A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Lu Cheng lived in Hejia Bay for six or seven days, and including the time spent traveling back and forth, when he returned to Shuangshui Village, nearly ten days had passed.

In the evening, as soon as the two returned to Shuangshui Village, they met villagers who were returning from working in the fields.

When everyone saw the young girl following Lu Cheng, they all understood something and joked with a smile: "Lu Cheng, you've been gone for more than 10 days, and I didn't expect you to bring back a beautiful woman. Why don't you introduce her to everyone?"

Lu Cheng also introduced her openly: "This is from Jin Province, her name is He Xiulian, and she is a relative of He Fengying from our village."

"We all know this. We heard He Fengying say that this woman is really pretty. She doesn't look like one of He Fengying's relatives at all."

"Lu Cheng, you are so lucky."

He Xiu Lian was not shy at all. She followed Lu Cheng and greeted him enthusiastically, calling him whatever he asked her to call.

The young man ran back to the village quickly and informed the villagers of the latest news that Lu Cheng had brought back a beautiful wife from Jin Province.

Not long after, before Lu Cheng and his companions even reached the village, the entire Shuangshui Village knew the news.

Many people came to Lu Cheng's house, wanting to see the new wife that Lu Cheng had brought back.

There were not many entertainment activities in those days. As soon as something new happened, all the girls and wives in the village would come over to watch the fun.

Especially for new brides, not only young girls and wives like to watch it, but single young men are even more active.

Fortunately, these people didn't dare to get too close, for fear of scaring the new bride away.

After Lu Cheng brought He Xiu Lian back to the yard, the people outside reluctantly dispersed. They couldn't just run over to see what was happening at home.

However, after a while, Liu Xiaohui, the wife of the village party secretary Tian Futang, came to Lu Cheng's house, holding a basket with some vegetables in her hands.

"Is Lu Cheng home? You just came back, there must be no food at home, so I'll bring some to you. If you don't want to cook, you can eat at our house."

As she spoke, Aunt Liu looked at He Xiulian and said, "Girl, you are Lu Cheng's blind date, right? You are so handsome."

Of course Lu Cheng knew that this Aunt Liu was pretending to deliver the food, and she really wanted to take the opportunity to see He Xiu Lian.

As a key member of the "Shuangshui Village Intelligence Bureau" and the woman at the heart of the gossip center, Aunt Liu has a very strong sense of gossip.

"Aunt Liu, this is He Xiulian, from Jin Province, He Fengying's cousin. Xiulian, this is from the home of Uncle Futang, the village party secretary, Aunt Liu."

"Aunt Liu, I'm Xiulian, Brother Lu Cheng's girlfriend."

"Hey. Ok, ok."

After Lu Cheng took over the basket and put down the vegetables, Aunt Liu hurried away with the basket.

Needless to say, he must have gone to describe Lu Cheng's girlfriend to others.

After Aunt Liu left, Lu Cheng introduced the family to Xiulian: "Our three cave dwellings are old caves built more than ten years ago. There is nothing in the yard. Let's go inside and take a look."

Lu Cheng opened the door and showed Xiulian the conditions of the three rooms.

There is an octagonal table, several chairs, a coffee table and a cabinet in the main room, and some old newspapers and New Year pictures are pasted on the wall.

There are earthen kangs in both the east and west bedrooms. Lu Cheng lives in the east room, and the earthen kang in the west room is connected to a stove, which is used for cooking.

The furnishings in the house were also very simple, except that there were a medicine cabinet, a medicine box, and many books in addition to those in ordinary houses.

He Xiulian looked at this future home and became more and more satisfied. "The house is very bright, but it lacks decoration. I will go to the commune tomorrow to buy some red paper and cut some window decorations to paste on it."

Lu Cheng had seen the paper-cuts made by He Xiu Lian. There were flowers, fish, kittens and puppies. They were all vivid and lifelike, and the work was done with great skill.

Lu Cheng naturally nodded in agreement: "No problem, I will take you to the commune tomorrow. However, you still have to stay at He Fengying's house tonight."

Although He Xiu Lian is engaged to Lu Cheng, they haven't obtained the marriage certificate yet. It's okay for her to come home to visit, but it's not appropriate for her to stay at home at night, as it will affect the reputation of her family.

Fortunately, there was a distant relative, He Fengying, whom my mother's family could rely on. Although the relatives were far away, they became close when they were in another province.

What's more, He Fengying is the matchmaker between the two of them.

Speak of the devil, and he appears. While the two were talking, He Fengying, who had heard the news, had already arrived at Lu Cheng's yard.

"Lu Cheng, you are finally back. Since you brought Xiulian back, I think your relationship is settled. Lu Cheng, I found such a good wife for you, you must thank me."

"No problem. I will go to Shigejie Commune tomorrow and prepare a thank-you gift for you."

"Then I'll be waiting. By the way, now that Xiulian has come to our house, I should treat her to a good meal. But you know the situation in our family, you see..."

Lu Cheng didn't say anything, turned back into the house, took out a few pounds of flour stored at home, and handed it to He Fengying.

He Fengying smiled brightly: "Then I won't be polite. I'll send it to you after we divide the food."

"What's the point of talking about whether to give it or not? It's all my duty. You introduced such a good girl like Xiulian to me. I don't know how to thank you."

In fact, He Fengying was originally born into a wealthy family. Before marrying Sun Yuting, she was wearing a full steel watch worth 120 yuan.

That was 120 yuan more than ten years ago. You can imagine how wealthy He Fengying's family was.

But for some reason, He Fengying fell in love with Sun Yuting, a lazy man, and would rather marry him without receiving any dowry.

After the two got married, even though they often went hungry and had cold clothes, He Fengying never complained and even gave birth to three daughters for Sun Yuting.

It has to be said that although He Fengying is quite lazy and likes to behave like a cadre, she is definitely a good daughter-in-law to Sun Yuting.

He Xiulian was reluctant to leave: "Sister Fengying, how about I prepare dinner for Brother Lu Cheng before going to your house."

He Fengying pulled He Xiulian out and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? After you marry me, you can cook for your brother Lu Cheng every day."

In the end, He Xiu Lian had no choice but to follow He Fengying reluctantly.

Lu Cheng returned to the house, cleaned up briefly, and was about to cook when he heard footsteps outside the courtyard gate again.

"Lu Cheng, is Lu Cheng at home?"

As soon as Lu Cheng came out, he saw two young men, Jin Cheng and Jin Fu, from the second team, Jinjiawan.

"Jincheng, Jinfu, why are you here?"

"I've had diarrhea these past two days. Give me two pills for diarrhea."

"Yes, yes, yes, I have a cold. Give me two cold medicine pills."

The two said they were going to get medicine, but they kept looking into the room, as if trying to find out if there was anyone else in the room.

Seeing this, Lu Cheng knew that the two were not really sick, so he said, "Don't look, there's no one in the room. My boyfriend went to He Fengying's house."

"No one, forget it."

After they finished talking, they turned around and ran away without mentioning the matter of getting the medicine again.

Lu Cheng shook his head, turned around and closed the gate, then went back to cook and eat with peace of mind...