The Zhao family had just left, and the whole Daewoo Village knew about Dong Jiahui's promise of marriage today.
"It's about Zhao Donglin, the eldest son of Zhao Manzhu's family in Shanghe Village. He is also divorced. The first daughter-in-law is an educated youth who went to the countryside. Later, for some reason, she didn't want to go back to the city after passing with Zhao Donglin, so she cruelly left her two children behind. Just left. This Zhao Donglin is also a capable master. He entered the army as a teenager and became a company commander. A while ago, he changed his job and returned to his hometown to become the village party secretary of their Shanghe Village, with a monthly salary of 62 yuan."
Never underestimate the power of people's gossip. As soon as a person walks away, his back foot will be picked up. Who is in the family, how much is the salary, how big is the house, and even how many chickens and pigs are raised? , clear and direct.
"Really? She is a divorced person and can find such good conditions? Doesn't the man have some hidden disease that he didn't tell?"
This is human nature. Most people don’t like to see good things in others. Their hidden line is that divorced women cannot be so marketable. Even if this man is the village party secretary, even if he gets a high salary, there must be something bad about it. .
"I've never heard of Hidden Disease. Someone passed by just now. I took a look from a distance. He is wearing a military uniform and looks very energetic. He is tall, at least six feet tall."
One foot is thirty-three centimeters, and six feet is equivalent to a height of about 1.8 meters. This height is considered tall no matter what era it is placed in.
"Now Chen Guixiang is satisfied. After picking these days, I really picked a good one for her."
Zhao Donglin was a company-level cadre in the army, and received a 20-level salary. After he was transferred, he was a township-level clerk. He was assigned by his superiors to Shanghe Village as the village party secretary. What is the salary of the 21st-level cadres.
The 21st level administrative salary is sixty-two yuan a month, and now one dollar can buy a catty of two taels of eggs and a catty of seven taels of pork.
You can buy eleven catties of corn flour, seven catties of white flour, one or four taels of soybean oil, and hundreds of catties of white radish.
Rural people are envious of the urban household registration of urban residents. With urban household registration, they can go to factories to recruit workers. The most common salary for urban workers is 36 yuan a month, and the average living cost of urban residents is 8 yuan a month. If you count rural areas The cost of living is even less, two or three yuan per capita is enough. After all, there is private land in the countryside, and vegetables and eggs can be self-sufficient, so there is no need to spend extra money to buy them. The salary of sixty-two yuan is still available every month. That is With such a large income, it is no wonder that many people in the village feel sour.
Starting in the afternoon, many people from the Dong family came here all the time, all of them came to inquire about the marriage between the Dong family and the Zhao family.
"Guixiang, now you feel proud. The one Jiahui found is better than the previous one."
Chen Guixiang was smiling at first, but when she heard this, her face became a little ugly, she felt that she didn't know what to say, and at this time, why did she mention Lu's family
Before Chen Guixiang could speak, someone else jumped out to change the subject and act as a peacemaker.
"Oh, today is a good day. Let's talk about what to do in the past."
"That's right, he's the party secretary in the village, and he eats public meals. Jiahui can just eat and drink spicy food for the rest of her life."
"I heard that the man has two children, how old are they?"
"One is four years old and the other is less than one year old. Both are quite young."
"It's good to be small. The young Jiahui can be raised after marriage, but if she grows up and misses her mother, she won't be able to raise her well."
"That's fine, no matter whether Jiahui will have children in the future, anyway, the man will not be afraid if he has children."
Everyone talked lively, and Chen Guixiang sat with everyone and occasionally answered a few words, and when it was time for work in the afternoon, everyone left.
*****
After returning home, Zhang Qiaoer took the birthdays of her sons Zhao Donglin and Dong Jiahui to count the days. By the way, she asked if the two were compatible. Now that the whole country is carrying out activities to break the feudal superstition, she secretly brought egg whites to the door to ask.
"These two horoscopes are counted up and down. It is a match made in heaven. The husband and wife are harmonious, everything goes smoothly, they can enjoy their old age peacefully, and their children and grandchildren will have great prospects."
Zhang Qiaoer was so happy when she heard that the two had a zodiac match, she didn't pay much attention to the words "more children, more blessings" and "many children and grandchildren", and went home with her husband's counted good days.
There are good days in September, October and December of the lunar calendar, because the Chinese New Year is early this year, and January 30th after New Year’s Day is New Year’s Eve. The day was over, and she struggled with which of the remaining two to choose.
"Mom, why don't you ask your elder brother what he means. If he wants to marry a wife earlier, you can choose the first one. If he is willing to wait longer, then you can choose the second one for him."
September in the lunar calendar is also October in the Gregorian calendar. It is a season when the weather is neither too hot nor too cold. It starts to freeze in November. Zhao Caixia herself got married in winter, which is a pain, so she thinks she can get married sooner. Get married early, the newcomers don't have to suffer, and those who come to the house to help make rice noodles don't have to suffer, and even the whole family doesn't have to wash pots and dishes in cold water.
"Ask your brother, what can he say, he must be hoping that his wife will come in sooner."
Zhao Caixia saw that her mother didn't look reluctant, she peeled the peanut in her hand and asked curiously, "Mom, I think you are quite satisfied with this new daughter-in-law, why did you disagree with Meixiang before?" .”
Zhang Qiaoer put down the red paper with the wedding date written in her hand, sighed, and told the eldest daughter about her last visit to Daewoo Village.
"I think this girl is very nice, she doesn't look bad, and she can take care of the children. You said what is your brother planning to do when he comes back to marry a wife? Isn't it just trying to live a life and take care of the children? He chooses the person himself. I insist on it." It's not a big deal if you don't agree, your brother may not really blame me for Wang Mei's matter before, but if I don't go along with him this time, with his temperament, he may not find him in his life."
Zhao Caixia crushed the peeled peanuts and fed them to Yingbao. While feeding her niece, she kept comforting her mother.
"Mom, don't think so much. Dong Lin can't blame you in his heart. No one knows Wang Mei is like that. When I first met her, her mouth was so sweet. It's like touching honey. Don't say you're a poor girl. Oh, I’m still underwhelmed. People change. She’s a city person. It’s normal for her not to live in the countryside but to go back to the city. I’ve been to our county town before I’ve been to a big city. I still envy her As for the people in the county town, there are shops, markets, and movie theaters on the way to their homes. We don’t have these when we go to the countryside. So, I don’t think it’s going to be like Wang Mei’s return to the city. Although Donglin has no wife, it’s not now. I'm looking again, I just feel sorry for these two motherless children."
Zhao Caixia patted Yingbao's head, Yingbao was well taken care of by Zhang Qiaoer and Zhao Meixiang, rice paste, egg custard, white flour steamed buns soaked in sugar water, her food was definitely the best in the village, thanks to Zhao Donglin's high salary, otherwise I can't afford to eat like this.
Zhao Donglin's monthly salary is still handed over to the family. Zhao Caixia knows that her mother has a lot of money in her hands. Like when she usually goes back to her mother's house, her mother often brings her something. I knew that my grandpa's house had a lot of food.
Her mother used to be very frugal, but now she doesn't know if she wants to open up, and she is willing to spend the money to buy food for the children.
"That's the dowry for the Dong family?"
Sixty-six yuan, to buy two bodies from head to toe, plus 50 catties of cornmeal, 20 catties of white flour, 10 catties of brown sugar, ten catties of fruit candy, five large front doors, 200 eggs, and two beds of cotton wool.
The reason why they added so much food was because the Dong family had said that the Dong family would not keep the dowry money and let Dong Jiahui bring it all over. In addition, the Dong family also gave Jiahui a bed, a wardrobe, and a sewing machine as a dowry.
The sewing machine was added by Chen Guixiang. In the past six months, Dong Jiahui has earned some money by sewing and mending clothes for others. Apart from adding things to the house, she has saved it for Chen Guixiang. The money is not much, but it is more than a few dozen yuan. Chen Guixiang feels distressed Daughter, I want to add some money to buy her a sewing machine, so that I can continue to do some private work to earn some money when I get to my husband's house.
Only women with money in their hands can be strong. She is afraid that her daughter-in-law will be weak and be bullied by her in-laws. Although the Zhao family looks good now, it will take time to see people's hearts.
Most of the Dong family has no objection to Chen Guixiang's proposal. Although she is married for the second time, Chen Guixiang used her own money to buy the dowry for her daughter. The other one, Dong Jiahui is looking for a good one. The village cadres, can you guarantee when it will be used? When it comes to the relationship between people and the society of human relations, there are many paths for many people, and those with a clearer mind will not care about such petty gains.
"Your sister got married and our family didn't make any money, so we paid back. Is there anyone in the countryside who married a girl like this?"
Rural people's sons are valuable, and most of the daughter's dowry will be deducted by the mother's family, and there are even those who don't accompany them. It's good for my sister-in-law. The mother-in-law not only told her to bring everything from the Zhao family, but also bought her something else. A bed, a wardrobe, and a sewing machine. Even if my sister-in-law has tens of dollars in her mother-in-law's place, the rest will cost more than a hundred dollars, right
Liu Xiuyun didn't have a problem with sister-in-law, she just felt unbalanced.
"Other people's homes are other people's homes, and ours is ours. Why don't you be happy if your daughter isn't a human being? You're still a woman, so why do women make things difficult for women?"
This was said by Dong Jiahui, and the Dong family thought it was very interesting, and they often joked about it. Whenever Dong Aimin said Liu Xiuyun, he couldn't hold back his laughter.
"What nonsense are you talking about? I just muttered like this, and it becomes difficult?"
Liu Xiuyun snorted and threw a piece of clothing in the past. After her husband interrupted her, most of the discomfort in her heart had dissipated. Tell me how you are ignorant and not united.
"Family harmony can make everything prosperous. You are the daughter-in-law of our Dong family, so you have to abide by the rules of our Dong family. We live together as a family, just like the production team eating a big pot of rice. You can't have that kind of food that you eat too much and I eat too much." If you feel that you can’t eat enough, you should eat hard. If the whole family doesn’t eat, you will be full. If you are not hungry but feel unhappy when you see others eating more than yourself, it is you. For your own problems, you have to reflect on yourself and correct them.”
Such an adult, how can he meet people after being taught by her mother-in-law in such a face-to-face manner? Anyway, Liu Xiuyun is quite afraid of her mother-in-law. Although her mother-in-law looks very kind, she is not the kind of person who comes to things every day, but she talks and does things in the same way. It can make people dizzy.
What's even more speechless is that every time she was taught by her mother-in-law, Liu Xiuyun felt that what her mother-in-law said was very right and very reasonable, which caused her own mental entanglement and collapse. She knew she was wrong intellectually, but she controlled her thoughts. She couldn't help thinking that way, sometimes she felt that she would suffer from schizophrenia.