Perhaps because she was afraid that Du Jiang would feel embarrassed to come, Tianniu came to call for a while when Du Jiang was working in the afternoon, and even accompanied Du Jiang to clean the pig house for the whole afternoon.
As soon as the clapper sounded, signaling the end of work, Tianniu couldn't wait to pull Du Jiang home. However, Du Jiang felt that the smell on her body was too strong and stopped Tianniu's behavior. "Don't worry, Sister Tianniu, I'll go home and change my clothes. If you don't stare at this smell, you won't be able to eat."
The sweet girl sniffed her nose and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you at home. If you don't come, I'll come over again."
Du Jiang was so embarrassed that he kept assuring her, "Don't worry, don't worry, I will definitely go. Besides, there's only a wall between us, so how can I run there?"
Only then did Tianniu let go and let Du Jiang return to the educated youth site.
When Du Jiang appeared at Aunt Du's door again, his clothes were brand new and he had two taels of brown sugar in his hands. This thing was scarce in the countryside. After all, a family relied on the few taels of sugar tickets issued by the village during the New Year all year round.
“Knock knock~”
"Du Jiang, you're here," the sweet girl said with a smile as she pulled Du Jiang in from outside the door. "It's good enough that you're here, why are you bringing anything with you?"
"It's my first time visiting you, so how can I not bring something? It's just two taels of brown sugar, sweet girl, just don't be disgusted."
"What's there to dislike about this? This thing is a good thing in the countryside." When they walked into the main hall, Tianniu raised her voice even more, "Dad, Mom, Hongjun, Du Jiang is here, and she also brought two taels of brown sugar."
"Oh my, girl, you really make me not know what to say. It's all right to come here, but you still need to bring things." Aunt Du came to the door and took the brown sugar from Du Jiang's hand. Her face wrinkled even more. "Quick, sweet girl, take Du Jiang to sit down. I'll go to the kitchen to get some food."
Du Jiang wanted to say "don't be so polite", but before he could finish his words, Tianniu pulled him into the house. Uncle Du and Li Hongjun were sitting at the table waiting eagerly. When they saw Du Jiang come in, they hurriedly stood up.
Uncle Du: "Du Jiang is here, please sit down."
Li Hongjun: "Du Zhiqing"
Seeing her husband and her father doing the same thing, the sweet girl couldn't help but laugh, "Okay, we're not strangers anymore, Du Jiang, let's sit down."
Du Jiang smiled and nodded, "Uncle, Brother Li, you all sit down too."
After the four of them sat down, Auntie Du also came in with a large basin of pickled fish. Looking at the basin full of fish meat and the air filled with the aroma of pickled fish, Du Jiang sniffed his nose and said a little embarrassedly, "Auntie, you are too polite."
"Du Jiang, why are you being so polite to me? Sweet girl, pick up some fish for me," Aunt Du advised as she picked up the chopsticks first.
Auntie Du's fish was sliced very thinly, and the fish bones must have been fried. The whitish soup base, garnished with chopped green onions, made the milky and rich soup even more delicious. After tasting it, Du Jiang praised it highly, "Auntie Du, your cooking skills are amazing."
After saying that, Du Jiang took another sip of the soup. I have to say that drinking a sip of hot soup in cold weather is really comfortable.
Aunt Du was so flattered by Du Jiang's praise that she couldn't stop smiling. "You are such a talkative girl. If you like it, then eat more. I will bring you a fish when we get back. The Red Army has caught several of them."
"No, no, no, Aunt Du, I can't bear to give it to you, I can't bear to give it to you." When Du Jiang heard that she was going to give her fish, she quickly waved her hand to refuse. It was already good enough to have something to stew, and it would be inappropriate to take more.
Du Jiang refused quickly, and Aunt Du did not force him, but she made up her mind to give Du Jiang one when she left later.
The sweet girl watching the two people pushing each other couldn't help but interrupt, "Du Jiang, why are you being so polite to us? Since you call me sister and my mother auntie, just take this fish. It will be a good snack for you."
Uncle Du: "Yes, girl, take it. I heard about what happened before the pig house moved from there from Tianniu. That girl was acting weird during that time. It's a good thing you didn't tell anyone, otherwise my family would be in real trouble."
"Du Zhiqing, please keep it, otherwise we will feel uneasy," Li Hongjun also echoed.
Seeing that one or two people asked her to accept it, she felt uneasy if she didn't accept it. Seeing this, Du Jiang didn't refuse. "Okay, I'll take advantage of Auntie this time. But uncle, I forgot about the matter you mentioned just now. Now seeing Sister Tianniu and Brother Li getting along so well, I feel relieved. Although I didn't introduce them, I was the messenger after all. Now it's good to talk it out."
"Yes, that's the truth. We country people speak in a certain way. Du Jiang, since you facilitated the marriage between Tianniu and Hongjun, you are the matchmaker." Knowing that Du Jiang didn't like the word "matchmaker", Aunt Du changed her words in time, "According to custom, I ask you to give me a red envelope. Don't refuse, otherwise I will feel uneasy."
Facing the red envelope that Aunt Du pushed in front of him, Du Jiang couldn't refuse it no matter how he looked at her. He could only pick it up and put it in his pocket. "Okay, Aunt Du, I'll take it. Thank you so much."
Seeing Du Jiang put the red envelope away, Aunt Du and her family were visibly relieved.
"Haha, just put it away and eat it quickly. The fish will not taste good when it gets cold," Aunt Du said as she scooped a large piece of fish into the general's bowl with a spoon.
"Thank you, Auntie Du," Du Jiang smiled even sweeter, spouting nice words without paying any price, making the atmosphere at the table extremely good.
After dinner, Uncle Du and Li Hongjun went to clean up and wash the dishes together, while Aunt Du took Tianniu and Du Jiang to chat in the main room. The three of them sat around the table, cracking sunflower seeds grown by Aunt Du and talking about village gossip.
From the east family to the west family, the conversation was nothing more than family gossip, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflicts, filial piety of children and grandchildren and so on. For some reason, the conversation turned to Du Yingying.
Aunt Du nibbled some melon seeds and said nonchalantly, "Ever since she was little, Yingying has always liked fair-faced, scholar-looking guys. This educated young man Xu looks just right for her, but Aunt Cui might not agree."
"I think it's a close call too. I think Aunt Cui is very optimistic about Huo Yang," Tianniu continued. "I heard from an aunt in the village that she saw Aunt Cui and Grandma Huo talking to each other. That's not like Aunt Cui's personality."
"I don't think it's possible. Yingying is pretty, but she's definitely not the type that Huo Yang would like. Although she's a bit dull, she's a capable person. I heard from your father that she'll be working at the plastics factory in town in a few days. She'll be a security guard there, but it's not a bad job." Aunt Du said with a look of pity on her face. "I don't know what Yingying is thinking. You can't just rely on looks to live your life."
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