Life in a small village with quiet mountains and quiet waters

Chapter 188 Gifts
After dinner, the sun went down and the weather became cooler. Gu Siwei took Sicui to the village.

The two brothers and sisters got off the cliff and got on the boat. They went all the way to the entrance of the village, which is the small courtyard where Gu Siwei used to live. Now it belongs to Sun Qiumei and her husband Zhao Fangming.

The two have already negotiated their certificates, but they haven't held a banquet yet. Of course, the couple can't hold any banquet now. They are so poor that they can't afford to eat by themselves. What kind of banquet can they still hold.

It's just a matter of buying some candy and sharing it with the children in the village, and the adults coming over to have a cup of tea and say a few auspicious words.

Now this condition is superfluous to say anything.

Today is the day for the two of them to set up a table, and it can't be said that they have set up a table, because they didn't even set up a table?Just go through the motions and let everyone be lively together.

So now Gu Siwei took his younger sister Sicui to congratulate Zhao Fangming and Sun Qiumei together, and at the same time gave some hands-on things for future use as gifts.

Gu Siwei didn't give anything too good. First, the folks are not rich. If I send a bicycle here, how will others deal with it?

So what Gu Siwei prepares for the new couple here is a bed of four pieces. At this time, it is not a four-piece set, it should be said to be a six-piece set. The pillow has not only a pillowcase but also a pillow towel. These things are two big towels for sleeping. Time to spread it on the pillow.

Up to now, Gu Siwei still hasn't figured it out. There are already pillowcases, so why do you need pillow covers?
If you don't understand, you don't understand, but it doesn't prevent Gu Siwei from going to the countryside to do as the Romans do. He doesn't use it himself, but it looks good when he gives it away.

Of course, Gu Siwei didn't buy these things with money. The last time he scooped up people's wool from the store hadn't been scattered yet, so this is definitely a gift to the Buddha.

Originally sending these things, Gu Siwei was worried that there was something wrong with what he said, so he asked Wu Meiling's sister-in-law of the Wu family, but Meiling's sister-in-law smiled and said that it was all right, big or small, so Gu Siwei decided to send these .

"Brother, when are you getting married?"

Sicui was sitting on the deck of the bow, her two feet were soaking in the water, next to her were flowers and squares, the two big guys were like children now, opening their mouths to swallow Sicui's feet from time to time, and then Spit it out again.

Si Cui laughed and giggled.

"Why are you asking that all of a sudden?"

Gu Siwei looked at Sicui and asked with a smile.

Sicui said: "It's nothing, I just want to ask, just wait for my sister-in-law to marry into the family."

"What's the matter?" Gu Siwei was a little puzzled.

Sicui said with a smile: "After a year, I will have a little nephew with me, so it will be fine."

Uh!
Gu Siwei never thought that Sicui would say such a reason, he couldn't help laughing for a while, and then teased her and said: "Why isn't it a little niece? You don't like her if it's a little niece?"

Si Cui shook her head: "No, I like it too, but it's just that my sister-in-law needs to have another nephew. Otherwise, who will we give so much land to in the future? The niece's child will not be named Gu."

Gu Siwei smiled after hearing this: "You are patriarchal at a young age. This is not a problem. Even if there is only one little niece, these things are hers."

Si Cui shook her head: "That's impossible, maybe our family will be bullied to death in the future. Well, when my sister-in-law comes in, I will have a few more children, and then there will be seven or eight nephews. With this attitude, no one will dare to bully our family up".

Sicui was rubbing her feet while talking, the smile on her face was as red as the sun just set.

Gu Siwei doesn't know what to say about this girl. It is needless to say that the girl's life was hard in the past. It is normal to be bullied by others. There are no brothers and sisters, and no parents to rely on. The little man naturally thinks about the large population in the future Some, this way you won't be bullied.

Thinking of this, Gu Siwei responded with a smile: "Okay, after your sister-in-law enters the door, you can tell your sister-in-law."

"Well, let me say." Si Cui nodded, her small face was upright, as if she had made a lot of determination, making Gu Siwei so happy.

Suddenly, Sicui asked again: "Brother, is my sister-in-law Sister Yanqiu?"

"Ok?"

Gu Siwei asked, "Why do you say that?"

Although Gu Siwei thinks that Hu Yanqiu is a good girl, he is also happy to have a relationship with her, but get married?This... well, the word marriage doesn't often appear together in Gu Siwei's mind.

In the past, when he was in his thirties, he didn't even want to get married, but now he himself is 17 years old, at the same age as a flower, so he just wants to get married?

Even if it is common to get married early in the countryside now, Gu Siwei is not in the mood to join in the fun.

Is it bad to live alone?
This was a common view among young people in Gu Siwei's time.

"How do I know that?" Gu Siwei said truthfully.

Si Cui was a little confused, and turned to look at her brother, as if I was looking at a fool.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Gu Siwei was a little strange.

"Brother, you are not always smart."

Si Cui said something nonchalantly.

Gu Siwei said with a smile: "Where did you say that? Who said I'm smart in everything?"

Si Cui frowned proudly: "I said, I think my brother is smart in everything he does."

"Thank you for coming"

Gu Siwei laughed twice.

"But you did something wrong. I think sister Yanqiu also thinks you are good, and you also think sister Yanqiu is good. If this is the case, you can get married. Why are you hanging around here? You really have time to spare! "

"..."

This time Gu Siwei was completely speechless, and opened his mouth and said: "Marriage is not so easy. It is two people who decide to spend the rest of their lives together for decades. We have to be more careful. I am now with you, sister Yanqiu. think carefully."

Gu Siwei didn't know how to explain this to a child as old as Sicui, so he just talked nonsense.

Si Cui naturally doesn't understand, the little girl sees that people who get married are married on three sides, that is, they meet once during the blind date. It's time for the bridal chamber wedding night.

At this time, the farmers’ families came here for marriage. The sixteen and seventeen-year-old half-old children were brought by their parents to meet them. Generally, the two families knew the basics, and there was nothing to choose. If you can come to meet, it means The two families are satisfied with each other's conditions. As for the opinions of the two children, there are, but not many.

Blind marriage and dumb marriage are talking about such a situation.

But you can't say well?It’s not good. Now many people spend their whole life in peace and support each other. After decades, they will fall in love automatically. In addition to shaking the bed a few times, it will increase the divorce rate.

"I think it's quite simple~!" Si Cui said.

After finishing speaking, Sicui's brain circuit began to jump, and asked: "Brother, let's give sister Qiumei such a big gift this time, when you get married, can sister Qiumei return it?"

Hahahaha.

Gu Siwei laughed and said, "You girl, why are you so stingy? Now that the gifts haven't been sent out, you just want to take them back?"

"That's for sure." Si Cui looked back at the basket again.

In the basket was a gift from Gu Siwei. Sicui was a little greedy, but it wasn't that Sicui didn't have it. Sicui's bed was now covered with a thin blanket, which was many times more expensive than this thing.

The blanket is made of soft fur, made of animal hair, not just wool, it is hard and brittle, and ordinary people can't cover it without a cover. Gu Siwei doesn't know what kind of wool it is. How can I have the face to run back and ask people what kind of wool this blanket is.

Anyway, it's pretty expensive.

But Sicui, who is used to being poor, is reluctant to give things to others.

Just when I wanted to talk to the girl, I found out that I had arrived at the pier of the Liu and Guo families, and the two families were on the pier preparing to board the ship.

"Four-dimensional!"

Liu Fulin waved at Gu Siwei.

Gu Siwei was about to stop the boat, but the speed of the boat was a bit fast, and the speed of the boat was slowed down after drifting past the pier for about [-] meters.

At this time, it is natural to ask the square and the grass flower to help, but if they help the boat to stop quickly, it may have a bad impact on the hull. Gu Siwei is afraid that one day he will float into the water while sitting on the boat. If it is okay in summer, If it's winter, it will be cool.

What was even more frightening was that he was not on the boat at the time, and someone else was on the boat, which might cause fatalities, so Gu Siwei only used the pole to steer the boat to slow down.

When the boat slowed down, Liu Fulin and his family had already boarded the boat and floated over.

"My family didn't come with me?"

Gu Siwei saw that only three people came from the two families, including Liu Dezhu, who was not on the boat, so he let go of the pole and asked a question at the same time.

Liu Fulin said: "It's just to give something to say, what are there so many people doing here?"

Guo Shengshou said with a smile: "Our family didn't bring any of them, and the second boy even complained that the candy from your aunt's house is not as good as yours. It's not fun to talk nonsense in the past."

Gu Siwei smiled when he heard this: "Tongyan is innocent!"

That's what I said, but it was really embarrassing to say it on the spot, so Guo Shengshou and his wife simply threw their own children at home, and Liu Dezhu helped to take care of them.

"Siwei, what are you preparing for?" Guo Shengshou asked.

Wu Meiling laughed and said, "Look at your memory, didn't I tell you that?"

Guo Shengshou patted his forehead: "Look at my memory, I told me that the bedding is pretty good. But it's not as practical as ours."

Now Gu Siwei was surprised and asked, "What did your family send?"

Wu Meiling said happily: "What can we give to our family, and what else can we give? Our two families have discussed it, and each will send a bag of this year's new rice."

As she spoke, Wu Meiling pointed to the cabin.

Gu Siwei looked at it, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it is more practical than what I gave you."

Zhao Fangming and Sun Qiumei have no land in the village. Although Sun Qiumei's parents and elder brothers are in the village, it is impossible to give her the land. The reason is very simple. She is a girl and she does not have her share of the land.

This is what people think now, so Gu Siwei will not judge others with morals decades later.

There is no food without land, so for this young couple, food must be more important than others. Gu Siwei estimated that most families in the village gave it in this way.

The three families got together like this, and the two boats drifted downstream almost side by side.

(End of this chapter)