Six
A few days later, Mei Yue's father, who had rushed home from the market, shrugged his face and said to his wife: "The trustee has inquired, the three young sons of Zhang Tianbao's family in Xiangyang Village, the child is a good child, that is, the family is poor." The old Zhang family has five sons and a daughter, there are three broken tile houses, the two older sons have no place to sleep, they have been sleeping with his grandfather in the breeding yard, if it is not to take care of the military family, I am afraid that his family can not even eat the average grain, our daughter married in the past, there is no good life. ”
The situation of the Zhang family did not leave a good impression on Yu Kuining, this impression is very critical, once Yu Kuining, who loves to admit death, once he has identified things, the nine cows cannot be pulled back.
Mei Yue's mother said cautiously, "Look at Mei Yue's meaning, she is quite fond of it!" ”
Mei Yue's father snorted, "Will she do it or not, she did the Lord?" What do children know? ”
Mei Yue's mother paused and added: "I heard that the child may stay in the army as a volunteer (turn volunteer), what bitter food can Mei Yue have when she marries her?" ”
Yu Kuining's stubborn head came up: "What volunteer army, or the Eighth Route Army, listen to that little boy Xuanhu, whether it is a branch or a vine." ”
Mei Yue's mother tentatively asked, "If the Zhang family entrusts people to propose relatives, how can they reply to others?" ”
"It's all up to me, you don't have to worry." Throw off this sentence and urge the meal.
"Is the meal ready?" Quickly serve the kang and shout for the children to eat! ”
The old Zhang family entrusted people to come to the door to propose relatives, and the person who came was Li Accountant, who had a high prestige in Xiangyang Village, and Li Accountant was kind, honest and steady, and spoke at a high level, so Zhang Tianbao invited him to come and propose to him.
Yu Kuining was very polite on the surface, instructed his wife to bring tea and water, and poured tea while politely: "You are a rare guest, it is easy not to come up to the door, don't be polite if there is anything, although you say." ”
Accounting Lee explained the intentions. Yu Kuining said: "It is said that the two children are willing to be a good thing, but the situation of the old Zhang family I do not say that you are also clear, the child does not even have a place to live, who is the parent who does not expect their own children to run well?" ”
Li Accountant laughed and said, "Your eldest brother is right, but there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, have you ever seen anyone marry a daughter-in-law and live in the sky?" The old Zhang family is difficult, only temporarily, Chengze this child looks good, he is doing a good job in the army, and he can have a career in the future. On this day, there are still two people to live, and they will not live a lifetime with the old Zhang tou, right? ”
"Now it's just a betrothed, and it's not a rush to get married, the house thing, there is still time." Accountant Lee began to avoid the heavy and light.
Yu Kuining pondered for a moment and said to Accountant Li, "Well, if the old Zhang family sincerely wants to decide on this family affair, we will do it according to the rules." I have inquired, now what kind of standards are set for family gifts, we do not climb high or low, let the old head prepare a thousand six hundred and six, let's choose a good day to ask relatives and friends to be a witness to set the family affair. ”
Li Accountant has been an accountant in the village for so many years, and he knows everything about whose family is in any situation, so he said to Kui Ning: "Old brother, old Zhang Tou can't come up with so much money!" ”
Yu Kuining squeezed his eyes on the pot and slowly reasoned: "If you can't get it out, this matter will make it difficult for me to handle." Yu Kuining's heart was like a mirror, and he also knew that the old head could not be taken out.
Li Accountant said to Kui Ning: "Old brother, we are all people with children and daughters, and you also have a number in your heart in the rural areas, and you will compare your heart to your heart, if this allows us to take so much money out, we can't get it out." ”
Yu Kuining slammed the eye bag pot against the edge of the kang, and the soot scattered to the ground with the martian seeds, he swallowed his saliva and said, "Now the rural relatives are all such conditions, such a rule, I don't want much." ”
Li Accountant pondered for a moment: "Also, so, I will take your meaning back and listen to the opinions of the old Zhang Tou, this is a good thing to grind, the two families are discussing to do Ha." ”
Accountant Li brought this back to Xiangyang Village. The old man held his head with both hands, "Alas" and said, "I just smashed the pot and sold the iron head arch floor and couldn't make so much money!" People obviously don't want to! ”
On the same day, Lao Zhangtou wrote a letter to his son, detailing the matter of mentioning the family.
Seven
Soon, Mei Yue received a letter from Zhang Chengze. Zhang Chengze told the family's economic situation in the letter, asked Mei yue to intercede with her parents, and allowed the family affair. He said that the difficulties are temporary, they will definitely live a good life in the future, as long as the two have one heart, happiness will beckon to them sooner or later.
Her mother could not stand Mei Yue's soft and hard bubbles, so she said to her father: "His father, people are chosen by herself, and it is her own business to live a good life or worse in the future, so we should be able to do it." ”
Yu Kuining "hummed": "Ladies and wives, you know a fart, what will happen to our son in the future?" Do you have money? I tell you, the old Zhang family could not come up with the money and died this heart early. ”
Mei Yue wrote to Zhang Chengze and asked him if he could borrow money first, and then we would slowly pay it back when we got married.
Zhang Tianbao, although his family is poor, usually speaks exaggeratedly, especially loves to praise his sons, which the people in the village understand, he is for his son to find a good partner. The villagers said privately that Zhang Tianbao's words had to be folded in half, and the water content was too high.
One year, Zhang Tianbao went to the second uncle's house in Kanto once, and when he returned to the village, he said that the northeast was good and rich in soybeans. Some people echoed the saying that the black soil in the northeast has produced soybeans since ancient times. Zhang Tianbao was interested, and he said, "You know no, after collecting the beans, no one who fell into the ground went to pick them up, if you are a diligent person, you can pick up two sacks in the autumn." Causing the villagers to laugh, everyone coaxed: "The beans in the northeast must be big, or how dare they call them soybeans." Since then, the elegant name of "soybean" has become a proper noun for Zhang Tianbao.
Zhang Chengze wrote a letter to tell his father meiyue's idea, and the money was simply astronomical for Zhang Tianbao.
Old Zhang Tou couldn't get the money, he was very angry, and the problem of loving to talk big was committed again, and he released the words: "His daughter in the Yu family is not a heavenly immortal, and he is not willing to pull down, my son will soon become an officer, what kind of can't be found, you have to find her?" ”
Yu Kuining, the old stubborn man, knew that the old man was talking angrily and did not pay any attention to his stubble. Yu Kuining had his own plan, and he did not want his daughter to be betrothed before his son married his daughter-in-law.
Although Mei Yue and Zhang Chengze were in love, the two adults began to bar. Gradually, the letters of the two men no longer bothered me except for these troublesome things.
Mei Yue chose to force her parents to agree to the marriage by crying.
"Good girl, eat a bowl of fried eggs!"
Early in the morning, the mother came to her daughter's room with a bowl for the first time. Mei Yue pulled the quilt and covered her head, turned over and ignored it.
She was annoyed with her own misfortune, the injustice of God, and she even thought of death, and wept sadly all night, her red and swollen eyes could not stand a glimmer of light.
The mother sighed, put the egg down and walked out of the room.
Mei Yue glanced at the egg on the kang head, which was something that the elderly or the sick could only eat, but at this time she did not have any desire to eat, still squinting her eyes and staring at the window in a daze, the window paper had many holes, and a tongue-like piece of paper on the hole trembled in the wind.
She looked at the tongue-shaped window paper and sucked it up, and felt that she was this broken window paper, always at the mercy of her parents and at the mercy of fate.
The neighbor's sister-in-law came because Mei yue did not go to the embroidery house. She advised Mei Yue: "No big deal, the first love is not successful, there is a talk, you are only twenty years old, still young, silly, catch up, sister-in-law to introduce you to a better one." ”
She put away the letter she had written to Zhang Chengze, got up and washed her face, and followed her sister-in-law listlessly to the courtyard, where the bowl of fried eggs on the kang became cold.
(To be continued)