Chapter 408: House Ruiner in the 1970s (39)

Xu Yin glanced at her partner angrily and went into the kitchen to cook dinner.

Since you are entertaining guests, a staple food 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 fermented glutinous rice is made from new glutinous rice and tastes very good.

 Salty and sweet combination, 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 very showy. In fact, in the past two years, his penmanship has earned much more than the salary of Brigade Elementary School.

Weighing the letter in his hand, Wang Zhibo envied and admired him: "Have you 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 is not.

 He had not thought about whether to send this letter before, but he did not expect Captain Zhao to be so impatient, so he would just solve it at once.

 …

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 too poor to survive and had to sell our children and daughters.

As long as life goes on, who is willing to let their son knock on 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.

　　Unexpectedly, it would be settled so quickly?

 The second old man breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time he couldn't help but wonder, which company did it belong to? You have so many sons that you don’t feel bad about giving one as a wife?

So we took some time 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 barge in?

 I was even more surprised to learn that he was still an educated youth.

Educated youths are from the city. Are the city people willing to step in the door for the country people?

 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 the raw rice into cooked rice, 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, Quan must have passed away too.

"His parents agree?" Mrs. Xu turned back and looked 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 Xu Laosan and was equally satisfied. So the wedding was put 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 two elders nodded and said that the day was chosen well.

Mrs. Xu secretly stuffed a roll of money into Xu Yin: "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, half of it for you and Yuanyuan’s wedding, and you and your family are half of it. If it’s not enough for me to go look for it, I promise to sew a few wedding quilts for you.”

 “Grandma, actually there is no need…”

"I want it! How can I 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 continue to work hard to earn work points and strive for the marriage of their daughter. Add a few more pieces of decent furniture to the room. "The boss bought thirty-six legs for Yuanyuan. The wardrobe, chest of drawers, bookcase, dressing table, writing table, and four wooden chairs are complete. 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 and so on, right? As parents, you can’t be lazy and stupid..."

"I know!" Xu Laosan nodded solemnly, "I've already asked the carpenter to do it."

 Er old man: “Really?”

 Why don’t you believe it so much?

 “Oh, I can still lie to you about this? 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 sheet, and it’s also covered with a layer of old felt, which makes it much more comfortable to lie down on.

Xu Yin waited for him to wash up and sit on the bed. She was about to return to the room with a kerosene lamp when she was stopped by him.

 “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 made a set of furniture with thirty-six legs, so let's make a set of forty-eight legs. I'd rather say you Want to come up with a more auspicious number, sixty-six legs?”

 Xu Yin: “…”

She lowered her head and rubbed 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 furniture with sixty-six legs.

“I earned it by submitting articles.” He leaned against the wall lazily, seeming to be looking at 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'm really not good at farm work. .”

Xu Yin shrugged: "I didn't count on you in the first place."

Xu Chengjin raised his handsome eyebrows lightly: "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, I think is quite appropriate. I am responsible for farming and supporting the family, and you are responsible for looking beautiful..."

　　　…”

Xu Chengjin smiled 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, I will be disrespectful! Good night!"

 After saying that, she picked up the kerosene lamp and ran away.

Xu Chengjin: “…”

 After a long time, the tip of his tongue touched his cheek and he smiled.

In the dark night of the late moon, the smiles as bright as the stars make the winter disappear and the stars shine brighter.

 (End of this chapter)