Chapter 22 Happy Event
Ye Xiaomei slowly hung the towel on the clothesline, turned around and went back into the house.
He actually ignored her? Wang Minzhi was so angry that she felt like she was hitting cotton. Thinking about the one thousand yuan betrothal gift, she cursed secretly: I can't do anything to you now, but when you marry the cripple and become a widow, I wonder how proud you can be.
This time, Ye Xiaomei has truly fallen into the ocean of knowledge. She has gained so much from reading. No wonder everyone wants to read books. It turns out that books have such great charm.
Ye Xiaomei understood what a medicine inducer was. Some herbs could not reach the affected area directly, so she needed a medicine from the five elements that could guide to the location. This was called a medicine inducer.
And there was the book on acupuncture points. Ye Xiaomei was so dazzled by it that it took her two days to slowly find the patterns in it.
There are eight meridians and a total of 365 acupoints, each of which has its own function, which is quite amazing to think about.
There was a knock on the door.
Zhao Mei, who was cooking, opened the door and saw that it was Granny Liu: "Auntie Liu, come in and sit down."
Ye Xiaomei heard what Mrs. Liu said from the window. The date for her wedding with Ma Qijun had been set.
At noon, Li Cuihua gritted her teeth and spent thirty yuan to buy a pair of pork elbows, a fish, and some fruit, and killed a big rooster in her own chicken coop.
The table was filled with an exceptionally rich supply of goodies.
Wang Minzhi was very angry when she saw this, and she didn't know whether she could get the one thousand yuan after the marriage, so she started to spend money lavishly.
Besides, when she gave birth to her eldest son Ye Qiang, she didn't eat fish or pork knuckles, she just killed an old hen.
Mrs. Liu first spread out a red booklet, and with a professional peacemaker's smile, she asked about the woman's arrangements:
"If this goes through, you have to give me a big carp."
The matchmaker in the countryside wants the errand fee, not just the red envelope. A big carp is a standard gift. Firstly, it lets people see that she has made the deal, so more people will come to her for matchmaking in the future. Secondly, it is also for good luck.
"That's right, that's right." Li Cuihua smiled apologetically the whole time. She had already planned to get the thousand yuan to repair the tile house. It would be best if she could build a few more rooms next door for Daqiangzi to live in after his marriage.
Wang Minzhi took a look at her mother-in-law's flattering look. It was okay if she did this for one or two days, but she got tired of it after three or five days. Looking at her mother-in-law's face, she scraped the bottom of the bowl with her chopsticks.
Li Cuihua's face darkened: "Who are you showing off to? Where's Xiaolin? Why don't you invite her to dinner?"
"I don't know. He locked himself in the room all day and just went out." Wang Minzhi was also very annoyed. She threw down her chopsticks and got up and left.
What's your attitude? Li Cuihua glared at her from behind, then turned to Mrs. Liu and said with a smile:
"You'll definitely need some carp, and I'll have to pack it up for you."
"That's very polite." Mrs. Liu got to the point while eating.
Ye Xiao and Mei Niang ate and listened in silence.
The date is set for the eighth day of next month, which happens to be the eighth day of the eighth month in the solar calendar. That season is just right, the crops in the fields have been planted, the weeding has been completed, and the villagers can have some leisure time.
However, there is an unwritten rule in the local area that once the wedding date is set, it is not appropriate for the man and woman to meet alone.
If there are any disagreements on the details of the marriage, the matchmaker will be the one to run errands in the middle. In this way, both the man and the woman can take this opportunity to give the matchmaker some benefits.
Ye Xiaomei was delighted. This meant she would be safe for a month and she could study hard.
"The day before the wedding, the man's gift must include a red dress, red shoes, and red socks. This cannot be sloppy, and they must be newly made."
Zhao Mei listened for a while before interrupting. These were all things she didn't have back then. The only red cotton blouse she had was borrowed from the Ye family.
"Okay, I've remembered everything. Tell me anything else you have to say." Mrs. Liu smiled from ear to ear, as happy as if she was getting married.
Zhao Mei pursed her lips and whispered to Xiao Mei, "Xiao Mei, you said that this is the only major event in a lifetime, should we ask the Ma family to invite a troupe of actors or show a big movie to liven up the event? Last time I saw the village chief's family invite an opera troupe to lead the way when a girl got married, it was so festive."
Ye Xiaomei's eyes lit up: "Okay, Mom, you like watching Errenzhuan the most, then let Granny Liu discuss this matter with the Ma family, it should be easy to negotiate."
Ye Xiao's eyes sparkled. She wasn't sure if Ma Qijun liked her, but Aunt Wang really valued her. She could promise a thousand yuan without hesitation, and she would definitely agree to hire a theatre troupe.
Ye Xiaomei just made this suggestion and then went back to her room to read, feeling itchy.
As for other matters, the elders were experienced and it was not Ye Xiaomei's place to worry about them. She could only wait for August 8th next month to marry Ma Qijun as his bride.
Be his bride? Then they'll have to sleep in the same bed.
Ye Xiaomei withdrew her mind from the book and looked out the window with her chin in her hand.
The scene of her rubbing against the man kept appearing in my mind. I wonder if she will wrap around him like a snake on the wedding night?
Thinking of this, my body shuddered as if I had been electrocuted, and my heart was aroused with the desire to wrap around his body, and it was itchy like a dirty cat's paw.
It’s over, it’s over. Ye Xiaomei had a worried look on her face. She used the back of her hand to cool her hot face, but the image in her mind couldn’t be shaken off.
The sun was setting slowly in the west and the sound of Zhao Mei and Li Cuihua seeing off Mrs. Liu could be heard from outside the gate.
Ye Xiaomei took a deep breath, closed the book, went to the kitchen, carried a bamboo basket and a sickle, and went out to cut the grass.
Rabbits are very particular about the grass they eat. If the grass is cut in the morning, there will be dew on it, which will cause the rabbits to have diarrhea and can easily die.
Although there is no dew on the grass at noon after being exposed to the scorching sun, most of the moisture has evaporated. It is a torture for people to cut the grass under the scorching sun.
The best time is when the sun has not yet set.
Tieqiao Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles. Hongmei Village is located at the foot of the west mountain of Tieqiao. Ye Xiaomei often cuts grass on the not-so-steep hill.
In this area, the land grows most vigorously after it rains. Ye Xiaomei still remembers that when her mother was eight years old and had just given birth, her grandmother did not want to kill an old hen for her mother's health as she did to her aunt.
The money was tightly held in her hand. Her father was a security guard at a coal mine. When Li Cuihua saw that she had given birth to a daughter, she didn't even send someone to tell her father to come back.
Life was very hard at that time. Ye Xiaomei often dug wild vegetables and looked for land on a hillside. Although they were not as nutritious as eating old hens, they were enough to fill her up.
Look, she has made it through, hasn't she? Xiaoya is going to school, and she is going to get married. As long as you have a positive mind and a goal, life is not that bad.
Ye Xiaomei soon filled a basket with grass, enough for the couple to eat for two days. She sat down to rest and counted on her fingers. She estimated that the cub would be able to eat some chopped young grass in at most ten days.
"I warn Zhang Changjiang that you must go to my house to propose marriage."
Who? Ye Xiaomei stood up and looked around. The mountain behind her was covered with large trees. They were lush and green at this time of year, and she couldn't see anyone.
"I'm only 20 years old. I never thought about getting married so early. Xiaolin, why don't you wait a little longer until the house my mother built for me is finished? Please let me kiss you quickly. I'm so anxious."
"..." Ye Xiaomei suddenly squatted down, and she saw it through the tangled tree trunks.
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