Chapter 140

On the big kang, young men and women sat facing each other. On the kang table in the middle was freshly stewed mutton, and the aroma of mutton permeated the room.

Shui Hua took the wine bottle, poured a bowl for Wang Zhong, and poured a bowl for herself.

Holding the wine bowl with both hands, Shui Hua still had a smile on her face, Bi Ming looked at Wang Zhong and said, "Brother Wang Chong, drink!"

"You can drink?"

Shuihua shook her head: "Happy today!"

"Hahaha!"

Wang Zhong laughed loudly and held up the wine bowl with both hands: "You're right, today is indeed a happy day!"

"I did it! You can do whatever you want!"

As soon as the words fell, the wine bowl was brought to his mouth, he raised his head slightly, and accompanied by a sound of swallowing, the full bowl of wine was drank in one gulp.

The spicy alcohol stimulated the mouth and esophagus, but Wang Zhong also had a smile on his face.

Shuihua also imitated Wang Zhong's example, took a sip, but was coughed several times, and almost spit out the wine in his mouth.

"so spicy!"

Seeing Shuihua sticking out her tongue, breathing out again and again, and fanning her mouth with her palms, she smiled unkindly.

"Not only spicy, but also bitter!"

Wang Chong said: "Some ancients once said: wine is poison that penetrates the intestines!" The color is a bone-scraping steel knife. Wang Zhong didn't say this.

"Then why do so many people like to drink it?" Shui Hua asked suspiciously.

In Yongquan Village, there are not a few people who like to drink. During festivals or happy events, there is a banquet. The food may not be very rich, but as long as it is on the table of men, there will always be wine.

"That's just a one-sided view. Drinking alcohol in moderation is not only harmless to the body, but also intentional. It can also drive away the cold and keep warm." Alcohol is also a double-edged sword, but it depends on how to use it.

Shuihua nodded: "It's really warm."

The wine enters the abdominal cavity, and the warmth comes out from the inside.

Wang Zhong said with a sassy smile: "Tomorrow I will go to the county seat and come back with some shopping. I will pick a good day and let my uncle be a matchmaker to come to your house to formally propose marriage! What do you think?"

Shuihua didn't expect Wang Zhong's topic to change so quickly, so she could only lower her head a little bit shyly, and responded like a mosquito whispering, her pretty face was covered with a red glow, she didn't know if she was ashamed, or because of the drunkenness. Smoked.

Seeing Shuihua's shy appearance, Wang Zhong felt inexplicably happy. For some reason, an idea suddenly popped up in his heart, and he said, "Why don't we go together?"

"Ah?" Shuihua didn't expect Wang Zhong to invite him suddenly. He was surprised, but couldn't help but secretly elated.

"Let's go together?" Wang Zhong smiled again.

"Will it be..." Shuihua hesitated: "Will it be bad! After all..."

"After all, we...haven't had that yet!"

As she spoke, Shui Hua turned her head away, and her pretty face became more and more red.

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "This is not the past!"

"Besides, these things were originally sold to you. If you go together, you will definitely know which ones are more suitable to buy."

Wang Zhong's directness made Shuihua a little at a loss, but Wang Zhong never left him, but Shuihua couldn't help but feel happy.

Splash, who has always been strong and brave, will inevitably reveal the mentality of a little girl at this moment.

Seeing Shui Hua's appearance, Wang Zhong had an idea in his mind, and said: "Then tomorrow morning, after breakfast, I'll call you, and if you call Mai Miao, I'll call Debao as well."

"Ah?" Also stunned for a moment, then Shuihua looked up at Wang Zhong's smiling face, and instantly realized that although the matter had been settled, it hadn't been announced after all, Wang Zhong is a big man, Naturally, she is not afraid of what others will say, but as a big girl, the most taboo thing is those gossips.

And if others knew that they were going to marry Wang Zhong, those jealous people might say something nasty.

Shui Hua was already smart, so he thought a lot in a flash.

"Well, then I'll go find Mai Miao later!" Shui Hua also wanted to spend more time with Wang Zhong.

"Then it's settled!" Wang Zhong was in a good mood, while Shui Hua picked out a large piece of mutton from the pottery urn, handed it to Wang Zhong's bowl, raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, then lowered his head and gnawed on the steamed stuffed bun.

Wang Zhong had a great appetite, holding the mutton bun in one hand and the mutton in the other, eating slowly, mouthful by mouthful.

Seeing that there was no more wine in Wang Zhong's bowl, Shuihua poured another bowl for Wang Zhong: "Don't drink after drinking this bowl, as you said, drinking in moderation is good for your health."

"I'll listen to you!" Hearing Shui Hua's concern, Wang Zhong felt as sweet as eating honey in his heart.

The smile on Shuihua's face became brighter.

A dinner, eating exceptionally harmonious.

In the evening, when Li Laoshuan, who smelled of alcohol, came home, Wang Zhong had already left, and Shui Hua was washing dishes in the kitchen.

Li Laoshuan leaned against the door frame of the kitchen, his eyes were a little hazy, one of the two bottles of wine bought by Shuihua and a catty of meat were given to Li Laoshuan, and he was asked to drink with his uncle at his uncle's house.

"Hungry~~~"

Li Laoshuan hiccupped and asked, "Shui Hua, where's Wang Zhong's crush?"

"Go back!" Seeing Li Laoshuan standing at the door, Shuihua hurriedly said, "Father! It's cold outside, you go back to the house first."

"It's okay! It's not cold!" Li Laoshuan waved his hands and said with a smile, "What did you say to Wang Zhong's baby?"

"He said that he would go to the county to buy something as a dowry gift tomorrow, and then pick a good day for his uncle to bring him over to propose marriage."

"You agreed?" Li Laoshuan was overjoyed immediately, with a strange look in his eyes.

"Ok!"

Shui Hua nodded in response, speeding up her movements, looking down at the tub, not daring to look at her father.

"Hahaha!"

Li Laoshuan couldn't help laughing: "Okay! Just agree!"

"Wang Chong's baby is capable. I'm relieved that you can marry him." Although Li Laoshuan loves to take advantage, but with only a daughter like Shuihua, how could he not care about Shuihua at all.

He asked for such a high betrothal gift, although he was greedy, but he also hoped to pick a richer family for Shuihua, so that Shuihua would not have to continue to suffer after marrying.

"Don't tell outsiders about this!" Shuihua suddenly raised her eyes and reminded Li Laoshuan.

Li Laoshuan was stunned for a moment, and asked puzzledly, "Why can't you say it?" Li Laoshuan wished that Shuihua could find such a good home in Wang Zhong, so that everyone in the village could shout and tell the world.

"Father! Anyway, just listen to me once!"

"Okay! Dad listens to you!" Although Li Laoshuan was puzzled, he still nodded his head seeing Shuihua's insistence.

Early the next morning, it was just dawn, and the heavy snow that had been falling all day and night finally stopped. Ma Debao couldn't wait to come to Wang Zhong's house just after dawn, and urged Wang Zhong to hurry up. Wang Zhong asked him to call Mai Miao, and together they went to the village entrance own turn.

"Will Mai Miao go too?"

Debao's eyes lit up instantly when he heard the words, that boy didn't have a white moonlight in his heart, and the wheat seedlings were the white moonlight in Debao's heart.

"Stupid!" Wang Zhong patted him on the forehead angrily: "I'm happy today, I'll pick out a gift for each of you young couple!"

The young couple's two words directly made Debao's face flush.

"Brother Wang Chong! What a young couple, don't talk nonsense!" That coy look, where it looks like a boy, is definitely a big girl.

"Okay, let's go!"

Debao rushed to Bai's hometown in a hurry, Wang Zhong shook his head, turned around and went to the shed, tied the prepared pole and two rattan frames to the bicycle, and then pushed the bicycle out the door.

"Wheat seedlings!"

"Wheat seedlings!"

Running outside Teacher Bai's house, Depot shouted at the top of his voice.

"Hey!" In the room, Mai Miao heard Debao's voice and ran out, and at the same time, Teacher Bai who heard the voice also ran out.

Teacher Bai wore glasses and an apron, dressed like a housewife cooking.

"Debao?" Teacher Bai knew it was Debao's voice, "What are you doing with the wheat seedlings this early in the morning?"

"Invite Mai Miao to go to the county town together!"

"Are you going to the county town too?"

Teacher Bai frowned immediately, and asked suspiciously, when Shuihua came to look for Mai Miao yesterday, he said that he asked Mai Miao to accompany him to the county town to buy some things, and asked Mai Miao to help pick them out.

Thinking about the new year, Teacher Bai didn't hold back the wheat seedlings, and gave her two yuan to buy something she liked.

"That's right! Brother Wang Chong said he was going to the county town to do some shopping, so he asked me to call Mai Miao and help him together. He invited us to eat oil!"

When it comes to pancakes, Maimiao's eyes light up instantly. Although pancakes are common, they are not cheap. At their age, life is usually difficult, so it is time for them to love to eat them.

Teacher Bai nodded thoughtfully, and told the two of them: "Then you go there early, don't make them wait too long, remember to come back early after shopping! Don't play for too long!"

"Don't worry dad, don't you still have Brother Wang Chong and Sister Shuihua!"

Mai Miao said happily.

Teacher Bai still did not forget to tell him: "Don't cause trouble for Wang Zhong and Shui Hua, you know!"

"understood!"

The two and a half-year-old children went out, like wild horses that had run loose, and could no longer be tied up, happily running all the way to the entrance of the village.

"Be careful on the road, don't fall!"

Teacher Bai stood in the courtyard, stood on tiptoes, raised her head, looked at the direction her daughter was leaving, and shouted loudly.

"understood!"

Mai Miao's voice became smaller and smaller, and there was a joy that could not be concealed in her words.

Teacher Bai saw her daughter and Debao disappear around the corner, so she looked away, with a smile on her face, shook her head slightly, and murmured with emotion: "This child!"

But then I thought about the news that two days ago in the village, a coal woman came to Shuihua's house, and there was a man named An Yongfu in Kushui Village who proposed marriage to Li Laoshuan, wanting to marry Shuihua Guomen.

I couldn't help but secretly wonder in my heart: Could it be that Shuihua failed to make it with that guy named Ernst Fu, but instead made it with Wang Zhong?
It's a pity that these are all Teacher Bai's own guesses, and at this time, another figure emerged in Teacher Bai's heart, not someone else, but Depot's eldest brother, who used to be with his childhood sweetheart, childhood sweetheart Ma Defu.

Hey!
"Forget it! Forget it! Children and grandchildren have their own blessings!"

If it was before, Mr. Bai could still play a part in it. After all, Ma Defu is now a student of an agricultural school. After graduation, he can be directly assigned to work in a government agency. His future is much brighter than that of a teacher in a small village like him. Then the settlement in Kushui Village has more prospects.

But thinking of Wang Zhong, Teacher Bai couldn't help sighing.

Compared with this son, Ma Defu, who was originally excellent, seemed a little mediocre.

Teacher Bai didn't have much contact with Wang Zhong, and he didn't know much, but it was the only few contacts that made Teacher Bai feel deeply.

Excavating kilns and burning bricks, making tiles and building houses, these are nothing. What really surprised Mr. Bai was the connotation and self-cultivation revealed by Wang Zhong, as well as his literary attainments and accumulation when chatting with Wang Zhong.

Not only that, Wang Zhongneng can chat with the farmers in the village about the fields and farming in his hometown, and he can also talk about education and literature with himself. The folks in the village are looking for a way out and a future.

Moreover, Wang Zhong is a descendant of a martyr, and he himself was a soldier. It may be difficult for others to change jobs, but Wang Zhong, Mr. Bai sighed, such a young man who is so capable, capable, and repays the villagers and elders like this, Ma Defu is one The dolls who walked out of the poor mountain valleys, even though they have been admitted to the agricultural school, are still somewhat inferior.

No matter!No matter!
Teacher Bai sighed, and muttered helplessly: "My children and grandchildren have their own blessings. I think so much, what's the use of it!"

In Teacher Bai's heart, every student he has ever taught is no different from his children.

At the entrance of the village, Wang Zhong was holding his bicycle, Shuihua was carrying a basket, and he was wearing a headscarf, standing by the low wall.

Debao and Shui Hua ran all the way over, and when they saw them from a distance, they couldn't help but waved happily.

"Brother Wang Chong!"

"Sister Water Flower!"

The excited two ran to them, Wang Zhong kicked the bicycle stand back and greeted them, and the four of them ran towards the county together.

As the New Year approached, many people in the village also went to the city to buy things one after another. Those whose families were in better condition cut up a dozen or twenty catties of mutton and bought a few bags of flour, while those whose families were in poorer condition also gritted their teeth. Cut a few catties of mutton, buy some white flour, and prepare to make a few dumplings for Chinese New Year.

Although the snow was not thick, it still had some impact on the journey of everyone. It took less than two hours to arrive, but it took two and a half hours to arrive.

In the county town and on the streets, the atmosphere of the New Year is even more full. There are stalls full of couplets and lanterns everywhere, and the flow of people on the streets is much more than usual.

The four of them didn't eat much in the morning, and they were all hungry after walking for so long.

Wang Zhong found a noodle shop, ordered five catties of sliced ​​noodles, a plate of fried mutton with green onions, half a fried chicken, and ordered four or five heads of garlic. Debao and Mai Miao immediately turned into gluttons, swallowing the noodles in big mouthfuls, eating the mutton, stir-fried chicken.

After I was full, I ordered a few more bowls of free noodle soup.

When they came out of the noodle shop, Depot and Shuihua held their swollen stomachs, hiccupping from time to time, which was because they were full.

Shuihua was a bit restrained at first, but seeing the three of them eating happily, they were almost full in the end.

"Brother Wang Chong, where are we going?"

"Go buy some clothes for Sister Shuihua first!"

As soon as Wang Zhong finished speaking, Sister Shuihua immediately refused: "No need, I have clothes!"

Wang Zhong looked at her, and said softly and domineeringly: "Listen to me today!"

Shuihua felt her heart tremble, and was dragged by Mai Miao to the clothing store.

But when he entered the clothing store and asked about the price, Shuihua shook his head again and again, refusing to ask for anything, and his attitude was still very firm.

Wang Zhong knew that Shuihua really didn't want it, felt that it was a waste of money, and felt helpless. Shuihua was used to being frugal when she was young, and even if she really bought it, she would definitely be reluctant to wear it, so she followed Shuihua's wishes.

Accompanying Shuihua to the market, watching Shuihua bargain with those bosses, bought cotton cloth, cotton, a few large balls of wool, and shoe soles.

Especially the sole, size 44, is Wang Zhong's size.

Immediately afterwards, he went to buy a lot of dried longan, red dates, wolfberry, two slaughtered sheep at the vegetable market, and a lot of other miscellaneous things, filling the two big boxes Wang Zhong brought with him.

As for Debao and Mai Miao, Wang Zhong gave them each a pair of new liberation shoes.

The two little guys were very happy as if they had found a treasure.

Two days later, under the leadership of the old party secretary, Wang Zhong brought the two sheep he bought, dried longan and red dates, and ten live chickens that Wang Zhong bought one after another. He loaded a cart full of catties of white flour, and took it to Shuihua's house, where he formally proposed marriage to Shuihua.

As soon as this news came out, it caused quite a stir in the entire Yongquan Village.

No one thought that Wang Zhong would fall in love with Splash.

The old branch secretary and Li Laoshuan agreed that the old branch secretary wanted to postpone their marriage until the next year, so as to free up more time for preparations, but Li Laoshuan insisted on speeding up. The battle should be decided quickly, preferably years ago.

Finally, I asked Wang Zhong and Shuihua for their opinions. Shuihua said that he listened to Li Laoshuan, but the old man insisted, and Wang Zhong had no objection, so the matter was settled.

The date was fixed on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, and Wang Zhong would set up a banquet, invite the whole village to a meal, and offer tea to Li Laoshuan, and the matter would be considered a success.

Early the next morning, Wang Zhong rode his bicycle, carrying Shui Hua, and headed straight for the County Civil Affairs Bureau.

After paying the cost, taking a photo, taking an oath, and stamping it, the relationship between the two is officially settled.

On the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, Ma Huashui helped Zhang Luo, and as for the old branch secretary, he was invited by Wang Zhong to be his quilt, and he followed Li Laoshuan to accept the tea offering from the two of them.

The etiquette is also very simple, even obeisance to heaven and earth is omitted, the main thing is to toast, and the couple sit next to each other to toast.

A total of twelve tables were set up, with more than a dozen people at each table. People from the entire Yongquan Village came. There are two kinds of steamed buns with cornmeal, and on the tables of the men, there are two bottles of white wine on each table, both packed in a catty.

At the penultimate table, as soon as Wang Zhong and Shuihua walked to the side, Ma Defu stood up, looked at the two smiling people, took a deep breath, and showed a forced smile on his face, holding up the table. With the wine bowl, he said to the two of them: "Brother Wang Chong, Shui Hua, congratulations!"

"I wish you will be united forever, have a happy union for a hundred years, and have a precious son soon!"

After speaking, he raised his head and drank a bowl of wine.

Wang Zhong gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Okay! Brother Defu has a good drinker!" As soon as he finished speaking, he picked up the wine bottle and poured a full bowl: "Brother Defu, thank you for your blessing, I won't say anything What's the matter, it's all in the wine, it's done!"

As he said that, Wang Zhong gulped and drank without spilling a drop, and drank the whole bowl of wine.

"Drink less! Are you saying that drinking too much alcohol will hurt your health!" Shuihua tugged at Wang Zhong's sleeve, and reminded in a worried voice that Wang Zhong had already drank almost a catty all the way here just now.

Wang Zhong didn't change his face, and said: "Don't worry, I know what's going on, today is the day we get married, it's only once in a lifetime, it doesn't matter if you drink more."

Seeing this scene, the look in Ma Defu's eyes quickly dimmed a bit.

After the guests were sent away, everyone helped to clean up the mess and returned the tables, chairs and benches brought by each family. The old branch secretary patted Wang Zhong on the shoulder, his eyes swept over the two of them, and his face could not stop smiling.

"Treat the splash well in the future!"

"Uncle, don't worry!" Wang Zhong solemnly assured the old branch secretary.

Send the old party secretary to the door, watch the old party secretary leave, close the fence gate, and the sky is gradually getting dark.

"Are you hungry?" Shuihua looked at Wang Zhong and asked with concern.

Wang nodded his head: "You are hungry too!"

At the end of the day, the two patronized to greet the folks, and they didn't eat much at all.

"I just went to see it. There is still some mutton and potatoes left in the pot, and there is still a drawer of steamed buns."

"It's just right, let's do it if it's spared!"

"Go back to the house first, I'll bring it over!"

"Let's go together!"

"Ok!"

The couple brought the mutton and steamed buns to the main house, and sat on the warm kang, with steamed buns dipped in soup, and just ate them.

After the two finished eating and cleaned up the dishes, it was getting dark.

Wang Zhong closed the doors of the main house and bolted the door.

Shui Hua sat on the kang, against the backdrop of the red padded jacket and the candlelight, her pretty face, which had not applied any makeup but was already blushing, had a look that had never been seen before.

Wang Zhong stood in front of the kang, and for a moment, he looked a little crazy.

Seeing that Wang Zhong hadn't moved, Shui Hua looked up at Wang Zhong suspiciously, just in time to see Wang Zhong swallowing his saliva and his Adam's apple surging, and his heart felt like a deer bumping wildly, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

Wang Zhong walked to the side of the kang, hugged the kang table aside, looked at the water splash, with a smile on his face.

"It's getting late, we should get down to business!"

Shui Huaqiao blushed even more. Although she was a big girl who had never been seen before, she was not ignorant of the affairs of men and women.

Shuihua took out a white silk handkerchief from the red quilt embroidered with mandarin ducks, opened it and put it on the bed.

This operation stunned Wang Zhong for a moment, and then he smiled even more, sitting in front of Shui Hua, but he didn't rush to do it, but looked at the white silk handkerchief and asked: "Who taught you? "

Shui Huaqiao blushed so much that she could almost bleed: "Yes...it's Auntie!"

Seeing his beautiful wife like this, an unspeakable hotness surged from the dantian of the lower abdomen, and instantly swept through the internal organs and filled the Lingtai.

Wang Zhong leaned forward and threw the splash down.

The heavy man's breath rushed towards the face, and the water splash was almost about to fall. Two arms hurriedly pressed against his chest, blocking Wang Zhong's movements. Even the voice was a little more charming than usual: "Blow out the candles!"

Wang Zhong turned his head to look at the pair of burning bright red dragon and phoenix candles on the table, turned his head and looked down at the water splash, and said softly: "These pair of candles are dragon and phoenix candles, they must not be blown out!"

"And this statement?"

"Of course!" Wang Zhong vowed, and at the same time his hands were not idle, he already took Shuihua's hand away, palms facing each other, fingers interlocking.

(End of this chapter)

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