Life in a quiet village in Xianshan

After dinner, the sun went down and the weather became cooler. Gu Siwei took Sicui to the village.

The brother and sister got off the cliff and got on the boat smoothly all the way to the entrance of the village, which is the small courtyard where Gu Siwei originally lived. It now belongs to Sun Qiumei and her husband Zhao Fangming.

The two of them have already obtained their certificates, but they haven't hosted a banquet yet. Of course, the couple can't host any banquets now. They are so poor that they have trouble feeding themselves, so how can they host any banquets.

It's just a matter of buying some candies and sharing them with the children in the village. The adults come over to have some tea and say a few auspicious words.

Now this condition is superfluous.

Today is the day for two people to set up a table. It can't be said to be setting up a table. How can we not even set up a table? Just go through the motions and let everyone be together and lively.

So now Gu Siwei took his sister Sicui to congratulate Zhao Fangming and Sun Qiumei, and at the same time gave them some handy things for future use as gifts.

Gu Siwei didn't give anything too good. First, the villagers were not rich. If he gave a bicycle as a gift, how would others deal with it?

So Gu Siwei prepared a four-piece bed for the newlyweds. It was not a four-piece set at this time, but a six-piece set. The pillows not only had pillowcases but also pillow towels. These were two big towels for sleeping. Spread it on the pillow.

Gu Siwei still hasn't figured it out yet. He already has a pillowcase, so why do he need a pillowcase?

I don't understand, I don't understand, but it doesn't prevent Gu Siwei from following the local customs. He doesn't use it himself, but it has to be completely intact when giving it away to make it look good.

Of course, Gu Siwei didn't buy these things with money. The last time he collected other people's wool from the store, he hadn't finished it yet, so this was definitely a borrowed flower to offer to Buddha.

Originally, Gu Siwei was worried that there was something wrong with his statement when giving these things, so he specifically asked Wu Meiling, sister-in-law of the Wu family. As a result, sister-in-law Meiling smiled and said it was okay. They were all sincere, so Gu Siwei decided to give these things. .

"Brother, when will you get married?"

Sicui was sitting on the deck of the bow of the boat, with her two feet soaking in the water. Next to them were grass flowers and cubes. The two big guys were like children now, opening their mouths from time to time to swallow Sicui's feet into their mouths, and then Spit it out again.

The teasing Sicui giggled.

"Why do you ask so suddenly?"

Gu Siwei looked at Sicui and asked with a smile.

Sicui said: "It's nothing, I just want to ask. I'll just wait until my sister-in-law gets married."

"What's good?" Gu Siwei didn't understand.

Sicui said with a smile: "In a year, I will have a nephew to take care of, so naturally it will be better."

Well!

Gu Siwei never thought that Sicui would give such a reason. He couldn't help laughing after being stunned for a while, and then teased her and said: "Why not a little niece? If she is a little niece, you don't like her?"

Sicui shook her head: "No, I like it too, but it would be great if my sister-in-law has another nephew. Otherwise, who will give so much land to our family in the future? My niece's child will be wronged by not having the same surname."

Gu Siwei smiled after hearing this: "You have favored boys over girls at a young age. This is absolutely unacceptable. Even if you only have a niece, these things belong to her."

Sicui shook her head: "That's not possible, maybe our family will be bullied to death in the future. Well, when my sister-in-law comes in, she will have a few more, and then there will be seven or eight nephews. With this attitude, no one will dare to bully our family. ”.

Sicui stirred her feet as she spoke, with a smile on her face as red as the sun that had just set.

Gu Siwei didn't know what to say about this girl. Needless to say, the girl's life was difficult in the past. It was normal to be bullied by others. She had no brothers, sisters, and no parents to rely on. Naturally, the little man was thinking about having a large family in the future. Some, so that you won't be bullied.

Thinking of this, Gu Siwei responded with a smile: "Okay, you can tell your sister-in-law after she comes in."

"Yeah, I'll tell you." Sicui nodded, her face was straight, as if she had made a lot of determination, which made Gu Siwei feel happy.

Suddenly, Sicui asked again: "Brother, is my sister-in-law Sister Yanqiu?"

"Um?"

Gu Siwei asked: "Why do you say that?"

Although Gu Siwei thinks Hu Yanqiu is a good girl and he is happy to fall in love with her, but getting married? This... well, the words marriage don't often appear together in Gu Siwei's mind.

In the past, he didn't even think about getting married when he was in his thirties, but now he is seventeen, the same age as a flower, and he wants to get married?

Even though people in rural areas generally get married early now, Gu Siwei is not in the mood to join in the fun.

Isn't it good to live alone?

This was a very common view among young people in Gu Siwei's time.

"How do I know this?" Gu Siwei said honestly.

Sicui was a little confused. She turned her head and looked at her brother, as if she was looking at a fool.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Gu Siwei was a little surprised.

"Brother, you are not always smart."

Sicui said something without thinking.

Gu Siwei smiled and said: "Where did you start talking about this? Who said I am smart in everything?"

Sicui raised her eyebrows proudly: "I said, I think everything my brother does is smart."

“Thank you for your support”

Gu Siwei laughed twice.

"But what you did is wrong. I think Sister Yanqiu also thinks you are good, and you also think Sister Yanqiu is good. In this case, you will get married. Why are you still hanging around here? You guys really have free time! "

"..."

At this time, Gu Siwei was speechless and opened his mouth to say: "Getting married is not that easy. It is when two people decide to spend the rest of their lives together for decades. They have to be more cautious. I am now with you, sister Yanqiu." Think carefully."

Gu Siwei didn't know how to explain this to a child as old as Sicui, so he just talked nonsense.

Naturally, Sicui didn't understand that the little girl saw people getting married in three-way marriages, that is, they met once on a blind date, they looked at each other, then they met once when they set a date, and finally they met again on the third day. It's time for the wedding night.

At this time, people in the villagers got married like this. The two children, who were sixteen or seventeen years old, were brought to see each other by their parents. Generally, the two families knew each other well and there was nothing to choose from. It was a sign that they could come to see each other. Both families are satisfied with each other's conditions. As for the two children's opinions, there are some, but not many.

Blind marriage and dumb marriage refer to this situation.

But you can't say that? Unfortunately, many people now spend their entire lives in peace and support each other, and then fall in love after a few decades. In addition to rocking the bed a few more times, the divorce rate has gone up.

"I think it's quite simple~!" Sicui said.

After saying that, Sicui's brain began to jump and she asked: "Brother, we gave such a big gift to Qiu Mei this time. When you get married, will Qiu Mei return it?"

Ha ha ha ha.

Gu Siwei laughed and said: "Why are you so stingy, girl? Now that the gifts have not been sent out, you are thinking of taking them back?"

"That's for sure." Sicui looked back at the basket again.

In the basket was a gift from Gu Siwei. Sicui was a little greedy, but it wasn't that Sicui didn't have it. Sicui was currently covered with a thin blanket on the bed, and I don't know how much more expensive it was.

The blanket was made of soft fur, made of animal hair, not just wool. It was hard and prickly, and most people couldn't cover it without an outer cover. Gu Siwei didn't know what kind of fur it was, so it was just a matter of course, he How can I have the nerve to run back and ask what kind of wool this blanket is made of?

Anyway, this thing is quite expensive.

But Sicui, who is used to being poor, is reluctant to give things to others.

Just when I was about to say something to the girl, I found that I had arrived at the dock of the Liu and Guo families, and the two families were now on the dock preparing to board the ship.

"Fourth dimension!"

Liu Fulin waved at Gu Siwei.

Gu Siwei was about to stop the boat, but the speed of the boat was a bit fast. After it had drifted past the pier for about twenty meters, the speed of the boat slowed down.

At this time, you can naturally ask the cubes and grass flowers to help, but if they help get on the boat and stop quickly, it may have a bad impact on the hull. Gu Siwei is afraid that one day he will float on the boat and float into the water. If it is okay in the summer, It would be really cool if it was winter.

What was even more fearful was that he was not on the boat at the time, and someone else was on the boat, which might cause death, so Gu Siwei only used his pole to slow down the boat.

While waiting for the boat to slow down, Liu Fulin and his family had already boarded the boat and floated over.

"My family didn't come with you?"

Gu Siwei saw that only three people from the two families came, including the boy Liu Dezhu, who was not on the boat, so he let go of his pole and asked at the same time.

Liu Fulin said: "Just give me something to say something, what are you doing with so many people here?"

Guo Shengshou said with a smile: "A few of our family didn't bring it. The second boy also complained that the candies at my aunt's house are not as delicious as yours. Isn't it unpleasant to talk nonsense in the past?"

Gu Siwei smiled after hearing this: "Tongyanwuji!"

That's what they said, but it was really embarrassing to say it on the spot, so Guo Shengshou and his wife simply left their children at home, and Liu Dezhu helped take care of them.

"Siwei, what have you prepared?" Guo Shengshou asked.

Wu Meiling said with a smile: "It depends on your memory. Didn't I tell you before?"

Guo Shengshou patted his forehead: "Looking at my memory, I told you that the bedding is pretty good. But it's not as practical as ours."

Now Gu Siwei was surprised and asked: "What did your family give you?"

Wu Meiling said happily: "What else can be given to our family? Our two families discussed it and each gave a bag of this year's new rice."

As she spoke, Wu Meiling pointed to the cabin.

Gu Siwei looked at it and said with a smile: "It is indeed more practical than the one I gave."

Zhao Fangming and Sun Qiumei did not have land in the village. Although Sun Qiumei's parents and brothers were in the village, it was impossible to allocate the land to her. The reason was very simple. She was a girl and the land did not belong to her.

This is how people think now, so Gu Siwei will not judge others based on their morality decades from now.

Without land, there is no food, so for this young couple, food must be more important than anything else. Gu Siwei estimates that most families in the village give it like this.

The three families just got together, and the two boats drifted downstream almost side by side.