Rural people deal with the fields all the year round, there is a job to hurry up and finish work late, the Zhou family brothers and sisters did not come back until it was almost dark, and called the children home in the middle of the afternoon to pick a sweet potato seedlings, and the adults did not return.

Grandma Zhou cooks at home, and when her children and grandchildren come back, she washes her face, hands and feet before eating.

Brother Zhou was born in the summer, his big name is Zhou Xialong, his sister was born in autumn, so he is called Qiufeng, and he has the good wishes of his parents to hope that their son will become Chan and their daughter will become a phoenix.

Sitting at the table, Zhou Xialong looked at a large pot of stewed pig's feet, as well as fried egg corners, meatballs, and washed vegetables, and wondered: "Mom, what's the good thing today?" ”

"Today's Dragon Boat Festival." Grandma Zhou's face was full of red light, and she answered as a matter of course.

Brother Zhou's wife's surname is Liu Tong pouted slightly, she didn't believe her mother-in-law's words, she felt that there must be some reason, but she pretended to be stupid and didn't ask.

Zhou Qiufeng didn't ask anything, only Zhou Tianming, the youngest grandson of the Zhou family, praised his grandmother's good craftsmanship without stinging stinginess, and also won the old man to be happy.

After the Zhou family finished eating, the family took a shower, washed the laundry, and went back to their rooms after being busy, the children of the Zhou family went back to his room to read, and Brother Zhou and his wife went back to their rooms to watch TV.

TV is not expensive in these years, and the Zhou family is also a loose-handed family in the village, there are several TVs, one in the upper house, one in the small western-style building hall in the lower room, and one in the small couple's room in the Zhou family.

After Zhou Qiufeng returned to her parents' house, she also helped her parents buy a TV to put in the room, and when her father died, she was afraid that the old mother would not be able to open it, so she moved back to her mother's room to accompany the old man.

Grandma Zhou and the girl went back to the room and turned on the TV to watch for a while, Grandma Zhou pulled the girl over and spoke in a small voice: "Qiufeng, let me tell you something, someone will come to tell you the ......matchmaker today."

"Mom, I'm not married, I'll accompany you." Without waiting for the old lady to finish, Zhou Qiufeng interrupted the old lady's words.

"Qiufeng, you listen to me, and then decide that it's not too late." Grandma Zhou was afraid that the girl would shout loudly and everyone would know, so she booed quietly, ran to the door again, gently opened the door and looked outside, and didn't see her daughter-in-law and children coming to eavesdrop before going back to sit down.

Zhou Qiufeng obediently did not immediately refute, and his face was gloomy.

Grandma Zhou also guessed that the girl was not good, and still continued the endless topic: "Qiufeng, you are my girl, I am naturally distressed, but I am old, since I was seriously ill last year, I also feel more and more bad, maybe I will go that day, what if I am gone, what will you do?" Your brother is the brother born to your mother, naturally he will not drive you away, you know what kind of person your sister-in-law is, I am with your father, you are waiting for us at home, she is still gossiping behind your back and dislikes you for living in your mother's house, this year I talk more, if I am not there, I don't know what she says, can you stand being criticized every day? If you use up all your money, I'm afraid you'll be kicked out to beg for rice......"

Zhou Qiufeng's heart is blocked, her throat is sour, in the countryside, the water spilled by the daughter who marries out, no one will like her daughter to divorce and go back to her parents' house to live, she has the protection of her parents, and her life is better, if those girls who have no parents divorce, it is rare to have a brother and sister-in-law at home or a brother-in-law to accept the aunt and grandmother to live in her mother's house, and can only marry another or rent a house to live.

When a woman is a girl at home, she has a family, and once she gets married, the family that used to give birth to her own family becomes her mother's family, and when she arrives at her husband's family, she is also an outsider relative to her husband's family, so as soon as a woman gets married, it is almost equivalent to having no home again.

If you can't live your life in your husband's house, and you don't have any property or house, it means that you have nothing and are truly homeless.

"Qiufeng, what people say is good, the golden nest and the silver nest are not as good as your own kennel, you still have to have a home of your own, it doesn't matter if it's hard, it doesn't matter if it's hard, it's good for couples to grow old, think about it yourself, is that the case." Grandma Zhou saw that the girl lowered her head, sighed, got up and went to the cabinet to take out a bag of tomatoes and stuffed one for the girl.

Zhou Qiufeng, who lowered his head and was sad, still hung his head with many red fruits in his hand, rubbed it a few times, took it to his mouth and took a bite, because he was preoccupied, he didn't taste anything at first, he took two more bites, and looked up in surprise.

"Got a taste?" Grandma Zhou saw that the girl had finally returned to normal from her dejected appearance, and smiled meaningfully.

"Lele sent it?" Zhou Qiufeng determined from the old lady's expression where the fruit came from, she only tasted this taste once, and she would never be mistaken.

"Yes." Grandma Zhou had pity hidden in her eyes: "That child is really a poor and annoying child, he has suffered so much at a young age, and he hasn't grown crooked, it's not easy." Lele hugged this today to buy people's hearts, saying that she wanted a new mother and asked me to help her be a matchmaker, which stumped me. ”

Zhou Qiufeng was taken aback: "Mom, you said that Lele invited you...... Matchmaking? ”

"Yes, Lele said that her family is poor and has nothing good, so she will use this as a gift for a matchmaker."

"Lele is so good, why do you want to find a new mother? Who does she like? ”

Lele said that she really wanted the person who took her home from the street today to be her new mother, and she didn't know who the person who took her back today. This thing really taught me to be embarrassed, Yueqing's feet are not good, I can't do heavy work, not to mention that Lele is so old, I'm about to go to college, probably no one wants to marry to Lejia to endure hardships, think about it, whose girl marries is equivalent to raising a pair of father and daughter, being a cow and a horse for half a life, it's really not worth it......

Alas, I feel sorry for Xiao Lele, and I am reluctant to refuse her, so I said for the time being, let me think about it, and then ask her who the new mother is when I think about how to tell the woman. Lele thinks that his dad is not a thing for a lifetime, and wants to help his dad find a partner, and it also makes me think of you, and you are not a matter of doing this, so after Lele left, someone came to tell you about the matchmaker, I said I persuaded you, see what you mean, Qiufeng, what do you think? . ”

Zhou Qiufeng was shocked, wasn't she the one who came back from Lele on the street today? Lele likes her to be a new mother?!

Her mind was very messy, and she didn't know much about what the old lady said behind her, and in a trance she heard the old lady say that someone else came to propose to her, and her brain was even more confused, and her mother didn't know that Lele's favorite new mother candidate was her?

The chaotic thoughts scratched her upset, and she was asked by the old lady about her thoughts, and replied vaguely and casually: "Mom, let me think about it." ”

"Okay, you think slowly, anyway, it's not in a hurry." Grandma Zhou readily agreed, but the girl did not directly refuse, indicating that it was still possible.