The next day, the weather was clear and the wind was smooth.

Early in the morning, Mother Xu called up and dressed him up carefully.

First, I boiled a pot of hot water, and then took the soap horn to the bathhouse and cleaned it from the inside out.

After taking a bath, Lai Shun felt relaxed and transparent, full of red light, and under the sun, his bald head seemed to be faintly reflective.

He changed into a gray-blue shirt, put on loose black trousers, clean cloth shoes on his feet, and a wide-brimmed straw hat on his head to cover his bald head and restrain his vicious temperament.

The straw hat was specially washed and sunburned the day before yesterday, and the whole person looked energetic.

Mother Xu helped him smooth the wrinkles on his clothes, looked up and smiled: "My family is really handsome, and the girl from the Liu family is cheap." ”

Xu Fugui nodded in agreement, and pinched Laishun's hard muscles, "Just come to Shun's physique, I don't know how many girls are worried about behind their backs." ”

Lai Shun smiled and couldn't wait to ask, "When are we going to pick up Cui Ping?" ”

Xu Fugui unhurriedly scooped a scoop of cold mountain spring water from the water tank, and after drinking it, he wiped the water stains on the side of his mouth, "Panic, Mr. Yin and Yang said that he will pick up his relatives when the sun is three poles, and wait honestly." ”

Marriage is not a trivial matter, so Xu's father specially went to the county town to invite a Mr. Yin and Yang surnamed Li to calculate a hexagram, the hexagram is very good, showing that in the future, Shun will be rich and noble, and the family will be harmonious.

The wedding day is also set by Mr. Yin and Yang, that is, today, the three poles on the day to pick up the bride.

The morning sun rose slowly, and Jiazhen was wearing a coarse cloth dress and was constantly busy in the house.

Xu Fugui looked at the clean and tidy thatched house, and couldn't help but say, "Jiazhen, sit and rest for a while, there's nothing to clean up." ”

Jiazhen glanced at him happily, "I'm not tired, getting married is not a trivial matter, and we can't let the girls dislike our family." ”

Lai Shun said confidently: "Young grandma, don't worry, Cuiping will definitely not dislike it." ”

When the sun was up, Jiazhen reminded them that they could go.

So Lai Shun picked up the bamboo basket with a flat pole and strode outside, the bamboo basket contained fifty catties of rice, as well as the bride price commonly used by their local daughters-in-law, Xu Fugui followed him.

"Yo, Laishun, dressed up so beautifully, are you going to enter the city?"

"Enter the city of begging, did you forget to come to Shun and get along with the girl of the Liu family? It seems to be going to pick people up today. ”

"Oh~ Fifty catties of rice and three silver dollars, right, I remembered, tsk, come to Shun, Fugui, you really agreed."

After the people in the village met them, they casually greeted them, knowing that Laishun picked up his daughter-in-law today, no matter what he thought in his heart, he gave his blessings on the surface.

Lai Shun smiled all the way down, and his mouth was about to crack to the root of his ears.

When he came to the entrance of the village, Ryuuji was dressed in a beige silk dress with fine workmanship, and asked lightly: "It's a happy event, why don't you invite a gong and drum team?" ”

Lai Shun looked at him playfully, and retorted with a big grin: "Master Long, why don't you ask for one for me?" ”

Ryuuji rolled his eyes angrily, "You're not my son, why should I invite you to a gong and drum team?" ”

Lai Shun laughed, "Then what are you meddling with, do you want a son?" Tell your two wives to give birth to you, hahaha."

Long Er's face sank instantly, the incense was cut off, which was his biggest sore point, and he couldn't help but scold, "Fugui, you still care about him?" Do you still want to plant my land? ”

Xu Fugui giggled a few times and glanced at his lower body a few times, "Come on, let's go, don't delay the good days." ”

Ryuuji looked at their backs, his eyes were full of gloom, and then turned into deep helplessness and pain.

Looking down at the unconscious lower body, he threw away the crutches in his hand angrily, and the subordinate next to him hurriedly came over to help him.

Liujia Village is not far away, go out from the entrance of the village, step on the stones and walk through the nameless river, and then walk down the country road by the river for twenty minutes.

This village is different from the clustered Xujia Village, which is scattered all over the ravine, usually three or five families gather together, and the whole village is widely dispersed.

In the gossip eyes of everyone in Liujia Village, Xu Fugui and Laishun came to Liu Cuiping's house with a familiar car.

"It's coming, it's coming, the tall guy is coming again!"

When a shabby-dressed, skinny little boy saw them, he immediately shouted loudly and ran back to his thatched hut.

Xu Fugui looked at Liu Cuiping's house, several thatched houses connected together, which were almost as dilapidated as his house.

All kinds of miscellaneous things are piled up under the eaves of the yard, which looks messy, and weeds and green silicon can be seen everywhere.

Unlike the Xu family, although it is a thatched house, the weeds in the yard are clean, two neat stacks of firewood are piled up in the yard, and various tools are also placed in an orderly manner.

When other people came to their house as guests, they praised Jiazhen and Xu's mother for their diligence, and many other people's homes were messy and even smelly.

"Here, come in, come in and sit."

Liu Cuiping's parents walked out with a smile, glanced at the two bamboo baskets that Lai Shun was carrying, and the smiles on their faces were even worse.

These two should have been carefully cleaned up, and there were few patches on the clothes on their bodies, especially Liu's mother, whose hair was combed and shiny, and should have been wiped with saliva.

The two approached, and a smell mixed with foot odor and sweat wafted over, Xu Fugui's face remained unchanged, and he walked into the thatched house with Laishun.

The floor of the thatched house is clean, but there are too many clutters, and the house still looks messy.

When I looked up, five or six children of different ages and sizes were looking at them with bright eyes.

Several children, male and female, several boys with no clothes on their upper bodies, naked dark skin, and patches on their lower shorts, looked at them curiously and fearfully.

Especially looking at the really good clothes on their bodies, the envy in their eyes was almost overflowing.

"Go, go outside!" Liu's father scolded, and several children immediately dispersed, leaving a rural girl who was not tall.

Although the girl was short enough to reach his chest, she was beautiful and strong, with a red face, two clever eyes as black as black plants, strong arms, and a thin layer of calluses on the palms of her hands.

The clothes on her body were patched, white, and there was a hole in the cloth shoes on her feet, which she tried her best to hide, pinching the corners of her clothes with both hands, and looking at them crampedly.

Xu Fugui knew in his heart that this was Liu Cuiping's girl, her first impression on him was not bad, she didn't seem to be as bitter as a rural woman, and she should be a good person to get along with.

Xu Fugui turned his head to look at Liu's father and Liu's mother, and said with a smile: "Uncle and aunt, this is fifty catties of rice, and three silver dollars, you look at this family matter."

(End of chapter)