Paradise

The people who came to the county divided the money and happily ran to the market to buy things for the family.

Seeing the others leave, Zhou Ze stopped Liu Changwang, "Uncle Liu, are you free? I have something to tell you."

Liu Changwang looked at him with a smile, "What's the matter, boy Zhou, what's the matter?"

Zhou Ze suddenly felt embarrassed and scratched his head unnaturally, "Well, I want to get engaged to Lin Yu, but I don't know what to prepare, I don't know much about it."

"Haha, you boy, yes, I read you right, you want to be engaged to Ayu, does Ayu know?"

"I haven't told him yet," Zhou Ze said.

"That's it, you are a big man and it's not easy to open your mouth, so let your aunt be the matchmaker and tell you. Engagement in our village is not so particular, you can just buy something as you see it, and pull a few feet of cloth It would be good to buy a few catties of meat and a few taels of silver. Neither of you two is an adult. I think so, the eighth day of this month is a good day. When the time comes, please invite my second uncle over, including my family, and let’s all go together Have a meal, even if it's settled, what do you think, boy Zhou?" Liu Changwang said.

"It all depends on your arrangement, Uncle Liu." Zhou Ze counted the days, today is the third day of junior high school, and there are five days left until the eighth day of junior high school. Five days is enough time for him to prepare something.

Now that Zhou Ze had money, he didn't want to wrong Lin Yu. Thinking that Brother Lin Yu and himself didn't even have a decent piece of clothing, he went to a tailor shop in the county town and bought two pieces of clothing for each of the three.

I didn’t buy any good ones. I only chose strong muslin clothes. Cotton clothes absorb sweat on my body and are not too hot. They are much better than the linen clothes on him. Clothes in this era don’t have many colors. Ze chose two sets of blue and gray shorts and trousers for Lin Yu brothers, and two sets of navy blue and brown shorts and trousers for himself.

Seeing that he bought a lot, the shopkeeper of the tailor shop specially found a piece of coarse cloth to wrap the clothes for him, so that he would not be afraid of the clothes getting dirty.

After shopping for clothes, Zhou Ze went to the cloth shop to pull half a bolt of brighter cloth, went to the butcher shop to cut two catties of meat, and planned to eat it now. It is hot now, and the meat is too much to hold. Finally, he went to the market. Seeing watermelon, this was the first time he saw a watermelon seller. He hadn't seen it the last time he came. He saw more than a dozen round watermelons on the stall. Passers-by just glanced at it, but not many people bought it.

Why no one bought it? Zhou Ze realized after asking the price. It turns out that the price of this watermelon is really expensive enough. Just such a watermelon costs [-] yuan a piece, which is enough to buy a catty of meat. People who know how to live, of course choose When buying meat, I will not buy something that is just sweet.

Zhou Ze didn't think too much about it. Watermelon is the most delicious fruit in summer. Thinking that the two Lin Yu brothers would definitely like it, Zhou Ze chose two big ones without hesitation. Watermelons in this world are not big, and the largest is no more than seven. Looks like eight catties.

After some shopping, the back basket behind Zhou Ze was full. He went to the car dealership to gather with those people in the village, and he was able to take the village mule cart back to the village.

In Luoxia Village, Lin Yugang finished his work in the field and was walking home with his head down. Suddenly, a black shadow appeared in front of him. When Lin Yu looked up, he saw a person standing in front of him blocking the road. Lips looked at him.

Shouted, "Ayu"

Lin Yu immediately recognized the person in front of him, was startled, took a step back, and opened the distance between the two, "It's brother Liu Wu, what's the matter?"

Liu Wu looked a little lonely, looking at Lin Yu with greedy eyes, thinking of what he heard before, he couldn't help being full of anger, "I heard from the villagers that you picked up a man from the mountains and they said you want to marry To him, is it true?"

Lin Yu was taken aback, he didn't expect that the other party would ask him this directly, but he didn't want to answer him, "This is my own business and has nothing to do with you."

"What do you mean has nothing to do with me, Ayu, have you forgotten the relationship between you and me? I know you must still blame me, blame me for breaking my promise, but I have already convinced my mother, and he promised me to marry you , As for your younger brother, I can take care of him too," Liu Wu said anxiously, wanting to prove something, he also wanted to reach out to grab Lin Yu's hand, but Lin Yu dodged it.

"Brother Liu Wu, please respect yourself." Lin Yu said coldly, looking at the young man in front of him. This man once helped him when he was in trouble, which made him feel warm. At that time, he didn't think much about it. Until the other party's powerful mother came to the door, she not only cursed at herself, but also kicked Lin Bao, who was young at that time. It was because of this kick that Lin Bao fell seriously ill, and he never Not a word was spoken to this man.

Lin Yu bypassed Liu Wu, who was standing in front of him, and left without looking back. Liu Wu clenched his fists angrily as he watched Lin Yu's leaving back.

"Brother, you are back, why is your face so ugly, is it hot?" Lin Bao asked with concern.

Lin Yu shook his head, "It's okay, I'll just rest for a while."

"I'll get you a bowl of water." Lin Bao came over with a bowl of cold water, and Lin Yu drank it, and the depression in his heart dissipated a lot, and he stopped thinking about those bad things.I went to the vegetable garden in the yard to pick beans and cucumbers, took a bowl of white noodles and noodles, and planned to roll noodles to eat.

Around noon, Zhou Ze and his party returned to the village from the county seat.As soon as Zhou Ze entered the yard, he saw Lin Yu cooking at the stove, and his heart warmed, so he went over and called out, "Ayu, I'm back."

"Brother Zhou, you are back, how is the matter going, is it going well?"

"Well, the household registration has been completed, and the county magistrate confiscated that strange wolf and gave him 20 taels of silver. I bought two sets of clothes for you and Xiaobao, and I will try them on later to see if they fit? "

"Brother Zhou, did you buy me new clothes?" Lin Bao cheered, went to look through the back basket brought back by Zhou Ze, and found two big watermelons inside, and was pleasantly surprised again, "Wow, there are watermelons, I I’ve only seen it before, but I haven’t eaten it yet.”

"Don't rush to eat it, soak it in cold water, it will taste better." Zhou Ze said.

"Then I'll soak them in it right now." Lin Bao entered the room with a smirk on his face, holding the watermelon in his arms.

Zhou Ze asked Lin Yu, "What's for lunch today?"

"Boiled noodles."

"Well, I bought meat, and I can eat it with fried sauce." Zhou Ze said,

"Is the meat and sauce fried together? I haven't done this before." Lin Yu said.

"It's okay, I'll make it. Let's eat noodles with fried sauce today." Zhou Ze swiftly cut the meat into cubes, minced green onion and garlic, heated oil in the pan, sprinkled chopped green onion and garlic until fragrant, and fried the diced meat When it is cooked, put the miso that has been drained with water into it, and let it simmer for a while. The yard is full of fragrant and salty smells. Just smelling the smell will make people appetite.

Shredded cucumber, cold beans, a big bowl of fried sauce, served with cold watered noodles, it is really delicious.

After lunch, Zhou Ze urged Lin Yu and Lin Bao to try on new clothes, and he also went to put on the newly bought clothes himself. The soft cotton cloth was not comparable to the burlap cloth, and he felt much more comfortable when he wore it.

Lin Bao hadn't worn new clothes for a long time, but this time he put on new clothes and kept looking down at himself, no matter how satisfied he looked.

Lin Yu went back to his room, changed into the blue suit, felt the smooth and soft fabric, it was the first time he wore such a nice suit.

"How is it, is it suitable?" Zhou Ze shouted outside the house.

Lin Yu came out of the house upon hearing the sound, and saw that he was wearing a suit of blue clothes that fit him perfectly. Taking advantage of his paler complexion, his long hair was tied behind him with cloth strips,

"Brother Zhou, what do you think?"

Looking at Lin Yu's outfit, Zhou Ze's eyes lit up. Sure enough, people rely on clothes, and Lin Yu looked more handsome. "Not bad, it fits well. Ah Yu looks good in it."

Hearing his comment, Lin Yu blushed.

In the afternoon, Liu Changwang's wife, Mrs. Wang, came with a smile on her face, entered the yard, and pulled Lin Yu into the house.

"Ayu, come here, does Auntie have something to tell you?"

"What's the matter, auntie?"

"Of course it's a major event in your life." Mrs. Wang glanced outside the house before saying cheerfully, "My old man told me that Zhou Ze wants to be engaged to you, so let me come as a matchmaker to protect you. I'll come over and ask you, are you happy?"

Lin Yu's face turned red immediately, she didn't dare to look into Wang's eyes, but just nodded.

"Haha, our Ayu is old enough to be shy."

"The eighth day of this month is a good day. There are no elderly people in your two families. Your Uncle Liu and I will help you to find out. When the time comes, invite his second uncle to have a meal together and have a good time."

Lin Yu was in a daze until Wang Shi left. After seeing Wang Shi out of the yard, he turned around and saw Zhou Ze looking at him with soft eyes, and his heart suddenly felt at ease.