Ma Weiwei gave him a big look and said, "Why are you sighing? Why don't you ask a matchmaker to propose marriage?"
"I... won't accept it." Ma Dali whispered.
Ma Weiba stared at him thoughtfully and asked, "Why? You're not bad looking, and you're a college student. Although your family was a little poor, isn't it okay now? You can even build a new house. A lot of people in the village say you've become rich. You can afford to buy a homestead and build a house. Your life must be good now."
"Not good enough." Ma Dali smiled bitterly: "She comes from a wealthy family and is very beautiful. A poor boy like me... is not worthy of her attention at all."
Ponytail raised an eyebrow and asked, "Have you asked? Did the girl say no herself? Or did her parents or relatives say so?"
"She refused." Ma Dali replied.
Ma Weiba couldn't help but ask, "Is there really no hope at all? Not even a little bit?"
"From the current perspective...it should be." Ma Dali replied.
"Hey!" Ponytail stopped with a little impatience: "Forget it! She's not the only beautiful woman in the world, right?"
Ma Dali lowered his eyes, speechless.
He also knows this truth.
There are many beautiful women in the world, why should you love only one? But he did love her, and it was hard for him to extricate himself.
He knew this wouldn't work, but after several months...he still didn't want to give up.
However, he has been very busy recently and has not thought about that beautiful and delicate figure for a long time.
Maybe just like what I said to Lingling, he doesn't need any comfort or guidance, he just needs time.
Maybe after a long time, the initial excitement will slowly fade away. It should be waited and endured, and then it will gradually dissipate and disappear.
Seeing that he suddenly became depressed, Ma Weiba felt a little at a loss.
"I think, if you don't want it... then don't want it. I was thinking that Chen Xingling had some hope, but after hearing what you said, all hope is gone. If it's gone, it's gone. I can always find another good woman. Maybe not as good as her. If you always think about the good one and can't get it, then it's even more meaningless, right?"
Ma Dali seemed to be thinking about something, then he smiled softly.
"Well, it's really meaningless."
When Maweiba saw him smile, he thought he had figured it out, so he stood up and dusted himself off.
"It's late at night, I'm going back to bed."
Ma Dali shouted, "Rest early."
"Hmm." Ponytail hummed lazily, and walked away with a carefree step as if he didn't care about anyone.
Ma Dali watched him leave, and unconsciously looked up at the bright moon in the sky in a daze.
"If the sky had feelings, it would grow old; if the moon had no hatred, it would be full forever."
If a person is too sentimental and expresses the wrong sentiment, it will only add to his sadness. He will not gain any benefit and will instead slow down his own pace.
He has a lot of responsibilities on his shoulders, and the burden of the family still depends on him as the eldest son. His younger brother has to go back to school, and his two younger sisters are also studying, and they still have to rely on him to pay for their tuition and living expenses.
Now he can't be willful, and he can't be willful.
He muttered to himself, lowered his head and finished the rest of the work, then walked back home in the moonlight to rest.
…
The Little New Year has passed, and the New Year is getting closer. The strong New Year atmosphere is everywhere.
However, Chen Xingling was still very busy. He was either helping Ma Dali build a new house, or helping fourth brother weed at the construction site.
“Ling Ling!” Ma Dali came over pushing a wheelbarrow, followed by Ma Li and Ma Sanyue, and shouted, “We’ll be responsible for pulling the grass!”
Chen Xingling took off his straw hat and walked forward while fanning himself.
"Everything is done? Is cement laid on the door?"
Ma Dali smiled and explained, "I finished the restroom yesterday, and the stove is also dry. The entrance is not that big, so I prepared the cement and stone powder early in the morning, and it is almost dry now."
"Finally it's done!" Ma Sanyue said excitedly with a smile, "We can move in tomorrow!"
Ma Li smiled shyly and greeted in a low voice: "Sister Lingling."
Chen Xingling waved his hand and explained, "The grass is not dry. A few days after I sprayed the herbicide, the grass dried up and died one after another. Since we started to dig the grass, many people in the neighborhood have come to ask for hay, saying that they want to take it home as firewood. Isn't it the New Year? There are many stoves at home, and hay is especially popular."
"Who are those..." Ma Dali pointed at a dozen figures on the other side and asked, "Are they from the neighborhood? Or did you hire them?"
Chen Xingling chuckled, "They are all from the neighborhood. I told you, if you want hay, just cut the bales yourself. I won't charge you a penny. Look, there have been people coming for several days in a row, and the number is increasing day by day."
"Wow!" Ma Dali smiled in praise, "You're really great! We saved a lot of manpower!"
Ma Sanyue quickly suggested: "Brother, brother, let's also bring some home to burn."
"Don't you have honeycomb briquettes?" Ma Li said, "My eldest brother made more than 200 of them the day before yesterday morning."
Ma Dali nodded and said, "Bring more firewood. There will be more firewood during the New Year, and it will be faster to boil water. If there is any left, burn it and make fertilizer to grow vegetables."
"Tsk tsk!" Chen Xingling teased, "Look, his true colors are revealed, right? Who was the one who was shouting for help pulling the straw? Is he here to help us?"
Ma Dali laughed: "I helped you and myself at the same time, killing two birds with one stone!"
Everyone else laughed along.
Chen Xingling pointed to the roadside and explained, "There is tea and bean cakes over there. If you are thirsty or hungry, come over and eat. Don't be polite."
"good."
"Thank you, Sister Ling!"
"What are your elder brother and his friends doing?" Ma Dali squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, and asked, "Plowing the land?"
Chen Xingling explained: "We were afraid that the grass roots would grow again in the future. If the wildfires could not burn them all, they would grow again in the spring breeze. My brothers and others plowed the land, and then used a tractor to pull stone pillars to flatten it to prevent weeds from growing again in the future."
"What a good idea!" Ma Dali praised, "Fortunately, we have enough tools and a tractor to work, which is fast and efficient. It's already the 16th day of the lunar calendar, and there are only three days left at most."
Then he handed the sickle and shovel to his younger brother and sister.
"Two of you, one will mow the grass, and the other will remove the grass roots. Make the hay into a ball, remember to tie it tightly, the tighter the better, and then get it in the car when we get back later."
Ma Li and Ma Sanyue agreed and quickly left.
Chen Xingling was very calm and explained: "Don't worry, it's our own job anyway, I can come if I'm free in the first month of the lunar year. After the New Year, when the workers start working, we can start building the house."
"Have you found a date?" Ma Dali asked.
Most families in Chongqing who want to hold a happy event, whether it is a wedding or the start of a construction project, must consult a fortune teller to find an auspicious day.
"The tenth day of the lunar calendar." Chen Xingling replied.
After a pause, she reminded, "My fourth brother is getting married the day after tomorrow, and I don't know if Aqi will be able to make it back. I will hire a car to go to my parents' home for the wedding banquet, and bring my mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and Ayi and his wife. We will leave at around 7 o'clock that morning, so you should be at my place at 7 o'clock the day after tomorrow. If you don't have time to eat breakfast, you can eat at Sanyuan."
"I... I won't stay." Ma Dali blushed and whispered, "I'll stay here to work. There has to be someone watching over this factory, right?"
Chen Xingling laughed and looked around and asked, "What are you looking at? Do you need to watch over these dry weeds so they don't get lost? I asked you to come to the wedding, so come. Just to make it clear in advance, I have to help serve tea and food to entertain the guests, you can entertain yourself, and you have to help me take care of little tiger."
"Well then." Ma Dali said with a smile, "I won't be polite."
Chen Xingling added: "Don't bring anything, not even a red envelope. We don't give red envelopes anymore, just come over and have a meal if you'd like."
"I'll make the arrangements myself!" Ma Dali laughed and scolded, "Don't mind your own business! You just love to meddle in other people's business!"
Chen Xingling laughed dumbly and took him to work together.
"By the way, has that widowed sister-in-law stopped making trouble these days?"
Ma Dali narrowed his eyes and lowered his voice, "No, she is very satisfied with the new house. After hearing that her name was written on the land parcel of the house, she never said she would reply. Sanyue and Sifang helped her take care of the children these days, and occasionally took her to the department store to buy New Year's goods. She looked very happy."
"That's good." Chen Xingling whispered.
Ma Dali frowned and said, "The only thing that worries me is Li... He actually said that he doesn't want to continue studying and plans to find a factory job after the New Year."
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