Framed at the beginning: Female educated youth forced to marry disabled military officer

The pottery urns and jars ordered at the market have been delivered. Xiao Xiangdong cleaned all the utensils and began to stack the dried persimmons into the urn layer by layer, waiting for the persimmons to be frosted.

The dried mustard seeds were also pickled and put in the jar.

The dried radish is also stored in a clay pot. When it's time to eat, take out a few pieces, soak them in water, cut them into dices, add some salt, chili oil, and sesame oil, mix them, and then you can eat them directly.

In addition to working as usual, Meng Xiaoman also goes up the mountain to collect firewood during her lunch break. Xiao Xiangdong prepared the lunch meal. After Meng Xiaoman got home and finished eating, he went up the mountain and picked up two bundles of firewood. It was time to go to work in the afternoon.

Meng Xiaoman was very busy all day, and Xiao Xiangdong was even more busy. He made persimmons and pickles, and then covered the vegetable seedlings in the yard with plant ash. The vegetables at home are planted too late, and they are easy to freeze to death in cold weather. They need to be covered with plant ash to keep them warm.

After finishing the vegetable garden, he still had to make some improvements to the house. Uncle Li's custom-made bathtub was delivered. Xiao Xiangdong planned to transform the other main room used for storage into a shower room and bathroom, and the side room next to the kitchen was used for storage. things.

Making things, paving the floor, improving sewer lines...

There were some tasks that Xiao Xiangdong couldn't handle by himself. When Xiao Xiangshang had free time, he came over to learn from him how to set traps and dig traps, so Xiao Xiangdong asked him to help.

"Third brother, you are really good at twisting things." Xiao Xiangshang picked up smooth pebbles from the stream and laid them one by one on a layer of wet mud. "It would be great if we could get some cement. Use cement." Once you fill in the cracks in the stone, it will be smooth and clean."

"How about I go find the people from the Shangou Brigade and buy some for you?" Xiao Xiang asked tentatively.

Over the past few days, he has finally discovered that his cousin, who is not easy to talk to, will become easy to talk to as long as he deals with his third sister-in-law.

Sure enough, Xiao Xiangdong nodded, "Okay, I'd just like to take this opportunity to find out who the leaders are. You don't even know their personal details, yet you dare to follow them, and you won't even know if they sell you later."

Xiao Shangshang touched his nose guiltily. Didn't he just want to make some money? What seemed like a simple thing at first turned out to be so complicated when it came to the third brother.

However, the third brother was well-informed and what he said made sense, so he nodded obediently, "Don't worry, brother, I know everything."

When he was a child, he was introverted and was often bullied by his peers. He was often protected by his third brother. He admired this cousin who was only two years older than him.

"No matter what they say, don't make a decision yet." Xiao Xiangdong said again.

When Meng Xiaoman came home from work, she saw a pile of pebbles and a pile of bamboo in the yard.

"What is this for?"

"Get a shower."

"do you need my help?"

"No, someone else will do it."

As soon as Xiao Xiangdong finished speaking, Meng Xiaoman saw a head peeking out of the side room, it was Xiao Xiangshang, "Yes, sister-in-law, where am I?".

"Okay, if you need help, let me know." Meng Xiaoman washed her hands and walked to the main room. When she passed by Xiao Xiangdong who was peeling bamboo, she asked in a low voice, "Did you cook a lot of food? Do you want me to help you?" Stay for dinner?"

Meng Xiaoman was afraid of being heard, so she got very close. The hot breath she breathed fell on Xiao Xiangdong's ears, making his auricles numb and the roots of his ears red. "No, just treat him to a meal after we finish."

"That's okay." Meng Xiaoman responded, went to the main room to make two porcelain jars of honey water, and brought a cup to each of them.

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Xiao Xiangshang took it with a smile and took a big sip. Well, it was still sweet.

In the evening, Xiao Xiangdong gave Meng Xiaoman the industrial coupons obtained by Orion's brother Sun, so that she could go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a pot when she was free, and help him send a letter by the way.

There are many places to spend money at home, and it's all Meng Xiaoman's money. Xiao Xiangdong had this idea before, but now he encountered Xiao Xiangshang's matter and made a decision.

Meng Xiaoman took the letter and looked at it. It was sent to the county seat. They were probably his comrades or classmates. Meng Xiaoman didn't ask any further questions.

Xiao Xiangdong waited for Meng Xiaoman to ask him, but saw that she just glanced at it and put it in the cloth bag.

He was very curious about everything about her, but he didn't dare to ask more questions for fear that she would be unhappy. He hoped in his heart that she would ask him more questions, but she didn't.

Xiao Xiangdong hated his dullness and reticence, but was unable to change it. He seemed to have had this personality since he was a child, so he really envied Meng Xiaoman in terms of speaking.

"Then take a day off tomorrow morning and go to town." She also wanted to go to the black market to get some more cotton.

It was getting colder and colder. When she was drying the quilt today, she found that Xiao Xiangdong's quilt was hard and thin, and the cotton inside was a little lumpy. It didn't keep him warm at all. She thought about getting some more cotton and playing it for him again. bed.

This time, she didn't plan to buy it directly with money, but to see if she could exchange it for rice and flour.

"Yeah." Xiao Xiangdong originally wanted to tell her about the letter, but then he thought about it and told her after it was done, so as not to make her happy in vain.

"Um, do you still have money? Can you get me some? I need some cement in the shower."

God knows how difficult it was for Xiao Xiangdong to say these words. Although Meng Xiaoman said that she didn't have the money to ask him for it, she still had a mental barrier when it came time to ask.

If Meng Xiaoman knew, he would definitely tell him that this was his so-called man's pride.

"The money is in the cookie box at the back of the closet. You can take whatever you need."

Meng Xiaoman took out the cookie box and opened it. In addition to money, there were various tickets inside.

Seemingly sensing his embarrassment, Meng Xiaoman continued, "Don't be embarrassed, it's all for our family anyway.".

The originally empty thatched house started to feel more and more like home as things were added little by little.

Meng Xiaoman was holding the soles under the oil lamp. Her hands were not strong enough and the needle accidentally got stuck in the sole and could not be pulled out.

"Give it to me." Xiao Xiangdong took it casually and pulled out the needle. Then she started to work on the stitches she had made.

It was the first time that Meng Xiaoman saw a man working. She held her chin and looked at him, "Xiao Xiangdong, you are so virtuous. How come you know everything?".

"It's not difficult to pick up shoe soles. You can learn it just by looking at it. It's not considered virtuous." Xiao Xiangdong said sternly, "Besides, I don't know everything."

"Indeed." Meng Xiaoman cursed in her heart, "At least you don't know how to tease and tell jokes."

Her last sentence was obviously a joke, but he answered so seriously that she didn't know how to reply.

However, what he said was true. It is not too difficult to make handmade cloth shoes. As long as you have a shoe shape, you can follow it after seeing it twice. Meng Xiaoman also learned from Sister Fang in the past few days.

Xiao Xiangdong took away the work in his hand, and Meng Xiaoman was a little bored, so he rested his elbows on the Kang table, holding his face in his hands and watching the man opposite him working.

Her eyes fell on his strong big hands and moved up unconsciously, looking at the raised Adam's apple, the blue chin, the slightly pursed thin lips, the high bridge of the nose, and finally, those deep eyebrows.

The oil lamp was dim, and the light was soft and hazy. It fell on the man's angular face, neutralizing the firmness and coldness of the lines, making him a little more gentle and approachable.

On the face, the thick eyelashes trembled up and down with the light and shadow, and the candlelight reflected in the pupils lit up as the eyelids opened and closed, like the twinkling stars in the summer night sky.

The man in front of him seemed to be glowing, and Meng Xiaoman couldn't help but look a little crazy, with unconscious fascination and appreciation in his eyes.