Chapter 225

Only when the economy develops, the society is stable and safe enough, and women are in a safe environment, their income increases, and they can survive in society without relying on others, then the status of women can be truly improved. But in fact, there is still a long way to go.

For example, there are still many rural areas where women are not allocated land or housing plots. In families with more than one child, it is still assumed that men inherit all the family property, and girls can just get married.

Even many women themselves have tacitly accepted this rule.

In her previous life, Jiang Ning also met a girl who grew up in a family that favored boys over girls at work. She herself was a victim of this environment, but after giving birth to a boy, she immediately became a supporter of the rules that she hated the most in the past.

Obviously, she herself was a victim who was separated from her original family with nothing, but after she gave birth to a boy, she immediately understood her parents and became her parent.

Jiang Ning couldn't understand it at first, but later she figured it out. It was actually a matter of interest. Leaving her property to her son was actually in the best interest of her.

Not every mother, after being caught in the rain, would want to hold an umbrella for her daughter.

Isn't she herself a living example?

Of course, there are more and more outstanding women who are awakening, resisting this injustice, and speaking out to reject this injustice. Especially after the new marriage law came out, more and more girls began to work hard to buy a house before marriage, safeguard their own rights and interests, and become a "property owner", because the law only protects "property owners".

There was a case in my previous life that caused a sensation on the Internet at the time. A full-time mother divorced after many years of marriage and received more than 10,000 yuan in housework compensation.

Now everyone knows that the years of hard work done by full-time housewives in marriage are not protected by law!

At that time, Jiang Ning understood one thing so clearly, that is, in marriage, one should not let oneself become the person who is not protected by the law and has no value.

The rights of women and children are never protected in marriage.

As a result, more and more people choose not to get married.

The world ahead was bustling with activity. Jiang Ning walked alone in the back, watching with a smile. The people in front saw that she was the last one to fall behind, and hurriedly called her to get in the car: "Ning Ning, here!"

They had already reserved a place for her.

The bride and groom were in the same car, along with their sisters. Jiang Ning was also arranged in the first tricycle. Sitting in the car, she looked at the bride, and the bride and her sisters also looked at her shyly.

No one spoke.

The Jiang family hired several tricycles, which carried the people from Jiangjia Village who were picking up the bride and the people from the bride's family who were sending her off to the dock. Then another boat took them to the embankment of Xujia Village. The groom Jiang Hongbing then carried the bride back to Jiangjia Village. During this process, the bride's feet were not allowed to touch the ground or look back.

Wedding, wedding, weddings in their area are also held at dusk. When they arrived at the embankment of Xujia Village, it was already evening.

On the 26th and 28th of the year, many people get married, and people from Xujia Village have already been waiting on both sides of the road to ask for candy.

The person in charge of distributing wedding candies carried the bags and scattered the candies among the crowds on both sides. Only then did they return to Jiangjia Village smoothly. When they arrived at Jiangjia Village, the children shouted happily: "The bride is here! The bride is here!"

The third brother Jiang Jun was holding a bag of candy rice balls and shouted happily: "Why don't you go to the high platform and wait to pick up the candy? It's time to throw the wedding candy!"

The children cheered, and the old people, children, and women were all waiting happily to pick up the wedding candies.

Wedding candies are thrown down from the upper floors, probably because life has become better now. In the past, wedding candies were only scattered symbolically to spread the good cheer. Now, a small half bag of wedding candies and fruits is filled in a snakeskin bag. In addition to candies, there are also some oranges and rice balls made of popped rice, which symbolize reunion and beauty. Rice balls cannot be thrown on the ground. After the candies are scattered, they are distributed to the crowd. No one takes two. Those who pick up the candies, oranges and rice balls are all grinning from ear to ear and offering blessings continuously.

The eldest brother Jiang Hongjun and his sister-in-law were responsible for entertaining and arranging seats for the bride's family members who came to send her off. It was already evening, the night lights had been turned on, and the banquet was about to begin.

Perhaps it was just as Jiang's mother said, Jiang Ning had no life in her eyes. In this situation, she really didn't know what she could do. She was standing in the darkness on the high platform, quietly looking at the worldly life in the yard. She was seen by the village chief, who pulled her to the main table. Jiang Ning was shocked. Those sitting at the main table were all respected and elderly elders in the village. Grandpa Jiang was also there, so she was forced to sit next to him.

Seeing that she didn't dare to sit down, Grandpa Lao Zhonghua smiled and said, "Just sit down when I tell you to."

Jiang Ning couldn't sit there, or someone would poke her in the back if she turned around.

She smiled and said, "Then I'll pour wine for the grandfathers."

Buckets of rice wine were served on the table, so Jiang Ning stood up and distributed chopsticks and wine glasses to the elders. Cold dishes were also served on the table, so Jiang Ning immediately poured wine for the elders and waited for the meal to begin.

After all eight cold dishes were on the table and firecrackers were set off, everyone could start eating.

As a result, no one picked up their chopsticks. The eight cold dishes were beautifully presented. There were peanuts, cold-mixed black fungus, sugar-coated cucumbers, sugar-coated tomatoes, sugar-coated tangerine slices, sugar-coated apples, sugar-coated lotus roots, and preserved eggs.

It’s beautiful, but not economical. Everyone is saving room for the main course later!

Now that I’ve filled my stomach with these useless things, what will I do when the main course is served later?

Only children are interested in these sugar-coated oranges and sugar-coated apples.

Everyone at the table was waiting for the main course, but Jiang Ning ate some first.

She has no other interests and just loves to eat oranges, apples, cucumbers and the like. She even eats sugared lotus root slices with gusto.

So everyone at the table watched Jiang Ning eat.

Grandpa Lao Zhonghua even laughed at her: "Silly child, you are so full after eating these that you can't eat the dishes that are served later!"

The village chief also said: "She loves to eat, so give all these things to her."

The people at the table started chatting and bragging, with saliva flying everywhere. Jiang Ning quickly found an opportunity to slip away.

On the way, he met Jiang Hongbing who was happily entertaining the bride's family's wedding procession. After thinking for a while, he walked over to remind Jiang Hongbing: "Should you go to the kitchen to see if there is any chicken noodle soup, and ask someone to send it up to the bride first?"

Jiang Hongbing really hadn't thought about this matter. When Jiang Ning reminded him of this, he ran faster than a rabbit to the kitchen to prepare food for the bride. Without bothering two people at once, he quickly brought out a big bowl of chicken noodle soup and asked Jiang Ning to serve it.

The bride was not the only one in the bridal chamber. There were also several younger sisters from her natal family accompanying the bride. When they saw her come in, they all stood up awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

I had seen her in the car and on the boat before, but I never had the courage to talk to her because I felt like we were from two different worlds. Now, looking at Jiang Ning up close under the light, I really think that the Jiang family members are so good-looking.

Looking at the bride again, everyone understood why she fell in love with Jiang Hongbing at first sight and agreed to marry to Henan (south of Shahe), a place where there is no road.

The bride looked quite ordinary, with a square face, small eyes, a flat nose, and not too tall, about 1.6 meters, but very fair. She looked white and soft at first glance, and she had a sweet smile. Her voice was soft, and she spoke slowly and unhurriedly.

Seeing the bride's temperament, Jiang Ning immediately thought of his aunt.

The eldest aunt-in-law is also short, white and plump, and has a similar temperament to this girl, but everyone in the Jiang family likes her.

The Jiang family is well-off. The bride was originally a little self-conscious and shy, and a little uneasy about coming to a strange place alone. Unexpectedly, Jiang Ning smiled very kindly and said to her in a softer voice, "My second brother asked me to bring it here. I'm afraid you didn't eat much today. Eat something hot first."

The bride really didn't eat anything. She got up early in the morning to be busy. In order to avoid any accidents at the wedding, she only ate two eggs. Now she is very hungry.

When she heard that it was her newlywed husband who had specially sent it to her, she felt a sweet warmth in her heart, and her uneasiness was somewhat relieved. She smiled and said, "Thank you."

The bride's home is at the junction of Shuibu Town and the neighboring city. Her accent is different from their Shuibu Town dialect, but has a strong flavor of the neighboring city.

Jiang Ning had long been accustomed to the different dialects and mixed marriages in their area. There were many people in their village who spoke different dialects. For example, her aunt and grandmother still spoke the dialect of her hometown after decades, but it did not hinder their communication at all.

In fact, the sister-in-law in this life is not the same person as the second sister-in-law in the previous life.

My second cousin’s sister-in-law in my previous life was also very fair, but she was even smaller in stature.

At this time in her previous life, she was still struggling to earn her tuition and living expenses in college, working during the winter and summer vacations. She did not come back for her second cousin's wedding. Maybe it was Jiang Bai who came back?

Later, I had very little contact with my second cousin's wife, and I didn't even know her name. Occasionally, when I saw her when she returned to her hometown during the Chinese New Year, she would just smile and nod to say hello. She was a very shy girl.

The chicken noodle soup was served in a bowl. The bride couldn't finish it by herself, so she asked her sisters to eat with her. Jiang Ning asked them to go downstairs to eat. The sisters said, "It's okay. We can just stay here and accompany her."

They would not feel at ease if there was no familiar person staying in the room with them.

Different places have different customs. In some places, wedding pranks are very vulgar. Jiang Ning also knew this. She smiled and said to the bride and her sisters: "It's okay. I'll just accompany my second sister-in-law here. You guys can go downstairs to eat. Don't worry. We don't have the custom of wedding pranks here. We don't make trouble in the bridal chamber."

Even if they do make fun of it, it's always the groom, not the bride. The most fun thing is to use a string to hook an apple and let the bride and groom eat the apple. But when they are about to take a bite of the apple, the one with bad intentions will pull the apple apart, and then laugh as if the prank has been successful.

But many times, even this link is missing.

Everyone went to drink wine for the groom, but this was useless for the people in their area, because every household had the custom of brewing rice wine. Although not everyone in their area could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, most people really couldn't drink as much as the people in their area.

I grew up next to a wine barrel.

When Jiang Ning went down, Jiang Hongbing saw her and came over with a blushing face and asked Jiang Ning in a low voice: "How is it?"

"They are eating. I think there is not enough for them. I will bring another bowl for them."

Jiang Hongbing didn't know if it was because of the alcohol, but his entire face and neck were red, his eyes were moist and bright, and he blinked at her with a smug and boastful expression: "How is your sister-in-law?"

Jiang Ning had already gotten used to the love-mindedness of the Jiang family men, and said with a smile: "Emotionally stable, gentle personality." She patted Jiang Hongbing on the shoulder: "Second brother, you are blessed!"

"Hehe." Jiang Hongbing scratched the back of his head foolishly and said with a little pride: "I knew it!"

Jiang Hongbing was ignorant about love and had no concept of it, but he had watched how his parents got along with each other since he was a child, how chaotic the second uncle's house next door was, and how his younger cousins ​​were beaten when they were young. So he was very afraid of people with strong personalities like his second aunt. He almost instinctively found his current wife and fell in love with her at first sight.

Many people said that the two were not a good match, and that a girl from outside Shahe should not marry a man from the other side of the river, or she would suffer in the future.

Some people also say that Jiang Hongbing has big eyes, a high nose bridge, and a tall figure. He looks like an energetic young man, so why did he find a girl with small eyes and a flat nose bridge? But Jiang Hongbing just likes her and thinks she is good. When he is with her, he seems to be able to see a harmonious and beautiful future.

Jiang Ning gave him a thumbs up and praised him, saying, "Smart man."

In this respect, Jiang Ning in his previous life was really not as good as him.

Jiang Hongbing started to giggle again.

Jiang Ning, who smelled the sour smell of love, inexplicably missed Song Peifeng at this moment.

What to show off? She also has a partner, okay?

She always did what she thought of. She ran into the room, picked up Uncle Jiang's phone and called Song Peifeng.

Song Peifeng was reading in front of the phone. He was the first to answer every call from the Song family. Usually, he picked up the phone after only one ring, which made Secretary Song laugh. Song Peifeng didn't care about Secretary Song's laughter at all. He was the first to answer the phone. Finally, he heard a familiar voice from the other end. He immediately said in a coquettish voice with some grievance: "Finally you remembered me."

Jiang Ning couldn't help but chuckle when he heard it. The laughter seemed to carry an electric current and entered Song Peifeng's cochlea, making his ears feel tingling and numb. Then the tingling passed through his ear canal and flowed to his whole body. For a moment, the tingling seemed to pass through the top of his head.

Jiang Ning smiled and said frankly: "Yes, I miss you. I want you to be by my side immediately. I will take you to show off in front of them."

She talked about her second brother, who had just shown affection in front of her, and hummed and hawed, "Who doesn't have a partner? My partner is better than all of their partners, and they are all more handsome!"

Song Peifeng on the other end of the phone chuckled.

Although they have mobile phones now, Jiang Ning and Song Peifeng have not bought one. The two still rely on landline phones to communicate. However, Jiang Ning's family does not have a landline, but Uncle Jiang's family does. However, Jiang Ning is not always at Uncle Jiang's house. He called several times, but Jiang Ning did not answer the phone. However, he soon found out that Uncle Jiang's family was in the process of arranging a marriage and was busy at that time, so he did not call again, but waited in front of the phone.

At this time, when he received Jiang Ning's call, he finally seemed to let go of his worries. He curled up in front of the charcoal basin and asked her with a smile: "I called before and said that you went with your second brother to pick up the bride. Are you not busy now?"

Jiang Ning spoke cheesy love words without hesitation, but what he said was also the truth: "No matter how busy I am, it won't stop me from missing you."

She always said these words sincerely and frankly, with a sense of righteousness.

Song Peifeng's ears immediately turned red. At this time, Song's father and mother were not at home. He chuckled softly and said comfortably: "You can say more."

He loves to listen.

In this relationship, it was always Song Peifeng who gave her more affection. Jiang Ning was like an ignorant child who had no ability to love. She had always been responding to the affection given by others in a positive and clumsy way, but she didn't know how to do it. She often put herself in the position of an older sister to pamper him.

She was clearly a liberal arts student in her previous life, but she could not escape her rational thinking.

Jiang Ning knew that this was actually a type of mental illness.

Song Peifeng could often feel her clumsiness, but at the same time he loved her honesty and enthusiasm.

If she likes you, she will never beat around the bush with you. She will just enjoy the present moment and the courage of being him at the moment, as if after a few years, she will no longer like him and he will no longer like her.

She is cool during the day and passionate at night.

The phone call between the two didn't last long, but it made Song Peifeng, who had been waiting by the phone, feel very excited. Jiang Ning was the same. After hanging up the phone, she left the room in a good mood.

Father Jiang had filled a large soup bowl with food without anyone noticing. When he saw Jiang Ning, he quickly stuffed the hot food at her: "Where have you been during dinner time? Eat quickly! I was the one who grabbed the food for you before anyone else did!"

Jiang Ning was stunned when she saw Jiang's father like this.

In fact, Jiang's father also did this when he attended banquets when he was a child. Later, the high debt made Jiang's father in a tense state where he worked hard to make money. There was no more warmth as in his childhood. All he had was irritability and collapse, which made them less troubled. He was already very tired from making money every day.

For a period of time, Jiang's father drank a lot of alcohol every day.

"Thank you, Dad." Jiang Ning smiled and shook his head, "I've eaten."

"Where did you eat before? Why didn't I see you?" Father Jiang stuffed the bowl into her hands, took out another bowl and handed it to her: "Send this bowl to your mother. She probably hasn't eaten yet in the kitchen."

Jiang Ning smiled and shook his head and said, "Dad, Mom is in the kitchen, how could she not have eaten?"

Every time the chef cooked something, the people helping in the kitchen would taste it first. There were a few bowls nearby, and the chef would scoop a little into each person's bowl. Although Jiang Ma was burning a fire behind the stove, she still ate her fill.

Dad Jiang just wanted to use this method to break the ice between his daughter and his wife.

It seemed like Jiang's mother was sulking with Jiang Ning unilaterally. Jiang Ning knew it but didn't want to appease her.

Father Jiang said angrily with a fierce face: "You kid, that's your mother, why are you always arguing with her?"

Father Jiang wanted to pressure her with some moral principles, but when Jiang Ning looked at him with her clear eyes, he suddenly couldn't say anything. He said dejectedly, "Forget it. I'll go and send her off."

He knew his wife's personality. She was used to being strong. It took a lot of coaxing before she was willing to come down the stairs, let alone get her to take the initiative to say nice things to Jiang Ning.

So he wanted Jiang Ning to give in.

No matter what, Jiang Ning is still a daughter and Jiang Ma is still a mother.

Isn't it normal for a daughter to coax her mother?

But Jiang Ning was unwilling to do even this kind of thing that others thought was the right thing to do. She just looked at you with a smile, but the smile did not actually reach her eyes.

Jiang's father felt dejected and disappointed after seeing this.

He couldn't describe his inner feelings, regretful and powerless.

As expected, there was no custom of wedding pranks at night, so Jiang Hongbing booked the cinema.

Booking a cinema sounds like a very lavish thing to do. In fact, the cinema in their hometown is owned by a good friend of theirs, so it doesn't cost much.

Invite the bride's family and all relatives to the cinema to watch a movie.

The people who came to see the bride off had never expected that there was a cinema in a village on the other side of the river.

Don’t say that the benches in the cinema are very simple, they are just made of long wooden boards, but a cinema is a cinema.

They were watching "The Imperial Guards".

This is considered to be the most popular movie in this year's Lunar New Year period. Not only is the story well told, but it is also starred by two popular martial arts stars and actresses at the time. The film's photography, pictures, and music are all amazing. It also brings the currently popular martial arts style to the extreme, and the various martial arts moves are beautiful and wonderful.

What's even more rare is that this is a movie with a strong female lead. The director of this movie is really good at bringing out the beautiful features of the female actors. The heroine is full of vigor and ambition, looking down on the world, and her attitude is so elegant that only Dongfang Bubai can compare with her.

It’s no wonder that the director didn’t need Jiang Ning’s help in promoting the film and just released it directly. The quality of the film itself shows how confident the director is in the film.

It was almost nine o'clock when the movie ended. Jiang Hongjun and his colleagues arranged the relatives to stay in different rooms. Those who lived nearby rode their bikes home.

A lot of people were also arranged to live in the Jiang family. Jiang's father and mother were very welcoming and let all the relatives visit his big house.

Someone else wanted to share a room with Jiang Ning. Jiang's father wanted to agree without saying anything, but was interrupted by Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning smiled and said politely: "Okay, this room will be for the cousins, and I will stay with my aunt tonight."

Having said that, she was about to pack up and leave.

She really wanted to spend a night with her aunt. Anyway, she had never regarded this room as her own.

I am just a passer-by here.

Father Jiang was stunned for a moment. He looked at the desolate and cold eyes in her eyes. His heart was inexplicably stabbed by a needle. He quickly pulled her and said, "Why are you still looking for your aunt so late? It's not like there is no place to sleep at home! There is a place to sleep."

Jiang Ning looked at Jiang's father sarcastically, her eyes showing: "Yeah, there is a place to sleep, why do you have to sleep in her room?"

Jiang Ning laughed at herself again. What do you mean her room? Where is her room?