Xu Yin glanced at her partner angrily and went into the kitchen to cook dinner.
Since you are entertaining guests, a staple dish alone is not enough.
She went to her own plot to pick a big pumpkin and came back. She was going to make a melon cup, thicken a bowl of gravy, and cook pumpkin wine soup.
The wine is made from new glutinous rice and tastes very good.
A combination of salty and sweet, balanced nutrition. Perfect!
Smelling the sweet smell coming from the kitchen, Xu Chengjin took out a stack of letters and asked Wang Zhibo to send them out early tomorrow morning.
"Are they all submissions to magazines? So many?"
Wang Zhibo knew that he was writing for a magazine.
This guy is not showy, but in fact, in the past two years, he has earned much more than his salary at Brigade Elementary School.
Weighing the letter in his hand, Wang Zhibo admired and admired him: "You have been very productive recently?"
With so many manuscripts, once accepted, the manuscript fee is hard to say!
Xu Chengjin responded without hesitation: "Yeah, almost."
Only one letter was not.
He hadn't thought about whether to send this letter before, but he didn't expect Captain Zhao to be so impatient, so he would just solve it once and for all.
…
When the second elder of the Xu family learned that the son-in-law of Yin Ya, the third elder's family, had been found, their first reaction was to breathe a sigh of relief.
Of course, they also hope that the third child's family will recruit a son-in-law, so that the third child can have a wife.
But even though we are not rich these days, it is still much better than the old society where we were so poor that we could not survive and had to sell our sons and daughters.
As long as life goes on, who is willing to let their son step in the door?
Therefore, the second elder has been worried that no one will be willing to be the son-in-law of the third elder's family, causing the girl to wait year after year to become an old girl.
Didn't expect to find out so soon?
While the second elder breathed a sigh of relief, he couldn't help but wonder, which family does it belong to? It has so many sons that it doesn't feel bad to give one of them as a bride-in-law.
So we took some time off and went to our younger son's house to learn about the situation.
Seeing Xu Chengjin, the two elders couldn't hide their surprise: Such a handsome young man is actually willing to step in the door?
I was even more surprised to learn that he was still an educated youth.
Educated youths are city dwellers, but city dwellers are willing to stand in the way of country folk?
That's right?
Mrs. Xu pulled Xu Yin to the corner and asked in a low voice: "Does his family really agree? Didn't he hide it from his family? This is not a trivial matter. Now he hides it from his family. In the future, when you cook it, paper
What should I do if I can’t contain the fire?”
"Grandma." Xu Yin brought her a chair and asked her to sit down and talk, "There is nothing wrong with his family."
Specifically, Xu Yin didn't tell the old lady much.
He trusted her and told her the past that was like picking flesh from a wound, but she was unwilling to make irresponsible remarks about the deceased. As for his scumbag father, he should have passed away too.
"Both his parents agree?" Mrs. Xu looked back at her handsome future grandson-in-law, "Just agree! Just agree!"
The old lady was extremely satisfied.
Mrs. Xu also received a positive reply from Mr. Xu, and she was also very satisfied. So she put the wedding on the agenda.
"Has the wedding date been set?"
"It's settled!" Xu Laosan clapped his hands happily and announced, "The fifth day of September! It's a month later than Yuanyuan. It just so happens that the autumn harvest is over, and everyone is free."
"Okay! It's a good day!"
The second elder nodded and said that he had chosen a good day.
Mrs. Xu secretly stuffed Xu Yin with a roll of money: "Tear yourself a piece of cloth and make a red wedding dress. There are also bed sheets and quilts. Choose the festive ones and buy a set. Cotton, your mother and I will
As I said, I have saved some of it, and you and Yuanyuan’s marriage is worth half of your family’s expenses. If it’s not enough for me to look for it, I promise to sew a few wedding quilts for you.”
"Grandma, actually there is no need..."
"Yes! How can you not need this once-in-a-lifetime happy event!" Mrs. Xu glared at her granddaughter angrily, and then told the third and third sons not to relax, and to continue working hard to earn work points and strive for the marriage of their daughter.
Add some more decent furniture to the room.
"The boss bought Yuanyuan thirty-six legs, a large wardrobe, a chest of drawers, a bookcase, a dressing table, a writing table, and four wooden chairs. Although there is no betrothal gift in your home, the wedding room is located in your own home.
, There’s no need to compare with Yuanyuan, but it can’t be too bad. You don’t have to have bookcases and desks, but you need to buy wardrobes, chests of drawers, etc.? As parents, you can’t be lazy and stupid..."
"I know, I know!" Xu Laosan nodded solemnly, "I've already asked the carpenter to do it."
The second elder: "Really?"
Why don't you believe it?
"Oh, I can still lie to you? Ask the carpenter and you will know."
Right!
After the Xu family came out of their son's house, they actually went to ask the carpenter.
Xu Laosan looked at the direction they were walking in: "..."
Hey! I am so untrustworthy?
Xu Chengjin still sleeps in the main room of the Xu family recently due to inconvenience in her legs and feet.
It's just that the door panel has been replaced with a brown one, and it's also covered with a layer of old felt, making it much more comfortable to lie down on.
Xu Yin waited for him to wash up, sat on the bed, and was about to return to the room while holding a kerosene lamp when he called her.
"This is for you."
He handed her an envelope, which felt quite thick.
"What?"
"Betrothal gift." Xu Chengjin looked at her with a smile and said, "I heard what my grandparents said. Your uncle's cousin built a set of furniture with thirty-six legs. Let's build a set of furniture with forty-eight legs. I'd rather talk about you.
Want to come up with a more auspicious number, sixty-six legs?"
Xu Yin: "..."
She lowered her head and stroked the envelope, then opened it and took a look, gasping, "Where did you get so much money?"
No wonder he is so wealthy that he is willing to buy a set of sixty-six-legged furniture.
"I earned it by submitting articles." He leaned against the wall lazily, seeming to be watching the flickering sparks of the kerosene lamp, and seemed to be looking at her through the dim light, "so you don't have to worry."
Xu Yin was a little confused: "What am I worried about?"
"..." Xu Chengjin was slightly startled, "Haven't you heard? In the senior class, there are other educated youths taking classes for me. From now on, like you, I need to go to the fields to earn work points. But I'm not afraid of your jokes. I really don't want to do farm work.
Good at.”
Xu Yin shrugged: "I didn't count on you in the first place."
Xu Chengjin raised his handsome eyebrows slightly: "Then if I don't have a source of royalties, what will you think of me? Treat me like a pretty boy to support me?"
Xu Yin chuckled, crossed her arms across her chest, and looked at him jokingly: "What you said is quite appropriate. I am responsible for farming and supporting the family, and you are responsible for looking beautiful..."
"..."
Xu Chengjin laughed angrily and waved to her: "Come here."
Xu Yincai ignored him and waved the envelope in her hand: "Since my future husband insists on giving a bride price, then I will be disrespectful! Good night!"
After saying that, she picked up the kerosene lamp and ran away.
Xu Chengjin: "..."
For a long time, the tip of my tongue touched my cheek and I smiled.
On a dark night under the full moon, a smile as bright as a star makes the winter disappear and the stars shine brightly.