When Xu Huaiyu heard this, he thought it was a good idea. If he could really spend one dollar to get the sewing machine, he could save dozens of dollars.
It's just that I know what this person said is true and what the quality of the sewing machine is.
Strike while the iron is hot, the liar continued: "If you want it, why don't you come to my house with me first? If you see that I am at a disadvantage, you can buy whatever you want."
Xu Huaiyu said, this is great, let's take a look first, if it's really bad, he will buy it.
So Xu Huaiyu followed the liar into the dark alley. At that time, he did not realize the seriousness of the matter. He chatted with the liar in a casual manner, looking forward to getting the sewing machine in his hands.
As a result, when he walked into a deserted dark alley, someone turned around and knocked him down with a stick.
The con man searched him thoroughly and took away three dollars that he was going to use to buy a sewing machine and a radio.
Fortunately, when he went out, he felt that carrying too much money would be troublesome, so he only put it in his pocket, and was not robbed.
The swindler even took away his thick cotton jacket and trousers. These were new thickened cotton jackets and trousers specially made for him by Liu Guifang this year. They were very warm.
The man was an experienced man. After stripping him of his clothes, he carried him to a road where people were passing by, threw him on the side of the street and ran away.
He was afraid that people would be frozen to death in this cold weather and something might happen.
It's okay to cheat for a little money, but if someone dies, you will go to jail and do labor reform.
Sure enough, after a while someone passed by and found Xu Huaiyu. Several caring people took him to the nearest clinic for treatment. Fortunately, he escaped from being frozen to death on the street.
Although he was not frozen to death, he was not frozen seriously. He started to have a fever in the middle of the night and fell ill.
When he woke up, he found out that his money had been robbed, leaving only his clothes and trousers. He pounded on the bed in pain. That was three yuan! He had to earn more than a year's salary and save it up to buy food and drink.
He wanted to let Yan Lijun know his predicament, and finally asked someone to go to the factory to invite his brother over.
Xu Huaizhi looked at this poor brother with a hatred that made him feel as if he was made of steel. He wanted to take care of him, after all, they were brothers from the same mother. He could pay for his medical treatment and take him back to his place.
Xu Huaiyu was ill for a few days. When Xu Huaizhi took care of him, he knew what had happened to him. He felt angry and a little pleased. This guy knew how high the sky was and how deep the earth was, and he would kick the iron plate!
Xu Huaiyu asked him to help solve the remaining two gifts.
Seeing his pitiful look, Xu Huaizhi reluctantly agreed.
"This is the last time. I'll go and ask for you. You're a married man now. Don't expect me to help you again in the future. I owe you!"
"Brother, I... I'm sorry, I was naive that day. If I had known that my sister-in-law was pregnant, I would definitely have kicked her." Until now, Xu Huaiyu was still trying to shirk responsibility in his words.
"Your sister-in-law is just heartless, you should kick her out. She has been married to our family for so many years and has served you and Meiling a lot. Is this how you repay us? Your conscience is not good enough! Anyway, this is the last time, you'd better take care of yourself in the future." Xu Huaizhi became more and more angry.
Xu Huaiyu huddled into his quilt like a quail; it seemed his brother was really angry this time.
Xu Huaizhi had good relationships with people. After asking around in the factory, he actually found someone who wanted to sell him a radio. Although it was brand new, it was 99% in good condition and the price was reasonable.
People in this era treasure things, and items like this are worshipped like Bodhisattvas, so there is no chance of them getting damaged.
As for the sewing machine, I found out from a seller that it was his wife's dowry, but she passed away unexpectedly, and the sewing machine was still new.
Because it belonged to a deceased person and was somewhat auspicious, people offered a low price, selling it for eighty.
Xu Huaizhi went back and told Xu Huaiyu about it, and he agreed without even thinking about it. Eighty yuan, anyone who bought it so cheaply would be a fool. What was Geely? He had no respect for these things at all.
Moreover, he had just thrown away three pieces of water. His load had shrunk severely, so every piece he saved was a piece he saved.
But he kept it a secret and didn't tell Yan Lijun, fearing that she would be angry.
After three rounds of shopping, he spent more than four dollars, and was robbed three times. Now he only has one dollar left in his pocket.
Meanwhile, the future daughter-in-law, who was pregnant, was urging the family to get married soon. If they got married again, her belly would pop out. But nowadays people have little money and need to gain weight, so her belly popped out a long time ago.
As soon as Xu Huaiyu had settled the matter, he hurried to the Yan family with the betrothal gifts and enthusiastically proposed marriage. Both families were afraid that the situation might change, so they wanted to settle it as soon as possible. After some discussion, the wedding date was set for three days later.
We have all the dishes at home, we just need something fishy to prepare the feast.
At this time, Xu Huaiyu thought of the good things about his second brother. When his second brother lived at home, they never lacked meat in the winter. Every year when the village went hunting in winter, his second brother would be the first to go and would always bring back a lot of prey.
I remember one winter when he was a little older, the mountains were covered with snow. The wild boars had nothing to eat, so they ran down the mountains and destroyed the crops.
His second elder brother brought a group of young men and directly surrounded and killed 18 wild boars. The whole commune became the news. Ten wild boars were handed over to the commune, and there were eight left to share among everyone. That year, the family directly got half a wild boar, which was enough to eat for the whole year. It was wonderful just to think about it.
Now he is very happy. This winter he has killed two wild boars, a dozen pheasants, and twenty wild rabbits.
Each family was given a few pounds, so there wasn't much. Moreover, when the family was divided, it was divided into three parts. Even if the parents' share was included, they only had half a chicken, half a rabbit, and two pounds of pork. This was all he had for his wedding.
The only person who got married without the help of his second elder brother, even his first elder brother has been very attentive to him since he helped him to arrange the betrothal gift.
Before Xu Meiling got married, her second brother at least contributed a pheasant, and her eldest brother got her a bucket of fish.
But now that he is married, all the things he admired before have become luxuries.
After the family split up, he naturally couldn't use the meat coupons issued by his brother's factory to feed the whole family, but he at least shamelessly asked Xu Huaizhi to borrow a pound of meat coupons, promising to return it in the future.
Xu Huaizhi knew that this pound of meat ticket was a waste of money, so he simply let him use it to pay it back, just as a gift from his brother.
Xu Huaiyu went to Xu Meiling's house again to "borrow" some money from her because he knew that his brother-in-law Chen Jianghe would send gifts from home every month.
Xu Meiling's stomach was getting fatter and fatter, and when it was time to eat something delicious, she couldn't give him any. She sent him away with a few words and only gave him half a pound of fruit candy.
This was bought by Chen Jianghe to sweeten her mouth.
His legs are now well enough to allow him to do some simple work.
Because Xu Meiling took such good care of him during his illness, he could not help but be nice to her. After all, the child was his own.
After all the calculations, there were only three pounds of meat in the house, which was still more than enough. After all, there were more than ten tables of people coming to the feast, so it was enough to share.
Xu Huaiyu thought that his wedding was shabby, and he thought that what his second brother did was not his.
On the eve of the wedding, she ran to the woods to catch pheasants to add to the food, but she failed to catch any pheasants and got scratched on the ankle and neck by the claws that Ji Linhai had set.
The screams echoed throughout the forest.
Ji Linhai at the foot of the mountain secretly shouted "good!" and ran up to take a look. He caught a man and found that it was Xu Mingshan's third son.
Well, you must admit that the clip is yours, but this is a rule.
Ji Linhai pretended to hear the noise and came to rescue him, and managed to get the claws off him. The bite was quite deep, leaving two bloody holes on his ankle, which was shocking to see.
Ji Linhai carried him down the mountain and returned him to Lao Xu's family. Along the way, he told others that he lived at the foot of the mountain and heard someone screaming in the mountain, so he didn't want to save this guy in order to distance himself from the matter.
He sent Xu Huaiyu back to the Xu family, and made Xu Mingshan, the old fox, owe him a favor, and then went back leisurely.
Xu Mingshan invited a barefoot doctor to treat Xu Huaiyu. The barefoot doctor simply disinfected the wound with alcohol and then applied herbal medicine.
Xu Huaiyu's feet were swollen and he lay on the bed screaming in pain.
The wedding was about to be held and this happened. It was really a joke. Liu Guifang even thought that Yan Lijun was too strong and was suppressing her son.
Since the marriage proposal, nothing has gone smoothly in the family. First, Xu Huaiyu was robbed and fell ill.
Then this incident happened again. The wedding was the day after tomorrow, and the groom had a foot injury, so it would be a hassle to pick up the bride at that time.
The more Liu Guifang thought about it, the angrier she became. She started cursing at home, sometimes cursing the man who caught people in winter, and sometimes cursing God for not having eyes.
Even the new daughter-in-law Yan Lijun said a few unpleasant words to him. Lin Xiaomeng sneered when she heard it. This is just the beginning. Xu Huaiyu, he should bear it well. Without luck, his life will be full of obstacles and nothing good will happen.
She originally wanted to take away the good fortune of the old couple of the Xu family, but she was worried about their old limbs and legs. If something happened to them, she would be the one to suffer in the end. She didn't want to implicate Xu Huaizhi.
So she held back, but now it seemed that punishing Xu Huaiyu was enough to make them uncomfortable, and this was not wrong.
Xu Mingshan at least saved the day, bringing with him the ice-breaking tools he had used for years, and went to dig holes in the ice to catch fish. He came back with a bucket full of fish, but that was just enough to get by.
However, the selection of the chef was a difficult issue. When Xu Meiling got married, it was the chef Lin Xiaomeng who arranged it. She had good cooking skills and could cook very well with simple ingredients. At that time, everyone was very satisfied with the food.
This time, Xu Huaiyu had just offended someone, and he asked him to help cook. It seemed a bit too kind.
They completely forgot that Lin Xiaomeng was now in confinement after giving birth and was in good health, so she didn't do much at all.
Liu Guifang gave Lin Xiaomeng orders like giving alms: "Your third brother is getting married the day after tomorrow, and you will still be the chef. List the menu for me first."
Lin Xiaomeng looked at her like she was a fool: "I can't do it. I'm in confinement now. My husband said I'm too tired. You should find someone else."
"Lin Xiaomeng, don't be so shameless. Back then, I took care of the kids in the morning and went to work in the afternoon. You didn't even have a scrotum yet. Why are you being so hypocritical?"
"So what if I'm just being hypocritical? Your son kicked me out of the factory, so I have to rush over to help him, and I'm so stupid.
You'd better not count on me, because I know what I will do, and then I will ask him to come to Taiwan for the wedding." Lin Xiaomeng said half sarcastically and half threateningly.
"You! You unlucky person, how could I have been so blind to let my daughter marry you?"
Liu Guifang couldn't do anything to her, so she had to go back to the village to find a woman who could cook well to be the head chef, so as to settle the matter.
As for the Yan family, they had already taken the three turns and one ring sent by Xu Huaiyu to propose marriage to their son.