Chapter 158 Let's find a wife for our son.
The laughter and shouts of the brother and sister echoed throughout Qinjiagou. Qin Xiaoxiao's silvery laughter was like a ray of light that dispelled the gloom in the dark night, bringing joy to everyone. No matter how many feelings one had, they were all somewhat relieved at that moment.
As soon as Su Lu lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed), he heard a woman's laughter coming from outside. The laughter was pleasant and familiar.
Su Lu suddenly sat up on the kang (a heated brick bed) and listened intently to the laughter outside.
"You've recovered and come back?"
Su Lu thought for a moment, put on his shoes, got off the kang (a heated brick bed), moved the boxes in the room, took down two bricks from the wall, reached inside and rummaged around, and took out a wooden box.
He opened the wooden box, took out ten yuan, and just as he closed it, he thought for a moment, then opened it again, took out two yuan, counted the remaining money, smiled, closed the box, and stuffed it back into the hole.
He moved the box back, put the money in his pocket, opened the door, said goodbye to Wan Guihua, and went out.
Su Zhiyuan watched his son leave the courtyard and then looked at Wan Guihua, asking, "Where did our son go?"
Wan Guihua pouted, "How would I know? He just said he was going out for a while, but he didn't say where he was going."
Su Zhiyuan frowned. "Why didn't you ask?"
Wan Guihua was speechless. "When did he ever tell us where he went all year? Besides, why don't you ask him yourself? Why are you pointing at me?"
Su Zhiyuan was silenced after being rebuked, but Wan Guihua picked up the conversation and started talking.
"Our fourth son is not young anymore. If he doesn't get married soon, he'll be too old. All the men in the village who are his age are married, and even those who are two years younger have started their own families this year."
As the father, you should also pay attention and see which girl in the village is good, and try to matchmake them.
If it doesn't work out in the village, we'll go to the commune; if it doesn't work out in the commune, we'll look in other communes. With looks like our fourth brother, how could he not find a wife?
Su Zhiyuan glanced at Wan Guihua and said, "You know what your son is thinking. He wants to find someone handsome. If he's not good-looking, he won't accept him."
But his looks... well, I'm not exaggerating, he's one of the best-looking men in the whole city, and there are very few men who are better looking than him.
I'm always wondering how we, with our looks, managed to have a fourth child.
Sometimes I wonder, is the fourth child really ours? Could someone have switched him?
But when you gave birth to your fourth child, it was at home. No one else in the village gave birth that month. I don't believe they switched you."
Su Zhiyuan grinned smugly, leaving Wan Guihua speechless. Seeing her husband laughing incessantly, she angrily slapped him on the back, saying, "What are you grinning about? What good thing is this? It's hard enough to find a wife."
Su Zhiyuan was displeased. "So what if it's difficult? Does it mean you can't find a wife? You'll find one sooner or later. If it really doesn't work out, in a few years, the fourth brother should lower his standards."
Wan Guihua didn't give her husband any face at all. "Heh, even if you lower your standards, someone still has to marry you. Don't you know what kind of reputation your son has in the village? He's notorious for being cunning, greedy, lazy, and sly. He doesn't even earn as many work points as Zhao Xing in a month."
You know how many work points he has under his name this year when the grain was distributed. With someone like him, what family would want to marry their daughter into the family?
The moment Wan Guihua mentioned work points, she immediately backed down, but still muttered resentfully, "My son is capable; he doesn't rely on work points for a living."
Wan Guihua choked, and in anger, slapped him again.
"Look at you, so confident? You know what your son is like, but outsiders don't. What are you going to say about him?"
Her son was rarely home, but he was never short of money. As his mother, she knew exactly what he was up to, but could she say it? No, she could only keep it to herself.
Su Zhiyuan sighed and started smoking again, looking worried.
"Then what do you suggest? I can't just go from house to house asking which girl is pretty, can I? What would that make me? People would misunderstand, and how would I explain myself?"
Wan Guihua remained silent this time.
This is something her husband really can't do; she has to do it herself.
In the end, it all came down to her, and Wan Guihua was incredibly frustrated!
He glared at Su Zhiyuan and said, "I don't care. You think of a way. Start by choosing from our village. If that doesn't work, then we'll talk about it."
You may not know about other villages and communes, but you should at least know about one village, right?
Su Zhiyuan calmly took another puff of his cigarette. "You talk as if you don't know anything. What don't you know about things inside and outside the house?"
Upon hearing this, Wan Guihua was so angry that she didn't want to say anything more. She threw the clothes she was folding at Su Zhiyuan's face and turned to go to sleep.
He took off his clothes and saw that they were all his own. He wanted to ask his wife to help him fold the clothes, but seeing how she was doing it, he decided to do it himself.
After leaving the house, Su Lu headed straight for the county town, and once inside, he went to the black market in the south of the town.
He knocked on a door, and the person inside opened it, glanced at Su Lu, then stepped aside to let him in, while standing outside for a long time before closing the door and going inside.
Su Lu stayed in the courtyard for more than ten minutes before coming out. When he reappeared, he was carrying a burlap sack on his back.
Su Lu was already used to walking this road from the county town to the village. He knew exactly where the potholes and rocks were, and he could walk it back and forth even with his eyes closed.
He entered the village in the dark, circled around to the back wall of the educated youth compound, thought for a moment, took a dozen steps back, rushed towards the wall at top speed, stretched out his hands, grabbed the wall, and with a flick of his leg, he entered the compound.
Qin Xiaoxiao, who had just lain down, heard a slight noise in the yard. She immediately sat up, put on her clothes in the dark, quietly got out of bed, picked up the wooden stick by the door, and stood against the wall at the doorway.
Su Lu tiptoed to Qin Xiaoxiao's door, pressed his ear against the door to listen for any sounds inside, but after listening for a long time without hearing anything, he figured Qin Xiaoxiao was probably asleep. So he put the sack on the ground and then raised his hand to knock on the door.
The knocking was so soft that Qin Xiaoxiao, who was standing by the door, couldn't hear it unless she listened carefully.
Qin Xiaoxiao was surprised that someone would knock on the door. She guessed that the person was trying to find out if she was asleep, so she didn't say anything and calmly stood guard at the door.
Su Lu knocked on the door for a long time but no one answered, so he started to get a little anxious.
He was afraid that if he made a loud noise, the other educated youth would hear and ruin Qin Xiaoxiao's reputation. Su Lu had no choice but to pile the sacks at the door and leave a note for Qin Xiaoxiao in the dark.
After searching for a long time, Su Lu realized he had no paper or pen and started hitting his head in frustration.
Leaving a note doesn't work, and he doesn't answer the door when he knocks. What should he do?
Su Lu was so anxious that he kept pacing around in circles, unaware that Qin Xiaoxiao inside the door was speechless.
He'd been holding the stick around for ages, but the guy wouldn't even come in. He was just circling around outside. What was he trying to do? Come on in!
Qin Xiaoxiao waited for a long time, and finally, the person outside seemed to have made up their mind and knocked on the door again.
It was still very quiet, even quieter than before, which made Qin Xiaoxiao speechless and roll her eyes.
Who could hear it if it was so quiet? Someone who didn't know better would think it was a mouse knocking on the door.
(End of this chapter)
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