Chapter 6

Lu Yuanzheng scolded: "Dongsheng!"

But it was too late, Xu Wen had already heard it.

He looked like he was struck by lightning. He pointed at Dongsheng with a shaking finger and asked Xu Wen, "What did he just call you?"

Xu Wen looked innocent and whispered, "Brother, he said he was bothering me, do you believe it?"

Xu Wen laughed out loud, "Xu Wen, you can do it!" He turned and pointed at Lu Yuanzheng, "My sister just celebrated her 19th birthday yesterday. How dare you trick her into becoming the stepmother of your son who is this old? Aren't you afraid of retribution?"

Lu Yuanzheng: "..."

It's hard to explain.

Xu Wen wanted to open his mouth, but Xu Wen stopped him with his hand: "Don't say anything."

Xu asked: "..."

Seeing that his second brother was angry at the moment, he gave up the idea of ​​persuading him because it would only add fuel to the fire and have the opposite effect. He smiled apologetically at Lu Yuanzheng and pulled Dongsheng to hide aside.

Xu Wen squatted beside the mugwort leaves and gave one of the frogs to Dongsheng. "Eat it quickly! It will taste fishy when it gets cold."

Dongsheng held the frog and passed it to Xu Wen's mouth: "Mom, eat!"

Xu asked: "..."

Seeing Xu Wen's face twisted, she silently moved to block Dongsheng behind her.

Xu Wen closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Lu Yuanzheng silently took out a pack of cigarettes, flicked out a cigarette, and handed it to Xu Wen: "Brother, how about having a cigarette first?"

Xu Wen was completely furious: "Who is your brother? I tell you, my sister will never marry you, just give up on this idea!"

Lu Yuanzheng subconsciously retorted: "I have never thought of marrying your sister."

He took advantage of Xu Wen yesterday, so he should be held fully responsible.

But for a grown man like him to raise a child, marrying her would be irresponsible and would harm the girl.

Xu Wen became even angrier and started to roll up his sleeves again: "What? You don't want to marry her? So you want to play with my feelings? I'll beat you to death, you bastard!"

Lu Yuanzheng: "..."

Tongue-in-cheek.

Why can't you explain it clearly?!

Let’s fight first!

Xu Wen looked at it for a while and suddenly felt that the frog in his mouth was no longer tasty. He became a little worried about his second brother.

Xu Wen fights like ordinary people, swinging his fists and kicks randomly without any rules.

Lu Yuanzheng had obviously undergone systematic training. If he didn't move, it would be fine. But if he moved, he would hold Xu Wen tightly.

Xu Wen thought that the authorities might be confused and not aware of it. As a bystander, she could see clearly that if a fight really came, her second brother would probably not be able to survive a single move from Lu Yuanzheng.

Fortunately, Lu Yuanzheng always gave in to Xu Wen.

Dongsheng saw that Xu Wen only cared about the war and didn't want to eat frogs, so he stood on tiptoe and pushed her elbow towards her mouth, "Mom, eat it! Dad doesn't fight the people."

Xu Wen heard this and took a bite of the crispy and tender frog. He squatted beside Dong Sheng and asked him, "What does your father do?"

Without waiting for Dongsheng to answer, Xu Wen stopped: "No more fighting!"

Lu Yuanzheng had been letting him go, not letting him hit hard, and he hadn't fought back, so why was he fighting so hard?

He took a deep breath and began his journey.

"name?"

"It's a long journey."

"How old?"

"25."

"Where is home?"

"From the Lu family production brigade."

"How many people are there in your family?"

Lu Yuanzheng was silent for a while before speaking: "Just the two of us."

Xu Wen and Xu Wen were both stunned.

Xu Wen's anger subsided a little: "Where are the family members?"

"They all died for some reason."

Xu Wen was silent for a moment and apologized: "I'm sorry."

The road is long and the journey is long.

Xu Wen hesitated for a moment, but continued, "Do you have a house?"

"A few old houses."

Xu Wen listened and felt that Lu Yuanzheng met all of Xu Wen's requirements except for having a child.

He nodded reluctantly: "It's just a compromise. If you really want to ask her, you should be careful and don't do such sneaky things all the time! Find a matchmaker to come to my house tomorrow to propose marriage. Although you have a child, my parents are more open-minded. If you have a better attitude, they should be able to accept you."

Lu Yuanzheng: "..."

I don’t even know your sister’s name!

Besides, do you have to marry her just because she touched your waist? You don't mind having a child?

All right! It was indeed a disgrace to the girl, and he should be held responsible.

Seeing Lu Yuanzheng's dull face, Xu Wen thought he was happy and stupid, and snorted: "Don't think it's so easy to marry my sister. There are so many young men in the whole commune who come to my house to propose marriage! You don't have any advantages except that you are tall!"

Xiao Dongsheng didn't understand and asked, "Mom, what does kiss mean?"

Xu Wen looked up at the sky, covered his face with his hands, and didn't want to say a word.

Until Xu Wen was scolded by his second brother and sent home, he had no chance to explain the matter clearly.

After Wang Lei Niang, other young male members of the commune got the news and came to Liu Xiu'e to propose marriage.

Liu Xiu'e was so happy that she went to Xu's house three times a day, doing her best.

Can you not try your best?

After all, whoever came to ask her for matchmaking couldn't come empty-handed, so the kang in the house was piled with brown sugar snacks these days.

If it were any other family, they would just find a good family with a high bride price to marry Xu Wen off.

In this way, the betrothal gift Xu Wen received could be used to build another house for Xu Wen, thus achieving the best of both worlds.

In rural areas, this is a very normal thing, and it is common to use the bride price to marry off one's son.

However, the Xu family treated Xu Wen as their beloved daughter, and even when marrying off their daughter, they put Xu Wen's happiness first.

It’s just that the Xu family said at the beginning that their requirements were not high, but every time she came, the threshold became higher.

The first time she visited was in the morning before going to work, and Xu Wen was not at home.

"Ask your mother, do you know the Li family in the 17th Brigade? There is a boy in his family, 22 years old, about the same age as Wenwen, and there are five rooms in his house. After Wenwen marries, the young couple can live in two rooms by themselves."

Xu Qiushi spoke first: "Then I want to ask if I can continue my studies after I get married?"

Liu Xiu'e was stunned. She had asked the family carefully before coming here, but she had never asked this question.

"Then I'll go back and ask."

Xu Qiushi nodded: "We can't let those who want to go to school not want to."

The Li family could not accept the fact that Xu Wen continued to go to school after getting married. Their idea was similar to that of Wang Lei's mother.

There is no point in going to high school. You can’t get into college or find a job, and you take up labor and can’t go to work.

Besides, if you are married and don't take care of your parents-in-law and children, what does it look like to go out to study?

When Liu Xiu'e came to the Xu family again, another family came to mediate: "Ask the father, ask the mother, this time this family is from the Shuangyang Brigade, the boy is 24 years old, and he has just graduated from junior high school. The family has some money and is willing to support you to study for another half a year, but you can't delay pregnancy and childbirth because of studying. The family is anxious to have a baby. Do you think it's okay?"

Zhu Meizhen shook her head without thinking: "People who are anxious to have a baby and must have a boy don't want it."

Liu Xiu'e: "..."

"How about you make your requirements more specific?" This would save her from having to run back and forth in vain.

Sang Xiaoqing said, "After you get married, let Wenwen serve the old and the young, and don't hang around the stove."

Her sister-in-law can't cook.

I can’t say I can’t, but I just don’t know how to be thrifty with oil. The oil used in cooking is enough for a family to eat for half a month.

At Xu's house, Zhu Meizhen never allowed Xu Wen to get close to the stove.

After she gets married, people can't treat Xu Wen like this. She will feel guilty if she has to suffer because of this.

Sang Xiaoqing always felt that Xu Wen was in a hurry to get married because of her. These days, she felt her face burning and she could not raise her head whenever she saw Xu Wen. If Xu Wen did not marry as she wished, she would blame herself for the rest of her life.

What if Xu Wen and her parents-in-law get angry and hate her? She will have a hard time.

Xu Wen thought about it and said bitterly: "I don't want those I can't beat."

The whole family looked at him strangely.

Sang Xiaoqing's mouth twitched, "Why did you hit your brother-in-law for no reason?"

Xu Wen: “…”

He changed the sentence to: "He is full of filthy things, has a smooth tongue and does not do the right thing. I don't want him."

Xu Qie raised his hand: "No, those are too ugly! My sister is so pretty."

Grandma added: "Don't have a family with complicated relationships."

“…”

Liu Xiu'e: "..."

Didn’t you say the requirements are not high?

In this way, most of the eligible young men in the commune were turned away without even seeing Xu Wen.

As for the betrothal gift? The Xu family didn't even mention a word.

The first young man to break through the siege and enter the re-examination was named Wen Yiming.

After work that night, Liu Xiu'e came to Xu's house full of confidence, and Xu Wen was there too.

"Let me tell you, Wen Yiming is a really rare good guy. Like Wenwen, he is also a high school student. Both his parents are workers in our commune who eat commercial grains. It is said that his father is an official. The family conditions are very good. They are also willing to support Wenwen to continue his education. Since both of them are students, they are of course not in a hurry to have children. They live in an apartment with two bedrooms and a living room. There is plenty of heating in winter! There is also a separate bathroom for taking a shower..."

The Xu family became interested when they heard this.

Xu Wen asked Xu Wen: "You two are from the same school, do you know each other?"

Xu Wen shook his head in confusion: "I don't know him."

There are more than 90 people in the same grade as her, and she can't get to know all of them.

Liu Xiu'e tried to smooth things over, "It's normal that I don't know him. I heard that he is one grade younger than you and is a freshman in high school this year."

Zhu Meizhen asked suspiciously, "One level lower than Wenwen? How old is he?"

"twenty one."

How many years will it take to pass the exam? Zhu Meizhen wondered in her heart.

However, at present, Wen Yiming is indeed the best one.

Xu Qiushi, who had just finished rolling a cigarette, decided: "Then let the young people meet first."

Xu Wen’s first blind date in his life is scheduled for two days later.

That night it was the Taoyuan Brigade's turn to show a movie.

The Xu family decided to meet Wen Yiming first, and if he was still able, let him go to the movies with Xu Wen.

Wei Zhuang Commune would show movies every summer, usually starting from the wheat harvest and ending with the autumn harvest.

The commune paid people to show movies in production brigades, one village after another.

The commune was very small, so when a production brigade showed a movie, people from other brigade would come and watch.

After all, there is no other entertainment.

Wen Yiming was brought to the house by Liu Xiu'e, carrying a lot of gifts.

He is not short, looks gentle, wears a pair of glasses, and has a fair complexion.

Wen Yiming pushed up his glasses and shyly called Xu Qiushi and Zhu Meizhen, "Uncle! Auntie!"

Zhu Meizhen was more and more satisfied as she watched, and greeted him warmly: "Comrade Xiao Wen, have you eaten yet? Sit down and eat with us."

Wen Yiming hurriedly said, "Auntie, just call me Yiming. I've come after dinner, you guys eat."

Xu Wen lowered his head and ate his meal, thinking that there were only so many people in the high school, so even if he couldn't remember their names, they wouldn't be completely unfamiliar to him, right?

Besides, Wen Yiming doesn't look that low-key.

How could she have no impression?

The Xu family asked Wen Yiming several questions, and he answered them all fluently.

The seven members of the family's favorability towards him increased sharply.

Zhu Meizhen nudged Xu and asked, "Why are you so silent today? You don't say a word?"

Xu Wen looked at Zhu Meizhen with resentment.

Did you leave me a chance to interrupt?

If Wen Yiming wasn't the one being interrogated, he wouldn't have a chance to get a word in.

Xu Wen's eyes can speak, especially when she wants to express something, the person being looked at can definitely tell what she wants to say.

Zhu Meizhen coughed lightly, "Okay, you've almost finished eating, go watch a movie with Yiming!"

Xu Wen turned around and looked at the clock on the wall. There was still an hour left before the movie started!

Seeing Zhu Meizhen glaring at her, she could only nod, put down her chopsticks, stood up and called Wen Yiming: "Let's go!"

There is some distance from Xu's house to the brigade headquarters.

It was Xu Wen’s first blind date. He was very nervous and a little embarrassed. He walked with his head down and didn’t know what to say.

Wen Yiming also seems to be a shy person and speaks very little.

The two of them walked in silence with their heads down.

Xu Wen never knew that the road from home to the brigade headquarters was so far.

By the time Xu Wen and Wen Yiming each carried a banner to the brigade headquarters, it was still light outside and the projectionist had just set up the screen and projector.

The yard was already packed with people waiting to watch a movie.

The two of them found a corner.

As soon as Xu Wen sat down, he heard a familiar voice from behind: "Mom! You come too... Please be patient!"