In the blink of an eye, the eldest brother reached the age of marrying a daughter-in-law, but my family was poor, coupled with complex family relationships, no one in the neighborhood was willing to marry his daughter to my house, and then a girl who worked together fell in love with the honest and honest eldest brother, it is said that the girl still has to follow the eldest brother after knowing the situation of my family, the eldest brother is very moved, the eldest brother's ideal is to work for the second brother to study, the second brother's academic performance is very good, in the teacher's words, it is a piece of reading material, and the eldest brother's girlfriend is also willing to study together for my second brother. Everyone said that the eldest brother burned high incense, and he could meet a kind and good girl.

But my father sighed every day, and said to himself: "The girl is willing, but the girl's parents may not be willing, and the girl's parents must be asking for a bride price, but with the situation of our family, the three children who go to school really have no way at all!" Alas......".

Just when my father was at a loss, Li Laoer, a native of the village who made a living as a matchmaker, came: "Isn't there a spirit in your family, the spirit will find a home, ask for some bride price, use the bride price money to repair the yard for your eldest family, and marry the daughter-in-law, I heard that there is such a family in Gaoya Village on the top of the mountain opposite, this family gave birth to five children, three male babies, two female babies, but the eldest two male babies are married and separated, and the two female babies are also married, and now there are two old people and the most male baby, the old man is the secretary of Gaoya Village, and the family conditions are very good, It's the youngest boy left in the family, and he is used to being naughty, but the man, as soon as he gets married and has responsibility, it's fine, the boy is 22 years old this year, and he should be older than your family......"

Dad directly interrupted the matchmaker's words: "Great, he is the second great, you are really my living bodhisattva!" The matter of marrying a daughter-in-law for Zhan Yuan really made me sad to death, I think this is appropriate. The matchmaker looked embarrassed and said: "It depends on whether people think that your family is young and thin." Dad hurriedly handed a box of cigarettes and 10 yuan to the matchmaker: "The baby is the second big, then please trouble you to run, there is no matchmaker you can't say, this money is for you to drink tea." ”

The matchmaker Li Lao Er left happily under his father's repeated thanks.

Three days later, Li Lao Er came, breathlessly: "Hurry up and give me saliva to drink, for your family, my throat is about to smoke, I ran several times, so that people agreed, now ask your family when they have time, go to his house to see the family situation, by the way, let people see our Lingling, if you can, we will give this family business." ”

Father like an ancestor to let Li Lao Er to the upper room on the kang, lit the brazier left by his grandfather to make tea for Li Lao Er, and the stepmother also made a rare long noodle meal, Li Lao Er touched his mouth after eating and drinking, and said: "Then let's go the day after tomorrow, you and your sister-in-law discuss to see who is suitable to take Lingling." ”

After Dad and Stepmother discussed, Dad: "You take Lingling and Li Lao Er with you." ”

Stepmother: "It's hard for me to be a stepmother, it's okay to live well in the future, won't I become a sinner if I don't have a good life, won't the spittle stars in the village drown me?" Call my sister-in-law or my second sister-in-law and accompany us. Because the eldest aunt was not feeling well, the second aunt was willing to go together.

As soon as the next day dawned, my stepmother asked me to wash my hair, comb my braids, and look around among the only clothes I had, but I couldn't find anything to wear out, so my stepmother generously put on one of her red fleece jackets and a pair of black polyester pants for me.

Looking at himself in the mirror, his face was pale, and his thin body was wrapped in big clothes, where did he seem to have seen this? Right! The virgin that my cousin was holding at my grandfather's funeral was what I looked like.

In the morning of late autumn, the weather is a little cold, although the big round face of the sun is very red, but I can't feel her temperature, walking on the fallen leaves, rustling under my feet, growing so big for the first time to go out, plus everyone has been friendly to me in the past two days, so I am a little happy and a little excited.

To go to the opposite mountain, from our side we have to go down the mountain, there is frost on the road, the feet are easy to slip, the three of them walk with support, afraid of falling. I have been mowing the grass for a long time, and I have climbed all kinds of cliffs, and besides, I am in a good mood, so I walk very fast. At this time, Li Lao Er smiled and said, "Lingling, do you want to be in a hurry to see your future son-in-law?" Baby, let me tell you, I won't lie to you when you are the second big, the family is good, the family conditions are good, and the people are good, and if you marry in the future, you will not be short of clothes and food, you will definitely fall into the nest. The stepmother and the second aunt both smiled happily.

I listened to him as if I didn't understand, and I felt a little embarrassed and ashamed, so I slowed down and followed them.

After an hour and a half of trekking, we finally arrived at Gaoya Village, a veritable Gaoya Village, the village is on a high steep slope, there is no big road, it is all sheep's intestine path, as if it is standing. Because his family lived at the top of the village, he had to walk a long way into the village, and there were many old people, children and women standing on both sides of the road, and they probed their brains one by one, whispering strange things, and a few children volunteered to show us the way.

Finally came to the door of his house, the expressions of the second aunt and the stepmother suddenly lit up, a big country house, the first thing I saw was the two acres of land in front of the door, the ground was full of fruit trees, the fruit trees were covered with film, and all kinds of vegetables were planted, and the vegetable stalks had dried up, and they stood in the ground in a daze. Judging from the leaves of fruit trees that have not fallen off, there should be apple trees, pear trees, apricot trees, and peach trees.

At this moment, a few people came out of the tall door, and greeted us with humility and respect for us as if they were the emperor.

The yard is very large, the appearance of a quadrangle, the courtyard is covered with houses all around, with blue bricks and green tiles, which is very magnificent. There is a 28 bicycle under the eaves of the upper room, we were welcomed to the upper room, in the middle of the upper room hangs the middle hall, there are black and white photos of the old man in the middle hall, there is a table under the middle hall, there is a quartz clock on the table, a radio, and an incense burner, the left side of the table is a kang, the kang is covered with pink sheets printed with red flowers, a square table is placed on the sheets, there are fried fruits, sugar, apples, pears, etc. on the square table, there is a large golden cabinet on the right side of the table, and a black and white TV is placed on the big cabinet, In front of the table there was a row of wooden sofas, and between the sofas and the tables was a stove, and there was a fire in the stove, and the house was cleaned up and tidy, and the fire was warm.

The hostess was dressed in black clothes, wrapped in a black headscarf, fair skin, tall and straight, if it wasn't for her little feet wrapped and let go, you wouldn't think that she was already an old man. The man is not tall, with dark skin, and he looks very porcelain, as if he has practiced martial arts.

The hostess was busy beckoning the second aunt, stepmother and me to eat on the kang, as if she had known us hundreds of years ago, and the male host also warmly beckoned Li Lao Er to go to the kang to smoke and drink tea. The underground was full of people, some were helping, some were coming to see the excitement, and the children pointed to me sitting on the edge of the kang and giggled, whispering: "Look at this is Qianjiangjiang's daughter-in-law, hehe!" Good looking".

After a while, the meal was served, and eight plates of cold dishes were served first, including cold peanuts, soybeans, cucumbers, and various pickles pickled at home, and then hot long noodles were served, and everyone ate and chatted. I ate three bowls of long noodles in a row until my stomach was bulging, and then I remembered what my stepmother told me the night before: "If you go to someone's house tomorrow, they will definitely make something delicious, you can eat some symbolically, don't catch eating a lot of fun, then people will laugh at us." "Hey! I have long forgotten my stepmother's explanation, and my stomach betrayed me.

After eating, everyone retreated, leaving the four of us and the hostess, the hostess, and a man, and I realized that it was the man's daughter-in-law.

He looks older than 22 years old, like he has just recovered from a serious illness, his face is yellow, his hair is yellow, and he has yellow teeth caused by long-term smoking, and he is not as energetic as other young people, and he looks sluggish.

The hostess grabbed my hand and put it on hers and said, "Why do you look so small, are you 15 years old?" The second aunt hurriedly said, "Just over 15 years old." "To be honest, I knew that I was born in the autumn of my mother, because my birthday was my mother's death day, so I never had a birthday, and no one told me that my birthday was on that day, but I was supposed to be 14 years old, why did they say I was 15 years old?

The hostess said, "It's too thin, and you have to do farm work!" ”

Li Lao Er said: "Auntie, don't look at this baby, she is a good worker, she is not her ...... outside the house" He looked at his stepmother and stopped talking.

The man said, "It's okay, it's still young, isn't it?" I think it's appropriate. ”

The hostess pointed to his son and said, "This is my youngest son Qian Jiangjiang, look at him, and then look at this family, are you satisfied?" "I looked at my stepmother, second aunt and second sister, and they motioned for me to nod, so I nodded. The hostess smiled happily and handed me 20 yuan to buy something for myself, I didn't know what to do, my stepmother motioned for me to take it, and I accepted it.

Later, I was called out by a woman, to another room, this room was also crowded with people, more lively, after introduction, I knew that they were Qian Jiangjiang's eldest sister, second sister, sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, I greeted them respectively.

The eldest sister and the second sister all look like their mothers, tall, slender figures, and white and thin skin. They spoke softly, very comfortable, they pulled me, asked me this and that, knew that I didn't have a mother, they sympathized with me, they told me some things about them, and finally each of them secretly stuffed me five yuan. I feel the warmth I haven't felt for a long time, is it the feeling of a friend?

It is said that my birth date and physiognomy are not good, so I was born to be a person, no one in the village dared to play with me, I had no friends since I was a child, and today I was treated like this by my two sisters, I think they are my friends.

I don't know what the stepmothers said in the room, but I think everyone is happy. It's getting dark, we rushed back, along the way the stepmother couldn't stop the excitement, the second aunt said to me seriously: "Lingling, you are still young, I don't understand much, you look at the character and conditions of this family, in our place can be regarded as a leverage, when you grow up and marry, your baby really fell into the nest of blessings, who said that our spirit is hard, I think our spirit is very good." ”

The stepmother hurriedly said: "We are blessed by his second greatness." Li Lao Er said happily: "It's all my own family, the baby is doing well, aren't we all happy?" ”