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  Chapter 3 Marriage Proposal (for collection)

  The room looks very empty, probably because of the lack of furniture.

   After entering the house, to the south is a large kang with a long kang, covered with kang mats.

   On the wall at the top of the kang, there is a New Year picture of a big fat boy holding a big red carp. On the top of the kang are neatly folded quilts, and in the middle of the kang is a square table for eating.

  There are two small square wooden cabinets on the floor, on which are neatly placed mirrors, wooden combs, grates and other daily utensils.

   There is also a milky white cream bottle, and a box of rouge powder boxes that are usually reluctant to use, with a pattern of Chang'e flying to the moon printed on it.

  The walls are all pasted with newspapers. It has been more than half a year, and it looks a bit old.

  On the wall above the cabinet, there is a picture frame with more than a dozen black and white photos in it.

   And then, and then nothing else.

  This home is so simple, but tidy and warm.

   Liu Qingshan's eyes fell on the family portrait in the middle of the mirror frame.

   Sitting right in the middle of the grandpa’s lap, the silly little boy was Liu Qingshan, and the little one in the arms of the grandma was the younger sister Liu Caifeng, who was just one year old at the time and couldn’t walk yet.

  Originally, after the mother gave birth to Liu Qingshan, she was not going to have another child, so she went to the commune hospital to wear a ring according to the custom at that time.

  In the end, I wore it for a few years, and I don’t know when I lost the ring, and then gave birth to a younger sister.

  Behind grandma and grandpa, stood mother Lin Zhi and father Liu Zijun.

   Seeing his father's young and handsome face, Liu Qingshan's eyes turned red, and he thought to himself: Dad, don't worry, I will support this family in the future!

   "Eat!"

  The fourth child, Liu Caifeng, picked up her small enamel bowl, and when she saw a pot of boiled eggplant in a clear soup with little water on the table, her little face collapsed, and she muttered childishly, "Mom, I want to eat chicken cake."

   Eating an egg custard is an extravagant hope, and as for eating meat, the little girl dare not even think about it.

  Liu Qingshan rubbed his little sister's lid with some distress: "Stop shouting, I will let you eat meat every day from now on!"

What? Liu Caifeng didn't understand, she blinked her big hairy eyes and asked, "Brother, does our family celebrate New Year every day?"

   "No, no, no, King Li Chuang went to Beijing to celebrate the New Year every day, but he was beaten away after eighteen days. We can't learn from it."

   Regardless of their young age, the children of the Liu family have received the best education in the village because of their father, so they know more than ordinary children.

   "Fourth, hurry up and eat. You still want to eat meat every day. You are so beautiful that you dare not think so in your dreams."

  The elder sister carried the older sister into the kang, and the family began to have lunch.

  The big golden pancakes made my throat a little louder after eating, and the vegetable soup was even less oily, but Liu Qingshan ate it very deliciously.

  He still looked at this and that from time to time, smiled, and then continued to eat happily.

   "Yinfeng, stop reading while eating."

  Lin Zhi glanced at the second girl, feeling a little complicated: this child, after failing the college entrance examination, became a demon.

   If the score is not bad, you will be admitted to university, and a college student will be born in the family.

   You must know that even the entire commune does not have a single college student, which is almost unprecedented.

  However, if I really pass the exam, I'm afraid it will be even more worrying, because the family really has no money at all.

  Forget it, don’t think about it, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain. At that time, even if it is a waste of money, it will still have to pay for the children to go to college, right?

  Recalling her husband's entrustment before his death, Lin Zhi became more determined.

  Liu Qingshan also admires him as the second sister, who has a lot of energy in learning.

  Unfortunately, my fate was bad. I took the exam for three years in a row, and every year I missed the exam by a few points.

  However, it is different now. I have dealt with foreigners for more than ten years, and it is more than enough to guide my second sister to learn English.

  So Liu Qingshan swallowed the big pancake he was chewing, waved his hand and said, "Second Sister, you can't learn English like this, you have to read it aloud."

  Learning foreign languages ​​in this era, most of them end up learning "dumb foreign languages".

  No way, many English teachers are not good at oral English, and few of them can listen to English tapes. No matter how hard students try, it is difficult to improve.

  Liu Yinfeng raised her head and glanced at her younger brother, without saying a word, but that look fully expressed her thoughts: What do you know, a kid who just graduated from junior high school?

  Liu Qingshan patted his chest: "Second sister, I will take care of your English from now on!"

   As a result, the elder sister next to him stabbed him, and said angrily: "Qingshan, you can do it, the cowhide is so bang bang, whether you can be admitted to high school this time is not a question."

   Not only that, even Xiao Caifeng pouted at him.

  As the only man in the family, Liu Qingshan also wanted face, so he happened to be full, so he hurriedly got off the table: "I'll see my grandparents."

   "Brother, wait, I'm going too."

  The fourth child also quickly slipped out from the edge of the kang to the ground.

   The little guy is crazy, there is nothing delicious at home, let's see if I can go to my grandparents to hang out.

  Grandma's house hangs in a small basket on the beam of the house, and it seems that there are slot cakes, um, there must be.

  Liu Qingshan led a small tail. As soon as he went out of the gate, he saw Er Biaozi squatting furtively in the shade of the fence and waiting. He stepped forward and gave Liu Qingshan a small basket, then waved and ran away.

  He usually dare not enter Liu Qingshan's house. He was pinched by the elder sister once before, and his arm was twisted and purple, leaving a psychological shadow.

  Looking at the several palm-sized crucian melon seeds in the basket, and the black loach weighing more than a catty, Liu Qingshan knew that he had brought all the fish for him.

   "Brother, find a glass bottle, I want to raise loaches."

  Liu Caifeng squatted next to the basket, trying to reach out to grab it, but she was a little afraid.

  These fish are of course good for the eldest sister’s body, but if they are really taken home, they must be fed to the chickens again.

   It’s not that the fish is not delicious, the key is that if there is no oil to cook this thing, the fishy smell will increase.

   Well, it’s better to take it to grandparents, and when it’s ready, I’ll bring back two for my eldest sister.

  Carrying the basket, Liu Qingshan pushed open the wooden door of the house next door: Grandpa’s house is next to his house.

  The small yard is also tidy. Grandma is a diligent old lady with little feet.

  At that time, those who could bind their feet were not ordinary people, and grandpa was even more amazing. He was a soldier and made meritorious service when he was young.

   Later, due to injury, he lost contact with the troops and stayed in this small valley.

   Entering the house, the furnishings are similar to those in Liu Qingshan's house, with an old clock on the top of the cupboard. In the middle is a bust of a white porcelain chairman.

  There are two more blue and white pots in the room, one with a feather duster stuck in it, and the other with a few pheasant feathers stuck in it.

  On the window sill, there are still several pots of flowers with big green leaves, and one of them is blooming with gorgeous flowers.

  Although the days are hard, the grandparents have not been completely grounded in their aspirations.

   "Grandpa, grandma!"

  Liu Qingshan yelled at the two old people sitting on the Kang, feeling a little excited again.

   "Yo, it's Qingshan, have you eaten yet?"

  Sitting cross-legged on the kang, Liu Shikui yelled.

  Sitting there, you can tell that the old man has a big frame, and a standard face with Chinese characters.

   Also, a pair of eyes are squinted.

   "Eat, eat..."

  Liu Qingshan responded while carefully looking at the old man.

  When he was a child, he spent half of his time sleeping at his grandfather's house at night, and he had a deep relationship.

  In the past two years, my grandfather had cataracts in his eyes, his eyesight deteriorated badly, and he could see things blurry. After another two years, he would be completely blind.

  It was too late when the conditions at home eased up and I wanted to have another operation.

  No, I must get a sum of money as soon as possible to fix my grandfather's cataract.

  Also, the life at home is too hard now, the younger sister is sallow and thin, she must be malnourished, and the quality of life must be improved as soon as possible.

Grandma took the basket and poured it into an enamel basin, then stuffed half a cucumber into Xiao Caifeng's hands, and half a bowl of sauce was placed on the small kang table. Just a meal.

  Seeing that the imaginary trough cake turned into a green cucumber, Xiao Caifeng felt a little wronged, so she asked her grandma for a glass bottle to raise loach.

  However, the family can't eat a bottle of canned food all year round, so where can I find a glass bottle?

   "Pour out my wine bottle to Caifeng. The ginseng in it has been soaked for several years. It's better to soak the root of cucumber!"

  This old man has only one problem - he is especially protective of the calf.

  As for the requests of the younger generation, what can be done must be done, and what cannot be done must be done by creating conditions.

  Looking at the little old girl holding the glass bottle and going out to show off to her friends with a smile on her face, Liu Qingshan lay on the kang, unconsciously fell asleep, and slept very soundly.

   Until I was woken up by a burst of talking, I checked the time, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon.

   As soon as he got up, he saw Gao Wenxue who was holding something in his hand and his face was a little swollen, looking at him stupidly and smiling.

   This guy is really impatient, didn't he tell him to propose marriage tomorrow, why can't he wait all night.

  Liu Qingshan got off the ground, greeted the captain Zhang Guofu and his wife, called uncle and aunt, and went to pour water.

   There is no tea, just boiled water, and I poured two cups out of an enamel jar printed with "Serve the People".

  There are only two jars at home, Gao Wenxue should stop drinking, anyway, he will not be an outsider in the future.

  Grandma said that everyone sat on the edge of the kang. The old lady was from a wealthy family before liberation, so of course she understood, so there was a smile in the wrinkles on her face.

  The captain's aunt is also eloquent, and she quickly explained the matter clearly. Naturally, grandparents have no reason not to agree.

   After drinking a glass of water, the captain and his wife had to go to work in the field, so they left first.

  Grandma saw off the guests, and when she returned to the house, she was so happy from ear to ear, she hurriedly said: "Literature, when the winter is free, we will arrange a happy event for you and Jinfeng!"

  The old couple are still very satisfied with this gentle grandson-in-law.

  Gao Wenxue pushed up the glasses with his hands, feeling a little panicked: Wait until winter, it will still be a few months, when the time comes, the child will be born soon, right?

   You know, at this time, the atmosphere is still very old-fashioned. If you have a big belly and marry a child, your spine will have to be punctured.

  So, after building up his courage, Gao Wenxue said: "Grandpa and grandma, why don't you get married earlier, isn't Jin Feng pregnant?"

  Grandma was a little deaf, and asked suspiciously: "It's broken, what's broken?"

  Although Grandpa’s eyes are not good, his ears are good. He wiped the kang twice, picked up the broom bumps, and saw a vague figure in front of him, so he knocked twice.

   "It's a pity that you are still a cultural person, so you don't pay attention to how you do things!"

  Gao Wenxue stared blankly at the old man hitting his future brother-in-law's head twice with a broom, with a confused look on his face: Is it the wrong person?

   "Master, why are you beating me?"

  Liu Qingshan hugged his head, glared at Gao Wenxue vigorously, and saw clearly, I did this for you!

  (end of this chapter)