At the dinner table, several people greeted each other for a while, and they knew each other, and they came today for the eldest brother's marriage.

Chen Dalin looked at a few people, and then said, "That Director Fang! What do you say? Today, my Lao Chen will lick his face and keep a matchmaker for the two children, and I will be the main marriage for them when the time comes. ”

As soon as these words came out, the scene quieted down a little.

Wang Qiuju looked between her man and the other family, and then listened quietly.

Ding's mother is worthy of being a trade unionist, and said with a smile: "Director Chen, look at what you said, it is our honor for our family Lanlan to have you as the main marriage, and it is also a dignified thing to say it!" ”

Then he looked at Wang Qiuju and said with a smile: "We don't have any requirements, just let the child be willing." Now it's a new society, and I don't pay attention to that. ”

After all, Wang Qiuju has been working in the sales position for a year and a half, although this mouth is not as good as others.

But it's no longer the same as it used to be.

Hearing this, he said with a smile: "That is what I said, this child's marriage still needs to be given direction by his parents, and how to do the basic etiquette, how to come!" ”

Yang Guangzhi smoked a cigarette and bowed his head slightly.

I kind of agree with her words.

When Ding's mother heard this, she hesitated for a moment and looked at her man.

The two glanced at each other, and Ding's mother raised her head and said, "If you want a bride price, we don't want any three turns and one ring, but it can't be too bad, just ask for thirty-six legs." ”

Yang Guangzhi and Wang Qiuju looked at each other, bowed their heads slightly, and did not speak.

Yang Xiaole listened beside him.

At this time, the "Four One Project" was popular, that is, a bed, a basin, a spittoon and a kettle.

This is a common situation.

Thirty-six legs, in fact, have not yet become popular among ordinary people.

Don't underestimate these things, if you can put together this new set, it is already very decent for ordinary people.

It is estimated that it will become popular in a few years, because the bride price has been slowly rising.

As for the seventy-two legs, they can only be made up by ordinary cadre families, and here we are talking about the so-called cadres in the mouths of the common people, the cadres at the most basic level.

And three turns and one sound, in the homes of ordinary people, it is already powerful to be able to get one, most of them are still circulating in the cadre class, and they have not yet reached the level of ordinary people.

The cadres here generally refer to high-level cadres such as uncle and Dingmu.

If it is to spread to ordinary people, it will be at least ten years later.

Ding's mother asked for 36 legs, which was not too much.

However, Yang Xiaole knew that it would not be so simple, otherwise, he would have agreed a long time ago.

Sure enough, after a pause, Ding's mother continued: "Our family Lanlan has been with us since she was a child, and she is used to living at home, there are many people over there, and his father's idea is that if Xiaogang and Lan Lan get married in the future, he wants them to come to live in our house, and our family has four houses, give them two." ”

After speaking, after that, embarrassment flashed on his face, and he continued: "Because this house is our own, let Xiaogang settle on it, and he will not return to the countryside in the future." ”

To make it clear, it is given, and this house is their own.

Not rented.

When Yang Guangzhi heard the front, his face was already unsightly.

Isn't this fucking son-in-law just going to the door!

How could he agree!

!

Chen Dalin pondered for a moment when he heard the words and smiled: "That Director Ding! Xiaogang returned to the countryside, we can put it first, and your trade union is responsible for organizing the removal of the factory. ”

That's pretty obvious.

In the drafted list, if you don't nod, who would dare to get your son-in-law up?

Just kidding!

Just one more thing, I have to sign it!

It means don't take it back to the countryside to talk about things, it's not interesting.

And Yang Guangchun also said with a smile next to him: "As for the house you said, it's not a big problem, just rent a house, and then you can divide the room." As for the thirty-six legs you said! Hiroshi, what do you say. ”

The latter words looked at his brother.

Seeing the eldest brother's gaze, Yang Guangzhi nodded lightly: "Well, this problem is not big." ”

It depends on the quality.

Lao Zhao is from a furniture factory, and several people have been worried about the boss's marriage in the future, so this price is naturally understood.

Thirty-six legs, a set of ordinary quality down, one hundred and eighty ninety dollars.

The quality is only about three hundred and five.

Of course, this is talking about ordinary furniture, not foreign sofas and the like.

That's too expensive.

Get a set of medium, only more than 200 yuan, which is naturally acceptable.

The family still has more than 700 savings.

Ding's mother hesitated for a moment and looked at Ding's father next to her.

Although he is a cadre in the factory, he still needs to discuss things with the head of the family, which is not a trivial matter.

Ding's father hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Then let the two children look everywhere." ”

Because there's no way around it anymore.

Qualified families, there are good girls who take turns to pick, where will someone be their son-in-law.

Those second-rate people, who are not very good, he also looked for a lot, but none of them took a fancy to him.

Yang Xiaogang's side is okay.

No matter how old he is, his daughter will become an old girl when she reaches twenty, and no one will be his son-in-law.

Ding Mu looked at her man and shook her head speechlessly.

But there is no way, who can't let themselves not give birth to a son!

If you can't give birth to a son, you have no right to speak.

Every time, it is a sentence: "It's not you yet, you can't give birth to a son, otherwise how would I find a son-in-law?" ”

Now this is not a bad result.

In the future, if one child is surnamed Ding, it will be enough to have a few more children when the time comes.

Chen Dalin laughed when he saw this: "Hey, isn't this right!" ”

Then he looked around and smiled: "Then it's decided?" For the rest, let's discuss it again! ”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere eased a lot.

A few people chatted there.

Yang Xiaole sat on the side like a little transparent, as if he didn't exist.

But Chen Dalin still ordered him.

"Hey, Xiaole, your father is here today, let's recognize a godfather, how about it?"

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole rolled his eyes: "Uncle Chen, forget it, when your son is born, won't you have a son!" Why do you have to think of me as my godson! ”

This Lao Chen found out that she was pregnant, and she couldn't do it excitedly.

After a while, it was found out that it was a son, and I was even more grateful to her, if it weren't for the inappropriate age, there would be an uncle.

It is estimated that there is a possibility of pulling a tabai handle.

I have to say that the luck is quite good.

And at this time, he also learned the reason why the Ding family only has a daughter through several chats.

Emotional Lao Ding's two sisters above, two sisters below, five people, just one man.

I don't have many genes to give birth to boys at all!

Yang Guangzhi glared at him angrily: "How can you speak!" ”

"Hey, it's okay, it's okay! Kids! If you don't want to, you don't want to ”

Chen Dalin smiled and waved his hand there.

Then he smiled: "Okay, I'm going to cook, and I'll have a good drink at noon." ”

Yang Guangzhi didn't play much role today, but he couldn't run away from cooking, so he cooked with Chen Dalin.

A few people were left there to greet each other.

Yang Xiaole was bored and waited there.

Until lunch, the eldest brother did not come back.

A table of people was there pushing cups and changing lamps.

It wasn't until the afternoon that the eldest brother and Ding Ruolan came back.

If this is decided according to previous years, the mother-in-law should give some gifts, but now that gold and silver are not allowed to be bought and sold, this plot is naturally saved.

But he still gave ten dollars as a meeting gift.

Then the crowd dispersed.

Today is just to reach an intention, and in the future, specific things will need Chen Dalin to pass the word from the middle, which is equivalent to a matchmaker.

The group walked down the road towards the main road, ready to take the bus.

Walking on the road, Wang Qiuju told the eldest brother about today's conversation.

The eldest brother just listened quietly there, and his face was a little embarrassed from time to time.

"Boss, when you go back in a while, you go to Director Sun to rent the house in the backyard. So as not to be arranged by the street at the time. ”

Wang Qiuju explained there.

Although a few people chatted just now, although they didn't say specifically, the approximate time for marriage was set for this year's National Day.

Because the eldest brother is not of legal age until June.

Although I paid a few more months of rent, at least people were in front of me and were in the same yard, which was also convenient.

After all, his son never left his side.

The eldest brother naturally agreed: "Well, when I go back, I'll go talk to Director Sun and see how she arranges it." ”

The houses are all coordinated by the streets, and it is not his final say.

However, it is generally not a big problem.

Wang Qiuju suddenly muttered: "I knew that I would have rented Qu Ying's house." ”

Then he thought of something and said, "Hey, why don't you ask, how about letting her change the backyard?" ”

Yang Xiaole rolled his eyes: "Mother, people live well, you let people move out, are you embarrassed to say it?" ”

"Oh too! I'll just say it casually! ”

Wang Qiuju smacked her lips, feeling not very good.

Where is the east wing in the backyard good.

After speaking, he looked at a closed restaurant on the side of the street and said, "Many of them are closed here!" Now more and more are closing. ”

Several people followed his gaze.

I saw that it was a restaurant with a locked door, and it was not the kind of street that they had changed from an upside-down house, but a shop along the street that used to be a restaurant.

Yang Guangzhi smoked a cigarette and nodded: "There are more and more, isn't it all to block eating double food!" ”

At this time, more and more small restaurants in the city were closed, and some slightly larger ones still existed.

But it's still a lot, after all, there were too many before.

Yang Xiaole sent several people to the bus station and rode away by himself.

When I got home, a middle-aged man was sitting in the hall, and a child was standing next to him.

It was Song Xiaobao.

The eldest sister sat curiously on the side.

"It's ......"

Yang Xiaole came in with a burst of curiosity and asked the eldest sister.

But he had already guessed it.

It should be Song Xiaobao's father.

Because the other party is also black and thin, there are some similarities between Meiyu and Song Xiaobao.

Sure enough, I saw the eldest sister open her mouth and say, "This is Xiaobao's father." Come to find our father. Uncle, this is my younger brother, Yang Xiaole. ”

"Hello, uncle!"

Yang Xiaole greeted with a smile.

The other party had already stood up at this time: "Hello, is your father and mother back?" ”

"In the back, it should be there in a while, uncle, do you have something to do with them?"

"Well, something."

"Oh, they'll be there in a minute, just wait a minute! Sister, add some water to your uncle, it's so cold this day, drink some hot warmth. ”

Yang Xiaole said for a moment, took off his hat and put it aside.

Seeing this, the eldest sister went over and added a little hot water.

After she got it done, she came over and asked in a low voice, "What do you say when you go?" ”

"Almost!"

Yang Xiaole said casually, and then said, "I'll talk about it later." ”

Hearing this, although the eldest sister was curious, she didn't ask any more questions, and waited there quietly.

It didn't take long to wait.

After more than ten minutes, the father and the eldest brother came back from outside.

As soon as he came in, Yang Guangzhi was also stunned for a moment.

When he saw Song Xiaobao next to him, who bowed his head and didn't dare to speak, he reacted: "You are ...... You're Song Xiaobao's father, right? ”

Father Song had already stood up and said with a smile: "Hey, yes, I'm Xiaobao's father." You're Kiko's father. ”

"Well, I am! Sit down, you're welcome. Is there something going on? ”

Yang Guangzhi gestured.

He was then handed a cigarette.

Seeing this, the other party took it.

After the cigarette was lit, the other party said: "This is the New Year, I shouldn't have come to the door, but I feel like it's better to come over!" ”

"Huh? What's wrong? ”

Yang Guangzhi was puzzled for a moment.

Then he glanced at his daughter-in-law, and instantly remembered that Kiko was beaten yesterday.

It should be for the sake of food.

Sure enough, I saw Song's father open his mouth and said: "Once Xiaobao got some food and came back, saying that he went to the black market to buy it while I was not at home. As a result, he got some more years ago, and I didn't feel right. ”

After speaking, he said a little embarrassed: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, there are many children in the family, there is not enough food to eat, the first time I thought it was cheap, but it was too dangerous to go to the black market, so let him not go."

Some time ago, he got some food and came back, and I felt that something was wrong, once it was so cheap, and it was a coincidence, and twice it was so cheap, I was worried that he stole it.

And they questioned him, and he would not say anything.

No, I feel that it has something to do with your family's Xizi, and I originally thought that the New Year would not be good, but I thought about it, I can't let the child have something happen because of our family's affairs, so I came over. ”

After listening to this, Yang Guangzhi groaned for a while.

Got it.

looked around, didn't see Kiko, and said to him, "You come in with me, I'll tell you something." ”

Hearing this, Father Song was puzzled for a moment and followed in.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole entered the back room.

looked at the angry Kiko and wondered for a while: "What are you doing!" Hiding here, can you hide? ”

Kiko sat there and didn't speak.

Seeing his expression, Yang Xiaole asked suspiciously, "How did you expose it?" Xiaobao told him about his father? ”

Hearing this, Kiko shook her head and said blankly, "I don't know! Xiaobao definitely won't betray me! ”

Yang Xiaole thought about it for a while when he saw this, it must be who said something to make Song Xiaobao's father guess something.

But I don't know why.

I guess I can't ask anything.

After a while, I heard Father Song's ashamed voice outside: "I'm really sorry, I will return this grain to you as soon as possible." ”

"You're welcome, your family is very short of food, forget it."

"That's not going to work!"

Father Song said a word, and then said: "Let's go back first, I'm really embarrassed to come over for the New Year." ”

When Yang Xiaole came out, he saw Song Xiaobao follow Song's father out.

Watching the two leave, he asked curiously, "Dad, how did he know that it was the grain that Xizi made?" ”

Yang Guangzhi looked at Xizi who had just come out angrily and said: "During the New Year, didn't Xizi go to pay New Year's greetings!" Xiaobao's father came out with a word. ”

Xizi was puzzled at this time: "What are you talking about?" ”

"He asked you, Xiaobao got such cheap food, and asked our family if they wanted it? Kiko said that she had asked and said that I didn't want it. ”

Hearing her father's words, Kiko struggled for a moment.

Yang Xiaole shook his head, isn't this just not confessing, which means that he knows about this!

There is no need to be sure, just suspicion.

That's why Song's father came to inquire about something happening.

However, I didn't want to beat children during the New Year, and I beat it yesterday, so Xizi avoided the pain of a meal of flesh and skin.

Then the relatives are gone, and there is not much to do.

It's time to play during the winter vacation.

The winter holidays are also gradually passing.

After the sixteenth day of the first month, the school started in a step-by-step manner.

……

As the day ticked into early March, the weather had warmed up and the frozen soil began to thaw.

It's still cold, but it's ready to be cleared.

That afternoon, Yang Xiaole's group was cultivating vegetable fields in the farmland on the outskirts and planting Chinese cabbage.

During the break, Fang Guoping read the newspaper to everyone according to his previous habits and conveyed the spiritual instructions above.

“………… The 37 bureaus, factories, institutes, and schools of the petroleum system, led by the main leaders, organized elite soldiers and strong generals, brought their own equipment, and went to Daqing to prepare for a huge oil conference battle. It is necessary to take off, our poor hat, and let imperialism ............"

Yang Xiaole held a dung scoop in his hand and listened there.

But my mind is thinking about my father's affairs, and I guess I have to go again this time.

Last time, it was equivalent to expanding the scope of exploration, which was considered reconnaissance.

And this time it was an oil production battle, and more than 100,000 people were going to pass, including 50,000 who were discharged from the army.

Sure enough, when I went back in the evening, I got the news.

Because of his last experience, my father was "honored" to be selected into the ranks of this conference battle this time, and became a glorious part of supporting national construction.

(End of chapter)