$99, Chapter 99

That night, most families in the village did not sleep.

For farmers of this era, grain is their only way to make money. If they do not sell grain, they will have no sense of security.

Before, they did not only grow this season. They usually kept enough food to eat before the next harvest and sold the rest. In this way, they had money in hand and the grain could be eaten until the new grain of the next season arrived.

But now, Duan Qingen meant to let them keep all the grain.

Now the grain is still sold together by the organization above. Every time the grain harvest season comes, they come.

If you miss this time, you can only wait for the next time.

Or you can sell it to the national supply and marketing cooperative, but the price will definitely not be as much as before.

Although this money is nothing to the rich, it is a lot for farmers like them who work hard for a year and only get so little money.

Duan Qingen did not sleep much either. As soon as he got home, Mao Taohua told him that he had decided to marry Nian Xinxin.

Because Duan Qingen was very sure that there would be a famine, the wedding should not be held at this time. However, because Duan Qingen and Nian Xinxin were not young, and people of their age in the village already had children, the two families discussed that it would be better to hold the wedding as early as possible.

Duan Qingen had no problem.

The earlier the wedding was held, the more beneficial it would be for the two families to visit and take care of each other in the future.

And now the famine was coming soon, and even if there was food left in their village, it would be difficult to hold the wedding.

So as not to attract attention.

Duan Qingen nodded, and Mao Taohua happily went to prepare.

The mother and son discussed for half a night and decided to use food as the betrothal gift directly. Nian Xinxin's family probably also had food.

Although it was not mentioned during the discussion of the secret code, Mao Taohua still said to her son with great awareness: "There are only two sisters in the Nian family. You have to think clearly. If you really marry Xinxin, you will have to take care of the three of us old people in the future."

"It doesn't matter to me."

Duan Qingen said to his mother sweetly as always: "I listen to mom. If you don't mind, I will marry you."

Generally, widows love their children more and have some possessiveness.

For example, Mao Taohua lost her husband at a young age. At that time, she could still remarry, but she was worried that her son would not be liked by her stepfather after remarrying, or that she would be partial to her husband if she had children with him again.

Finally, she decided to stay a widow and take care of her son.

After working hard for so many years, she finally raised her own children. After getting married, her son inexplicably had two more old people who needed his filial piety.

This is like planting a peach tree with great effort, and then the peach tree grows slowly. You work hard to fertilize and water it every day. When the peach tree grows up, two people suddenly come out and want to share the peaches. Normal people will feel uncomfortable.

But the difference between Mao Taohua and normal people is that before these two people came out to share the peaches with her, Qin Xinbao almost chopped down her peach tree.

Since meeting Qin Xinbao, Mao Taohua's requirements for her peach son and future daughter-in-law have become directly opposite to Qin Xinbao.

It's really the opposite.

She is a typical example of being afraid of the rope after being bitten by a snake once, and she is afraid that another Qin Xinbao will come and chop down the peach tree she has worked so hard to plant and raise.

From the perspective of the mother-in-law, Nian Xinxin herself does not have such a shortcoming, but the Nian family behind her is a big shortcoming.

However, this shortcoming becomes very insignificant compared to Qin Xinbao.

Mao Taohua was quite contented and analyzed to her son: "Look, Xinxin is hardworking, you are also capable, and you are also a paid person in our family. Although we have little land, we also have few people, so if nothing unexpected happens, you should be able to live a prosperous life after you get married."

Their family still has some food and money.

The family had the land left by Duan Qingen's father before. At that time, when the collective was established, all the land was planted together. Later, when the land was divided, the two elders of the Duan family were still there and also got land.

After they passed away, the Duan family was left with Mao Taohua and Duan Qingen, two people, a woman, and a child, and they didn't eat much.

Don't think that Mao Taohua seems to be very arrogant. In fact, she knows the principle of not showing off wealth. She always cries poor to outsiders, but in fact her family is still very rich.

In addition, Duan Qingen became the village party secretary. Although he never touches the village, the village party secretary has a salary.

According to Chinese regulations, even the smallest village official has a salary.

Later, Mao Taohua rented out the land to others for cultivation, and they got 10% of the grain. For so long, the Duan family's property can be said to be ranked among the best in the whole village.

Mao Taohua can't read, but Duan Qingen has been consciously teaching her Arabic numerals, so she can also write and draw with paper and pen smoothly.

"If it's Xinxin, and there's Nian's quantity, we can sell 50% of the grain."

She calculated carefully: "There is still wild boar meat at home. As for vegetables, the weather can't keep them, so we can store radishes and sell the rest. We can buy some more vegetables like radishes. If you marry Xinxin, she will be in good health. If she is pregnant, pregnant women need to eat something good."

Duan Qingen continued:

"It's not just Xinxin. It's hard to say whether she is pregnant or not, but mom, you are getting older and you really need to take some good supplements."

"Hey, why am I old? I'm not even fifty yet. Mom knows that you are filial, but if Xinxin is really pregnant, you still have to take care of her first."

Mao Taohua|She has such an open heart. To be honest, she has always been quite stingy, but she has one characteristic. She is stingy towards herself and outsiders, but she is not stingy at all towards her son and future daughter-in-law. .

When Qin Xinbao was her future daughter-in-law, Mao Taohua was kind to her and always bought her this and that. Duan Qingen kept the family money for her, but every time Duan Qingen said he planned to be with Qin Xinbao Maotaohu is very generous with money when I go to the movies or go shopping.

Why did she do this? Wasn't she thinking that Qin Xinbao would be her son's daughter-in-law and the mother of her grandchildren?

Only Qin Xinbao would think that she was really loved by everyone, and that everyone liked her for no reason.

At this moment, Mao Taohua | was so happy in her heart because every word Duan Qingen said was to put her first.

Although she didn't mind sacrificing herself for her son, of course she was happy that her son cared about her.

However, she was still very knowledgeable. As a widow, Mao Taohua did not think that her daughter-in-law was an outsider like some mothers-in-law.

You get married and basically live in this home all your life. You work at home, take care of your husband, and have children. How can you be considered an outsider?

Mao Taohua became a widow at a young age. The two elders of the Duan family were particularly worried about her remarrying. They only had one son, Duan's father. If Mao Taohua remarried, the two of them would raise their grandson together.

When Duan Qingen reaches the age of twenty, maybe they are no longer alive, and his grandson will not know what kind of bullying he will suffer by then.

Once Mao Taohua decided not to remarry and stay, her parents-in-law were extremely grateful to her. After that, they almost treated her as their own daughter. Although they did not live long, they definitely took care of Mao Taohua.

When I first got sick, I was afraid that I would be confused because of my illness, so I told my daughter-in-law all the assets at home and the things hidden in the cellar.

Mao Taohua also felt that her parents-in-law were treating her well. She was a daughter, but her status in her parents' family was not very good. She was just like other girls in the village.

As a result, she was not pampered by her parents-in-law, but she was pampered by her parents-in-law as their biological daughter.

Perhaps because of this, she always felt that if her daughter-in-law got married, she would become a member of their family.

Since they are going to live together for the rest of their lives, she feels that if she is good to her daughter-in-law, then her daughter-in-law can be good to her.

Just like she was with her father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Thinking about it this way, Mao Taohua felt even more comfortable. She felt that Nian Xinxin was definitely different from Qin Xinbao, and he must be someone who repaid his kindness.

She is nice to Nian Xinxin, and Nian Xinxin can definitely be nice to her.

So Mao Taohua thought for a while and continued to write and draw on the paper:

"I heard from your second grandfather that his eldest grandson bought him malted milk and said it was the most nourishing for the body. It is usually given to children. Pregnant women and the elderly can also drink it. Our family is not very short of money. , just buy some and keep it until Xinxin gets married. Give her some to drink every day to keep her healthy and get pregnant as soon as possible. "

Duan Qingen did not express any opinion on Mao Taohua's hope that Nian Xinxin would get pregnant soon.

Mother-in-laws in rural areas all think this way. They don’t mean to marry a daughter-in-law just to have grandchildren. They just think that it is better to spread the branches and leaves as soon as possible. The better, the happier they will be.

He said: "Mom, if you really plan to buy this malted milk, you and Xinxin will drink it together. If you really plan to give it to Xinxin to drink alone, then you might as well not buy it. "

"Xinxin is young and has good health. Mom, you are old and you have worried a lot over the years. If you only give her something to drink and you don't drink it yourself, I will feel bad about it, and she will definitely not feel good about it either."

Mao Taohua felt warm in her heart when she heard this.

She felt that the corners of her eyes were getting wet. She quickly lowered her head to cover up two dry coughs and said with some relief: "I don't want to drink such good things as malted milk. Don't marry a wife and forget about your mother. She will just Happy."

"Mom, what are you talking about?"

The handsome face of the young village party secretary was full of disapproval: "People say that when you marry a daughter-in-law, you forget your mother. That's because there are several sons in the family. The eldest, second, and third are the fathers and mothers of other brothers. The daughter-in-law is just herself. If you have a daughter-in-law, in the long run, won’t you just marry a daughter-in-law and forget your mother?”

He said, holding Mao Taohua's hand, which was darkened by long-term labor, and patted it gently: "Our family is different. Mom, you only have my son, and I only have you as my mother. Even if I forget someone, I will never forget you."

Mao Taohua's tears were really uncontrollable. She wiped the corners of her eyes, "Mom knows, my Qing'en is the most filial."

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Come on, let's continue talking. Then buy this malted milk, let's drink it together as a family and try the new things in the city."

Duan Qingen frowned, "I don't drink it. Isn't this what women, children and the elderly drink? I am a grown man, how can I drink this? I heard that this thing is milky, don't give me the milky taste."

His appearance made Mao Taohua laugh: "You kid, you really care about this."

"Okay, buy it first. Then you can try it. If you really don't like it, forget it. At worst, mom will boil an egg for you every day."

These days, those who can eat eggs every day are definitely the rich in the village.

"There are also quilts. The quilt must be brand new. How can you get married without a new quilt?"

Mao Taohua couldn't write the word "quilt", so Duan Qingen took the pen and paper and wrote: "quilt."

"There is also a new washbasin. This one needs to be new too."

"It depends on the situation at home. It's going to be a lean year now, and I don't know how long it will take. If these things are too expensive, I won't let them go for the time being."

"No, the girl's family must have a new washbasin when they get married. When I got married at that time, I couldn't buy it anywhere, and carpenters didn't dare to do business. Your father went out to find the wood himself and made one himself."

Mao Taohua continued to murmur: "There is also a bed. As for the bed, mom asked someone to make it for you before. It is definitely a big bed and is sturdy. Just put it in the room to the west. By the way, you are getting married. Don't live there now. If you are in this house, go to the house on the west, that one is bigger."

The more she calculated, the more powerful her back became.

The Duan family has such a rich heritage. Looking at the whole village, it would be great to have several large houses with blue bricks like theirs, as well as such a big and nice big bed with plenty of materials.

The previous grudge against Qin Xinbao has completely turned into pride at this moment when the family property is being calculated.

snort!

I don't like their Qing En, who holds hands with others in school.

Do you really think that the Duan family is too poor to have a wife and can only have her?

Mao Taohua couldn't help but want to go out and be proud. After calculating, she put down the pen and paper and looked at her son: "Qing'en, can mom go out and tell others about what our family has prepared?"

Although it is said that wealth is not revealed, if you really have money in your hands, you will have to have a lot of perseverance to hold it back.

Showing off is human nature.

Mao Taohua had previously thought that the Duan family only consisted of her and her son, mother and son. She was a woman, and her son was still young at that time. She was afraid that people would have some evil thoughts if they knew that their family had money and food.

She spent all day looking for people to cry about her poverty. Later, Duan Qing'en grew up and became more and more prosperous. After she gradually gained prestige and fame in the village, Mao Taohua didn't do what she did before, grabbing people and crying that her family was poor. Easy.

But although she no longer cried about poverty, because her son was a cadre, Mao Taohua did not dare to show off, fearing what impact it would have on her son's work if she showed off.

But people can resist showing off, but they can't help but feel proud in front of people who once looked down on them.

Mao Taohua hummed: "I want to show these things in our family and tell the whole village how generous our Duan family is to our daughter-in-law. It would be best to make that Qin Xinbao regret it and die!"

This idea is a bit naive.

But Duan Qingen likes it.

He immediately expressed his support for his mother: "It's okay, Mom, everyone knows my salary. These things are all saved by our own family. There is nothing we can't say."

With her son's words, Mao Taohua suddenly became happy.

"Okay! Then tomorrow, I will go and have a talk with them."

"Come on, let's continue."

Mother and son spent half the night figuring it out.

The Qin family over there didn't sleep either.

To be precise, no one in the Qin family except eldest brother Qin slept.

Qin Xinbao was eventually found by Father Qin and Mother Qin.

In fact, she didn't go far. She was sitting near her home. She could go home in just two steps, but she didn't.

She had to sit there, waiting for her parents to search for her all over the village but couldn't find her, so they came over anxiously and sweating profusely.

Qin's father and Qin's mother originally wanted to accuse him, but seeing how wronged Qin Xinbao was, they really couldn't bear it.

In the end, I can only say: "Don't mess with your second brother and the others next time. You don't know his bad temper. If you mess with him next time and he makes irresponsible remarks in the village, how can you marry him?" go out."

Qin Xinbao wiped away her tears and said angrily, "I didn't want to marry in the village. I was so good at first, but you insisted on finding me such a marriage, but now I'm fine. I've canceled the engagement. The whole village looks at me like this." Very strange."

As soon as Qin's mother heard this, she felt guilty and soft-hearted, and quickly coaxed her daughter, "Okay, okay, if you don't want to look for her in the village, then she won't look for her in the village. You are a college student, so you might as well look for her in a big city in the future."

Qin's mother felt distressed, but Qin's father was not fooled by Qin Xinbao.

He had been worried about selling food and was very irritable. Now he had no son to vent his anger on, so Qin Xinbao's tone made him very unhappy.

"When we talked about the Duan family's marriage before, you yourself saw Duan Qing'en and asked about their family's situation before nodding your head in agreement. Now you are talking as if your mother and I forced you to get engaged."

Qin's mother was also stunned when she heard what her husband said.

Yes, although she had agreed with Mao Taohua that the two children should take a look at each other before calling Qin Xinbao back, she also told Qin Xinbao that if she didn't like it, there was no need to force it. They could decide on Duan Qingen.

It was Qin Xinbao who came back and thought it was good, so he nodded in agreement.

When Qin Xinbao was exposed by his father, his face immediately turned red with anger.

"If mom hadn't asked me to come back, it wouldn't have turned out like this. I was in school and attending classes, how could I have been tied to the Duan family?"

"How can you talk like that, kid? Mom said she would find a husband for you, and you nodded yourself.'

Qin Xinbao felt even more wronged.

She felt that her parents had become different people.

They were so nice to her before, but now they kept blaming her.

She felt wronged and stopped talking. She was just stubborn and refused to speak no matter how her mother asked.

Father Qin was annoyed and had no time to coax his daughter. "Okay, okay, go home. We still have something to discuss."

After returning home, the atmosphere at home was a little stiff because Qin Xinbao was still angry and had a stiff face. Father Qin simply pretended not to see it and directly told the content of the meeting.

Then he asked what other people in the family thought.

Although Brother Qin was honest, he also had some ideas: "Leave the food. Even if there is really no famine, the worst that can happen is to sell it at a lower price. The most important thing for our family is to have enough food. "

Mother Qin always thought she knew nothing, and said directly: "I'll listen to you."

Qin Xinbao's heart skipped a beat.

She didn't care about being angry, and hurriedly said: "No, we have to sell grain."

She needs money every month. When her second brother left, Qin's father and mother told her that they might give her less money in the future.

She has been wronged, if she doesn't sell grain, how will she survive when she goes to school.

One son and one daughter, one says to sell, the other says not to sell.

Father Qin is a conflicted person, and now he is even more conflicted in this situation.

He really doesn't know what to do, so he asks Mother Qin: "What do you think?"

Mother Qin: "What do I know, I'll listen to you. ”

Father Qin: “…”

He was so confused that he announced that he would go back to his room and sleep, and he would think about it carefully.

That night, Father Qin tossed and turned and couldn’t sleep, thinking about whether to sell the grain or not. Mother Qin, who was beside him, couldn’t sleep because her husband kept turning over and over.

Qin Xinbao couldn’t sleep either.

Her mind was in a mess. Sometimes it was her true love, sometimes she and her true love were happily holding hands at the school gate to watch a movie, Duan Qingen suddenly came forward as if falling from the sky, and sometimes it was the expressions of her classmates when Duan Qingen accused her of being an engaged person and being affectionate with others.

Qin Xinbao had something she hadn’t told her family yet.

She only asked for a five-day vacation, and now it’s been five days.

She was really scared now. Go back to school.

Just as Qin Laoer guessed before, she never mentioned her family in school. Because of her lavish dress and spending, some people in the school thought she was a rich and favored city girl.

As a result, Duan Qingen went there that day.

Duan Qingen was good-looking. Although her clothes were a bit simple, she looked much better than some people in the city because of her good figure.

But what he said directly exposed Qin Xinbao.

What uncle and aunt also asked him to bring some food.

What the whole village knew that they had been engaged for a long time.

Although these words were true, Qin Xinbao would never forget the unbelievable look of Zhenai after Duan Qingen said these words.

All this made her want to escape.

She didn't want to go back to school, fearing that other students would look at her strangely after she went back.

Summer vacation was coming soon anyway.

Qin Xinbao thought that she would go back after this summer vacation.

By then, it would be a long time, and maybe many people would have forgotten her.

As for true love...

She was so annoyed that she rubbed her hair.

Forget it, let's talk about it later.

If he really started to stay away from her because of this, it wouldn't be true love.

Qin Laoda in the next room slept very soundly.

Since Qin Laoer left, he had more work to do. He was honest and would not complain. He just worked hard. He was tired from working during the day, so he naturally slept soundly at night.

But although he fell asleep quickly, he dreamed.

He dreamed that he was snoring, and then his wife woke him up, complaining that his snoring disturbed her and the children.

Qin Lao Da woke up with a particularly apologetic look.

When he opened his eyes, the kang was empty, with only him.

There was nothing where his wife and son should have been lying.

He sighed a little disappointed, and continued to close his eyes and sleep and snore.

The next day, when Qin Lao Da woke up in high spirits, he found that the whole family was yawning, and even Qin Xinbao had two big dark circles under his eyes.

What's going on?

He scratched his head stupidly, and didn't ask much. He went to work in the fields after breakfast.

Qin Xinbao put down the chopsticks in his hand and stood up after eating.

Qin's father didn't sleep well, so his tone was a little irritable: "Where are you going?"

"I didn't sleep well last night, so I'm going to sleep in the room for a while. "

Qin Xinbao answered quite confidently.

Father Qin frowned, feeling unhappy.

As a father, he worked hard in the fields every day, and he didn't sleep well all night because of worrying about family matters. He had to go to the fields to work even though he was yawning all the time.

How could Qin Xinbao, his daughter, sleep comfortably and sleep whenever she wanted?

He felt unbalanced, and the family was really busy recently, so he said, "Don't go to sleep, you can't handle the work in the fields. Your mom is here to help you in the fields today, so you can wash the dishes, sweep the floor, and feed the chickens at home. If you can't cook, don't cook for now, but wash and pick the vegetables and leave them there waiting for your mom to come back."

These tasks are very simple and easy for any girl in the village, and she might even be grateful to her parents for being so kind to her and assigning her such an easy task.

But when it comes to Qin Xinbao, she opens her eyes in disbelief: "Dad, what are you talking about? I'm so sleepy and you still want me to do something."

Father Qin's eyebrows frowned even tighter, and he raised his eyes, and his irritable mood because of not sleeping well and so many things at home became even worse.

"Your mother and I still didn't sleep well, and we still have to do so many things, Xinbao, you are already 22 years old, like other girls in the village, you have to do this and that every day, some of them are not only busy with family affairs but also go to the fields, can't you learn from them?"

Mother Qin felt sorry for her daughter, "How about this, I will follow you to the fields first, and I will do all these when the time is almost right."

"Then you will be so tired."

Father Qin was determined to let Qin Xinbao do things: "Yesterday, the second child said what you were like at home, and you also saw how other people in the village looked at you. You ran away, which means you know that you can't say you don't do anything. Now the Duan family has broken off the engagement, and you are not young anymore. If you don't work harder, how can your mother and I find a marriage for you?"

Although he wanted Qin Xinbao to do things because he was unbalanced, what he said was indeed for Qin Xinbao's good.

Unfortunately, this daughter who was spoiled by them since childhood did not appreciate it.

Qin Xinbao only felt wronged. She had never done anything since she was a child. Why should she do it now?

She was told to be more diligent. She was a college student and would be assigned a job in the future. Doing these rough farm work would not help her in her future work.

Qin Xinbao was spoiled. She didn't even look at the faces of Qin's father and mother. She said directly: "Anyway, I'm tired. I want to sleep!"

After that, she ran back to the house and closed the door.

Qin's father's face was livid. Qin's mother wanted to persuade her that it was okay for her to work harder, but he blocked her back.

"No, if she doesn't do anything today, don't think about eating."

Mao Taohua naturally didn't know that the Qin family had a quarrel.

Today, she took the list written by Duan Qingen, put it in her trouser pocket, and went out with her head held high.

The list contained some things that their family had to buy for the wedding and some utensils that had been prepared before.

According to Duan Qingen's words, this was equivalent to showing their sincerity directly.

Mao Taohua took this list, and naturally wanted to show it to the Nian family.

But she didn't plan to show off in front of her mother-in-law.

We are all family, what's there to show off.

If she wanted to show off, she would show off to the Qin family who missed their family.

The only thing that made Mao Taohua feel regretful was that since the Qin Laoer and his wife, and Qin Dasao left, the Qin family might not have enough manpower, and Qin's mother, who had been working in the fields before, had not come much.

Qin's father and Qin Laoda, two men, she had no topic to show off even if she wanted to.

However, during the break, everyone usually went to sit under the shade of the tree to rest for a while. She could wait and wait until the Qin father and son came, and then read her own list to the Nian family in a very loud voice.

Unfortunately, men are generally not very sensitive to this kind of marriage courage. It would be great if Qin's mother heard it.

Generally, it is the women in the family who handle this kind of orders. Mao Taohua really looks forward to the expression on Qin's mother's face when she sees that her family has prepared so many things for marrying a daughter-in-law with full sincerity.

Oh, what a pity.

Mao Taohua, who was a little regretful at first, was happy when she saw Qin's mother working with her waist bent over in the field.

Oh my God!

This is what it means to have everything delivered to your door!

Sure enough, since Qin Xinbao, the plague god, had no relationship with their family, their family has been particularly smooth.

Mao Taohua went to work happily.

There were only two people in their family before, so they didn't eat much and didn't have much land. Duan Qingen was a filial son. Even if he became the village party secretary, he often came to the field to work, because Mao Taohua didn't work as hard as others.

Her heart was full of expectations and excitement.

Finally!

It was time for everyone to rest.

Mao Taohua saw the opportunity and saw that Qin's father and mother had come to rest under the shade of the tree, so she quickly pulled Nian's mother over there.

Nian's mother was still a little confused: "What are you doing?"

"Last night, Qing'en and I checked the items in the house and made a list. I want to show it to you."

Nian's mother was quite happy when she heard it. Before, when people in the village got married, they just carried things, and they really didn't make a list to show to their in-laws in advance.

What does this mean? It means that the Duan family values ​​their Xinxin!

She happily followed Mao Taohua to the shade of the tree. When she saw Qin's father and mother sitting there, Mao Taohua didn't move to another place with an ugly face like before, and she knew it in her heart.

Then she was even happier.

Being able to let Mao Taohua pull her to the Qin family to read the list, it means that the things on the list must be good!

Although they didn't want their daughter's betrothal gift, they had already planned to let her take it to her husband's house so that they could be more confident.

But this doesn't mean that they are not interested in the betrothal gift.

You know, the betrothal gift given by the husband's family represents the attitude of the husband's family towards the future daughter-in-law.

Both of them were very happy to arrive at the place, and Mao Taohua took out the list from her bosom and began to read it.

She only knew Arabic numerals, not Chinese characters, but in order to show off and vent her anger, Mao Taohua pulled her son to recite the contents of the list for a long time last night.

At this moment, she straightened her chest and raised her head, and started to read loudly: "Listen, mother-in-law, what we have prepared is a brand new washbasin, a new bed, and a full set of new bedding. We are going to give your family rice and grain. Of course, if you want, you can exchange it for money. And..."

As she was reading, a middle-aged woman who was familiar with her stood up: "Taohua, what's the matter? What are you reading?"

Mao Taohua immediately showed a subtle and happy smile on her face: "Isn't it that my Qingen and Xinxin have decided? I said, put the things for the young couple in order, and let mother-in-law see our sincerity."

"Oh, that's great news, why didn't you tell us earlier, congratulations."

When the people around heard it, they all began to congratulate.

Some people praised Duan Qingen and Nian Xinxin, saying that they were a handsome man and a beautiful woman, and they were both hardworking. If they were together, they would definitely be very happy.

Almost everyone collectively ignored the fact that Duan Qingen had a fiancée before.

Qin's father and mother sat there awkwardly. They didn't know whether to stand up to congratulate or not. Their faces were almost covered with embarrassment.

Mao Taohua finished greeting everyone and continued to read.

"Silver earrings, a pair. Oh, our family is also worried about the famine. So, after this year is over, we will buy Xinxin a silver bracelet next year."

Silver earrings!

Counting back a few decades, their area has never been peaceful. It's either disasters or troubles. What little devils, what foreign uncles, floods and droughts, and finally a bumper year, but because everyone brags together, they have to hand over all the grain and tighten their belts to live.

No one has money. The whole village doesn't have silver bracelets, let alone silver earrings.

Nian's mother smiled happily. Doesn't this show that the Duan family values ​​her daughter!

Of course, she was happy, but she still had to refuse; "Oh, no, no, she's just a kid, why did you buy this for her?"

"Hey! What's the big deal?"

Mao Taohua's voice was loud and clear, and while she was talking, she glanced back at Qin's mother who was sitting on the ground and looked a little envious when she heard the silver earrings.

"I've thought about this a long time ago. I only have Qing'en as a son, and his wife is my daughter, so of course I have to treat her well!"

"But I bought this silver earring before and planned to give it to someone else. It's not a good omen, so I'll exchange it for a new pair."

Nian's mother was even happier: "It's okay, but you can exchange it for a new one. My Xinxin is not as picky as other girls."

Give it to someone else.

Before Nian Xinxin, who else could Mao Taohua give it to?

And who is this other girl that Nian's mother is talking about...

Isn't it clear at a glance?

For a moment, everyone present looked at the Qin family.

Father Qin's face was not very good.

Boss Qin didn't notice that they were talking about his family.

As for Mother Qin.

She felt so distressed that her heart was throbbing.

Silver earrings!!

These are silver earrings!!

Just gone in vain...

The author has something to say: Pork, I want to eat pork...

Braised pork, braised spareribs, spareribs stewed with potatoes...

awsl...

Randomly send red envelopes to some little angels, wishing everyone can eat pork whenever they want one day