Traveling through 1942 with space

Aiguo is the name Hou Xiaoge gave himself. Now that he has grown up and has a fair complexion, it is not appropriate for others to call him Heiwa anymore.

Besides, no one wants to call me Xiaoge when they hear the name, as if they are taking advantage of others.

Finally, Hou Xiaoge had no choice but to think about it and decided to be politically correct, so he changed the original word to "patriotic", which was catchy and decent.

Sure enough, once these patriotic and righteous words came out, most of the relatives and friends around him changed their tone.

Of course, there are sometimes people who call him Heiwa. They are his aunt and stepmother. These two people often call Hou Xiaoge by her nickname at home, which makes Hou Xiaoge angry and he often corrects them.

"Auntie Fang, Uncle Fang said this morning that he would introduce me to a girl, and I even treated him to a meal of braised pork belly for 50 cents, but I didn't expect Uncle Fang to introduce me to Erya.

You don't want to introduce your Erya to me, do you? I've already said that your Erya is only fourteen years old, not yet an adult, so it's not appropriate." Hou Xiaoge said with a wry smile.

Although Hou Xiaoge has been very happy setting up stalls in the past two years, he also has one thing that bothers him the most: being urged to get married.

It has been 48 years now. Hou Xiaoge celebrated her tenth birthday in the autumn when she traveled here in 42. She is now sixteen years old, but Chinese people use lunar age, so she is seventeen years old, which means she is eighteen years old.

This age is not considered very young in this era. Except for families that are extremely poor, most people will let their children get married within one or two years.

Moreover, child marriage is a common phenomenon. Children are chosen for marriage when they are twelve or thirteen years old, and then get married when they are seventeen or eighteen years old.

In the past few years, the second generation of Hou Xiaoge's family, except for a few young ones, have gradually reached the age of marriage. Now, except for Hou Xiaoge, almost all of them have married.

Originally, the family stall was run by mother Wang Maimiao and her two daughters, but as the two daughters grew older, they would eventually get married.

Because of Hou Xiaoge's obstruction, the two sisters grew up safely and did not go out until they were eighteen years old.

The eldest sister got married in 1946, and the second sister got married this year. Both of them married in the neighboring village where the families of the disciples of the Yanhuang League live.

Both sisters got married with a lot of gold and silver, and their dowries were very generous. They also each brought a snack recipe. After they got married, they lived a prosperous life.

Even when several of my cousins got married, they brought their skills or recipes with them.

How can one not be moved by such a family?

Now that the Hou family has no daughters, if they marry their daughter to Hou Xiaoge, it should be no problem to ask for a recipe or a craft as the betrothal gift!

Therefore, in the past two years, some people have often set their sights on Hou Xiaoge, just to get some benefits, or at least to make their daughters live a good life.

However, most of the people who came here encountered some hard or soft obstacles. Hou Xiaoge said that he had attended high school, and he required that the girl must have attended primary school or junior high school, and must have a good figure with a curvy figure, and must not have small feet.

Each of these conditions would scare away a lot of people, but there are still people who are not willing to introduce their children or relatives to Hou Xiaoge.

Every time Hou Xiaoge introduces someone to a dish, he will treat them to a meal of stewed meat. In this era of meat scarcity, this is one of the reasons why many people are so enthusiastic.

When Aunt Fang heard that Hou Xiaoge disliked her daughter for being so young, she sighed helplessly, but then she smiled.

"Patriotism! It's better to marry her home as a child bride so that you can know her background well. You also know my Erya. She has been drinking noodle tea since she was a child and she is very pretty. She is absolutely suitable for you." Aunt Fang still wanted to fight for it.

"Forehead!"

Hou Xiaoge really wanted to say that your daughter must be drinking hot pot water all day long, otherwise it would be impossible for her to be less than 1.4 meters tall at the age of fourteen and as thin as a bean sprout.

But I can’t say that. We are all neighbors and it would be hurtful to say that.

"Aunt Fang, your Erya is too young, it really won't work." Hou Xiaoge smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Ugh!"

"Well, my niece from my mother's side is sixteen years old this year. She has even attended primary school. She has big feet and is very pretty. How about I bring her to you tomorrow?" Aunt Fang sighed and suggested another girl.

Hou Xiaoge looked at Aunt Fang's pumpkin face, which was too square. His daughter looked like her aunt, and he really couldn't imagine how pretty Aunt Fang's niece was.