Chapter 58: Engagement
That morning I returned home, but the family was startled, almost did not recognize who I was, but also thought it was playing where to come to a fleeing for food victims.
I took a look in the mirror and couldn't help but laugh bitterly, alas, I really look like this is a bit too bad, covered in cotton clothes and pants, a piece of wet and a piece of dry, but also broken everywhere, exposed cotton wool, dirty face, hair also stained with some grass sticks and rotten leaves and so on…….
Pop was angry to beat me, but when I sizzled and sucked in cool air to take off the cotton pants, revealing a few bloody wounds on the legs, Pop could not care less about angry to beat me, hurriedly went out to find the village doctor, to wash my wounds, disinfecting, injections, bandages …… Fortunately, it looks bloody is very creepy, the doctor washed and laughed: "No harm, are some small injuries, young people body bone strong, three or two days will be good."
I and my parents and grandfather, which put down the heart.
As for how to make this miserable appearance, when the doctor left, I told them, with the white fox spirit duel, killed the white fox spirit. I didn't mention anything else.
My parents and grandfather were happy and worried when they heard my words.
Boiled water, scrubbed my body, changed into clean clothes inside and out, ate some breakfast, I drilled into the east room, did not take off my clothes into the quilt, sleep.
Exhausted, sleepy ……
This sleep sleep dark, fragrant ah! I slept until two o'clock in the afternoon, my mother woke me up with some pain, gave me some hot rice and vegetables, let me eat some rice, if you are sleepy, eat and then go back to sleep.
I woke up in a daze, didn't even wash my face, went to the hall to eat, and found my grandfather and father sitting in the house.
This makes me feel very uncomfortable, when you eat, there are three elders sitting in front of you, they do not eat, just watch you eat …… think about it, this is really awkward.
It hasn't been like this before.
After eating a few mouthfuls of rice, I finally couldn t help but ask if there was something to ask me before they opened their mouths.
Father, mother and grandfather all laughed, see their happy look, I seem to guess what in my heart ……
Yes, as I guessed that, Liu Yawen head of the family, has spoken with the matchmaker, promised to let me and Liu Yawen betrothal, and in a few days on the big meet, and then go to Handan …… Well, to put it simply, we are here men and women through the matchmaker to propose marriage, the first time to meet each other to look at, called the small meet, if the first impression If the first impression is good, then it is a big meeting, of course, between me and Liu Yawen, you can cancel the small meeting, directly into the second step, huh? The big meet will have to give people female money, in fact, said that the betrothal money, well, with many places now say engagement, is basically a meaning. I gave less money at that time, betrothal money to the woman only 168 dollars …… betrothal that day, the boy and the girl can be alone to a room to talk for an hour, if the chat, then about time, go to Handan to have fun, by the way, the girl can ask the boy to buy a gift to their own, such as clothes ah, earrings ah, and so on, beforehand! For the record, there was no such thing as asking for three or four dollars at that time. The purpose of going to Handan to play, in fact, is to let the two people can understand each other better, if this suddenly not satisfied with each other, you can ask to withdraw from the marriage. Well, basically the whole country is the same, the woman proposed to withdraw, must refund money, the man proposed to withdraw, the woman can not refund money ……
Until now, we still go through this process here, it's very folklore.
Well, that's the way it is, settled on the sixth day of the lunar month, we two big meet, and then the day of the lunar eight, the two people a piece to Handan. Then …… originally my father and my mother's intention is, anyway, the family's current economic conditions allow, two young people from Handan back if they are happy, simply fold a day, before the marriage is over.
But people Liu Guisheng is not happy to be so hasty to the daughter married out, have to next winter, so this thing can only be discussed again.
In fact, I was also hesitant, after all, I still have a scattered soul curse, the village and the evil gas is not removed, in case I have a long and short, it is not a pit of people Liu Ya Wen it? Just …… I am very selfish, or chose to betrothal, because I really like Liu Yawen, she is beautiful, gentle …… most importantly, I and she is very talkative, I like her character.
I like her character. I'm not going to talk about it, three days later, it is the sixth day of the lunar month.
That day, I carry fruit snacks, my aunt carries candy peanuts melon seeds, matchmaker Qiusheng mother hand holding the wedding contract happy about, one after another into the door of the Liu Ya Wen family.
The winter cold, by the festive atmosphere washed away a lot, the neighborhood of those women all flocked to the head of the house of Liu Yawen, waiting for me to Zhao Yinle sprinkle sugar, Liu family relatives and friends from the family also arrived, or standing or sitting crowded in the house, all to see me this new son-in-law is what kind of people, my village Liu family naturally needless to say, have seen me, but also very familiar … … …I am still very famous in the village, I later learned that there were once several elders of the Liu family name, did not agree to the marriage of Liu Yawen and I, because my reputation as a person is really a bit stinky, asshole guy one. If it is not Liu Yawen at home with parents to a non-me not married, her parents are afraid not happy.
Engagement for us, that is also the first time, thick skin again, can not help but some nervousness, so that day my performance can be said to be coy, more or less to Liu Yawen family relatives and friends from the family a good impression, this child is not bad ah, the person looks good, looks honest and thick, unlike usual village rumors, two hundred and fifty rash… …
So the matter of betrothal went smoothly, basically no ups and downs.
In the outer room and the people sit for a while, I was arranged to Liu Ya Wen's house, according to the rules, I two can have an hour of alone time. I was so happy in my heart, who cares to stay in the outhouse with a bunch of old ladies and old men to talk about something irrelevant?
Without me as the protagonist, my aunt and Qiusheng mother two people are responsible for negotiating with the Liu family outside, this is also necessary, the woman will be for the future of the two before the wedding dowry, folded to the woman how much money and so on to put forward the requirements, and the man's representative character my aunt and the matchmaker, is responsible for bargaining, try to minimize the cost of …….
You may think it's too funny, marriage is a big event, why do you have to be so calculating? Spend a little more spend a little less, not all for their own children it, can both adults still have bad intentions for the child it?
In fact, everyone understands this reasoning, the problem is, the countryside custom, both children's parents really will not be too big a problem, the important thing is that the woman's own family, aunts and aunts aunt aunt old aunt and so on these heavyweights, will be specifically responsible for the more to get more, so that the daughter after the marriage, to be able to enjoy the blessings of the dowry, folding the money more, it seems to be the girl how how to do! …… also have more face, is not it?
I don't want to talk about these useless, rural customs, haha.
After I entered the room of Liu Yawen, Liu Yawen and her sister-in-law are sitting on the bed nagging children, see me in, Liu Yawen shyly lowered his head, her sister-in-law on the chatter and I joked a few, said I blushed and thick necked, only to triumph triumphantly walked out. Alas, I do not know the readers greatly, you have seen the rural gang of small daughter-in-law old ladies is how tough, especially in the new aunt when laughing, ah, that said the exposed, that said straight …… we now say it, feel shy.
What? I'm a big man's shy why? What are you afraid of?
That's right, we are a big man ah, usually a bunch of gangsters together what pornography has not said? Although we are all virgins, we know a lot of things, and we can borrow a pornographic book from each other until it is rotten. ……
The sister-in-law, Liu Yawen immediately smiled and said I, a big man let a woman to say the face of the red neck thick, loss of your usual scenery may be more powerful it, how so incapable of ah?
Of course I know Liu Yawen is telling me a joke, so I hemmed and hawed and smiled, but in my heart I angrily slandered: "Grandma, after we get married we'll see who's better, what kind of yellow jokes we don't know? What kind of jokes don't we know? Can we still be afraid of you, a little girl, with this kind of tongue? Hmph, sister-in-law, you just wait for my sister-in-law son-in-law to tease you!"
Next well, only left me and Liu Yawen, nature does not need to be able to pretend to be pure, I immediately took the initiative to close the door, plugged in the plug, and then on the dead face of the rub to Liu Yawen in front of the child, do in the bedside child, the …… hands and feet nature is unavoidable, kissing a mouth and touching a small hand, that is also natural, right, is not. The human condition, young boys and girls, can be understood as well,…….
This is actually also mainly because I two people originally have such a leg, ah no, too hard to hear, originally talked about, fixed pro actually is to go through the scene only, so this natural does not matter. If you do other matchmaking matchmaking first time alone chat, killed that boy, he also dare not be so unorthodox, in case the others girls are frightened to call out, that the female family members do not give the boy into a pig, that the female family members are pigs.
Warm fragrance and soft jade into the embrace, soft words of affection. Young boys and girls heart entangled, surprised to realize that the time has come.
When Liu Yawen's sister-in-law patted the door giggled and shouted at me to go, I and Liu Yawen two people are snuggling together hard to part with it, this, we were misunderstood ah, just sitting and hugging, neatly dressed.
I was a little annoyed in my heart, but on the face of the extremely gentle and reluctant smile, and Liu Yawen said goodbye, and then Liu Yawen woke up from the warmth, panicked red-faced to go to the door to open, lowered his head in her sister-in-law full of laughter in the gaze, sent me out.
Outside the negotiation has long been over, the old men are in another room to drink, and the women are now high on melon seeds eating peanuts and chewing sugar cubes, chattering about their most interested in the gossip news.
I walked out, their eyes have turned to me, a variety of mixed eyes really let me can not withstand, only to bow his head red face, to all of you one by one greetings, and then carry the aunt handed over the sugar cubes, give them a minute sugar …… routine.
Until later back home to listen to my aunt said, I just know, the original gang of old ladies outside the house to talk about the gossip, Huran has my existence, and I am the most important protagonist figure. Because they talk about the most is the village this winter happened a lot of evil things, of course, also have to mention me and Chen Jin two people that "brilliant" heavy move ……
For me to do these things, some people think that boys have the courage to have the courage, will be able to do great things, Ya Wen married over, will not live in the days of suffering; some people think that this is not good, Zhao Yinle this child can let Ya Wen good control in the future, or else it will have to break into a big trouble. ……
In this regard, I do not care, anyway, more lice do not bite, our reputation has long been outside, say anything like this, and has been engaged to marry, afraid of what?
Oh, I seem to have forgotten to say a very, very important thing, of course, now mention is not too late, that is, Xue Zhigang and Guo Chao two people, in the first day of my engagement, discharged from the hospital to go home, the body is basically recovered, only need to be at home to recuperate, the proverbial good, injured bones a hundred days well.
This is also regarded as double happiness.
For the two of them to receive the dust is bound to do, and my betrothal is certainly also to invite guests, so the fifth night I told the brothers, to receive the dust of the banquet temporarily wait for a day, the sixth night, we Zhao Yinle treats our family to drink the wedding wine to go……
The other brothers have also long recovered from their illnesses, so on the night of the engagement, we are sure to have a big drink.
A happy event can always put people in a happy mood and make them forget many things that are not as good as they want to be.
So Chen Jin and I, in those two days, seem to have forgotten that the village is now facing a great crisis, the white fox spirit after the explosion of the evil spirit, is slowly eroding and polluting the hearts of the villagers.
Fortunately, the village still has Hu Lao Si, he has been nervous and busy, trying his best to burn talismans and cast spells to set up a formation …… for the old woman to buy time.