OBS Chapter 326 It’s Snowing
Chapter 326 It’s Snowing
Several people looked at Zhou Gu and nodded, saying, "Although she is not as good-looking as your uncle, she is not bad either. She looks like a decent woman. Young man, what kind of wife do you want?"
Zhou Gu's face turned slightly red, and he touched his head and smiled foolishly. He didn't know what kind of wife he wanted.
Li gave Zhou Guo a displeased look and said, "You only know how to tease your elder brother."
He smiled and said to the others: "He is shy, stop teasing him. Let's talk about it. Where can we find a suitable daughter? You also know the situation of our family. We also have an older daughter..."
He started chatting with people on his own, and the group was talking very enthusiastically. After all, every family has a child, and there are many boys and girls of the right age in the village.
Although the Zhou family was an outsider household and had fled here, they were well off. They bought so much grain during the autumn harvest, which was a big deal for no other family in the village. They also raised so many livestock that they could catch rabbits and pheasants at will, so they had no shortage of meat.
Although there are more brothers and sisters in the family, harmony is more important than anything else.
The Zhou family had long been targeted by the villagers, but considering that they had just moved in and those who were well-informed knew that many of their relatives had passed away one after another, they decided to wait until next year and even if they couldn't get married, they would just arrange the marriage first.
Otherwise, if someone else gets there first, you will regret it to death.
Li didn't know the villagers well yet, and was planning to take this opportunity to get an idea of the young men and women in the village who were of marriageable age. Although she had to observe mourning, she could wait and see. If she had to wait for three years, the good men and women would have been engaged by then, and it would be difficult to get married when she was older.
Ever since Zhou Dacang left, many people have come to propose marriage to Zhou Gu and Zhou Xing, and they all asked to get married before the Chinese New Year. These are the ones who are not well-informed.
I was disappointed when I heard that the Zhou family was still in mourning. However, if they didn't want to get married, they could just schedule it and get married three years later.
At that time, the mourning period among the people was not that strict, and it would last about a year at most.
But Zhou Gu looked silly and had no idea about choosing a wife. He looked at seven or eight of them but still couldn't pick one.
Li had a headache, "Then what kind do you want? What's wrong with these girls that you don't like them?"
Zhou Gu touched his head and said, "I don't know what kind I want. It's not that I don't like them. They are good in every way. You decide, Second Aunt. You can choose whichever one you like."
Li didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "It's not me who's marrying a wife, and I still like her. What's the point of liking her? I don't live my life. The most important thing is that you like her. Is there anything you like here?"
Zhou Gu said, "Isn't it the elders who decide when to marry a wife? Young people in the village get married by the elders of their families. Once the elders have chosen a date, they can get married. What is this called... Oh, yes, parents' orders and matchmaker's words."
Li smiled and said, "We country folk don't have to be so particular. Although the elders of the family are the ones who choose when young people get married, the two young people have to be satisfied. This life will last for decades. If both of you are not satisfied and have resentment in your hearts, how can you live your life?"
Zhou Gu looked miserable.
Li sighed inwardly. It looked like he still hadn't figured it out. "Well, let's wait and see."
Things weren't going well for Zhou Xing either. The kid didn't like any of them. When asked what kind of man he wanted, he gave a lot of requirements. It wasn't like choosing a husband, it was like choosing a prince. The problem was that her family was just a farming family, so where could she find a husband like him?
Li also realized that this boy was not stupid, but just did not want to get married. He would be sixteen next year, not young anymore.
One by one, things didn't go smoothly for Li, and she was so worried that her hair turned white. In the past, when the children grew up, the family was worried about the betrothal gifts. Now, finally they don't have to worry about the betrothal gifts anymore, but the people don't want to get married anymore.
Seeing this, Zhou Guo comforted her privately, "Mom, why are you in such a hurry? Since the eldest brother and the eldest sister don't want to get married yet, just wait a little longer. In two years, they will be only seventeen or eighteen years old, and then we can talk about marriage. By then, our family's financial situation will be better, and the range of candidates we can talk about will be wider, especially for the eldest sister. By then, maybe we can find her a family in town that has a small shop and can run a small business. This way, she won't have to dig in the fields all day like her ancestors did, and we can save more dowry for her."
Although she felt that there was nothing wrong with digging for food in the fields, based on the achievements of generations of ancestors, digging for food in the fields could only barely fill the stomachs of the family because there was not much land.
Li thought about it seriously, and after a while she clapped her hands and said, "You are right. If you propose marriage at this time, the people in the town will not look down on your elder sister. If the family situation gets better in two years, and you send your elder brother to school for two years next year, maybe the people in the town will not only look up to your elder sister, but also your elder brother."
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "That's right. We don't have to worry. The best things are coming."
From then on, Li was no longer anxious. She waited until the family's situation was better, at least after the house was built, she would have more opportunities to discuss marriage.
Nowadays, most of those who come to propose marriage are from the village. Even if their families can often eat meat, they are outsiders after all and have not settled down for long. Those who come to propose marriage are from families with difficult lives. They have to eat coarse food for half a year a year. What's worse, the whole family has only one set of thick clothes. These are all in a hurry to get married, and they ask for a very high price, with the first thing being a betrothal gift of ten taels of silver, saying that this is the price here.
In fact, she is not satisfied with such a family in her heart. Her own child is so good no matter how she looks at it and deserves someone better.
The Zhou family's momentum in looking for marriages slowed down.
Half a month after Zhou Dacang left, it suddenly snowed that night.
Fortunately, I heated the kang before going to bed, otherwise I would have caught a cold at night.
The next day, Zhou Guolei got up to practice martial arts. As soon as he got out of bed, he felt a cold air blowing on his face. He felt a chill all over his body and muttered, "It's so cold, is it snowing?"
After putting on her clothes and opening the door, she saw that there was indeed a thick layer of snow in the yard. The snowflakes were still floating in the night sky. She walked out, tilted her head up to look at the sky. Tiny snowflakes fell on her eyelashes, face, head, and shoulders. They were icy cold, and she could even see the breath she exhaled.
Even the night sky is reflected in the snow.
She threw the first punch amidst the falling snow. When she pushed out her fist, a snowflake fell on it. She shook her hand back and snowflakes fell down.
With a stroke of his right foot, snowflakes rose up in the air.
After a few days of being in the cold, Zhou Mai and Zhou Xing finally gave up the habit of doing horse stance. The weather was too cold and they couldn't get up. The ground was much colder than theirs. Getting out of bed felt like falling into an ice cave.