Xu Mei adopted her mother's advice, and her mother led Shi Lan to the countryside to marry a dark-skinned short, fat girl, whose surname was Bao, whose name was Tatehua, who was born in a fisherman's family, and whose parents had been fishing for a long time, and she often helped weave nets at home. My mother said that she was average-looking, but she had a heart for doing things.

On the day of her son's blind date with her, Xu Mei also came, and she saw that Bao Lihua's movement of winding the thread was still dexterous, and she believed that her mother's evaluation of her was not bad. Some of the dissatisfaction is that she looks too much or cheesy, anyway, it doesn't look pleasing to the eye.

The old mother spied out Xu Mei's thoughts, pulled her aside and said, as the saying goes, the ugly daughter-in-law is a treasure. Although it is ugly and not good-looking, it will be pleasing to the eye if you see it too much. Besides, the daughter-in-law is too handsome to keep, can you control it like your son Shi Lan?

Mom's eyes moved to make a look, and the implication was that Shi Lan was so demented, who wanted to follow him? It's good to be able to find a daughter-in-law who can govern the family. Xu Mei couldn't make up her mind for a while, and after thinking about it carefully, what her mother said was also reasonable. Then he said, "You can call the shots for me!"

At first, Bao Lihua was not clear, someone came to her to say goodbye, only to feel that someone was secretly peeping at her, and there was a young man who looked blankly beside a bunch of banyan trees, looking like a person without an opinion.

When my mother saw that Xu Mei agreed, she approached her and whispered, you have to prepare some dowry, or how to recognize your in-laws?

Xu Mei was a little anxious, she didn't have any living money at hand, she raised her hand and instinctively touched her black hair, and actually touched a hosta printed with a phoenix dance pattern stuck in her hair, which was given to her by her ex-husband Shi Yinde at the beginning of her love with her.

She usually wears a hosta printed with a phoenix dance pattern, that time Shi Yinde took her to the beach to play, because of the hot weather, he rented a swimsuit and a lifebuoy to surf in the sea to enjoy the cool, but when they hit each other and played, the hosta printed with the phoenix dance pattern on Xu Mei's head was lost, and when he got dressed ashore, Shi Yinde accidentally found that he was very anxious to rerent the swimsuit and go to the sea to repeatedly search for it in the frolic, but found nothing.

But he never went ashore in the water, and Xu Mei also rented swimsuits to go into the water to fish, but there was no result. Seeing Shi Yinde's uneasy expression, she enlightened him and said, how thick is a hosta worth? Didn't you give me a pair? There is another one that can be worn, just be careful not to lose it in the future.

Shi Yinde told her with a smile that before he gave this pair of phoenix dancing hostas, he went to Wudang Mountain to find a Taoist to see it, and the Taoist said that this pair of hostas is a treasure, and you should give it to your beloved to let her protect it and not lose it.

When Xu Mei heard it, she felt that it was very important, and she touched it in the salty seawater, but she still couldn't find it. She said to Shi Yinde, don't believe the words of Taoists, that's superstition.

Looking back now, Xu Mei shuddered. Since Shi Yinde lost his life in an accident, the child Shi Lan has not gone well, I remember that he was still well-behaved when he was young, why did he grow up more and more stupid? Thinking about it this way, she felt that it was indeed unlucky to lose a hosta, and the hosta with the phoenix dance pattern on her head did not seem to bring good luck to their mother and son, so it was better to take it cheaply.

At that moment, Xu Mei asked her mother and Shi Lan to wait in Bao Lihua's village, and she went to the pawnshop in the town to take off the hosta on her head and give it 50 yuan. At first, she bargained and said that this hosta should be worth more than 200 yuan. The pawnshop owner is a shrewd middle-aged man, she took this hosta in her hand and touched it, then put it down, took out a pair of glasses from the cabinet and put it on, and then picked it up to look at the phoenix dance pattern on it, and raised her head to look at Xu Mei and said, this hosta should be a pair, as if there is still a lack of a phoenix dance pattern.

Yes, a few years ago, my husband and I went swimming in the sea and forgot to take it off our heads and fell into the water. Xu Mei leaned against the wall of the pawnshop and answered truthfully.

It's a pity. The middle-aged man said, and said that he was unwilling to deal with this business, on the grounds that he wanted to be a pair of hostas with a phoenix pattern, and it was useless to be one. Xu Mei pleaded, I am in a hurry to use money now, no matter how much money you pay, I will do it. As a result, the pawnshop owner was only willing to pay 50 yuan.

Xu Mei bought a red lacquered bamboo basket with a lid at the bamboo shop in the town, containing two portions of pork she weighed from the butcher shop and dozens of eggs she bought from the vegetable stall, and returned to the village with her, she was not very happy, as if she was going to complete the task, very reluctantly, but when she saw her mother and Shi Lan who were wandering around the pond bank at the entrance of the village, she showed a smile on her face, and it was also reluctant.

The old mother greeted Xu Mei, asked some questions, lifted the lid of the red lacquered bamboo basket, and closed it again. Xu Mei asked with a look of shame, is the meeting gift too light? Mom said, it's not in the way, it's a gift after all.

Then, she instructed Xu Mei to take Shi Lan to wait outside, and she walked towards the weaving net Bao Lihua House with red lacquer and bamboo blue, and suddenly looked Bao Lihua up and down, she was wearing a floral shirt, and there was a little stain on the front of the placket, which was dirty from work, maybe she didn't care about changing and washing for a while, so she was busy.

My mother smiled and asked her if the Venerable Master was at home. Bao Lihua was stunned for a while and stood up and said, Dad went to sea, Mom is here, I will take you to meet her. Bao Lihua put down the old mother who was carrying a red lacquered bamboo basket and walked into the room.

Far away, Xu Mei looked at them and cut them off. After a while, Bao Lihua came out and continued to sit in front of the door and weave nets. After a while, my mother came out, empty-handed, with her face slightly upturned, and she looked very proud, proving that the Bao family had accepted the bride price.

Yes, suddenly a slightly shorter mother also came out, probably Bao Lihua's mother, she raised her hand to beckon Bao Lihua into the house, Bao Lihua put down the work of weaving the net and got up and followed her into the house.

The matchmaker's mother walked around the front of the house three times with her hands behind her back, and when she saw them come out, she greeted them, and she didn't know what to say, Xu Mei didn't hear it, and she didn't have any thoughts to guess what they said, just watched her son Shi Lan squatting on the pond bank and pulling grass silk, sometimes chewing grass stalks, and making a silly smirk.

As soon as she looked up, she saw Bao Lihua coming out of the house, wearing a water-red shirt, and no longer squatting down to weave a net, but from time to time she threw her eyes at the pond bank, her gaze clearly met Xu Mei's gaze, but at a distance, there was a feeling, not so distinct, there was no need to deliberately deal with or avoid, even if the psychological reflection of each other was unnatural, it looked natural.

Suddenly, Xu Mei heard her mother's voice calling her, and looked at it, her mother was standing in front of the house and waving to her. Xu Mei picked up her son who was squatting on the ground and said that Shi Lan would come with me. They walked to the front of the house, and Bao Lihua deliberately went to the room to avoid it. At this time, the old mother pointed to her mother and introduced to Xu Mei that she was Lei's and Bao Lihua's mother. looked at Shi Lan again and said, come and recognize your mother-in-law. Shi Lan stood next to Xu Mei, unmoved. Later, my mother said to Xu Mei and Lei's family, the two in-laws, why don't you recognize each other soon?

At this moment, Lei Shi, who was seriously looking at Shi Lan, felt that this man had a square mouth and a square nose, a broad face, and a good look. She secretly wondered, would such a handsome young man look down on my unattractive daughter? Is there another reason?

Lei is an experienced and shrewd person, she found that Shi Lan couldn't speak, listening to his mother's call her Lei's mother, he had a little stuttering tail, and his movements seemed a little sluggish like his gaze.

But Lei Shi thought of his daughter's ugly appearance, and there was no reason to be picky. At the moment she was very enthusiastic, leading them into the house and letting the knotweed make tea. Mom took a cup of tea from Tatehua and didn't drink it immediately, nor did she put it down, she said to Tatehua, give this cup of tea to Shi Lan's mother first, she is your future mother-in-law!