearing this, Tian Futang's lips trembled with anger: "Sun Yuting, you haven't divorced yet?!" ”

"I" Sun Yuting drooped his head to find a reason: "Uncle Futang, haven't I been busy with your affairs for a while, and I don't have time to go through the formalities with He Fengying." ”

Tian Futang hurriedly looked at Sun Yuting and said to Widow Liu: "Don't worry, Sun Yuting will go to the county seat to divorce immediately, and let's continue to talk about marriage." ”

Today, Widow Liu was going to prepare to agree to Widow Liu, but this will see some clues.

She really knows Tian Futang too well, this old thing is cunning and cunning, and she has always treated Sun Yuting like a dog.

He didn't get angry just now, so it can be seen that he must have something to beg Sun Yuting.

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Widow Liu's eyes rolled and said with a smile: "Okay, Sun Yuting, when you have completed the divorce procedures, let's talk about marriage." ”

"Oh no, I'm here, let's talk." When Sun Yuting heard this, he was anxious.

Widow Liu said with a cold face: "What's the matter, what do you think of me?" Wild grass on the side of the road? If you want to provoke, you can touch it? Sun Yuting, let me tell you, although the old lady is a widow, she is also a serious person, and before you divorced, you didn't come to provoke the old lady. ”

When Sun Yuting heard this, not only was he not angry, but he also admired Widow Liu's personality in his heart.

Only such a pure woman is worthy of him Sun Yuting to marry home.

Tian Futang originally wanted to get the black material in Sun Yuting's hand after this matter was settled, but now that he saw this situation, he could only give up.

He said to Sun Yuting: "Yuting, you immediately find our village's handlebar to borrow an ox cart, go to the county seat, and rip off the divorce certificate." ”

Sun Yuting scratched his head: "Futangshu, you need to open a letter of introduction for divorce, you are the village leader, and you still need to open this letter." ”

Tian Futang originally wanted to stay here and talk to Widow Liu again, but he felt that Widow Liu seemed to be a little wrong today, but he couldn't say why.

Now that he heard this, he could only follow Sun Yuting back to Shuangshui Village.

After the two left, Widow Liu changed her clothes and quietly slipped outside the cave of Jin Junshan's house.

At this time, Jin Junwu and Jin Junshan were together, holding Sun Yuting's black material, and were about to go to Li Weidong.

The three of them bumped into each other.

Seeing Widow Liu appear, Jin Junwu's eyes almost fell out in shock: "Widow Liu, you are not on a blind date with Sun Yuting today, why did you come here?" ”

(End of chapter)