In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu, thousands of households are in the middle of the day, and the new peach is always replaced with the old charm - this is the seven unique poems of "Yuan Ri" written by Wang Anshi, the sage of the country.

Now that time flies, during the New Year, people no longer use peach board peach charms, but directly paste red paper Spring Festival couplets, and then put a string of firecrackers, and the New Year's flavor is enough.

During the Chinese New Year, every household has fish and meat on the table, even the poorest people will buy a little to put on the table, in addition to meat, there must be tofu and radish two dishes.

Gao Mingcheng celebrated the New Year at his parents' house, although he had separated, he and many beauties had not officially married, so his father called him back for the New Year.

So he came back with a big wild boar head and a dozen catties of wild boar for the New Year, in addition to his parents' house, he naturally also gave gifts to Grandma Xi, Duo Mei, Gao Shouwang and others.

Because of these meats, Gao Mingcheng's year is not bad, no one finds him unhappy, and he is harmonious and beautiful every day.

The days passed in a flash, and it was the sixth day of the new year.

Early in the morning, Gao Zhuang got up and began to toss himself.

He first boiled water to take a bath and wash his hair, then changed into a new cotton coat, and then applied frost, and the whole person was full of energy.

Not only him, but Grandma Xi has also been carefully dressed up, looking clean and proper.

On the table in the hall, there are full of melons and fruit snacks, including apples, oranges, grapefruits, rice candy, sesame slices, walnuts, red dates, fried peanuts, fried melon seeds, etc.

In the big iron pot in the kitchen, a large pot of pork ribs is stewed, and in the clay pot next to it, a chicken is stewed.

Gao Mingcheng was also here, helping to clean the yard inside and out.

Today is the day He Xiuman went to the man's house to see each other, if there is no problem this time, the next thing is to talk about marriage.

At about half past ten in the morning, there was movement outside, Gao Zhuang's nervous body stiffened, and Gao Mingcheng pulled him to the courtyard gate to greet him.

There were eight people in total, pushing four bicycles of different old and new, except for He Xiuman and her parents and uncle, the other four were tall aunts and families.

His aunt was also going back to her parents' house to pay New Year's greetings, so they made an appointment.

"Xiuman." When Gao Zhuang saw He Xiuman, his face turned red, but he still said hello, and then hurriedly called He Xiuman's parents and uncle.

"Uncle, aunt, it's cold outside, come in first to have a cup of hot tea and something to eat." Gao Mingcheng helped entertain and led the group to the hall.

He Xiuman's parents are about forty-five years old, not tall, dark complexion, and old. He was wearing a half-worn cotton coat, but fortunately it was still clean.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, their eyes did not fall on the people, but looked left and right, and looked at the whole courtyard, to see how many rooms there were, how many chickens and so on.

At a cursory glance, I am still quite satisfied.

Gao Zhuang's family is good in the entire Gaojia Village, and the only shortcoming is that there are no parents and no labor.

When the grandmother in the kitchen heard the movement, she immediately brought the prepared tea, and each person had a cup.

Seeing this, Aunt Gao Zhuang immediately said, "Mom, you are here to accompany the guests, and I will go to the kitchen to cook." ”

As she spoke, she also dragged her little son into the kitchen to light the fire, and when she arrived in the kitchen, Aunt Gao Zhuang glanced at the prepared dishes and knew how to get them, so the sound of ding ding dong rang out from the kitchen.

He Xiuman sat on the bench at the table, looking at the food that filled the entire table, and her heart was also extremely happy, she felt that this was Gao Zhuang's performance of valuing her.

She glanced at Gao Zhuang, with a smile in her eyes, and the corners of her mouth were raised high, and as soon as Gao Zhuang met her gaze, she became shy first.

The interaction between the two of them was in Gao Mingcheng's eyes, and he knew that Gao Zhuang had been eaten to death by this girl.

He Xiuman's parents were also very satisfied with the things on this table, and the two of them reached out to grab the food while quietly stuffing it into their pockets.

He Xiuman's mother said even more regretfully: "It would be nice if I brought your brother here!" ”

With so much delicious food, the youngest son must be very happy!

When He Xiuman heard this, he subconsciously lowered his head and hid the sneer in his eyes.

When lunch is ready, I will remove the fruits and snacks I ate and replace them with a large table full of good meals and dishes.

When they saw stewed pork ribs, stir-fried rabbit meat, stewed chicken, tofu and radish stew, braised fish and other dishes in a sea bowl, He Xiuman's parents were even more satisfied, and of course, they regretted even more that they didn't bring their youngest son over.

At a meal, the guests who ate had round stomachs.

After the meal, He Xiuman's father drank tea and said: "Our Xiuman is hardworking, capable and good-looking, I don't know how many people take a fancy to her!" But if she likes to be tall and strong in your family, then let her wish. ”

He Xiuman's father first raised the value of his daughter, and then said: "I don't want much money for this gift, take an auspicious number, give it eight hundred and eight, my grandmother, how about you?" ”

Grandma Xi had already prepared for heavy bleeding, but she was still a little embarrassed when she heard the other party ask for eight hundred and eight.

Her family is short of labor, she is old, she was still young before she was strong, she didn't earn any money, she took more than 100 yuan to buy a bicycle a year ago, and now the only cash left in the family is seven or eight hundred.

Most of this money is compensation for her son's death.

Seeing that Grandma Xi was silent, the tall aunt smiled and played a round: "Daddy Xiuman, you are laughing, which family has a gift of eight hundred and eight?" It would be nice to have three or four hundred! ”

He Xiuman's father said: "Three or four hundred are all old yellow calendars!" Who isn't starting with 600 now? ”

The tall aunt immediately said, "Okay, give me six hundred and six, what do you think?" ”

He Xiuman's father's face fell, and he was not happy.

At this time, He Xiuman spoke, she looked at her father and said, "Dad, you come out for a while." ”

Her father didn't know what this daughter was thinking, and he didn't want to pay attention to her, but he was afraid that she would say something unpleasant in public, so he had to follow He Xiuman to the corner of the yard.

In front of her father, He Xiuman asked directly: "Do you buy me a dowry for all the gift money given by his family?" ”

Her father's eyes widened, he looked at her incredulously, and blurted out, "How is that possible?" ”

"Oh." He Xiuman's expression was indifferent, and she was not surprised, but she had her own way, and said trickily: "I just like Gao Zhuang, even if he doesn't give gift money, I will marry him!" If you don't agree, don't agree, anyway, the country advocates free marriage! ”

"If you don't let me get married, I'll eat rice at home and don't do anything in the future!"

He Xiuman's back was straight, his eyes were firm, and after meeting his daughter's eyes, her father sighed in his heart, he knew that this daughter could really do it!

So, a minute later, her father returned to the hall in a gloomy manner and dropped a sentence: "Six hundred and six is six hundred and six, which is also quite auspicious!" ”

"Hey, good! Good! Seeing that her in-laws were relieved, Grandma Xi was also relieved, and hurriedly agreed with a smile.

So the two sides talked about other gifts, such as new clothes, snacks, wine, and so on.

After He Xiuman returned to the hall, she stopped talking and pretended to be a lady quietly, but she was thinking in her heart about how to get the gift money from her parents.

Want her to marry empty-handed?

No way!

(End of chapter)