Blind wife

Chapter 29: One happy and one sad

The two were washing clothes, talking between women, and they finished washing soon.Yang Shengguo helped Xiaocui carry a bamboo cage, and the two went up the embankment and went back to the village.

Yang Shengguo returned home, put the washed clothes on the clothesline, and Dagou and Liu Shutian came out of the house.Liu Shutian said: "Born, the big dog has been waiting for you at home."

Yang Shengguo said with a smile: "Big Dog, why are you looking for your sister-in-law?"

The big dog said: "My father and mother invite you to go over and let you go to Taozi's house and talk about my marriage with Taozi."

Yang Shengguo smiled and said: "Okay, it's time to get married a long time ago, my sister-in-law is waiting to drink your wedding wine, you go there first, and my sister-in-law will go after hanging up these clothes."

This time, Yang Sheng went to Taozi's house and put the 500 yuan on the table. Li Youcai smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into a line, and he quickly agreed to Taozi and Dagou's marriage. The date was set and placed on the lunar calendar August 8th.With less than a month left, it's time to prepare.

At first Yang Shengguo was worried about Taozi’s problem, but Taozi stood by and listened all the time, added water to her twice, and didn’t object when talking about the day. Yang Shengguo let out a sigh of relief and hurriedly I bid farewell to Taozi's family and went back to Taohuagou.

The day was settled, and Dagou's family began to get busy with preparations. Jia Cailan called Aunt Shuanwa, and Zhuzi's mother waited for a few women to sew new quilts and mattresses for Dagou. Dagou called Daqiang Zhuzi to help him tidy up. The house, everything is ready, the big dog used the extra wood in the house to build a vertical cabinet, made a dressing table, and installed mercury glass that can see people on the whole surface. While painting the furniture, he painted the doors and windows in his room Also flashed a new one.

After all this is done, there are only three days left before the wedding day.The big dog put a few packs of cigarettes in his pocket, and walked around the village with a smile on his face all the time, humming the song "The Great Wall Will Never Fall" from the TV series Huo Yuanjia, and gave out a cigarette to the village when he saw someone. The man told the day of his marriage and asked them to come to his house two days in advance to be deacons.

The closer this day came, the uglier Ergou's face became. The big dog knew what Ergou was thinking, so he flattered him, avoided him, and kept as little contact with him as possible to avoid sparks.

Ergou was angry at home and threw things to bang, Liu Maogen and Jia Cailan also let him, the day was approaching, and they didn't want to have any trouble with Ergou, but they were very anxious.

Zaohua knew about the big dog's marriage early on, and also heard from Zhuzi that the second dog's temper was not going well, so she put on a face all day long, and when she saw everyone wanted to fight with him, she wanted to find him.

After the peaches were sold out, Ergou stopped sleeping in the Taoyuan. Zaohua went to Ergou's house twice to look for him, but he couldn't find anyone. His family didn't know where he went, so Zaohua was a little anxious.

Most of the time these days, Ergou went to the hillside behind the village, where there is a soft and thick layer of grass, lying on it, looking at the top of the mountain and half of the sky, watching an eagle leisurely flying in the air Gliding in the middle, looking for their prey.

Zaohua searched almost every nook and corner of the village, but couldn't find Ergou, so she went up the hillside, saw Ergou from a distance, and walked towards him.

Er Gou also saw her, but his body didn't move, his eyes looked at the sky again.

Zaohua sat down beside him and said, "Ergou, what are you doing hiding here?"

Ergou said blankly: "I didn't hide from anyone, I like to stay here alone."

Zao Hua turned to face Er Gou, looked into his eyes, and said, "Er Gou, why do you think I don't know what's going on in your heart? You treat everyone like melon seeds?"

Ergou said, "What I think has nothing to do with you."

Zaohua said aggrievedly: "It has something to do with me, you are still thinking about Taozi, right? Brother Big Dog is going to marry Taozi soon, you are not happy, right? Why do you still think about her?"

Ergou was a little annoyed by her, and said, "I miss her, and I miss her, so leave me alone."

There were tears in Zaohua's aggrieved eyes, and she choked up and said: "Before you thought I couldn't control her, and I was too lazy to control you, but now I can't, and now I have the right to control you. If you continue like this, not only I will be sad, uncle Auntie and Aunt are also feeling bad, and Big Dog is also feeling bad, do you know that?"

Zaohua's tears fell on Ergou's face, and one drop fell on the corner of his mouth, and he tasted the salty taste.Ergou said, "Zaohua, I feel bitter."

Zaohua said: "I know your suffering, because my heart is also suffering. The person I like doesn't like me, so why should I suffer from this? Brother Ergou, cheer up, everyone hopes that you will be like the former Ergou. dog."

Ergou sat up, his eyes were red, and he looked into the distance terribly.

Zaohua hugged him from behind, and said with tears: "Brother Ergou, all this has become a fact, you can't change it, why do you want to be like this, torturing you, torturing me, torturing everyone? "

Ergou turned around, with tears in his eyes, smiled unnaturally, and said: "Zaohua, I'm fine, I haven't married a wife yet, my life is only half over, I will live well. "

Zaohua desperately nodded and smiled, and the two hugged each other.

This day was the day when Dagou and Taozi got married. Almost all the people in the village came to help.

Dagou greets Daqiang Zhuzi Xiawa and other young people to eat whistle noodles at home. After eating the noodles, he will go to Taozi's house in Liujiaping to move the dowry and marry Taozi.When they were about to leave, Jia Cailan repeatedly told them to take their "parts" with them, and not let others take them away, and it would be difficult to leave in the end.

It is necessary to explain this "share". There is a custom in the rural areas of Northwest China, that is, some coins are wrapped in red paper, a few cents a bag, and when they arrive at the bride's house, they will play with their son-in-law, or take the son-in-law's money. He took off his shoes and hid the pole that he brought to carry the dowry, so he had to redeem it with his "share".In the 80s and [-]s, there were very few "portions" in rural areas, unlike now, where they cost fifty, one hundred or several hundred.

When Dagou and his party arrived at Taozi's house, several people were greeted to the dinner table. Daqiang and Zhuzi surrounded Dagou, fearing that someone would come to take off their shoes.Taozi’s family also ate Whistle Noodles that day, and the person who brought the food buried a lot of spicy peppers in Dagou’s bowl, and if he couldn’t let him have leftovers, Dagou was sweating profusely after eating.

Some of Taozi's sister-in-laws and mothers are in the house tidying up Taozi.Taozi was wearing a red top and black trousers, which were very decent. A sister-in-law was braiding Taozi's braids, which were slightly tied with rubber bands.

The sister-in-law smiled and said, "Taozi, I heard that it's not serious for people in Taohuagou to play with their wives. Are you afraid?"

Tao Zi smiled: "I'm not afraid of them, if they annoy me, I'll turn against them."

Niang said: "That's not dare, we are from Dacun, talk to them well, if they turn against each other, they will laugh at us."

Tao Zi said, "Don't worry, I know what's going on."

Several sister-in-laws and mothers packed up the peaches, and carefully put some dowry on the flower stand, and told the people who moved the dowry to be careful not to break the things inside.

After all this was done, someone came and called Dagou, and asked him and Taozi to salute Li Youcai and Zhu Gaixia.As soon as the big dog left the protection of Daqiang and Zhuzhu, several women came up to hug the big dog and took off the two cloth shoes of the big dog.

Da Qiang went over to bargain with those women, and finally gave them twenty shares, and they returned the cloth shoes to Da Gou.

At this time, Li Youcai and Zhu Gaixia were sitting on the chairs, Dagou and Taozi came up and bowed to them three times, Taozi and Zhu Gaixia hugged each other.Taozi held her mouth and wanted to cry.