A Happy Farmhouse: After becoming the group's favorite, the whole family rises

That night, several other families living not far from Tian Danian's home all smelled the aroma of meat in the air.

"Whose family is this? Are they cooking meat? The food is really good!"

There was even a middle-aged man in his forties, holding his rice bowl, squatting in the yard and shoveling rice into his mouth, which made his wife nag non-stop, "You are the head of the family, why don't you eat at the table properly, but squat in the yard?"

The middle-aged man turned around and smiled at his wife, "What do you know, woman?"

The woman immediately got angry, "What do you know? I know everything! You just want to smell the meat smell coming from other people's houses in the yard a few more times!"

His thoughts were guessed by his wife, and the middle-aged man looked strange, but he still did not return to the main room, but continued to squat in the yard and eat his meal.

As it was getting dark, all the chores at home and outside had been finished. Tian Danian locked the courtyard door and went to lie down on the kang.

Wang was still sewing the sole. All that was left was the final finishing touches. Tomorrow she would make the upper and sew the two sides together, and a pair of shoes would be completed.

When Wang looked up, she saw her little daughter coming in.

She picked up the scissors and cut off the last stitch, then looked at Tian Xiaoman, "Old Four, what's up?"

Tian Xiaoman nodded, took off his shoes, got on the kang, and went to Wang's side, "Dad, Mom, I have something to do."

Wang put away the needlework and the finished shoe soles and asked with concern, "What's the matter?"

She has always been a person who can't keep things to herself. When she heard that Tian Xiaoman was in trouble, she became anxious.

Tian Xiaoman glanced at Tian Danian who was lying next to the kang cabinet, "Dad, when we went back to the village today, didn't you ask me what happened in the carriage? Why did Second Aunt put that handkerchief in my pocket?"

Tian Danian then remembered what happened when he got off the bus in the afternoon. "I have been busy all afternoon. If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten what happened at that time."

Tian Xiaoman was being mysterious and didn't say it directly, but instead gave a riddle.

"Dad, Mom, I met two people in the carriage when I came back. They have some connection with our family!"

"Who is it?" Wang was puzzled. "From the village?"

Tian Xiaoman shook her head. "They are not from our village, but from the neighboring Majiagou. They don't know that I am Tian Danian's daughter. And judging from their looks, they probably have never seen their father."

Tian Xiaoman was very sure about this. If those two people knew Tian Danian, they would not fail to recognize that the person sitting in the front of the donkey cart was their father. It seemed that in the Ma family, only Ma Youcai knew his father!

"From Majiagou?" Tian Danian recalled carefully, it seemed that at the intersection of Majiagou, a mother and daughter got off the car, but he didn't know them, he had no impression of them at all!

"Yes, they are from Majiagou. They don't know my father and me, so they have no scruples when talking to Second Aunt. That's why I overheard it."

Tian Danian and Wang looked at each other. They knew some people in Majiagou, but they still didn't know who the little girl was talking about.

"The woman's husband is called Ma Youcai. From what she said, her family had been living in the south for a few years and only recently returned to their hometown in Majiagou. I heard her say that her daughter is engaged to my eldest brother?"

Tian Danian: "Ma Youcai?"

Wang: “Is it him?”

From his parents' reactions, Tian Xiaoman could tell that they knew Ma Youcai's family, and even what the woman said was most likely true - his eldest brother was engaged to the girl from the Ma family.

Tian Danian calmed down and asked, "Is Ma Youcai back?"

Wang shook her head, "I haven't heard of it!"

These days, because Tian Xiaoman broke her head, Wang rarely went out in the village. Even when she had time, she was busy sewing shoe soles and making winter cotton clothes.

"Dad, Mom, is it true that my eldest brother is engaged to the daughter of the Ma family?"

Tian Danian looked a little better and nodded, "It is true, but Ma Youcai's family moved away from Majiagou ten years ago."

At that time, the Ma family was going to move to the south because Ma Youcai had earned some money outside.

Before they left, the old man of the Ma family came and repeatedly assured them that the marriage would still stand. However, after they left, there was no news from their family for ten years. Tian Danian and his wife thought that the Ma family would never come back, so they did not hold much hope for this marriage.

Who would have thought that today, their family is really back.

Back then, Ma Youcai and his wife were not very enthusiastic about this marriage. Now that so many years have passed, the Ma family must be doing better now. So, can this marriage still be considered?

"Dad, what's going on with this marriage?"

"Alas..." Tian Danian sighed, "This matter has to start from the time of your grandfather..."

Tian Xiaoman's grandfather, Tian Dahai, is a hunter. He likes to go into the mountains and has excellent skills. Every time he goes into the mountains, he can hunt pheasants, rabbits and other things. When he is lucky, he can occasionally hunt wild boars and elks to supplement the family income.

At that time, their family was considered to be one of the best in the surrounding villages.

But later, Tian Xiaoman's grandmother passed away a few years after giving birth to her son Tian Danian, and Tian Dahai had to raise Tian Danian alone as both father and mother.

They only went into the mountains occasionally, but never went deep into the mountains. But even so, the family was well-off, and the father and son had no worries about food and drink.

One summer, when Tian Dahai went into the mountains to hunt, he rescued Old Master Ma who had mistakenly entered the mountains and fallen into a ditch and was seriously injured.

In order to thank Tian Dahai for saving his life, Old Master Ma wanted to marry into the Tian family.

But after learning that both families only had one boy, the marriage could only be postponed to the third generation.

Later, Tian Danian's father, Tian Dahai, went into the mountains to hunt and disappeared, leaving Tian Danian, who was only twelve or thirteen years old at the time, alone in the Tian family.

In order to make a living, Tian Danian had to wander around and moved from place to place until he returned to Tianjia Village at the age of eighteen. He had earned some wealth on his own.

Then he married Wang and gave birth to his eldest son Shitou.

When Old Master Ma from Majiagou learned about this, he came over and re-proposed the marriage between the two families.

Tian Danian also remembered the marriage between the two families. His father had made a promise in the past, so he arranged a marriage between his eldest son and Ma Xiangzhi, the granddaughter of Old Master Ma.

Later, Old Master Ma's son Ma Youcai achieved some success working outside and earned a lot of money, so he took his entire family out, saying that they were going to develop in a big town in the south.

After so many years, they had no news from the Ma family. Tian Danian thought that this marriage would eventually fall through, but she never expected that Ma Youcai and his family would come back and ask about their family's situation.

"Dad, why do I feel something is wrong with what Ma Youcai's wife asked me?"