The sky is getting darker and darker.
In Shen Lao'er's house, two men were sitting in the main room smoking cigarettes. Shen Zhaodi was leaning against the wall and bowed his head in silence.
Shen Shugen really wanted to help, but he didn’t have any money in his hand, and there were not many people in the village who could come up with money. Tomorrow, the creditors would come to ask for the account, which cost hundreds of dollars. Where can I get it? Although Li Dahe said he was willing to help pay it back first and there was no need for them to pay it back in a hurry, this was not a problem.
What you owe others will eventually be owed.
But no, do we really want Zhao Di to marry that stupid Zhu as his wife?
"Hey, this is a peaceful and prosperous age. I didn't expect that there are evil people like Huang Shiren!! If it doesn't work, just report it to the official!" Shen Shugen sighed, and Li Dahe was scolded here too. mean.
Shen Laowei'er also sighed and said: "Killing people to pay debts and paying back money is a matter of course, and the old Zhang family was not wrong. At that time, when the child's mother was being treated, they were willing to Lend me the money without paying interest, which is already an act of benevolence. No matter which dynasty or generation the government is in, they can't take care of this matter."
"Yes!" Shen Shugen had no choice, and the old Zhang family couldn't help it. It wasn't usury, and there was no interest on the borrowed money. It just wanted Zhao Di to marry their son. It didn't matter if she didn't want to, she just had to pay back the money. She didn't force her to sue the government. What could the government say? ? I can't help but let the old wilting child return it.
"Dad, Uncle Gen, stop talking. I'm going to marry you. Didn't Uncle Li just say that? His nephew is still a cadre working in the city. After all, people are not stupid. It's better than I'll marry a fool! Maybe I can help our family in the future." Shen Zhaodi couldn't make up her mind when she saw her father, so she decided on her own.
Shen Shugen looked at his distant niece in surprise: "Zhao Di, have you really thought about it? It will be difficult for you to marry into this three-family family."
Shen Zhaodi looked around this dilapidated house with bare walls, and said with a wry smile: "How miserable can it be? If I can help pay off all the family's foreign debts at once, the family will be better off, and Laidi can , Pandi and Xiaobao have enough to eat, no matter how hard it is, I am willing to do it.”
Ever since her mother became ill, Shen Zhaodi has been taking on the responsibility of taking care of her younger siblings. In the past, her father was the only one in the family. A person earns 10 work points, but she only earns 8. Why has she never married? It’s because if she got married, her family would receive less food.
In a normal year, a family with a large labor force can average about 300 kilograms of food per person in a year, which is not enough to feed one person a kilogram a day. However, her family can only have 200 kilograms per person on average. The village took care of it.
Don’t think that one pound of food a day is a lot. At this time, we are not like those little fairies in later generations who would be full after just two bites;There is no fat or water in people's stomachs, and both men and women have large appetites. A man in his prime may not be full even if he eats two kilograms of grain a day.
I originally thought that my eldest sister, Shen Laidi, was 18 and considered an adult, so she would be able to get more. However, disaster struck again and she got even less.
"Well, since you have thought about it, let's do it like this. Tomorrow I will call Master Wu and come over to the house to support you, so as not to make people think that no one in our Shen family is in charge. "That's right!"
"Thank you, Uncle Gen."
"It's okay, it's getting late, I'll go back first!" After that, Shen Shugen stood up. Get ready to go home.
After sending him away, the father and daughter returned to the house. The old man looked at his daughter and sighed: "Daughter, daddy can't forgive you for not letting you find someone." Good people all blame their father for being incompetent!"
Shen Zhaodi said with a forced smile: "Looking at what you said, this is no better than me marrying a fool. Maybe I can still help our family in the future. It will be fine when the little brother grows up! Okay, you drank a lot, go back to the house and sleep."
He helped Shen Laowei return to the house and lay down, and then nursed his little brother. Bao covered himself with a quilt, then turned around and came out and returned to the west room.
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In the west room, two girls were wrapped in quilts, looking at their sister with their eyes wide open.
"Sister, you really want to get married!"
Shen Zhaodi sat on the edge of the kang with a wry smile, reached out and stroked her sister's hair: "Yes!"
"You have never met the man named Li, how can you agree to it? What if he treats you badly?"
"Whether it's good or not, it's my life. I don't care." , As long as you can get better." Looking at the cold weather, the two sisters were covered with thin quilts, and the clothes on top of the quilts were also shabby.
Shen Laidi sat up with a serious look on her face: "No, you can't marry. My sister's temper is too weak. I don't want them to bully me in the past. If you want to marry me, marry me! No one dares to bully me. ”
Shen Laidi, who has just turned 18, has a tomboy-like personality and is fierce. She knows that she, her sister, will swallow all her sufferings by herself. If she really gets married, her husband’s family will not treat her well. If it was good, she would probably endure it silently.
She didn’t want her sister, who had taken care of her since childhood and suffered countless hardships, to continue to suffer after getting married.
"How old are you, and you already want to get married!" Shen Zhaodi smiled happily, and then pushed her sister back into the bed: "It's me that people look at, and you do it for me. What's the deal with getting married? Come on, go to sleep now. Our family has suffered enough. I can bear it alone. You two will be fine in the future!"
After that, he said! He put out the oil lamp, got on the kang, took off his clothes and got into the quilt.
The two sisters hugged her arms, one on the left and the other on the right, with tears falling down: "Sister, we can't bear to leave you!"
"It's okay, it's okay. Be good, go to bed quickly. !" Shen Zhaodi comforted her two sisters.
It was dawn in a blink of an eye.
After the three sisters got up, they asked the two younger sisters to make breakfast. Shen Zhaodi picked up the broom and started cleaning her yard. No matter how dilapidated the house was, it had to be kept clean when someone came. That's right, you can't make people think you are a lazy person.
After everyone had tidied up, they were waiting for Li Dahe to come to the door.
On Li Dahe's side, after returning home last night, he told his wife what happened today: "I think that girl is pretty good. She would be a suitable wife for our Xiaowen, so I You have to make the decision first, what do you think?"
The third aunt also nodded: "Yes, it is indeed difficult to find such a family, but 400 yuan is a bit too much. You have to marry me. How many wives! ”
Although the family has made a lot of money during this period, the total savings are only 1,800, and half of it will be spent on marrying a wife. How much is the third aunt? I still feel a little reluctant to give up. You must know that the bride price for marrying a daughter-in-law in the village is only three to five yuan. Taking into account the banquet and shopping, it is only a few dozen yuan. This is many times more.
"Our family's situation is different from other families. Qiao'er just wants to catch up with his father. Otherwise, who would be willing to let their daughter marry? How can we do it without spending some money!"
This makes sense. If you ask about their family's situation, no one would be willing to ask. The third aunt pinched her nose and accepted it: "Okay, anyway, you can make more money in the future! Speaking of my wife, It’s important.”