The story of a cook

Chapter 243 Talking About Zhihao's Marriage
On the fifth day of the lunar new year, after breakfast, Zhihao went out to meet his friends, leaving me, Lin Yan, Lin Yan's mother, and Zhiye at home.

Lin Yan was cleaning up in the outhouse, Lin Yan's mother was feeding the pigs, and Zhiye was reading there.

Shino is doing well in his studies, so he probably won't have a problem getting into a university.

After Lin Yan cleaned up the outhouse, she came into the room to see that I was sitting there all right, and told me to lie down for a while if I was tired. I said I was not tired, and I was not in the habit of lying down.Lin Yan said she was going to lie down for a while, and soon fell asleep on the Kang.

When Lin Yan's mother came into the room and saw Lin Yan fell asleep, she said: "This girl, you feel fast, so you can sleep as soon as you say."

I said, "She hasn't had a good rest these two days, she's a little tired."

Lin Yan's mother asked: "Did your sisters and brother-in-law come back during the Chinese New Year?"

I said, "Yes, I came back on the second day of junior high school."

"Then your house is lively enough, five girls, five aunts, all come back to see your mother, to see how lucky your mother is, five girls." Lin Yan's mother said enviously.

I said, "Well, my mother is lucky."

Lin Yan's mother asked: "The ones who work in the provincial capital are the children of your sister's family?"

I said, "My second sister's child."

Lin Yan's mother said: "I heard from Lin Yan that the child is quite sensible and good-looking."

I said, "Well, quite sensible."

Lin Yan's mother asked: "Is your eldest sister quite old? Lin Yan said that the children are all married."

I said, "Yes, the children are all married, and the older girls have children."

Lin Yan's mother asked: "How old is your eldest sister?"

I said, "My eldest sister is a sheep, 47."

"I'm a sheep, so it's not like 47. I'm a horse, so I'm one year older than your eldest sister." Lin Yan's mother said, "Everyone is married, but I don't even have a wife."

I said, "Zhihao should also call his daughter-in-law."

Lin Yan's mother said: "That's right, it's time to talk about the daughter-in-law. The children in this street who are about the same age as him already have daughter-in-laws, and some have children, but he is the only one who hasn't found a partner yet." Speaking of Lin Yan Mom sighed, and said: "Our family is poor, and there are girls who hear that our family doesn't get along with each other."

I said: "If there is a suitable one, it should be ordered."

Lin Yan's mother said: "It's time to make a decision. Now that a daughter-in-law has an old nose, at least sixty to seventy thousand. Where can our family get that money now?"

I said: "Money is a trivial matter. If there is a suitable one, the matchmaker should decide on it. Then tell Lin Yan that Lin Yan and I are raising money, so we have to tell him about his wife." Then I said : "You don't have to worry about money, don't you still have me and Lin Yan?"

"You two are in a tight spot right now. You can't make much money. I'll pay for any money you make." Lin Yan's mother said, "The pig shed was sold a year ago. I think about the last batch of pigs and buy two more." Old sow, if you buy an old sow, Zhiye will have no money to start school, Lin Yan sees that it will be difficult for me to get money for the old sow that I asked me to buy, if it weren't for your money, the old sow would not be able to buy it now."

I don't know about this, Lin Yan didn't tell me.

"I'll take it for you and you'll use it. We don't spend much money now. We spend everything we earn and spend. My family doesn't spend much money. My mother is at home and my sister and the others take good care of me, so I don't need it." I said: "Lin Yan is the boss, we don't have any burdens now, it's our family, Zhihao has to talk about his daughter-in-law, Zhiye is going to college, Lin Yan and I can help as much as we can."

Lin Yan's mother said: "That's not okay, you two are not married yet, and you don't have any family money now, so you two have to save some money, you can't just take care of us, you two have to live."

I said: "We are young and easy to earn money. Our family is doing well now. You are tired at home, raising pigs and farming. It is enough for you alone. Zhihao can also earn money now and can feed his family. Myself, the difference is that I haven’t talked about my daughter-in-law yet.” Then he said: “You save some for raising pigs, and Lin Yan and I also save some, and it will be enough to make a fuss. It will be easy to solve the problem. The rest of Zhiye's study and college entrance examination will not take that much money all at once. Lin Yan and I can start funding every month. At that time, we can just give him some money every month. In addition, you will raise him at home. Aren’t pigs also money? There’s nothing to worry about, it’s easy to handle.”

Lin Yan's mother said: "It's all thanks to your help for the past two years. If it weren't for the money from you two, how could you raise these pigs? You couldn't live in the first two years. It's a bit like a day since last year. You two It’s tiring enough, and you still have to support me if you earn some money.”

I said: "Isn't Lin Yan the boss, I should take you with me."

Lin Yan's mother asked: "I heard from Lin Yan that you two plan to get married this year?"

I said, "I have this plan, and I was just about to tell you. No matter how we get married, you need to nod your head."

Lin Yan's mother said: "It's nothing to me, just think about it, if you two wait for a year, let Lin Yan help me for another year, and I will be much more relaxed when I tell Zhihao's wife to you before you get married. "

I laughed and said, "That's okay. It doesn't matter if we get married a year earlier or later. Even if we get married, we have to help. If we can't get married, we don't care about anything."

Lin Yan's mother said: "It stands to reason that you two should get married at this age. After you get married, you have to have children. Your mother is so old and has been waiting to have a grandson for a long time. I will think about it. I will get married in one year and the next year."

I said, "Okay, it's okay, it's okay to be a year late."

I said it was fine, but I was a little unhappy in my heart.

After chatting with Lin Yan's mother for a while, Lin Yan woke up and saw that her mother and I were chatting. She asked, "What are you two talking about?"

I said, "Nothing to talk about." Then I asked, "Are you going to sleep?"

"Don't sleep."

Lin Yan's mother said: "Just now I told Guohua about your marriage, think about it and wait for another year for you to get married."

Lin Yan said: "It's okay to wait for a year, that is..." Lin Yan said a little embarrassed: "Old Tan's mother is getting old, and she wants us to get married early. We don't want children when we get married, and we will wait a year later." want."

Lin Yan's mother said: "There is no one who is married and does not want children. It is better to have children as soon as possible. When your child in his fifties just graduates from college, there will be no delay in getting married and starting a family. Don't be too late to have children, and you will suffer if you are late."

Lin Yan smiled and said, "You want us to get married a year later, and you want me to have a baby earlier, this is contradictory, mom."

Lin Yan's mother said: "Didn't I want you two to help me for an extra year? I'll just marry Zhihao a wife. Don't care about him. As long as he falls in love and we marry him, I will complete the task. I don't care if the rest of them live as they like."

Lin Yan asked: "Then, has anyone introduced you to Zhihao?"

Lin Yan's mother said: "Yes, Huang Gangzi said that there is a daughter, nineteen, and your aunt introduced it to her. Maybe someone asked about our family. Later, I heard that the woman thought our family was difficult, so it didn't work. "

Lin Yan said: "What's the difficulty? It's always difficult. No one says it's always poor. We don't want it for us."

Lin Yan's mother said: "Now talking about a daughter-in-law is worth the money, even talking about a daughter-in-law can't afford it."

Lin Yan asked: "Mom, how much is a daughter-in-law in our family?"

Lin Yan's mother said: "At least it costs [-] to [-] yuan. Li Dasang from Qianjie just got married for his son. From the engagement to the marriage, he spent a total of [-] yuan. This is not counted as the three gold for his wife. "

Lin Yan was a little surprised and said: "How much is this? That's too much. Our family doesn't have that kind of money. If 1 to [-] is okay, then Li Dasangzi's family doesn't have that kind of money either."

Lin Yan's mother said: "Where did his family get the money? It's all a two-cent profit. His wife said that when the time comes, they don't care and don't pay back any money. The old couple will pay it themselves."

Lin Yan said: "Then what's the use of marrying a daughter-in-law like this? Marrying a daughter-in-law will draw a whole lot of debts, and if you don't pay them back, then Li Dasang will be exhausted to death."

Lin Yan's mother said: "Sell the land before the time is up, so what's the matter, I can't watch my kid be a bachelor."

It seems that it's not that Beipiao said that daughter-in-law is more expensive, but here it is said that daughter-in-law is more expensive. All daughters-in-law are expensive in the world!

Sometimes I wonder, why do you need those gifts for getting married?Does it look expensive or is it expensive?

If the families with good conditions are okay, they can take out those bride price gifts, but the families with bad conditions really can't get them.If you can't get it out, you have to borrow it, if you can't borrow it, you have to raise the interest rate, and the final marriage is married, the old man is skinned, and some old people are anxious to get angry and get seriously ill——
Poor world parents heart.

I asked Lin Yan's mother: "Apart from that, is there anyone else who introduced Zhihao to someone?"

Lin Yan's mother said: "Yes, I did not agree."

Lin Yan asked, "Why don't you agree?"

Lin Yan's mother said: "He is a divorcee with a child, and he will be buried."

To be honest, I was pissed off hearing it.Why do you say that Zhihao is also a guy, even if he can't find a partner, he can't find someone to take care of the children.

Lin Yan said: "Then you can't ask for anything, what's the matter, see that our family can't be called a daughter-in-law for Zhihao? Who is it?"

Lin Yan's mother said: "Whoever did it, they have good intentions."

Lin Yan said: "I just look down on our family."

Lin Yan's mother said: "If you look down on it, you can look down on it. They live their lives, we live our lives, is it still like this? Isn't Master Ritou always at the door of a house, and our family may not be able to live well by then?"

I said: "That's right, life is lived out, our family is in difficulty now, it's not a big deal, as long as we have the heart, we can live well, now our family is much better than before, and it will be better in the future, little by little. , don't worry."

In fact, life is like this, it’s all lived out, as long as you have heart and lungs, there will be no days you can’t live with.

(End of this chapter)