Chapter 21 Preparing to Propose Marriage
Putting the remaining banknotes into the space, Su Mo counted and found that there was still 933.27 yuan left.
She also planned to buy a bicycle, otherwise it would be inconvenient to go to the county town in the future. But she didn't have a ticket, and it would cost about 40 or 50 yuan to buy a bicycle ticket on the black market, plus the money for the bicycle, and 200 yuan was gone.
This matter of making money must be put on the agenda as soon as possible.
While there was still time, Su Mo took out a history book and studied it seriously. In two days, she planned to go to the commune post office to buy a few current newspapers to familiarize herself with the current writing style.
When she made money, she would buy another semiconductor and learn about national affairs every day.
The windows of the room in the educated youth camp were not big. As the evening approached, the light began to be bad. Su Mo took out the desk lamp and read for a while. Then she put away the book and the desk lamp and prepared to cook.
The educated youth camp took turns to cook. Today it should be the male educated youth's turn. But their cooking was really bad. In order to eat it herself, Su Mo had to do it herself.
There was nothing delicious to begin with, and it was cooked like pig food. Who would eat it?
When Su Mo and her friends first arrived, the brigade lent them 10 catties of cornmeal, 20 catties of corn grits, and 30 catties of sweet potatoes. They ate these things and green vegetables every day. Only occasionally would they have a meal of fried eggs with green peppers, and the green peppers were more and the eggs were less.
The meal that Su Mo cooked last night was the best meal they had since going to the countryside.
Su Mo first cooked corn grits porridge, cut a few sweet potatoes into it, and took out some red kidney beans that she used as seeds from the space, and grabbed two handfuls of them.
After her supernatural power is upgraded, these things can be used to induce labor at any time, so she doesn't feel bad. There is no need to worry about the source, because the original owner has two large suitcases, and others have no idea what is in them.
Then she went to the vegetable garden to pick a few eggplants and some beans, and pulled a few cabbages, preparing to make a stew of beans and eggplants, and stir-fry some cabbage.
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On the other side, after Li Yue'e and Lu Xiaolan came out of the commune office building, they went to the supply and marketing cooperative together.
When she was shopping at noon, she saw some large bones left after removing the meat. They were only 50 cents without a receipt, so she bought them and put them in the supply and marketing cooperative first. After she was done, she took them home to stew cabbage and potatoes.
Although there was not much meat, it still tasted like meat.
This kind of thing was usually consumed internally by the supply and marketing cooperative. She was also a girl working there and was familiar with them, so people sold it to her.
After the mother and daughter returned to the supply and marketing cooperative, they saw that the other salesmen were all gathered together, seemingly chatting about something.
"Hey, what's new here? Tell us about it." Lu Xiaolan said with a smile.
"Talking about your family." The elder sister who had taken Lu Changzheng and others to the collective workshop before said. She said good things and was not afraid that they would know.
"Oh? What's going on in my family?" Lu Xiaolan's smile was a little forced.
Hongqi Commune was so small, and her third brother's marriage proposal was known not only to the people in Lujia Village Brigade, but also to some of her colleagues in the supply and marketing cooperative.
"It is said that your brother's girlfriend is not only good-looking, but also generous. 28 yuan, just pay it immediately." The eldest sister said. She did not leave immediately, but listened to it before leaving. The
eldest sister's surname is Huang, and her father-in-law is the secretary of another brigade. Last year, a salesperson in the supply and marketing cooperative gave birth to a child, and she got in through connections, and has been working there ever since.
But she is only a temporary worker, and her salary is only 14 yuan a month. 28 yuan is equivalent to her two months' salary.
"What?" Lu Xiaolan did not understand.
Sister Huang told Li Yue'e about Su Mo's custom-made quilts again, then pulled Li Yue'e's hand and said with a smile: "Auntie, you are so lucky. I think your future daughter-in-law has first-class appearance, dress and temperament. She must be from a good family in the city. Your son has a good eye."
She said that she clearly heard that they wanted to find a female soldier from the art troupe, but why did they suddenly change to an educated youth? It turned out that there was someone better.
The family of the brigade secretary of Lujia Village is really cunning. They have taken all the good things.
How come such a good educated youth was not assigned to their brigade?
She still has a younger brother-in-law who is not married yet. If he can marry a big relative in the city, he will have a lot of benefits in the future.
That educated youth Su's family is not ordinary. She saw that the watch on her hand was a Haishi brand, the material of her clothes was very good, and she was wearing cloth shoes.
These cloth shoes are not available in the supply and marketing cooperatives. They are probably only available in department stores in big cities.
The way she took out the money showed that she was used to it. The 28 yuan in her hand seemed like 2 yuan.
It was a pity that such a good target was taken by someone else first...
Because they were going to evaluate the advanced team, the villagers of Lujia Village did not spread any news about Su Mo's drowning. Therefore, Sister Huang did not know about this fate.
After listening to this, Li Yue'e roared in her heart, but she still smiled and said, "Oh, thank you, big sister. Xiao Su is really a good kid, and I like him more and more the more I see him."
These two annoying things didn't even tell her about it. They were still a couple this morning, and now they have started making quilts, but she hasn't even mentioned this to them.
"It's hard to say about fate. I was worried that my third son would remain single, so I went to great lengths to make arrangements. But when they first came back, they were so attracted to each other that we, as parents, didn't have to worry about anything. My third son made all the arrangements himself."
"They said they would meet each other before, but now they don't have to. Just now, I took my things to the middleman to apologize. We are honest country people, and we feel that we were wrong after all. I feel very sorry."
"But freedom of love is advocated now, and we, the older generation, can't do anything about it."
"No wonder they say that children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Sometimes, we parents should stop busying ourselves."
Li Yue'e said with guilt. She was also quite eloquent. She had never lost in quarrels with those nagging women in the brigade.
"Auntie, dating is sometimes successful and sometimes not. If it didn't work out, it means you are not destined to be together. You even brought gifts to apologize, which is very considerate." Another colleague of Lu Xiaolan comforted her.
Li Yue'e chatted with them for a while, then took her big bone, bought a pound of sugar, and hurried home.
When they got home, Lu Changzheng was indeed at home, chatting with his grandfather in Lu Boying's room.
"Third brother, come here." Li Yue'e called outside the door.
"Mom, what's the matter?" Seeing that Li Yue'e looked unhappy, Lu Changzheng thought that the discussion with Director Liu was not going well.
"What's wrong with you? Didn't you say that you would propose in a few days? Why are you making quilts today?" They prepare dowry only after the proposal.
"She is going to buy cotton today. She doesn't know the market situation here. You don't know how scarce cotton is in big cities. If you don't prepare early, you won't be able to buy it when the time comes. It just so happens that I remember that there is a workshop in our commune. I went there to ask. If it can be made, I can order it on the spot, so I don't have to go again." Lu Changzheng explained for his wife.
"By the way, we are going to get married early. Mom, you can call a few good aunts tomorrow and go to the educated youth camp to propose marriage. When the application is approved, we will go to get the marriage certificate."
Li Yue'e laughed angrily. She was right. Everything was arranged clearly. It is easy to propose marriage as soon as you say it. In the past, there was not enough time to prepare things.
"Let me propose marriage tomorrow. Have you prepared the things?"
Lu Changzheng was stunned. "What do you need? I will buy them tomorrow morning."
"Is it just a formality, or do you want to be more decent?" Li Yue'e asked.
"Of course it's more decent."
Yes, she was completely fascinated.
"Then buy 2 kilograms of cakes, 2 kilograms of fruit candies, and 2 kilograms of red dates."
Lu Changzheng nodded.
"Then give the betrothal gift as agreed that day?" That day she said she would prepare 200 yuan.
"I'll give you another two hundred, let's say four hundred."
"So much?" Li Yue'e almost jumped up.
Two hundred is a very good betrothal gift in the city, and even a high-ranking official who marries his daughter with four hundred probably doesn't have that much.
Suddenly, Li Yue'e seemed to think of something and asked, "Did something happen in her family and she needs money?"
"Mom, what are you thinking?" Lu Changzheng was helpless.
The main reason was that his mother hadn't proposed marriage yet, and he couldn't tell his wife that she had bought a lot of dowry, lest his mother had a bad impression.
He could understand his wife, and she probably thought it was not easy to go to the county town, and if she bought everything back at once, she would have to go again next time.
"You're getting married now, have you found out what's going on in her family? Is there something wrong? Will it affect you?" Li Yue'e was still a little worried. It was not easy for her son to get to this point. She felt sad when she thought about the scars all over his body.
"It's no big deal. It won't affect me. He has an uncle who is a division commander in the Guangxi army." Lu Changzheng didn't plan to say more, so as to avoid his mother thinking too much.
Li Yue'e was relieved to hear that there was an official in the family, and she just hoped that it didn't affect her son.
"What do her parents do?"
"Her father is a university teacher, and her mother works in a food factory." On the way back, Su Mo briefly told Lu Changzheng about the family situation.
Teacher, no wonder, teachers are the most likely to get into trouble these days. Maybe he was reported by his students.
Li Yue'e actually felt a little sympathetic to her future in-laws.