Chapter 682. The richest man in Yong'an, a gift of one thousand
Zhao Youcai walked towards the cafeteria in a daze. Even Han Dachun caught up with him and talked to him. Zhao Youcai only agreed with "Yeah".
After entering the canteen, Zhao Youcai did not go to the kitchen, but sat on the bench near the door, his thoughts already in a mess.
Zhao Youcai was wondering why Wang Meilan didn't attack him since he knew the truth last night.
Not only that, Wang Meilan also brought him tea and water yesterday, and also gave him an increase in pocket money. This...
At this time, the cafeteria workers had already started their day's work. There were several women in the kitchen behind them, who usually did odd jobs such as sweeping the floor, picking vegetables, washing dishes, and wiping tables.
Among them was a woman named Cui Yuying. She took over the job because the man in the family died, but the work in Guileng was not something women could do, so the forest farm arranged for Cui Yuying to work in the canteen.
In Zhao Jun's previous life, Wang Meilan fell ill and died, and it was Cui Yuying who introduced her biological sister to Zhao Youcai.
And this Cui Yuying lives in Yongli Village. Yesterday, because her child was sick at home, she asked someone to take two days off. As soon as she came to work today, she heard that Zhao Youcai had bought a large gold plate, and yesterday she talked to the kitchen gang.
People are showing off.
As a woman, who doesn’t love gold and silver jewelry?
Cui Yuying can't afford it, why not look at other people's?
Just then, Cui Yuying came out to wipe the table with a rag. When she saw Zhao Youcai sitting at the door, she came over and called Zhao Youcai with a smile: "Brother Zhao!"
"Yeah." Zhao Youcai responded absently, and then stopped talking.
Cui Yuying glanced at the big gold bar in Zhao Youcai's hand, and smiled again: "Oh, let me see, this gold bar is too good!"
As soon as Cui Yuying said these words, Zhao Youcai's eyes widened instantly. He subconsciously covered his left hand with his right hand, blocking the big gold ring on his left hand.
Cui Yuying: "..."
What the hell is this? Just look at it and he blocked it! Cui Yuying rolled her eyes at Zhao Youcai, shook the rag in her hand, turned around and left.
At this moment, Zhao Youcai didn't care about Cui Yuying at all. What he was thinking was: "I made a mistake, that bitch can't take the gold plate back..."
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At Zhao Jun's house, Wang Meilan started to clean the house after clearing the dishes. These days, whether it is a stove pit or a kang, the ashes are not small. In a house that is going through a period of time, a woman has to take a rag after eating in the morning.
Wipe the house clean.
Wang Meilan finished cleaning the east room and then came to Zhao Jun's room. She smiled and said to Zhao Jun: "Son, you said you would move to a big house from now on, but mom can't clean it by herself."
Just as Zhao Jun was about to answer the call, he heard the dog barking in the yard outside.
This is the arrival of a stranger.
Wang Meilan turned her head and looked outside, threw away the rag, patted Zhao Jun back and said, "Hurry up, your Aunt Liu is here."
When Zhao Jun heard this, he quickly got off the kang, put on his shoes and followed Wang Meilan outside.
At this time, Liu Tiezui, the first matchmaker in Yong'an Village, was standing at the door with her waist bent and her legs crossed. She was not in good health, and it was difficult for her to spend a day working as a matchmaker.
There were so many dogs in Zhao Jun's yard that Liu Tiezui couldn't dare to get in. He could only stand at the door and shout.
It is said that a wife has a loud voice, but the more Liu Tiezui shouted, the louder the dogs in Zhao Jun's house barked. They worked together to drown out Liu Tiezui's voice.
Fortunately, Zhao Jun and his wife knew that someone was coming as soon as they heard the dog barking. Wang Meilan came out of the house and trotted towards the door. As she ran, she extended her hand to Liu Tiezui and said: "Oh, sister, I haven't looked at you for a while.
What are you busy with?"
Liu Tiezui grabbed Wang Meilan's hand and grinned: "Second sister-in-law, don't mention it."
Usually when you talk like this, you wait for someone to ask "What's wrong?" and then continue talking.
But as soon as Liu Tiezui finished speaking, Zhao Jun came over. He nodded to Liu Tiezui, smiled and greeted: "Aunt Liu."
"Hey, Jun." Liu Tiezui raised his other hand, pointed at Zhao Jun, then placed his hand on the back of Wang Meilan's hand, patted it twice in succession, and said: "Second sister-in-law, your Zhao Jun is too promising.
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"Hahaha..." Wang Meilan smiled proudly, without saying a single polite word, and just pulled Liu Tiezui inside.
Zhao Jun was leading the way, and he shouted. When the dog gang saw their master leading the coming people, they all fell silent.
At this time, Jin Xiaomei came out of the door of Li's house next door. Seeing that it was Liu Tiezui, she also wanted to discuss Li Baoyu's matter with her. But Liu Tiezui came to Zhao Jun, so Jin Xiaomei did not go forward, just across the room.
Qiang said hello to Liu Tiezui, then turned around and returned to the house.
Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan let Liu Tiezui into the back room. Wang Meilan and Liu Tiezui sat down on both sides of the Kang table. Zhao Jun went to the table and took the tea bucket. He wanted to make tea for Liu Tiezui, but Wang Meilan said: "Son
, make a vat of malted milk for your aunt to drink."
"Oh!" Liu Tiezui heard this and said to Wang Meilan with a smile: "Second sister-in-law, I will only come to your house to get such treatment."
"Haha." Wang Meilan smiled and asked Liu Tiezui, "Sister, what did you say you were busy with right now?"
"Oh!" Liu Tiezui frowned, curled his lips, and said, "Don't mention it. Isn't this the old Gu family and that Gu Yang? Let me find him a daughter-in-law. Oh my god, this is so hard."
"What's wrong?" Wang Meilan was a little curious when she heard what Liu Tiezui said, and asked: "Then the kid doesn't have any money in his pocket now? I heard from Ru Hai that Gu Yang wants to build a house in Beitou.
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"Alas!" When Liu Tiezui mentioned Gu Yang, he shook his head and sighed, "Second sister-in-law, you said we are all mothers, but Mrs. Gu is no better than you."
Hearing Liu Tiezui praising herself so much, Wang Meilan smiled politely and said: "I am just a son. If your second brother and I save these things, won't they all be his sooner or later?"
"That's not true." Liu Tiezui pursed his lips, and just as he was about to speak, he saw Zhao Jun coming in with an uncovered tea vat. The aroma of milk and sweetness was constantly wafting out of the tea vat.
Malted milk, Liu Tiezui has never had a few sips in his entire life. At this time, Zhao Jun put the tea vat on the kang table in front of Liu Tiezui and said: "Aunt Liu, it's hot, please slow down.
Son."
"Hey, hey." Liu Tiezui responded twice, then looked at Wang Meilan and praised: "Second sister-in-law, your eldest son is so kind!"
"Hehehehe." Wang Meilan laughed, her big eyes almost disappeared from laughter, and at the same time stretched out her hand to motion Zhao Jun to sit next to her.
When Zhao Jun sat down, Wang Meilan asked Liu Tiezui, "Sister, has Gu Yang's matter been settled?"
"No." Liu Tiezui shook his head and said: "Second sister-in-law, tell me, no one in his family came forward. I took him to the woman's house. After I was asked, he didn't have a father and a mother.
My child, no one is here yet, what is this?"
"Alas!" Wang Meilan sighed after hearing this: "Why is his family like this?"
"Don't mention it." Liu Tiezui wiped his eyes and curled his lips and said: "Gu Yang has no job and no land. He is not a gangster, he is almost like a gangster."
Speaking of this, Liu Tiezui looked at Zhao Jun and said: "It's the bear bile money that Xiaojun gave him. After building a house with that money and giving gifts to others, what will be left? Whose girl is that?
If you marry him, can you still weave earthen baskets with him every day?"
At this point, Wang Meilan also knew the cause and effect. She didn't want to listen to other people's excitement. Now she had to worry about her son's affairs.
So Wang Meilan asked Liu Tiezui, "Sister, you are so busy today. Do you have something to do when you come home today?"
"Oh!" When Wang Meilan asked, Liu Tiezui slapped his thigh and said, "Don't mention it."
As soon as she said this, Wang Meilan and Zhao Jun were both happy. Wang Meilan smiled and said, "Why don't you mention it again? If you have anything to do, just tell your sister-in-law."
"Isn't that right?" Liu Tiezui raised his head and said, "I went to Yongfu Village with Gu Yang the day before yesterday. Before I left this morning, I bumped into my fourth aunt."
"Huh?" Wang Meilan was stunned and said in surprise: "Your fourth aunt? Who is that?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Jun hurriedly tugged at the corner of Wang Meilan's clothes from behind, then leaned into Wang Meilan's ear and whispered, "It's just me, Mrs. Jiang."
The old lady has a surname but not a given name. She is called Jiang Liu, and Liu Tiezui is also named Liu. But they are not aunts and nephews, but they are not in the fifth server.
"Ah!" Wang Meilan suddenly realized and asked Liu Tiezui: "What happened to the old lady?"
After saying that, Wang Meilan felt something was wrong. The old lady came to her house for dinner the night before yesterday and killed two big pancakes.
"Oh, don't mention it!" Liu Tiezui didn't wait for Wang Meilan to reply this time, and continued: "My fourth aunt asked me what to do, and I told Gu Yang to find a wife. After the old lady heard this,
Just call me aside, I was wondering what happened to me. Unexpectedly, she gave me a scolding (chěn)."
Anger is the local dialect of Zhao Jun's family, which means a bit of criticism and reprimand.
At this time, after Wang Meilan heard what Liu Tiezui said, she knew that the old lady must have said something to Liu Tiezui because of Zhao Jun's matter, otherwise Liu Tiezui wouldn't be able to come to her door.
But the key is what the old lady said. Wang Meilan really doesn't know. She and Zhao Jun looked at each other, and when Zhao Jun shook his head slightly, Wang Meilan smiled and asked Liu Tiezui: "Sister, what is the old lady mad at you for? What are you cheering for?"
Yeah?"
"What are you cheering for... Haha." Liu Tiezui smiled and said, "Let's cheer for Zhao Jun."
After Liu Tiezui finished speaking, he saw Zhao Jun and his wife looking at him blankly, so he explained: "My fourth aunt said, Xiaojun will get married in four months, so she asked me why I don't give Xiaojun anything."
What about the ceremony or something?"
Speaking of this, Liu Tiezui sighed softly, looked at Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan, and said with a wry smile: "She also said... Xiaojun is our own family member, so I have to treat it as a big deal."
Hearing what Liu Tiezui said and looking at his expression, Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan both felt something was wrong. They thought the old lady had said something, otherwise Liu Tiezui wouldn't be like this.
Sure enough, Liu Tiezui paused for a moment, and then continued: "My fourth aunt asked me to take care of Xiaojun's affairs first, and then worry about other people's affairs. I said... I can't cry at the ancestral grave.
Why go and cry to your death?"
Wang Meilan: "..."
Zhao Jun: "..."
The couple looked at each other and thought that the old lady was usually kind and kind. When she called Zhao Jun, she would treat him like a little girl;
But then I thought about it, this old lady was able to force Zhao Guofeng to scratch her head before, but it was not a fuel-saving lamp.
Liu Tiezui was also helpless. His surname was Liu, and Zhao Jun's surname was Zhao. How could he still become his family's ancestral tomb?
But they are all from the Liu family, and Liu Tiezui knows the old lady's difficulty better than Zhao Jun and his son.
Thinking of this, Liu Tiezui picked up the teapot in front of him and took a sip of malted milk.
After putting down the jar, Liu Tiezui sighed and said to Wang Meilan: "It was cloudy yesterday and my legs hurt so much that I couldn't get off the ground. I got up early today, so I came here."
When Wang Meilan heard this, she hurriedly said to Liu Tiezui: "Oh, sister, I've caused you a lot of trouble."
Liu Tiezui lowered his head slightly, raised his hand and said, "Second sister-in-law, you and my second brother are not mean to me. Besides, my fourth sister-in-law has already spoken, and I have to deal with this matter for our children first."
That’s it.”
"That's okay." Wang Meilan said with a smile: "Then girl, you have to worry more."
"It's all easy to talk about." Liu Tiezui said: "Second sister-in-law, wait for my second brother to come back, and you two will discuss it. Let's see if your family is completely empty. After that, I will go to Lao Ma's house to ask. We Xiaojun
Before you go to work with Ma Ling, you two have to sit down and have a meal together."
Previously, the two families finalized the marriage of Zhao Jun and Ma Ling. It was Zhao Youcai, Wang Meilan, Ma Dafu, and Wang Cuihua who made the arrangements together.
This is called engagement.
After getting engaged and before getting married, there is still a ritual to be said.
Guoli is a well-known gift. According to the custom of Zhao Jun's family, the two families must gather together to eat, and all close relatives in the family must be present.
Like Zhao Chun and Zhou Jianjun, they both had to come over that day. Zhao Youcai didn’t have any brothers or sisters, but Wang Meilan did, and Wang Qiang and Zhao Ling also had to attend. As for the woman’s side, Ma Ling’s brother and sister-in-law, needless to say, Ma Dafu
My brothers and sisters also have to come.
After dinner, when the Ma family leaves, they must take away the wedding clothes that Zhao Jun's family bought for Ma Ling.
In addition, there is money.
These days in mountain forest areas, when the children of forest farm workers get married, the bride price is usually two hundred to six hundred.
For example, when Zhao Chun got married the year before last, the old Zhou family gave him a gift of six hundred yuan, which was considered to be the highest among villages in ten miles and eight villages.
As for the woman, at this time, there is usually no escort.
That is, the woman’s family has to buy a set of curtains to hang in the new house. In addition, they also have to spend money to make a set of clothes for Zhao Jun.
A gift is a big deal, even more important than an engagement.
But now, it is the winter production season at the forest farm, and Wang Meilan has no legal day to celebrate. Her brother Wang Qiang is fine, and Zhao Jun is at home every day, but Zhao Youcai and Zhou Jianjun are not.
Things like killing pigs and setting up a banquet were settled by Wang Meilan, but not the matter of being polite.
"Sister." Wang Meilan said to Liu Tiezui: "I really have to discuss this matter with your second brother. When we are determined, I will tell you when I get home. Do you think it's okay?"
"Okay!" Liu Tiezui nodded solemnly and said with a smile: "Second sister-in-law, just give me a letter after you finish the order."
"Yeah." Wang Meilan responded with a smile, then remembered something and said to Liu Tiezui: "Sister, the gift... our family will give you a thousand yuan."
Wang Meilan doesn’t have to say anything about setting a date. But when it comes to spending money, Wang Meilan never has to discuss it with anyone!