As dusk fell, a brand new two-story building stood among the dusty tile-roofed houses, demonstrating its status in the village.
Under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village, a group of women and men dressed in rags and patches gathered around a couple dressed in fine fabrics and kept saying compliments.
Xu Ermei is wide and fat, with a gossipy look on her face. She shakes her cattail leaf fan and says:
"Caifeng, tell me, your family, Li Ting, is already so grown up. You are not in a hurry if you don't get married."
Zhou Caifeng has high cheekbones and no flesh on her cheeks. She looks mean and mean. She sits on the stone mill with her legs crossed and says in a slightly arrogant tone:
"Why are you so anxious? It's not me. It's just my son. If you wave, a bunch of girls will come to you.
However, some time ago, I brought home the daughter of a state-owned factory. She is still a college student. I don’t know how they are doing now.
Anyway, that girl likes my family Li Ting very much, every day, she came to my house that day and called us uncle and aunt, and she was so cute. "
Although Jiang Zhu was nearly fifty years old, his old face still showed his handsome appearance. He knocked on the old cigarette stick without any of the posture of holding it and said:
"Pull him down, and don't put gold in his face."
Zhou Caifeng couldn't stand the tone of his voice that frustrated her son the most, and said angrily:
"You damn old man, what are you talking about? There is no need to pay for it. Just our Li Ting family. In the entire Dafeng County, who among our sons is rich?
Who was the name of Su Yuehong who came to Li Ting last time? She was the daughter of the director of the cannery factory, and she was also a college student.
I gave up my son's job assigned by the state and went to work in my son's clothing factory. Is this statement false? "
Xu Ermei's son and daughter-in-law both work in the garment factory, and they immediately held their hands and said:
"Oh, I've seen that girl before. She's so beautiful. She has the most fashionable wavy long hair nowadays. She's so fashionable. The key is that she looks good with Li Ting."
Zhou Caifeng shook her cattail leaf fan, her face full of arrogance. Although she felt that Su Yuehong was good in her heart, she still praised her son to heaven:
"She is barely worthy of my son, but the daughter of a rich family doesn't know how to manage money. When we get married in the future, I still have to mention that I will be responsible for managing the money. She will waste all the savings."
Jiang Zhu seemed to persuade:
"Oh, please stop saying a few words. Young people have their own mistakes. Why do you have to take care of them?"
Zhou Caifeng switched her legs and crossed her legs, looking like she was the master of the house and said without comment:
"What do you know? Whoever can marry our son is her blessing. My son is not a good teacher today. If the daughter-in-law here dares to be disobedient in the future, she will split up the family or something.
I let her go wherever she came from. I raised my son to this day. She enjoys everything and dares to dump our old couple. She is so beautiful. "
Suddenly, there was a surprised voice in the crowd:
"Hey, isn't that Li Ting? Why are you bringing a beautiful girl with you so late?"
Zhou Caifeng was not surprised at all. She didn’t even look back and said from a high position:
"Look at this brat, he's so popular with women. Since he was a kid, so many girls have been hanging around my yard. Don't they just want to have a date with my son?"
Jiang Ergou pointed:
"No, this girl is crying hard. It seems she doesn't want to, but your Li Ting is holding on to her and won't let go."
"What?"
Zhou Caifeng's volume suddenly increased. When she turned around, she saw Jiang Lixiao pulling Su Wanyan forcefully.
And Su Wanyan, whose pretty face was covered with glistening tears, was forced to follow,
She said anxiously: "Li Ting, what are you doing?"
Jiang Liting grinned and said happily:
"Dad, Mom, this is my wife. I will get married to her at the end of the month. She will live in my house starting tonight."
In an instant, everyone around him looked at him with a look that was so anxious that he had never seen a woman before, and burst into chuckles.
Zhou Caifeng thought of the lot of compliments she had just said, and her face turned red:
"You brat, why are you in such a hurry to get married? How could you bring the bride home before getting married?"
"Don't be in a hurry. A cooked duck flies easily. I won't tell you. Anyway, I have a wedding at the end of the month, so I will take her home first."
After Jiang Liting finished speaking, he said to the people around him: "Come to my house for a wedding banquet at the end of the month."
Zhou Caifeng's chest trembled slightly, and she noticed the teasing looks from the people around her.
She saw that Su Wanyan's appearance and temperament were definitely that of a rich man, so in order to regain her face, she deliberately said loudly:
"Which family's daughter is this?"
Jiang Liting didn't even look back and said:
"Her father's name is Su Guozhi."
Suddenly, a powerful Hedong lion roar came from behind:
"What? The one who settled down in the county town and still owed you a thousand yuan and was taken away?"
"Yeah." Jiang Liting said without caring at all.
"I'm a bitch."
Zhou Caifeng seemed to have been hit on the head with a stick and felt like she was going to faint from anger. Erlang's legs were still curled up and he immediately fell to the side.
The laughter around them grew louder.
Jiang Zhu supported her and said with a pale face:
"Okay, let's talk about it when we get home."
The two left, and the place under the big locust tree became lively again.
"Look, the slap on Zhou Caifeng's face this time was caused by her own son."
"If nothing else, Zhou Caifeng won't be able to leave the house for three days."
"This is true of Jiang Liting. If he hadn't called Zhou Caifeng his parents just now, I would have thought he was some silly son of a landlord. I have never seen him smiling so happily. This is how much he likes that shabby house."
.............
Su Wanyan was led to the small building and stopped in shock.
In the yard of the small building, there were piles of firewood and miscellaneous items. A clothesline ran through the yard. The clothes hanging on it, except for a set of men's shirts and trousers, were hung on hangers. The others were spread out casually. One ride,
The pig pen was even more filthy, a corner of the chicken and duck pen was full of excrement and urine, and the living room was filled with tables, chairs and farm tools, and the furniture was in disarray and couldn't be removed.
Su Wanyan felt that the house was really ruined by being like this. She swallowed and said:
"Is this your home?"
