The mulberry life of a small peasant girl

Chapter 23

After Zhong Caixin said goodbye to Zhang De, she rested overnight at the grocery store, and hurriedly rented a car to go to the border town the next day.

Since four years ago, she no longer came to the border town easily except for the New Year holidays. There is a past she can't bear to look back on here, and there are memories that can't be erased in her life. All the sweet fantasies of her girlhood were ruthlessly shattered, and she was so sad and disappointed. Unexpectedly, one day she would set foot here and tell her parents that she was going to be married.

Zhong Caixin looked at the open door with complicated emotions, the word Zhongfu was still fresh and clean, but she felt that things were different.

Knocking lightly on the door knocker, the old man who guarded the door tremblingly opened the door, and after seeing it, he shouted loudly: "Miss! Master and Madam, Miss is back home!"

Zhong Caixin supported the excited old man, and said: "Uncle Lu is really the same as before, his voice is still so loud!"

The people in the room heard Lu Bo's shout and came out quickly.

"Father, mother! My daughter is back." Mrs. Zhong walked too hastily, and she stumbled and was supported by her sister-in-law Pei.

"Heart..."

"Mother, my daughter's disobedience has made my mother red-eyed."

Pei said with a smile: "Mother, this is something to be happy about. Let's go in quickly. My sister must be very tired from driving."

Mrs. Zhong wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, "Yes, look at me, I'm so happy that I don't know why I'm crying, Xin'er, you haven't come back for a long time. Come in!"

After a few people were seated, Zhong Caixin's father, Zhong Lianggui, asked, "Is Xin'er in trouble? If so, I'll let your brother help you." The daughter is doing business alone in the market, and it is inevitable that she will encounter ignorant villains who are short-sighted. , He was afraid that his daughter's strong temper would wrong him.

Zhong Caixin hesitated for a while, and was no longer shy when she saw the anxious expressions of her family members, "I am going to get married."

Everyone didn't expect this to be the result, so they became quiet.

Mrs. Pei hurriedly asked: "Whose family is that man? Where does he live? How old is he..."

Mrs. Zhong was also anxious, "Yes, Xin'er, you have to make it clear to your parents, how can you suddenly say that you will marry someone, and your parents haven't seen you yet."

"Father and mother, I have known this man for four years. He is an honest farmer, not a rich and well-to-do family. I will not work as a grocery store in the future, so I will live with him in the countryside."

When Zhong Lianggui heard this, how could such a mud-legged man be his son-in-law, "No way! Didn't Dad tell you many good people before? You chose such a person after thousands of choices?"

"Father, if you are really good for me, you should know why I don't like the person you choose. You choose either a rich businessman or a scholar. For a widow like me, others seek marriage either for the family's money or for my appearance. Once I got married, it was up to you to make the decision, so I married such a scumbag, and now I must not ruin the rest of my life for the sake of your father!" When Zhong Caixin mentioned her ex-husband, her mood suddenly became agitated, and what she said was also very emotional. with thorns.

After hearing this, Zhong Lianggui knew that her daughter had always had resentment in her heart. When she was not engaged, she once said that she did not want to marry a scholar, and she would definitely be looked down upon in the future. He did something extraordinary, but he never imagined that the family was like that.

Mrs. Zhong put her hand on her daughter's hand, "Son, your father just wants you to live well, don't blame him."

Zhong Caixin's eyes were wet, "I know, Dad, I'm sorry. I'm just too excited."

"Hey...then tell me what that man is like?" Zhong Lianggui asked.

Zhong Caixin adjusted her mood and said slowly: "His surname is Zhang and his name is De. He lives in Zhangjia Village. He is [-] this year. He worked in his daughter's grocery store earlier. Now the family has bought land, and he will stay at home to do farming in the future." After finishing speaking, he looked at the faces of the two elders again, hesitating whether to continue or not.

"What's the matter? Is there anything else you can't say?" Mrs. Zhong asked anxiously.

"The family also adopted two dolls."

Mrs. Zhong said: "What's going on?"

"There was a flood last year, and the parents and relatives of the two babies were flooded. Zhang De was their distant relatives, so he took them home." Thinking of trying to persuade his parents, he said: "Then The daughter of the two dolls has also met, they are very well-behaved babies, and they get along well with their daughters, so parents don't have to worry about it."

"And my daughter has identified him. Today he will invite a matchmaker to come to the door, and ask parents to agree." After speaking, he stood up and wanted to kneel and kowtow.

Mrs. Pei hurriedly pulled her sister up, "What are you doing, sister, if you want, who can stop you, get up first and let parents think about it."

As he spoke, he left the main room for the three to discuss, and went to the kitchen by himself to order some meals that my sister-in-law liked to eat.

"You said you asked him to propose marriage today?" Mrs. Zhong asked.

"Yes. He should come to the door with the matchmaker today."

"Isn't it his elders who should come forward? Could it be that you guys decided to live forever? By the way...you haven't mentioned the situation of his parents and brothers just now."

"His parents have passed away a long time ago, he is the only one in the family, and there is no one else."

Mrs. Zhong sighed: "To put it bluntly, this is the only good place. There are no parents-in-law, no sisters-in-law, no aunts, and I will be much more comfortable in the future."

Zhong Lianggui pointed to his wife and said, "How can you say that? Your daughter has been taught to be so strong, she can't stand wronged! Which family doesn't expect more brothers and sisters to help, it's a woman's opinion!"

Mrs. Zhong curled her lips. A woman would never understand what a woman thinks of a man. Things in the inner house are not so simple. With a few more sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law, no matter how good the relationship between husband and wife is, it cannot withstand provocation.

At lunch time, brother Zhong Quanjing heard that the assistant said that his sister had gone home, so he hurried back to eat together.When he learned of his younger sister's intentions, Zhong Quanjing grinned and said that he would take a good look at this future brother-in-law.

After the meal, the two parents sat together in the main room and waited for the matchmaker to come to the door.

After breakfast, Zhang De borrowed an ox cart with Matchmaker Tian and rushed to the border town.Border Town is located in the northwest of Longqing City, closest to Yi Country, and it takes more than two hours to drive.

Entering the border town, Zhang De asked passers-by to find Zhongfu. The door was covered with red paint, and the lion statue in front of the door was even more mighty. He used to know that Mrs. Zhong's family was a wealthy family, but he never thought that he lived in a mansion.He stood still in front of the door for a long time, not knowing whether he should propose this marriage or not, did he want to eat swan meat?

Matchmaker Tian saw too many shy scenes of young people, so she took the initiative to knock on the door.

Old man Lu led the people in, and sat in the gatehouse faithfully.

Matchmaker Tian found a lot of ancient trees planted in the yard, and thought that this is really a rich man, not a family with a rich family for several generations, nor surrounded by centuries-old trees, she couldn't help but look at the fool around her, what attracted this family The daughter is willing to marry?No wonder he didn't marry the Cai family.

When Zhang De entered the gate, he was frightened by the scenery along the way and wanted to go back. How could he pay attention to Tian Matchmaker's curious eyes.

In the lobby, Zhang De shyly met with Zhong Caixin's parents and eldest brother after being introduced by Matchmaker Tian.

Zhong Caixin was sitting in the boudoir where she had never left the court before, wandering around anxiously, fearing that her parents would look down on Zhang De, and also afraid that Zhang De would run away before the battle, which was more disturbing than getting married.

In the lobby, Zhong Lianggui repeatedly asked about Zhang De's family background and what he did for a living, while Mrs. Zhong asked more detailed questions, asking where they would live after they got married, and whether the two children would be raised under Zhang De's name as daughters or nieces. and the like.

After all the questions were answered, Zhang De's forehead was covered with a thin layer of sweat.

Now that both parties know each other well, Matchmaker Tian started the preparations before getting married. She asked the woman to get her birthday horoscope, and checked the nearest auspicious day. After Da Ji's conclusion, he dug out the wall calendar and wrote a few good days for both parties to choose.

Zhang De was afraid that the longer the time dragged on, and Zhong Caixin's reputation would be bad, so he chose a recent date to get married.

It was night, Zhang De stayed in Zhongfu for the night, Zhong Caixin asked Zhang De to meet at the gazebo.

The two were relatively speechless, they didn't expect that they would become husband and wife in a while, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward for a while.

Zhong Caixin knew that if she didn't speak, with Zhang De's personality, she would never say a word, so she took the lead and said, "Are you blaming me for missing your life's important event?"

"No. I missed you."

Zhong Caixin heaved a sigh of relief, although she had enough courage to do this thing first, and felt Zhang De's silent protection of her these years, but he always felt uneasy if he didn't say anything.

"Did Mom and Dad tell you that I will follow you to the countryside to farm after we get married?"

Zhang De raised his low head immediately, "You, what you said is true?"

Zhong Caixin climbed over the drooping branch, broke off an inch, and played with it in her hand, "Well. I have long wanted to live a peaceful life. In the past, I opened a grocery store to support myself. Now that someone is willing to support me, why should I open a store to be angry? ?”

Zhang De was happy but could barely suppress the smile on his face, "From now on, when living in the countryside, you won't be able to go to theaters, and you won't be able to go to the market at night. Maybe you will have to eat steamed bread, wear common clothes, take care of dolls, go to the fields to plow the land, and feed chickens and pigs." ..."

Zhong Caixin smiled and said: "I will agree to whatever you say. It is not feasible to try to scare me into abandoning me like this. But I am willing to live this life with you, and you have to treat me wholeheartedly. Can you do it?"

Looking at Zhong Caixin's firm eyes, Zhang De said with certainty, "I can!"

The sixteenth day of the fourth lunar month is suitable for marriage and going out.

Since the matchmaker came to the door that day, the uncle disappeared for a day with the matchmaker, and when he returned home the next day, he announced that he was going to marry his new aunt.Nuan Bao was happy for her little uncle, as early as when she eavesdropped, she knew that this new aunt must be the enthusiastic and brave Mrs. Zhong.Because with my uncle's dull temperament, Aunt Ruoxin is also not a knowledgeable person, how boring it would be if the two of them had no topic to communicate with.Although the life may be smooth, the dull marriage is still regrettable.

Life is full of bitterness and tears, laughter and joy, and a lifetime is complete.If you blindly pursue ease and harmony, respect each other as guests, and raise your eyebrows, even if the relationship is deep, the love is shallow.

On the wedding day, many brothers in the village followed Zhang De to the border town to marry the bride.

Nuan Bao thought that the modern wedding car is very beautiful covered with red paper and tied with flower balls, so she also took out the red paper and cut out a lot of auspicious flowers to paste on the ox cart, and even tied two red bows on the horns .

Zhang De rented a carriage and also borrowed all the ox carts in the village.Along the way, passers-by saw a line of six ox carts neatly following the carriage, and the guards of honor on both sides were blowing musical instruments, passing through Ning County lively.After passing through Ning County, the men who welcomed the bride got into the ox cart, the groom got into the carriage, and they all drove to the border town together.

After entering the border city, everyone got off the car and continued to blow the suona until they reached the gate of Zhongfu.

Mrs. Zhong guessed that her daughter would be very poor when she got married. After all, my uncle's family was poor and he had no brothers, but her daughter was married for the second time, so she didn't say anything disappointing and happily married her off.When I heard the deafening music outside, I realized that my uncle was a caring person. Although he couldn't make a big show, he tried his best to save face. Even Zhong Lianggui was very satisfied with the scene.

Zhong Caixin cried for marriage, bid farewell to her parents and elder brother, and walked towards a new journey in life, wearing a red wedding dress and holding Zhang De's thick hand.

(End of this chapter)