The next day, Matchmaker Hua went to the supply and marketing cooperative alone. When she saw the young man, her eyes narrowed slightly.
Hong Shunyou's eyes were red and swollen, and it was obvious that he had been crying. When he saw her coming, he looked a little uncomfortable, and his smile seemed forced. "Auntie, you're here."
The matchmaker still had a warm smile on her face, "Yes, why doesn't your mother agree?"
Hong Shunyou hummed uncomfortably, but was afraid that she would misunderstand him. "My mother doesn't have a problem with her, but she can't bear to part with me. I will convince my mother as soon as possible."
The matchmaker raised the handkerchief in her hand, still smiling, "It's okay, I just want to help you find a husband because I think you are a real person. A daughter is sought after by hundreds of families, and it's always hard to choose a good girl. If you are gone, there are still other families, so don't be angry with your mother, she is doing this for your own good. She treats you like a grown-up girl. If someone doesn't know, they would think you are going to get married!"
Hong Shunyou was stunned for a moment before he realized, "Yes, I am marrying a wife, not getting married, why should I be reluctant to let her go?" After thinking for a long time, he came up with a reason, "My mother may be worried that I will forget her after I marry a wife."
The matchmaker twisted her lips, "You are right. Maybe she wants to pick a good one for you. Then I won't interfere. I hope you can find a filial wife as soon as possible." She flicked her handkerchief and was about to leave, "Come on, you are busy! I still have to help find a new partner! The girl I introduced to you is also very picky. She has high standards. She must be educated, good-looking, and honest. I just happened to meet you and thought you were good, so I wanted to introduce her to you. Well, to be honest, she is indeed a good girl picked out of a hundred. Not only is she beautiful, she is also a junior high school student, and she is also good at work. The most important thing is that she has a good temper. Which of the young men I have doesn't want to marry her as a wife. Come on, I won't talk to you anymore, I still have to go back to help find a partner!"
Hong Shunyou felt bitter and impatient. He might not meet such a good girl again. But his mother...
Seeing that she was really leaving, he hurriedly grabbed the matchmaker's arm and said anxiously, "Can you give me a few days, I will persuade my mother. Wait for me for three days, just three days." He gestured with his fingers as he spoke.
The matchmaker was stunned for a moment. "Isn't your mother going to arrange it for you herself? How can I get involved? Wouldn't that mean I'm going to fight with my peers? That won't work! Please don't make things difficult for me."
Then she pried his hands apart and turned to leave.
Hong Shunyou waved his hands and said, "No, no, my mother didn't find a partner for me."
The matchmaker was surprised. "You are already eighteen years old, and your mother still won't help you find a partner. Does she want you to be single for the rest of your life?"
Hong Shunyou froze for a moment, his face looked very unhappy, and after a while he said, "I can decide on my own when I marry a wife."
The matchmaker repeated, "You can make the decision yourself?"
Hong Shunyou wiped his face and nodded confidently, "I can make the decision myself."
The matchmaker thought for a moment and said, "How about this, I'll go back and try to delay it for three days for you, and you can go back and have a good discussion with your mother. It would be best if both families agree. If your parents really don't agree, we can talk about the future. Do you think this is okay?"
Hong Soonyou was surprised, "Really?"
The matchmaker smiled and said, "Of course I will. I'm a matchmaker who keeps my word. I'll do what I promised you. But you have to hurry up, because there are many people that a good girl likes. Who knows, one day someone better than you will fall in love with her, and I won't be able to stop her then. You can't blame me then!"
Hong Shunyou's heart, which had just been relieved, was lifted again.
When Hua Matchmaker returned to Wangjia Village, she learned it from Qian Shulan. This was expected, after all, Hong Shunyou's mother wanted to keep him until he was twenty years old.
Qian Shulan just wanted to test his determination. If his mother really opposed it, would he stick to his own ideas or listen to his mother in everything? Obviously, the result was not bad.
Wang Danna was not very happy, and was obviously disappointed. She stood up and said, "Mom, I'm going back to the house first."
Qian Shulan nodded, looking at the military uniform she had changed into specially to give the other party a good impression, and felt that this girl really valued Hong Shunyou.
Qian Shulan and Hua the matchmaker looked at each other and then sighed together.
Before Hong Shunyou could reply, Qian Shulan's long-awaited final exam for the literacy class began.
Needless to say, the most important thing for Sun Daqin after the operation was rest, and she had very little time to read.
What about Li Chunhua? She is too stupid and always has trouble remembering things. What she learned the day before yesterday, she forgets today.
Even if you asked her to review it yesterday.
Qian Shulan really didn’t think studying was difficult before. For example, she worked part-time the day before the college entrance examination, but she still got into college, didn’t she
But, who would have thought? A poor student is a poor student. The saying that hard work can make up for one's shortcomings is also nonsense to a poor student.
Qian Shulan shook her head and sighed. Without a diploma, there was no hope of finding a job.
In the future, I should find a way to let her learn some skills.
The final exam was very quick. There were 50 people in total, 30 of them were absent, leaving 20 people, and only 6 passed.
They are Qian Shulan, Xiaomei, Xiaohe, Wang Shouren, Zhou Xuemei and Wang Shouyi.
Among them, Wang Shouyi just barely passed, which was considered the worst scorer.
To celebrate the passing of six people in their family at once, Qian Shulan specially prepared a table of delicious food.
Of course, she kept it a secret from everyone. Qian Shulan specially cooked several dishes in the evening, including meat dishes.
It was still rabbit meat stewed with potatoes. After frying, Qian Shulan inhaled all the smells from the kitchen into the space. The aroma of meat in the air became very faint.
Qian Shulan also steamed white flour buns and even took out the Maotai liquor hidden in the space.
"You all got to eat here because of them. This meal is also to celebrate your success in getting your completion certificates. I'm happy for you. And Xiaomei, you're great too."
It was freezing cold outside. In the main room of Old Wang's house, six people sat at a large table, and the others sat at a small table, holding meat soup and steamed buns in their hands. The aroma was particularly tempting.
There were even more wine glasses in front of the men.
"Okay, let's eat."
Everyone started to eat. They took a bite of steamed bun, drank the broth, and had a dish of snacks to go with the wine. This was a great day.
Qian Shulan gave Wang Shouren a piece of rabbit meat and nodded to him with satisfaction, "Boss, I was right about you." Others were able to pass the exam because of their smart brains, but Wang Shouren was just hardworking. Even Wang Shouyi was smarter than Wang Shouren.
Although Wang Shouren couldn't remember things, he was more motivated than Li Chunhua and Sun Daqin. After Qian Shulan's teaching, he worked hard to read books so as not to disappoint her.
Hearing his mother's praise, Wang Shouren scratched his head in embarrassment, but he unconsciously straightened his chest, as proud as a primary school student who was praised by his teacher.
Qian Shulan said to the three children, "Your father must have been studying so hard these days to be your role model. I heard that even when he was smelting steel, he still found time to learn to read. He is so determined. You must learn from your father."
The three children looked at Wang Shouren with pride. Wang Shouren was so excited. He was just an ordinary country boy who had never thought of being a role model for his children. All along, his way of loving his children was to give them the best he could.
But his mother enlightened him. When you asked your son to be successful, have you ever reflected on yourself? Why can't you do what you asked
What did his mother say? Because you are escaping, you are shirking your responsibilities, you are forcing your dreams on your son, you are very selfish.
Only then did Wang Shouren realize that his previous thoughts were wrong.
If he wanted his son to be a worker, he had to do it himself first.
Otherwise, why would he demand that his son be better than him? Is it because he is the father
After finishing the meal, Qian Shulan took out the reward again and said, "We agreed last time that as long as you can get a certificate of completion, you can get a reward of ten yuan." She handed over five red envelopes wrapped in red paper one by one.
Obviously this reward was the most substantial, and they all stared at the red envelope with shining eyes.
Li Chunhua was very excited when she saw the money in Xiaomei's hand. Qian Shulan's eyes lit up when she saw her and she added, "This money is a reward for the children. None of you are allowed to ask for it from them."
Hearing this, Li Chunhua felt embarrassed.
After dinner, the men were already drunk and staggered back to their rooms to sleep.
Today it is Sun Daqin's turn to clean up the dishes.
Qian Shulan returned to her room.
Zhou Xuemei followed him into the house.
Qian Shulan looked at her in surprise, "What's wrong?"
Zhou Xuemei took out some money from her pocket, including the red envelope, and said, "Mom, this is the money that my fourth son and I saved, a total of 100 yuan. Please keep it."
Qian Shulan took it and took out a notebook from the drawer to record it.
Then he put the money into the cash box, where there were only a few pieces of money, which looked quite pitiful.
Qian Shulan patted the kang and asked Zhou Xuemei to sit down, "Don't work so hard." In order to pay back the money as soon as possible, Zhou Xuemei worked harder than anyone else in weaving baskets. The work points she received every day were no different from those of men.
Qian Shulan looked at her obviously exhausted face and said, "Just do your best, but don't push yourself too hard. Xiao Tao was cured with great difficulty, so don't make her sick again."
Zhou Xuemei uttered "hmm" and was about to say something when she felt her stomach churning, as if something was about to come out. She covered her mouth and retched non-stop.
Her action scared Qian Shulan.
It seems that she didn't cook anything expired tonight. The ingredients were all taken from the space, very fresh. There couldn't be any problem. Besides, everyone else was fine, but she kept vomiting. No matter how I thought about it, I felt that something was wrong.
Zhou Xuemei covered her mouth and retched continuously, but she couldn't vomit anything.
Qian Shulan suddenly had a guess in her mind, "Could you be pregnant?"
Got it? Zhou Xuemei was also stunned when she heard this.
The last time she went to Beijing, she asked the doctor to check her pulse and prescribe some medicine. The doctor told her to eat more red dates and peanuts. She usually eats some of them. But she didn't expect it to be so effective. She got pregnant so quickly.
Qian Shulan slapped her thigh, her face full of joy, "Hurry up and find Old Yang to take my pulse."
Qian Shulan opened the door and asked Li Chunhua to call for help. Except for the man who went to sleep, everyone else was sitting in the main room chatting and warming themselves by the fire. When they heard the mother-in-law's voice, they immediately came over curiously to see.
But when Li Chunhua heard what her mother-in-law said, she was stunned.
Pregnant? My fourth brother’s wife is pregnant
Li Chunhua could not suppress the jealousy that welled up in her heart. Qian Shulan saw that her face looked strange and subconsciously felt that she was thinking something wrong, so she quickly asked Xiaomei to go and call.
Xiaomei came to her senses from her shock. She looked at her mother hurriedly, a little worried. But her mother had to figure it out herself. She had no way to comfort her.
Qian Shulan smiled at Li Chunhua and said, "Don't think too much. Don't you have a pillar now?"
Li Chunhua came back to her senses and nodded, but she didn't even look at Zhuzi, and her expression was obviously not looking good.
Sun Daqin had just come out of the kitchen after washing the dishes when she heard her mother-in-law say that her fourth brother's wife was pregnant. She felt equally complicated.
If this is a boy, then she is not the only one in Lao Wang's family.
Hey! Sun Daqin suppressed her jealousy and congratulated Zhou Xuemei.
Zhou Xuemei nodded at her without caring whether her sister-in-law was sincere or not.
He looked at Li Chunhua with a little worry again, and when he saw her giving him a stiff smile, he felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
Old Yang came very quickly.
As soon as he entered the Wang family's courtyard, he smelled a fragrance. He sniffed the air and asked, "What delicious food did you eat? Why is there a smell of meat?"
Qian Shulan's mouth twitched. Why would someone with such a sensitive sense of taste be a doctor? He should be a cook. She smiled and walked forward. "There's not even a pot at home. How can you eat? What can you eat?" She pulled his sleeve and said, "Hurry up and take his pulse."
Old Yang thought so. Could it be that he hadn't eaten for a long time and was craving meat? He shook his head and sighed, then looked at Sun Daqin's face carefully for a long time, "You look good, just continue to rest."
Qian Shulan was somewhat speechless and reminded him, "I asked you to see the fourth daughter-in-law, not her. The wound on the eldest daughter-in-law has already scabbed over. Didn't you just see it the day before yesterday?"
Old Yang said "Oh", quickly asked Zhou Xuemei to sit down, and then began to take her pulse.
After a while, Old Yang said with a smile on his face, "It's a slippery pulse. Congratulations on having a new member in your family."
Although Qian Shulan had guessed it long ago, she was still very surprised when it was confirmed now, "Really?"
Being suspected, Old Yang twisted his neck and said proudly, "Even if I'm a barefoot doctor, I can still diagnose the most basic pulse. Besides, I went to the county town for special training a few days ago. I will take the exam in a few days and can get a formal medical license. Don't look down on me."
Qian Shulan was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly complimented, "You are really amazing." How could he pass the exam if he couldn't even recognize a few words? Qian Shulan was very curious. But she wouldn't ask so bluntly, wouldn't that be exposing his shortcomings? She chose to forget that he couldn't read.
Qian Shulan also asked about some precautions during pregnancy.
When Old Yang saw her praising him, his face turned red and he said seriously, "Leech and horseflies, Aconitum and Aconite with Tianxiong;
Wild kudzu, mercury and croton, Achyranthes bidentata, Coix and centipede;
Three-edged genkwa and red musk, male and female euphorbia and yellow cicada molt.
Saltpeter, Glauber's salt, peony, osmanthus, locust flowers, morning glory, and saponin.
Pinellia, Arisaema and Tongcao, Dianthus superbus, dried ginger and peach kernel Tongcao;
"Alum, dried lacquer, crab claws, ground gall and Imperata root are all ineffective."
Qian Shulan's face was full of black lines. "I'm asking you about what you shouldn't eat. Why are you talking to me about something so technical? Do you think I can understand you?"
Old child, the old child is referring to him!
Old Yang scratched his few fallen hairs and said, "You can't eat crabs, hawthorns, almonds, persimmons, longans..."
Zhou Xuemei and Qian Shulan listened very carefully.
Li Chunhua and Sun Daqin were jealous. When they were pregnant before, they had never seen their mother-in-law care so much.
Not only did he invite a doctor to come and see the patient, he also personally inquired about the situation.
At that time, it was considered good if they could give them an egg.
Oh, it’s really frustrating to compare yourself with others.
In fact, they misunderstood Qian Shulan. Qian Shulan was making preparations in advance.
Her grandmother will be pregnant in two years. She has to prepare in advance. I heard that many births these days are delivered by midwives. If there is a difficult birth, it is not impossible that one person dies and two lives are lost.
As for the baby in Zhou Xuemei's belly, she just regarded it as a preview.
I can’t say that I like it very much, but I don’t hate it either. I even feel a little excited.
After all, she is going to witness the birth and growth of a child. Isn't it amazing
After Qian Shulan asked the questions, she stuffed some money into Old Yang's pocket.
To be honest, I really can’t send anything now.
Eggs? Impossible. The chickens have been collected, where do you get the eggs
Steamed buns? That's impossible. They eat from a big pot.
Food? Impossible.
So, I can only give money.
Old Yang didn't dislike it and accepted it happily.
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