On the day of the banquet, Ye Yun first sat in Sister Zhao's room for a while.
During this period, many people came to visit Sister Zhao and her children. Those who were close to her brought clothes for the children, while those who were not close to her also brought more or less eggs and brown sugar.
Qin Zheng and Lao Si couldn't stay indoors, so they received their relatives outside the door.
A long table was set up at the entrance of the courtyard, and two grey-haired elders from Mao Daxing's family sat at the table. Whoever followed the family, how much money they took, or what they gave were all clearly recorded in the book.
Qin Zheng was a little bored.
Qin Xiang'e asked him to stand at the door with the fourth child to greet relatives, but he had a bad reputation. When he went to that station, all the relatives who came to have a drink would walk around him.
How presumptuous.
With Qin Zheng's comparison, the fourth child next to him who was entertaining people cheerfully seemed even more approachable.
After a while, he was surrounded by several aunties chattering.
"You are Reiko's younger brother who is admitted to college, right? He's so good-looking. The only way to make a living in a big city is to support people!"
"Has your university assigned you a job? Do you have an employer? How is the salary?"
"My brother-in-law is the first college student in our town. Your second sister and your mother have finally made it through. They will be lucky to follow you in the future!"
The fourth child had never seen this posture before, and his face turned red when asked, and he kept backing up, "Aunts, please go in first to see my sister and my nephew. I still have to greet my relatives... "
"What kind of relatives are you calling? Aren't we your sister's relatives?"
Several people burst into laughter.
The fourth child blushed and looked at Qin Zheng eagerly for help.
Qin Zheng calmly took a puff of cigarette, chuckled lightly, gave him a wishing look, and watched the play with gusto.
The fourth child was so angry that he gritted his teeth, okay.
What a good brother he is.
"You guys, please don't make trouble with my brother-in-law. This young man is thin-skinned. I'll scare you away again!" Mao Daxing's mother interrupted with a smile while busy helping the cook cut vegetables.
Catering for the banquet today, she, a mother-in-law, has endless work to do no matter how lazy she is.
Mao Daxing's mother's words not only did not relieve the fourth child, but instead aroused the thoughts of several aunts and aunts, and one by one they began to attack the fourth child's marriage.
"My brother-in-law, are you in your early twenties this year? Have you found a partner? What do you want?"
"Yes, yes, we have so many good girls in Maolou, aunt will introduce them to you!"
"Brother, don't be shy. You are a college student, and my aunt will not treat you badly. My aunt has a niece who is 19 this year. She graduated from high school and is currently working as a salesperson in a supply and marketing cooperative. How about my aunt arrange for you to meet and have a face-to-face appraisal?" look?"
"My brother-in-law, my aunt also has a daughter. She is only 18 this year. Although she has no education, she is very pretty. I am not willing to propose marriage to many people. If you are willing to get in touch, go to my aunt's house to meet her!"
"Bah! Your daughter is so good-looking, but she is dishonest and makes other gangsters climb up the wall to see her every day!"
As soon as these words came out, there was another burst of laughter.
The aunt who praised her daughter became anxious and reached out to slap the aunt who had a dirty mouth, "You shameless old man! I think you are just jealous of my girl's good looks!"
The aunt ran away without forgetting to taunt loudly: "Come on! Your daughter is dishonest, don't let anyone tell you!"
The scene was in chaos.
The fourth child was troubled by their troubles, and his relatives couldn't entertain him any longer. He took advantage of the chaos and sneaked into the second sister Zhao's house.
When entering the house, one might just bump into the girl who had just walked out of the house.
"Ah! Don't you have eyes?"
Mao Cuicui screamed and was knocked aside, staring at the fourth child with dissatisfaction.
When she saw the handsome face of the fourth child with a hint of shyness, she was stunned, and two blushes appeared on her cheeks covered with buckwheat skin.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do it." The fourth child didn't know that he had attracted other people's attention, so he apologized hurriedly and went back into the house.
However, his arm was grabbed by someone.
"Are you Sister-in-law Ling's brother?" Mao Cuicui grabbed his arm without hesitation and looked at him curiously.
The fourth child subconsciously pulled his arm away and nodded honestly, "Yeah."
"I heard Sister Reiko mention you."
Mao Cuicui's face lit up and she even changed her name to Zhao Erling.
The fourth child looked her up and down in astonishment. He thought she was just saying hello, nodded slightly, and then fled into Zhao Erling's house.
But he didn't see that Mao Cuicui behind him stared at his back for a long time.
The sound of discussions among the aunts and ladies came from the side.
Many people were fixated on the matchmaker named Lao Si, and they were getting close to Wang Daxing's mother who was busy washing vegetables: "Mother Daxing, your biological brother is a college student and not bad looking. He is really a good matchmaker. ah!"
"I heard that his job was assigned to our town, and his monthly salary is dozens of dollars less!"
"Not only can he make money, but his mother can also make money selling mung bean cakes now. I heard she can sell a large unity ticket in a day!"
"Really or not? No one in town who eats from the government can get so much!"
"Of course it's true. I heard that her mung bean cake has a unique recipe. No other mung bean cake can taste like hers. People who buy mung bean cake are all going to her house!"
"Ouch! If someone's daughter marries someone, wouldn't she be waiting for happiness?"
Someone quickly said to Wang Daxing's mother: "Daxing's mother, we are all relatives, you can't hide from us. We have daughters from each family, you have to introduce them to us!"
"Okay, okay! Let me help you..."
Every word of praise fell into Mao Cuicui's ears without missing a beat, causing her to cast her gaze into the room again.
Even though the door was closed, it still did not block her passionate gaze.
This is a good husband's family.
Zhao Laosi himself is a college student, he looks upright, and he has an iron job. He has no shortcomings except that he looks a little dark. He can make money, and his mother can make money. As long as he can make money, even if the other things are not good enough, he will still make money. What does it matter?
Zhao Laosi just bumped into her and turned red. Does this mean that he is interested in her?
Mao Cuicui secretly rejoiced.
She is twenty-two this year, but there are not many proposals for marriage. Isn’t such a good matchmaker waiting for her?
But……
Mao Cuicui looked up and saw several aunts gathered around Mao Daxing's mother asking about Zhao Laosi. Her eyes gradually darkened. Why are so many people interested in Zhao Laosi?
No, she had to find a way.
Mao Cuicui didn't know what she thought of, she glanced darkly inside the room, raised her feet and left in a hurry.
And this scene was captured by Ye Yun behind the window without missing a beat.
The fourth child behind him was still complaining to Zhao Erling about the aunts outside, with a distressed look on his face, "Sister, I won't come to your village after seeing you this time. I feel like they are going to eat me."
Zhao Erling covered her mouth and laughed, "What makes my brother so good? Everyone wants to marry you."
She looked at the fourth child with eyes full of love. Her brother was so outstanding, and she, as a sister, was very proud and very proud.
Moreover, when the fourth child had no money to pay for tuition, she still used her gift money. This made her a significant addition to the fourth child's life and gave her a particularly important sense of participation.
Instead of comforting him, his sister laughed at him, which made the fourth child shake his head in even more despair.
When he looked up and saw Ye Yun in front of the window, he couldn't help but wonder, "Sister-in-law, what are you looking at?"
Ye Yun finally came back to her senses.
"Nothing." She smiled and glanced at Zhao Erling, "Second sister, are you familiar with the girl who just went out?"
"who?"
"The one that the fourth child hit just now."
"Oh, you're talking about Mao Cuicui." Zhao Erling thought of something bad and clicked her tongue in a rather disgusting tone: "You should stay away from her. She is not a good person, and the whole family is not a good person."
"Oh?" Ye Yun became interested.
The fourth child also panicked, "Sister, I just bumped into her."
"It's okay. She doesn't dare to cause trouble in your second sister's place." Zhao Erling gave the fourth child a reassuring look.
Ye Yun said: "Second sister, can you tell me more about Mao Cuicui?"
"sure."
Zhao Erling did not hide anything, she opened her mouth and told all the scandals about Mao Cuicui's family.
Mao Cuicui's family is notorious for all kinds of things.
Her milk steals people's food.
Her father kicked the widow's door.
Her mother beat her blind and scolded her.
Her brother dug the grave of a dead family.
She herself is not to be outdone, focusing on a character who looks ugly but wants to be beautiful.
His heart is higher than the sky, his eyes are higher than his hands, he is too lazy to eat and just wants to catch a golden turtle husband every day.
At the end of 1978, when the movement of educated youths going to the mountains and countryside ended, the educated youths returned to the city in large numbers. Mao Cuicui noticed this and made a fuss about marrying a male educated youth. She said that she would go to the city with them to enjoy the blessings, and shamelessly followed the male educated youth to get married. Corn field.
Later it was discovered that she had been with more than one educated youth...
A few years ago, there was no crime of hooliganism.
But bad style is also a big no-no.
During that time, Mao Cuicui was dragged out for seven consecutive days to be criticized, and then locked up after the criticism.
What's ridiculous is that all the male educated youths who had been with her in the corn field secretly left while she was being criticized and imprisoned.
He didn't even say hello to her.
Since then, Mao Cuicui's reputation has been extremely bad. Except for widowers or old bachelors who are too old to marry a wife, no one dares to propose marriage to her.
Zhao Erling also said that Mao Cuicui almost killed someone when she stole their food.
There was a famine in the village that year, and every household had no food to eat. Even the wild vegetables on the mountains were hollowed out in winter.
A family in the village had just given birth to a child. They were afraid that they would not be able to feed the child, so they sold all their belongings in exchange for a bag of millet, hoping that this bag of millet would feed the child.
As a result, as soon as she turned around, Mao Cuicui walked away.
The mother-in-law had no milk, and the child was crying from hunger. The poor mother-in-law knelt in front of Mao Cuicui’s nursery with the child in her arms, kowtowing repeatedly, and begged her to take pity on the poor child and return the millet.
Mao Cuicui just closed the door and said nothing.
The mother couldn't afford to raise the child. Seeing that the child was about to starve to death, she held the child and planned to jump into the river together. Fortunately, several prestigious elders in the village couldn't stand it anymore and sold the coffin for a pound of millet, saving the mother's life. both.
Zhao Erling gritted her teeth. She had just given birth to a child and she particularly resonated with the mother.
"That's life-saving food for people to give birth to and raise their children. She can steal it without conscience. An old thing who can't afford four dishes in her life. She deserves to be born out of five and only one will die! It's all retribution!"
Ye Yun raised her eyebrows, that's it.
"By the way, why are you asking about this?" Zhao Erling finally realized and asked curiously.
Ye Yun smiled and did not answer her words.
Instead, he looked at the fourth child.
The fourth child was still immersed in what Zhao Erling said. He lowered his head and murmured: "Why are there such hateful people..."
"Lao Si." Ye Yun called softly.
"Ah?" The fourth child suddenly came to his senses and looked up at her hastily, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong?"
"Be careful today."
"ah?"
The fourth child was confused.
Zhao Erling didn't understand why she suddenly said this, and asked in confusion: "Ye Yun, what do you mean by this?"
"There's something wrong with Mao Cuicui's look at the fourth child."
Ye Yun's words are concise and to the point.
The fourth child stared, with a hint of panic in his expression.
Zhao Erling's expression also tightened, "Oh no, she must be targeting the fourth child, right?"
"Sister, save me!"
The fourth child was frightened when he heard this. He rushed to Zhao Erling's bedside and grabbed Zhao Erling's sheets tightly, not daring to let go.
He said that the look in that woman's eyes just now made him feel very scared.
The words of those aunts and aunts had frightened him enough, but he didn't dare to provoke another notorious girl. He was still young and didn't want to get married yet.
Naturally, Zhao Erling would not let her younger brother fall into the fire pit, so she hurriedly said to Ye Yun: "Ye Yun, you have many ideas, what do you think?"
"Don't be nervous." Seeing that they were agitated, Ye Yun reassured them, "I just feel something is wrong. You don't have to be so intimidated. Maybe I made a mistake."
Zhao Erling shook her head, "No, you don't know Mao Cuicui, she must be targeting the fourth child."
"For so many years, Mao Cuicui has become notorious. No one dared to propose marriage to her. She has long hated getting married. But she has always been ambitious and courageous. Back then, she had nothing to do but she dared to sleep with other men's educated youths. The target, the fourth child is not bad looking and is a college student, how could she let the fourth child go?"
The fourth child's face turned slightly pale and his lips trembled as he said, "Sister-in-law, I'm flustered..."
Ye Yun: "..."
What a prospect.
"In this case, let your brother take you back. Don't eat the wine today. You won't miss this meal."
"Ah this..." The fourth child hesitated and looked at Zhao Erling reluctantly.
Zhao Erling raised her hand and hit him rudely, "What is there to hesitate about? Are you short of a meal? Is there any more effective way than running to the starting point? Don't underestimate the shamelessness of Mao Cuicui's family. In their eyes, you, a college student, will be their life-long piece of meat. Their whole family wants to catch you and gnaw on you. If you stay here, I may not be able to protect you!"
The fourth child lowered his head in grievance.
He felt very sorry that he couldn't eat the second sister's baby's birth wine.
After Zhao Erling taught the fourth child a lesson, she smiled at Ye Yun and said, "Ye Yun, please call Zhengzi. I will feel relieved if Zhengzi can guard the fourth child."
Ye Yun nodded and said yes.
Just when Qin Zheng stood next to Lao Si, he couldn't believe that someone else dared to come to him to die.
