On August 20, the two eldest daughters and the eldest son-in-law of the Li family had returned to their natal family a long time ago, waiting for the Cheng family to come to propose marriage.
Cheng's family arranged for Cheng Bin's parents, eldest brother and sister-in-law, and Cheng Bin's second aunt to come together to propose marriage, bringing the four-color gifts of cigarettes, wine, meat and cloth.
Although the man and woman are in love, they are not good-looking without a matchmaker. Cheng Bin's second aunt played the role of matchmaker.
The marriage between Cheng Bin and Li Mingye was originally based on the disagreement of both parents, but the two children were willing, so everyone had to make concessions. Besides, Cheng Bin really found a job. Although he was not decent enough to work in a winery, he still found a job, which met the conditions set by the Li family.
Aunt Cheng Er is also a gracious person. The date of marriage is confirmed in a few words. She also guarantees that the three pieces will be arranged in full. She also said that she will wait a few days for the two children to buy it by themselves... The two elders of the Li family are not unreasonable. People, the man said so, and they have nothing to provoke.
The date is so set, set for next month, which is September 16.
When the Cheng family left and the Li family recollected it, they felt that the day was too tight, and it was less than a month when it was full.
"Is it too urgent to book this day?" Grandpa Li is the fourth girl who loves the most. He feels uncomfortable thinking that the fourth child is about to get married.
"Hey, the female congress is not here, stay here and stay for a grudge... If she is willing to marry, she will marry, sooner or later, she won't be able to keep it." Although Grandma Li was also reluctant, she was not the first girl to marry, and her mentality had long been calm Up.
"These few days have been busy with farming, and when the work is over, I should hurry up to buy a dowry for Ye Zi."
In the next few days, the Li family was busy with the autumn harvest. Several daughters and sons-in-laws all came back to help, even Cheng Bin came... This was no way. The Li family had no male labor, and only depended on the help of the daughter-in-law when they were busy farming.
As for Li Hongwei, everyone in his family pampered him. He has never been to the ground when he grows up. Not only him, but also Li Mingli. These two children are the most favored by the whole family. They were originally young and no adults. Count on them to work on the ground. Besides, Li Mingli still has to go to work, and she is not really nobody doing the work at home, let alone her.
But Li Hongwei was not idle either. He made an appointment with Mei Xiaoran as early as August 15 to take advantage of this autumn.
Fake money to buy a bicycle for his lady.
On the evening of the second day of the holiday, Mei Xiaoran and Li Hongwei met, holding a fluorescent table lamp in their hands.
It turned out that Mei Xiaoran's idea was to let him dig scorpions together.
Kangping County belongs to the basin and is surrounded by mountains. Although it is past summer and it is not the best time to catch scorpions, the weather is still very hot, and there are still many wild scorpions coming out.
Seeing the table lamp in Mei Xiaoran's hand, Li Hongwei was still a little confused, "What are you doing with this?"
"Uncle, you'll know in a while."
Li Hongwei glared at her, "Do you still play mystery with my uncle?"
"Uncle, put on your gloves first, and don't let the scorpion sting."
"Can I not know? You can still use it."
Looking for scorpions, Mei Xiaoran, is definitely not good, but Li Hongwei is different. Boys seem to be naturally good at spotting these snakes, insects, rats, and ants. He quickly finds the damp shade where scorpions tend to stay.
Only then did Mei Xiaoran turn on the fluorescent light in his hand, and just took a photo of it at the wet ground, and it revealed the figure of a scorpion... Li Hongwei was stunned by this magical operation, "Ran Ran, what did you do?"
"My uncle quickly grab the scorpion into the glass bottle."
Under the command of Mei Xiaoran, Li Hongwei quickly took out the clip, grabbed the scorpion that appeared to be in its original shape but seemed to be nailed to the ground, and put it into a glass bottle prepared in advance.
After Li Hongwei successfully grabbed the scorpion and installed it, Mei Xiaoran told him that the scorpion was exposed to light and would show its original shape when illuminated with an ultraviolet light, so that it would be easier to grab and be less dangerous.
"High, really high!"
Li Hongchuan couldn't help but gave his niece a thumbs up, "Where did you know how to catch a scorpion like this?"
"I also listened to what others said, so I wanted to give it a try. I didn't expect it to be true."
Mei Xiaoran is ashamed to tell her uncle that more people will use this method to catch scorpions in later generations, but the material is too underdeveloped in this age, and many people don't know how to use the ultraviolet light in fluorescent lamps to catch scorpions, which are photosensitive insects.
With the help of fluorescent lights, catching scorpions has become much easier.
Li Hongwei was in charge of finding the scorpion nest, and Mei Xiaoran was in charge of taking care of it. The two cooperated very tacitly, but within two hours they filled the bottle with them.
Lee
Hongwei still reluctant to leave. With such a good scorpion catching weapon, I'm sorry for not catching a few more scorpions. But Mei Xiaoran told him, "Uncle, can you still catch all the scorpions? Let's come back tomorrow. Keep on catching, anyway, there are so many days off. If you follow this harvest, it is estimated that you can save money for bicycles for my aunt."
"That's all right, it's up to you."
Li Hongwei took Mei Xiaoran back reluctantly.
He sent Mei Xiaoran to Dongguan, and went back to Beiguan by himself. When he arrived home, he poured out two glass bottles of scorpions and weighed them. It was a catty and a half, which made him happy.
Scorpion has always been a precious Chinese medicine. The purchase price of a catty is ten yuan, and this one night he made fifteen yuan. If he hadn't personally said it, Li Hongwei would never have thought that the spoils would be so rich.
The next day, Li Hongwei ran to the drugstore early in the morning to sell the scorpion. He got fifteen yuan and laughed from ear to ear. Happily ran to find Mei Xiaoran.
"Ran Ran, Ran Ran..."
Mei Xiaoran had just eaten breakfast. Seeing her uncle came running, she knew why, "Uncle, did you sell the scorpion?"
"A catty and a half, fifteen, fifteen yuan!"
This is the first time Li Hongwei has made so much money when he grows up so seriously. He was so excited that he was incoherent. He really didn't expect that he would make such money after coming out of this idea.
In the summer, he hadn't never caught a scorpion, but the poisonous scorpion is not easy to catch. He likes to hide under bluestone slabs, appear in backlit and humid places, and sting people. Sometimes he caught only five or seven in one night, and only two or two. It was like last night, when he caught so many all at once, he was crazy happy.
"Ran Ran, let's go tonight!"
Mei Xiaoran couldn't help but glared at him, "Uncle, can you keep a low profile? You want to yell that the adults know, who will let us catch it?"
"I see, I'm silent."
Li Hongwei's words also shocked Mei Xiaolei. After Mei Xiaolei knew about it, he wore Li Hongwei and Mei Xiaoran, "You have to take me with you when you go to catch scorpions at night, or I will tell my mother and grandma."
"Mei Xiaolei, you traitor!"
Although Li Hongwei scolded, he was very happy. One more person could bring a few more bottles. Last night he was just trying his best. Tonight he has to show his skills.
(End of this chapter)