It is said that "nephew follows uncle, niece looks like aunt", Tian Niu and Dong Jiahui are indeed quite similar, even Chen Guixiang said that Tian Niu and Jia Hui were carved out of the same mold when she was a child.
Zhang Qiaoer misunderstood Tianniu as Dong Jiahui's child, Dong Jiahui didn't explain, and the two walked all the way to the east side of the small river. Dong Jiahui pointed to a family and said to Zhang Qiaoer, "Mother, this is the fifth aunt's house."
Zhang Qiaoer looked in the direction of Dong Jiahui's finger, and the yard matched what she remembered. She patted her thigh with a smile, "No, I just got stuck, thank you so much girl today."
"It's nothing, it's just a trivial matter, then I'll go first."
"Hey, okay, by the way, girl, what's your name, thank you if you find opportunities in the future."
Dong Jiahui waved her hands again and again, "No need, it's just a matter of raising your hands, you really don't have to worry about it, ma'am."
After finishing speaking, Dong Jiahui waved her hand and went to the other side, only Tianniu looked back at Zhang Qiaoer curiously.
Looking at Dong Jiahui's back, Zhang Qiao'er was both happy and sad, thinking what a good girl, it would be great if Donglin could find such a girl back, but it's a pity that good girls belong to others, so she can only look at them greedily.
At this time, everyone in the village went to work in the fields. Zhang Qiaoer waited for an hour at the door of Cao's house before waiting for her old sister Li Jinzhi to come.
"Hey sister, why are you here?"
Li Jinzhi put down the vegetable basket with pigweed and sickle in his hand, and grabbed Zhang Qiaoer's arm. People tend to get agitated when they are old. The two sisters hadn't seen each other for a long time, and suddenly one of them felt sad and wanted to cry.
"I came here today to ask you something. Here, I brought you something for your grandson to eat."
The pumpkins, wax gourds, and cantaloupes that grow in the yard of my house are long-lived, and they are also eaten. After eating, the seeds in the melons are left to dry and then fried in a pot. They can also be used as snacks.
"Hey, come as soon as you come, and bring me something. Our friendship still uses this?"
Zhang Qiaoer smiled and took her hand and said, "What about this and that, I just brought you a taste, we haven't seen each other for a long time, I still miss you."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Qiaoer tucked the corners of her eyes again. These are the sisters she has known since wearing diapers. After decades, everyone has become old women.
The two walked into the courtyard together, and after exchanging a few pleasantries, Zhang Qiaoer told Li Jinzhi the purpose of coming this time.
"The daughter of Changgui's family? Is that Jiahui? Did Donglin take a fancy to it?"
"No, how many times have I looked for him before, and he refused to let go of any of them. Last night, he said that he fell in love with one. At first, I thought it was the little girl of Changfu's family. Who knew that Changgui's family had divorced. the one."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Qiaoer couldn't help but sighed.
"Hey, the daughter of Changgui's family is actually a good girl. Even if her fate is bad, it's not necessarily a bad thing for Donglin to see her. The two of them can get along even if their temperaments are uncertain."
She knew about Donglin's child. She had a righteous mind since she was a child, had perseverance, and was willing to endure hardships. As for Jiahui, she was submissive, and she was too submissive to be bullied into this by the Lu family.
"Oh? Is that a good thing to say?"
Zhang Qiaoer is still very convinced of Li Jinzhi, she said yes, it must not be bad.
"It's pretty good. Except for being divorced, everything else is good, good-looking, good-natured, able to do housework and field work. After returning to my mother's house, I help people in the village to sew and mend clothes, and I can earn money to subsidize the family. After she came back, many people came to her as a matchmaker. Her mother didn't want her to suffer for the rest of her life, so she was determined to find a good one for her, which dragged on until today."
Li Jinzhi said while choosing beans, and Zhang Qiaoer also sat on the ponytail to help her choose together.
"Okay, I'll believe what you say. I already agreed to Donglin last night. What should we do? As parents, can we really be hard on our children? I never stopped him from doing what he wanted to do. "
"It's all the same, the children are all debt collectors, and every family has a hard-to-read scripture. Although Donglin's marriage is not going well, he is capable in his career anyway. He has already become the village party secretary. You can relax and enjoy the blessings. He is married, let them pass their life as a young couple, don't worry about it so much."
Zhang Qiaoer spat, "It's not as easy as you said. You also have three sons, so why don't you worry about them?"
Li Jinzhi smiled and shook his head, "Don't mention it, I can't help my mother, they are all so old, and they each have a small family. I will help if I can help, and I won't get involved if I can't. I don’t have to be angry when I open it, I can fill my stomach, don’t worry about food and clothing, and save some emergency money in my hand, I feel that life is pretty good.”
Who doesn't have a bunch of trivial things, three sons, three daughters-in-law, eight grandchildren, each of them has a personality and an idea. Once your heart is wide open, you will find that there is no big deal, don't watch what you don't like, don't talk about what you don't want to say, and talk about it when you are really old and need someone to take care of you.
After talking about the bad things at home, Zhang Qiaoer talked about the girl she met in the village just now.
"I have a good heart. I asked you if you knew Li Jinzhi's family. She not only showed me the way, but also brought me here. I asked her name, but she left without telling me."
Li Jinzhi didn't care about this, and after talking for a while, Zhang Qiaoer went home with an empty basket.
All the way home, my daughter Zhao Meixiang has already started cooking, and my granddaughter Yingbao is eating boiled sweet potatoes standing in the walker.
"Mom, where did you go early in the morning? My sister-in-law said you didn't go to work today?"
Zhang Qiaoer was so tired after walking around, she sat down and poured out a bowl of cold water, and drank the whole bowl with a gurgle.
"Go out and do something."
She never mentioned anything about going to Daewoo Village.
At noon, when Zhao Donglin came back for dinner, Zhang Qiaoer said awkwardly, "How is your business going? Have you found a matchmaker?"
The corners of Zhao Donglin's mouth curled up almost imperceptibly, "I'm going to find sister-in-law Chrysanthemum from the third team, she is also from Dayu Village."
Zhang Qiaoer nodded. What she originally thought was that if Donglin didn't find someone, it would be better to let Li Jinzhi be the matchmaker. There is a gift of thanking the matchmaker. .
"Now that you have a matchmaker, you should choose a date earlier to say goodbye. Now it's August, and the marriage will be done before the end of the year."
Zhao Donglin nodded in response. Others, such as Zheng Yuefen and Zhao Meixiang, raised their heads in disbelief after hearing it. Mom didn't agree to be so angry last night. Why did her attitude change so quickly today
"What are you looking at, don't you want to eat?"
Unable to lose face, Zhang Qiaoer pretended to be angry and knocked on the rice bowl. Zheng Yuefen and Zhao Meixiang hurriedly bowed their heads to feed the child.
"The Zhao family said that when we came to visit our relatives in three days, Donglin asked me in private to ask if it would be okay to make a lucky number of sixty-six as a betrothal gift. In addition, he also prepared two new clothes for Jiahui, whether they were made of cloth or Buy ready-made Jiahui and decide for yourself."
As soon as Zhao Juhua got the letter, she hurried to Dong's house. She was very happy. This was the first time she was a matchmaker.
"So much? Are you right?"
Chen Guixiang looked at her daughter in disbelief, sixty-six, this is already a very high betrothal gift in the village, the betrothal gift given by the Lu family back then was only twenty yuan plus three feet of cloth.
"That's right! The Zhao family's conditions are good. If they like Jiahui, they will naturally be willing to pay more."
Zhao Juhua teased Dong Jiahui, and Dong Jiahui turned her head uncomfortably.
"Oh, that's really true. I didn't expect Jiahui to meet such a good marriage."
Chen Guixiang was both happy and emotional, with a breath in his chest, feeling elated.
Now, those people who laughed at Jiahui and gossiped about Jiahui back then, now let them see that even if their daughter is divorced, there are still people who want her, and they are very precious.
This day, the entire Dong family knew that Dong Jiahui had talked about other people's affairs, and that she was still the village party secretary of Shanghe Village. up!
"My mother, this is too powerful!"
"Mom, why did you say such a good thing today?"
"That's right, it's still hiding from us."
Chen Guixiang pursed her lips and smiled, "There's nothing to say until things are settled, and now that it's settled, I can feel at ease."
She glanced at the second daughter-in-law and thought, with her mouth, why would she not yell around when she said it
"Very good, I said that we must be blessed with such a good girl, Jiahui, so you have found a good uncle?"
In terms of talking and doing things, it was still the eldest daughter-in-law Zhou Yindi who satisfied Chen Guixiang. She nodded and said, "Indeed, people say that bitterness comes first and sweetness comes first, and Jiahui can be said to have come to the end of all hardships."
Everyone in the family nodded in agreement.
"People from the Zhao family will come to visit relatives in three days. This matter will affect the rest of Jiahui's life. You three sister-in-laws should cheer up and make sure this matter is done well."
It's just a finishing touch, no matter what, you must not make mistakes.
"Mom, don't worry, we will definitely prepare well. From the first day I got married, I treated Jiahui as my own sister. I hope she will live a good life."
As soon as Zhou Yindi said this, Liu Xiuyun rolled her eyes. She can speak and behave, and she can make others look like anything. Now if I follow her and say it, I'm just picking up people's teeth.
"Yes, Mom, Jiahui is our own sister, we promise that we will not lose Jiahui's chain."
Hearing Zhao Lijuan's statement, Liu Xiuyun hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, we must be well prepared."
Chen Guixiang nodded, "Besides, don't tell the outside world about this in advance, as long as we know about it, we will mention it after the marriage is settled."
When explaining this sentence, Chen Guixiang stared at the second daughter-in-law Liu Xiuyun deliberately and said it, which is self-evident.
Jiahui was divorced after all, and Chen Guixiang was afraid that if things got out, someone would come out and make trouble. There are people in this world who don't look down on other people's good things. Maybe this is the only good marriage in my daughter's life. .
"Don't worry, Mom, we know what's in our hearts, we won't go out and talk nonsense."
Zhou Yindi agreed first, and Liu Xiuyun understood what her mother-in-law meant, and pouted aggrievedly.