◎Fiancé◎
The man was wearing a gray-blue dacron shirt, black straight pants, and a pair of black leather shoes. He had a square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes. The gold-rimmed glasses on his nose and the Hero brand pen pinned to the chest pocket of his shirt all showed that he was a city dweller.
Chen Siming glanced at Liang Baozhen in astonishment, and said politely, "Hello, Comrade Xiao Liang."
Liang Baozhen felt guilty and started to feel uncomfortable. She just nodded and went to the kitchen.
"This girl..." Liang Zhigao called his future son-in-law, and the two of them went to the main room together.
The Liang family's house was renovated a few years ago, and a lot of stone was spent. The two houses face south and sit north. The east house has three rooms. Liang Zhigao and Song Chunhua have a spacious room, and next to it are Liang Baozhen and Liang Baoling's rooms. The west house also has three rooms, which are larger in area. The middle one is the main room, and the two sides are the rooms of the eldest and second sons. A small house was built next to the east house as a kitchen, and three chickens were raised in the back.
In the summer, the house is stuffy, so everyone likes to set up a wooden table in their own yard to eat, where they can also enjoy some breeze. Today, a distinguished guest came to visit, so Liang Zhigao came to greet him personally and talked with Chen Siming in the main hall.
At this time, the kitchen on the other side was also bustling with activity.
Song Chunhua was busy in the kitchen, wielding a kitchen knife. Today she was determined to make an egg soup and also went to the team leader's house to borrow a pound of pork to stir-fry some meat.
The youngest, Liang Baoling, was adding firewood to the fire. She raised her little face and pretended to be an adult, "Sister, why don't you accompany your brother-in-law to talk?"
Although she was only twelve years old, she knew a lot and had even secretly met villagers and talked with educated youth in the team. The little girl was wild and ran around the village with her fluffy short hair. She didn't pay attention to her studies and just loved playing and eating.
"What do you know?" Song Chunhua said to her youngest daughter, "She is really a smart little girl." She raised her eyelids and looked at her third daughter, "Baozhen, come here and let your dad talk to your aunt. You two are not married yet, so you'd better stay away from them."
Although the matter between his daughter and her future aunt was almost certain, what time was it now? When men and women could be questioned even if they stood close to each other and talked, he still had to pay attention to his conduct.
"Got it. Mom, where's my second brother?" Liang Baozhen helped get the bowls to serve the food, and looked around, but didn't see her second brother.
Liang Baoling knew it and shouted, "Second brother went to look for that female educated youth!"
Song Chunhua couldn't stand hearing the word "educated youth". She got a headache when she heard it. "God damn it, you can't make things clear with that educated youth, right? Everyone is thinking about going back to the city, but you still rush forward! Calling your second brother back is really shameless!"
The Liang family has four children. The eldest, Liang Baoying, is married and has a daughter. The day before yesterday, the whole family went back to Beijing to visit Song Jianguo's relatives and will be back in a few days.
The second son, Liang Baojun, should have been married a long time ago, but he happened to fall in love with Xu Shuping, a female educated youth who came to the village to work. The two had just started to show interest in each other, but in the past two months there were rumors that educated youth who met certain conditions could return home. Now it's hard to say what will happen to the two of them.
Song Chunhua told her second son several times not to hang around the educated youth and to look for a marriage partner in the village again, but her son refused to do so. She was not optimistic about the eldest son being with Song Jianguo, and always felt that this man was not paying enough attention to his daughter, but Baoying fell in love with him. To put it bluntly, he still wanted to get close to the locals and have a better life in the countryside.
But now she is too lazy to care about it and still has to arrange the marriage of her young lady.
Liang Baojun was called back by Liang Baoling. He knew that his fourth sister had betrayed him and shouted that she would punish her. Liang Baoling was not afraid. She stuck out her tongue and went to the kitchen. "Second brother, go and talk to your brother-in-law, or you will be punished by your mother."
The fried meat was fragrant and sizzling with oil. Liang Baoling put her hands on the stove and stared at the pot, unwilling to leave even once, which made Liang Baozhen laugh.
Nowadays, everyone is too hungry to eat meat and can only eat meat during the Chinese New Year and other festivals. This time, it was thanks to Liang Baozhen's engagement that Song Chunhua had the chance to eat meat. She looked at the slices of meat in the pot and fed each of the two girls a piece, which made their mouths satiate. She didn't taste any herself, but just dipped her chopsticks in the oil and tasted the salty taste.
On the big round table in the Liang family courtyard were four dishes and a soup: pork cooked with garlic sprouts, wild vegetable pancakes, stir-fried Chinese cabbage, tomato and egg drop soup, and a bowl of cornmeal steamed buns.
Since Liang Zhigao and Liang Baojun were doing heavy manual labor in the fields in the afternoon and Chen Siming was the guest, the three of them each received two steamed buns, while Song Chunhua and the two girls each received one steamed bun.
The Liang family lived a pretty good life in the village. The two men and the son-in-law in the family were all strong and could basically get ten work points. Song Chunhua was also a capable person. She went to work in the fields the day before she gave birth to Liang Baozhen, and got out of bed the next day without any delay.
The family earned a lot of labor. Liang Baozhen only went to the fields to do light work after graduating from high school. As for Liang Baoling, she just helped pick wheat ears during the busy farming season. The two sisters suffered the least in the village.
Even during the famine when they were children, the family depended on the daughter for food. Liang Zhigao felt that men should not compete with women for food, and if someone was going to starve to death, he would starve himself first, then his son, and finally his mother and third son.
Fortunately, the whole family survived.
"Little Chen, this is just the way my auntie cooks, please eat with us." It is said that the more a mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, the happier she is. Song Chunhua looked at Chen Siming's gentle appearance and felt that he was well-educated, and the way he ate was different.
"Auntie, you're joking. This tastes better than the one made by the chef in the canteen of our National Cotton Mill. It's really delicious." Chen Siming has a handsome appearance, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and speaks softly. It is natural for him to appease his future mother-in-law with a few words.
Liang Baojun uncorked the wine and was about to pour wine for Chen Siming when someone else took it first. Chen Siming took the wooden wine pot and poured wine for the Liang family father and son, and said something nice, "Uncle, Second Brother Liang, I toast you a glass. From now on, we are a family, so we don't need to be formal."
At 40 cents a pound, the special liquor is considered the best in the village. In the past, it was only drunk during the Chinese New Year. Liang Zhigao looked at his future son-in-law and felt that he was open-minded. He was satisfied and grinned, "Come on, try this wine. It's not as good as the good wine in the city, but it's also tasty and fragrant. Baozhen went to the village to buy this because she knew you were coming."
Liang Baozhen, who was called by Liang's father to get some wine yesterday morning, said: "..."
It was obviously my father who ordered me to do it, so how come I was the one who went there to fight? Liang Baozhen muttered to herself, her long eyelashes fluttering twice, her eyebrows and eyes as beautiful as a painting.
Seeing that the Liang family was talking about working in the fields, Chen Siming looked at Liang Baozhen recklessly. This person seemed to be more handsome than before, which made people feel itchy.
Liang Baozhen was concentrating on eating. When she looked up, her gaze met that of Chen Siming. At that moment, his eyes were like those of a snake in a field, spitting out its tongue and staring at people, making people feel uneasy.
However, in just a moment, Chen Siming immediately smiled and cast a gentle look over at her. Liang Baozhen was dazed and thought that she was confused and had seen it wrong.
Chen Siming had worked at the National Cotton Mill for many years and had learned a lot of skills. He chatted and laughed with the Liang family without putting on airs. The meal was naturally a great pleasure for the guests. "Uncle, auntie, when the time comes, just set up a few tables at the state-owned hotel next to our mill. I'll go and reserve a seat."
"Okay, okay." Song Chunhua smiled so hard that her teeth were not visible, and she just nodded repeatedly. It was a great achievement for her daughter to be able to hold a wedding banquet in a state-owned hotel.
After the meal, the couple's marriage was decided on the 28th of next month, a good day.
After dinner, Chen Siming had to hurry back to the National Cotton Mill, and the Liang family saw him off.
Everyone in the village knew that the aunt from Liangjiacheng had come to visit. Now that she had left, many neighbors stuck their heads out to look at her, their eyes filled with envy.
"Brother Liang, you two are so lucky. This precious girl is really going to marry into the city."
"That's not true. He is the director of the National Cotton Mill. He is a powerful figure."
"Compared to the Dong family's ability, isn't Jiayan also going to get engaged today? Who are you talking about?"
The villagers were talking at once, and Song Chunhua was extremely happy. Who wouldn't be happy to listen to pleasant words? Liang Baozhen, on the other hand, went back to the house first because she had something on her mind.
However, not long after, the younger sister rushed back to the house, yelling for her elder sister to go out and take a look, "Mrs. Hu just said that Sister Jiayan doesn't want to get married! She wants to cancel the engagement!"
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Dong Family
"What? You want to marry someone from the National Cotton Mill?" Dong's mother was stunned when she saw the young lady speaking so shockingly.
Today was supposed to be the day for the daughter and her blind date to get engaged. Xu Shengjie came with gifts, but the daughter insisted on not getting engaged, and no matter how much she tried to persuade him, she was unsuccessful.
Such a happy event was ruined. How could she have the face to meet the Xu family? To meet Xu Shengjie's aunt in the village?
Dong Jiayan was sitting on a wooden stool, untying her tight and stiff braid. The aesthetics of this era is really not that good. Dong Jiayan, who had lived a new life, was very pleased when she looked at her 19-year-old fresh face.
In her previous life, she married an incompetent veteran and lived a very tight life. On the contrary, her neighbor Liang Baozhen married the director of a national cotton factory in the city and rose to prominence. She now lived in a small courtyard and wore Hong Kong and Cantonese fashions. They were from the same village, so why were their lives so different?
Before I could finish feeling jealous, God gave me a chance to live again.
"Why would I marry Xu Shengjie? I won't do that. If I were to marry someone, I'd marry the director of a state-owned factory in the city."
"Jia Yan, what are you talking about? Bao Zhen next door is going to marry the director of the national cotton mill. Her aunt came today and said that the wedding will be held next month." As she said this, Dong's mother was really envious. Although her own daughter was not as pretty as Liang Bao Zhen, she was not bad either. Why didn't such a good thing happen to her family?
Although the Xu family is also from the city, they are always better than the country people, but they are far inferior to the family background of Chen Siming.
Dong Jiayan was fiddling with her hands, and soon she had braided a loose single braid, and then she tucked the loose hair on top, making it look even neater than before. Calculating the time, Chen Siming should be rushing to the village entrance at this moment, to take a donkey cart to the town to catch a bus back to the city.
"Mom, I'm going out for a while." Dong Jiayan changed into a red floral short-sleeved shirt and hurried out. She had to seize the opportunity that God had sent to her. Her good days were still to come. "I'm not lying to you. Just wait. I will definitely marry into the National Cotton Mill."
Having said that, he hurried towards the village entrance in small steps.
......
Liang Baozhen was shocked when she heard the news from her younger sister. She had also heard about the marriage of the Dong family next door. It was said that it was the matchmaker Lai Erbao from the village who arranged the marriage of the daughter of the Dong family to her nephew from the city. Today was the official wedding. A few days ago, Dong Jiayan told her that she thought the man was handsome and she felt shy at first sight. Why was she refusing to marry now?
Unfortunately, the excitement waits for no one. When Liang Baozhen was dragged by Liang Baoling to the gate of the Dong family's courtyard, the crowd had dispersed and the door of the Dong family was closed. All that could be heard was the sighs of several prominent ladies in the village. They all said that Dong Jiayan had gone crazy and called off a good engagement just like that.
"The daughter of the Dong family is really restless. It's good enough for her to marry into the city. Why are you unwilling to do so?"
"That's true. You're saying you don't want to get engaged when we're almost there. Isn't that just kidding me? I won't respond if the Dong family asks me to introduce someone to someone in the future. Don't treat them like that."
"What about Jiayan's boyfriend? Is he gone?"
"No, he said he went to Aunt Lai's house with the gifts. I just saw that he is handsome. He didn't even make a scene at the Dong family after encountering such a bad thing, and he even went to see his aunt."
......
After hearing what was said, the two Liang sisters returned to their room, packed up, and prepared to go to the fields. On the way, people kept congratulating Liang Baozhen and chatting about the Dong family.
"Sister, why doesn't Sister Jiayan want to get married?" Liang Baoling didn't understand. How could she go back on her word after having said so?
Liang Baozhen had no idea that this kind of thing was indeed rare. She looked up and saw Aunt Lai's house in the village in the distance. At the door of the house, a tall man stood and talked to Aunt Lai for a while. Soon, the two of them went into the house together.
The figure was tall and straight, and looked strangely familiar. Liang Baozhen looked at him from a distance and felt that she was confused. She had never seen Jiayan's boyfriend before.
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Ye Huan, who has the courage of a needle tip, has done two very daring things in his life:
The first thing was that her biological father wanted to sell her to an old widower for money. Ye Huan took her sister, stole her father's money, and took a train for three days and three nights to seek refuge with her aunt who lived far away in Guangzhou.
The second thing was that when she was almost desperate in Guangzhou, she started dating Lu Cheng, the best-looking gangster in the tube building.
The neighbors in the tube building all advised her that Lu Cheng was not a good person, was uneducated and had no future, and that it would be bad to follow him because he was a heartless person.
Ye Huan thought it didn't matter because she didn't really mean it.
She just wanted to follow Lu Cheng to set up a stall to make money, and break up with him when she made 10,000 yuan, and live with her sister...
However, after a long time, Ye Huan, the landlady who already owned a building, discovered that the amount of money in her piggy bank was always 9999.
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