sjar Chapter 454: Chen Hongxia's Visit
Chapter 454: Chen Hongxia's Visit
I got closer and smelled it, and it was coming from the handkerchief.
"Tongshui, why are you still standing at the door? Come in quickly." Jiang Dahe shouted.
"Okay, I'm coming." Jiang Tongshui then moved his feet and after crossing the threshold, he turned around and looked into the distance.
Chen Hongxia's figure has disappeared.
At Old Chen's house in Jiangjia Village, Wang Ruru paced back and forth in the yard with an anxious look on her face.
It was not until the evening when everyone in the family returned from the fields that my sister-in-law came home.
"Hongxia hasn't come back from town yet? Does she have so many dried mushrooms to sell recently?" Old Chen asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Um, Grandpa, Hongxia must have been delayed on the way, so she came back late. I said in the morning that I wanted to go with her, but she was afraid that no one would take care of the child and refused. It's all my fault. I should have followed. Father, please go to the village entrance to greet her."
Wang Ruer lied.
It was obvious that her sister-in-law sneaked out while she was in the toilet.
She didn't dare tell the truth to her grandparents.
I can only lie.
"Okay." Chen Tianfeng was also worried about his sister.
He walked out of the door quickly, and before he reached the entrance of the village, he saw his sister.
"Hongxia, why did you come back just now? Didn't you go out in the morning?" Chen Tianfeng's tone was a little stern.
It was getting dark.
My sister just came back. What if we encounter bandits on the way?
Losing her innocence is not a big deal. At most he can support his sister for the rest of her life and prevent her from getting married and being bullied. But what if those people not only take away the girl's innocence but also want her life?
"Brother, I sprained my ankle on the way and it took me a long time to recover, so I was delayed. Don't worry, the dried mushrooms have been sold out, and I won't go to town until the New Year." Chen Hongxia felt a little guilty when she saw her brother's look.
So he told a lie.
Anyway, the handkerchief has been returned to Jiang Tongshui, so she doesn't have to go to the town anymore.
"Does your foot still hurt?" Chen Tianfeng's anger subsided a lot when he heard that his sister was injured.
He looked at Chen Hongxia's feet with concern.
"Okay, it doesn't hurt anymore, brother, let's go home, I'm hungry."
After saying that, she took off the backpack and handed it to her brother.
Chen Tianfeng took it and went home with her.
"You're back, you're back, Hongxia. You made your sister-in-law so worried." Wang Ruer had been guarding the door. When she saw the two of them, she instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
After Chen Tianfeng went in, she turned her head and glared at Chen Hongxia.
The next second, his expression changed and he followed in.
"Hongxia, the matchmaker came today and told you about a marriage proposal in town. It sounds good to me. The man is the only son in his family, and his four older sisters are all married. He is two years older than you, which is just right.
His family is better off than ours, but he doesn't despise our poverty. He specifically wants to see you. Come tomorrow. Don't go to town tomorrow. Stay at home and don't go to the mountains. Don't let others find you empty-handed and be impolite. Old man, Tianfeng, the land is left to you two. Tomorrow, Ru'er and I will stay at home with Hongxia."
After saying this, Mrs. Cui scooped up a mouthful of the paste with chopsticks.
Eat slowly.
Her teeth are almost all gone and she has a lisp when she speaks.
I couldn’t chew brown rice porridge anymore, so I could only dry the wild vegetables and grind them into powder with cooked brown rice, and drink it with water.
When I eat meat occasionally, it has to be cooked until it is soft and chewy.
In addition, he works in the fields every day and looks very thin.
Chen Hongxia always listened when she spoke.
My grandparents are old.
Who knows when...
Chen Hongxia, who lost her parents when she was young, did not resist. She quickly nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."
After finishing the meal, the family washed their faces and feet and went to bed.
When I opened my eyes again, the sky had turned blue.
Chen Hongxia put on her clothes and was about to walk out of the house when she saw that her cuffs were stained with mud. She simply took out a set of clean clothes from the closet and put them on.
After all, it was the first time we met.
Don't be too sloppy.
After changing her clothes, she put on a pair of clean cloth shoes.
She made it herself.
Although it doesn't look good, it's durable and hard.
The family couldn't afford a bronze mirror, so when washing her face, Chen Hongxia looked at herself in the basin and combed her hair.
Simply wrap it with cloth.
Unlike the girls in the town, she had her hair in a bun and her hair was full of pearls and jade.
Most of the girl babies in the village have their hair tied with cloth.
This makes work easier.
Fortunately, Chen Hongxia is not ugly.
Otherwise, this piece of cloth whose color cannot be seen will make people look even uglier.
Have a simple breakfast.
After feeding the pigs, I swept the floor.
Her grandmother sent her into the house and told her not to run around.
It's approaching noon.
The matchmaker finally arrived with her people.
They chatted in the main room for a full quarter of an hour before Chen Hongxia was called out by her sister-in-law.
"You two are about the same age. Hongxia, take Jiabao to the backyard for a walk." Mrs. Cui said with a smile. She winked at her granddaughter, and after the two of them went out one after the other, she asked Wang Ruru to boil a pot of water.
In fact, he asked her to go to the backyard and watch over it.
So as to prevent the granddaughter from suffering.
Chen Hongxia had a good chat with Zhang Jiabao.
After they came back, the people in the main room saw their expressions and knew that the matter was roughly settled.
They stayed for lunch at noon, and the matchmaker took the three members of the Zhang family away in the afternoon.
Chen Hongxia stretched, feeling exhausted.
This day is really tiring, even more tiring than the autumn harvest.
"Hongxia, what do you think of him?" Wang Ruer raised her eyebrows and asked when she saw her sister-in-law slumped in the chair.
"What's the matter? Just the appearance of the person. We just chatted for four or five sentences. It's okay." Chen Hongxia shrugged indifferently.
Zhang Jiabao is neither tall nor short, a little fat and a little ugly.
But when chatting with her, he kept a good distance and there was no lustful look in his eyes.
Unlike the ones he had seen before, who either stared at her breasts with lustful eyes or spoke in a slick manner, which was annoying to look at. He must have tasted the taste of women before.
It's rare to meet a normal person.
Chen Hongxia's expression looked better than before, so much so that her family members misunderstood that she had fallen in love with Zhang Jiabao.
"If you think it's okay, I'll tell grandma to get it settled soon. It's almost the end of the year. If we don't get it settled, it will be hard to find a husband next year. Although eighteen is considered an old maid, in the village, if a girl is still unmarried at sixteen, people will gossip about her behind her back."
Wang Ruer also thinks Zhang Jiabao is good.
Although she doesn't look good, she dresses well and is plump, so the food at home must be good. My sister-in-law will enjoy a better life if she marries into the town than if she marries into the village.
She hopes her sister-in-law will live a good life in the future.
"I'll listen to my grandparents." Chen Hongxia opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but when she saw her grandmother bending over and massaging her back, she swallowed what she wanted to say.
Three days later, the matchmaker came to discuss the engagement.
Mrs. Cui made the decision and set the date on November 8th. She had someone calculate this auspicious date specifically for her.