Xu Guoqing sighed helplessly in his heart. He knew that the villagers were easy to deal with and it would be very difficult to explain clearly.

He looked at Li Meili. Although she was thin, she had a pretty face. He thought it was feasible to marry her.

Moreover, the environment of this village is really good. It is so close to Luochuan City, which is much better than those rural areas he imagined.

Anyway, he has no plan to go back, so he might as well take root in this village!

Xu Guoqing made up his mind and took a few steps forward, "Come on, I'll go back with you and explain it to them together."

As soon as the two entered the village, a group of people pointed at them.

"Meili, why are you so confused? What's so good about this educated youth? He's no better than the people in our village!"

Li Meili bit her lip and said, "Auntie, I didn't..."

"Hey, hurry back, your grandma's house is in chaos!"

Li Meili lowered her head and walked home carefully. Xu Guoqing listened to what the aunt said just now and swallowed his saliva. This family should be difficult to get along with, right?

He slowly distanced himself from the girl in front of him and followed closely behind.

He saw the girl walk into a courtyard of a large tiled house made of green bricks. He felt relieved immediately, as it seemed that the family conditions were quite good.

He hesitated at the door for a long time, not daring to go in, only to hear a loud shouting from inside.

The insults were so irritating that one could not bear to look directly at them: "You little girl, I told you to do a job, but you went out to seduce men. Look at what you have done.

I'll make your dad break your legs!"

"Mom, you don't even understand the situation, but you just listen to what others say."

"What should I hear? The two of them are hugging each other, what else is there to say? As for that educated youth, I have already asked him, he just reported this morning,

She is as thin as a bean sprout, and her shoulders and hands can carry things. What good is there in marrying such a person? "

"Grandma, you can't say that. I sprained my ankle, and the educated youth Zhizhi helped me out of kindness. Later... Later I had to be careful..."

"Bah, stop talking nonsense, you little bastard, you have brought shame to our Li family, get out of here!"

"Mom, he is your granddaughter after all, how can you say that?"

"Liu Xinghua, shut up. This girl has been spoiled by you. I'm going to beat her up today. I'm going to beat her up!"

As he said this, he picked up the carrying pole beside him and hit Li Meili with it.

Li Jianjun hurriedly stopped her, "Mom, what's the point of beating her? What can we do now?"

When the old woman saw this, she also sat down on the ground and burst into tears: "Oh, what sin have I committed to blame you debt collectors?

My granddaughter is going to be 18 soon. Now that something like this has happened to her, how is she going to get married in the future?

And your younger brother's daughter Meiling and Meixia, how are you going to let them get married in the future?"

The two sisters looked at each other and lowered their heads silently.

Li Meili saw her aunt stand up and said indifferently: "Meili, even if this matter is not your fault, but your reputation is ruined, what can you do?

Meiling's marriage is already settled. If it falls through because of you, your cousin will cry her heart out!"

When Xu Guoqing, who was standing outside the door, heard this, he thought he could go in, so he knocked on the door and walked in.

"Hello, old lady, aunt, uncle, I am Xu Guoqing, the volunteer I just saved."

Huang Hehua's triangular eyes rolled around as she looked up and down at the man in front of her.

The man was wearing the most ordinary white shirt, even though it had no patches, but he was tall and thin. What kind of atmosphere could this imply?

But she was not interested and asked directly: "How much do you plan to pay for the bride price?"

Xu Guoqing was stunned, it was so direct, but it had come to this point, and he was in a dilemma. He looked at the girl next to him who was still crying,

Once you have made up your mind, just marry!

But he didn't have much money on him. He spent 30 yuan of the 120 yuan state subsidy for going to the countryside to buy food and daily necessities in the morning, and the rest of the money had to be used for daily household expenses.

Xu Guoqing gritted his teeth and said, "Auntie, when I came to the countryside, the government subsidized me 120 yuan.

I spent 30 yuan on shopping this morning, and I still have to use the rest for household expenses, but I can give 50 yuan as a betrothal gift."

The room suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at each other.

A few dollars is not a lot, but it is not a little either. They have saved a few dollars after a year of struggling to make ends meet in the countryside.

The old lady snorted, "You want to marry my granddaughter for 50 yuan? That's too little!"

Li Meili quickly said, "Grandma, that's enough. I am willing to marry him."

The old lady glared at him and said, "You silly girl, why are you still leaning against me?"

Li Jianjun thought for a moment and then said, "Mom, this educated youth looks quite honest and beautiful. Now that this is the case, please don't say anything more."

Liu Xinghua bit her lip and said, "Mom, 50 yuan is a little short. Are you satisfied?"

Huang Hehua thought about it for a while and said, "That's fine. The dowry will be half as much, just one yuan. As for the quilts, clothes and so on, they will be the same as Meiling's."

Xu Guoqing muttered to himself that this family's conditions were really wrong. Before he came, he heard people say that some rural people only gave a quilt to their daughters when they married them off, but he didn't expect that they would also give money and clothes.

He looked at the large green brick and tile house, and a trace of greed flashed in his eyes.

Li Meili was secretly happy in her heart, she didn't care about that little dowry, with Xu Guoqing's future ability, as long as he could leave this home, he would definitely live a good life in the future.

As soon as Xu Guoqing left the Li family, he hurried to the captain's house. He was going to get married, so it would be very suitable for him to live in the educated youth center.

Li Jianbin scratched his ears and said, "What? You want to marry Meili? Didn't you just come this morning?"

At this time, Li Jianbin's wife, Hu Chunxiang, came over and whispered something to Li Jianbin. Li Jianbin coughed and

"Oh, that's the case. Then living in the Youth League Center is perfect. Are you planning to build a house or rent one?"

Xu Guoqing said with embarrassment: "I don't have much money now, so I'll have to rent a house."

"That's fine. There is a family in the east of the village. They moved away last year. Now their house has been returned to the team. But the yard is too big. It's enough for you two to live in.

You can go and have a look, if it is suitable, it is one dollar a month. "

Xu Guoqing nodded, "Okay, thank you, Captain. I'll go take a look first."

After thinking for a while, I asked with confidence, "Auntie, what are the customs for marriage in our village? I just got here, so I know everything."

Hu Chunxiang quickly said, "There is no custom. You just set a date, ask a matchmaker to come and propose marriage, and after the ceremony, you just choose a date to get married."

Xu Guoqing nodded and said, "Thank you, Auntie. I'll go first."

After seeing the people leave, Hu Chunxiang said to her husband, "Jianbin, do you think our aunt is going to marry Meili like this?"