The novel Being a Wife

No vows of eternal love, no gold and silver jewelry, no sedan chair, Zou Jian took Yu Min home by bike.

Before marriage, according to the village custom, the man should take the woman shopping to buy clothes and jewelry. Zou Jian bought a red woolen coat with Yu Min. Like most newlyweds in the 1980s, their faces are full of joyful expectations for their future life.

Before getting the marriage certificate, Yu Min cut off her long big braid and dyed the most popular curly hair at that time. They didn't take wedding photos. When they got married, they only left such a group photo.

Zou Jian, who has always been diligent and thrifty, is less romantic and more realistic. Yu felt a little sorry in his heart, but he also understood. They all came from poor times. When they were young, they didn't have enough to eat, and they didn't spend money to create a romantic petty bourgeoisie.

They are not afraid of suffering, death or hope. Yu Min, who witnessed the death from below, became stronger after the illness in her eyes healed. For Zou Jian, although his life is relatively rich, his father is not at home and he has suffered a lot with his mother. Zou Jian, 18 years old, has been helping his mother with housework since he was 8 years old.

Zou Jian took Yu Min home by bike.

Zou Jian's parents prepared a room for the newlyweds, and it was the first time that Zou Jian's mother looked at her daughter-in-law so closely. Mother took Yu Min's hand and said, "You are too thin. How can you work in the fields?" "

The three aunts and six grandmothers around began to boo. They looked at Yu and whispered to each other about the new wife. Zou Jian accompanied the men to drink and smoke in another room.

I smiled awkwardly and answered the questions of these strange women.

"You are three years older than Zou Jian?"

"You are too thin, eat more in the future!"

"This dress of yours looks very beautiful. Where did you buy it? "

She answered these questions carefully, with a weak voice and a slightly shy and embarrassed face.

Looking at everything in sight, the parents-in-law who are toasting the guests, and Zou Jian who is busy taking care of the guests, she feels very happy at the moment. They didn't dislike her illness, nor did they care too much about her fertility.

She shed tears of gratitude and thought she finally had a home. No matter what happens in the future, she will live a good life with Zou Jian.

His family is poor and his parents are old. Yu Min doesn't have a generous dowry. Mother simply prepared some quilts. Although Yu Min is their only daughter, they don't have much energy to prepare for their daughter's wedding. Although there are many sister-in-law Yu Min, each one is smarter than the other. They speak better than they sing, but no one will help their parents do anything.

Yu Min also has a good girlfriend. They went to work in Tianjin together and talked about everything together. On the wedding day, Yu Min's best friend Qin Feng also attended the wedding. Qin Feng is from a neighboring village. She is beautiful, white and wearing light makeup. There are many men chasing her around, but she always wanders among men. There are so many choices that I don't know how to make a decision.

Qin Feng despises these rugged rustic men in the village. The matchmaker came to her house and said it was broken, but Qin Feng didn't seem to agree. She has her own opinions and her parents are honest, which can't influence her thoughts. Qin Feng and Yu Min said that their current boyfriends are doing business in the south and are very rich. They met while working in the field.

"Zou Jian can also, his father is not working in other places? After you get married, go outside together. There is nothing to stay in this village! "

I didn't think so much. She just thought that she would go wherever Zou Jian went. But where will Zou Jian go after she gets married? Do two people still stay at home and farm?