Xu Shiyan didn't know why the Wu family changed their mind. In his previous life, Xu Shide's marriage went smoothly without these problems.
But he knew that it would be very difficult to solve the problem now.
Because Xu Shiyan clearly remembered that Wu Qiuyan entered the family on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month one year ago, and Xu Haiyang was born in the sixth lunar month of the following year.
At that time, it was said that the child was born prematurely, but Xu Haiyang was born weighing more than 7 pounds, so it was not premature at all.
If you calculate it this way, Wu Qiuyan already has something in his stomach at this time.
What year is this? In 1977, folk customs were not that open yet.
When two people sleep together before they are married and are pregnant with a baby, not only will the woman be embarrassed, but the man will be embarrassed as well.
Moreover, once the woman retorts and says that the man is acting like a hooligan, the consequences will be even more terrifying.
At worst, Xu Shide would be arrested and squatted on a fence; at worst, he might even be eaten peanuts.
Of course, the Wu family shouldn't be so violent, they probably just want to take advantage of the situation and get more benefits from the Xu family.
Otherwise, they would have come directly and wouldn't have asked the matchmaker to send a message asking for so many things.
"Dad, don't hit him. If the matter has reached this point, what's the use of hitting him? Let's find a way to solve it."
Xu Shiyan sighed. He really didn't want to come back. He would be troubled by all kinds of things as soon as he got home. Is it so difficult to live a peaceful life?
"How can we solve it? The gift of one hundred yuan, two turns and one ring, will smash my old bones. Our family can't afford these."
Xu Chenghou was stopped by his sons, and the broomstick in his hand could not reach his fourth son, so he simply threw it over, hitting his son on the head.
"We just divided the money during the Gregorian calendar year. Apart from you two, the four strong laborers in the family plus your mother only shared a total of about 600 yuan.
If you take them all to him as a wife, our family will not be able to survive?"
The Xu family has a lot of labor, but also a lot of food. There are more than a dozen people, old and young, and their food rations are several thousand kilograms a year.
After deducting the grain from the work points, you can still get six to seven hundred yuan, which is really a good life.
"Fourth brother, you go to the Wu family right now, have a good talk with them, and ask the Wu family what they think.
The conditions they set, let alone our big house village, even in the commune, no, not even in the county, can achieve it."
"If their family doesn't want to get married, they should make it clear as soon as possible and don't be so difficult.
If their family still wants to marry their daughter over, they should have a serious discussion, and the wedding date has already been set before making a fuss about it, spreading the word and making other people laugh."
Xu Shiyan thought for a moment and suggested that Xu Shide go to the Wu family to find out.
It's not appropriate for anyone else to come forward in this matter. Anyway, Xu Shide is getting married, and this bastard has done everything he should and shouldn't do. He can't hide and not come forward when the matter comes, right?
"Ah? Let me go? Is that okay?" Xu Shide hesitated.
"When discussing marriage, doesn't it always involve a matchmaker? How can we talk about it by ourselves?"
"You won't go? If you don't come forward in your own marriage, who will come forward? What? You still want our parents to come forward?
Get lost, go quickly, sort things out and come back."
In the past, Xu Shiyan had a low status in the family. His father didn't want to see him and his brothers looked down on him, so he didn't speak forcefully.
Things are different now. He has moved out and is living a good life. He has a strong backbone, and of course he also has a strong speech.
"Well, I think what the third child is saying makes sense. Fourth child, please go to Qingling as soon as possible.
Just tell the Wu family that they want a gift of 100 yuan, and I can give it with grit, but if I can't get anything else, I can't get it."
Xu Chenghou thought about it and felt that this was the only way at present, so he immediately ordered Xu Shide to go to Qingling.
Xu Shide was very unhappy, but there was nothing he could do.
I had no choice but to put on my coat, hat and gloves, go out and go straight to Qingling to talk to the Wu family.
"Oh, by the way, I brought back a lot of meat, and it's all in the yard."
Only then did Xu Shiyan remember that he had pulled half of the sledge and put it all in the yard.
"The fourth child is getting married and having a banquet. I don't have much meat at home and have been cooking a lot these days, so I want to prepare it for the fourth child's wedding.
Lao Wu, come with me to move it down quickly and pack it up for later use." Xu Shiyan said, got up and walked out.
The three brothers of the Xu family were all sitting on the North Kang. When they heard this, they quickly followed them out.
Others couldn't sit still anymore and went out one after another to watch the fun. When I went outside, I saw, good guys, there are two sacks on the sledge.
"What is this? Is it all meat?" The whole family was dumbfounded.
How much did the third child haul on the mountain this winter? He often delivered it to home, but today he brought back two sacks?
"Not all, there are some pine nuts, walnuts, hazelnuts, grape cakes, soft dried dates, sugared plum cakes, mountain red bark, and mountain pear lumps.
It was all made by Yingzi while he was idle in the mountains, and was reserved for Lao Liu and the children to eat.
The rest is wild boar, black blind man, deer, and roe deer meat.
Anyway, I did have a lot of work this winter, I left some favors and brought the rest back to my family."
Both of these couples are restless people, and Su Anying also had a lot of troubles when she went up the mountain.
She can't hunt, but she can pick walnuts, hazelnuts, mountain grapes, candied plums, etc.
The mountain grapes were boiled into cakes and dried in the sun according to Xu Shiyan's method, and the soft dates were dried directly.
Use a sieve to rub the ripe candied plums into powdery pulp, add some starch, steam them and shape them into small cakes and dry them in the sun, which can also be used as snacks.
Peel off the skin of the berries, string them up and hang them to dry.
Steam them in a pot until they are semi-dry. When they are steamed, take them out to dry and you will get pear dumplings.
The sorbet meat is thick and sour, so it is not delicious when eaten directly, but when it is dried into pear lumps and steamed with water, it is sour and sweet and is particularly delicious.
In the era when there were no snacks, these things were the favorites of children.
It's just that most people don't have the time to do it. Autumn is too busy and they can't even take care of the autumn harvest. Who has such leisure?
Su Anying followed Xu Shiyan up the mountain, and she didn't have to do any work, so she did this under Xu Shiyan's guidance.
"Oh, third sister-in-law, you are the best, you have prepared so many delicious things for us."
When Xu Shiqin heard that there were so many snacks, he became happy.
Several younger ones also came close to Su Anying. The third aunt was taller than the third aunt, which made Su Anying confused.
Zhou Guilan was also very happy. She walked to the sledge and looked carefully at the contents of the sack.
Then he instructs his son to put all kinds of frozen meat in the warehouse, and take the remaining snacks into the house.
After the things were unloaded from the sledge, the family happily returned to the east room.
Zhou Guilan grabbed a few handfuls of food from the bag and asked Xu Shiqin to take the children to the West Room to eat while the adults chatted.
"Third brother, the team divided the money a few days ago. I'm keeping your money here."
Zhou Guilan stood up, dug out a stack of money from the cabinet, and handed it to Xu Shiyan.
Xu Shiyan and his wife received a lot of points for their work. In addition to food, they also received more than 100 yuan and some tickets.
Xu Shiyan took out one hundred and gave it to his mother. "Mom, the fourth child is getting married. I don't have much ability. This is all I can help."