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 I was born in the autumn because my birthday was my mother's death day, so I never had a birthday, and no one told me what my birthday was, 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?" ”

A few days later, Qian Jiangjiang came to my house, or the first time I saw him, just changed a set of clothes of different colors, he said that his father ordered him to take me to the town to buy clothes, so I followed Qian Jiangjiang with my stepmother to the town, this is the first time in my life to catch the market, everything is fresh, everything is good-looking, there are clothes and fabrics that I have never seen before, and there are delicious things that I have never eaten, there are baked buns, cold skin, cold noodles, beef noodles on the street stalls......

I watched and walked happily, not knowing what they were discussing, and after a while, I saw my stepmother carrying a lot of things. They called me to try on clothes, I felt weird, so awkward, I didn't want to try, but my stepmother put on a face, I knew she was angry, if she was angry, my father and I would not have a good life, so I went over to try on a few pieces, and bought me two new sets of clothes according to my stepmother's opinions and standards.

Qian Jiangjiang also invited us to eat beef noodles, I especially wanted to eat grilled buns, so I spent a dime to buy myself a baked bun to eat, Qian Jiangjiang took all the things he bought to his house, and said that they would take it to my house together on the day of marriage. My stepmother happily hummed a little song all the way back to her home with me.

When I got home, my stepmother told my father that Tingting's younger sister went to junior high school to live in school, and Brother Dundun and his second brother both went to high school and lived in school, and the family spent so much money, saying that I was still ignorant, and I spent money in the town today, and what kind of baked buns to eat, as a result, all my money was taken away by my father.

A few days later, the family began to get busy, saying that it was going to marry me, and all the things on the kang in the upper room were dismantled and washed, and the room and yard were cleaned spotlessly.

When the eldest brother came back, the whole family of the eldest uncle, the whole family of the second uncle and the relatives of the family came, and my stepmother asked me to put on the set of fleece tops and polyester pants she gave me.

Everyone's stir-fried vegetables, rolling noodles, the scene is very lively, and my stepmother specially explained, I don't have to work today, just stay obediently.

The guests came, there were six people in total, Qian Jiangjiang, Qian Jiangjiang's father, and Li Laoer, and the remaining three were all elders, I didn't recognize them.

They ate, drank, talked, and laughed in the upper room, and it was a happy day, the eldest brother and Qian Jiangjiang chatted as if they were very speculative, Qian Jiangjiang's hair was combed smooth, and he wore a new set of clothes, and the clothes seemed to be hanging on him, empty, he was too thin, his clothes were not propped up, and his face was still the same as if he had just recovered from a serious illness.

In the evening, everyone sent off the guests happily, and the relatives helped to check the gifts brought by the Qianjiang Jiang family, in addition to sending me two sets of clothes, but also to the eldest brother, the second brother, Brother Dundun, Tingting sister, father and stepmother each have a set of clothes, it is said that there is a lot of cash, but the cash has been handed over to the father before drinking.

The relatives all cast envious glances, and then the eldest brother said: "This Qian Jiangjiang won't have any diseases, right?" Why is the complexion different from that of a normal person? The stepmother said, "Boss, we can't be too successful to be too much to lose!" How can you say such unlucky things on this good day? Dad scolded the eldest brother fiercely: "Look at how many days you can get if you go out to work, what do you say is wrong with Qianjiangjiang?" The eldest brother stopped talking, and the relatives took the opportunity to disperse.