Chapter 26 Come to the door
Qin Huairu was silent. This is what her parents thought.
But what about the relationship between me and De Ming?
Qin Huairu was full of resentment towards herself at this moment. Why didn't she resist the pressure and preaching from her parents and go to the city for a blind date?
Would it be really unfilial if I didn't listen to them and didn't go to the city for a blind date?

Deming used to think of me every time he came back. In addition to bringing me all kinds of good food, he also secretly left me a dime or two of pocket money so that I could buy candies to sweeten my mouth.
If De Ming was gone, would there still be someone to comfort me like this?

And his mother was still wondering if Deming had borrowed money to buy a house? How much money did Deming's family give as a betrothal gift?

Qin Huairu felt that what she was drinking was no longer brown sugar water, but coptis water. "Mom, Deming will go to that yard to collect the houses after National Day!"

Qin Huairu emphasized again: "What if Deming knew that I went to the capital to see her and he didn't want me anymore when he came back?"

Aunt Qin jumped up three feet high and said in a sharp voice: "How is it possible? He dares?"

"You have already moved into Widow Yan's home. Who in the surrounding villages doesn't know that you are already a member of their family?"

"If he dares not marry you just because he's moved to the city, he'd be Chen Shimei!"

"Everyone in the surrounding villages would drown him with just a spit!"

"But we haven't gotten married yet. Deming's family hasn't come to our house to propose marriage. Instead, our family arranged for me to go to the capital to meet another family." Qin Huairu stared at Aunt Qin, "If this gets out, the surrounding villages will only laugh at us and won't say anything about Deming."

"."Aunt Qin was choked up immediately. This was reasonable, but they were all from nearby villages and were fellow villagers. Shouldn't he do this?

Aunt Qin said in a panic, "It's okay, Xiaoru. Wang Deming is building a brick house in the countryside now. Who knows how much money he borrowed to buy a house in the city? Maybe he borrowed all the money to buy the house!"

".Xiao Ru, everyone in this village knows how handsome you are. Even people from the capital city have come to our house to propose marriage!"

"Correct!"

"I heard from your brother that the Jia family you visited in the city last time fell in love with you. But you insisted on leaving without even having lunch. They even said they would come to the country to visit you."

"If Wang Deming doesn't want you anymore, you can marry into the Jia family in Beijing!"

"She owns the house, and she's a worker, so she earns a lot. She's willing to pay 10 yuan as a betrothal gift! When you marry her, you'll have a good life and make Wang Deming, that little bastard, mad!"

"Mom, didn't my brother tell me that the old lady of the Jia family in the capital is very mean? She chased me out and scolded me when I left. Unlike Aunt Yan, who is so gentle and easy to get along with, and even took the initiative to give me white flour?"

Qin Huairu smiled bitterly and refuted Aunt Qin's bad idea, "Mom, do you think such a family can really let me subsidize our family?"

"A 10-yuan betrothal gift? The Jia family bought two yuan's worth of meat, and they are so proud of themselves. Can they really give a 10-yuan betrothal gift to a country girl like me?"

"Besides, 10 yuan for the bride price is only 10 kilograms of meat! According to what the matchmaker said: the meat and steamed buns that Deming brought back to me in the past two years are also worth 10 yuan, right?"

"When the time comes, where can you find me a family as good as De Ming?"

Aunt Qin was touched by Qin Huairu's words, but she still insisted: "What if Deming borrowed all the money to build and buy a house?"

Qin Huairu looked sideways at her father who was smoking his pipe silently, then turned to look at her brother Qin Baogui who was standing blankly beside her, and asked softly, "Brother, do you remember what kind of clothes Deming was wearing when we went into the city?"

Before Qin Baogui could open his mouth, Qin Huairu took the initiative to say, "I saw it very clearly, it was made of woolen material, and he was wearing leather shoes."

"The clothes are much better than those of the family I met on the blind date!"

"Didn't Deming know we were in the city that day? That must be what Deming wears every day in the city."

"Even if Deming bought old clothes and old leather shoes, that whole outfit would have cost several dozen yuan, right?"

"Besides, the woolen Zhongshan suit that Deming is wearing fits his body so well and looks so new. It is impossible for it to be second-hand. He must have bought the woolen material and asked a tailor to make it. How much would that cost?"

The room was completely quiet, with only the sound of old man Qin pulling out his eye bags.
Qin Huairu added fuel to the fire: "Dad, Mom, Aunt Yan and Deming dress and live in the countryside just like the other villagers, in a simple and plain way. This shows that they are not the kind of people who show off."

"But the life they lead in private is dry every day!"

"Brother, didn't Aunt Yan say today that Deming must eat an egg every morning?" "Ah!" When these words came out, not only the old Qin couple in the main room, but also the eldest sister-in-law of the Qin family who was coaxing the children in the inner room were shocked. This, even the landlords didn't dare to eat like this in the past few years, right?
The old Qin couple immediately looked at their eldest son. Qin Baogui nodded and added dully: "After dinner, we also drink tea. It costs 2 yuan."

"Hiss" Old Man Qin took two puffs of his pipe and found that the tobacco was all gone. He knocked the copper pipe against the sole of his shoe, then filled another bag with cigarettes and lit it. He took a deep breath, and the horizontal lines on his forehead seemed to be twisted together.

"Xiao Ru, according to what you said, the old Yan family and De Ming are pretending to be poor in the village?"

Qin Huairu nodded silently.

Old man Qin took another long drag from his pipe. "Baogui, when you came into the house to eat, did you pay attention to the grain jars in Old Yan's house? How many were there?"

"There are six of them placed up and down the wall, and two more side by side."

"Hiss" Old Man Qin almost lost his grip on the pipe. So many grain jars? That means there must be at least 3 to 4000 kilograms of grain in the house.
Widow Yan has a subsidy for her daughter in the city, and Wang Deming also makes money in the city. Their family certainly doesn't need to sell grain for money.
If there was a disaster, how much food would the widow Yan, Wang Deming, and Xiaoru, who had so many people in their family, have to eat? If their children became in-laws, they would definitely lend food to their own family!
Old man Qin looked at his daughter who was silent and regretful, sighed deeply, and felt extremely remorseful. He thought that it was his family's fault in letting his daughter go to the city to meet her father.

I regretted believing the matchmaker's sweet words. But who could have imagined that Widow Yan and Wang Deming, mother and son, would be so low-key in the village?
But it's also
Old Man Qin pondered for a while, looked up at the old woman who had fallen into a daze and had completely lost her mind, turned to Qin Huairu, and formally asked for her opinion: "Xiaoru, what do you mean?"

Qin Huairu mustered up her courage and said to her father with a determined look what she had been thinking all the way: "Dad, I want to marry into the Deming family before National Day!"

Old man Qin took two puffs of his cigarette, his voice carrying a hint of bitterness: "Xiao Ru, isn't it too hasty?"

"This is too unfair to you!"

Qin Huairu glanced at her mother who had not yet come to her senses, bit her lower lip, and said firmly: "Dad, it will be too late for Deming to return to Beijing during the National Day!"

"When he comes back, if he knows that I went to the city for a blind date."

Old man Qin started smoking again. After he finished his bag of cigarettes, he filled another bag and continued smoking. The whole room was filled with smoke.

After a long time, Old Man Qin called out to Aunt Qin: "Old woman!"

"You should go to the old Yan family in the next village and discuss with them. Ask them to find someone to propose marriage. Hurry up and arrange for the two children in the next two days."

Aunt Qin came back to her senses and said, "Master, this is the betrothal money."

Aunt Qin greeted the villagers along the way. When the villagers heard that she was going to Wang Deming's house, they showed envy on their faces and joked, saying that she was going to her son-in-law's house to get things done.

Aunt Qin's mood was mixed, she felt uncomfortable inside and responded with an awkward smile on her face.

She had never taken Wang Deming seriously before. A young man who had fled from famine and had a widow named Yan as his godmother, even if he could farm, how much could he achieve in the future? He was so old, and he was still talking about going to the city to study? I'm afraid he should go to the city to work!

But today, when she saw the envy on the faces of the villagers, she suddenly realized that Wang Deming, whom she looked down upon, was a popular figure in the eyes of others!
If Wang Deming and Xiaoru had not confirmed their relationship so early on, the families with daughters nearby would have probably pounced on them a long time ago.

Thinking of this, Aunt Qin suddenly felt satisfied. She held her head high and walked quickly towards Wang Deming's house.

When Aunt Qin arrived at the gate of the courtyard, she first took a look at the new house that was being built. Wang Deming, wearing a coat, was chatting and laughing with the masons as they dug a cellar. Why were they digging such a large cellar?

Aunt Qin calmed herself down, a warm smile appeared on her face, and she shouted loudly: "Is Aunt Yan at home?" and walked into the yard.

"Hey, Xiaoru's mother, how come you are free today?" Wang Shuqin was boiling water on the stove in the main room, and she came out to greet her in a gentle voice, "You are a rare guest, come in quickly, I'll pour you a cup of sugar water."

"Haha, don't be so polite, we are not outsiders." After entering the house, Aunt Qin first seemed to casually observe the grain jar by the wall, the white flour and cornmeal that were just waking up in the large basin on the dining table, the chopped cabbage, and a large can of animal oil, with a hint of satisfaction in her eyes.

After sitting down and taking a sip of the sugar water with both hands, Aunt Qin said flatteringly: "Deming is really promising!"

"Today I heard from Xiaoru and her brother that Deming has bought two houses in the capital!"

"Aunt Yan, you can just wait and enjoy your life."

(End of this chapter)