When the padlock was finally put on, the onlookers urged Xie Jian to padlock it quickly.
"The lock is in charge! Hurry up!"
When new houses are built in the village, almost all the ones with padlocks are men. After all, men are the heads of the family and are the ones who really contribute the effort and money to build the houses. Women can just watch from the side.
When Xie Jian arrived, he handed the lock directly to Jiang Lai.
"Go ahead."
The onlookers all around had incredulous expressions on their faces and were booing.
"After a woman locks the door, it will be a woman who owns the house!"
"Is our brother Jian afraid of his wife?"
"Brother Jian, you should hang it up. How can a man not lock it up?"
Padlocking means hanging a new lock on the door bolt, which means that you will be the owner of the home in the future. This is also one of the most important rituals for the villagers.
Xie Jian still looked at Jiang Lai without saying anything.
"Okay, okay, let's do it together. We can decide this family together."
After speaking, Jiang Lai took Xie Jian's hand and hung it up with the lock, making everyone around him boo.
"The two of you live in such a big house in space, you can't have one baby every year!"
The women all looked at Jiang Lai with envy.
After all, it doesn’t matter that my man is not as capable as Xie Jian, and he keeps yelling and drinking all day long without a good face. Looking at Jiang Lai’s fair and tender appearance, it seems that he has not suffered much when he married into the Xie family. How much does he earn now that he has divided the family? No matter how much you take, your life will definitely be better in the future.
"Why is Jiang Laizhe so lucky? The place where my parents live is not as good as a dog kennel. When I come to Xie's house, I can live in a big brick house immediately!"
"My life is good, but at that time Xie Jian only gave me two hundred as a bride price. Who would be willing to marry my daughter off? Everyone's family is in a tight situation. Who doesn't expect more gifts for their daughter to get married and give her son a wife?"
Several women nodded.
"That's right. It seems that Jiang Lai's family is still at a disadvantage. Jiang Lai's younger brother hasn't married yet. Now that my sister is living a good life, she still has to help her."
"It's time to help me. The daughter I finally raised is handsome and has good hands and feet. I only gave her a bride price of two hundred. It's not a big loss!"
Several women have daughters and sons. When I think about it, my daughter will only need two hundred as a gift for her future marriage, so no matter how capable Xie Jian is, he can't agree to it? When you marry, you belong to someone else's family. No matter how good your life is when you are married to someone else, it's useless if you don't know how to support your natal family.
"Lu Cuiping loves her daughter so much. She doesn't carry all the big and small bags to her parents' house every year. How much work does Xie Jian do for her parents' family all year round! Women still have to rely on their parents' families."
Everyone nodded, and then when they thought of Jiang Lai's miserable mother's family, they suddenly felt that the big brick house and Xie Jian in front of them were not so enviable.
Jiang Lai didn't care about the chattering of the people in the village. After everyone had left, Jiang Lai handed Xie Jian the rabbits and pheasants he had caught in the forest a few days ago and asked him to deal with them together.
"Let's have dinner tonight and get your hair cleaned up."
Without saying a word, Xie Jian took the rabbit and pheasant and went to the stream not far away. The knife in his hand neatly disemboweled the rabbit and chicken. After the internal organs were hollowed out, Xie Jian did not want to throw them away. One piece was washed clean.
In order to make it easier for Jiang Lai to use water, Xie Jian had already placed a smooth and clean stone slab by the stream. There was a small wooden stool behind the stone slab. Although it was far away from the well water, the spring water flowing down from the mountain was also perfectly suitable. Eat.
While they were cleaning, a khaki pheasant suddenly rushed out from across the stream. It flapped its wings and flew across the river without any warning, and flew into Xie Jian's arms.
Xie Jian never thought in his life that such a thing as a pie in the sky would happen to him. After being stunned for a while, he picked up the chicken and was about to kill it together when suddenly there was a warm feeling in his hand. feeling, followed by a round thing in the palm of my hand.
When I looked down, I saw a white and clean egg.
Not only do pheasants fall from the sky, they also lay eggs.
Xie Jian calmed down for a while, then got up and went back with the pheasant and the prepared meat. Jiang Lai was steaming rice in the house. When he turned around, he saw Xie Jian standing in front of him with a lively chicken.
"This chicken flew here by itself and laid an egg."
As he spoke, he took an egg from his pocket and gave it to Jiang Lai.
"It's weird, we got so lucky."
It didn't matter that Jiang could pick up fish and meat from time to time when he came to the stream, but he could also bring back a pheasant that could lay eggs for no reason.
This made Xie Jian have a lot of doubts and a sense of unreality about his current life. Isn't he really dreaming?
It stands to reason that such a blessing would only come to my younger sister, so why did he also encounter these good things after the family was separated?
Seeing Xie Jian's confused eyes, Jiang Lai naturally took the chicken and held it in his arms.
"Who knows, maybe you are also a lucky star, but your sister has sucked away all your luck before we separated."
Xie Jian's eyes showed that he didn't believe it.
"This may be a geomantic treasure."
"It's also possible that there are not many people coming and there are just a lot of good things. Don't think too much. I'll cook the food and you can make a pen to raise it. From now on, we will have eggs to eat every day."
Xie Jian was still confused but didn't say anything more and went out to make a chicken coop.
Jiang Laina stewed the rabbit and potatoes in one pot, then chopped half of the fish and fried it in the pot. After frying both sides until golden and crispy, he added the soup and put a lot of corn pancakes around the pot.
The smoke coming out of their chimney is very fragrant. In this era, this kind of oily and meaty aroma is too rare. The Xie family closest to them smelled it immediately. Boss Xie came back from his work at the farm. I stood at the door of the house and smelled it for a long time, then looked like I was enjoying it.
"Our daughter must have picked up something good again!"
People passing by swallowed in envy.
"It's better for your family. You have meat every now and then!"
Lu Cuiping looked proud but did not dare to be too high-profile for fear of making people jealous.
"It's not like you don't know that my daughter is a lucky star. She brings back some good ones every now and then, which is just enough for our family to have a toothpaste."
"You have a good life! You have given birth to three capable sons and a blessed daughter!"
Lu Cuiping smiled and got angry.
This is her confidence in this village!
The smell couldn't stop entering their noses. It was more fragrant and more attractive than the smell of roasted meat in the past. Xie Guo and Xie Qiang's saliva almost came out, urging them to enter the house quickly.
Xie Yumian worked hard in the field, and occasionally came back to cook dinner with her sister-in-law. Now, as long as there is a smell around, it must be from the Xie family. Lu Cuiping was also hungry, swallowed her saliva and strode into the kitchen, planning to eat more tonight. point.
When I first arrived in the kitchen, when I opened the lid, there was no aroma as expected. Instead, there was only a large pot of taro porridge. Not to mention the meat, not even the oil star could be seen.
(End of chapter)
