"You know my eldest sister, she actually got admitted to the J Province Normal School. I'm really worried about the students she will teach in the future."
Today is the day when the Jiang family is having a dinner party. All the relatives of the Jiang family, including their good friends in the village, have come. There are so many people that the house cannot accommodate so many tables, so they set up a shed in the yard and borrowed tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks from the brigade headquarters, setting up six tables in total.
I don't know what happened, but the old man and the old woman suddenly changed their attitude. And judging from the expressions of Jiang Laoer's family, they didn't seem dissatisfied. Instead, they were busy running in and out to help greet the guests.
Jiang Yilu and Erni were the protagonists of today's banquet. They didn't need to help. They just had to sit there and accept the compliments from the gossipy people.
In this life, Meng Xiangxue, who had not experienced his mother's miscarriage, had obviously grown in the opposite direction. He did not look like the serious soldier in his previous life at all, but was warm-hearted and sharp-tongued. At this time, Meng Xiangxue sat next to his little cousin and complained to him about his elder sister.
"She thought that after she got into university, her grandparents and dad's attitude would soften. She didn't even think about what she had done." Meng Xiangxue curled his lips, holding his five-year-old fat brother in his arms, with a hint of fear in his eyes. If it weren't for his eldest cousin's protection, he didn't know whether his stupid brother would have a chance to be born.
"She really thinks she is the leader of a great cause and that everyone has to like her." No matter whether her grandparents and father will forgive her in the future, Meng Xiangwen just can't get past this hurdle.
"Xiaobao, I want Xiaobao to hold me."
Meng Xiangbing, who was held in Meng Xiangxue's arms, was very strong and fat, and he was quite heavy. At this moment, he stretched out his hand towards Jiang Yiliu in a somewhat restless manner, his big dark eyes rolling around, and it was obvious that he was not a quiet kid.
"Calling you cousin is disrespectful." Meng Xiangxue pinched his brother's chubby little face, took the saliva sticking to his hand, wiped it with a handkerchief in disgust, and the little ghost who succeeded in playing a prank laughed: "Xiaobao, Xiaobao."
It seems like he has made up his mind not to call me cousin anymore.
"Ninety-nine, ninety-nine."
Niu Niu, who was held in Jiang Yilu's arms, obviously sensed the danger. Her dimpled little hands tightly grasped Jiang Yilu's collar, making him almost roll his eyes.
At this time, Jiang Dazhen and Jiang Dani were helping in the kitchen, so the two little kids had to be left to be taken care of by their brother and uncle.
This kind of fight over cousin and uncle was not the first time that happened. Meng Xiangxue and Jiang Yilu were used to it. One of them stuffed a handful of candy into Meng Xiangbing's hand, and the other stuffed a bottle of milk into Niu Niu's hand. The world suddenly became quiet.
The two people who were doing their job did not notice that the aunts and uncles sitting around them were looking at them with strange eyes.
He is so good at taking care of children at such a young age. He will definitely be a good father in the future. My nieces and nephews are just the right age for them. Why not...
In this way, the two people who sat side by side and coaxed the child became the best candidates for matchmaking among the women in the village.
"I remember Meng Xiangwen and Teacher Rong were dating. Teacher Rong's grades should not be retained in J Province, right? What should these two do?"
Jiang Yilu asked curiously, he still had a lot of doubts about Sister Xiang Hong's marriage.
"We've split."
Meng Xiangxue said indifferently: "It seems that Rong, like my cousin Aiguo, did not pass the political review. Meng Xiangwen is already in college, so how could he still be interested in that man?"
In fact, Meng Xiangxue didn't quite understand what was going on here, but seeing how Meng Xiangwen had tilted his neck to look at him recently, he felt that it must have been that woman who had spoken.
"Divided!" Jiang Yiliu sighed. He had never thought that Rong Jing would not pass the political review. Because Rong Jing never mentioned his affairs to others, no one knew about his family situation. They only knew that he was from Haicheng and had an older brother and a younger brother.
But if this is the case, Sister Xiang Hong’s marriage becomes even more suspicious.
"Second sister, hold Niuniu for a moment."
Jiang Yiliu was not familiar with Mo Xianghong, but he was familiar with Mo Xiangfang, and Uncle Mo had helped their family a lot over the years. If the Mo family was deceived, he could not hide it from the other party. Watching Sister Xianghong fall into the fire pit.
"You said Rong Jing and Meng Xiangwen are better off!"
Mo Xiangfang was also surprised when she knew about this. Jiang Yilu watched her face turn from blue to white, and then from white to red, and then she sighed.
"But what about this? It's still too late."
Mo Xiangfang sighed. When she thought of her elder sister who was on a hunger strike at home, she felt a sense of disappointment. It wasn't like there was only one man in the world. There were also her parents, brother, and her. Aren't they all worth her elder sister's consideration?
"I'm going to talk to my dad right now, but—"
Mo Xiangfang's eyes flashed with sadness and disappointment. After asking Jiang Yiliu to keep it a secret, she left her seat and walked towards where Mo Dashuan and his wife were. It was unknown what she said, but Mo Dashuan and his wife followed her out with suspicion.
Ten minutes later, the child of the Mo family came running to say that something happened at home and he couldn't come to dinner. Old Mrs. Miao kept complaining for a long time and wanted her son to go to Mo Dashuan's house to call him. But she was stopped by Jiang Yilu in the end.
He estimated that the Mo family was not in the mood for a wedding banquet right now, and looking at Xiang Fang's expression just now, it seemed that Sister Xiang Hong had to get married now.
The banquet was very sumptuous. Every guest who came ate with their mouths drooling. They praised the Jiang family for their generosity. Old Mrs. Miao's cooking skills were highly praised. When they left, everyone loosened their belts, supported their waists, and left with difficulty.
While the wedding banquet was in full swing at the Jiang family, a big fight broke out at the Mo family. In the house, there were constant sounds of smashing stools and bowls, as well as the crying of a woman and the roar of Mo Dashuan.
Fortunately, the people living nearby all went to the Jiang family for dinner, and no one noticed the farce at the Mo family. When the people who had dinner came back from the Jiang family one after another, the quarreling and cursing in the house had stopped.
Jiang Yilu didn't know what happened in the Meng family that day. In the end, the wedding went on. Until the wedding day, except for Mo Xianghong, no one in the Mo family was happy. Even the villagers who were attending the wedding banquet were a little uneasy. They didn't know whether to congratulate or just stand quietly aside and wait for the feast to start.
"My dad said that it was my eldest sister who chose her own path, and we have done our best by paying the dowry. If my eldest sister regrets it in the future, she can just go home."
Mo Xiangfang was also angry. Her elder sister was such a lively person when she was young. She was also the first girl in Qingshan Village to go to school. But now she was willing to die for a man. She looked down on such an elder sister.
Jiang Yilu looked at Mo Xianghong, who was sitting on the back seat of a bicycle with a big red flower tied on it with a sweet look on her face, and Rong Jing, who was riding a bicycle in neat clothes.
He also didn't know whether Sister Xiang Hong would regret it one day.
Because Rong Jing was an educated youth sent down to the countryside and had no elders to arrange a marriage for him, even though the Mo family felt very upset, they still had to compromise and hold the wedding for the sake of their daughter's face.
Rong Jing was quite popular in Hongqi Village. He was going to get married and could no longer live in the same room with other educated youth. For this reason, the village provided a dilapidated house, which was simply renovated and used as his new house.
The pots and pans, the brand new tables and chairs in the new house, as well as the brand new quilts on the kang, were all dowries given to Mo Xianghong by the Mo family.
Although everyone's life has become better these days, farmers are still reluctant to spend so much money when marrying off their daughters, not to mention that the Mo family also gave a sewing machine as a dowry. No one knows how much money they have in the bottom of the box, but it must not be too little.
The villagers who gave gifts praised it, saying that it was the most generous dowry in Qingshan Village in the past ten years. They all envied Rong Jing, the educated youth from outside. He just had a good appearance and managed to coax the daughter of Mo Dashuan away. If they had known that the Mo family loved their daughter so much, they would have found a way to marry Mo Xianghong home no matter how old she was.
Parents who love their children will plan for them in the long run. Mo Dashuan couldn't pull back this obsessed daughter, so he could only support her more financially. Mo Xianghong, immersed in the joy of the wedding, looked at her beloved man beside her and touched her belly sweetly.
She didn't notice the unhappiness of her family members at all, or maybe she noticed it, but she didn't take it to heart. Now in her heart, there was only room for Rong Jing.
*******
Mo Xianghong's marriage was just an episode in Jiang Yilu's life, and he would only occasionally hear Xiang Fang mention her recent situation.
Time passed quickly, and the school term for several universities in the capital was about to start. Although they felt bad about the round-trip fare, several parents wanted to go see ***, and they were also worried about their children, so they prepared to go together.
The old couple of the Jiang family were old, and although they were extremely reluctant, they still stayed at home and sent Jiang Dahai and his wife as representatives to accompany the children to the capital. Gu Xiashi also joined in, saying that he had something to do to see where his nephew and niece were studying, and followed them. Ruan Yuanjiang and Huo Wu received a letter from the old leader, so they also had to go to the capital and went with him.
Guangpiao, Tiezhu, and Mo Xiangfang's family also went there together. Yu Xiaocao's aunt couldn't go with them, so she entrusted her niece to the team leader Mo Dashuan and Mo Xiangdong. Their family couldn't afford the round-trip fare, and there was an old lady paralyzed in bed at home. His mother really couldn't leave, so she also entrusted her son to Mo Dashuan.
A group of fifteen or sixteen people, carrying large and small bags of luggage, boarded the train to the capital.
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