Qian Shulan briefly explained the two objects to Wang Danna.
Wang Danna never thought that she could find a soldier. People in this era admired soldiers and were proud to be military relatives. If someone in your family was a soldier, others would look up to you and would not dare to take them away for investigation.
"They are both in the military. One is seven years older than you and is the eldest in the family. He has a younger brother who is not married yet and is under a lot of pressure. I guess the whole family depends on his salary. The other one is younger and his brother is married, but his salary is less, after all, he just joined the army."
Wang Danna was a little hesitant.
"Otherwise, you can go and see them first. Your two sisters-in-law said that these two young men have already taken the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. I will ask your sister-in-law to give a message tomorrow, and I will take you to see them."
Wang Danna nodded shyly.
Qian Shulan said worriedly, "We can't just look at appearance. The talent in the family is the most important."
Wang Danna frowned and thought for a while, then nodded in agreement. Sometimes, she thought her mother was very smart, and sometimes, she thought her mother was very funny and didn't look like an old lady. But it was undeniable that her mother was the best mother in the nearby villages.
The next day, Qian Shulan asked the two daughters-in-law to go back with the letter. One agreed to meet the next day, and the other agreed to meet the day after tomorrow.
Both of them are soldiers, and they will get married directly if they meet successfully this time.
Sometimes, Qian Shulan admires how fast people get married in this era.
Although it's not an arranged marriage, isn't it too hasty to get married after just one glance
However, since everyone was like this, Qian Shulan could only adapt to the times and inquire more about the man's character.
Another day of busy work.
The two daughters-in-law came back quickly and both received positive responses.
Go see the one introduced by Zhou Xuemei first, because the one introduced by Sun Daqin is more popular, the man has a high salary, and there are people lining up to see him.
They can only wait until tomorrow.
Qian Shulan wore new clothes, and Wang Danna also changed into a newly made braid, which she bought with the money she earned from catching cicada monkeys and giant caterpillars, and specially asked Li Chunhua to make it for her.
When Qian Shulan left, she told them to work hard at home.
Sun Daqin and Li Chunhua agreed to work together to earn 40 work points.
Because of the Great Steel Production Campaign, all the oxcarts in the team had been taken away, so the three of them had no choice but to walk.
Fortunately, Zhoujia Village was not too far away. It only took half an hour to get there before eight o'clock.
Zhou Xuemei's mother Cao Dahua came out to greet them personally, holding Qian Shulan's hand, and said warmly, "My dear relatives, you are here. I got up early this morning to cook and wait for you."
Here we eat around 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
In fact, the three of them had already eaten when they came out.
Qian Shulan tried to decline, but Cao Dahua's invitation was obviously sincere, so Qian Shulan had no choice but to sit with her in the upper seat.
Several sisters-in-law looked at Qian Shulan and the other two with great interest.
Especially Wang Danna, her face turned red when she was stared at by them.
Qian Shulan patted the back of Wang Danna's hand to comfort her. Cao Dahua noticed her action and glanced at her daughters-in-law.
Several people lowered their heads to eat.
The meal was well prepared, with bacon and cabbage stewed with vermicelli, scrambled eggs with leeks, stir-fried vegetables, cold tomatoes, and the staple food was wheat pancakes.
What made Qian Shulan feel most flattered was that they actually killed a chicken.
Qian Shulan felt that the meal was a little too good. "My dear relatives, you are too enthusiastic. It's even more sumptuous than the Chinese New Year."
Cao Dahua raised a glass of wine to her and said, "My dear, I paid for this and asked the canteen in the team to prepare it. My dear, you have been very kind to my daughter Xuemei since she married into your family. You paid for Xiaotao's illness and helped her a lot. I am really grateful to you. We are both parents. My daughter Xuemei is really blessed to marry into your family."
Qian Shulan sighed in her heart, what a loving mother. She smiled at Xuemei and said, "My dear, you are being a little bit polite. Xuemei is married to our Wang family, so she is a member of our Wang family. This child is reluctant to eat even an egg for Xiaotao. How can I not feel distressed when I see that this child is so weak? My dear, don't think I said something unpleasant. After we are gone, who will take care of our son when he is old? Isn't it his wife? If I don't take good care of his wife, who will my son rely on when he is old? Just for this reason, I have to untie Xuemei's knot. Xiaotao will be able to be filial to them in the future when she is healthy. I don't want anything from them. As long as they live well, I will be satisfied."
Cao Dahua was so moved that her eyes turned red. She wiped away her tears and said, "Big sister, you are such a good person. What you said is so good."
She said to Zhou Xuemei, "Xuemei, you should be filial to your mother-in-law in the future. If you don't treat your mother-in-law as your real mother, I will not recognize you in the future."
Zhou Xuemei also wiped her tears and nodded in agreement.
The sisters-in-law had no idea what was going on. Zhou Xuemei only told Cao Dahua that her mother-in-law had spent a lot of money on medical treatment.
Cao Dahua was not a gossiper, so she naturally didn't say anything. In addition, she had another thought. If one of her sons needed to spend a lot of money in the future, would her daughter-in-law use this as an excuse to ask her to spend all the family's wealth
She asked herself if she could do it, so she didn't say it.
By the time we finished eating, it was already an hour later.
Only then did Cao Dahua happily instruct one of her daughters-in-law to invite someone over.
Then, Cao Dahua looked Wang Danna up and down again and praised her highly.
Wang Danna was praised so much that her face turned red.
Qian Shulan patted her shoulder and said modestly, "She is not that good. I have been supporting her studies, hoping that she could enter a technical secondary school, but she was not motivated and only went to junior high school and then came back. Now, she is learning to do housework. She has to learn from Xuemei. My dear, you are really good at raising a daughter. You raised Xuemei to be so sensible. It saves me a lot of worry."
Hearing her praise her daughter, Cao Dahua was satisfied, but she said with disdain, "She is not as good as you say, she is just too honest."
The two chatted lively and talked about some irrelevant things.
Over there, the man came with his men.
Another round of greetings.
There were three people coming, the man’s mother, his sister, and the man.
The man's mother seemed to be a picky person. She looked at Wang Danna more than ten times, making Wang Danna feel uncomfortable.
The man's sister was a girl of 13 or 14 years old. When she saw Wang Danna wearing a bra, her eyes lit up amazingly. She kept pulling her mother's sleeves.
The man was a young man of about twenty years old with delicate features. He did not look like a soldier but more like an arts soldier.
Qian Shulan asked what she was thinking.
As expected, he was an arts soldier. The boy’s mother said she despised him, but she looked proud. “I never thought he would be chosen. All the boys in the village went to the selection, even Cao’s family went to the selection. But my only son was chosen. This is fate.”
Cao Dahua's face was distorted, and he seemed not to be angry. It is not advisable to expose someone's shortcomings, especially in this kind of situation.
Qian Shulan's mouth twitched. Is her EQ so low
She turned her head to look at the young man. He was about 1.75 meters tall. Boys of that generation were generally not tall. Standing next to Wang Danna, he seemed about the same height.
Qian Shulan winked at Cao Dahua, who understood immediately. "Let the two children look around first."
The boy's mother nodded in agreement.
The man then said to Wang Danna, "Let me take you to the river."
Wang Danna nodded.
After the two men left, Qian Shulan began to ask about the man's family situation.
But she had just opened her mouth when someone started to cry poor. "Our whole family depends on Xiao Er. His father, his elder brother, and his younger brother are not very capable. They just have to dig in the fields for a living."
Qian Shulan's mouth twitched.
Cao Dahua was a little embarrassed and tried to smooth things over, "Sister, how much do you plan to give as a betrothal gift to our second child?"
Nowadays, the bride price is generally twenty yuan, and thirty or forty yuan at most. Those who can give fifty yuan are considered very generous.
When the man's mother heard this, she cried poor, "How can we afford the betrothal gift? My son only sends 15 yuan a month. He won't give me a cent more. He said he wanted to save it up and marry a wife. It's up to him to give whatever betrothal gift he wants. It's your ability that you can come up with it."
Qian Shulan's face was about to collapse. What does this mean
Cao Dahua was also a little embarrassed, "Has your family prepared a wedding room?"
"He's in the army and not at home, so it would be a waste to prepare a wedding room. So we didn't prepare one."
Qian Shulan snorted in her heart, what's the point of seeing each other? She gestured to Zhou Xuemei, who immediately stood up and left the main room.
Go straight to the river that the man just mentioned.
Before the two of them could say a few words, they were called back by Zhou Xuemei.
The boy's mother was a little surprised.
Qian Shulan smiled and said, "Sister, I'm so sorry. The production team needs to earn work points. We only took half a day off, so we have to hurry back."
The boy's mother was shocked.
After I realized it, I realized that this meant I didn’t like it.
She was so angry that she wanted to curse, but then she remembered that they were at Cao Dahua's house, so she immediately swallowed her words and took her daughter home.
Cao Dahua sent Qian Shulan to the village entrance, with a look of embarrassment on her face.
Seeing this, Qian Shulan patted her hands and said, "My dear, please don't be so formal. We are all real relatives. If you find someone suitable, please introduce me to someone else."
As he said that, he took out a package from his bag and handed it to her, "This is for my in-laws, you can try it."
Cao Dahua didn't know what it was and wanted to open it, but Qian Shulan stopped her and said, "Go home and take a look."
Cao Dahua immediately knew what she meant.
After giving it to the person, he opened it and found that it was actually a knife.
She was so excited. Because of the Great Steel Production Campaign, her family even collected the iron from the door bolts. She didn't expect her in-laws to be so capable as to get a knife, which looked like it was new.
Thinking about the meal today, she felt it was worth it.
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