On the big kang, young men and women sit opposite each other, and on the kang table in the middle are freshly stewed mutton, and the aroma of mutton permeates the room.

Splash took the wine bottle and poured a bowl for the king, and poured a bowl for herself.

Holding the wine bowl in both hands, Shui Hua's face was still smiling, Bi Ming looked at Wang Chong with his eyes, and said, "Brother Wang Chong, drink!" ”

"You can drink?"

Shui Hua shook her head: "Happy today!" ”

"Hahaha!"

Wang Chong laughed and held the wine bowl with both hands: "That's right, today is indeed a happy day!" ”

"I did it! Feel free to do so! ”

As soon as the words fell, the wine bowl had already been brought to his mouth, and he raised his head slightly, accompanied by a swallowing sound, and the bowl full of wine was drunk.

The spicy wine stimulated the mouth cavity and esophagus, but Wang Chong's face was also full of smiles.

Shui Hua also followed Wang Chong's example and took a sip, but he coughed several times with spicy energy, and almost didn't spit out the wine in his mouth.

"It's spicy!"

Watching the splash sticking out his tongue, he sighed again and again, and the palm of his hand kept fanning the wind in his mouth, and he smiled unkindly.

"Not only spicy, but also bitter!"

Wang Chongdao: "An ancient person once said: Wine is a poison that wears the intestines!" "The color is a steel knife for scraping bones, this sentence, Wang Chong did not say.

"Then why do so many people like to drink?" Splash asked suspiciously.

In Yongquan Village, there are not a few people who like to drink, and there are many people who like to drink, and there is a feast for the New Year's festival or a happy event, and the meal may not be very rich, but as long as it is on the table of the men, there will always be wine.

"That's just a one-sided statement, moderate drinking, not only harmless to the body, but intentional, but also can keep warm." Wine is also a double-edged sword, but it depends on how to use it.

Splash nodded: "It's really warm." ”

The wine enters the abdominal cavity, and the warmth comes out from the inside.

Wang Chong said with a smile: "Tomorrow I will go to the county seat, buy some things and come back, pick a good day, let my uncle be a matchmaker, and come to your house to officially propose!" What do you think? ”

Shui Hua didn't expect Wang Chong's topic to change so quickly, so he could only bow his head a little shyly, and responded like a mosquito whispering, his pretty face was covered with red glow, and he didn't know whether he was ashamed or smoked by alcohol.

Looking at the shy appearance of the splash, Wang Chong felt inexplicably happy, and somehow, an idea suddenly popped up in his heart, and then said, "Why don't you go together?" ”

"Huh?" Shui Hua didn't expect Wang Chonghui to suddenly invite, he was surprised, but he couldn't help but be happy in his heart.

"Shall we go together?" Wang Zhong smiled again.

"Will it be ·····?" Splash was a little hesitant: "Won't it be good!" After all..."

"After all, we... Not yet! ”

As he spoke, the splash turned away, and her pretty face became redder.

Wang Chong smiled and said, "This is not before!" ”

"Besides, these things are sold to you, and if you go together, you will definitely know which ones are more suitable to buy."

Wang Chong's directness made Splash a little confused, but Wang Chong didn't leave him at a moment's notice, but Splash couldn't help but be happy in his heart.

has always been strong and brave, and at this moment, it is inevitable to show the mentality of a little daughter.

Seeing the appearance of the splash, Wang Zhong had an idea in his heart, and said: "Then tomorrow morning, after breakfast, I will call you, you call Mai Miao again, and I will also call Debao." ”

"Huh?" was also stunned for a moment, and then Shui Hua raised his eyes to look at Wang Chong's smiling face, and reacted instantly, although this matter has been decided, but after all, it has not been announced, Wang Chong is a big man, naturally he is not afraid of what others say, but he is a big girl, and the most taboo thing is those gossip that catches the wind and shadows.

And if others knew that they were going to marry Wang Chong, those who were red-eyed might say something ugly.

Splash is already smart, and she thinks a lot in an instant.

"Well, then I'll go find Mai Miao later!" Shui Hua also wanted to be able to get along with Wang Zhong more.

"Then it's decided!" Wang Chong was in a good mood, and Shui Hua picked out a large piece of mutton from the pottery urn, handed it to Wang Chong's bowl, raised the corners of his mouth and smiled slightly, and then lowered his head and nibbled on the bun.

Wang Chong's appetite was open, holding the mutton bun in one hand and the mutton in the other, eating one bite at a time.

Shui Hua saw that Wang Chong's bowl was out of wine, so he poured another bowl for Wang Chong: "Don't drink this bowl after drinking, as you said, drinking in moderation is beneficial to the body." ”

"I listen to you!" Listening to Shui Hua's words of concern, Wang Chong only felt that his heart was as sweet as eating honey.

The smile on Splash's face grew brighter and brighter.

A dinner was eaten in great harmony.

In the evening, when the drunken Li Laozhuan returned home, Wang Chong had already left, and Shui Hua was washing dishes in the kitchen.

Li Laozhuan leaned against the door frame of the kitchen, his eyes were a little hazy, and the two bottles of wine that Shui Hua bought, one of which and a pound of meat, were given to Li Laozhuan, and he went to his cousin's house to drink with his cousin.

"Hungry~~~"

Li Laozhuan burped and asked, "Splash, what about Wang Chong's cowardice?" ”

"Go back!" Seeing Li Laozhuan standing at the door like this, Shui Hua hurriedly said, "Dad! It's cold outside, so go back to the house first. ”

"It's okay! It's not cold! Li Laozhuan waved his hand and said with a smile, "What did you say to Wang Chongnawa?" ”

"He said that he would go to the county tomorrow to buy something as a dowry, and then pick a good day, and let his uncle bring him over to propose marriage."

"You promised?" Li Laozhuan was suddenly overjoyed, and his eyes flashed with a different color.

"Hmm!"

Splash nodded in response, the movement of his hand quickened, and he looked down at the wooden basin, not daring to look at his father.

"Hahaha!"

Li Laozhuan couldn't help laughing: "Okay! Just say yes! ”

"Wang Chongnawa is a capable person, I am relieved that you can marry him." Although Li Laozhuan loves to take advantage, how can he not care about the splash at all because he is such a daughter.

His bride price is so high, although he is greedy, but he also hopes to choose a richer family for Shui Hua, so as not to continue to suffer after Shui Hua marries.

"Don't tell outsiders about this!" Shui Hua suddenly raised his eyes and reminded Li Laoshuan.

Li Laozhuan was stunned for a moment, and asked puzzledly: "Why can't you say it?" "To be able to find such a good home for Wang Zhong for his own splash, Li Laozhuan can't wait to shout all over the village with his throat in his voice, and tell the world.

"Daddy! You'll listen to me once anyway! ”

"Okay! Daddy listens to you! Although Li Laozhuan was puzzled, he still nodded his head when he saw the persistence of the splash.

Early the next morning, the sky was just dawning, and the heavy snow finally stopped after a day and a night, and as soon as it was dawn, Ma Debao couldn't wait to come to Wang Chong's house, urging Wang Chong to hurry up, Wang Chong asked him to call Mai Miao, and go to the village entrance with Mai Miao to round with him.

"Are Mai Miao going too?"

Depot's eyes lit up instantly when he heard this, the boy didn't have a white moonlight in his heart, and Mai Miao was the white moonlight in Depot's heart.

"Fool!" Wang Chong patted him on the head angrily: "I'm happy today, pick a gift for each of you little couple!" ”

The two words of the little two mouths directly said that Debao's face was flushed.

"Brother Wang Chong! What a little couple, don't talk nonsense! "That squirming look, looking like a boy, is a big girl.

"Alright, let's go!"

Debao ran to Bai's old house in a smoke, Wang Zhong shook his head, turned around and walked to the bottom of the shed, tied the prepared flat pole and two rattan frames to the bicycle, and then pushed the bicycle out of the door.

"Mai Miao!"

"Mai Miao!"

Running outside Mr. Bai's house, Debao opened his throat and shouted.

"Hey!" In the house, Mai Miao heard Debao's voice and ran out, and at the same time, there was also Teacher Bai who heard the voice.

Teacher Bai wears glasses, wears an apron, and looks like a housewife cooking.

"Depot?" As soon as Teacher Bai heard it, he knew that it was Debao's voice, "It's early in the morning, what are you looking for Mai Miao for?" ”

"Invite Mai Miao to the county seat together!"

"You're going to the county seat too?"

Teacher Bai immediately frowned, and asked suspiciously, when a splash came to look for Mai Miao yesterday, he said that he asked Mai Miao to accompany him to the county seat to buy something, and let Mai Miao help pick it.

Teacher Bai thought about the Chinese New Year, and he didn't hold back Mai Miao, and gave her two yuan to buy something she liked.

"That's right! Brother Wang Chongge said that he was going to the county seat to buy something, and asked me to call Mai Miao and go to give him a hand together, and he invited us to eat oil! ”

Speaking of oil cakes, Mai Miao's eyes lit up instantly, although oil cakes are common, but they are not cheap, at their age, they usually have a hard life, and it is the time to love to eat these things.

Teacher Bai nodded thoughtfully, and told the two: "Then you go early, don't let them wait for a long time, remember to come back early after buying things!" Don't play for too long! ”

"Don't worry, Dad, aren't there still Brother Wang Chong and Sister Shuihua!"

Mai Miao said happily.

Teacher Bai didn't forget to advise: "Don't make trouble for other people's Wang Chong and Shui Hua, you know!" ”

"Got it!"

When the two and a half children went out, they were like wild horses that had lost their reins, and they could no longer be leashed, and ran happily all the way to the entrance of the village.

"Be careful on the road, don't fall!"

Teacher Bai stood in the courtyard, stood on tiptoe, tilted his head, looked at the direction of his daughter's departure, and shouted loudly.

"Got it!"

Mai Miao's voice became smaller and smaller, and there was a joy in her words that could not be hidden.

Teacher Bai saw the figures of his daughter and Debao disappearing around the corner, so he withdrew his gaze, smiled on his face, shook his head slightly, and muttered with emotion: "This kid! ”

But then I thought that two days ago, it had just come out in the village that a coal woman had come to Shuihua's house and proposed to Li Laozhuan to a man named An Yongfu in Kushui Village and wanted to marry Shuihua Guomen.

I couldn't help but secretly guess in my heart: Could it be that Shui Hua and the one named An Yongfu didn't succeed, but instead became the baby with Wang Chong?

It's a pity that these are all Mr. Bai's own guesses, and at this time, another figure appeared in Mr. Bai's heart, not someone else, it was Debao's eldest brother, who had been with his childhood sweetheart and Ma Defu, who had no guesses.

Ay!

"That's it! That's it! Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren! ”

After all, Ma Defu is now a student of an agricultural school, and after graduation, he can be directly assigned to work in a government unit, and his future is much brighter than that of a small teacher in a village like him, and it is also more promising than the settlement of Kushui Village.

Thinking of Wang Chong, Teacher Bai couldn't help but sigh.

Compared with this son, the originally excellent Ma Defu seems to be a little mediocre.

Mr. Bai and Wang Chong have not had much contact with each other, and they don't know much, but these few contacts have touched Mr. Bai deeply.

Digging kilns and burning bricks, making tiles and building houses, these are nothing, what really surprised Mr. Bai was that when chatting with Wang Chong, Wang Chong's heritage and cultivation, his literary attainments and accumulation.

Not only that, Wang Chongneng chatted with the villagers about the fields, sang zi farming, and he could also talk about education and literature with himself, and in the county, he could talk about cooperation and business with those businessmen who were not profitable and could not afford to be early, so as to find a way out and seek a future for the villagers in the village.

And Wang Chong is still a descendant of martyrs, and he has also been a soldier, and it may be difficult for others to change jobs, but Wang Chong, Mr. Bai sighed, so capable, capable, and such a young man who repays his fellow villagers, Ma Defu is a doll who came out of a poor ravine, even though he has been admitted to an agricultural school, but it is still somewhat inferior.

That's it! That's it!

Teacher Bai sighed and muttered helplessly: "Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, I think so much, what's the use!" ”

In Mr. Bai's heart, every student he has ever taught is no different from his children.

At the entrance of the village, Wang Zhong held a bicycle, and Shui Hua carried a basket and a turban, standing on the edge of the low wall.

Debao and Splash ran all the way over, and when they saw the two of them from a distance, they couldn't help but wave happily.

"Brother Wang Chong!"

"Sister Splash!"

The excited two ran in front of him, Wang Zhong kicked the bicycle stand back, said hello, and the four of them ran in the direction of the county together.

Approaching the end of the year, many people in the village have also gone into the city one after another to buy things, the family situation is slightly better, cut more than ten or twenty catties of mutton, buy a few bags of flour, the family conditions are worse, also gritted their teeth, cut a few catties of mutton, buy some white noodles, and prepare for the New Year, wrap a few dumplings to eat.

Although the snow was not thick, it still had some impact on everyone's hurry, and it took two and a half hours to arrive on the road, which was originally less than two hours.

In the county town, on the streets, the atmosphere of the New Year is even more sufficient, there are stalls full of couplets and lanterns everywhere, and the flow of people on the streets is far more than usual.

The four of them didn't eat much in the morning, and they were all hungry after working for so long.

Wang Chong found a noodle restaurant, ordered five catties of cut noodles, a plate of fried mutton with green onions, half a fried chicken, and asked for four or five heads of garlic.

After eating, I asked for a few bowls of free noodle soup.

When the noodle restaurant came out, Depot and Shui Hua held their bloated stomachs, and from time to time they had a few burps, which was overwhelmed.

The splash was originally a little restrained, but the three of them who looked at the feast ended up eating eight or nine points full.

"Brother Wang Chong, where are we going?"

"Let's go buy you some clothes for Sister Splash first!"

As soon as Wang Chong's voice fell, Sister Shui Hua immediately refused: "No need, I have clothes!" ”

Wang Zhong looked at her and said gently and domineeringly: "Listen to me today!" ”

Shui Hua only felt Fang's heart tremble, and then she was pulled by Mai Miao and went straight to the clothing store.

But after entering the clothing store and asking the price, Shui Hua shook his head again and again, refusing to ask for anything, and his attitude was very resolute.

Wang Zhong knew that the splash really didn't want it, felt that it was a waste of money, and was helpless, the splash was thrifty when she was young, even if she really bought it, she would definitely be reluctant to wear it, so she went along with the splash.

Accompanied the splash to the market, watched the splash haggle with those bosses, bought cotton, cotton, a few large balls of wool, and shoe soles.

Especially the sole, forty-four sizes, is the size of the king.

Immediately afterwards, I went to buy a lot of dried longan, red dates, wolfberries, two killed sheep in the vegetable field, and a lot of other miscellaneous things, and filled the two large frames brought by Wang Chong.

As for Debao and Mai Miao, Wang Zhong gave each of them a new pair of liberation shoes.

The two little ones were so happy that they had found a treasure.

After another two days, Wang Chong, under the leadership of the old branch secretary, brought the two sheep he bought, as well as the dried longan and red dates, as well as the ten live chickens that Wang Chong bought one after another, 200 catties of white flour, loaded a cart full of plates, and took them to Shuihua's house, and officially proposed to Shuihua.

As soon as this news came out, it really caused quite a stir in the entire Yongquan Village.

No one thought that Wang Chong would actually look at the splash.

The old branch secretary and Li Laozhuan combined, and the old branch secretary wanted to push back the marriage of the two and wait until the year after the year, so that more effort could be freed up to prepare, but Li Laozhuan insisted on a quick decision, to be fast, and it was best to do it before the year.

Finally, I asked Wang Chong and Shui Hua's opinion, and Shui Hua said that he listened to Li Laoshuan, and the old man insisted, and Wang Chong had no opinion, so the matter was settled.

The date was set on the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, and Wang Chong set up a banquet, invited the whole village to have a meal, and gave Li Laozhuan tea, and this matter was completed.

Early the next morning, Wang Chong got on his bicycle, carried a splash, and went straight to the county civil affairs bureau.

paid the cost of work, took a photo, and after taking the oath, stamped it, and the relationship between the two was officially decided.

On the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, Ma shouted water to help Zhang Luo, and as for the old branch secretary, he was invited by Wang Zhong to be his side, and followed Li Laozhuan to accept the tea ceremony of the two.

The etiquette is also very simple, even worshipping heaven and earth are saved, the main thing is to toast, two people toast from table to table.

A total of 12 tables were placed, a table of more than a dozen people, the whole Yongquan Village people came, crowded to the full, the dishes were also simple, a table of a pot of mutton stewed potatoes, a pot of cabbage, and a pot of white flour and cornmeal, on the men's table, each table also had two bottles of liquor, all of which were packed in one catty.

When it came to the penultimate table, as soon as Wang Chong and Shui Hua walked to the side, Ma Defu stood up, looked at the two people with smiling faces, took a deep breath, showed a somewhat reluctant smile on his face, picked up the wine bowl, and said to the two: "Brother Wang Chong, Shui Hua, congratulations!" ”

"I wish you all eternal marriage, a hundred years of good union, and an early birth of a noble son!"

After saying that, he raised his head and dried up a bowl of wine.

Wang Zhong gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Good! Good drink for the Blessed brothers! As soon as the words fell, he picked up the wine bottle and poured a full bowl: "Brother Defu, thank you for your blessings, I won't say anything, it's all in the wine, it's dry!" ”

As he spoke, Wang Chong grunted and drank, without spilling a drop, and drank a bowl of wine cleanly.

"Drink less! Are you saying that drinking too much alcohol hurts your body? The splash tugged on Wang Chong's sleeve, and reminded in a worried whisper that Wang Chong had already drunk almost a catty all the way just now.

Wang Chong's face did not change, and said: "Don't worry, I know in my heart, today is the day we get married, and it will be this time in our lifetime, it doesn't matter if you drink more." ”

Seeing this scene, the look in Ma Defu's eyes quickly dimmed a little.

After sending off the guests, everyone helped clean up the mess and returned the tables, chairs and benches that each family received, the old branch secretary patted Wang Chong's shoulder, his eyes swept over the two, and his face was unstoppable.

"Make a good splash in the future!"

"Uncle, don't worry!" Wang Zhong solemnly assured like the old branch secretary.

Sent the old branch secretary to the door, watched the old branch secretary leave, closed the fence door, and the sky gradually got dark.

"Are you hungry?" Shui Hua looked at Wang Chong and asked with concern.

Wang nodded his head: "You're hungry too!" ”

At the end of the day, the two patronized and greeted the villagers, and they didn't eat much at all.

"I just went to see it, and there are still some mutton stewed potatoes left in the pot, and there is still a drawer of steamed buns."

"That's right, let's do it in the province!"

"You go back to the house first, I'll bring it over!"

"Let's do it together!"

"Hmm!"

The two of them brought the mutton and steamed buns to the main house, sat on the warm kang, and the steamed buns were dipped in soup and eaten.

When the two of them finished eating, they put away the dishes and chopsticks, and it was getting dark.

The king closed the men of the main house and bolted the door.

Shui Hua sat on the kang, and against the backdrop of the big red cotton jacket and candlelight on his body, the pretty face that was not powdered but had already been covered with red had a few more styles that had never been seen before.

Wang Zhong stood in front of the kang, and for a while, he looked a little stupid.

Seeing that Wang Chong had not moved, Shui Hua looked up at Wang Chong suspiciously, just in time to bump into the picture of Wang Chong swallowing saliva and surging in his Adam's apple, his heart suddenly felt like a deer, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

Wang Zhong walked to the side of the kang, hugged the kang table aside, looked at the splash, and smiled on his face.

"It's getting late, it's time for us to get down to business!"

Shui Hua's face is even redder, although she is an unmarried big girl, but she is not ignorant of men and women.

Shui Hua took out a white silk handkerchief from the big red cotton quilt embroidered with mandarin ducks, opened it and put it on the bed.

This operation made Wang Chong stunned for a moment, and then the smile on his face was even worse, and he sat in front of the splash, but he was not in a hurry to do it, but looked at the white silk handkerchief and asked, "Who taught you?" ”

The water flush was almost low-bleeding: "Yes... It's Auntie! ”

Seeing his wife like this, an indescribable heat surged from the dantian in the lower abdomen, and instantly swept through the internal organs and filled the spiritual platform.

Wang Zhong leaned forward and threw the water down.

The heavy man's breath came to his face, and the splash was almost lost, and his two arms hurriedly pressed against his chest, stopping Wang Chong's movements, and even his voice was a little more coquettish than usual: "Blow out the candle!" ”

Wang Zhong turned his head to look at the pair of big red dragon and phoenix candles on the table, looked down at the splash, and said softly: "This pair of candles is dragon and phoenix Zhu, you can't blow it out!" ”

"And that said?"

"Absolutely!" Wang Chongxin swore that his hands were not idle, and he had already taken away the splash's hand, his palms facing each other, and his fingers were interlocked.