In the movie Wrangler, there was a scene where Li Xiuzhi, a rural girl who fled from Sichuan to the Chilechuan Ranch during the Anti-Japanese War, had no relatives and no place to stay. The kind-hearted Liar Guo took her to Xu Lingjun's small shabby house.
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Liar Guo's line: "Old Xu, do you want a wife or not?"
It became the most brilliant line in the entire movie and triggered countless heated discussions. While everyone was making fun of it, they were still somewhat envious.
But in fact, in that era, although such things were rare, in such a large country, such things were really not a big deal.
In ancient times, there were matchmakers who talked about marriage. When a girl from a family reached the age to leave the court, matchmakers would naturally come to the door from all over the place to ask questions or get some big news after the adults in the family said a few words.
Then things started to get organized.
But now the matchmaker profession has been replaced by many matchmaking agencies, or some aunts and uncles. In the village where Xu Guodong is located, some aunts and aunts, who have nothing to do after dinner, are sitting around under the old tree at the entrance of the village.
, and then chatted while busy with the work in hand.
Those days were not like today. With a mobile phone, there was no need to worry about boredom. Even if we push forward a few years, there would also be a TV. Carving melon seeds and watching TV could be regarded as a leisurely enjoyment.
However, in Xu Guodong's time, these things were obviously impossible. The village had just received electricity and telephones, which had already broken the previous living conditions. It was unimaginable that such days would appear in this small village.
As for the TV, I don't even dare to think about it. Although life is slowly getting better, TV is a rare item, and getting better is a process. Even in the prosperous times, it cannot be said to be done in one step.
At that time, in the small village, it was still a not very prosperous place, and the daily necessities of food, rice, oil, and salt that the parents were short of became the biggest talking point.
There was trouble again at Mrs. Zhang's house. The eldest son sent Mrs. Zhang to her younger son's home. The younger son cursed and told how his eldest brother was unfilial. Then, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he sent Mrs. Zhang to his younger son's home.
Mrs. Zhang took her home and took care of three meals a day.
But when there was no one around, the neighbor heard the young couple quarreling.
The little kid from the Li family hit a house sparrow and threw a stone at the village chief's head. Unfortunately, the village chief is quite old and has a big bag on his head when he goes out.
The birthday boy who appears in the movie.
The Li family's child was dragged by his mother and arrived at the village chief's house. He blocked the village chief's door and beat him with a broom. The village chief didn't stop him. He said he wanted to give the village chief an explanation.
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Poor village chief
The bag on the head was not gone yet. When I tried to stop him, the Li family's daughter-in-law hit the bag on the forehead with a broom. Good guy, it's not like everyone has seen big bags before, but on top of a big bag, another one appeared.
It's really rare to see one.
The village chief has not gone out for a day. According to the usual time, the village chief should have passed under the old tree at the entrance of the village at this time, glanced at these women, and said something like a woman's long tongue.
A kind of mother-in-law laughed loudly, and all the men went to work in the fields. The children were also sent out to mow the grass. Those who were willing to go to pick mushrooms gathered mushrooms. The remaining few did not want to go out to work.
, they were all told to go aside and play whatever they liked.
They were not worried about others hearing the conversation. Even if they heard it, what would happen?
The village chief didn't say anything, so who has the ability to control other people's mouths?
The daughter-in-law of the Li family who gave the village chief a broom was also here. When she talked about the situation at that time, her face turned red with embarrassment. It was a state where she wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.
There is no way, the village chief's aunt is here, others can laugh openly, but as the perpetrator, if the Li family's daughter-in-law laughs, then she will offend the village chief's aunt?
The old aunt, who was an open-minded person, said that the bag on the village chief's head was made with a left hand gesture and a right circle. She didn't look distressed at all when she said it, but this was what she showed.
Ah, after I got over the distress at first, I later saw the village chief was happier than anyone else.
Of course, if she returns home and closes the door, she still has to feel distressed and distressed, and she should curse and curse others. If she closes the door and points to the roof to scold the Li family's little daughter-in-law for her lack of sense of propriety, it's not a big deal.
Everyone was laughing and joking for a while, having a little fun with the village chief's affairs, and it was over with a smile.
At that time, the village chief was considered a high-ranking official, at least to the people in his village. People said that the county official was not as good as the current one. Even if he was a high-ranking official, he would not be able to control his own affairs at all.
I won't take him seriously.
The atmosphere in the village is harmonious, and the village chief is also a good-tempered person. But he is the village chief after all, so he has to take care of other people's face.
This matter was talked about and laughed about, and everyone understood that from now on, this matter will be over.
Now that the joke is over, we have to come up with something weird. If we want to get around the bag on the village chief's head, we can't do it without some breaking news.
The daughter-in-law of the Li family knew she was in the wrong, so she later sent something to the village chief's house, a basket of eggs and an old hen, saying that she wanted to replenish the village chief's health. But the village chief knows how to be a good person, and everyone is having a hard time these days.
Wealthy, if this basket of eggs is sold in the county town, it will be a family
The family has a huge income.
So the daughter-in-law of the Li family rolled her eyes, her mind came to life, and she really thought of something strange.
"There's something I don't know if you know."
When the conversation started, the Li family's daughter-in-law looked mysterious and mysterious, which immediately attracted everyone's attention. She didn't wait for anyone to urge her, and when everyone looked at her, she continued to speak.
"You know, at the west end of the village, Lin Laosan's little baby. I heard that the little baby got a strange disease. For some reason, he seems to have changed. He used to like to play and make trouble.
A child suddenly stopped making trouble and locked himself in that small room day after day. Do you think it could be..."
The Li family's wife lowered her voice very low, and with her expression, everyone was quite curious to find out what happened next.
"Could it be something?"
One person was waiting anxiously. Seeing that the Li family's daughter-in-law was reluctant to continue, she opened her mouth to urge her.
"Is it possible that the doll is possessed by an evil spirit? My monkey boy always runs to the west of the village when he has nothing to do. I heard him say that he went to find the doll of Lin Laosan's house, but he couldn't even get in through the door of Lin Laosan's house. He climbed through
When we were at the top of the wall, we saw that the doors and windows of the house where the child lived were tightly closed, and there was no sound inside."
"Hey, I don't dare to talk nonsense. Bah, bah, bah, how can you talk about a child like that?"
"That's right, maybe the little monkey made some mistake and did too much, so Lin Laosan kept him in the house and refused to let him out. Those little monkeys were beaten one by one if they were not beaten for three days.
Be gentle."
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Everyone was talking a lot. Although they criticized the Li family's daughter-in-law, there was no need to take such words to heart.
However, the daughter-in-law of the Li family did not rush to defend or agree. Instead, she sat there calmly and put down her work. Her posture was quite confident, as if she had a chance to win.
This gesture of the Li family's daughter-in-law made everyone's comments slowly subside. It seemed that the Li family's daughter-in-law had something to say, and she secretly planned to wait until all the work in hand was finished.
I went to the west end of the village to investigate the situation, hoping that what the Li family's daughter-in-law would say next would surprise everyone.
The Li family's daughter-in-law had a leisurely time to look at these familiar people, and she was making a show of it. Just as she was about to tell the story of what happened next, there was a little baby at the entrance of the village, waving her little hands, panting and running towards the entrance of the village.
"I've been asking, I've been asking, I don't have a wife!"
The person here was none other than the dog who had been separated from Xu Guodong not long ago.