Chapter 107 Dowry
"Ouch!" Li Xun cried out in pain and fell onto the quilt.
Su Jinxiang, who was under the quilt, was hit and could only lift the quilt and said with a sad face: "It's all your fault for giving me bad advice. I am embarrassed. I don't want to live anymore, wuwu..."
Li Xun immediately coaxed her: "This is not your fault, marry me? Then we can just be lovers and no one can interfere."
Even though the Su brothers were not satisfied with Li Xun, now that things had gotten so serious, there was no other way.
In the end, Li Xun also followed them to Su's house.
Chen Mei hesitated for a moment and decided not to follow.
She's not engaged, she just decided privately.
She was in such a hurry that it seemed like she was eager to marry into the Su family.
But after Su Jinxiang made such a fuss, the Su family would definitely be laughed at secretly.
In order to cover up the scandal between Li Xun and Su Jinxiang, the Su family will definitely ask someone to propose marriage. .
Then I have to be more reserved so as not to be looked down upon by the Su family.
Besides, if the affair between Li Xun and Su Jinxiang caused Secretary Su to step down, then I should distance myself from them so that I could have room to regret it.
The educated youth in the kitchen were also talking animatedly.
"I didn't expect that Li Xun was so capable that he managed to win over Secretary Su's daughter."
"Yes, from now on he will be the Su family's son-in-law."
Zheng Qiang, who had the same idea as Li Xun, looked unhappy at the moment: "Gu Ci, Zhang Jianming, you and Li Xun are roommates, so why didn't you stop Li Xun from being a hooligan?"
Zhang Jianming sighed: "We are just roommates, but I don't have the ability to tie Li Xun to my belt?"
He knew in his heart that Su Jinxiang had her eyes on Gu Ci, and that Gu Ci must have done something secretly to become Li Xun.
But he was very happy in his heart. Now Li Xun and Su Jinxiang would definitely get married, and he and Gu Ci would be safe.
He looked helpless and said, "They like each other, so even if it's not today, there will be opportunities in the future, right?"
The other educated youth all said yes.
This person said that he heard from the aunties in the village that there were two or three things that had to be said between the widow and that guy.
That lady said that she saw wild mandarin ducks in a haystack on the roadside.
Someone else said: "There are people dating here too. I've seen them being affectionate."
When the educated youth heard this, they all knew that she was talking about Chen Mei and Su Hongqi.
At this moment, Chen Mei walked in with a dark face, took her lunch box, sat at the table with the female educated youth, and started eating.
The educated youth were caught talking behind the scenes by the real person, and they felt a little embarrassed. They changed the subject and talked about the work at the reservoir.
"I heard that the village will start spring ploughing soon, so I can only work at the reservoir for one more day."
The reservoir was dug by Lingxia Village and Lingzhong Village, and aquaculture was also carried out on the side, but it also makes water use more convenient for Lingshang Village.
But after all, it is not their own village, and the people of Lingshang Village are not very enthusiastic.
"I heard that spring ploughing is very tiring." A female educated youth complained: "We can't eat boiled vegetables every day, right?"
"That's right. I can't stand it either. Why don't we cook separately?"
"That's a good idea," the male educated youth whose family could help him agreed, "Buy a coal stove, and it will be convenient for you to cook for yourself."
Gu Ci heard this and said, "Coal cakes and coal balls are hard to buy, it's better to get a ground pot or a wind furnace."
"Coal briquettes are hard to buy, but burning wood can produce charcoal, which can also be burned in a coal stove."
When the educated youth team leader heard that everyone wanted to cook separately, he did not force them: "Since you don't want to eat together, then everyone should go buy cooking utensils before going to work."
Iron pots are not cheap nowadays, but clay stoves are very common.
The ground pot they are talking about is a simple stove made of stones, on which you can put the pot and cook.
Those who are more particular may use mud bricks to make a simple stove.
It's quite convenient anyway.
Of course, even if everyone didn’t eat together, there were some familiar educated youth who would discuss cooking together.
After Zhang Jianming and Gu Ci returned to their room, he also spoke up: "Gu Ci, let's buy two clay stoves and cook together, shall we?"
Gu Ci nodded: "Sure, but in a year or two, I might not be here anymore."
"How about you find someone else?"
Although he said it would be in a year or so, Gu Ci was impatient and wished he could get married tomorrow.
He also took out some letter paper and started writing to his family.
To put it bluntly, work is too tiring and I want to get married early, not only so that I can have a companion but also so that my in-laws can lend a hand.
He also said that he already had a girl he liked, but his future father-in-law was the village party secretary, and he said that if he wanted to marry his daughter, he had to have three turns and one ring, as well as a betrothal gift of 280 yuan.
Please give me some support, father, and help me start a family and career.
Gu Ci also deliberately wrote: If you can find a job for me, I would also be willing to go back to the city.
Finally, he said: Five days later at noon, he would go to the town and call the hospital office.
Or you can bring your partner back with you.
In fact, he wanted to take this opportunity to get back the jewelry left by his mother.
He didn't want his mother's things to be given to other people, and he also thought Chu Hong would like them.
But he thought about it and gave up.
I asked for too much at once and I was afraid they would be reluctant to give it up.
Wait a little longer, there will definitely be a chance to get it back in the future.
At Secretary Su's home, the old couple could not hide their anxiety as they waited for good news at home.
In order to prevent anyone from visiting, they closed the door early.
In the village, no one closes their doors until bedtime.
If I see a house with its door closed, unless it’s something important, I won’t knock on the door so as to avoid waking the person up from bed.
When they heard the door being pushed open, Aunt Su went to light the oil lamp and breathed a sigh of relief: "It's done, everyone is back."
They had dinner early today on purpose, and even blew out the oil lamp and sat in the room.
But when everyone came in, the old couple saw that the person who followed in was not Gu Ci, but Li Xun?
"Old man, who do you think he is?" Aunt Su rubbed her eyes and said, "Am I seeing things?"
Secretary Su also widened his eyes and asked angrily, "What's going on?"
Su Hongqi asked Li Xun to wait outside for a while, closed the door, and talked to his brother about what they had seen.
Anyway, the meaning is: By some strange coincidence, your son-in-law, my brother-in-law, has been replaced.
Aunt Su was anxious: "Then why did you bring him back? Get rid of him quickly?"
"Shut up." Secretary Su took a deep breath, puffed on his pipe for a few times, and then said, "Tell him to prepare the betrothal gifts quickly. No need for a sewing machine or a bicycle. Just bring 280 yuan."
Li Xun's home is too far away, and it is not realistic to move the sewing machine over.
As for bicycles, he could also ride the public ones in the team, and no one dared to compete with him for them.
The most important thing is that it will be bad for your reputation if things go wrong like this, so it’s better to get married early to avoid gossip.
What he feared most was that the news would spread to the town commune, and the leaders would dismiss him from his position because of this incident, and then the rest of his life would be over.
Even if it wasn't that serious, he didn't want his leaders to remember him because of this.
If Li Xun had been short of money, he would have wanted to hold the wedding tomorrow.
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