Because the educated youth were coming, there were many people visiting the village, so after Shen Siyue and Shitou came back from the mountain, she let Shitou go back to his own home first.
He stayed in the small shabby house for a while before returning to the Shen family.
The next day, Shen Siyue and Shitou left the village one after the other, planning to sell all the processed meat in their hands and buy some things for the New Year.
After paying Liu San for the meat, I told him that I would not come before the New Year.
Shitou plans to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some brine to make tofu during the New Year.
After the two entered the supply and marketing cooperative, Shen Siyue looked around and didn’t see the salesperson who had quarreled with them last time.
In fact, what she didn't know was that since the last incident, the director not only asked the salesperson to write a self-criticism, but also punished her by making her count the goods in the warehouse before the New Year.
You know, the Chinese New Year period is the time when the most goods are purchased and shipped in the year.
Compared to just sitting at the counter and talking, counting goods is a busy, tiring and error-prone job.
So with the experience of this salesperson as a lesson, the people selling things at the counter today are all very nice.
In addition to buying brine, Shitou also bought some sugar cubes, as well as some ingredients for stewing meat such as peppercorns and star anise.
Shen Siyue mainly bought a few kilograms of white flour. Seeing that the supply and marketing cooperative was selling cabbage and radish, she also bought some of each to make dumplings on New Year's Eve.
After buying the things, the two walked back while chatting.
Unexpectedly, I met Liu Changshan on the way who was going to town again.
Liu Changshan drove the village donkey cart, swaying along the road.
Both sides saw each other, but the road was covered with people and there was no way to avoid them, so they could only greet each other.
"Uncle, where are you going?" Shi Tou spoke first.
"I'm going to town for a meeting and I'm going to buy some things for the New Year. What are you doing...?"
Liu Changshan looked at the two young men and always felt something was strange.
I don't know when the two of them got together, could it be...?
At this time, Shen Siyue spoke first: “If I had known that you were going to town, I would have come with you, and I could have taken a car.”
"I was also going to buy some things for the New Year, but I didn't expect to wait on the roadside for a long time. I finally waited for Brother Shitou to go to town. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to find the way."
After saying that, Shen Siyue laughed twice.
Shitou glanced at Shen Siyue and also acted along: “We are all from the same village, it is better to have a companion than no companion.”
"Ah, then... then you guys go back quickly, I'm going to the town first." Liu Changshan suppressed the strangeness in his heart and shouted at the donkey to continue moving forward.
Shen Siyue and Shitou also raised their hands and shook them, and continued to walk back to the village.
After they had walked quite far away, Liu Changshan turned back to look at the two people who were gradually going away.
I thought to myself, it would be a good idea if these two young people really got together.
One of them has no parents, the other has been cut off from all relatives. It seems they are quite a good match.
Since neither side has relatives to help them, life is a bit difficult.
While Liu Changshan was rushing to the town, he was still thinking, let's wait and see, if it's suitable, he could act as a matchmaker.
Shen Siyue over there was whispering to Shi Tou about Liu Changshan: “Oh, the village chief wouldn’t think too much, would he?”
Shitou turned to look at her: "That's something I must think about! I'm unmarried, and you're unmarried. If a man and a woman walk together, anyone would be suspicious! Why don't we just get through it."
Shen Siyue raised her hand and gave him a fist: "I'm talking to you seriously! I still want to buy that little house!"
When this question was mentioned, the expression on Shi Tou's face seemed to be hesitant.
Shen Siyue’s money cannot be used openly.
She will have money to buy a house as soon as she moves out of her new home, and then those people in the Shen family will definitely not let it go.
If things really get out of hand, it will be a problem if the source of the money cannot be explained.
Shen Siyue was also worried about this.
I have money but I can't spend it openly. It's so frustrating.
Taking this opportunity, Shitou asked her, "Can you not buy the house? What do you want to do with it?"
Shen Siyue: "Buy it and raise it secretly. It's far away from the village, isn't it just right?" She has always had this idea.
Shitou was a little disappointed: "Then...then you don't plan to marry me?"
“Is there any conflict between getting married and buying a house for me?” Shen Siyue was a little puzzled.
Shitou paused and looked at her steadily, which made Shen Siyue a little confused: “Why are you looking at me like that?”
Shi Tou was a little hesitant. After spending some time together, he felt that Shen Siyue didn't seem to be teasing him, but her firm determination to buy a house made him feel a little uneasy.
The reason why he had never mentioned this matter before was that he thought that maybe after the two of them had been together for a long time, Shen Siyue would naturally give up this idea.
But until now, Shen Siyue still wanted to insist on buying the house, and Shi Tou had to ask clearly.
But looking at her now, it seemed that she really didn't realize the problem he was worried about.
"April, it may be difficult for a girl to have her own house in the village. Do you want me to come to your house?"
"What?" Shen Siyue's eyes widened, she couldn't believe it.
Shitou explained to her: "In rural areas, only sons can inherit real estate."
"For those who have only daughters but no sons, unless they find a live-in son-in-law, their houses will eventually be occupied by relatives."
According to rural customs, sons are responsible for taking care of their parents after they die, while daughters are married off and are like spilled water, so they are not eligible to inherit property.
In Shen Siyue's case, even if she bought the house, as long as she married Shi Tou, unless she made Shi Tou her son-in-law, there was a high probability that she would not be able to keep the house.
There are many people in the village who are facing housing shortages. Not to mention the Shen family who are related to her by blood, even other people would also want to take advantage of her house.
No one is competing with her now because no one lives in the house.
Wait until April Shen finishes repairing the house before you look at it?
Not to mention that she was going to marry Shitou, even if she didn't marry anyone, someone would immediately set their sights on Shen Siyue.
After all, marrying Shen Siyue at that time would be like getting a house for free.
And because Shitou has no relatives or brothers or sisters, even if he marries Shen Siyue, the house will just be empty and it will be impossible for the two of them to live separately.
The vacant house is bound to become a thorn in the eyes of other people.
This is also the reason why people in rural areas try their best to have sons, because without a son, the family business that you have worked hard to build up for a lifetime will not be able to be kept.
There is nothing to complain about this kind of thing, and there is no reason to argue about it.
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