In the evening, the construction site in the east of the city

"Great gift! Gift! Jia Shuanghua shouted while holding the bicycle.

Ma Dali hurried out, climbed over the sand, crossed the unicycle, bypassed the piles of cement bags, and laughed to the side of the outer road.

"Xiaohua, why are you here? What's wrong? ”

Jia Shuanghua saw that he was covered with mud and dust, and couldn't help but ask with concern: "You-haven't you been to class for a few days?" I don't think I saw you in seven or eight days. ”

Ma Dali wiped the sweat from his forehead and explained: "I went to a class this morning, and most of them have only taken professional classes recently. After listening to it, I came here, but I didn't eat in the school cafeteria. ”

"I see, no wonder I didn't see you much." Jia Shuanghua looked around and asked, "Are you in a hurry here?" ”

Ma Dali smiled honestly and shook his head: "I didn't rush it, until it's done." The main reason is that there are many workers and masters, and they look at the figures coming and going, as if they are very busy and anxious. ”

Jia Shuanghua was suspicious and asked, "That-why is Ling Ling so busy that he didn't go to class?" ”

Ma Dali said "oh oh" twice, and hurriedly explained: "She said that there is something at home, and it is estimated that she will be busy for more than ten days." A few days ago, she bought a few more truckloads of sand and cement, and also bought a batch of stones in advance, saying that she would be busy next, and prepare more in advance, so as to save the masters from waiting when they want to use it. ”

"At home?" Jia Shuanghua asked worriedly, "What's the matter?" Why didn't she tell me? She- she just said she was going to be busy for a while, asked me to go to her classmates in her class at noon to ask for homework and then tell her. The first two days of the holiday, these two days the students said that the teacher did not leave homework, and there was no new class for review. There were two classes with homework today, and I helped her write them down. ”

Ma Dali replied: "She said that it was a good thing, I guess it is probably her fourth brother who is getting married." She didn't say anything specifically, I heard it while listening to her brothers chatting. ”

"Oooh!" Jia Shuanghua smiled: "That's really a good thing!" She told me that only the fourth brother of her brothers is not married, and he runs away all the year round. Her fourth brother is finally getting married, and she is definitely happy. The homework - I'll have to go up to her house and tell her, right? ”

"No, you don't." Ma Dali explained: "You copy down the homework, and I'll send it to her later after dinner." I'll put her delivery note in my account and bring it with me. I'll take it with her when she finishes her homework, and I'll quietly hand it in for her when class is in class tomorrow. We were all taking classes in the science building, and we were sent very close. ”

"Oh?" Jia Shuanghua couldn't help but ridicule: "She is quite well arranged!" Is it expected that the chain will fall? ”

Ma Dali laughed and said: "She's so busy, if she hasn't arranged it in advance, she has to drop the chain when she gets busy." I would go over every two nights and bring her the bill of goods and the incoming and outgoing information of the daily laborers. Although she was busy, she didn't leave any work behind. ”

"She's her!" Jia Shuanghua smiled bitterly: "Without her by my side, I would already be anxious to cope with my homework." She is good, the school construction site at home is round, but she can turn around easily. ”

Ma Dali lowered his voice: "Ling Ling is self-motivated and diligent. Her lover's salary is high, and the family will definitely be able to make a surplus in food and housing. If it were someone else, she would have stayed at home and relied on her lover to support her, and she would not have been able to work so hard at all. She has to make money and study her own homework, which is also quite hard. ”

"That's it!" Jia Shuanghua shook her head: "If it were me, I would definitely not be able to do it." ”

Then, she asked worriedly, "Can you keep up with your schoolwork?" ”

"Yes." Ma Dali nodded: "The homework is still quite easy, and I can cope with it by self-study." Ling Ling's grades were better than mine before, so she should be even better. ”

Jia Shuanghua had a more worried question, asking: "You always skip class...... It doesn't matter, right? ”

"Fortunately, there are many people in the class, and one teacher is in charge of each homework." Ma Dali said with a smile: "The teacher only recognizes the general face, and most of the names are not recognized, so we can escape." ”

"Yes." Jia Shuanghua said: "The teacher rarely names names, and we are all foreign dormitory students, and the dormitory teacher can't find out our heads during ward rounds." ”

Ma Dali was embarrassed and whispered: "I am now going to the classroom to go through the motions, deal with it, I should hand in my homework, and I am here at other times." ”

"Ling Ling is more exaggerated than you, right?" Jia Shuanghua said with a smile: "She hasn't even gone through the motions these days, and she hasn't even let people see her soul." ”

Ma Dali laughed.

Jia Shuanghua was envious and whispered: "If I can rely on self-study, I don't want to run like this every day, I feel like a waste of time." Occasionally there are no classes in the morning, occasionally no classes in the afternoon, and I am bored hanging around at home. ”

Ma Dali thought for a while and asked, "That-last time I had dinner at Ling Ling's house, your cousin said that you would get married after the Mid-Autumn Festival." Almost, right? Remember to say that Ling Ling and I prepared the gifts in advance. ”

In the era of poor materials, classmates and colleagues generally can't get married, so please drink candy and eat some melons, fruits or snacks, which is considered a treat.

Most of my classmates and colleagues will buy some daily necessities as gifts, such as hot water bottles, enamel cups, spoons, pots and pans, and other necessary household supplies.

If you are closer, you will be given some more expensive necessities. He had discussed with Ling Ling before, considering that the economic situation had risen recently, and Jia Shuanghua was the best friend of the two, so he planned to buy an electric fan in a joint venture.

He has asked a friend to find a ticket, hoping to buy an electric fan in time.

When Jia Shuanghua heard this, her eyes dodged, and her face turned red with embarrassment.

"I ...... I'm not going to get married, don't prepare. ”

Ma Dali intuitively seemed to have something wrong, and asked with concern: "What's wrong?" Did something happen? Can Ling Ling and I help? ”

Most of his classmates secretly looked down on him, and only a small number of people did not dislike him for being poor and treated him as equals, such as Chen Xingling and Jia Shuanghua.

If it was another girl, he would definitely be embarrassed to ask, but Jia Shuanghua had a very good relationship with him and Ling Ling, so he asked bluntly.

Jia Shuanghua's eyes turned red unconsciously, and her voice was low: "My uncle...... He was against our marriage. ”

Yes?!!

Ma Dali was taken aback, and the fox asked: "You and your cousin have been engaged for a long time, and they are close to each other." Why is your uncle only objecting now? ”

Jia Shuanghua shed tears, but laughed out loud.

"He used to be just a little superstitious, but now he gets older and more superstitious. He took my birthday and went to his most trusted master to tell his fortune...... The master said that I ordered Rick's mother-in-law, and as long as she married me, my aunt would not be able to live long. My uncle was convinced and firmly opposed to the two of us getting married. Ridiculous no? Materialism has been around for so many years, and there are still people who believe in fortune tellers all day long...... Hehe! ”

Ma Dali was dumbfounded: "Isn't it? Can you believe such nonsense? ”

He was convinced. Jia Shuanghua smiled bitterly: "The funny thing is that my aunt was scared, although she loved me in her heart, but after she was frightened by her uncle, she didn't even dare to get closer to me." My cousin was so distressed that he couldn't make up his mind. If he's resolute, I'll probably fight for him. But when I saw him like that, I ...... I was also disheartened and thought I'd better forget it. ”

At first, she was looking forward to the marriage of the two, and even centered on her cousin.

Thinking that I could only be admitted to Chongqing University in college, otherwise I would be too far away from my cousin and home; Thinking that her cousin liked her as a teacher, she took the initiative to apply for the teaching major; He said that foreign languages would be highly valued in the future, and she was even willing to choose her worst English as a major.

But since my uncle asked for a dowry to have three turns and one ring, my cousin not only didn't stop him, but only said that he would work hard to help raise money, but he didn't pay a dime for a few months, and persuaded her to borrow it from Chen Xingling, because Ling Ling's family looked quite rich.

Her parents gave a small suite as a dowry, but her uncle disliked it very much, always saying that living in it would be detrimental to the heirs, and proposed to sell it and buy the old and dilapidated house next door to them, and then open the wall to make it up, so that the family could live together and take care of each other.

The house was divided by her parents' unit, and the old couple was reluctant to live in it, planning to give their daughter as a dowry, but who knew that her uncle was worthless.

My cousin didn't interject at first, she thought he would be on her side, but he secretly encouraged his aunt to go back and persuade her parents to take the initiative to sell the house.