It was still dark, and Li Shiqiang, who had been excited all night, got up early.
At this time, Chen Xianglan had just gotten up and was going to the kitchen to cook breakfast.
"Er baby, why did you get up so early today?"
Li Shiqiang rubbed the back of his head and smiled: "Aren't we going to get married today? I want to buy something at the market and let the matchmaker take it there."
When the matchmaker goes to the woman's house for the first time on behalf of the man, she usually doesn't bring anything with her.
After all, it's just to tell the man's wishes. Whether it succeeds or not depends on the woman's wishes.
But Li Shiqiang always remembered that the last time the Xie family asked the matchmaker to go to Huang Yun's house, they brought bacon and sausages.
Huang Yun's mother didn't like him to begin with. If she didn't let the matchmaker bring something with her when she came to the house, she might not agree at all.
Chen Xianglan thought for a moment, then quickly turned around and entered the house.
As soon as she stretched out her hand, she put a big dough stick into Li Shiqiang's hand: "Go after breakfast and come back with some good things."
The family was also worried about this marriage.
But there is no way, his son has fallen in love with Huang Yun, and Huang Yun has also fallen in love with her son. How can a mother not support these two people who are so matched?
The only difficult thing is Huang Yun's mother.
Li Shiqiang shook his head, put the money back into his mother's hand and said, "Mom, I have money. You can keep this money for your family!"
"Are you rich?"
Chen Xianglan raised a glance, then suddenly patted his shoulder angrily and said, "I know how to learn some bad things from you old man! Even before I get married, I already know how to hide private money!"
Li Shiqiang smiled flatteringly, put his hands on Chen Xianglan's shoulders and rubbed them: "I have to keep some money in my hands to spend."
Thinking that her son was getting married soon and she really should put some money in her hand, Chen Xianglan remained silent in the end and just said: "Take that little flower and tie it at the door of the courtyard. I saw it was lying in your room last night. At the door."
Li Shiqiang nodded, quickly found a rope from home, walked to the courtyard gate and was about to tie up the little flower following him, when he suddenly noticed that it suddenly took two steps back in fear.
Noticing its movements, Li Shiqiang finally gave up the plan, rubbed the dog's head and threw the rope into the house.
"Mom, Xiaohua has been here for a day. You see, it doesn't bark or bite, so why don't you tie it up?"
"Not tied up?"
In front of his mother, Li Shiqiang knelt down and rubbed the dog's head vigorously, and then roughly opened its mouth.
Xiaohua is also very gentle, without any trace of resistance.
"Okay, it's the dog you picked up anyway."
Li Shiqiang smiled and said, "Mom, I ate noodles this morning. I haven't eaten them in a long time."
"Okay! Okay! Okay! Whatever you want to eat, I'll get it for you. Get out of here quickly, the kitchen is so small, I can't even turn around!"
After Li Shiqiang had eaten the spicy noodles that he had been craving for, he once again carried the bamboo basket and prepared to go out.
"Erguo, wait for me!"
Xiao Xuemei hurriedly put down the bowl, ran into the house and took out her rucksack.
Li Shiqiang is going to the commune to buy things, and the third and fourth sons are also going to the commune to study.
He thought for a moment, then stopped and said, "Take your time, don't be in a hurry. When your third sister finishes eating, let's go to the commune together."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Xianglan started to curse again: "Fourth brother, do you still want to eat? There are so many noodles left! If you don't eat, I will feed it to the dog!"
"Hey! I don't want to eat!"
The adults were all chatting last night and didn't notice that the three little guys ate all the Ding Ding candies they bought.
The third child over there also put down his bowl and said, "Mom, I won't eat either!"
"You don't want to eat anymore?"
"There are two of them. Now that the conditions of the house are good, we are leaving leftovers! If we don't finish the noodles today, no one can leave!"
Listening to the old mother's anger, the third and fourth children hurriedly continued to eat noodles with their bowls in hand.
"Mom, I'm full!"
The youngest Li Shijun touched his belly and found that he couldn't eat anymore.
Chen Xianglan glanced at the remaining noodles in his bowl and didn't say anything. She just gave the remaining noodles to Li Nongchang.
The third and fourth children looked up from their bowls, and unhappily poked the noodles in the bowl with their chopsticks.
"Okay! If you can't finish it, don't eat it! Anyway, there are little flowers, so we can't waste them."
Li Shiqiang directly picked up the bowls of his two sisters and poured them into the dog bowl at the door.
Chen Xianglan rolled her eyes at him and said angrily: "Just spoil the two of them. I'll see which one will take care of them when they grow up."
Li Shiqiang listened to his mother's partial words and didn't bother to reply. He touched the heads of his two sisters and said, "Hurry up and get your schoolbags. You'll be late soon."
"I want it!" "I want it!"
Not far after the three of them walked out of the house, Xiao Xuemei suddenly shouted: "Erguo, Xiaohua is here!"
Li Shiqiang looked back and saw Xiaohua, who had just finished eating, running out of the house in a hurry.
"Go back, little flower!"
Xiaohua stood there for a moment and did not go back.
"Erguo, just bring Xiaohua!"
"That's it, let Xiaohua play with us!"
Li Shiqiang nodded helplessly, seeing Xiaohua's character.
This guy must have been stolen, and after having an owner, he never wanted to leave.
No matter where Li Shiqiang goes, it will follow him.
"Come on, little flower!"
Li Shiqiang waved his hand, and Xiaohua immediately ran over wagging his tail.
It was already two hours later when the two younger sisters were sent to the commune school.
He stopped the two little guys who were about to come in, took out two fifty cents from his pocket and handed them to them and said: "No, tell me, don't let mom know, or she will talk about it for a long time."
"Er Guo! You are so good!"
Usually the family would give them a few cents of pocket money at most, but now they suddenly saw the fifty cents that the second brother took out. The third and fourth children were so happy that they were stunned.
"Hey! Go and study quickly!"
My little sister is just to be pampered.
After Li Shiqiang rubbed the heads of his two sisters, he turned and went to the commune market.
As usual, still looking for the black market.
But this time he went not to buy anything, but to buy a ticket.
Although his mother gave him some tickets from home before leaving, it was not enough, so he simply left them at home.
He had been to the black market in the commune several times in his previous life and found it within a short time.
The commune is not as strict as the county, and there is no one to collect money from the black market.
But the alley was in a mess, with the cries of chickens, ducks and geese everywhere.
Reform and opening up have just begun, and the chicken ban has been lifted.
Unlike in the past, each household in rural areas could only raise two chickens at most.
Therefore, there are now a lot of chickens, ducks and geese popping up in the black market of the commune.
Li Shiqiang was wandering around and thinking about what to buy for the Huang family.
Suddenly, his footsteps stopped in front of a young man who looked a bit bright.
He leaned his head, glanced at the young man's slightly opened backpack and said, "How much does a can of malted milk cost?"
The young man looked up and gestured with his thumb and index finger.
