In a blink of an eye, half a month passed.
All the wheat seeds have been planted in the fields, and the busy farming season has come to a temporary end.
Within two days, a light rain came and everyone in the village was so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.
Now they don’t have to worry about the wheat not sprouting and having to water it, and it saves them a lot of effort.
But similarly, after this rain, the weather began to turn cold suddenly.
After dinner, the men, wearing thick cotton-padded jackets, were called to a meeting under the big locust tree in the village by the sound of a copper gong. The women gathered together to talk, and the main performer at this time was Wang Dahua.
From her, An Hongdou learned that the two hairpins that Ergouzi bought at the supply and marketing cooperative some time ago were given to Wang Qingqing at the educated youth center.
Ergouzi and Wang Qingqing had a fight today, and Ergouzi was arrested and taken back by Andelai and his men.
Hearing this, An Hongdou couldn't help but wonder, "Third sister-in-law, Er Gouzi has already given a hairpin to Wang Qingqing, why are the two of them quarreling?"
Hearing An Hongdou's question, Wang Dahua's eyes lit up, "It's all because Wang Qingqing accepted the two hairpins from Ergouzi. Ergouzi thought Wang Qingqing agreed to date him, and in order to coax Wang Qingqing, I don't know where Ergouzi got the money from, but he bought Wang Qingqing a lot of good things during this period. Wang Qingqing just accepted the things, but didn't think about dating Ergouzi at all. Ergouzi went to Wang Qingqing today and said he wanted to get married. Wang Qingqing, an educated youth from the city, how could she be interested in a jerk like Ergouzi? Ergouzi spent so much money but still didn't agree, so they had a quarrel..."
Old Lady An glanced at them from the side and said, "If you ask me, this young intellectual deserves it. If she didn't want to date someone, why would she accept their things? In this era, everything in a family is valuable. Who would give her things for free if it wasn't for someone who cared about her?"
When someone started talking to her, Wang Dahua spoke even more excitedly.
An Hongdou just listened from the side and didn't ask too many questions.
After An Hongbing and his brothers came back, they talked about An Hongdou building a house.
An Hongdou walked into the inner room, took out the blueprint that Shen Xiangzhi had given her, and said, "This was given by Shen Xiangzhi, saying that the house should be built like the one on the blueprint."
Brother An took the blueprint in his hand and looked at it again and again, saying, "It doesn't look much different from our house, but we don't understand what is written on it!"
An Hongdou really wanted to say that she could understand it, but she was forced to pretend to be illiterate.
"Brother, why don't you go ask Chen Xiangzhi?" An Hongdou's voice was muffled and unhappy.
Mrs. An said, "How about this, I heard that Chen Xiangzhi's leg is almost healed, I think we should invite him to our house for dinner tomorrow. In addition to the house issue, we also need to discuss your marriage and see what the procedure should be."
An Hongdou looked up in surprise, "Hasn't the marriage certificate already been obtained?"
Judging from the look of things, are they going to have a wedding?
Mrs. An rolled her eyes at her in annoyance, "Why are you being so stupid? I was in a hurry at first, so I made you rush to get the marriage certificate. How can a girl's life be so important without even a wedding?"
An Hongdou looked down at her own figure.
After nearly a month of being here, she has lost about 14 or 15 pounds, but she is so fat that it is hard to tell even though she has lost so much weight.
Who doesn’t want to be beautiful when getting married?
But she couldn't be beautiful, and she didn't want a wedding.
"Mom, we're already married, so I think we can forget about the wedding. We can just have a meal together as a family then." An Hongdou gritted her teeth and expressed her opinion.
Mrs. An refused without even thinking about it, "No, I can't do that. If I don't even have a wedding for my only daughter, it will be a joke to others."
"That's not the way to say it. Aren't we all advocating frugality now..." Before Wang Dahua could finish her sentence, she was pinched by Zhang Hongqiang and cried out.
I wanted to go back and settle the score with him, but when I saw his face, I remained silent.
Mrs. An also glared at her daughter-in-law fiercely, "Why, can't my daughter have a wedding? Who is the head of this family, you or me?"
"Mom is the boss, mom is the boss." Wang Dahua looked embarrassed. She just said it casually.
Moreover, it was the sister-in-law who suggested it herself, so how did it become her fault?
"Mom, don't be angry. It's me who doesn't want to get married." An Hongdou said helplessly.
Mrs. An didn't object this time, but she didn't agree either, "Let's not talk about this first, let's build the house first, and then we have to ask Chen Xiangzhi's opinion, and you can't do it just because you say you don't want to do it?"
Because of this incident, An Hongdou was taught a lesson by Mrs. An.
Early in the morning, An Hongdou climbed out of bed.
The work in the fields has come to a temporary halt, so other people don't have to go to work for the time being, but it's different in the cowshed, where they have to go every day, all year round.
Old Mrs. An turned around and said, "Hongdou, didn't we agree to invite our son-in-law to dinner today? You don't have to go to work. Let your fourth brother do it for you."
"No need. Fourth Brother has worked so hard for so many days and finally has a few days off to rest. How can I let him take my place?" An Hongdou refused immediately. "Besides, shouldn't we have to treat everyone to a meal at noon? I'm only busy in the morning. I'll talk to Uncle Cui at noon and let him take care of it alone."
"That's fine." Mrs. An sighed.
Although I usually favor my daughter more, my son was not adopted.
After working in the fields for so many days, she felt sorry for her sons as they became tanned and thin.
Seeing An Hongdou was about to go out, Mrs. An hurriedly said, "Although we are not busy at noon, it is not good to leave the work of both of you to your Uncle Cui alone. How about this, you take a few eggs from the kitchen and give it to your Uncle Cui as an extra meal at noon, so that he can take on more responsibilities."
In this world, the hardest thing to repay is favors, and Old Lady An is very clear about this.
An Hongdou smiled and said, "I won't take the eggs from home. I'll go up the mountain and see if I can catch a rabbit to feed Uncle Cui."
In fact, during the time he worked with her, Cui Dashan's food not only improved to a higher level, but even meat, which he could hardly eat once a year in the past, could now be eaten every few days.
To this day, there are still a few dried pheasants hanging in Cui Dashan’s room.
Not to mention that An Hongdou only didn't go to work for half a day, I'm afraid An Hongdou might not go to work for the whole day.
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