Zhao Yaozu was furious. He threw the chicken head in his hand onto the table and slammed the table.
"Dad, forget it, let's not talk about this. A real man should build a career first and then start a family. I'm not in a hurry."
Seeing that his father was angry, Zhao Jinchen changed the subject. If you want to change your mindset, it needs a little bit of infiltration. It is impossible to change it all at once.
There was no need for the father and son to be angry about this. He stood up and poured his father a glass of wine as an apology.
"You're already 24 and not in a hurry? When I was your age, you were running around everywhere. Don't delay me from having grandchildren. If you don't get married this year, I will find you one in the village. I've seen clearly that you've become irritable since you joined the army and you dare not listen to me."
Although Zhao Yaozu was not as angry as before, he still refused to give in and forced the eldest brother to get married.
At that time, people in rural areas were conservative and early marriage was popular. Most boys were married by the time they were 20 years old. He was quite open-minded. The eldest son was 24, and even the second son was 21, but neither of them wanted to find a wife.
Whenever he saw young men of similar age in the village getting married, he felt anxious.
"Dad, don't hurt the girl."
Zhao Jinchen looked at his father in distress. Every time he came back, he was forced to get married, which made him afraid of going home.
"Let's talk about my second brother! Dad, based on his education level, he could go to the city and see if there are any factories hiring and maybe go get a job there."
Zhao Jinchen changed the subject, and he really cared about his second brother.
"Brother, what did I just say about going to the art troupe?"
Zhao Mingyan tugged at his sleeve. The whole family was surrounding her second brother and no one cared about her.
"Why are you going? You are already 18 years old this year. If you stay in the army for another four years, can you find a husband for a girl in her twenties?"
When Zhao Yaozu heard what his daughter said, he slammed his chopsticks on the table and yelled at her.
Zhao Mingyan was yelled at so much that she started crying and she was too aggrieved to say a word.
"Master, it would be a good thing if your daughter could join the army. There are many good guys in the army! Look at our Jin Chen, he is 24 years old and still hasn't found a wife. If he really joins the army, he can leave the countryside, right?"
When Zhou Guifang saw her daughter crying, she hurried to speak up for her. Zhao Yaozu glared at his daughter, saying that she was too ambitious and that she had the body of a young lady but the fate of a maid.
"What can she do? She can't even sing in tune. I'll ask when I go to the city for a meeting to see if she can be arranged to work as a temporary worker in the woolen mill. Don't even think about finding a soldier. Look at our eldest son. How many times a year does he go home?"
It’s not that Zhao Yaozu didn’t love his daughter, he just felt that she wasn’t cut out to be a soldier. But he also knew that she didn’t like staying in the countryside. This was the first time he had to ask someone for help for his family’s affairs, and he felt very embarrassed.
Here, the Zhao family was eating chicken and talking about household matters, and their attitude had gradually softened. However, Li Sihui's family, on the other hand, was on the verge of a fight, as if two armies were facing off.
The main reason was that Liu Jingyun was jealous of the rabbits that Li Sihui brought back. That was meat! It was a good life to be able to eat it two or three times a year.
During the Chinese New Year, the commune slaughtered the New Year pig and gave each person a spoonful of vegetables. There were too many people and too little porridge, so there were only a few pieces of meat, just to give it a flavor.
I didn't expect that this damn girl brought back a rabbit. How could she not be jealous?
He didn't dare to ask Li Sihui for it, so he went to ask Li Laogen.
"Old Li, you are still working here! Look at your daughter, she brought back a rabbit and is skinning it! You are her father, go and ask her to give it to you."
Li Laogen was sticking his butt out to build a stove, but the problem was that he didn't know how to do masonry work, so it was very difficult for him.
After hearing what his wife said, he leaned over the door and looked out. Li Sihui was holding a kitchen knife in her hand, skinning a rabbit with an expressionless face. When he looked over, she happened to look over at him with a murderous look in her eyes, which scared him so much that he fell to the ground.
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