Mingdong survived the crisis and was assigned to a two-bedroom house. The family's heart that had been hanging for a year finally fell into his stomach. Osmanthus went to Anbei to live, and Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen packed a lot of things. Li Muwu helped to get on the train, and even went to the post office in the street to call Mingdong and asked him to pick up the train at that time.

The matter of Mingdong was settled, and Mrs. Li finally had a problem on her mind. She had a smile on her face all day long. She also specially asked Wang Sufen to cook two good dishes. When he got on, Mrs. Li picked up the wine cup and looked at Ming Nan who was eating with his head down. Suddenly, he thought that Ming Nan was not too young, so why didn't he have a match now.

Mrs. Li was worried again, and she didn't even want to drink. Putting the wine cup away, Mrs. Li looked at Ming Nan and asked meaningfully: "Ming Nan, you have been in the class for two years, right? "

Mingnan scooped a tablespoon of braised tofu into the rice, and shoved it into his mouth: "Yeah, it's not just two years since I entered the factory."

When Mrs. Li saw his lack of heart, she suddenly became angry: "Then why haven't you brought someone to your house yet?"

"..." Ming Nan was so frightened by the sudden words that he didn't choke to death, Zhen Zhen handed him a glass of water, Ming Nan poured three gulps in a row before he came back, wiped away the tears he coughed up, Ming Nan was very Looking aggrievedly at Mrs. Li: "Honey, you jumped too fast on this topic. Can you choose a different time when you talk next time, I almost choked me."

Mrs. Li was angrily laughed at by him, she straightened up and took the rice bowl and chopsticks in front of him aside: "Tell me, is there any girl in the picture, don't say no to dinner."

Mingnan picked up a green cucumber, dipped it in the miso, and took a bite: "What do you say?"

"What else to say?" Mrs. Li glanced at him angrily: "If there is something corresponding, it will be good for you, and then we will see what the girl wants when we get married, so let's arrange it in advance. If you don't find a suitable one Yes, I will show you all the details quickly, to see which girl is diligent in her hands and feet, so that she can take you to see each other."

"Really?" Ming Nan's eyes lit up, he was so excited that he didn't even eat the cucumber, and looked at Mrs. Li's light: "Then, can you help me see each other?"

When Mrs. Li saw his appearance, she was a little worried: "You really haven't found a suitable one in the past two years? With so many girls in the same factory, why haven't you found a suitable one?"

Ming Nan's face was a little red, he scratched his head a little embarrassedly, and said stumblingly: "Actually, there is a match, but I'm not familiar with others. I'm embarrassed to say, can you look to see if you know that family? Let us see each other then."

Mrs. Li was helpless by her grandson. She handed the chopsticks and bowl behind her to Ming Nan, and said angrily, "Since you have this idea, why didn't you say it earlier? Isn't this a waste of time?"

Mingnan touched his nose and felt a little embarrassed: "I'm not ashamed to say it."

Mrs. Li sneered: "I usually look quite capable, but the chain falls at a critical moment. Tell me, which girl is it, I'll go and find out for you."

Mingnan smiled: "It's Meng Xiaoxi, a nurse at the hydrolysis plant hospital, who is three years younger than me. Her father's name is Meng Zhiyuan, who works in the hydrolysis plant winery."

Zhen Zhen smiled beside him, bumped Mingnan with her shoulder, winked at him and said, "Third brother, you have inquired quite clearly."

Mrs. Li took a sip of the wine and looked at Li Muwu: "The winery must have the grain from your grain station. Next time they come, you can inquire from the side." Afraid that Li Muwu might have missed something, Mrs. Li taught him sentence by sentence. : "When they come, you can tell us about the situation of Mingnan in our family, and ask them to ask if there are any girls who are about the same age. If you say this old Meng family, you can ask his family how they handle things. What's the matter, our family is not bad-hearted, and we have to find generous and honest people when looking for in-laws, and we will live a comfortable life in the future."

Li Muwu nodded: "Okay, I just brought back a lot of sorghum, and when I came to the winery to order, I will ask when I look back." Li Muwu looked at Ming Nan and nodded with satisfaction: "Ming Nan has a good vision, there is a The old husband of the winery will be more convenient to buy wine in the future."

Wang Sufen immediately rolled his eyes at him when he heard it: "This is not the point. You can't be confused because you want to buy wine, but you can ask more."

"I know I know." Li Muwu nodded again and again: "Lao Li in my class is familiar with the winery. I'll ask him first tomorrow."

When Mingnan heard that what he was looking forward to was progressing so quickly, Mingnan was suddenly happy for some reason. He lowered his head and took a few mouthfuls of food, and suddenly looked up at Mrs. Li: "Honey, hurry up and find someone. Call me the kang qin that I used for my wedding, I like the paintings that my sister-in-law and her mother drew, can you ask her to help me paint flowers, grasses or something?"

Zhen Zhen laughed when she heard it: "Third brother, why are you like my second brother, you just stared at sister-in-law's kangqin, as if you've never seen anything good."

Mingnan said hey hey, "Our family's kangqin are the best-looking ones of eldest brother and sister-in-law. It's festive when you look at it. I also want that when I get married."

Mrs. Li looked at Ming Nan in a panic: "Do you want to marry someone else's girl or do you want a kang piano?"

Ming Nan smiled and said, "The two things don't delay anything. Besides, when you get married, you have to make the whole house beautiful."

There's nothing wrong with this. Mrs. Li gave him a white look and turned to ask Wang Sufen: "Last month, what happened to Osmanthus' mother when you secretly delivered food to her mother? Are you being watched?

Wang Sufen shook her head: "Her family lives in the forest, the road is difficult and it's too far away. We didn't have a lot of trouble in this place. The guards all went to the official's house, and no one went to the forest to look for her. Osmanthus she Dad has been very honest and didn’t make any fuss over the years. Osmanthus’s mother is both very capable and able to show off, and she is popular in the management office. I heard her say that the management office is mean to criticize/fight every day, in fact How should I live? I saw her house was newly renovated, and two more rooms were built not far away. I heard that I wanted to give Brother Osmanthus a daughter-in-law. "

Mrs. Li nodded after listening to it: "Since that's the case, you can send the quilts that our family replaced. The cotton inside has only been covered for two years and it is still very warm, and the quilts inside are all used. It's not too conspicuous. You don't know, her family is living a bad life now, so no one is looking for trouble with them, and if they are a little conspicuous, they might cause trouble. "

"It's not that bad." Wang Sufen said, "Osmanthus her mother also said the same thing. She didn't dare to build a house in this mountain full of wood. This year, the people in the management office couldn't see it and helped Zhang Luo, so they cleaned up the house. "

Mrs. Li took the last sip of wine from the wine cup: "You go again tomorrow, and Osmanthus has gone to Anbei and tell them, and when she is not working in winter, ask her if she is willing to come home to help. Painting a kang qin?"

Wang Sufen's face was a little uncertain: "Last time I asked her to come to the house to see the meat buns and bean buns, but she didn't come. She said that her family's ingredients were not good, and she was afraid of causing trouble for our family. I guess she was to paint the kang qin. She is also embarrassed. If she comes, she is afraid of causing trouble. If she doesn't come, she is afraid that it will save our family's face, which is embarrassing. I think we should just forget about it. If a kangqin has flowers, it will be good, my mother is used to Mingnan. "

Madam Li nodded thoughtfully: "What you're saying is that I'm so confused about this, we can't make Osmanthus' mother unhappy for ourselves. Then you will give her the quilt tomorrow, and then chat about it. , don't mention anything else."

Wang Sufen responded, Ming Nan stopped talking when he heard that the painted kang qin would cause trouble for others, Zhen Zhen knew that what Ming Nan had been thinking about all these years was the kang qin, so she came over and whispered to him, "Don't worry. , I'll give you a few good paintings later, and then you just need to buy some glass and set them up."

Ming Nan smiled and tugged at her pigtails: "How old is your girl, you can still make a painting." Ming Bei finished eating a bowl of rice and went to add another: "I heard from my classmates that now those who will I don’t even dare to paint any of the paintings, they say it’s the capitalist class’s decadent life style, and I see some of our classmates going out to post big ‘character’ newspapers, and some criticize it.”

Wang Sufen was taken aback when she heard it: "What about the paintings on the kang qin? Isn't it necessary to have them?"

"It's all right. Every household has a kang piano, and most of them have paintings of flowers and birds. If the paintings are torn down, they will have to smash the glass on their heads. No one can bear it." Mingbei explained: "Besides, we all know the bottom of this piece. No one goes to anyone's house to make trouble."

Wang Sufen pouted: "Everyone else's family is fine, but Zhang Defu's family is not a good thing, fortunately last year, Zhang Defu went to the hydrolysis factory and was caught stealing alcohol, and was locked up on the charge of digging socialist corners, otherwise Zhen Zhen Zhen would spend the whole day I'm really worried about coming out and going in, I'm afraid he will carry our children away and sell them."

Zhen Zhen almost spit out a mouthful of rice, she looked at Wang Sufen with a black face: "Mom, you've forgotten how old you are, to be honest, we don't know who wins or loses when we meet, he may not be able to carry me, I'd be fine with throwing him out."

Wang Sufen didn't like to hear this: "You are getting older every day, don't talk about it everywhere. If people know that you are strong, who will dare to marry you as a daughter-in-law in the future? The man was killed."

Zhen Zhen looked helpless: "Mom, don't worry, I won't get married when I'm twenty-five. Besides, I don't even like people like us. Your daughter is so handsome and so cute, what? You can match me, right?" Seeing that Wang Sufen was still talking, Zhen Zhen immediately blocked her back: "Mom, don't think about me, I'm still early, why don't you think about my fourth brother? What's the matter? I see that he will graduate in a year, but don't be like my third brother, working for several years before talking about a partner. "

Zhen Zhen brothers and sisters all know that Ming Bei liked late autumn two or three years ago, and it was a very romantic love at first sight. In order to be seen more often in late autumn, Ming Bei went to the hydrolysis factory a lot, and even worked hard to be admitted to the hydrolysis factory. middle. But he didn't mention it at home, and no one of his siblings revealed to him.

Ming Bei saw that Zhen Zhen was turning her head towards herself, her face was sweet and worried: "Oh, don't worry about it, I won't be like my third brother, I'll be dumb, there are people who like it and don't say anything."

Ming Nanchao said with joy: "It's as if you squeaked."

In one sentence, Mingbei was speechless, and Mrs. Li looked at Mingbei for a while and laughed, and Mingbei's hair stood up when she laughed. She rubbed the goose bumps on her body, and Mingbei quickly assured: " When I graduate from high school, I will tell people that I won't let you worry about it."

Only then did Mrs. Li nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, you can count it yourself."

Seeing that all four grandchildren have grown up, Mingdong doesn't need to say, Mingxi doesn't know what army he went to for a year and two years, except that there is no news, but he will send a generous allowance to his home every six months, Li The first time the old lady heard the amount on the withdrawal slip, she was taken aback. She thought she had read it wrong, but after calculating, Mingxi's monthly salary was 98 yuan, catching up with the eighth-level worker in the hydrolysis factory. .

Mingxi's marriage is not something he wants to worry about now, so he can only work hard on Mingnan and Mingbei. Mrs. Li weighed her own house and discussed with Li Muwu and his wife: "Tell me whether we should build a few more rooms in our family. , Mingdong doesn't know when he will be able to transfer back, but since the back room is given to them, don't move it. Mingnan and Mingbei got married after seeing it. Get up, you can't decide on a marriage and then think about the house, right?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Sufen hurried to see Li Muwu. Li Muwu was a little undecided: "Mother, you can get a lot of money to build a house. Mingnan and Mingbei have to get dowry when they get married. How can our family have so much money?"

Mrs. Li crossed her legs and touched the cigarette bag: "In recent years, the food and vegetables eaten at home have basically not been paid for, and your salary has saved a lot. Besides, your elder brother and your younger brother send me money on a monthly basis. "

Wang Sufen quickly waved her hand: "The money my elder brother and fourth brother gave you is for your retirement. How can you spend it on them, that's not good."

"Don't you want me to grow old if I don't have the money? I won't pay for it if I'm sick?" Mrs. Li looked at Wang Sufen and Li Muwu, and laughed when she saw the two shaking their heads, "Isn't that just saying? , All these money will be used first, anyway, Mu Wu's salary is in my hands, I am in charge, I will do what I say."

Now that Mrs. Li has made a decision, the family has negotiated to build a house after the grain store sells the autumn grains. In the past few days, they have to talk to the street and apply for a plot of land.

A few days later, when the winery came to the grain station to pull sorghum and rice, Li Muwu hurried over and handed over a message. After the winery purchased the old Wang immediately after several corresponding girls, he finally said: "We also have a man named Meng. The master brewer, his eldest girl is just three years younger than your third child, and works as a nurse in the hydrolysis plant hospital."

Li Muwu waited for a long time and finally waited for this sentence, and immediately clapped his chin excitedly: "This is a good nurse and not tired. Would you like to introduce this to us?"

Lao Wang smiled and said, "Okay, let me set up a message for you. If Master Meng is willing, you can bring the two children to see each other."

Meng Xiaoxi is beautiful and quick to do things. Although she has only been in the hospital for half a year, many people have introduced her to people. Meng Xiaoxi also went to see a family two days ago, but as soon as she entered the house and saw more than a dozen children, she was terrified, and after a while, she followed her mother home.

During dinner in the evening, Master Meng said with a smile: "The old man who purchased said that there was a third kid named Li in the grain store who was as young as our Xiaoxi, and wanted to match him."

"What is the third boy doing? Aunt Meng put the dry food on the table and distributed it to several children, and asked without looking up.

After pouring a cup of wine, Master Meng took a sip and said, "It's from our hydrolysis plant. He graduated from high school and was admitted. His name is Li Mingnan, who is three years older than our Xiaoxi."

Meng Xiaoxi was scooping porridge, and when she heard this, she lost her mind and might have been burnt.

"Why are you still burning when you hear his name? How do you know him?" Aunt Meng stretched out her head to look at Meng Xiaoxi, and she couldn't help but ask when she saw that her face was a little red.

After drying his hands with a towel, Meng Xiaoxi sat on the stool and nodded lightly: "At the end of last year, an old master at the power station was hospitalized, and Li Mingnan took care of him for a period of time."

Aunt Meng was delighted when she heard it: "Is this the right eye? Why didn't I hear you?"

"What do I say?" Meng Xiaoxi bit his lower lip: "They didn't show that, and after the old master was discharged from the hospital, I didn't see him again."

"I guess it's a silly boy who's embarrassed to say it." Aunt Meng laughed straightly: "Otherwise, there are so many people in the grain store, he has to come to the hydrolysis factory, and he specially asked the people from our winery."

Master Meng patted his head and suddenly realized: "No wonder Lao Wang said that he started talking about several old Li who didn't respond. As soon as he said Xiaoxi, he immediately agreed to look at each other, and he came to Xiaoxi."

While drinking porridge, Aunt Meng asked Xiaoxi about Mingnan, and Xiaoxi told everything she knew. Aunt Meng heard that Nanchang was very handsome and a clean and neat child, and she liked it.

Seeing that the girl also liked someone very much, Master Meng didn't delay, he replied the next day, and made an appointment to go to Lao Li's house for a blind date on Sunday.

It was the first time that the four sons had grown up, and it was the first time that a girl had come to see each other, but Wang Sufen was so nervous that she wiped the inside and outside of the house with a rag, and even went to the street to buy some candy bars, Tangerine or something, he looked even more nervous than Mingnan.

On Sunday, Mingnan made a dog-like person in the morning, riding a big bicycle at home to meet people halfway. Ming Nan jumped off the bicycle, his ears flushed nervously: "Aunt Meng, Nurse Meng."

Meng Xiaoxi blushed and nodded. Seeing Meng Xiaoxi's shy expression, Ming Nan felt a lot more at ease. As he walked, he introduced the situation along the road. When he got to the door of the house, before he could call someone, Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen greeted him from the house.

While letting people into the room, Mrs. Li looked at Meng Xiaoxi, and saw that she was of medium stature, with an egg-shaped face and big eyes, which made people like her: "This is your girl, she is really tall. It's beautiful." Mrs. Li smiled and took Meng Xiaoxi's hand: "I heard that you are a nurse, are you tired from work?"

"I'm not tired, I'm used to it." Meng Xiaoxi pursed her lips and smiled, revealing two small dimples, which Mrs. Li liked, patted her hand and praised.

A table has been set up on the kang in the east room. There are sugar cubes, fruits, and biscuits on it. Wang Sufen greeted people to come in. She went to the kitchen and made a few bowls of honey water to serve it. She smiled warmly: "I picked it in the forest. Wild honey, the taste is very pure, you can try it."

Aunt Meng looked around at Old Li's house, and she could only see that everything was clean and tidy. At first glance, it was often cleaned. There was a big radio on the cabinet, and she looked at the Shanghai brand. In addition, the bicycle that Li Mingnan was riding just now was not. The best one. Aunt Meng looked at it. The living conditions of Old Li's family were good. There were chickens and a lot of vegetables in the yard.

The hydrolysis plant was not too close, so Wang Sufen accompanied him to talk and went to the kitchen to have lunch. Just after soaking the mushrooms picked from the mountain, Zhen Zhen quietly carried four or five crucian carp and a pheasant into the house.

Zhen Zhen washed her hands and went into the house to say hello, Aunt Meng's eyes lit up when she saw Zhen Zhen, and she asked Mrs. Li, "This is your granddaughter? She looks really handsome."

"This is my little granddaughter, her name is Zhen Zhen." When she saw Zhen Zhen, Mrs. Li immediately couldn't close her mouth: "I am not complimenting my granddaughter, not only is she handsome but also smart, she speaks and acts like a little adult, but Take it easy."

Aunt Meng nodded in agreement and said with a smile: "Aunt Li is blessed, I will wait for the blessing of my children and grandchildren in the future."

Mrs. Li hurriedly said, "If you don't ask for anything else, I'll be satisfied when I see several grandchildren marrying wives."

Aunt Meng smiled knowingly. Just at this moment, the sound of a stinging oil pan came from the kitchen. Aunt Meng smiled and pushed Meng Xiaoxi: "Go and cook for your aunt."

Mrs. Li was happy when she heard it: there is a door to this.

After seeing the parents, the old Meng family has no opinion on this marriage. The old Li family attaches great importance to their children. They saw that it was pheasant and crucian carp stewed in sauce that day. It was just in time for the Chinese New Year. Definitely not bad. After lunch, Mrs. Li didn't hide it, and said bluntly: "Actually, my family's Mingnan fell in love with Xiaoxi early in the morning, but this child was too embarrassed to speak, if we hadn't asked about it, we would have been confused. It's in the dark. Two days ago, I discussed with Ming Nan's father. When next spring begins next year, we will buy a house for the Ming Nan and Ming Bei brothers, and then we will buy them new furniture. After we get married, you can come and eat at home. I'm living my own life, we don't interfere, Xiaoxi's mother, do you have any ideas?"

Aunt Meng Le's mouth couldn't close: "Your family is all over, what else can I say, and I'm quite satisfied." After speaking, she looked back at Xiaoxi: "Daughter, what do you think?"

Xiaoxi lowered his head with a flushed face, and nodded slightly in Mingnan's expectant eyes.