In the farms in Xu Lingjun area, this kind of eight-cent marriage has long been popular.
Unmarried young men and old bachelors who could not afford the bride price to marry local girls went to beg women from Sichuan.
These Sichuan women all seem to carry a stack of personnel cards with them. They can think of one at random, and as long as they send a letter back, they can summon him and marry him.
Li Xiuzhi was the one who was summoned. She was looking for a young man who drove a tractor from Team 7.
But when she carried the evidence from the brigade and moved to this farm station by station, the young man overturned his car three days ago and died unfortunately.
She didn't even go to the crematorium, she didn't have to go, she didn't owe anyone anything.
She was too embarrassed to go to the home of that fellow villager. She knew that the fellow villager was also in a difficult situation. Her husband was disabled and he gave birth to a child in the second year of marriage. She could only sit blankly in front of the horse pen of the seventh team, like a sundial.
Looking at his slowly moving shadow.
At noon, Guo Qianzi took a kettle back to the horse pen to fill her with boiling water. After learning about her situation, he threw a group of horses on the pasture and went from house to house to find a way out for her.
But the remaining bachelors in the team came over to see her, and they all despised the little girl for being so thin.
At this time, Guo Qianzi's wife, who was holding the child, talked about Wu Siyuan, "Qianzi, wait, hey, you won't tell Lingjun."
"I'm over 30, and I still don't have a wife!"
“The size matches well!”
"Stage is a trivial matter, but I am an old right person!" Guo Qianzi said with a frown.
"What's wrong with Lao You? Will Lao You have to be a bachelor for the rest of his life?" Guo Qianzi's wife asked.
"Look at Lingjun, he is handsome, educated, down-to-earth, and capable of working! After doing some work, the grass production in the pasture has increased so much."
"Look at his house again. It was just a run-down house that no one wanted. He cleaned it up and now it has turned into several houses. It is even cleaner than our house!"
"There is also the orchard planted by others! They have produced so many fruits over the years, and they have not said a word to any of the children picking them. They still give us so many fruits every year! Look at this family of educated people and so many educated people.
Let him plant fruit trees, and his family will be successful!"
"And his chickens and ducks..."
"I'm afraid my little girl will enjoy happiness if she goes over there! Are you still afraid that Lingjun won't love your wife?"
The more Guo Qianzi's wife talked, the more she felt that Xu Lingjun was excellent, which made her a little tempted.
Indeed, if it weren’t for his right-wing identity, he might be a hot commodity!
When Guo Qianzi heard this, he realized that this was indeed the truth.
So, this is the scene of opening the door at noon:
Guo Qingzi opened the door of his house and asked him if he wanted a wife?
"What wife?" Wu Siyuan frowned, still wanting to confirm.
"A little girl from Sichuan was beautiful, but she was unlucky. The guy she was engaged to was overturned and died some time ago!" Guo Qianzi did not hide anything from Wu Siyuan, but told the truth.
"What's her name?" Wu Siyuan asked again.
"Li Xiuzhi!"
It is indeed her! Wu Siyuan thought to herself.
Over there, Guo Qianzi said again, "Lao Xu, do you want a wife? You are already in your 30s, it's time to find a wife!"
"Give me the truth!"
Now Wu Siyuan has a headache. Should he or not? This is a question!
He knows that Li Xiuzhi is naturally excellent.
It's just his situation...
Wu Siyuan suddenly remembered how good Li Xiuzhi's current situation was?
If no one wants her, where will she go?
Maybe there is a cliff in front of her!
"Hey!" Wu Siyuan sighed, sighing for this era.
Guo Qianzi patted Wu Siyuan and shouted, "Hey what? How do you say it?"
"Then just send it over." Wu Siyuan said.
"Okay! What a gentleman says!" Guo Qianzi said happily.
He looked at the house. It was neat and orderly, not like a bachelor should be.
Guo Qianzi felt that there was nothing to find fault with, so he left in a hurry!
Wu Siyuan thought for a while and cooked another dish on the earthen stove.
Until evening, dusk.
Guo Qianzi led a timid girl to Wu Siyuan.
This little girl looks tired and uneasy in a strange environment. She is Li Xiuzhi.
He pushed open the gate of the courtyard wall and saw a group of children playing in Wu Siyuan's orchard - Wu Siyuan's orchard has almost become a children's paradise.
Guo Qianzi waved his hand and said, "Go, go, your Uncle Xu is busy with important things today, so don't come here to hinder him!"
Finally, the child was driven away by Guo Qianzi.
Li Xiuzhi was waiting outside, and Guo Qianzi went into the room first.
As soon as he entered the door, Guo Qianzi grinned and said, "Hey, it's really annoying. I ran back and forth for thirty miles this afternoon without even touching the ground!"
As he spoke, he picked up the flat peach on Wu Siyuan's plate and bit into it. It was full of juice, sweet and delicious, "Hey, if I don't drink you a sip of wine, it's okay to eat you a peach, right?"
"You can drink if you want! I have some here too!" Wu Siyuan said with a smile. He always kept a few bottles of beer here, just for the herdsmen to drink.
"Forget it, forget it!" Guo Qianzi shook his head and said, then he rushed to Li Xiuzhi at the door and said gently, "Come in."
"This is your home!"
"Here, this is Lao Xu." Guo Qianzi pointed at Wu Siyuan.
"My name is Xu Lingjun."
Li Xiuzhi raised her head and glanced at Wu Siyuan, then lowered her head immediately.
She was a little overwhelmed, and Wu Siyuan was also a little embarrassed.
At this time, Guo Qianzi waved his hand and said, "Okay, that's it for me as a matchmaker."
"Old Xu, you have to treat me well."
"I'm leaving first!"
"The next thing will be left to you, the young couple!"
Guo Qingzi put down their marriage certificates and walked away with a smile.
Li Xiuzhi and Wu Siyuan were left in the same room quietly.
Wu Siyuan thought to himself, what is this?
He took the initiative and said to Li Xiuzhi, "Ah, it's Xiuzhi, are you hungry?"
Li Xiuzhi nodded, then immediately shook her head.
In fact, people have traveled all the way here, only to have an accident happen when they get here. They haven’t eaten anything all day, so how can they not be hungry?
It’s just a new arrival, how can a girl be embarrassed to say that?
Wu Siyuan came directly to the table, took off the table cover, and revealed two dishes and one soup inside.
Stir-fried meat with mushrooms, stir-fried wild vegetables, bone soup, porridge, and steamed buns.
The sumptuous dishes made Li Xiuzhi feel a little dazed.
Wu Siyuan took out the bowls and chopsticks from the shelf on the wall, filled a large pot of porridge, handed it to Li Xiuzhi, and said, "Come over and eat, I cooked the porridge."
Wu Siyuan felt that the ordinary dishes were a fatal temptation for Li Xiuzhi, who was almost out of food in Sichuan.
But she still held back and said to Wu Siyuan, "You eat, you have worked for a day.
Wu Siyuan said, "I've eaten, I'm not hungry!"
He is indeed not hungry, unlike in the movie where Xu Lingjun pretends not to be hungry.
Li Xiuzhi could also see that with the food being so good, Wu Siyuan really didn't look like a poor old man.
So she whispered, "Thank you." and started eating slowly.
She didn't eat quickly, but she ate very cleanly.
After eating, there was still a large portion of food on the table.
Wu Siyuan asked, "Why don't you eat more?"
"I'm full." Li Xiuzhi replied. She cleared the table and looked around with her bowl.
"What are you looking for?" Wu Siyuan asked.
"I'm looking for a basin for washing dishes." Li Xiuzhi replied.
"I'll do it." Wu Siyuan took out a wooden basin from a shelf, poured some hot water, and was about to wash the dishes.
For so many years, he almost always ate alone and washed dishes alone.
Who knows that although Li Xiuzhi looks weak, she is still very stubborn and washes the dishes by herself. She explained in a low voice, "When I came here, my mother told me to be more diligent."
Wu Siyuan smiled bitterly. If we look at future generations, how can many girls who are favored by heaven have such self-consciousness?
***The author has something to say***
Thank you "from a certain stop on the journey" for the large reward.