Northeast: My Absurd Woman

Chapter 140 Men are rakes, women are boxes

Guan Yutian blushed with embarrassment, his long face full of wrinkles as he laughed.

"Didn't your father say a few days ago that your aunt and child had just died?"

"Don't you have any weddings at home?" Zhang Changyao turned around and paused for a moment.

"Third Uncle, my father said it's not right not to do it, he's afraid it will look bad later."

My mother cried so much about this that her eyes were swollen.

I suspect he's afraid my wife won't be able to wait long enough and will change her mind, refusing to marry me.

Guan Yutian, with his huge, bear-like hands, scratched the back of his head, a silly grin on his face.

"Oh! You silly child!"

"Come on, let's go cut willow branches with your third uncle. Tomorrow, your third uncle will go with you to pick up your wife."

Zhang Changyao sighed and handed the sickle to Guan Yutian.

I stood behind him with my hands behind my back, watching this simple-minded and honest little boy.

After cutting the willow branches, Guan Yutian assisted Zhang Changyao.

They wove a piece of willow twig, the lower half of which was big enough to fit a buttock, with such a large hole.

Beneath the wicker planks was a wooden frame made of several planks nailed together.

The basket was filled with sand that Zhang Changyao had brought back from the riverbank a few days ago and dried.

Four ropes were tied to the willow planks, with the tops of the ropes attached to the roof beams.

This creates a movable, suspended platform bed.

When Liao Zhi urinates, the urine flows out through the hole and falls directly into the sand.

When Yang Wuni is home alone, she can turn Liao Zhi over simply by pulling the floating bed.

Liao Zhi only needs to clean the sand under him when he urinates.

"Third Uncle, you're amazing!" Guan Yutian said admiringly, giving Chang Yao a thumbs up.

"When my parents get old and can't move around anymore, I'll make this for them too."

"Don't talk nonsense, kid, or your parents will beat you if they hear you," Zhang Changyao threatened Guan Yutian.

The next day, as soon as it was light, Guan Yutian came early to find Zhang Changyao to have dinner and pick up the bride.

"Zhang Changyao, change your clothes. They're covered in patches; people will laugh at you."

Yang Wuni took out the neatly pressed new clothes from under the quilt and handed them to Zhang Changyao.

"Wu Ni, I advise you not to dress Zhang Changyao in new clothes."

The child is like this, his father is like that, so Uncle should dress him up a bit more.

If I were a woman, I wouldn't even want to look at the man I'm going to marry.

Liao Zhi didn't name names, but used language that only a few of them understood to remind Zhang Changyao and Yang Wuni.

Zhang Changyao didn't want to cause any more trouble, so he touched the ashes in the stove pit at the entrance.

He wiped his face with his black hand and then ruffled his neatly combed hair.

Then he climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed), faced Liao Zhi's face, and showed Liao Zhi, who couldn't move, his new look.

"Zhang Changyao, you...you've gone too far. The woman thinks you're an idiot."

"It's normal, just be normal. As long as we're not trying to steal the spotlight, it's fine." Liao Zhi explained with a smile what he meant.

"Third Uncle, what are you doing? My dad looks very smart."

Wipe your face clean; people might not know and think you've been hit by a cannonball.

Guan Yutian pulled at his sleeve and wiped the soot off Zhang Changyao's face.

A large hand almost covered Zhang Changyao's head, pressing down his standing hair.

"Alas! God always seems to condemn a good person to stubbornness."

He was brought into this world, but not in a grand and glorious way.

As Liao Zhi heard Zhang Changyao and Guan Yutian's footsteps receding into the distance, he couldn't help but feel a pang of emotion.

"Liao Zhi, you're wrong. I think that smart people don't live as happily as Yu Tian."

Look at Zhang Changyao's father, always scheming, he's practically bald by now.

Yang Wuni tied Liao Zhi up tightly with strips of cloth, then pulled on one side of the rope to make him stand up and lie down.

After cleaning up the dirt from the sand and patting his body with a smooth wooden stick, I would cook.

"Guan Lin, I've never seen a father like you. Even when your child gets married, you're dressed better than him."

Your head looks like a calf licking its lip; people will think you're getting married!

For the first time ever, Li Yue'e started fighting with Guan Lin, slashing his head repeatedly.

"You old woman, don't you understand human relationships?"

If they don't come to escort the bride and ask us to pick her up, we can't just go looking disheveled and unkempt, can we? That would be disrespectful.

Look at Changyao…”

Guan Lin was about to point at Zhang Changyao when he saw that his face was pitch black.

My hair was sticking out and prickly, so I had to pull my fingers back.

"What are you looking at? Changyao is a well-educated man; he knows he can't dress better than the groom."

Who's like you? Full of scheming ideas, always thinking about showing off.

Li Yue'e glared fiercely at Guan Lin, then dragged Guan Yutian to the side of the trunk and helped him change into new clothes.

"Dad, Mom is right. Yutian is not the type to hit people."

"If you keep dressing like this, people will think he's not your biological son!" Yuxiu couldn't help but chime in.

"Okay, okay, okay!"

"You're all so long-winded, can't we just listen to you women?"

Guan Lin took off his new clothes and put on his old clothes with patches.

Use your sleeve to wipe the hair oil off your head.

Because there was a recent death in the family, no celebrations or banquets were held.

The group of people quietly drove out of the village in the horse-drawn carriage borrowed from Wang Fugui's family.

Wang Fugui, who was waiting at the door, heard the commotion and saw Guan Lin walk out with a cold face.

He immediately unbuttoned his shirt and tucked one side of the collar inside.

He scrambled his hair, looking just as disheveled as Zhang Changyao, rubbed a clod of yellow earth on his face, and only then dared to go inside.

"Yutian, be smart, today is your wedding day."

Don't worry about what others think; take charge of your own affairs.

Li Yue'e, still worried, gave Guan Yutian instructions, and Guan Yutian nodded repeatedly with a silly grin.

Seeing Guan Lin's gloomy face, none of the people dared to speak.

Guan Yutian let out one loud fart after another, making Zhang Changyao and Wang Fugui blush and dare not laugh.

"The world has changed now. If things continue like this, women will dare to ride on men's necks."

When a woman is in charge, the house collapses. I think your second sister-in-law's day isn't far off!

Guan Lin suddenly remarked, leaving Zhang Changyao and Wang Fugui speechless.

"Dad, our house was just plastered, how can it just collapse like that?"

My mother isn't a mouse; she wouldn't go around digging at the base of her own house for no reason, would she?

Guan Yutian tilted his head and looked at Guan Lin, not understanding what Guan Lin was saying.

"Yutian, your father was just using a metaphor; he wasn't telling the truth."

Zhang Changyao moved Guan Yutian's head over to prevent him from seeing Guan Lin.

"Second brother, you can't say that. All people are the same."

Our Yuxiu will be a good wife and mother after she gets married. She is meticulous and careful in managing her household.

People say that men are like rakes and women are like boxes. It's not that the rake has no teeth, it's that the box has no bottom.

"Without a good woman managing the big and small affairs of the household, no matter how much money a man can make, it's all for nothing."

Zhang Changyao nudged Guan Lin with his elbow and gestured with his mouth towards Wang Fugui, who was driving the carriage.

"That's right, our Yuxiu is a hundred times better than her mother."

She's very attached to her partner, and no one should try to take advantage of her.