Chapter 74: Closer to Home for Marrying
"Brother, look, I've cut so much bamboo!"
Wen Siran was woken up by the sound, and when he opened his eyes in a daze, he saw a figure running towards him.
He often suffers from insomnia, but he didn't expect to be able to fall asleep while sitting here.
Wen Shanshan was carrying a large bundle of bamboo tied with a rope on her back, she ran fast, and her body swayed unsteadily, Xu Qingzhi grabbed the bamboo from behind, so that she could stand firmly.
Wen Shanshan stuck out her tongue weakly, then checked the bamboo on her back, and showed off to Wen Siran: "Brother, look, all the bamboo on my back was cut down by me, am I amazing?" ”
"You're amazing." Vins said lightly.
After receiving the compliment, Wen Shanshan was even happier, shook her head proudly twice, and according to Xu Qingzhi's instructions, she went to the hut next to her to unload the bamboo on her back.
Most of the houses in the village will also build a small house next to it, some families will build a stove for firewood and rice, and some families will build it to pile things up.
As soon as the bamboo landed, her whole back relaxed, and she went to pick up a cup of sour plum soup and sat leisurely beside her brother.
Xu Qingzhi took advantage of no one and picked up the big bamboo he had specially cut down and put it into the aura space.
The crow looked at the bamboo that suddenly appeared and quacked excitedly.
The host is going to make delicious food again~
The two little ones are instantly full of energy!
Not long after, Wang Yanmei and Xu Fuqiang also drove home, as well as Aunt Zhou and two aunts, who were old faces who picked vegetables last time.
Not only these people, because tomorrow is going to be mourned, the waist drum corps is rehearsing today.
Wang Yanmei even called all the other aunts of the waist drum team.
It's just that the car can't sit down, and other aunts come one after another in their own women's motorcycles.
Xu Qingzhi saw that people were coming, so he politely called people one by one, and brought sour plum soup to entertain guests.
"Yanmei, why is your woman's skin so good, as white as milk."
Wang Yanmei smiled: "Where, my family is just like a normal young man." ”
"I see, Yanmei's skin is much better. Did your woman buy you any good skin care products, and push them for our sisters, don't hide them. ”
Wang Yanmei waved her hand: "I don't wipe that thing in summer, and when my face is dry in winter, I will wipe Yu Meijing and Dabao." ”
There was also an aunt who touched it directly, "Hey, I still said I didn't wipe it!" Look at your skin, how tender it is, it's almost time to catch up with the young girl. You and Qingzhi stand together, and people are afraid that they will think that you are two sisters. ”
Wang Yanmei knew that this was a polite remark, but she was still very happy, and grinned: "If only I were so young." ”
"Eh, this sour plum soup is so delicious!" An aunt exclaimed.
The other concubines drank too.
One after another, they complimented, "Oh, this is much better than the drinks sold in the store." ”
"It's delicious!"
"It's delicious, it's delicious."
"My daughter made it herself, and the home-grown bayberry she used is not only delicious but also clean." Wang Yanmei said.
Xu Qingzhi looked at Wen Shanshan stretching her neck to listen to the praise, and said with a smile: "Mom, it was Shanshan who did it today." ”
Wang Yanmei was a little surprised, "Shanshan, this sour plum soup you made is better than yesterday's taste." ”
Wen Shanshan was praised, blushing a little shyly: "Auntie, it was Qingzhi who taught me, and we did it together." ”
The aunt next to her looked at the little girl, a little embarrassed, and hurriedly asked, "Yanmei, which girl's doll is this?" Yo, there's a male doll next to him, handsome miles, do you have a partner? ”
Wang Yanmei didn't know how to answer for a while.
There are some things that are not convenient to talk to outsiders.
Xu Qingzhi relieved her and said: "It's a distant relative of my family, who came from the northern city, and stayed at my house for a while to play, and then went back after a while." ”
Everyone knows that it is a distant relative of the Xu family, and they know that the north is really far away, so no one wants to talk about family affairs.
Most of the people in the village prefer that their children find a partner to find someone from their own village or a few villages next door.
In Grandma's rough words, it means that you know that you will marry someone in the future, but you have to marry closer to home. If he was bullied on the man's side, Grandma asked Grandpa to pick up the hoe and walk to smash the door of the house, and then beat the man with a hoe and stick until the man didn't dare to bully people. If you marry far away, Ah Gong will not be able to leave.
Although Xu Qingzhi does not agree with this statement and practice, most of the current marriage customs in the village are indeed this concept.
I don't want my child to marry far away, I am afraid that my child will be bullied, and I can't help myself. I don't want to marry someone who doesn't know the roots in a distant place, I'm afraid that he will cheat money.
Fortunately, Xu Qingzhi didn't even want to find a partner, let alone get married. So it also saves in case she marries a bad person, and Ah Gong has to go to other people's houses with a hoe to smash the door when he is old.
Those aunts drank sour plum soup and chatted about the sky.
"A while ago, the family that sold toads married a new daughter-in-law, and within a few days, the new daughter-in-law's family smashed his door to the ground."
"What's going on?"
"What's going on, the old one is not a good thing, and the small one is also a bastard thing, beating his wife. was known by his mother's family, and his brother-in-law slapped him a few big mouths. ”
"So this is going to be a divorce?"
"What kind of wedding is it, the lion opened his mouth before the bride's family got married, but he asked for 200,000 dowries, and he didn't return a single dowry, so he gave a few quilts. The mother's family took advantage of the situation to ask for more money from the family that sold the toad, so that they could buy a house for their youngest son in the city, and the girl doll was a hard worker. ”
"Oh, I live next door to the toad's house, and I hear the screams of the new daughter-in-law every night, hey...... You say that we outsiders just shout a few words, people don't listen, we can't care more, and people come to scold me for being a troublesome woman. ”
When Wen Shanshan heard this, she said urgently: "Why didn't the bride call the police?" ”
An aunt saw that the girl doll was still young, and knew that she didn't understand, so she smiled and explained: "What's the use of calling the police, I'm already married, that's someone's family affair." ”
"Then you can get a divorce!" Wen Shanshan's fists clenched.
"If you swallow the meat in your stomach, there is no reason to spit it out. Her parents' 200,000 bride price is reluctant to take it out and return it to the toad seller, and the toad seller will not let anyone go if he can't get the bride price. Besides, divorced women can't go back to their parents' homes, and they are unlucky. Mom and Dad are still afraid of losing face in the village, so the new daughter-in-law can only swallow her anger and live a better life. ”
Wen Shanshan listened, only to feel that there was a fire in her head, and she was about to explode with anger, "Beating your wife is domestic violence, but it is also illegal!" If it is serious, it can also be arrested and sent to jail. ”
Hearing that they were in prison, some aunts were a little panicked and didn't dare to talk nonsense, for fear that if the son of the toad seller was arrested, the toad seller knew that they were talking behind their backs and looking for trouble.