Zhao Meixiang didn’t have as many thoughts as her elder sister. She only felt that this future sister-in-law looked younger and tenderer than her second sister-in-law.
As for Zheng Yuefen, when she heard that her brother-in-law was looking for a divorced woman, she was gloating and thought she had left. The married woman must look gray and lacklustre, who knows that she looked so glamorous today.
The two family members were talking homely, and soon after half an hour passed, Zhao Juhua saw that the time was almost up, and said,
"Donglin, let Jia take you around. Here will be we need to talk...go you has to be familiarized in advance."
Zhao Juhua said that the big guys laughed. Dong Jia blushed when everyone laughed. Zhao Donglin got up and waited for Dong Jia to take him out.
Dong Jia took Zhao Donglin out of the hall under everyone's gaze.
The two were casual in the yard. When they walked under the pomegranate tree, Zhao Donglin took out a rectangular cardboard box from his clothes pocket and handed it to Dong Jiahui.
"this is for you."
Dong Jia asked curiously, "What is this?"
"You open it and take a look."
Dong Jia opened it and saw that there was a ladies watch in the box, a Shanghai brand. She looked at Zhao Donglin in surprise, but she didn't expect that Zhao Donglin would give her a watch.
"I went to a meeting in the city the day before yesterday and bought this watch when I saw it was good."
The fact is naturally not as understatement as he said. In this era of planned economy, all industrial supplies have to be purchased with industrial tickets. This ticket alone has stumped most people.
Secondly, Shanghai brand watches are commodities in short supply, not to mention that the price is not cheap, and sometimes you may not be able to buy them if you have money.
This watch cost one hundred and twenty-eight dollars. In rural areas, ordinary people earn less than ten dollars a month. This watch is worth the income of farmers for a whole year, and they have to eat or drink to save it.
"It's too expensive, I can't take it."
Dong Jia wanted to return the watch to Zhao Donglin, but Zhao Donglin refused,
"Accept it, this is a wedding gift for you."
The word "wedding" floated out of his mouth, so naturally, without deliberately untwisting, as if it should be, Dong Jia looked up at him and was moved by the gentleness in his eyes.
She squeezed the paper box in her hand, and for the first time ignited joy from the heart of her marriage.
In the beginning, Zhao Donglin was a driftwood drowning in the water, because besides him, she had no other better choice. Although he was a good man, she did not have any love for him
She responded to his feelings with a selfish heart, but today, this wedding gift made her look forward to her future marriage life.
Because a watch, but not just a watch.
(In the 21st century, a watch may not be a big deal, and its value can be high or low. As long as you have money, you can buy it. But today in the 1970s, watches, sewing machines and bicycles are the three most important configurations for marriage. Watches are on the market. It's even harder to find a table.)
He didn't despise her because she was divorced, he gave her enough respect in the bride price, and even quietly bought a watch for her, telling her it was a wedding gift.
She had never asked him like this before, and he did all of this spontaneously.
A man doesn’t value you, and how much money he is willing to spend on you, although it is not completely equal, but at least there is a certain cause and effect. A person who does not value you or even ignores you will spend so much money with this effort. Go buy a watch? This is not a necessity. It doesn't matter if you buy it or not. Even if you don't buy it, it won't affect their relationship.
"Thank you, I like it very much."
This time she did not refuse, but smiled at him and accepted it calmly.
"Well, as long as you like it."
Seeing she liked it, Zhao Donglin felt as sweet as eating honey.
"Jia ..."
"umm"
"I'm wating for you"
Jia didn't understand what he mean.. she just looked at him..
......
When it was time for dinner, the family sat down at the dinner table. There were not enough chairs in the house. Dong Jia's sister-in-law went to the neighbor's house to borrow some chairs.
"we are family, you are so polite. With such a large table of good food, we have to round our stomachs twice before we can get off the table."
After Dong Jia and Zhao Donglin went out and said a few words, the marriage of the two had been settled, and Zhang Qiao and Chen Guixiang began to call each other in-laws.
"You are polite, it's all home-cooked dishes, you don't want to dislike it."
Chen Guixiang served everyone with a smile, and would not let guests empty their bowls and chopsticks.
"Well, it tastes very good. In-law's craftsmanship has caught up with the chefs of state-run restaurants."
"Yeah, I haven't seen a lot of dishes. I don't even know that winter melon can be simmered with small shrimps."
Zhao Juhua said a few words from time to time to invigorate the atmosphere. For example, she almost praised the dishes on the table today.
"Jia is especially good at cooking. This winter melon simmered river prawn and this big bone soup are all learned by Jia .."
In the past, the three daughters-in-laws always behaved so well that the mother-in-law praised ..
This time Liu Xiuyun was also smarter and said the right words at the right time. Seeing the smile on the corner of her mother-in-law's mouth, Liu Xiuyun's head was raised proudly.
"No, if Jia did it herself, the taste of today's dishes would have been enhanced a lot."
Zhou Yindi also helped the sister-in-law, Zhao Juhua smiled and said,
"After that, I have to find a chance to taste Jia's craftsmanship."
"Once there is a chance, we are so close, it doesn't take much to open our mouths if we want to eat."
After Chen Guixiang finished speaking, Zhao Juhua covered her mouth and smiled and said,
"Auntie, what you said was wrong. I am very close to Jia now, and I will be far away when Jia and Donglin get married. If i want to eat it, i have to go back to Shanghe Village to eat it."
The people at the table laughed.
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