Chapter 3388 Extra Zhou Yin 4

When the villagers in Qili Village heard that Zhou Yin could recognize so many words without spending a penny, they all praised him, "Zhou Yin is still smart."

"It's a pity that I was born into Zhou Jin's family. If I had been born into the village chief's family or someone else's family that was a little richer, I might have been able to go to school and study for a few years."

Zhou Yin didn't feel sorry for himself.

There are many brothers in the village who quarrel and turn against each other, but there are not many brothers who seem to be so harmonious (Zhou Jin expressed doubts).

After all, his biological parents have passed away, and his brother and sister-in-law not only raised him, but also treated him as well as or even better than their nephews.

When he was not busy with farming, he could go to the county town and escape from his work at home and go up to the mountains to fetch things, but Zhou Dalang and the others could not.

Although the eldest brother has been keen to teach him a lesson in the past two years, has a bad temper, and picks up a stick to hit him every now and then, but there are only a few that actually fall on him.

So he doesn't think there's anything wrong with being born into Lao Zhou's family. Although his eldest brother is a little stupid, lazy, and a little irritable, he still has a good heart...

What's more, there is a sister-in-law.

Zhou Yin was raised by his elder sister-in-law, who once told him that to judge whether a person treats you well or not, you should not just look at what he says, but also how he behaves.

Some people obey you, praise you, and do everything well with you, but they do things that are not conducive to you;

And some people will lecture you and seem to think bad of you everywhere, but everything they do will be beneficial to you.

His eldest brother falls into the second category.

The life of Lao Zhou's family has been uneventful. Although his eldest brother and sister-in-law have given him many nieces and nephews, he can still afford them.

There was just a bit of trouble. After the eldest nephew Zhou Dalang got engaged, he was targeted by his brother and sister-in-law.

But he didn't want to get married at all, so Zhou Jin kept talking about him, "You're already fourteen. Make an appointment and prepare for it. You'll be sixteen when you get married. How long do you want to delay it?"

He said: "You have to think clearly. If you don't get engaged now, when Sanlang grows up, your family won't have much money to get you engaged."

Zhou Yin: "Then let Sanlang decide first."

Zhou Jin gave him a slap on the head and said, "You, my uncle, haven't even engaged, so why should he? Don't interrupt me."

He glanced into the room and saw his wife busy inside, so he came closer, lowered his voice and said to his brother: "Do you know why I chose your sister-in-law's niece for Da Lang?"

Zhou Yin looked confused, "Don't they see each other in the right eye?"

"Then without my instigation, could they have made the decision so early?" Zhou Jin lowered his voice and said: "I have heard from the Qian family. They ask for a small amount of betrothal gifts, so they can save a lot of money. When the time comes,

It's just the right time to propose marriage to you. I asked your sister-in-law to tell the matchmaker that you can farm, you are literate, and you are good-looking, so you can look for her in big villages or towns."

Zhou Yin's eyes widened and he couldn't help shouting: "Brother, you bully my sister-in-law and the Qian family!"

Zhou Jin covered his mouth and dragged him behind the wall to speak, "Please keep your voice down. My elder brother-in-law feels sorry for your sister-in-law and elder brother, so he agreed."

Zhou Yin was angry, "You still do it even if you know?"

"Who am I doing this for?" Zhou Jin complained irritably: "It's not just for you. There are just a few shabby thatched houses in the house, and they can't even build a yard for you. You have to be sixteen years old before you can divide the fields.

, those lands now are not considered good, it will take at least two years of planting before we can get a better harvest."

Zhou Jindao: "My parents are gone, so you live with us. When people outside hear that you were raised by your brother and sister-in-law, and we have so many children, they feel that it is difficult for you to marry. Do you know how difficult it is to arrange your marriage? No

If you give me more betrothal gifts, can I get a good daughter?"

Zhou Yin lowered his head unhappily and kicked the stones on the ground.

Zhou Jin peeked into the yard and saw that there was no alarm inside, so he continued to talk to him from the bottom of his heart, "I tell you as a person who has been here, you must marry a good wife, otherwise you will not be able to live this life."

"Like your sister-in-law, if we didn't have your sister-in-law in our family, let alone your nephews and nieces, I wouldn't even be able to support you."

Zhou Yin couldn't hold it back, "You actually know."

Zhou Jin stretched out his hand and gave him a slap on the head, "I'm not stupid, you think you are the only one who is smart. Alas, if it weren't for the wrong seniority, I would actually tell you how capable the older girl is..."

Zhou Yin shuddered when he thought that the daughter of the Qian family would only follow Da Lang behind him and call him uncle, "Brother, don't act like this..."

"No matter how messy you are, she has been assigned to your eldest nephew now."

Zhou Yin wiped the sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhou Jindao: "Anyway, don't go to the county town recently, and don't go to the mountains as much. Take care of your face. If you have nothing to do, go to the fields with a hoe and let people see how diligent you are. Wait."

During the Chinese New Year, I will take you to a few nearby villages, and I will definitely be able to find a good wife."

Zhou Yin:……

Zhou Yin longs for places outside the county town and doesn't really want to get married.

After marrying his wife, he could only stay in Qili Village, working at sunrise and resting at sunset, just like the life his elder brother was living now.

He couldn't leave his wife and children alone.

So after he weighed it up, he still said to Zhou Jin seriously: "Brother, let Sanlang talk about the marriage first, and there is also Xi'er."

"Don't worry about Xi'er. She is a girl. When the time comes, you can take the betrothal gift and bring it to her as a dowry. We can still keep a little bit. We will see if it is enough to marry Saburo. We can't just delay it.

One delay, you are the most important thing now."

Zhou Jindao: "When you agree on the marriage, I will have completed my explanation to my parents."

"Okay, I knew you just thought I was a drag, so you wanted to get rid of me," Zhou Yin jumped up and said, "If I don't get married, you have to support me."

"You brat..."

Zhou Yin ran away, but Zhou Jin chased him a few steps and saw that he was running like a rabbit and disappeared in a flash. He couldn't help but get so angry that his nose started to smoke, and he turned around and went home, cursing.

In the end, Zhou Jin still couldn't talk about marriage to Zhou Yin because the weather was not good during the Chinese New Year.

First, there was very little rain in the beginning of spring. Everyone carried water to plant the fields, thinking that there would be less rain now and it would rain soon after planting the rice seedlings.

Unexpectedly, from February to May, there was a drizzle, which lasted less than half an hour.

The atmosphere in the old Zhou family is getting worse and worse. Zhou Jin and Qian's eyes are all red. How can they still think about talking about Zhou Yin's marriage?

Zhou Yin is also very worried. Last year's harvest was not very good. The autumn harvest was less than two-thirds of previous years. He originally thought that this year's harvest would be better...

After paying taxes last year, there was not much food left at home. In March, the family ate gruel once a day, and only had gruel twice a day during the busy farming days.

After the busy farming season, the family resumed eating one meal a day. By May, there were even fewer rice grains in the porridge.
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