In the early morning of January 10, Shi Xingchao and Shi Xinghuo drove the tractor to Anshan Town Bus Station.
They want to stay here, waiting for the bus to the provincial capital. That bus only leaves once a day, and it will stop at the bus station in Anshan Town at 8:00 in the morning.
After Shi Zhen parked the tractor, he helped Shi Xingchao and Shi Xinghuo to get things out of the car.
Because they were going back this time to bring their family members out of the mountains, they didn't bring much, but they still had a lot of baggage.
"Why is it so heavy?" Shi Zhen frowned while carrying one of the bundles.
"This is a bottle of water," Shi Xing said.
Shi Zhen glanced through the gap in the bag, and found that there was a large Coke bottle filled with water, just such a large bottle, it weighed four or five pounds.
This is a bit of an exaggeration.
Shi Zhendao: "The bus station can pick up hot water..."
Shi Xingchao said, "You have to collect money!" The hot water at the bus station sells a hot water bottle for 10 cents! People usually don't bring a thermos when they go out, but bring a kettle or a glass can, so they will give one and two points, and they won't say anything about the water.
But then... in the end you want money!
Shi Zhen felt that he should not bring this up.
"Xinghuo, Xingchao!" At this moment, Shi Dalin's voice sounded.
Shi Xinghuo and the others were leaving today, and the Shi family also knew that Shi Dalin didn't go to set up a stall in the morning, so he came to give it away.
"Uncle!" Shi Xingchao split his mouth, "Why are you here? We don't need to send it!"
Shi Dalin smiled and took out a bag for them: "I packed some food for you, you can take it with you on the road."
"Thank you, uncle." Shi Xing said.
Shi Xingchao and Shi Xinghuo were big men. Shi Zhen and the others didn't need to put them in the car, they just said a few words and left.
Today Shi Zhen still has something to do - take Zhao Meiyun to remove the plaster.
Zhao Meiyun is getting old and recovering slowly, and the plaster can only be removed now.
It was less than eight o'clock when Shi Zhen and Shi Dalin arrived at Shi's house.
Shi Ting had gone to school, Zhao Qiujuan was still selling rice balls outside, Zhao Dongjuan was nowhere to be seen, and Zhao Meiyun was at home.
Seeing Shi Zhen, Zhao Meiyun immediately smiled: "Azhen, Xinghuo and the others are gone?"
"I'm still waiting at the station now," Shi Zhen said.
"Have they brought enough clothes? It's been very cold outside recently." "Enough... Aunt Zhao, I'll carry you to the tractor and sit." Shi Zhen bent down in front of Zhao Meiyun.
"Hey..." Zhao Meiyun was moved again and leaned on Shi Zhen's back.
There was a bamboo chair on the tractor for Shi Xing to sit on before them. Shi Zhen climbed up with Zhao Meiyun on his back, let her sit on it, and pulled Shi Dalin into the car.
This tractor is second-hand. After Shi Zhen brought it to install the bricks recently, it has not been washed. In fact, it is quite dirty, but Zhao Meiyun and Shi Dalin sat on it, smiling happily, looking at the pedestrians on the roadside with pride.
Their house has a tractor!
Shi Zhen couldn't see the expressions of Shi Dalin and the others. He took them to the hospital, because it was a little early and the doctor had not come yet, so he could only wait beside them.
Shi Zhen stayed with him until 8:30, and there was no turn. After explaining to them, he went back to Guanjia Village.
The sweater delivery car will be here at about nine o'clock.
Shi Zhen took the sweaters brought by the driver out of the car, put the sweaters sorted yesterday into the car, and distributed them to those who were in a hurry to get the sweaters... It was almost eleven o'clock.
This time, he didn't drive a tractor and rode a tricycle to the hospital. As soon as he got there, he saw Shi Dalin supporting Zhao Meiyun and walking slowly in the hospital.
"How's Aunt Zhao's leg?" Shi Zhen asked.
Shi Dalin said: "The plaster has been removed. I just had an examination. The leg is recovering well. It's her broken leg, which is a little smaller."
"If you don't move for a long time, your muscles will atrophy... It will be better if you practice more." Shi Zhen said.
"That's good." Shi Dalin said, and Zhao Meiyun breathed a sigh of relief.
Shi Zhen didn't drive the tractor, so he let Zhao Meiyun get on the tricycle, he rode slowly, Shi Dalin followed him, and went back to Shi's house together.
Taking a tricycle, there is no more condescending feeling of taking a tractor, but Zhao Meiyun is still very happy to be carried by Shi Zhen.
Her legs are healed, and she is in a very good mood today.
When they got home, Zhao Qiujuan had already prepared the meal: "Dad, Mom, are you back? It's time to eat."
Zhao Meiyun helped Shi Dalin get off the tricycle and asked subconsciously, "Where's Dongjuan?"
Zhao Qiujuan said, "I didn't see her."
Zhao Meiyun pursed her lips and stopped talking, her joy in her heart was greatly reduced.
"Meiyun, did the cast on your leg come off?" A neighbor who lived in the alley came out and greeted Zhao Meiyun while watering the garlic he had planted in the foam box. "Well, it's dismantled." Zhao Meiyun smiled.
The man looked at Shi Zhen again and was very curious: "This is your son? He's really tall."
"Yeah." Zhao Meiyun smiled when she saw someone praising Shi Zhen. Shi Zhen couldn't live here, so many people here had never seen Shi Zhen.
"By the way, Meiyun, your little daughter... do you really want to marry that Wang Zugen? That family is not easy to get along with, Wang Zugen's mother, these days I have often told people that your little daughter is behind..." the neighbor reminded. What Wang Zugen's mother said outside was that she didn't look down on Zhao Dongjuan at all. Zhao Dongjuan really liked her son and went to her house to work every day, so she agreed to this marriage.
Zhao Meiyun's face suddenly lost the smile.
Shi Zhen didn't interfere in Zhao Dongjuan's marriage before, lest Zhao Dongjuan think he was going to destroy it.
He has been wandering around the country, and he doesn't know many people in the town, and his understanding of Wang Zugen is limited to the last time he met.
Now it seems... Wang Zugen's mother is really not easy to mess with.
No wonder Wang Zugen, a townsman with a formal job, was in his thirties and couldn't find anyone.
When the neighbor said this, Zhao Meiyun was in no mood to eat. She ate every bite of the dishes Zhao Qiujuan made.
Seeing this, Shi Zhen said, "Aunt Zhao, if you want to keep your legs healthy, you need to eat more meat, otherwise it will be easy to keep your calves. Don't do heavy work in the future, and go out for more walks."
Zhao Meiyun replied in a low voice, "Yes."
As a result, they were eating. A woman who Shi Zhen had never seen before, probably in her 60s, had a medium build, had a long face, drooped upper eyelids, and covered her triangular eyes. Said: "My family... Are you eating?"
Is this Wang Zugen's mother
It was the first time that Shi Zhen saw the Wang family. As for Zhao Meiyun, her face was even worse.
This man came in from the outside and first looked at the dishes on the table: "It's delicious, it's both fish and meat. We people on the street don't dare to eat like this."
Today Shi Zhen was coming to dinner, so Zhao Qiujuan steamed a piece of salted fish that had been marinated before, boiled a bowl of pork belly with white water, and fried two vegetables.
In the old Shi family, it was only eaten during festivals, but since he came to Anshan Town, Shi Zhen asked them to eat better every day, and they were used to eating better.
However, Wang Zugen's mother said that they "street people" dare not eat like this, which is an exaggeration.
There are indeed very few people in the countryside who buy meat to eat every day. Many families in the countryside do not have the habit of buying vegetables. They often go to the town to cut meat when there is something at home. However, there are not a few people in the town who buy meat for food every day.
"Your food and use are not bad, and you live in a big house. The youngest daughter has to study here when she pays for her loan, so she is not short of money. How can you not give any dowry, and we will give you all the winter. Juan bought three golds, and you don't want to buy a gold ring for my Zugen..." Wang Zugen's mother came over, took a piece of pork belly with her hand, dipped it in soy sauce and stuffed it into her mouth.
Shi Zhen: "…"
Shi Zhen still knew something about his father.
Although his father doesn't like to talk, he is very affectionate, not to mention anything else. In his last life, Zhao Meiyun broke his leg and amputated. After that, his mental state was not good. He was always crying in bed. A little impatient.
His father has always liked Zhao Qiujuan very much.
But Zhao Dongjuan...
Shi Dalin said: "Zhao Dongjuan is not my own, and I don't care about her affairs."
"I've called you Dad for so many years, you can't justify it anyway!"
"If you want me to take care of it, then I, my old husband, will always give you tobacco and alcohol, and the betrothal gift should also be given to me." Shi Dalin said angrily, that Wang Zugen, the more he looked at it, the less he liked it.
"We don't offer dowry on our streets!" Wang Zugen's mother said, if Zhao Dongjuan would not bring the money back to the Wang family, she would not be willing to give dowry!
"We don't want a dowry there. If you don't want to give a dowry, it's okay not to." Shi Dalin said.
Wang Zugen's mother has nothing to say. She actually doesn't want to give the bride price, but if she really wants to... Zhao Dongjuan, she doesn't want to! Zhao Dongjuan said that they all have dowry gifts there, and it is impossible not to give them.
"Dongjuan's mother? When your man talks like this, you don't say a word?" Wang Zugen asked Zhao Meiyun his mother.
Zhao Meiyun thought that she was going to remove the plaster today, and everyone in the family knew about it. As a result, Zhao Dongjuan was absent all morning, and she was already unhappy. When Wang Zugen's mother came, she kept playing the draft, thinking about what to say. .
At this moment, Zhao Meiyun summoned up his courage and said, "I only have two daughters. They want to give me pension. She will either take care of my pension in the future, or leave the betrothal money to me, which will be regarded as my pension."
Zhao Meiyun didn't really want the dowry money. She knew what the Wang family and even her youngest daughter were thinking.
Sure enough, Wang Zugen's mother scolded and left.
When Wang Zugen's mother left, the neighbor woman who had spoken to Zhao Meiyun before came in from outside the house and said, "Why is she here? Did she come for a dowry?"
"How?" Shi Dalin asked.
"Hey, isn't she, she's made a lot of troubles, she always thinks that her son is the best in the world... She had met many sons before, but none of them succeeded." The man said something and closed it again. He opened his mouth, looking like he wanted to say but was too embarrassed to say it.
"What's going on?" Zhao Meiyun asked, "Just say it."
The man said, "You want to hear it... You guys talked about marriage too fast, and you didn't even ask each other about it. When I knew about it, you both had already decided to get married, so I'm embarrassed to say anything to you..."
This person is obviously a gossip, and he is not ambiguous, and he directly said all kinds of excellent things about the Wang family.
For example, when Wang Zugen was young, he once met a girl from a good family. No matter how beautiful she was, there were always middle-aged girls. As a result, their family disliked people and girls every day and asked them to go out of the house to get married...
Of course not!
This girl is a teacher. Later, the Wang family probably thought that the woman could take care of the family as a teacher, and once demanded that the woman must be a teacher.
And then of course, can't find the right one.
"Actually, two years ago, Wang Zugen was engaged to a country girl and asked the girl to come to their house. The girl was stupid, but she really came... After she became pregnant with a child, they asked the girl for an examination, saying she was pregnant. It was only a man who got married... That girl is really stupid, she even agreed, but fortunately she was dragged back by her father and the child was beaten."
"This..." The Shi family were stunned.
The neighbor said: "But they have learned to be good, and now they should not dare... Your Dongjuan... Will it be a disadvantage?"
"It's not necessarily." Shi Zhen said.
Shi Zhen really didn't think Zhao Dongjuan would suffer. After all, Zhao Dongjuan had many ideas, which were different from ordinary people.
After this marriage is done... It is estimated that it will be very lively.
Shi Zhen guessed right.
Shi Zhen also attended the wedding, and there was no problem during the whole process, but when the wedding was over, there was a commotion.
Zhao Dongjuan and Wang Zugen's parents asked for gifts from the guests: "The gifts from the guests are for our young couple."
"These are the favors we sent out before, and of course we take them back." Of course Wang Zugen's parents would not give them.
"Is there anyone like you? Which one doesn't give gifts to the newlyweds?" Zhao Dongjuan was aggressive, "This gift must be given to me, or I won't end the marriage!"
"You've already finished, why don't you say anything?" Wang Zugen's father was stunned.
"I didn't get the certificate again!" Zhao Dongjuan was righteous.
Before marriage, she worked as a small fudi and worked for the Wang family every day, and she had long been impatient.
Now that the betrothal gift is in hand, she has already found time to deposit it in her bankbook, and bought the three golds... Next, the Wang family should be afraid of her running away, not her fear of the Wang family.
If you have the ability, don't give her a gift! Then she goes!
The dowry is non-refundable anyway!
The Wang family subconsciously looked at the Shi family.
Now that most of the guests had left, the Shi family stayed behind.
Shi Zhen got up and left, Shi Dalin and the others followed closely, and even Zhao Meiyun, who had just removed the plaster, walked quickly.
This marriage, from head to toe, was discussed by Zhao Dongjuan with the Wang family herself, and they didn't interfere or control the whole process.
It's amazing that Zhao Dongjuan can listen to them!
Wang Family: "… "
After Zhao Dongjuan got married, the Wang family went to the Shi family several times, which made the Shi family a little annoying.
But the Wang family is also an ordinary working family. It is not like Wang Zugen said that they know this and that, and even because their family has too many things, their relatives and friends don't like to see them.
They didn't dare to make too much trouble... They were really afraid that Zhao Dongjuan would run away.
Not to mention the three gold gifts, they spent a lot of money on the wedding alone!
So... the Wang family came over, and it didn't have any effect on the Shi family.
It's a little annoying at most.
Shi Zhen hid in the countryside and was not affected much.
He was even in a good mood - Guan Baiyu was about to go on winter vacation.
Shi Xingchao and Shi Xinghuo would move out after the year, and Shi Zhen cleaned up Guan Baiyu's house, leaving only his own bed outside.
As a result, the room is much more spacious.
Shi Zhen knew that Guan Baiyu was going home from vacation, and when the time came, he rode a tricycle to the bus station and waited for Guan Baiyu.
The result... When Guan Baiyu came out of the bus station, he was accompanied by several classmates. The one Shi Zhen met before, Qiu Yunxin, a female classmate who was obviously interested in Guan Baiyu, was also among them.
Shi Zhen was stunned for a while, then looked at Guan Baiyu subconsciously.
Guan Baiyu was in a bad mood.
After they took the exam, they stayed in the school for two days to make up lessons, and they didn't have a vacation until the results came out.
It was finally winter vacation, he was anxious to see his brother, and as a result... Qiu Yunxin and a few of Qiu Yunxin's friends actually wanted to go to Anshan Town with him to play.
With so many people around, he couldn't even talk to his brother properly!