At this time, the eldest girl raised her eyes, suddenly noticed how important she was outside the door, and said with a smile: "Brother He, why are you here?"

With this smile, the cheeks are sunk into cute little dimples, the eyes are like a pool of clear water, and there is a bookish temperament between the eyebrows.

He was stunned.

He has always felt that the best-looking and most beautiful girl in Xinghua Village is none other than Niu Yunru of Lao Niu's family, gorgeous and noble, like a proud peacock, not the same kind of people as these countrymen.

Of course, he is not the only one who thinks so, but also his peers of the same age.

They also have self-knowledge, a good-looking girl like Niu Yunru will naturally not marry a farmer like them, and Niu Yunru does not hide her disgust and dislike for them at all, and even when she looks at them, she will feel that her eyes are dirty.

But everyone has a love for beauty, and there are not a few teenagers in the village who love Niu Yunru, and they also think that they are important.

He is almost at the age of marriage, and many companions of his age have begun to discuss marriage, and even some dowry gifts have been issued, just waiting for the girl to reach the age of marriage, and the girl will be able to carry the girl home.

But He Da knows the situation at home, he has seven younger brothers, and even food and clothing are a problem, and when his younger brother grows up, the burden will not be reduced, but will be more and more burdened.

Because the He family has no land, they can only rely on short-term work to subsidize the family, but once there are brothers to discuss relatives, the dowry is a big mountain on the head of the He family.

Not to mention the dowry of eight people in his family, it is very difficult for even one person to get it.

He has heard that some families with more brothers can't afford too many dowries, and will only marry one girl, and four or five brothers share a daughter-in-law, which is called "partnering".

However, normal people would not push their girls into the fire pit.

Therefore, the women who "partner" are either discredited, or some more patriarchal family girls, and some women who are sold in dental shops, and they are generally older, twenty or thirty years old.

The first type, in fact, is similar to selling a daughter, and the gift money required is extremely high, and the second type costs a lot of silver.

He didn't think about "partnering" again, he felt that this was an insult to the woman, even if he didn't marry a wife for the rest of his life, he wouldn't let several brothers share a woman.

As the saying goes, the eldest brother is like a father, and the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, and the eldest son in the family has to assist his parents in taking care of his younger siblings and presiding over household chores.

As a result, as the eldest son, He Da has to bear all the burdens of the whole family because the He family is poor, has no land, and has many brothers.

As a result, He Da naturally became the existence of the plague god in the hearts of the girls in the village, and he couldn't avoid He Da.

Even some girls who admire how handsome they are will be snuffed out and budded by their parents.

Well, the reality is so cruel.

Later, the old Niu family made a joke, and Niu Yunru slandered her cousin.

The teenagers who admired Niu Yunru did not have less admiration for Niu Yunru because of this, but they felt that this was an opportunity.

Niu Yunru has a stigma, the conditions will naturally be lowered, and they will have a chance.

They want that person, not character.

But He Dazhong sneered, no matter how poor his family was, no matter how beautiful Niu Yunru was, he would not marry a-stirring stick and go home.

Now, compared with the big girl in front of him, he suddenly found that Niu Yunru couldn't be compared with each other in front of the big girl, if it had to be compared, it was the difference between flowers and weeds, and the big girl was the flower that bloomed beautifully.

"Big brother of the He family!" was looked at by He Dazhong so fixedly, the eldest girl blushed and shouted.

He Dazhong suddenly came back to his senses, blushed, and lowered his head suddenly, he also knew that he had a little gaffe just now, but at this moment, his heart was like a deer colliding, and he actually forgot what he was doing when he came to Niu's house.

"You're here to find my father, right? My father and Uncle Shi Hu haven't come back from hunting in the mountains. The eldest girl didn't know what the big deal was at the moment, and she panicked in her heart, and her voice was soft.

"Really?" He Da subconsciously scratched his head, his face flushed with embarrassment, and he smirked.

Seeing He Dazhong's somewhat stupid appearance, the eldest girl covered her mouth and snickered, "But my mother is at home, what do you have to do, can you talk to my mother?"

Without any major reactions, the eldest girl had already turned her head and walked into the house with small steps.

After a while, Li Xianglan walked out of the house, and the eldest girl followed her, only to hear Li Xianglan smile and say, "Important, did your mother call you?"

Usually children come over and are called by their parents.

He Dazhong was a little embarrassed and said, "This... Aunt Lan, I heard Grandpa Zhou say that your family is going to build a house, I want to ask if your family still invites someone?"

In ancient times, the main thing in building a house was wood, and who was the carpenter who was the most good at it, that was undoubtedly the Zhou carpenter in the village, who was an old carpenter who had been trained from childhood to old age, so that many families would ask Zhou carpenters to build houses or build houses.

"Please, if your father wants to come over and help, then come over the day after tomorrow. Li Xianglan said with a smile.

He Dazhong hung his head, and finally plucked up the courage to say, "Aunt Lan, I also want to come over and do a short job!"

Li Xianglan was stunned for a moment, looking at the eleven or twelve-year-old boy in front of her who was blushing, she knew the situation of the He family, and said with a smile: "I thought something was wrong? It's okay, more people will come, build it quickly!"

"Aunt Lan, do you agree?" He Da had some irrepressible joy on his face.

Li Xianglan smiled and nodded.

"Thank you, Aunt Lan!" He said gratefully.

"You kid is polite, but building a house is very hard!" Li Xianglan said.

"Aunt Lan, I'm not afraid of hardship!" He Dazhong's eyes were firm, he was more afraid of hunger than hardship, "Aunt Lan, I'll go back and tell my father!"

......

After Niu Dali returned home, Li Xianglan told him what happened during the day.

He actually didn't have any opinion on Li Xianglan's agreement that the He family's father and son came over to help, not to mention that the last time a few boys from the He family saved the eldest girl and the second girl, let's just say that during this time, the five boys of the He family have been following the second girl, and the second girl pointed to the west, and these five boys did not dare to go east.

Based on this, the He family didn't say that they just came to help, even if... Even if... Anyway, if the He family is busy in the future, as long as he can do it, he will not shirk it.

"Brother Dali, we built a house shortly after we finished digging the well just now, will the people in the village have ideas?"

At night, the husband and wife lay in bed and chatted.

Li Xianglan looked worried, she wasn't worried about the silver, during this time, Brother Dali went up the mountain and harvested well, and the family's silver money was already more than a hundred taels, not to mention just building, even if the house was rebuilt, there was no problem.

It's just that they have just separated, and they are digging wells and building houses, and she is worried that the people in the village will talk about it behind their backs.

Niu Dali lay on his side, looking at the pretty Li Xianglan, it was his idea to build a house, the house they lived in at this time was too dilapidated, and when it rained, it was all kinds of leaks, and they couldn't make up for it.

"What can you think? The money for repairing the house was brought back by me from hunting in the mountains, and they envy me, and they can also go up to the mountains to earn it!" Niu Dali said with a smile.

If the house was rebuilt not long after the family was separated, the villagers would still have ideas, but now, he can go up to the mountains to hunt, and he will not return empty-handed every time, so that all the villagers subtly think that their family is gradually getting better.

It's just that there will be more or less discussion.

After all, in ancient times, there were no leisure activities, and in my spare time, I just talked about others.