Chapter 3
The room was suddenly quiet
Xu Wen waited for a while and didn’t hear any movement, quietly opening her eyes she saw four stagnant faces
Xu Che, who was the least affected, was the first to react and asked Xu Man, “Sis, why did you quit school? Don’t you usually like school the most?”
Xu Qiushi slapped the table and shook his head dismissing, “No way! It’s so hard to get into high school, how can you say you won’t go?”
Xu asked, “”
What about the promise that my birthday is the biggest, and no matter what you say, you listen to me?
Zhu Meizhen focused on another matter, suspiciously sizing up Xu Man, probing: “Ask, why do you suddenly want to get married? Is it because you’ve recently met someone through sheep herding? Ask, I’m telling you, there are a lot of bad people out there, don’t let them cheat you!”
Grandma shook her head, not agreeing with Zhu Meizhen’s words, “Ask this girl, she’s a little kid, how can she be easily cheated? I think she has her own ideas”
“Mother, you can’t say that Ask the virtual age of only 20! This girl eliminates the look and eye-catching, meet the belly of the bad water of the young people to suffer is not still our ask?” Xu Meizhen is worried
Xu Qiushi a little calmer, pointing to Xu asked: “Tell me yourself, why do you want to quit school? Why do you want to marry?”
Xu Wen bit her lower lip in embarrassment, pondering the appropriate wording
Xu Wen came in through the door with a bowl in hand, glanced at Xu Man, sighed softly, and smiled bitterly, “About because of me!” He placed the bowl on the table and lightly patted Xu Wen’s shoulder, “Ask, don’t worry about your studies, leave everything else to brother!”
When he and Sang Xiaoqing saw the bowl, they knew that the two couples had been overheard by someone in the family Originally unsure of who it was, but when they arrived at the door and happened to hear these words, what else was there not to understand
Sang Xiaoqing followed Xu Wen into the house and took Xu Wen’s hand, blushing and feeling guilty: “Ask, did you just hear my whiny words? It’s my fault, I shouldn’t have said that I’m sorry, don’t take it personally!”
In her heart, she did feel a little dissatisfied with Xu Man, after all, there was no one in the countryside who treated Xu Man this way She wasn’t a few years older than Xu Man, and wasn’t she married and had children?
But she was really just whining
Since marrying into the Xu family, Xu Qiusi and Zhu Meizhen have treated her like their own daughter, no worse for her than for Xu Man
Xu Wen was also a warm and welcoming person who treated her well
Except for the fact that the family is poor, there is really nothing to pick on
Xu Wen spends money without earning labor points is true, but she also did not less than Xu Wen’s light In the bottom of her heart, she was also a little envious of Xu Man
Xu Man shook his head, “Sister-in-law, don’t think too much, this is something I thought about for a long time before I made the decision”
She wasn’t that great, sacrificing herself because of a few words from Sang Xiaoqing
Last year at the beginning of spring the county resumed high school education which had been suspended for several years
Even though everyone knew that they couldn’t go to college, there were still a large number of people who wanted to go to high school, and it wasn’t easy to get in
The whole county organizes a unified examination The test centers were located in the central school of each commune The oldest graduates of junior high schools, with a maximum age difference of four or five years, were competing for one hundred enrollment slots
In addition to the excellent results in the examination, various letters of recommendation or introduction are required The recommendation of the junior high school teacher, the introduction of the commune, and so on were all additional options
In the end, out of the one hundred new students admitted to the whole county, there were only eight girls
Xu Man was one of them
This was thanks to the full support of the Xu family as they tightened their belts
In her previous life, Xu Man had already graduated from a top school, so she didn’t want a small high school diploma, but she knew that the college entrance examination would be resumed next year
She then thought of taking a university exam next year so that she could run to the end of the universe – to work in the system She also coveted the free dormitory at the school
The school is in the county far from home, she lives in the usual accommodation only go home to sleep one night a week
Although the school is also a big bunk, but they are eight people, quite spacious, and are all girls, naked is not so embarrassing
Now that her sister-in-law is pregnant, she can no longer be so selfish as to plan only for herself
If she couldn’t go to school, the eight of them would have to sleep on a three-meter wide bed Not to mention Sang Xiaoqing’s unwillingness, Xu Man couldn’t stand it either
He can’t work, he can’t buy a house, he can’t go to school, and he can’t even let people know that he is educated and speaks several foreign languages She doesn’t have a skill that is needed in this day and age, so other than getting married, Xu can’t think of any other way to solve her current dilemma
Of course, she certainly will not be blindly married with eyes closed, at least to find a motivated, three views in line with similar interests of men
Zhu Meizhen looked at Xu Man and then looked at Sang Xiaoqing and asked Xu Wen: “What’s going on?”
Xu Wen let out a long sigh, half happy, half sad: “Xiaoqing is pregnant!”
The dinner table was quiet once again
“This is a good thing! What are you sighing for, you child!” Grandma busily said to Zhu Meizhen, “Meizhen, go and cook two more eggs”
Zhu Meizhen answered repeatedly and pressed Sang Xiaoqing back into her seat, her face full of joy as she said, “Sit down quickly! Don’t go to work this afternoon You have to stay at home for the first three months to recuperate”
Xu Qiushi was also very happy, “Come on, let’s clink together as a family! It’s a double celebration for our family today!”
Xu Wen: “???” It was too much for her!
How can a birthday be the same as a pregnancy?
Xu Man lifted her tea bowl and laughed, “Then I’ll follow my sister-in-law’s lead!”
The family raised their glasses of wine or water and clinked them, very happy
After being happy, they all understood why Xu Man had made these two decisions
Grandma, who was too old and had experienced a lot in her life and was open-minded, smiled and said, “More than ten years ago, we had a much harder time than we do now! The poorest time have eaten dirt, this is not still alive and well? Some people have wealth! Family addition is a happy event, why still a sad face?”
Xu Qiushi nodded, “Mother is right! Xiaoqing’s addition to our Xu family is a happy event! Come on, let’s eat!” Raising his chopsticks, he nodded at Xu Wen, “Wen, you go to school, and I’ll find a way to pay for the house You have me and your brother above you, it’s not your turn to make decisions”
“Right! Our father and I are at home! You should raise your babies and go to school” Xu Wen pinched the fish away from Sang Xiaoqing’s bowl and gave her a few pieces of meat, “Xiaoqing, listen to mother, have a good rest at home after dinner”
Sang Xiaoqing glanced at Xu Wen, her eyes pleading, “Ask, don’t quit school, right?!”
Otherwise she wouldn’t even have the face to stay in this family
Xu Wen nodded, “Sister-in-law, I’m really not angry, you can rest easy For other things, let’s all discuss slowly, there will always be a way”
“That’s right! Can a living person still be suffocated by urine?” Xu Wen agreed
Only then did Sang Xiaoqing nod her head
Just like that, the whole family unanimously rejected Xu Man’s request to quit school
As for Xu Man’s comment about wanting to marry, Xu Qiushi and Xu Wen ignored it; in their eyes, Xu Man was still a little girl, so they didn’t want her to marry!
On the contrary, Grandma and Zhu Meizhen have both loosened up a bit
Not to mention the matter of dropping out of school, Xu Wen is 20 years old and has indeed reached the age of marriage
It wouldn’t be a good idea for a big girl like her to be crammed in with a family of young and old
Zhu Meizhen is also mixed with joy and sorrow do not know what to do, after dinner said that the afternoon to Sang Xiaoqing leave, let her rest at home, he took the scissors to go to the cotton field pruning
On the way out, Grandma stopped her: “Mei Zhen, when you gather at the production team in the afternoon, you can tell us a little bit about the matter that you want to ask about finding a husband We’re not in a hurry to marry our daughter, but we can take our time first, just in case there’s a good young man who’s reliable”
Zhu Meizhen also had the same idea, and answered, “Okay! I’ll go and talk to the Liu family’s sister-in-law this afternoon”
The Liu family’s sister-in-law in the air was called Liu Xiu’e, a famous matchmaker in the commune
When Xu Wen heard this, he hurriedly chimed in, “Mom, when you talk to Mrs Liu, help me make a request In addition to being of comparable age and having a reliable character, the man must have a house of his own”
Zhu Meizhen looked at Xu Wen with a complicated expression, hesitated or nodded, and left with a sigh
Xu Wen added another child to the family said anything to build another room
Not to mention the lack of money to build, where to build is a problem
His family’s two old houses, or when he did barefoot traveling doctor Xu grandfather just settled in Taoyuan Village, the village of the two broken temples refurbished to him as a place to live
I did not expect to live is three generations, to the present
Later, time has changed, Taoyuan Village into the Taoyuan Production Brigade, is more people and less land Team home base is very limited, want extra land home base money are not good to buy, no place
Besides this Wei Zhuang Commune is a relatively special place, the entire commune all the buildings are ancient
It is said that a long time ago, the entire Wei Zhuang Commune land belongs to a Wei landlord family, the location of the commune is now an ancient manor
Most of the production brigades under Weizhuang Commune used to be called villages, such as Taojia Village, Lujia Village, this kind of village name The village name is the village surname, each village at least 70% of the people surnamed village surname
It is also said that the ancestors of these village surnames are the long laborers of the Wei family in ancient times
Over the years, regardless of this ancient manor private public into private, there is a habit has been left behind, that is, until now the entire Weizhuang Commune of dozens of production brigades, large and small, so many families, regardless of the poor and rich to cover the house will cover the green brick and red tiles with a slightly antique color of the house
Xu asked initially like this ancient colorful environment, but the turn to build their own house is a little bit not like this green brick and red tile antique building Building a brick house is much more expensive than an adobe house
The Xu family’s current income is just enough to solve the family’s daily life, simply can not afford to buy a home base can not afford to build a brick house
Xu Qiushi mouth said tough, but unfortunately tough useless, can not be converted into money
Xu family problems can not be solved for a while, but Xu asked to find the news of the object of the news released, the entire commune of the young male members of the community are stupid
The first to eat crabs is the same production team a family surnamed Wang’s family
The family conditions are not bad, or production team leader of the seventh, the family three rooms on the Wang Lei a son
As soon as I heard that Xu Man is finally looking for a partner, the next afternoon, Wang Lei’s mother couldn’t wait to come to the door to find Zhu Meizhen
This man is a ghost?
Xu Man swallowed fearfully, remembering his hand on his waist, very warm, should be a person, right?
If he was a human being, then Xu Wen would not be afraid
Her hands around the chest just wanted to open the mouth to question the man, a man-made small splash appeared out of nowhere on the water accompanied by the sound of heavy objects smashed into the water, she followed the sound and turned her head
The shore stood a muddy dirt, bulging cheeks of the boy, hand grasping a piece of dirt bumps hard to throw in the direction of Xu asked, is too small to throw not far, only in the shore stirred up a small splash
The little boy saw Xu asked to look over, huffed and pinched her waist scolded her: “Bad woman! Dad saved you, you hit him I hit you!”
Lu Yuanzheng heard the boy’s words and wanted to turn around, turning halfway around remembering the shirtless Xu asked and then hurriedly turned back, gently reprimanding the little boy, “Dongsheng, don’t fool around!” After a pause, he turned to Xu Wen, “Sorry, it’s me who didn’t teach the child well”
Xu asked, of course, she couldn’t be bothered with a child who tried his best to throw the dirt bumps over his toes, and realized that the man thought she was drowning before he jumped down to save her, and wasn’t really a hooligan
People save her, she also slapped them
Shy and embarrassed, Xu Wen really wanted to drown herself this time, what’s this all about?
She slightly calmed down her complicated mood, and dryly opened her mouth to request, “Can you first take a temporary retreat, so that I can put my clothes on first?”
The man nodded and greeted the little boy named Dongsheng on the bank, who disappeared in front of Xu Man, turning his back on her from the beginning and not allowing the little boy named Dongsheng to look back
When Xu Man was getting dressed, she heard the man on the other side of the slope educating the boy
“I brought you here to visit your grandparents’ graves, and you rolled all over the mud for me! I brought you here to take a bath, and you threw dirt at other lesbians! Do you think you have itchy skin?”
The little boy, who had been beaten up, let out an ouch and argued, “Who told her to hit you? Besides, if you hadn’t touched the lesbian, would she have hit you? They even called you a hooligan Shame on you! I’m going back to tell Uncle Lian!”
“How dare you talk back?” The male about punched the little boy again, and the reprimanding sound was mixed with the little boy’s cries of pain, “Little brat, you’re getting fat, aren’t you? You also saw her hair floating in the water and did not move, shouted and did not respond, I have to hurry down to save people? This is the most I can count the unintentional mistake, you this is called knowingly! Even if you sue ”
Xu Wen heard here all understand the man suddenly appeared and “molest” her reason
She wasn’t angry anymore, but she was inevitably embarrassed
She bit her lip and hesitated for two seconds before deciding to sneak away
Otherwise, what should we say when we meet? Thank you? Sorry?
It was wrong for her to hit someone, but any woman would be anxious if she was touched, right?
No matter what, she was the one who suffered
After all, it’s just a misunderstanding
What can we say when we meet? Can’t let people marry her to show responsibility because they touched her waist
Not to mention that she does not want to, even if she wants to, the man has a child, she can still go to break up their families?
Then she would be the snake of the farmer and the snake
Xu asked to think back carefully, sure that the two people did not see each other’s looks, only to rest assured that the change of clothes packed into the cloth bag, tiptoe short body around to the other side of the pond did not slope away