Ma 'Lil finished her chores and sat on the porch. The family was poor. Most sharecroppers were poor there was nothing unusual about that. Their home was nothing more than a shack on a dirt road.
"Mae, come and sit with me for a while." Lil said.
"John promised that he would come by to see me today. It's so hot that I can't stand to sit on the porch."
Mae looked a Lil and then said, "John has been coming by a lot lately. "
All the children liked John Mayes. He was a tall handsome man. And he had a big smile. He had been visiting with Lil on every Sunday for a little over a year now.
"I think John is going to ask me to marry him." Lil Said ." He's been saving his money so that we can move into town."
Mae was still quiet.
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