Chapter 3 I'm an adult now, come and propose to me!
In the small room, Jiang Xinlan was happily fiddling with the vanishing cream that Zhao Yitai had just given her today. She picked it up, smelled it, and carefully smeared a little on her face. She inadvertently glanced at her younger sister who was sitting on the bed folding clothes, and smiled, "Little sister, come here, let me put some on you too. This is the vanishing cream that the supply and marketing cooperative just got. It's from Shanghai, and it costs 80 cents a can."
Jiang Xinbai paused while folding clothes and turned to look at her second sister. "Clam oil is only five cents each, and you're charging eighty cents for this vanishing cream? That's too expensive, isn't it?"
Jiang Xinlan lovingly scooped a little vanishing cream onto her younger sister's face, then gently spread it, "But the amount is too large. One bottle of vanishing cream is equivalent to several bottles of clam oil. Besides, vanishing cream is good, you can feel it as soon as you put it on. No wonder it's so expensive."
Jiang Xinbai felt the moisture on his face and nodded silently in his heart. After all, you get what you pay for.
Speaking of money, Jiang Xinbai glanced at her second sister and asked tentatively, "Second sister, have you talked to Zhao Yitai about the betrothal gift?"
In their village, the bride price for marrying a daughter is basically 28 or 38 yuan, plus a whole set of new furniture. She had tried Yang Jinsheng, and he said that when his elder brother and second brother got married, they gave him 188 yuan and 46 legs, so she thought that Yang Jinsheng would be treated the same way.
Jiang Xinlan heard her little sister's question and replied happily, "It is said that the two brothers in front have 188 and 48 legs respectively, so he should have the same number, right?"
Although the eldest and second sisters-in-law of the Zhao family are both from the city, they also have no jobs and do housework at home. They are all the same and no one looks down on anyone else. As for the issue of food ration, we will talk about it later. Anyway, she will marry into the Zhao family first.
"That should be the case." Jiang Xinbai nodded. Based on the personalities of her parents, the second sister would probably take half of the 188 yuan in betrothal gifts back home, so there was no need to worry that the second sister would lose her foothold in the Zhao family.
The next day, Chen Cui'e took her eldest son to the county. After some inquiries, she finally felt relieved. After all, there was nothing wrong.
Then she waited at home for the Zhao family to come and propose marriage.
The Zhao family acted quickly and invited a matchmaker to come to the door. After some discussion between the two parents, they quickly decided on a date and agreed to get married on the eighth day of the next month, which was a relief.
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Jiang Xinbai followed her second sister to the county again under the pretext of accompanying her second sister to buy new clothes. As soon as she got off the ox cart, she waved to her second sister and said, "Second sister, I have something to do, so I'll leave first. See you in two hours." After that, she ran away.
"Oh, I knew this girl," Jiang Xinlan shook her head, and then walked to the supply and marketing cooperative by herself. Her mother gave her some money and cloth coupons. She wanted to buy a few feet of beautiful cloth to make a new dress today.
Jiang Xinbai had already reached the entrance of the meat processing factory. She tiptoed to look at the guard room and handed over a boiled egg with a smile, "Uncle Chen, I just finished breakfast. Here, a hot boiled egg. It will help you replenish your body."
Uncle Chen took it without hesitation, glanced at her, and said with a smile: "Looking for Yang Jinsheng, right? I'll have someone call him for you."
"Hey, thank you, Mr. Chen."
After a while, a tall and strong man came running from a distance. When he saw Jiang Xinbai standing by the gate, his eyes lit up and he grinned until his eyes became slits.
"Xiaobai, why are you here? Come, have some candy. I put this in my pocket specially, thinking of giving it to you when I meet you." As he said that, he stuffed a handful of candies into Jiang Xinbai's hand. There seemed to be seven or eight of them.
Jiang Xinbai glanced sheepishly at Grandpa Chen who was watching the fun nearby, smiled at him, and then pulled Yang Jinsheng to the corner.
"My second sister is getting married next month, and she has decided to marry Zhao Yitai from your building. You know him, right?"
"Brother Yitai, I know him. Hey, then we will be brothers-in-law in the future. That's great." Yang Jinsheng started to laugh foolishly when he heard this.
Jiang Xinbai couldn't help but roll his eyes at him, "Have you told your parents about us? What did they say?"
When Yang Jinsheng heard this, he subconsciously glanced at Jiang Xinbai's butt. Thinking of what he said to his mother, his face began to get hot. Fortunately, he was dark-skinned, so it was hardly noticeable.
"Hey, I'm asking you a question, why are you standing there in a daze?" Jiang Xinbai pushed Yang Jinsheng in front of him, what a fool.
Yang Jinsheng calmed himself down, looked down at Jiang Xinbai's fair and tender face, and said with a smile, "I've mentioned it to my parents, and they don't have any objections. We'll get married when you turn 18."
Of course, Sun Erni's original words were not like this. She originally disagreed with her youngest son marrying a rural wife, but her youngest son was stubborn. In addition, the eldest daughter-in-law and the second daughter-in-law had been married for several years and had three girls. She heard that Jiang Xinbai's eldest sister had given birth to three boys in one go. Since the elder sister was so successful, she thought the younger sister would not be bad either. For the sake of her grandson, she accepted it.
"Really? Your parents have no objection?" Jiang Xinbai looked at Yang Jinsheng suspiciously. Are his parents so reasonable?
"Really, this is what I like." He reached out and pinched Jiang Xinbai's face.
It would be best if there was no objection. Jiang Xinbai had a clear goal. She nodded at Yang Jinsheng and said, "I will be eighteen in two months. Find a time to come to my house and propose marriage." She didn't want any unexpected changes.
Yang Jinsheng looked at Jiang Xinbai and whispered, "Well, there's nothing else wrong, it's just that the house may be a little small and there's not enough space for us..."
"What do you mean? Didn't your family prepare a wedding room for you? Let us sleep on the street?" Jiang Xinbai frowned and looked at Yang Jinsheng with displeasure, as if she would jump up and hit him if he dared to say yes.
"No, no," Yang Jinsheng waved his hands quickly, "That's not what I meant. Originally, there were four rooms in our house. My eldest brother, second brother, parents each had one room, and the other room was divided into two rooms for my younger sister and me. Now if I'm getting married, my younger sister will have to sleep in my parents' room. She might be unhappy and say something unpleasant. Don't bother with her."
Hearing this, Jiang Xinbai breathed a sigh of relief. It was enough to have a place to live, but then she changed her mind and realized that this was originally Yang Jinsheng's wedding house. Why should she be responsible for it?
But she didn't say anything now. Anyway, if her sister-in-law went too far, she wouldn't tolerate it.
"Okay, I'll go home first, and you should go to work as well."
"Okay, see you at the usual place next Saturday."
"Um."
At night, at the Yang family's dinner table, the whole family was preparing to eat with their bowls in hand. Yang Jinsheng glanced at his mother and said, "Mom, find some time to go to Xiaobai's house to propose marriage!"
"What? Third child, you're getting married?" Before Sun Erni could say anything, Yang Dasao exclaimed, thinking that the family would have to spend money again? She was still trying to persuade her mother-in-law to spend money to buy her a temporary job. If the third child was going to get married, the money would be in jeopardy.
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