Fengcheng old events

Chapter 38 Getting Married

The carriage was shaking, Balidi was so far away in this era.

From time to time there was a cry on the mountain, and the whole world seemed so quiet. The wind blew gently, and the tall grass swayed by the side of the road. Someone was walking on the road wearing a straw hat, and his back was soaked. The carriage gave way to the side of the road and looked at the people on the carriage.

The river was shining with scales and flowing quietly, and there were children playing on the river beach, watching the carriage slowly passing by enviously.

Liu Zhaofeng looked into the distance and murmured, "It's so far away."

Zhang Jingyi hugged his daughter and reached out to grab his son's hand.

Liu Jinrong said: "Brother, listen to the birds singing on the mountain, it's really nice."

In sight, except for the small river and the crops, there are all mountains. There are mountains in the front, back, left, and right. The only view is the stretch of pine forest. The blue sky is above the head. Clouds come out of the top of the mountain over there. Get out of sight from the top of the hill here.

The gravel national defense road winds and passes between the mountain and the river.

The carriage stopped.

Mrs. Zhang's family coughed to clear her voice after she hadn't spoken for a long time, and said, "It's here, let's get out of the car."

Liu Jinrong turned his little head to look around, Liu Zhaofeng jumped out of the carriage, helped Zhang Jingyi down, and turned his head to look at the yard under the ridge.

A small whip crackled on the entrance of the yard, a hundred rings, and it cost [-] cents to buy it in the cooperative, no ticket.

The captain of the fourth team came up from the yard with people and helped move the things into the yard and put them on the South Kang in the east room. This was the first time Zhang Jingyi saw the man he was going to marry.

The beard is clean-shaven, and he is quite tall, 1.7 meters tall, and he is not bad in length. He has thick eyebrows and big eyes, with short shaved hair, and wears a half-new people's uniform, which is a bit stiff.His name is Zhang Wanzhi.

His brother smiled happily, his hair was a little gray, but he was very energetic and his eyes were bright. He came up to say hello to the eldest brother and sister-in-law of the Zhang family, touched the top of Liu Jinrong's head with a smile, and stuffed her with two pieces of candy.My brother is called Zhang Wanli.

In order to avoid the war, the elder brother and the younger brother lived in the middle of the mountain on the south slope of Xiling Mountain. They were the only family on that side of the mountain, living a life of half hunting and half farming. They were moved out and distributed to various villages.

A family of four brothers, benevolent, righteous, courteous and wise, even parents only two brothers and one sister survived from that era.

My sister married far away, and she doesn't usually move around. In this day and age, distance means isolation.Only one branch from my sister's side married to Yaojiabao, and they were called uncles, so they were regarded as relatives.

There was no wedding either. Under the watchful eyes of the captain and Zhang Wanli, Zhang Jingyi and Zhang Wanzhi bowed to each other three times, which was regarded as worship.

Zhang Jingyi asked Liu Zhaofeng and Liu Jinrong to bow to Zhang Wanzhi three times and called him Dad.

For these people, after eating a meal and drinking a pot of white wine, the matter is considered to be a success. The captain asked Zhang Wanzhi to register for Zhang Jingyi's family in the afternoon, and moved from the second team to the fourth team. Only those who have a share can be eligible for land allocation.

But it will have to wait until the beginning of spring next year. This year, Zhang Jingyi's family's land is still in Fatai.

After everyone left and saw off the Zhang family's eldest brother and sister-in-law, Zhang Jingyi had time to look at this new home.

The outhouse is in the middle of the house.

Entering the room, facing the middle of the room is a stone mill, slightly smaller and more limited than the one pushed by Zhang Jingyi in the second team. There are three stoves in the north, south, and west in the room, and there is only one north kang in the west room.The doors of the east and west houses face each other across the stone mill.

There is no inner roof on the outer layer, and when you look up, you can see thick and straight beams and house frames, and dense sandalwood rafters.A few spikes are nailed on both ends of the girder, and several baskets and baskets are hung to prevent rats.

A sickle, ax, dustpan, and two muzzle-loading shotguns hung on the relatively smooth wall. The two-meter-long barrels of the guns were polished and the horn barrels were already coated.

The floor of the house is rammed hard and flat mud, which can be swept clean.

The elder brother Zhang Wanli lived in the west room, and Zhang Jingyi was not allowed to enter. In the east room, there were two kangs, the north and the south.

Between the north and south kangs, there is a one-meter-wide auxiliary kang at the east end of the house, on which there is also a cabinet, a clock, a mirror, and a kettle.

The kang is covered with mats made of corn stalks, newspapers are pasted on the walls, and there are two large beams with inner roofs on the beams, which are also covered with newspapers.

There is a wooden plank between the two beams, and things are placed on it.

There is an electric light in the house, and a small piece of glass is inlaid on the partition wall between the stove and the kang. The light bulb is hung on the glass, and it is shared inside and outside. When the light is turned on, both inside and outside the room are bright.There are two light bulbs, one on the south kang in the east room and one on the north kang in the west room.

The windows are of the half-lattice style in the old age, with window paper pasted on the upper half and glass windows on the lower half.

Zhang Wanli said: "Come here, it's a family. Although there is no bride price, don't pick it up. Take the child here and live here with peace of mind. The child is our own child. We have a bite to eat. They eat in one bite.

I've heard about your matter, and it's not easy, it's fate.From now on, the house will be handed over to you, and you don't have to worry about the things on the ground and the outside things, just take care of the house, take care of the children, and just have a hot meal when you come back from work. "

Zhang Jingyi said, "I can't cook well."

Zhang Wanli smiled, and said, "No one is born, take your time, don't rush. This little girl is clever just by looking at her, come on, call me master."

Liu Jinrong leaned on Zhang Jingyi and looked at Zhang Wanli timidly, and called softly, "Master."

Zhang Wanli looked at Liu Zhaofeng again: "This kid is big enough, but he's too thin. Is he energetic?"

Liu Zhaofeng nodded.

Zhang Wanli said: "Okay, we don't have to be polite anymore, you pack up your things, and the two little ones can play casually."

Zhang Jingyi asked: "Where is the firewood? Is there any in the toilet yard?"

Zhang Wanzhi said: "The firewood piles are on the east side, on the side of the road outside the yard, and the firewood is piled under the eaves on the west side. The toilet is on the east side, behind the neck of the chimney, next to the pigsty." He spoke softly, his voice a little fine.

Looking at the back window, Zhang Jingyi asked, "Do you have to go around in the field behind?"

Zhang Wanzhi said: "No detour, there is a ladder from the back window. It is a bit far away if you go around. You don't have to go to the field, you can do it."

Liu Jinrong shook Zhang Jingyi's arm: "Mom, it's so far away here, what should I do to go to school? I can't find it."

Liu Jinrong looked at Zhang Wanzhi.

Zhang Wanli said: "Go to school? There is a small school in the village, and you go to it in the village. Follow the road at Dongtou and you will enter the village, one mile away. The school is on the slope behind the sheep pen, easy to find. It is a big tile-roofed house. When I go to close the account, I will sign up for it.”

(End of this chapter)