When Xu Ning went to the Youth League Home to look for Wei Lanlan and Yang Xiaomei, he met Chunhua at the door who was escorting an old lady out. She must be the matchmaker.
Without saying hello, she nodded to the two of them and went to Wei Lanlan's room, placing a small jar she brought back on the table.
When Chen Xiangdong saw her coming, he greeted her and went to the male educated youth's room.
Wei Lanlan asked her to sit on the kang and whispered, "Chunhua sent a message a few days ago saying that she agreed. Matchmaker Hua came over today, probably to discuss this matter.
Chunhua originally planned to ask the matchmaker to help Jiaohua find a similar family, but Jiaohua didn't want to look for one in the countryside and might even be thinking about returning to the city. ”
After saying that, Wei Lanlan sniffed her nose, pointed at the jar on the table and asked, "What did you take?"
Xu Ning unwrapped the cloth and said, "I heard that you have a poor appetite these days. This is the spicy cabbage I pickled. I gave you some to try."
Wei Lanlan waited for her to untie it, then she couldn't wait to pinch a piece with her hand and put it in her mouth, and her eyes suddenly lit up.
Said, "This is delicious, Xu Ning, you are so skillful, how do you make this kind of cabbage? Teach me later."
"This method is very simple, but you can't eat too much," he told her how to make kimchi.
The day before the mountain was closed due to heavy snow, Chunhua got engaged. Her partner was a young man who was about the same height as her, and looked honest and simple. They planned to get married after the spring planting next year.
When Yang Xiaomei came to Xu Ning's place to play, she told her that Wei Lanlan had hardly gone out since the snow.
Xu Ning would sometimes go to the Youth League Home to talk to the two of them. After the heavy snow closed the mountain, Xu Mo's school was also on holiday, so he stayed here with her every day.
The brother and sister would read books, listen to the radio, and cook delicious food at home, and time passed by quickly.
When Xu An's school was on vacation, it was almost Chinese New Year. The weather was too cold, so Xu Ning did not plan to go to the city to buy New Year's goods. There was still a lot of meat left from the wild boar that Lu Xiaotang had shot last time, enough for them to eat until the spring planting.
On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, the brother and sister were busy in the kitchen. Xu An asked, "Sister, Jianmin and Dalin and I have an appointment to go to the city to play tomorrow. Do you want to go?"
Xu Ning waved his hand and said, "You guys go ahead! It's so cold, I don't want to go out."
"You haven't been out since the mountain was closed due to heavy snow. What's the point of staying at home every day? Come with us tomorrow!"
"No, I'm afraid of the cold. I can't compare with you guys."
After finishing their New Year's Eve dinner, the two men prepared to sit in the cowshed for a while and pay their respects to some elders. As soon as they went out, they saw a figure on the road walking towards the cowshed.
The brother and sister immediately retreated, and Xu Ning said, "It should be Lin Miao. We won't go over tonight."
Xu An asked, "Sister, what do you think Lin Miao wants to do? Why does she always like to run to the cowshed? There are no relatives there."
What does she want to do? She wants to curry favor with someone. The college entrance examination is just a few years away, and she and Gu Wen share the money equally, so she has to find a backer now.
Xu Ning closed the door and said, "Who cares what she wants to do? We just ignore her."
The brother and sister returned home, turned on the radio, sat on the kang, listened to the radio and peeled pine nuts to eat.
In the cowshed, Lin Miao stood at the door holding a bowl of dumplings and said to Father Xu who came to open the door, "Uncle, these are the dumplings I made. I brought some over for you to try."
After saying that, she looked inside and she knew that the man was the child's father and he should not have been a very powerful person in the past.
She actually came to meet another couple today and was planning to give them dumplings, but it was this man who opened the door.
After thinking for a while, he said, "Another auntie looks a lot like a relative of mine. I feel close to her when I see her. It's Chinese New Year today, and I feel a little homesick, so I came to see her."
After saying that, he lowered his head, looking very sad.
Dad Lu and the others inside also heard Lin Miao's voice. Seeing that she didn't leave the door and kept pestering there, they came out together.
Mother Lu sighed and said, "Little comrade, go back and don't come here anymore. It's not good for you if we interact with you too much."
Lin Miao hurriedly said, "Auntie, it's okay, I'm not afraid."
Mother Lu said again, "Little girl, you are not afraid of us. If someone says that we are not working hard, go back!"
After saying that, they went back to the house. Lin Miao stood at the door with a gloomy expression on her face. These people were simply unyielding.
After returning to the house, Father Xu said, "What does this girl want to do? She kept running towards this side. I thought it was Xiao Ning and Xiao An. Fortunately, I didn't shout and opened the door directly, otherwise I would have been exposed."
Dad Lu said, "Don't worry about what you want to do. We have to be more careful in the future. Let Xiao Mo tell Xiao Ning and Xiao An tomorrow not to come here unless it's necessary."
Xu's mother and Lu's mother were also shocked by what happened tonight, and they both asked Xiao Mo to tell Xu Ning and Xu An tomorrow not to come here again.
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When spring planting began, Xu Ning saw Wei Lanlan standing at the edge of the field with a bulging belly and asked in surprise, "Why are you still working with such a big belly?"
Chen Xiangdong also said with a look of disapproval, "I told her not to do it, but she insisted on coming along. No matter how I persuade her, she wouldn't listen."
Wei Lanlan said, "It's still several months before the baby is born. I can eat and sleep well now, and I'm in good health. Why can't I work? Look at the sisters-in-law in the village, they are still working in the fields when they are about to give birth."
Xu Ning thought about it and realized that it was true. There were women who gave birth to their children in the fields!
Just like in previous years, the brother and sister finished the work assigned to them and then went back to clean up their private plots.
This year, several people from the cowshed were assigned to work together with the villagers, and they could only bring some black bread to work at noon.
Xu Ning asked Xu An to cook earlier and send the food directly to the cowshed when it was ready. They could eat when they came back and rest early at night.
Lu Xiaotang's letter and remittance slip arrived after the spring planting was over. The letter said that the marriage report had been approved and he was going to carry out a mission now. After he came back, he would take leave to get married.
After reading the letter, Xu Ning was struck by lightning. Did I agree to marry him?
Seeing her in a daze, Xu An took the letter and read it, then said happily, "Brother Lu will be back this year."
Xu Ning glared at him and went back to the house.
Xu An was glared at and felt confused. What was wrong with him?
I took out the letter and read it again. This time I felt something was wrong. Brother Lu was going to come back and marry his sister?
He hurried to the door of his sister's room and asked, "Sister, you and Brother Lu are getting married. Do my parents know?"
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