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Chapter 10 Preparation
Feng Yingjie who hung up the phone knew what his grandfather would think and what kind of decision he would make without thinking about it. It was just that no one could snatch what belonged to him. Thinking about the little thoughts of the family, Feng Yingjie could not bear Can't help laughing, he did back down, but what's his is his, if you want to snatch it from him, it depends on whether he is willing or not!

The post office is not far from the supply and marketing cooperative, so he strolled to the supply and marketing cooperative. Feng Yingjie bought a pair of watches and a radio generously. After looking at the ready-made clothes and thinking about the rumors in the village, he went to the cloth selling At the counter, I asked about the size needed to make a dress, and directly bought enough fabric for Li Lin to make two sets of summer clothes and two sets of autumn clothes.

I bought some snacks and candies, thought for a while and bought two bottles of wine and two packs of cigarettes, and finally bought pork and two chickens. The tickets and money I brought with me were almost spent, so Feng Yingjie carried the big bags and small bags. The things left the supply and marketing cooperatives.

On the way back to the village, he realized that this supply and marketing cooperative is not where Li Lin works, but he didn't see Li Lin. He thought that Li Lin asked for leave yesterday, not only for one day, but thinking about getting engaged tomorrow, then Li Lin probably I will go to work the day after tomorrow!Didn't he ask for two days off with the captain early on!
From a distance, I saw the educated youth compound at the head of the village. Feng Yingjie thought about it and went directly to the captain's house. Although there is not much farm work in the field now, the men in the family usually do the work, and the women usually stay at home. Clean up the housework and the vegetable garden at home. At this time, the wife of the captain Li Guoliang should be preparing lunch at home.

Sure enough, as soon as she entered the courtyard, the third aunt came out of the kitchen, looked at Feng Yingjie with the big and small bags, and was taken aback for a moment before welcoming him into the main room. very.

"Aunt San, we are engaged tomorrow. Although you are from your mother's family, you also know that I am not familiar with other aunts and aunts in the village. Please ask Aunt San to act as a matchmaker for a while."

After speaking, he took out a small bag of snacks and small bags of candy from the bag, and said with a smile: "Mother San, this is a gift to thank the matchmaker, please don't dislike it."

"Okay, then tell me what you have prepared?" Third Auntie didn't refuse, she nodded with a smile, and asked directly after looking at the big and small bags on the table.

Feng Yingjie smiled a little shyly, and said with erratic eyes: "I bought a watch for Linlin, a radio for my aunt, and some fabrics. What else do you need? Auntie, tell me." , I will go to the supply and marketing cooperative again in the afternoon."

The third aunt and Feng Yingjie looked at the things on the table together, thought for a while and said: "These things you prepared are not small, these fabrics can make several clothes, watches and radios are big, but yours Buying a pair of shoes for Miss Lin, this is our rule, and there is nothing else. As for the dowry gift, there is no certainty, a few yuan less than a dozen yuan, and a lot more than 80 yuan. It's a negotiation between the two."

"As for tobacco and alcohol, you don't have a father-in-law, so you don't need to prepare for these two things." The third aunt looked at the two bottles of wine and two packs of cigarettes and said seriously. She knew that these educated youths came from big cities, but some Her hands were more generous, while others were tight. She never thought that Feng Yingjie would have such a big budget.

Looking at the cigarettes and alcohol on the table, Feng Yingjie smiled and said: "Auntie, this cigarettes and alcohol are not for the engagement, they are for the secretary and the captain. To be honest, I will change my words after the engagement tomorrow." Calling Second Grandpa and Third Uncle, Auntie also said that I don’t have a father-in-law, so the elders in this family have Second Grandpa and Third Uncle as the masters.”

"Your children are all members of the same family, so you should be so polite. This is the first time that I will accept them. It will not be like this in the future. There will be no heretics in the whole family. It is not too early at this time." Alright, stay at home for lunch, call Shanglin girl in the afternoon, and take her to the supply and marketing agency to buy a pair of shoes!"

Seeing the quick talk of San Auntie, Feng Yingjie didn't refuse. Under San Aunt's command, he put the pork and two chickens into a basket, hung them on a rope and put them in the well in the yard. It's so hot, these meaty chickens and so on will turn bad tomorrow.

The temperature in the well is low, so it’s okay to leave it like this for a day and a night. Because Feng Yingjie is here, the third aunt specially cut a piece of bacon and fried garlic sprouts with bacon. , It's just eating an egg, no money and no conditions to eat meat and fish.

After lunch, Feng Yingjie strolled to Li Lin's house with snacks and candies. It happened that Li Lin's mother and daughter had just finished their lunch. Seeing Feng Yingjie carrying things, he let them go to the main room inside.

Feng Yingjie said softly what he had prepared, and discussed with Liu Yuan how much the bride price should be. One of the two didn't want more, and the other didn't want Li Lin to be wronged. In the end, Li Lin made the decision: "Then 99 It’s a dollar, it lasts a long time, and the meaning is good.”

Although 99 yuan is a lot, it is not too much. After all, there is a family in the Chunshang Brigade who is betrothed to the woman. That's right, it's the daughter of other brigade captains, and because of such a high betrothal gift, she's been in the spotlight in these ten miles and eight villages.

Li Lin doesn't want to be high-profile, and she doesn't want to be too low-key. It's good to just stay in the middle like this. Seeing that Feng Yingjie was still a little unwilling, Li Lin persuaded softly: "I know you don't want to wrong me, but this 99 yuan is not too little, and besides, there will be more places to spend money in the future, so we don’t need to make a difference on it, it’s unnecessary.”

"Then let's buy a bicycle and a sewing machine! Don't we all pay attention to three turns and one sound now!" Feng Yingjie didn't want to refute Li Lin, so after thinking about it, he tried to get it back from other places.

Li Lin glanced at her mother's satisfied expression, paused, and then said softly: "Forget about the bicycle and sewing machine, I have a bicycle at home, and when you go to the commune primary school to teach, the two of us can ride a bicycle. I also have a sewing machine at home, I just bought it last year, there is no need to buy it again, by the way, have you ever thought about where we will live after we get married?"

"I, I haven't thought about it yet, so what do you and your aunt think?" Feng Yingjie was stunned for a moment. He really hadn't thought about this question. From yesterday to now, although he made a marriage contract in a hurry, he only thought about tomorrow I really haven't had time to think about other things!

Li Lin looked at him carefully and said: "Although the house in my house is not new, it has only been built for five or six years. My mother is the only one in the house. There are many houses and a big yard. You say we live at home when we get married." Of course, I’m just saying that, if you don’t want to, let’s think about other things. If you want to build a new house, then I’ll discuss it with Sanbo and the others, and see if the homestead can be closer to my house. what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)