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The village under the night is very quiet. It is summer when the cicadas disappear, and the chirping of crickets appears.

Oil lamps flashed in the shabby earthen tiled house, and an old couple in their fifties were busy sitting at the nearly painted vintage wooden table.

Under the dim light of the oil lamp, the small room is even more devastated. It seems that the old house from the fifties has never been renovated.

There was a man sitting at the door of the room, looking like a jade-like face, but his aura gave people a weathered feeling, with thick beard and long hair covering his ears. However, the angular face of the gray dust makes people look very disproportionate, especially the long hair, which is as messy as a nest of straw.

The light rain was falling sparsely, and the yard made of soil was already muddy.

The man's eyes were dull and he looked coldly at the ripples that the raindrops hit the puddle, his face was bloodless.

But the light emitted by those eyes is biting cold, just like the ice under a thousand-year-old iceberg.

The two old men looked at him and couldn't help but shake their heads at the same time.

The old man said, "I said that our Xiaofeng has been stupid for more than a year, and we have been to many large hospitals, but we just haven't seen each other! This is really a worry!"

The old lady peeled a peanut and stuffed it into her mouth, and replied, "Since I came back from the army last year, I have been like this. The doctor said it was fine, but I just don't know why I was stupid, alas!"

The old man remembered his second son and asked, "Where has Xiaoyong been?"

When he heard Xiaoyong, the old lady smiled and said, "Xiaoyong! He and Shanshan are just right! I met Shanshan's father a few days ago, and he agreed to see the child's affairs."

The old man slowly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "As long as they don't think we are poor, that's all! I see that there are many dreams in the night, so I have to prepare their marriage as soon as possible and get ready as soon as possible!"

The old lady laughed: "Why do I look at you more anxious than a child? It's like you have to get married!"

The old man's face sterned and said angrily: "Damn, I'm holding my grandson with my old guy who grew up naked, and I can't even see a daughter-in-law until now."

The smile on the old lady's face gradually disappeared, and he looked at the young man sitting at the door again and couldn't help but sigh.

The rules passed down by our ancestors, don’t think about the eldest brother’s second brother if he doesn’t get married!

The old man naturally understood what she was thinking and said, "Xiaofeng is twenty-five, it's time to get married."

The old lady nodded: "Then you can make a total of the total and see which girl is suitable for our Xiaofeng?"

The old man sighed again: "Oh! We can count the numbers of all the people in Xiaofeng and all the villages, but now people are stupid. Whose girl can be willing?"

The old lady blinked her eyes and said happily: "I think that big girl can succeed!"

The big girl is in this village, and the old man is very familiar with her. The woman is about the same age as Xiao Feng, but she has problems.

The old man waved his hand and said, "When the girl was young, her mother opened her eyes with her hands in order to let her open her eyes earlier. When she grew up, her eyes turned upwards. That wouldn't be true! How could our Xiaofeng look like..."

Before he could finish his words, the old lady interrupted and said, "What's the solution? Isn't Xiaofeng stupid? Otherwise, who would be willing? Besides, I can't delay Xiaoyong too!"

The old man sighed and had to compromise. The old lady said it was right. It was the couple's wish to hold their grandson earlier, so everyone would be happy.

He said, "Then I'll ask Xiaofeng."

The old man shouted at Xiaofeng, and the young man stood up silently, his height of nearly 1.8 meters could almost block the door. His upper body was a yellowed T-shirt with many holes on it. His lower body was loose jeans, which were also covered with mud, as if he had rolled in the yard.

He walked over slowly and looked at the two elders in confusion.

The old man said carelessly: "Xiaofeng! You are not young anymore. I discussed with your mother and found you a wife, okay?"

The young man's head immediately shook like a wave drum. The two old men looked at each other and he was reluctant to find someone he had not yet said what he had.

The old man immediately raised his face and said, "This is not tolerant of your displeasure! It's just settled! I'll take you to the big girl's house for a marriage proposal tomorrow morning! Go to bed!"

The young man still looked completely blank, and staggered back to his room and leaned back on the bed.

He smiled helplessly, thinking that everyone thought I was stupid this year, but who knows my Du Feng’s difficulties?

It would be a good idea to get married. At worst, I could leave a descendant for my parents and leave. I would be a filial piety as a son. But that girl not only had eye problems but also had bad legs and feet. When she thought of her eyes looking at me, I got goose bumps all over her body.

Du Feng sighed softly, "A year has been around, and time is enough! According to my father's temper, I must drag me over tomorrow, so I'd better leave tonight."

On the other side of the partition wall was the extremely subtle voice of the old couple, as if they were discussing what to buy if they went tomorrow.

Finally there was no movement, the wall clock rang nine times, and the two old men slept very early, and fell asleep just at nine o'clock every day. They had been used to it for decades.

Du Feng got up gently and took out two pieces of clothes from the wooden box under the moonlight. One was a T-shirt that was also washed white, and this one was the only one without holes. The other was a fat shorts, which Du Feng wore directly without thinking.

A handful of change was taken out from under the pillow, Du Feng sighed lightly, knelt on his knees with a "splash", and kowtowed three times in succession.

My son is unfilial and cannot be filial to his parents. My parents and younger brother Xiaoyong. If I can come back, I will surely honor my ancestors.
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