Peasant woman

Chapter 2

What?marriage?Isn't that just getting married?Xu Cao's eyes widened and she looked at my mother and father in disbelief.She was only 14 years old, not yet Jiji's age, which allowed her to marry. She said why the magpie croaked all morning on the jujube tree outside the door.

Xu Cao wanted to cry but had no tears, she looked at her mother longingly with an empty bowl, and her father Xu Zicheng sighed in her ears, "Big girl, don't blame your parents for being cruel, our family is poor, and Xiaoshan got sick a few days ago." Yes, I asked my uncle’s family to borrow a few hundred Wen. Now your uncle’s family is urging us to pay back the money. Your mother and I have nothing to do. The harvest in the field has not been satisfactory in recent years. Half of the grain has been handed over, and the rest It’s difficult to look after our family. Although your mother and I do some work for others on weekdays, the wages are not much, and all are spent on family expenses. But, big girl, don’t worry , the man I found for you is not bad, he is very honest and honest."

The whole room was quiet. Although Erya and Sanya are young, they probably know what they are talking about now. They may not know the concept of marriage, but they also know that the eldest sister will not belong to their family in the future and will go to someone else's house. Living, thinking of this, the eyes of the two girls are a little red.Xiaoshan was still too young to know anything, and was sitting in Li Shi's arms drinking thick white and smooth fish soup.

Seeing the red eyes of the second ya and the third ya, Mrs. Li glared at them and scolded angrily, "You two girls who want to die, why are you crying! Your elder sister is getting married, this is a happy event, it is a good thing, don't cry anymore !"

The second ya and the third ya shrank their bodies, apparently Mrs. Li usually beat and scolded them a lot.

Xu Cao couldn't see it, she loved these three younger siblings the most, and said: "Mother, since you all helped me find a marriage, I have nothing to say, but if I get married, you will treat me right in the future." Erya and Sanya are better, stop beating and scolding them, and don’t keep hiding delicious food for Xiaoshan to eat alone.”

Mrs. Li blushed at what she said, and put Xiao Shan down, trying to grab Xu Cao's ears.

Xu Cao was clever, and rushed to the door in three steps and two steps, and the room remembered Li's scolding voice, "You damn girl, how dare you hide in the film, are you fat? You need a dead girl to do what I want to do." Can't preach?"

"Come on, you sit down and feed Xiaoshan quickly. Don't take your anger out on the big girl. Come in, big girl, so we can make the marriage clear. In a few days, the man's house will propose a marriage. That man is also ours. The one from Zhanghe Village is called Yang Chen'an, he's not bad, he's good at hunting."

Yang Chenan?Xu Cao sat on the little Wuzi and carefully thought about this man named Yang Chen'an. This name is considered to be of a very high standard in Zhanghe Village, and it sounds very nice.However, she racked her brains and couldn't figure out when there was a man named Yang Chen'an in the village.She blinked and looked at Xu Zicheng, "Father, why didn't I know when there was a man named Yang Chen'an in our village?"

At any rate, she was a native of Zhanghe Village. There was no one in the village who she didn't know or remember.

Xu Zicheng's expression was a little unnatural, he coughed lightly, looked at Xu Cao again, and said, "It's just Yang Lengzi."

What?Xu Cao grew her mouth and stared at her father stupidly. Is Yang Chen'an a dumbass?She didn't know that Yang Lengzi had such a nice name, he really couldn't be judged by his appearance.

Yang Lengzi, from Zhanghe Village, is now 20 years old. He is tall and strong, with a burly figure. Every time Xu Cao sees him, this silly big man always looks like a silly smile.Xu Cao also talked to him a few times, but she couldn't tell whether this person was really stupid or not.

The situation in the Yang family is also very complicated. Yang Lengzi's mother died of dystocia when he was born. Later, when he was one year old, Yang's father married another Chen, who started to treat Yang Lengzi. It's not bad, he changed his name to Yang Fugui, after Chen gave birth to his own child, naturally he didn't treat Yang Lengzi very well.

This Lengzi Yang also married a daughter-in-law, but after the daughter-in-law gave birth to him, she couldn't stand her mother-in-law's various difficulties and ran away!

Xu Cao also only knew that he was called Yang Lengzi or Yang Fugui, but she didn't know that he had such a nice name.

She opened her mouth again and again, wanting to ask more questions, but found that it was unnecessary. Although she didn't know this Lengzi Yang very well, she knew everything she should know.She never thought about the question of whether to marry or not. She didn't care about her parents' orders and the media's instigation, as long as she knew exactly what was going on in her family.Such a poor family, such an ordinary appearance, expecting to meet a young master from a famous noble family in the novel, and then the young master falls in love with her at first sight, then she is really a fool.

She knows what a good family is. She lived 30 years old in her previous life, and she has lived for more than ten years in this life. She knows some truths too well, and she will not dream unrealistic dreams like a little girl.

Moreover, Xu Cao thought about it, this man seemed to be pretty good, although he was a bit simple and honest, but a simple and honest man was easier to control, and the two of them would get along much easier.Although she has a little bun, she took care of her three younger siblings, so it doesn't matter if she takes care of one more.

Speaking of which, this type of man is Xu Cao's favorite. If she is really given a scholar who doesn't distinguish between grains, she will really cry to death.

Thinking of this, Xu Cao breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a sweet smile, "Cheng, father, mother, when will the man propose marriage?"

Both Xu Zicheng and Li were stunned. They didn't expect the big girl to agree so briskly. After all, Yang Lianzi was tall and big, he was not young, and he was carrying a oil bottle. A girl is willing to jump into this fire pit.They had no choice but to let the big girl marry him.

In this era, everyone likes handsome and scholarly men. Xu Cao doesn't like dudes, she just likes stronger ones.

Li Shi looked at the older girl in front of her, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. She had always liked Xiao Shan, and would beat and scold the three girls.In fact, she doesn't want to either, she has been poor and miserable all her life, living in such an era, if you don't give birth to a baby boy, the people around you will drown you with spittle.Li's eyes were a little red, she stared blankly at Xu Cao, and sighed: "Big girl, mother doesn't want to beat and scold you, it's really..."

Xu Cao didn't wait for her to finish, and hurriedly said: "Mother, don't be sad, I think wealth is good, a good hunter, I am working harder, life will not be worse than others."

Anyway, he will be his own man in the future, so he can't be called a fool anymore.

Mrs. Li felt sorry, this big girl was more sensible than others since she was a child, but she was a little nagging since she was a child, always talking nonsense.I hope that after she gets married, she will never say those outlandish things again, and even say that the grain in the field can be improved into hybrid rice, so that the grain output can be doubled in the future.Ouch, when the five-year-old girl Pianzi told her this, she almost died of fright!no!She must talk to the big girl well before she gets married, and she must never talk such nonsense after she is married.

Xu Zicheng and Li Shi were relieved to know that the eldest girl did not object to the marriage, and the family went to rest after an early dinner.

One month passed quickly, and during this month, Na Cai, asking for names, Najib, Na Zheng, and the application period were all completed, and we only had to wait for the man to come to welcome the marriage in two months.

But today, the man just brought over the dowry, and the man's dowry is not bad, Xu Cao never thought that Chen would allow Yang Fugui to send so much dowry, compared to Fugui's private money.

Li Shi was so happy that she couldn't see her teeth, "Oh, I really didn't expect that the Yang family is not bad, they gave so many betrothal gifts, look, they even gave me six taels of silver!"

Although there are many other dowry gifts, they are worthless, and I am afraid that if they are all added up, they will not cost six taels of silver.

Xu Zicheng was also full of smiles, squatting in the thatched hut, knocking the dry mud on the straw sandals, and said with a smile: "This Yang family is really nice. I see that I am not busy these days, and I am going to cut a few trees on the mountain. Anyway Buy some dowry furniture for the big girl."

Mrs. Li's complexion changed a bit, thinking about the mother-in-law of the Yang family, she sneered and said: "Where is the Yang family? It's not bad. I reckon that the dowry and money are all from wealth and honor. This kid is good at hunting, and he often Go to the town to sell game or something, if the rich stepmother knows that he has given such a generous betrothal gift, she will be pissed to death."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Li paused, and then continued: "Our family is poor, but we can't treat the big girl harshly. Tomorrow, I will go to the mountain with you to cut some good trees and make some furniture for the big girl." It was always her daughter, and she didn't want her daughter to be looked down upon when she got married.

Although two months is not much time, it is still enough time to buy some furniture. In a few days, Xu Zicheng and Li Shi asked someone to help drag a few fir trees back.

The days passed by so unhurriedly, Li Shi would tell Xu Cao what a married girl should pay attention to when she had the time, she should serve her in-laws well, and let Xu Cao get married in the future, don't say it What nonsense.

Xu Cao answered all of them.

After another month, the dates on the jujube tree next to the house were all ripe.Xu Cao was afraid that the jujube would be beaten by the boys in the village, so he kept Xiao Bai guarding under the tree, and Xiao Bai was devoted to his duty.Although Xiaobai is thin and small, he is quite courageous. Few children in the village dare to provoke Xiaobai.

Xu Cao called Erya and Sanya to beat the dates early in the morning, and the children in the village also knew that the dates were ripe, so they wandered around the neighborhood these days.

(End of this chapter)