Second Marriage in the 1970s

Just after dawn, the Dong family and the whole family were busy driving, sprinkling water to sweep the floor, cleaning the chicken coop, washing and cooking.

Chen Guixiang took ten dollars and gave a few tickets to his elder son Dong Aihua, and asked him to go to the street to buy some meat dishes and snacks to entertain the guests. Today, the Zhao family came to the door and said that they should stay for a meal. .

Roast chicken with potatoes, stewed pork belly with cabbage, scrambled eggs with leeks, big bone soup, tofu fish soup, simmered river prawns with winter melon, steamed eggplant and stir-fried lettuce.

"Today is almost in time for the Chinese New Year."

Forget the rest. The fish and shrimps were all caught in the river, but the chicken was a hen that kept laying eggs at home. The mother-in-law was willing to kill it. When she caught the chicken, Liu Xiuyun's eyeballs almost came out.

"As long as Jiahui's marriage is set, not to mention a chicken, even if she kills all the chickens in our chicken pen, Mom's eyes won't blink."

Zhao Lijuan's words won Chen Guixiang's approval.

"No, as long as Jiahui is good, a chicken is nothing, and I'm afraid that the son-in-law will come and respect him without food or drink in the future."

Zhou Yindi smiled and said, "That's right, Mom will calculate, anyway, our family can't make a loss. In the end, half of the meat will fall in our own family's stomach."

Dong Jiahui was meant to help in the kitchen, and Chen Guixiang drove her back to the house and asked her to tidy up.

"Hurry up and change your clothes. This hot day makes me sweat in the stuffy kitchen."

Today the man’s house came to the door, Dong Jiahui was the protagonist, and she shouldn’t be so obsessed with it, especially since she had been divorced before, and Chen Guixiang didn’t want her daughter to be looked down upon.

The happiest children in the family today are the children. They don't understand the meaning of talking about relatives. They only know that there are a lot of delicious foods in the family today. Although they haven't eaten them yet, the smell of meat is enough for them to drool.

"Guixiang, what's going on at your house today? I've been busy driving so early in the morning."

"Huo, it's such a big scene, what's the matter with the guests, so bothering to entertain them."

When the neighbors saw the battle set by the Dong family in the morning, they came over curiously to inquire about the situation.

"It's okay, it's just that relatives came to drop by."

Chen Guixiang adhered to the principle of low-key, resolutely not to confide in the matter before the matter is settled.

At more than nine o'clock, Zhao Juhua brought people from the Zhao family, Zhao Donglin, Zhang Qiaoer, Zheng Yuefen, Zhao Meixiang, and Zhao Donglin's eldest sister Zhao Caixia.

"Come on, come in and sit down quickly."

Chen Guixiang and Dong Changgui led the family to greet him at the door. Dong Jiahui was standing behind with a braid in a floral shirt. Zhang Qiaoer didn't see her at first, and only saw Dong Jiahui after she had exchanged greetings with the people in front of her.

Both of them were taken aback when they took the photo. Zhao Juhua introduced and said, "Auntie, this is Jiahui."

Zhang Qiao'er looked at Dong Jiahui, then at the sweet girl Zhou Yindi was holding in her arms, and said incoherently, "This, this is Jiahui, who is this girl?"

"This is my granddaughter, the old man's, called Sweet Girl."

Only then did Zhang Qiao'er know that she had misunderstood the last time. When she saw Dong Jiahui holding Tian Niu out, she thought that Tian Niu was Dong Jiahui's daughter.

The two families sat down in the main room, and the Dong family looked at Zhao Donglin calmly. Seeing that he was tall and tall, well-mannered, and handsome, he was very happy for Dong Jiahui.

"Hehe, this is the first time you two have met. To say that Donglin and Jiahui are both familiar to me. The two men and women match very well. What do you think?"

"Yes, it really matches."

Zhang Qiao'er also smiled. She glanced at Dong Jiahui, who was sitting across from her. What she thought was that she was a blessing when she met someone a few days ago and said that she married such a girl. Who would have thought that her son would be attracted to her!

Although she agreed to the marriage between her son and Dong's daughter, Zhang Qiao'er had always been a little confused. Today, knowing that Dong Jiahui was the last time she met the daughter, Zhang Qiao'er's original unhappiness was gone.

Maybe this is fate. She deserves to be her own daughter-in-law. At this time, she doesn't care if Jiahui is divorced or not, as long as she can live with Donglin well, she will cover her ears when others gossiping.

Others in the Zhao family are also looking at Dong Jiahui. Zhao Caixia is the eldest sister. She has an honest temper and naturally likes an honest person. Seeing Dong Jiahui with bright eyes and a shy smile on her face, she thinks Dong Jiahui looks pretty good. Close eyes, at least better than the previous Wang Mei, as for Dong Jiahui's divorce, she also asked before coming, it was the Lu family's tyrannical and unreasonable.

Zhao Meixiang didn’t have as many thoughts as her elder sister. She only felt that this future sister-in-law looked younger and tenderer than her second sister-in-law. As for Zheng Yuefen, when she heard that her uncle was looking for a divorced woman, she was gloating and thought she had left. The married woman must look gray and lacklustre, who knows that she looked so glamorous today.

The two family members were talking homely, and soon after half an hour passed, Zhao Juhua saw that the time was almost up, and said, "Donglin, let Jiahui take you around. Here will be your old man. The Yue family has to be familiarized in advance."

Zhao Juhua said that the big guys laughed. Dong Jiahui blushed when everyone laughed. Zhao Donglin got up and waited for Dong Jiahui to take him out.

Dong Jiahui took Zhao Donglin out of the hall under everyone's gaze. The two were casual in the yard. When they walked under the pomegranate tree, Zhao Donglin took out a rectangular cardboard box from his clothes pocket and handed it to Dong Jiahui.

"this is for you."

Dong Jiahui asked curiously, "What is this?"

"You open it and take a look."

Dong Jiahui opened it and saw that there was a ladies watch in the box, a Shanghai brand. She looked at Zhao Donglin in surprise, but she didn't expect that Zhao Donglin would give her a watch.

"I went to a meeting in the county the day before yesterday and bought this watch when I saw it was good."

The fact is naturally not as understatement as he said. In this era of planned economy, all industrial supplies have to be purchased with industrial tickets. This ticket alone has stumped most people. The reason why Zhao Donglin has it is because I stayed when I was in the army.

Secondly, Shanghai brand watches are commodities in short supply, not to mention that the price is not cheap, and sometimes you may not be able to buy them if you have money.

This watch cost one hundred and twenty-eight dollars. In rural areas, ordinary people earn less than ten dollars a month. This watch is worth the income of farmers for a whole year, and they have to eat or drink to save it.

"It's too expensive, I can't take it."

Dong Jiahui wanted to return the watch to Zhao Donglin, but Zhao Donglin refused, "Accept it, this is a wedding gift for you."

The word "marriage" floated out of his mouth, so naturally, without deliberately untwisting, as if it should be, Dong Jiahui looked up at him and was moved by the gentleness in his eyes.

She squeezed the paper box in her hand, and for the first time ignited joy from the heart of her marriage.

In the beginning, Zhao Donglin was a driftwood drowning in the water, because besides him, she had no other better choice. Although he was a favorite man, she did not have any love for him.的情情.

She responded to his feelings with a selfish heart, but today, this wedding gift made her look forward to her future marriage life.

Because a watch, but not just a watch.

In the 21st century, a watch may not be a big deal, and its value can be high or low. As long as you have money, you can buy it. But today in the 1970s, watches, sewing machines and bicycles are the three most important configurations for marriage. Watches are on the market. It's even harder to find a table.

He didn't despise himself because he was divorced, he gave himself enough respect in the bride price, and even quietly bought a watch for her, telling her it was a wedding gift.

She had never asked him like this before, and he did all of this spontaneously.

A man doesn’t value you, and how much money he is willing to spend on you, although it is not completely equal, but at least there is a certain cause and effect. A person who does not value you or even ignores you will spend so much money with this effort. Go buy a watch? This is not a necessity. It doesn't matter if you buy it or not. Even if you don't buy it, it won't affect their relationship.

"Thank you, I like it very much."

This time she did not refuse, but smiled at him and accepted it calmly.

"Well, as long as you like it."

Seeing she liked it, Zhao Donglin felt as sweet as eating honey.

When it was time for dinner, the family sat down at the dinner table. There were not enough chairs in the house. Dong Jiahui's sister-in-law went to the neighbor's house to borrow some chairs.

"My family, you are so polite. With such a large table of good food, we have to round our stomachs twice before we can get off the table."

After Dong Jiahui and Zhao Donglin went out and said a few words, the marriage of the two had been settled, and Zhang Qiaoer and Chen Guixiang began to call each other in-laws.

"You are polite, it's all home-cooked dishes, you don't want to dislike it."

Chen Guixiang served everyone with a smile, and would not let guests empty their bowls and chopsticks.

"Well, it tastes very good. In-law's craftsmanship has caught up with the chefs of state-run restaurants."

"Yeah, I haven't seen a lot of dishes. I don't even know that winter melon can be simmered with small shrimps."

Zhao Juhua said a few words from time to time to invigorate the atmosphere. For example, she almost praised the dishes on the table today.

"My family Jiahui is especially good at cooking. This winter melon simmered river prawn and this big bone soup are all made by Jiahui drum. We all learned this from her."

In the past, the two concubines always behaved so well that the mother-in-law praised her. This time Liu Xiuyun was also smarter and said the right words at the right time. Seeing the smile on the corner of her mother-in-law's mouth, Liu Xiuyun's head was raised proudly.

"No, if Jiahui did it herself, the taste of today's dishes would have been enhanced a lot."

Zhou Yindi also helped the sister-in-law, Zhao Juhua smiled and said, "After that, I have to find a chance to taste Jiahui's craftsmanship."

"Once there is a chance, we are so close, it doesn't take much to open our mouths if we want to eat."

After Chen Guixiang finished speaking, Zhao Juhua covered her mouth and smiled and said, "Auntie, what you said was wrong. I am very close to Jiahui now, and I will be far away when Jiahui and Donglin get married. If you want to eat it, you have to go back to Shanghe Village to eat it."

The people at the table laughed.