Life in a small village with quiet mountains and quiet waters

Chapter 241 Joy

"Siwei, have you thought about the matchmaker? Who is suitable to be the matchmaker?"

Hu Shunkai looked at his prospective son-in-law and asked.

Although there is no more wine, there must be some rules that don't cost much, such as matchmakers.

Originally, Gu Siwei wanted Liu Fulin to be the matchmaker, but after thinking about it yesterday, it was a bit inappropriate, because the matchmaker had to go this way, and it would take at least two days to go back and forth from the village to the factory, and at least two days. Back and forth, nothing to do to toss the old man what to do.

Although I told the old uncle that the old uncle must be very happy about this, but Gu Siwei thinks it is best to find someone nearby to be the matchmaker.

"I think Xu Congwen is a good matchmaker," Gu Siwei said to the prospective father-in-law.

"Xu Congwen?"

Someone among the relatives murmured: "This name seems a little familiar, but I can't remember where I heard it before."

"Yanming's master, Mr. Xu," Hu Shun said with a smile.

"It turned out to be him, no wonder you, I know you mentioned Chief Master Xu, but I really haven't turned the corner when you mention his name," said this man with a smile.

"Have you talked to anyone about it?"

The relatives were a little worried. Gu Siwei and Xu Congwen's family would talk nonsense and fart together, but in the eyes of others, Xu Congwen had a great temper.

Moreover, the old man's ability and status matched his temper. Even if others had objections, they had to bear with it and wanted to stab Xu Congwen. There were not many people in the surrounding factories who were qualified.

Asking Xu Congwen to be a matchmaker, I have to say that the standard is a bit high, so the relatives asked with concern, not to say what they don't believe, but to remind them out of kindness.

"I'll go over later," Gu Siwei replied cheerfully.

The relative thought about it for a while and stopped asking.

All these matters have been discussed, and at noon, there is nothing to be particular about if they are all relatives. When the time comes, the women come into the house to cook, and the men continue to chat in the outer room.

Gu Siwei didn't gossip, he waited for the matter to be almost finished, and then rode Hu Yanqiu's car to Xu Congwen's house, planning to ask the old man to be his matchmaker.

When I arrived at the gate of Xu Congwen's house, it was a coincidence that I met the old man coming out of the yard. Just as I was about to lift my bicycle, I saw Gu Siwei coming from the opposite side.

"Siwei! You kid finally have time to come?"

Gu Siwei smiled and said, "Didn't I come here?"

"Let's go, have you eaten? Why don't you accompany me for a drink or two?" Xu Congwen asked with a smile.

"What time is it, how could I not have eaten. I came here this time to ask you for a favor." Gu Siwei pushed the car to Xu Congwen's side.

Xu Congwen was very surprised and said: "You ask me for help, then I really want to know what it is."

Gu Siwei said: "I'm going to get married. My wife and I met by ourselves, so there is no matchmaker. Now that I have to do something, I found out that I need a matchmaker. Why don't I come here and invite you to be the matchmaker."

"Are you getting married? That girl from the Hu family?" Xu Congwen asked.

Gu Siwei said cheerfully, "Who else is there besides her?"

"That's a good thing. I've agreed to it. But why do you want to get married all of a sudden? Did something serious happen to your kid?" Xu Congwen was a little surprised.

Gu Siwei said: "It's not what you think, but a lot of things have happened between us during this period, and I can't understand a sentence or two. We will do business next Saturday. Please wait for two days to ask you to talk to me." Let me formally go to Hu's house together to propose marriage..."

"Okay, I'm more familiar with this than you, just tell me your life will be over, and you plan to follow the customs there?" Xu Congwen looked at Gu Siwei and asked cheerfully.

Gu Siwei couldn't help being stunned for a moment when he heard this: "Where are the rules? I will do what everyone does, and there are specific rules?"

"Everyone is different. Some people pay more attention to things, and they bring different things when they come to propose marriage for the first time. For example, we have to prepare eight kinds of gifts in our hometown. There are not eight kinds of gifts in the custom here, but there must be six. Desserts, and some places must have specific things, for example, in my lover’s hometown, a piece of meat is required to propose a marriage, other things can be without this thing, there must be... ".

Gu Siwei looked at the old man who was talking eloquently, and asked after a while, "Are you talking to me?"

Xu Congwen listened for a while: "Why do you call it bullshit, the wind is different in ten miles, and the vulgarity is different in a hundred miles. You think it's just for fun."

Gu Siwei said: "Don't fix those who have or don't have them, I am like a poor ghost, and I am frugal in everything."

"You cheapskate, you are not poor. Compared with you, I am poor. The money you make from the small cafeteria of the second factory in a month is probably several times my salary. You don't spend money on food and drink. You Still poor?"

Gu Siwei said: "Let's not talk about money, okay? You have made such a philistine about getting married."

"I'm a business philistine? You're the kid..." Xu Congwen likes to talk nonsense with Gu Siwei, and the two of them can talk for half an hour like this.

I don't know why, Xu Congwen just likes to talk to Gu Siwei like this, except for Zhu Shiming, this old man can't play with others.

The two chatted on the street for a while, and the last few sentences settled the matter, Xu Congwen stopped talking nonsense, and listed some things for Gu Siwei to bring when the time came.

Very simple things are nothing more than cigarettes and alcohol. There are no good things these days, such as Moutai, Wuliangye, etc., which ordinary people can give away.

"Don't bring expensive things. The wine is better than Daqu wine. A blue porcelain bottle is enough. Two bottles of this thing are not much more expensive than Daqu wine. The most important thing is that it looks good. There is a square box outside. The cigarettes are of the grade of Dazhongjiu. Just do it," Xu Congwen said.

Gu Siwei said: "Will it be too...".

"That's fine. If it's too expensive, it's not good for others to see. If you like to give your father-in-law a drink of Moutai every day in private, that's fine, but it's okay to go about things like this now. If you want to be the first bird It’s not beautiful on the contrary, and don’t make a fuss about it, although it’s not too particular here, and it’s not the same as outside, but be careful when sailing for thousands of years…”

Xu Congwen's words were completely considered from Gu Siwei's point of view.

After hearing this, Gu Siwei said with emotion in his heart: Who said that this old man is not naughty at all, isn't this human accident quite understandable.

After thinking about it for a while, if the old man didn't have this level, how could he be able to live a happy life now? Those who are capable of living a peaceful life these days are not ordinary people.

"You can figure it out, oh, there is one more thing, on the day of the wedding, invite your family to a gathering." Gu Siwei told Xu Congwen the day of work.

"A wedding banquet?" Xu Congwen frowned.

Gu Siwei said: "It's not a wedding banquet. Didn't the folks come over that day? Then everyone will have a meal together. The excitement is not a wedding banquet. The whole family will come together."

When Xu Congwen heard Gu Siwei's explanation, he knew that this was a compromise. To put it bluntly, it meant the same thing, but with this meaning, it was so eye-catching.

"I will definitely go when the time comes, as for the family members," Xu Congwen said.

"No, the whole family is here, it's so lively." Gu Siwei's invitation is still to be invited.

Xu Congwen waved his hand and didn't answer directly, but asked Gu Siwei about his future situation.

"Then you will live separately from your lover in the future?"

"Is this considered a separation between the two places?" Gu Siwei laughed.

Xu Congwen said: "Why doesn't it count? Your wife works here, and you farm in the countryside. Seeing you once every three to five days doesn't count?"

Gu Siwei smiled and said: "That's right, she will live with me back there for a while, rest and recuperate, and then go to work after a while."

This is the explanation that Gu Siwei got from Hu Yanqiu's mouth. He didn't know that Hu Yanqiu was just trying to comfort him. Hu Yanqiu had completely different plans from Gu Siwei's for the lives of the two of them.

Gu Siwei looks at this issue from the perspective of generations of generations, but Hu Yanqiu is different. She looks at the issue of offspring and Gu Siwei can be said to be completely different.

Just when Gu Siwei and Xu Congwen were chatting happily.

The Hu family also sent away relatives and friends, and Hu Shunkai also went to work at the unit, leaving only Lu Yihui and Hu Yanqiu mother and daughter sitting face to face, relatively silent.

It wasn't that she was speechless, but that Lu Yihui looked at her daughter with heartache.

"Why are you bothering, I think Siwei is different from others, maybe he really doesn't care about these things," Lu Yihui said to Hu Yanqiu.

After hearing this, Hu Yanqiu smiled and said: "I know, he may not feel it now, but what if he regrets it in the future? People will change. I don't want to drag him down because of me. I also know that he is a very good person. Mom, don’t worry, I’m fine, I will live my life with my heart and live happily in the future, you don’t have to worry.”

Lu Yihui sighed after listening, and didn't know what to say to persuade her daughter for a while, sometimes she felt that it was not good for her daughter to be too assertive, and would not listen to other people's advice at all.

Lu Yihui kept silent and just looked at her daughter, while Hu Yanqiu hummed a little tune softly, what tune was it that Lu Yihui had never heard before, it sounded very strange, after listening for a while she couldn't help asking: "What tune is this? "

"I also want to know. I heard it from Siwei. He didn't know what it was. He said he seemed to have heard it somewhere, and he kept humming it because he thought it sounded good." Hu Yanqiu laughed.

After listening for a while, Lu Yihui hummed too.

Hu Yanqiu's mother and daughter didn't know what the song was called, but how could Gu Siwei not know.

He is currently whistling this song while riding happily on his bicycle.

"My heart belongs to you, only you, no matter how deep the sky is like the sea, I have no regrets in this life...May the evening wind blow me into your heart...".

Gu Siwei whistled a little song into a happy tune.

Lao Gu is getting married!
(End of this chapter)