Chapter 11 Matchmaking He is the only son in my family, so there are no complicated sisters-in-law...
The rush to harvest is over.
During these few days, the tasks of each commune were to dry the grain, plow the soil, release water, plant corn and beans, and transplant rice seedlings.
So Yao Jingye is very busy.
He is in charge of the electric pumping station, three artificially widened fish ponds, fish and shrimp farming in the small river at the entrance of the village, and the field production of the entire third brigade.
After sending the younger generation away, he went to the team leader's house and asked the team leader to help him check the fields.
"If the land is almost plowed, we can release water tomorrow. We can't delay the rice planting for a moment!" Yao Jingye was worried. There was little rain this year, and he was afraid that the water in the river would not be enough.
But there are more urgent things right now!
He had to find Yao Erdan quickly.
Yao Erdan, that stupid idiot, was showing off to others at the door about his daughter's upcoming good marriage.
"Aunt, you don't have to worry about this. My eldest brother-in-law has already introduced two good ones to me. They're both from the city! I'll be able to eat some commercial grain tomorrow!"
Yao Jingye got a headache after hearing this, so he quickly pulled Yao Erdan to the east room of his house to talk.
He closed the door and whispered, "What's wrong with your fifth child? Others have complained to my family, and you don't do anything?"
Yao Erdan was upset: "Brother, why are you being unreasonable? The old man is holding on to the fifth child tightly and won't let go. If I force her to leave, the old man will get so anxious that he won't be able to breathe. Wouldn't that be the end of us?"
Yao Jingye was speechless.
He lit a cigarette, feeling worried, and took a deep puff before asking, "Old Five, this kid... doesn't he know his own business, does he?"
"I don't know! Brother, listen to me, as long as the old man lives for another year or two, I can marry off the fifth child, and then we can sit back and relax!" Yao Erdan had a good plan.
But Yao Jingye was not optimistic: "A year or two won't be a problem. However, maybe someone said something, and the old man is starting to doubt Lao Wu's background. You have to marry Lao Wu off quickly, the sooner the better!"
"I did choose Director Hu, who was married for the second time, for her, but she was not happy with him!" Yao Erdan had a headache.
Yao Jingye despised him for being stupid: "If you don't like it, change it! Hurry up!"
"Brother, you are so anxious, has anyone else noticed it?" Yao Erdan was a little unconfident.
After all, Yao Zhizhi is so beautiful and looks a lot like her biological parents over there.
Yao Jingye sighed: "I covered it all up for you."
"Cover up? Brother, how did you cover it up?" Yao Erdan was very curious.
Yao Jingye whispered, "I hinted to them that your wife had an affair with Jingzong, so the child looks like him! It just so happens that your wife and Jingzong's wife are cousins in some way, so it makes sense that the child looks like her aunt. So they didn't suspect anything, but just felt sorry for you, being a turtle bastard."
"Hey! Brother, why are you like this?" Yao Erdan was anxious, but then he thought that this was the only way to get away with it, so he could only sigh and said, "Forget it, it's my fault. Thank you for your hard work."
"If you didn't help me with work so often, I really wouldn't want to help you! What you said is so immoral!" Yao Jingye sighed.
Yao Erdan stopped talking.
Now I know how immoral it was, but when I received the hush money, I was happier than anyone else.
hypocritical.
Yao Jingye didn't want to have the best of both worlds. After all, he had already benefited once from this matter, so how could he take advantage of it again?
Unless the old man is really dying.
When that time comes, I'm afraid it will be impossible to hide it. As long as Yao Jingjing and Yao Zhizhi appear together, Yao Jingzong will definitely suspect that his daughter has been switched.
Who knows what will happen then!
At that time, he could no longer side with Yao Erdan.
After all, he and Jingzong are cousins from the same grandmother.
As for Yao Erdan, there is no blood relationship at all!
It is reasonable for him to help Yao Jingzong.
But human feelings are like this. When you are far away, the feelings become indifferent and are not as significant as when you are close.
Besides, he was hoping that Yao Jingjing would marry into a good family and bring him benefits.
In short, it’s better to keep this matter secret.
He urged twice more and went out.
I had no idea Yao Ningning was at home.
She originally slept in the west room facing north, but last night her second sister went to her fifth sister's room, and her eldest sister was lonely, so she called her to the east room.
My eldest sister's room is only separated from my parents' room by a wooden board, so she can hear everything they say over there!
She was dumbfounded. It turned out that the fifth child was not her biological son!
Is the fifth sister Uncle Jingzong’s daughter?
Oh my god, she just came back to get a hair tie to braid her hair so that it wouldn't be inconvenient when making a fire to cook, but she didn't expect...
She didn't move at all and even forgot to cook.
It was not until Yao Erdan yelled that she shrank her neck and came out of the room.
Yao Erdan guessed that she had heard it at a glance.
He immediately grabbed her ear and warned her: "Watch your mouth! Do you hear me? Otherwise, I'll make you marry the old widower of the commune!"
Yao Ningning didn't want to marry an old widower. She was scared by her father and nodded while crying.
Yao Erdan was relieved. The third child was easy to deceive and timid, so he couldn't cause any trouble.
He let go of Yao Ningning and urged impatiently: "Why don't you go and cook?"
Yao Ningning hurried to the kitchen and finished making lunch in agony.
However, Yao Zhizhi still did not come back.
Yao Erdan felt something was amiss and decided to go to the clinic.
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Yao Zhizhi stayed in the clinic for the whole morning, but still couldn't hear what the old man said.
When the descendants of Grandma's branch came to bring lunch to the old man, she could only persuade the old man to let go with kind words.
After leaving the clinic, I met an acquaintance just a few steps away.
It was police officer Aunt Tang and her sickly son.
Yao Zhizhi was a little surprised: "Aunt Tang, are you here to look for someone?"
"Looking for you!" Tang Fengyuan smiled and took Yao Zhizhi's hand, going to talk under the shade of a tree. "Zhizhi, you haven't told me about your in-laws yet, right?"
"No." Yao Zhizhi subconsciously glanced at the young man behind her. His face looked flushed, probably because he was in a hurry.
Aunt Tang, on the other hand, didn't even breathe.
She smiled and asked, "What does Aunt Tang want to see me about?"
"Matchmaking!" Tang Fengyuan said bluntly, "Zhizhi, my son has fallen in love with you at first sight! I want to ask for your opinion. If you don't want to, I won't force it. But if you do, then I'll go through the formalities."
"Aunt Tang...thank you for your kindness." Yao Zhizhi looked at the sickly person next to her again and sighed silently, thinking that it would be nice if he was healthy.
Tang Fengyuan seemed to understand her concerns and quickly comforted her, "Zhizhi, don't worry. The two experts have different opinions. The one from the provincial government is a Western doctor, and he flatly concluded that my son won't live more than three years. But yesterday I took him to see a Chinese doctor, and the old man said that as long as he follows his prescription, all diseases will be cured!"
Why does Yao Zhizhi feel that the latter person looks like a liar?
However, Aunt Tang loves her son very much and would be unhappy to hear this.
She could only say something nice: "It can cure all diseases. It sounds amazing. Didn't my second sister also say that you have a blessed face, Aunt Tang. You will definitely have many children and grandchildren."
"Hey, thanks for your good wishes, Zhizhi!" Tang Fengyuan said with a smile, "So what do you think of my son? Do you like him?"
Yao Zhizhi had never seen such an enthusiastic elder who was willing to help his son.
Quite touching.
Whether it succeeds or not is another matter, but at least give this aunt some face.
She then looked carefully at the sickly plant next to her. The sickly plant, perhaps out of shyness or nervousness, kept staring at the crooked mulberry tree across the road.
Yao Zhizhi turned around: "Aunt Tang, his name is Changxiao?"
"Yes, her name is Qi Changxiao." Tang Fengyuan quickly introduced it in detail. "Qi from Qilian Mountain, Chang from long-lasting earth and sky, Xiao from the sky. Changxiao, just saying hello to a girl, like a wooden stake."
Qi Changxiao finally lowered his head and looked at Yao Zhizhi.
It would have been fine if I hadn't looked at it, but the more I looked at it, the more excited I became. I could only pinch my burning ears: "Hello, sister Zhizhi."
"Hello, Brother Changxiao." Yao Zhizhi tilted her head and smiled, dazzling his eyes, and she looked completely drunk.
She couldn't help but raise her hand, catch the chili pepper that fell on her shoulder and throw it away.
By the way, I pulled her into the sun.
It's summer now, and it's cool under the trees, but also dangerous.
Yao Zhizhi: ...
It is true that he is a sickly person, but his skill in catching chilies with his bare hands is really amazing.
Aren’t you afraid of getting pricked?
She quickly grabbed his hand: "Oh, the jasmine has poisonous stings, doesn't it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt." Qi Changxiao shook his head and stared at the two people's clasped hands.
But Yao Zhizhi had already run away quickly: "Auntie Tang, wait for me. I want to buy something."
Soon, she came with a roll of tape, a small can of alcohol, and a box of cooling oil.
Grabbing Qi Changxiao's right hand, sure enough.
"Look, it's swollen!" Yao Zhizhi was anxious. She quickly used tape to remove the thorn, disinfected it, and applied cooling oil. She warned, "Don't use your hands next time. Pick up a branch instead. It hurts so much."
Qi Changxiao listened to her advice and looked at her seriously, "Okay."
Yao Zhizhi stuffed these three things into the palm of his left hand.
The icy touch was extremely strange, yet it made one unable to stop thinking about it.
She quickly pulled Tang Fengyuan aside and whispered, "Auntie Tang, why are his hands so cold?"
Tang Fengyuan sighed endlessly, "Alas, when I was pregnant with him, the Liberation War was at its most intense. I was busy escaping all day, and I didn't get enough nutrition. He was born with this weak condition, getting sick every other day, especially colds. The Western doctor said he wouldn't live more than three years, but I didn't believe it! It was absolutely a lie!"
"Yeah! It's a lie!" Yao Zhizhi also hoped so.
She is so beautiful that she wants to take a few more glances at her.
Tang Fengyuan saw a good opportunity and continued to introduce him, "Zhizhi, Changxiao used to be a music teacher at the Teachers College. He was an excellent piano player! The college closed last year, so he stayed home to recuperate. He's not a gigolo."
It turns out this guy really plays the piano! Yao Zhizhi admires him very much.
I couldn't help but look at him again.
Their eyes met, and they quickly separated as if they had been electrocuted.
The more Tang Fengyuan looked at him, the more confident he felt. He struck while the iron was hot and offered some more advice: "Zhizhi, don't worry. He's our only son, so there aren't any complicated sisters-in-law or aunt-in-law relationships. As for the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship, there's even less to worry about. I'm a police officer, how could I bully my daughter-in-law? Don't you think? The only flaw is his health. Don't worry, if he really doesn't live long, I'll help you find a good man to remarry. But if he lives a long, long time, then everyone will be happy, right? What do you think?"
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