Re-select the life system

251 Chapter 20 Find a wife for the third brother
The door was slowly pushed open, the light in the room shone through the gap, and a thin old man with half-white hair bent over and walked into the room.

The old man was wearing a thatched bamboo hat, barefoot, his lower body was splashed with mud, the old man looked tired, he took off the bamboo hat, raised his head, and met Chen Xingchen who had just walked out of the kitchen.

The old man's figure trembled slightly, and the hand holding the bamboo hat froze for two seconds, his tired eyes finally saw a gleam of light.

His voice was hoarse, but he spoke calmly.

"It's back!"

"Well, back!"

"Have you eaten?"

"Not yet, Grandma has finished cooking the noodles, I'll serve them up!"

The old man responded, put down his straw hat, glanced outside the house, and shouted to the third child in the bullpen.

"time to eat!"

The third child who had just tied up the cow responded, patted the old cow, and dragged his body covered in mud towards the house.

Chen Xingchen looked at the unshaven appearance of his third brother, that short and fat man, like a dwarf in a movie, staggered towards him.

The third child is called Chen Xingliang. In Chen Xingchen's memory, his personality is dull and boring. When he was young, he also went to work in the Pearl River Delta area, but after being bullied a few times, he willingly returned to this small mountain village. After a while, the two brothers Also haven't seen in ten years.

The third child looked at the younger brother who hadn't returned home for more than ten years, with surprise and blame in his eyes, and finally turned into a sigh, saying just come back!
Chen Xingchen brought out the cooked noodles, each bowl was huge, and the whole family sat neatly at the dining table, besides the noodles, there were also leftover pickles from noon on the table.

Perhaps it was because of Chen Xingchen's return that Grandma saw an extra fried egg in his bowl. Chen Xingchen didn't refuse, nor did he say thank you. In his memory, there was no such word as thank you or refuse in this family.

He picked up the chopsticks and quietly looked at the clear soup noodles in the bowl.

"Eat! Wait until it gets cold down there!"

Chen Xingchen nodded hastily, started to pick up the noodles, and ate big mouthfuls. He lowered his head and ate quietly. At the dinner table, no one asked him about his experiences over the years, and no one asked him if he was doing well. Well, I only heard the sound of eating noodles with big mouths.

After taking a few mouthfuls, Chen Xingchen felt his stomach was already full. Looking at the remaining half of the noodles, he put down his chopsticks in some embarrassment.

The old man glanced at him, and instead of yelling at him like he did when he was a child, he asked in a flat tone.

"I am full?"

"Well, full!"

The old man didn't say another word, and continued to eat the noodles in his bowl.

Chen Xingchen watched in a daze as they finished eating the noodles in silence. The old man brought his bowl over naturally, picked up the remaining noodles, and continued to sizzle and eat.

This scene awakened Chen Xingchen's many memories. When he was a child, his family was poor and there was not enough rice. He often ate sweet potatoes, boiled sorghum, and various wild vegetables for three meals a day.

Most of the time, the bitter taste made his brothers and sisters unable to eat it, but every time he put down the bowl, his father would yell at him and even punch him.

Abba never explained to them why they had to yell at them, nor did he explain why it was unpalatable. He would only tell them with his fists that they would be beaten if they didn’t finish eating. Put it into your own bowl and eat it with big gulps.

When I was a child, that scene was filled with only hatred and fear, but now seeing this scene again, Chen Xingchen thought about something more in his heart. This man who is not good at words may have tried his best to keep the children from starving. with.

Chen Xingchen's eye sockets were slightly moist, and he spoke.

"Abba, how have the family been doing all these years?"

After eating the last mouthful of noodles, the old man slowly put down his chopsticks, took out shredded tobacco from his jacket pocket, rolled it, and said casually.

"Life is much better now than before. Rice and white noodles are available for meals. Your sisters and sisters also bring some money and meat during the festivals. The family is doing well!"

Chen Xingchen remained silent. Before he came back, he used to have thousands of words to say and ask questions, but now he has a lot to say, as if he no longer has the courage to ask them, and there is no need to ask many questions.

The answer, I have already found it.

Chen Xingchen looked at the third brother who was beside him again. Thinking about it carefully, the third brother should be almost 40 years old this year!

"Third brother, are there any unmarried girls' homes nearby?"

The third child took the dry cigarette handed over by his father, licked it with his tongue, took out the lighter, and smoked it beautifully.

"If you want to talk about girls, there must be several more, fourth child, haven't you looked for them outside all these years? Our family's conditions, but ordinary girls don't like it!"

Chen Xingchen smiled, and asked Grandma who was cleaning up the dishes.

"Mom, what are the approximate conditions for marrying a wife here?"

While tidying up the dishes, Grandma looked slightly disappointed when she heard Chen Xingchen's question, but she still pretended to be nonchalant.

"Last month, Huang Mazi's daughter from Huangjiawan across the street got married. I heard that she received fifty-eight thousand eighty-eight thousand as a bride price, as well as three gold jewelry and the like. This is not marrying off a daughter, this is selling a mountain of gold!"

Chen Xingchen naturally saw the disappointment in Grandma's eyes. Except for the sisters and sisters who were married, the other sons in the family, the eldest, became the son-in-law of others. Already doomed to be a bachelor, in this family, talking about this topic is indeed very heavy.

Chen Xingchen felt very relaxed at this moment, since he found the answer, then he should do something for this family!

"Grandma, do you know that there are girls with better conditions around here? You helped me talk about coal. I have made some money over the years, and I am going to talk about a marriage with the third brother. What do you think?"

Chen Xingchen's words made everyone in the room raise their heads in surprise, and all looked at him.

Finally the old man spoke.

"If you want to be a matchmaker, you have to do it for you first. With your third brother's condition, whose daughter is willing to marry? You have seen a lot outside, and when you get married, you can take the girl to live in a big city. This will finish your life." Grandma's a concern!"

Chen Xingchen shook his head helplessly. Looking at the two people in the smoke, he suddenly wanted to try it. He reached out for a cigarette, rolled a cigarette crookedly, and lit it with the third brother's lighter.

After taking a sip, the spicy throat taste almost sent Chen Xingchen away. He coughed several times before slowly getting used to the taste.

"Cough...cough cough, Dad, I already have a girlfriend outside, and I will bring it back to you next time. About the third brother, Mom, you should hurry up. As for the bride price, we are no worse than other families. Sanjin Jewelry You can also follow the rules, Mom, you can talk to a nearby matchmaker in the past few days."

Several people were silent when they heard Chen Xingchen's words. Everyone had mixed feelings, but no one asked how much money Chen Xingchen had prepared. In this family, everyone seemed to be quite dull.

Only the third child took a deep puff of the dry cigarette, and on the unshaven cheeks, there was a trace of rosiness covered by the dark skin.

Having nothing to say all night, Chen Xingchen slept on the straw-covered mattress, feeling uncomfortable all over. In the room, an unspeakable smell filled his nostrils.

His thoughts were a little confused, this place was far away from the city, the feeling in his memory had long since disappeared, he was used to the villa and the soft bed, and the croaking of the frogs outside gradually calmed down the irritability in his heart.

Life is like this, half fantasy, half reality.

Chen Xingchen recalled the bits and pieces of his childhood, and the faces in the memory of his father and mother, which overlapped with the current faces. Scene after scene, half asleep and half awake, he felt like he was back in the big bed in the villa room, turned over, and fell into a deep sleep.

What Chen Xingchen didn't know was that the company was being turned upside down by Ning Xuebing in the past few days after he left, and even finally held a board meeting.

The conflict between Ning Xuebing and that woman will never be reconciled in this life. If you don't suffer from others, don't persuade others to be kind.

He rarely mentioned Ning Xuebing's life experience to others, because that experience destroyed his entire life plan. If Qin He hadn't helped him, he would have been intoxicated in the world of dreams and dreams for the rest of his life, until that time. The day the nightmare ended.

He used to be the proud son of heaven. In his 20s, the company had assets worth millions. It was the early 90s, and his family was proud of him, but he was completely ruined by that woman in the end.

It was completely destroyed, the woman borrowed more than 300 million yuan in his name, cashed in directly on the pretext of buying imported machines, and finally left him a complete mess, making him unable to get up at all.

Countless nights, he dreamed that he met that stinky cousin, but every time he woke up from the dream, he found that it was another dream. Even though it was just a dream, he also wanted to meet her in the dream, so he followed every step Destroy your body and brain by liquor.

With his current status and financial resources, it took almost only one week to find out all Zhang Xiaoyan's experience in the United States.

Looking at the thick document in his hand, the hatred in Ning Xuebing's eyes flashed away.

Ning Xuebing's revenge is going on, and Chen Xingchen's blind date with his third brother is also going on here.

Looking at the well-trimmed beard, Chen Sange was very satisfied and rarely put on the suit that he hadn't worn for a long time, but the short and fat body obviously didn't match the suit, but obviously no one cared about these details.

When Chen Xingchen came back this time, in fact, he didn't have anything on him. The clothes he changed were left by his boss, and his blue and black coat made him look more old-fashioned.

However, Chen Xingchen's aura exuded from within was not comparable to that of the well-dressed Third Brother Chen.

Carrying the gift, the two followed the matchmaker from the other village to the road outside the mountain. Chen Xingchen didn't need to accompany this kind of blind date, but grandma strongly asked Chen Xingchen to accompany the third brother there.

As for the reason, Chen Xingchen could naturally guess it. Although Chen Xingchen said that he had a girlfriend, how could his family believe him when he came home dressed like this.

Maybe they believed that Chen Xingchen had saved a sum of money, but in their understanding, it was definitely not enough for the two to get married, so the two of them went together, no matter which of the two brothers got married, it was something to be happy about.

Chen Xingchen didn't refuse either. The two brothers followed behind the taller matchmaker, like two dwarfs following an old witch.

The matchmaker walked quickly without stopping, chatting endlessly about the situation of the two brothers, and asking how much money Chen Xingchen had saved, whether it was enough for the bride price, and whether it was enough for the wedding expenses.

Brother Chen San didn't have much confidence, and became more preoccupied when questioned by the matchmaker.

Chen Xingchen, on the other hand, naturally discussed with the matchmaker, and he didn't feel uncomfortable at all, and he handled it with ease, which made the matchmaker laugh.

Chen Xingchen also took the opportunity to inquire about unmarried girls nearby who are qualified and good-natured.

Chen Xingchen said generously that he was not short of money, and that he would give the matchmaker a big red envelope afterward. The matchmaker smiled with yellow teeth and told all the good girls from all over the world.

Chen Xingchen also told the matchmaker a few requirements. Although Chen Sange turned 24 this year, his wife should not be too old, just between 30 and [-].

As for the reason, of course, in this day and age, 30-year-old unmarried women in the countryside are basically either specially selected, or have various problems, and are definitely not suitable for the honest Sange Chen.

The matchmaker nodded and agreed. In fact, there are not many unmarried girls at the age of 30. They are basically the ones who are second married and third married with a few children. For the sake of money, this is naturally no problem.

Chen Xingchen also asked women to be more honest. The girls from the Gu family don't care about their looks, as long as they get along well, everything else is easy to talk about.

Speaking of the Gu family, the matchmaker suddenly thought of something and introduced them to the two with joy.

Not to mention, the girl introduced by the matchmaker this time, Qin He listened to the conditions and thought it was quite suitable.

Zheng Manmei, aged 28, is a single-parent family. After graduating from a normal school, she chose to return to the elementary school in this mountain to teach. She taught for eight years. As for the reason, her single mother was disabled and her life was inconvenient.

Over the years, there were not a hundred or eighty people who introduced Zheng Manmei. Zheng Manmei didn't have any special requirements, that is, she had to take her grandmother to the man's house.

If this is the case, she may have been married long ago, but Zheng Manmei's disabled mother has been getting worse and worse in the past few years. , almost all of Zheng Manmei's salary is spent on this.

Under such conditions, any man dared to come to the door.

The matchmaker didn't have any bad intentions when she introduced this girl to the brothers. The main reason was that Chen Xingchen had just sounded like he was not short of money, and the two brothers also had to take care of their family, so this girl met the conditions.

When Third Brother Zheng heard that it would cost one or two thousand a month, he lowered his head even lower. Chen Xingchen's eyes lit up when he heard that, this girl is not bad.

After Chen Xingchen quickly asked about this girl's family situation, she immediately made up her mind that this girl is the best candidate for her sister-in-law!

"Okay, Aunt Wang, this girl is the only one. Money is not a problem. As long as she is as you said, my third brother is married to this girl. Then I will give you four and eight for you!"

The smile on Wang Matchmaker's face was like a blooming camellia, and her feet were a little light.

"Oh, that's such a good feeling! Come on, let's go, I'll lead the way. We'll be there in another thirty miles!"

(Thanks to all my friends who have always supported that this book will be finished, but the update will be slower. Hey, I originally wanted to write this book with 200 million words, but unfortunately the results did not meet the standard after three months on the shelf. I can only find a new book. The new book is still the best Stream, the original world plus the world of film and television, each world will be written very carefully, and write out the feelings you want to write one by one. I hope that there will be support from old readers, and the new book should be published in April! Old readers can join the group first.)
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