Reborn back to 1984

Chapter 15

Zhang Xiuqing went to the fields a few days ago, and the story of being bitten by two leeches has become a joke in the village. Zhang Lingen never thought that his daughter, whom he pampered and grew up with, would dare to catch snakes with her bare hands in order to make money when she grows up.He believed it, and told them to be careful not to be careless.

Zhang Xiuqing tried not to look at the red snake that kept sticking out its tongue, resisted the discomfort in her arm, and agreed without hesitation.Zhang Xiuhong shook the snakeskin bag away in a panic, and the two sisters worked together to get the snake that was finally caught into the bag.

On the bank of the river, Zhang Lingen always felt uneasy, turned his head from time to time, and hesitated to speak.Standing aside, Shen Heying couldn't see her man acting like a mother-in-law, and couldn't help but rolled her eyes: "You just love to worry about it! The two of them have studied for so many years, and they know more truths than anyone else, and they can Don't know what to do and what not to do?"

Zhang Lingen closed his mouth in embarrassment, and after a while he returned to his usual silent manner, pulling the silk net with both hands, tearing off the fish wrapped around it one by one, and throwing them into the bucket beside him.

Shen Heying stood beside the silk screen, and suddenly remembered something: "By the way, my aunt from the Li family came to me again yesterday to talk about Xiuqing's marriage. Her nephew and grandson are really pretty good. The family conditions are good, the workplace is good, and the people are nice. To be honest, I am not the kind of person who cares about flowers. When I see a pretty girl on the road, I never go up to make love. I have seen him a few times. He visits the next door to pay New Year’s greetings, no matter whether he recognizes him or not. He is a very polite young man. ...I think this marriage is good, what do you think?"

The expression on Zhang Lingen's face immediately turned cold, "I don't think so. If Aunt Li's family mentions this again in the future, you can just refuse it and say that I don't agree."

No matter what era it is in, marriage is all about being well-matched. Strictly speaking, Zhang's family is the best.After Shen Heying heard about the young man's situation at that time, she already had everything in her heart. When Grandma Li found her again, she said that as long as Xiuqing nodded, the other party would buy watches and bicycles immediately. Shen Heying almost agreed on the spot, but at this moment she heard Zhang Lingen say I don't agree, and I can't believe my ears: "What did you say? You don't agree? The young man has such a good condition, and he is one of the best in ten miles and eight villages. How many people are vying to marry their daughters to him, and you still despise him? Tell me, what's wrong with him?"

Ever since Grandma Li came to talk about marriage, Zhang Lingen hadn't said a word. Shen Heying thought that Zhang Lingen didn't care. How could he know that he was more anxious than anyone else, so he asked a reliable person to inquire secretly: "He is very kind There is only one bad thing, that is, love to gamble. I asked someone about it, and that village is a famous gambling village. Everyone in the village, men, women, young and old, loves to gamble. Although Grandma Li's grandnephew is lucky and has never been in the police station, he is famous for gambling in the village. He is young, but he has a long history of gambling. Wanting to marry Xiuqing is really wishful thinking!"

Gambling is common in rural areas, and there are not many young men who can't gamble. Shen Heying was relieved to hear that this was the reason, but his tone was not very good: "Don't be picky and picky, there is no such thing in this world. A perfect person, when you are picking someone, they are also picking you, that’s about it. If you want me to say, while they are sincere, book the marriage as soon as possible, so as not to have long nights. Besides, which young man in the village can’t gamble? You Find one and show me!"

Zhang Lingen didn't expect his wife to be so short-sighted, so he couldn't help frowning, his face was ugly: "Let me tell you one last time, my son-in-law Zhang Lingen can't be a gambler!"

Shen Heying originally wanted to have a good discussion with her husband, and didn't want to quarrel, but she didn't expect that her husband wouldn't give in, and wouldn't listen to any persuasion, so she became furious and shouted loudly: "Zhang Lingen, you must be honest. Although Xiuqing is outstanding, don't forget Our family's situation is special, it's good that people don't dislike Xiuqing, so what if she is highly educated, she is already old this year, and in two years, she will become an old lady. By then, all the good guys will be picked out by others , and the rest are all dubious people, isn't this harming her?"

Zhang Lingen had already made up his mind, and shouted: "Stop talking, I'd rather keep Xiuqing at home as an old girl, than marry her into such a family to suffer. The wife of a gambling ghost is not so good. Yes, you can't just look at the short-term interests, but the long-term..."

Seeing that her parents were about to quarrel about her own marriage, Zhang Xiuqing, who was listening to the wall, coughed quickly, came out from the darkness, and said with a smile: "Mom, I seem to have heard Dad talking about 'gamblers' just now. Are you talking about Dongmei’s man? I heard that he doesn’t do his job properly, and often gathers people to gamble. The gambling products are not very good. As long as he loses money, he will take Dongmei out of his anger when he returns home. Punching and kicking are commonplace, and sometimes Slap in the face. Dongmei went back to her mother’s house in the middle of the night the day before yesterday, and everyone in the village said that she was beaten by her man again. This time, she was chilled and wanted a divorce. I don’t know if it’s true? Mom, do you know?”

Shen Heying's face turned green and then red, guessing that Zhang Xiuqing must have heard the conversation between herself and her husband, so she brought up the matter of Dongmei to remind herself, she couldn't help but feel ashamed and annoyed, and after a long time, she said angrily: "I will talk to her husband again in the future." I don't care about your marriage, if you can't get married, you can settle accounts with your father, not me..."

Zhang Xiuqing ran over quickly, put her hands on Shen Heying's waist, and said affectionately: "That's not okay, you are my good mother, and I will take care of my marriage. If you don't, people in the village will definitely think that I am not Your own..."

"What nonsense are you talking about? What's natural and wild? That's something your girl can say?" Shen Heying pulled Zhang Xiuqing's hand away, pushed her aside, and said with a disgusted face: "Go aside, don't hinder my work , I don’t want to do what you do.” Although the tone was harsh, the movements were very gentle, a typical knife-mouthed bean curd heart.

Zhang Xiuqing smirked, she was 49 years old in her heart, and she had been very calm since she was reborn. Today, in order to make her mother happy, she had to pretend to be a tender daughter, which was really hard work.

Zhang Xiuhong raised her thumbs up, admiring her elder sister. You know, if Zhang Xiuqing hadn't made jokes just now, with Shen Heying's mouth that never covered up, she didn't know how many ugly words she would have scolded. It's unintentional, but it hurts feelings if you talk too much.

Zhang Xiuqing signaled Zhang Xiuhong to pass the weed clip to Shen Heying, and ran to the bridge to get a long-handled net bag, of course, as an excuse to catch Huang Wee.While her father was not paying attention, she also stole an empty snakeskin bag.

With the tools at her fingertips, Zhang Xiuqing became more courageous, no matter if it was a water snake or a poisonous snake, she would not let go of any of them.The snake catching skills have also been greatly improved, from the chicken hands and duck feet at the beginning to the smoothness later.Huang Wei also caught a lot. Zhang Xiuhong was carrying two bags, both excited and frightened.

The two walked farther and farther along the ditch, because they were so focused on their feet that they didn't even know someone was coming. They didn't realize it until the other party came over with a flashlight.

This place is close to the cemetery, and most people dare not come here during the day, let alone at night, Zhang Xiuhong, who was already holding a heart, was so frightened that she almost screamed.Zhang Xiuqing turned her head to the side and shone it back with a flashlight, and vaguely saw four black shadows, presumably they were also the ones catching the yellow weasel, so she turned her back and gave Zhang Xiuhong a wink, telling her to stay calm and take a look first. Let's talk about the situation.

The two stopped, but those people came towards this side, and they also split into two paths, forming an outflank.

Zhang Xiuhong was scared and said, "Sister, it's almost time, let's go back, or Dad will come to find us."

Zhang Xiuqing was also a little uneasy, so she nodded, "Don't be afraid, if they dare to harbor ill intentions, just throw the bag with snakes on it, and ignore the bite."

The two sisters turned around and were about to cross the ditch and return the same way when a young man called out, "Hey, are you also catching weasels? When did you come? How many did you catch? There are a lot of snakes in this place. Have you met?"

Zhang Xiuqing scolded herself for being too careless, but her face remained calm, and she raised her voice and said, "We also came to catch yellow weasel. We came around four o'clock. We didn't catch many snakes, but we encountered a lot of snakes..."

"Huh..." The other party obviously didn't expect that it would be two women who would dare to come out in the middle of the night to catch yellow weasels, and exclaimed, "You guys are so brave..."

Zhang Xiuqing raised her eyebrows, and decided that no matter whether these people were well-intentioned or not, she would give them a warning first. When these people approached, she raised her net bag, covered a snake's head, and scooped up the whole snake quickly. Fish it into the net and shake it constantly to keep it from crawling out.

The young man who spoke earlier thought they had caught a yellow weasel and applauded.The man walking with him had sharp eyes and asked, "What did you catch?"

"This is what you want to see for yourself, don't blame me if you're scared!" Zhang Xiuqing was annoyed at their impoliteness. She used a flashlight to light her eyes indiscriminately, and she couldn't keep her eyes open. Like it or not, I want to scare them.She held up the net bag with both hands, and handed it to the two of them, then stopped shaking, and within ten seconds, a small head poked out.Under the illumination of the flashlight, this thing is colorful, and it is clearly a poisonous snake.

The young man who had spoken before was caught off guard and let out a scream. If his companion hadn't held him back, he would almost have fallen.

Seeing that the goal was achieved, Zhang Xiuqing shook the net bag quickly, and the snake fell down again.

Zhang Xiuhong shook the snakeskin bag vigorously. After shaking for nearly half a minute, she opened it suddenly. Zhang Xiuqing quickly turned the net bag over, and the snake fell into the bag at once.

Originally thought it was the old man who was catching Huang Wei, but unexpectedly it was the snake catcher girl. The four young men were all stunned. Shao Han was the first to come to his senses, and he recognized Zhang Xiuqing with just one glance.

(End of this chapter)