Dashan Orchard 1988

Chapter 143 The cold-faced and kind-hearted father-in-law

Li Muyang was frightened by his sister-in-law.

He was suddenly worried that if his sister-in-law and mother-in-law spoke in the same tone, they would be in big trouble.

He quickly said to his sister-in-law: "Sister-in-law, people are different from each other. Through my contact with that girl, she has a very good character and morals, which proves that her tutor is also good. When you talk to others later, be more polite..."

"What, are you afraid that your sister-in-law will talk nonsense?"

"That's not..."

"Don't worry, your sister-in-law is not a child. I still have some concerns about what should be said and what should not be said."

"That's fine, that's fine."

The three of them said that they had already arrived at the door.

The courtyard of Lin Xiuli's house is a very common courtyard house in Qingcheng.

Except for the road in front, the other three sides are cultivated land. The gate of the courtyard opens to the east. Directly in front is a piece of flat land, which has been ground hard and flat with stone rollers.

People here call it "field".

It is where the grain is harvested and processed every year.

In the early years, the production teams' farms were all gathered together, and they planted and harvested together. Later, due to inconvenience, each family had its own farm.

Every year before the grain season comes, they will take advantage of a rainy day to sprinkle some ash on the field and grind it into a solid state.

After the grain season is over, many people will dig out a part of the land near the farmland and replant it into vegetables.

There are also some people who have too much land and are too lazy to work on it, so a lot of weeds will grow on the field, and slowly it will be covered by weeds.

At present, a series of people from the Lin family were standing in the field waiting for them.

Seeing the people arriving, the Xue family's sister-in-law hurriedly walked out and stood between the two parties, acting as a contact person.

"The time is just right. Now that you are all here, let's get to know each other first and get familiar with them."

"Auntie, this young man is the one I introduced to Xiuli. Does he look like a talented person? His name is Li Muyang, and these two are his eldest brother and sister-in-law."

Li Muyang was slightly embarrassed.

Sure enough, if you have experienced this kind of thing once, you will still feel uncomfortable if you encounter it again.

He didn't see Lin Xiuli in the crowd.

According to custom, the girl is not allowed to go out on this occasion.

You need to wait in the boudoir. Everyone goes in and talks for a while, and then the girl comes out when the result is almost the same.

"Auntie."

"Auntie."

Li Mutian and Milan Lan shouted politely.

Li Mutian aside, he has always been very polite, has a steady and down-to-earth personality, and is also polite.

Li Muyang was surprised that his sister-in-law Milan Lan suddenly changed his cynicism and smiled like a flower.

She even took the initiative to walk up to her mother-in-law, Sun Xinghua, and said with a smile: "Auntie, she looks very strong. She will live a long life at a glance!"

Sun Xinghua was a little embarrassed at first. In fact, she had no experience in this area.

She has only married a wife for her eldest son and has not married a daughter yet.

I feel that going to someone's door to propose marriage and waiting for someone to come to their door should be different processes.

But she didn't understand how the specific process was different.

Seeing how enthusiastic the other party's family members were, she realized what she was doing and smiled kindly: "That's not possible. I can't hang on with a sip of tea."

Milanlan was slightly stunned, not knowing what it meant.

Li Muyang sensitively seized the opportunity and hurriedly delivered the prepared tea to his mother-in-law.

"Auntie, this is some tea I bought for you. I heard Xiuli said you like to drink this brand."

Sun Xinghua was still holding Milan Lan's hand with one hand. She heard this and looked at Li Muyang.

The young man is more than 1.7 meters tall, has a full head, warm eyes, a sincere smile, a generous and measured standing posture, and a very good manner.

Just looking at the external image, there is no problem.

It already has a very good appearance.

Looking at the tea leaves in his hand again, I felt a little fonder for him.

His daughter must have told him about drinking tea, but he kept it in mind and even bought the best brand he could afford. It was not too bad or expensive, which shows that he is both thoughtful and sensible in doing things. .

It’s really good to have such a state of mind at this age.

"You can just come, it's so expensive."

"It should, it should, that's right..."

Li Muyang took out the cigarette again and handed it to Lin Guangxi, who was standing next to him with a serious face.

Father-in-law Lin Guangxi is a cold-faced and kind-hearted person.

His cold face is a cover for his inability to deal with people, and his kindness is his temperament that is difficult to conceal.

Li Muyang didn't know much about his father-in-law.

In their previous life, their father-in-law passed away just a few years after they got married.

My daughter Jingjing was only three years old at the time.

In a limited time, we can only see part of a person's character.

"Uncle, these are some cigarettes I bought for you. They seem to be in good condition. You can keep them and smoke them."

"Ah."

Lin Guangxi took the cigarette, looked at it, and accepted it.

Li Muyang's heart dropped. It started well.

He then gave some of the candies and snacks he bought to Lin Xiuli's second sister, Lin Xiujuan, and asked her to distribute them to everyone.

Lin Xiujuan is new this year and has not found a partner yet.

He couldn't go to school, so he worked in an almond processing factory in town for two years and got married.

My husband is also a mason, he is very honest, and his life is pretty good.

"Let's go in. Don't stand all the time. Go in and talk slowly. If you have any requests, say them to your face."

Sister-in-law of the Xue family greeted.

"Okay, come in, come in and talk."

Sun Xinghua greeted Li Muyang and welcomed everyone into the courtyard.

The Lin family's yard is actually quite large, but the houses are very old and face north and south.

There are two and a half walls on the east side, which look like they are half built.

It looks like preparations were made to build a new building, but it was stopped midway.

Xiazi is the name of a special building here.

There are generally four types of houses in Qingcheng people's homes.

Guyao, Fang, Xiazi, and Shanzi.

A hoop kiln is a kind of building made of adobe hoops, which looks like a tube. After the hoops are completed, two walls can be built on both sides to seal them.

From the outside, a hoop kiln is the same as a house. It is high in the middle and low on both sides, which is convenient for drainage and looks better.

This kind of building is derived from the previous cave dwellings, so it has the advantage of being warm in winter and cool in summer after it is built.

The disadvantage is that because the walls on both sides and the kiln in the middle are connected at the back, it is easy for water to leak from the connection.

Later it was slowly eliminated.

The house is a derivative version of the hoop kiln. It no longer uses adobe or hoops, but directly uses wood or cement rafters to build a skeleton and covers it with tiles, and finally completes the house.

This kind of house is the mainstream way of building houses in Qingcheng, and it continues to be so for future generations.

The building is like half of the house.

One of its walls rests on the courtyard wall, so it looks like only half of it, as if the house was cut vertically in the middle, and the building occupies half of it.

This kind of house is usually a side room, where young people or the elderly live, and will not be used to entertain guests or live as hosts.Finally, there is a kind of house called "Shanzi", which is very simple.

It means there are walls on both sides and a roof on top, but the front is open.

It is generally built on the south side and is mainly used to store some furniture, some household vehicles, etc.

When people here go on a blind date, they have to look at each other's place.

Experienced people can know the financial status of a home just by looking at the layout.

Li Muyang is very familiar with this home. He has slept in almost every room and walked on every inch of land.

He has even used many tools in the mountain, and can tell clearly how many scars and breaks there are on each furniture handle, which shovel is sharper, which hoe will tilt when exerting force, etc.

Just seeing familiar things again felt like a lifetime ago.

Milan Lan also quickly scanned the layout of the yard. She didn't have any warmth, but looked at it with scrutiny.

After scanning the yard, his eyes fell on Lin Xiuli's younger brothers and sisters again...especially the younger brother.

Frowning slightly.

Li Muyang saw this look and subconsciously shook his head at her.

Only then did she restrain herself from saying anything.

Everyone came to the main room together.

This is a south-facing house with three bays. This is a standard configuration for any house with a yard.

Some people call it the main house, and some call it the eldest house.

It's all one meaning.

The main function of this house is not to live in, but to receive guests.

Lin Guangxi and Sun Xinghua, the Xue family's sister-in-law, Li Mutian and his wife, Li Muyang, and Lin Xiuli's eldest brother and sister-in-law entered the room, and the children were all driven away.

Lin Xiuli's eldest brother is called Lin Jiazi. He has a gentle personality, just like Li Mutian, but he is a bit stingy, both towards himself and others, which is similar to Li Mutian.

My sister-in-law, Zuo Meiling, is a very angry and foul-mouthed woman.

He is also the only person on his mother-in-law's side that Li Muyang doesn't like to interact with.

This woman made all kinds of troubles and stirred up dissension at home, which once caused many conflicts among the children of her mother-in-law's family and almost caused a falling out.

There is an Eight Immortals table in the main room.

Four long benches were placed around it, and everyone sat around.

Exactly eight people.

They were all three couples, so naturally they sat down separately.

The old couple sat facing south, Lin Jiazi and his wife sat in the west, and Li Mutian and his wife sat in the east.

Li Muyang and the Xue family's sister-in-law sat in the south.

The south side has the lowest status.

After sitting down, Lin Xiujuan helped everyone pour tea.

"Drink water, his sister-in-law drinks water~"

Although Milan Lan is a junior, she represents Li Muyang's parents after all. In this kind of blind date, women mainly provide opinions, and men serve as foils.

So Sun Xinghua was very polite to Milanlan.

Milanlan was also very enthusiastic. She took a sip of tea, put it down and looked at Xue's sister-in-law.

Sister-in-law of the Xue family understands.

He coughed dryly and said with a smile: "Auntie, uncle, today is a good day, very suitable for talking about festive things. Last time the two children met, they both felt good about each other and they were very compatible, so we took the children Come to the door and say, if possible, we can help this good thing happen, what do you think?"

Lin Guangxi nodded and filled up his smoking pot.

Sun Xinghua looked at Li Muyang and nodded with a smile, "We also mean it. These two children are not young anymore. If they start a family as soon as possible, we old people will feel comfortable."

"What Auntie said is what we mean here too. My mother is not in good health, so my brother and I will take care of things here. Today we are also here in good faith, so what are your requests from Auntie? Feel free to mention it.

If it can be achieved, we will definitely achieve it. If there are difficulties, we will find a way. If conditions really do not allow it, we will discuss it again.In short, we... and our shepherds are all down-to-earth people, we don't make too many twists and turns, and we are sincere. We just hope that this marriage will come true. "

People here have two different names for people who are older than themselves, with slightly different meanings.

Probably those who are older will be called aunt, which corresponds to uncle.

Young people are called aunt, which means uncle.

But it's not absolute. Sometimes, in order to express the closeness of feelings, there are also people who call aunt directly.

For example, Li Muyang directly called Sun Xinghua his aunt, and they didn't object.

Milanlan's words were very clear, not only explaining his intention but also clarifying his attitude.

Anyway, it’s just four words: treat people with sincerity.

An attitude: If you can achieve success, if not, the creation will almost always be successful.

"His sister-in-law, you just said that your mother is inconvenient. Is there something wrong with her?"

Before Sun Xinghua could speak, Zuo Meiling suddenly asked.

Li Muyang was speechless.

This is the virtue of a wife, a sister-in-law.

Frankly speaking, the mother's physical condition is indeed a negative factor when it comes to proposing marriage.

Originally, he wanted to put forward the conditions first and wait until the time was right before discussing this issue.

Unexpectedly, the sister-in-law accidentally pointed it out, and the sister-in-law opposite quickly grasped this point.

Why should my sister-in-law make things difficult for my sister-in-law?

"Oh, my mother has a cerebral infarction and is currently in the hospital. The doctor said she needs an operation."

"That's serious. I heard that cerebral infarction is still very dangerous, especially for the elderly like us."

Sun Xinghua asked with concern.

"It depends on how you recover after the surgery. I heard from the doctor that there should be no problem."

"I heard from Xiuli that my aunt has always been placed in... your home and taken care of by you, right?"

Zuo Meiling turned her attention to Li Muyang.

Full of scrutiny.

She found that Milan Lan was not an easy person to deal with, so she thought of opening a gap in Li Muyang.

In fact, she didn't necessarily want to ruin the marriage, she just wanted to gain some upper hand so that she could put forward more conditions and ask for more things.

Although she was also married, her identity was now tied to the Lin family, and the girl Li Muyang wanted to take away from the Lin family was the "outsider" she should subconsciously deal with.

As a result, the focus of the conflict shifted to Li Muyang.

Li Muyang was slightly startled at first.

He thought he could continue to fish in troubled waters.

In this kind of marriage proposal, although he is the protagonist, he is basically a tool in the situation.

Just follow them the whole way.

If anyone asks, answer; if no one asks, just remain silent.

He didn't expect that the conflict would shift to him so quickly.

It’s still a difficult contradiction to deal with.

Really, it can't be simpler, it has to be tested back and forth.

Li Muyang complained in his heart only for a moment, but he didn't show it at all on his face.

He smiled gently.

"Yes, I have always taken care of my mother."

"Then your burden is not heavy?" Zuo Meiling asked.

"Isn't it a matter of burden or not?" Li Muyang looked at Sun Xinghua instead of Zuo Meiling, "It is only natural for children to be filial to their elders. You can't be unfilial just because the burden is heavy."

(End of this chapter)