Chapter 51 Matchmaker
Lu Jinnian saw her eyes and asked, "Xiao Xin, are you happy about having a new house?"
"Of course!" Lu Jinxin replied happily, "I dream of having our own home! But as long as we are together, anywhere is home."
The family is together, safe and sound, this is her expectation and the simplest wish.
"Go back to eat." Lu Jinnian smiled. There will be plenty of time in the future, and everyone will be together.
But when they get married, they may not see each other often.
But where is the future.
Everyone knows that the brothers and sisters of the Lu family have settled in Lijiazhuang. The village also knows that the Lu family has a capable elder brother. Although he looks thin, he is surprisingly strong.
The young girls of marriageable age in the village have also been running around the Lu family recently. They heard that the elder brother of the Lu family is handsome, so they all came to see him.
After dawn, everyone had dinner and began to organize things around the house.
If there are any big stones or wood, they should be arranged in order to avoid being kicked or tripped.
Seeing that all the helpers had arrived, Lu Jinnian started to make beams for the house.
He consulted with everyone and chopped the wood for the beams himself in the mountains.
He chopped back twenty pieces of wood in the morning. If he couldn't use them all, he could keep them to make something or use them as firewood.
"I didn't see any of them yesterday. When did you cut them back?" Li Changhu was a little surprised. Not only were these twenty pieces of wood chopped back neatly, but they were also peeled.
After the wood is peeled, it will reduce the possibility of fire. Of course, it depends on the type of wood.
Lu Jinnian smiled and replied, "I went out to chop before dawn today. Is it enough?"
Chopping trees takes some effort, but it is easy to carry them home. He carried them back in one trip.
Apart from someone as strong as her, who else could carry so much wood home?
Li Changhu opened his mouth but didn't say anything. He paused and said, "Enough, these are enough. But you are very fast and work very efficiently."
Facing such praise, Lu Jinnian waved his hand and said, "I just want to live at home as soon as possible. Look at that shack, there are bugs and mice everywhere. I'm really fed up with it."
There are many mice in the wild. They are all children, so they are particularly attracted to mice. This thing also depends on the person.
Everyone worked intensively. In more than an hour, the beams were completed. With more people, there is strength. In the afternoon, the beams were put up.
Several girls watching outside pointed at her with curious expressions on their faces.
Lu Jinnian didn't see it, but chose to ignore it.
It's really sorry that she can't get married! If it were
n't for the inconvenience of being a woman, she wouldn't want to dress up as a man.
But in addition to some girls, there were also some young men who came to watch the fun.
Seeing Lu Jinnian was thin and small, everyone had a sneer.
Country people just want to be strong, otherwise how can they support their families?
As for her strength, these people chose to ignore it.
The beams were hoisted up that afternoon, and Lu Jinnian deliberately hung a few copper coins. This was what others said. As for what effect it has, she doesn't know.
After the beams are put up, the roof is sealed. A thick layer of old bark is used on the beams, which are all non-flammable. This can prevent rainwater from entering the house.
Bark is not easy to find. In addition to working every day, Lu Jinnian has to go out to collect bark. It took her more than half a month to collect this waterproof bark.
As for the sloping roof, everyone laid thatch, and there were wooden boards under the thatch.
The work was done until dark, and today's work was finished.
From the outside, the house was complete.
Except for the windows, it looked pretty good. After all
, she was involved in building the house, and Lu Jinnian had a special feeling, which she couldn't tell what it was.
The facilities in the house have not been built yet, but there is no rush now. Once the kang is ready, we can move in.
Even if we sleep underneath, it is better than being crawled around in the temporary shack by rats.
At night, the brothers and sisters were eating, and footsteps were heard not far away.
Lu Jinnian used his mental power to observe that the person who came was a woman in her forties, dressed in ordinary clothes, with two blushes on her face, which looked weird.
When she approached, the woman smiled and said, "Eating, I'll wait a while."
Looking at the shredded radish they were eating, she didn't envy them. People in the countryside eat these things now.
Lu Jinnian looked over curiously, "Who are you?"
She didn't remember who she was good friends with here, except for the head of the village, and Li Changhu, but she had seen Li Changhu's wife.
The woman replied, "I'm the matchmaker of Lijia Village. You can just call me Aunt Hua."
"Matchmaker?" Lu Jinnian looked at her in surprise, but thinking about it, her brother was indeed of marriageable age, but it was too early to get married, so it was not impossible to get engaged.
Thinking of this, she thought it was the matchmaker who wanted to introduce a girl to Lu Jincheng, so she put down her bowl and chopsticks.
"Aunt Hua, if you have anything to say, just tell me directly, it won't delay the meal." She was very polite and moved the small stool she made and placed it next to her.
Seeing this, Aunt Hua stood up and sat down and said, "Everyone knows the situation of your family. It is really not easy for brothers to depend on each other."
"The daughter of Li Changzhuang, a butcher in our village, has taken a fancy to you. You are sixteen years old and his family is well-off, so they let you marry
into their family." "As for your brothers and sisters, their families paid money to help them marry wives and dowry. Such conditions are really not easy. Li Changzhuang's family is really a good family!"
Hearing this, Lu Jinnian went from being surprised at the beginning to being expressionless and his face was very cold.
Let's not talk about marrying into the family. Only a cowardly man can do such a thing.
It's just helping the younger brother and sister-in-law to get married and give dowry. Isn't this looking down on people?
The three younger brothers and sisters looked at each other with a little trepidation. It's not that they are afraid that Lu Jinnian will abandon them to marry into the family.
But Lu Jinnian is a woman. How can a woman marry a woman? Isn't this nonsense?
Lu Jinnian shook his head and replied: "Aunt Hua, my family doesn't need help from others. As for marrying into the family, I will never marry into the family in my life."
The attitude must be clear, otherwise it's Li the Butcher's house today, and it's Li the Landlord's house tomorrow.
Aunt Hua was very surprised when she heard this, "Why? Your brothers and sisters are all in charge. There is no such good thing in the world."
Don't say that Lu Jinnian disagrees. When she heard what Li the Butcher said this afternoon, she was shocked. Is their family stupid?
But Butcher Li has only one daughter in his family, so it's impossible not to marry into the family.
"Aunt Hua, if I say it's impossible, it's impossible." Lu Jinnian said righteously, "I can't abandon my brothers and sisters, and I won't marry into their family. Please go back and tell them not to mention it anymore."
Forget about getting married, taking a wife, etc. She doesn't deserve it.
(End of this chapter)
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