Chapter 549 Eldest Sister 6

After Zhou the matchmaker left, Li Dahua, who saw her off, gave Ning Yan a huge eye roll while muttering curses under her breath.

Ning Yan could imagine that if she hadn't registered her marriage with Guang Sheng, given Ning Shizhu and Li Dahua's crazy nature, they might have drugged her and sent her to Geng Jianguo's bed.

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Soon the auspicious day arrived, and Ning Yan was picked up by Guang Sheng on his bicycle and taken to the Guang family.

During this special period, weddings are held in a simple manner. After paying respects to Chairman Mao's portrait, the Guang family set up five tables. All five daughters returned, along with the Ning family. After the meal, the marriage was considered settled.

Ning Shizhu still wanted to put the Guang family in a good position on the wedding day, but unfortunately, none of the five sons-in-law of the Guang family were simple. As soon as he opened his mouth, the five sons-in-law immediately greeted him, "Come, come, in-laws, have some food! Come, come, in-laws, have some drinks!"

Ning Shizhu was later helped back by his eldest and second brother-in-laws, as he had been given far too much alcohol.

After the guests left, Ning Yan went out of the room and chatted with her sisters-in-law for a while. They were all ordinary people, and they talked about everyday life. None of the sisters-in-law gave Ning Yan a hard time.

The eldest sister-in-law pulled Ning Yan aside and whispered to her, "Yan Yan, don't believe what's going on outside. Sheng Zi beat that man up because he was harassing a young lady and Sheng Zi caught him doing it. Otherwise, Sheng Zi would have been in jail long ago."

It was precisely because of the girl's reputation that the matter was not blown out of proportion.

"We didn't pay a single penny for medical expenses or anything like that..."

Ning Yan then learned the whole story. In 1961, Guang Sheng was on his way home from school when he saw a female classmate being dragged into an alley. He also heard people cursing.

Driven by youthful passion, Guang Sheng rushed into the alley to rescue the damsel in distress. When the boy resisted and even had a knife, Guang Sheng went all out and broke his leg.

The female classmate was terrified and begged Guang Sheng not to call the police, otherwise her reputation would be ruined.

She contacted her family, and her father arrived at the scene shortly afterward. The other party immediately offered Guang Sheng money, but Guang Sheng refused. The other party then offered to introduce him to a job.

At that time, my third sister was 25 years old. The man she married came from a very poor family. Her husband had two brothers, and he was the second oldest. His parents didn't care about him. Guang Sheng felt sorry for my third sister and took this job for her.

At this time, my third sister was a worker at the county textile factory, earning 38.5 yuan a month.

After the eldest sister finished speaking, the third sister said to Ning Yan, "Sister-in-law, if you don't want to work in the fields in the village, I'll transfer this job to you tomorrow."

Now that my third sister's family has separated, and her two children are grown up, life is much better than before. She doesn't need this job anymore.

Ning Yan quickly waved her hand to refuse, "Third sister, please don't. I don't want it. It was given to you by Brother Sheng. Just do your job well."

She found it a bit strange that the job was given to her third sister, yet none of the other sisters seemed jealous.

After her sisters left, and after dinner, Ningyan returned to her room and learned what had happened.

My third sister was also a clever girl. After she entered the textile factory, she gave half of her monthly salary to her family.

I paid for five years, giving my family about 700 yuan in total, which was basically what I bought this job from my younger brother.

It wasn't that she refused to give it to them after that, but rather that her family absolutely refused to accept it.

In her second year of work, she got her second sister, who had just given birth to her second child, a temporary job in the cafeteria.

The fourth son found himself a girlfriend from the city after graduating from high school, and her family found him a job.

The second, third, and fourth sisters all have jobs. The eldest sister married young, but her husband is a carpenter in the village, and they live a good life. The fifth sister's husband is a worker. So, all five sisters are doing well and are family-oriented.

So, when Guang Sheng got married, the third son gave him fifty yuan, while the others each gave twenty.

In the village, wedding banquets are still 50 cents or a dollar each, and for relatives, it's at most five dollars, that's the maximum.

After saying this, Guang Sheng blew out the kerosene lamp. Both of them had taken a bath, and it was time to get to the important project.

The curtains were drawn tightly, and the room was pitch black. A large hand pulled back the thin blanket covering Ning Yan, and the man leaned in, carefully unbuttoning Ning Yan's clothes.

Ning Yan could feel his breath on her body, and his hands seemed to be trembling a little.

Finally, all the buttons were undone, and a rustling sound came from inside the blanket as two pairs of trousers were thrown out.

Inside the blanket, Ning Yan was held tightly in the man's arms, a drop of sweat landing on her forehead, feeling somewhat hot.

Seeing that he was about to use force, Ning Yan quickly squeezed her legs together, "Don't you know how?"

Guang Sheng's voice was a little tense, "Yes."

"Turn on the light." What a load of crap.

Guang Sheng had no choice but to pull up his shorts again and go to light the kerosene lamp.

Ning Yan got off the kang (a heated brick bed) wrapped in a thin quilt and pulled a book out of her bundle. "My mother gave it to me. She said it was for reading during our wedding night."

Of course, Li Dahua wouldn't give her that thing; she didn't even know which lifetime she had received this book from.

But who cares, as long as it's useful.

Guang Sheng blushed immediately upon seeing the illustrations, but he still leaned closer to the kerosene lamp to examine them closely.

He understood what was going on after flipping through just two pages.

His face turned even redder.

No wonder his wife said he couldn't do it.

About fifteen minutes later, the man finally came closer again, but this time he didn't blow out the light. He pulled back the blanket and then tried to do what was written in the book.

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On their wedding night, the kerosene lamp in the couple's room burned until dawn.

When Ning Yan woke up, there was no one on the kang (a heated brick bed).

There were voices in the yard, "Maybe we should let her sleep a little longer..."

"Are you stupid? Take the food inside, eat it and go back to sleep. Mom specially made dumplings this morning, and there's a lot of fatty meat in them. They won't taste good when they're cold."

Footsteps sounded, and a moment later, the man brought the food into the house.

As soon as the curtain was lifted, Ning Yan smelled the aroma of dumplings, the smell of chives.

Seeing that she was awake, Guang Sheng was slightly taken aback before asking, "Did I wake you up?"

Ning Yan felt a little embarrassed. Her mother-in-law had already prepared the meal, but she was still in bed. "No, I should have gotten up anyway."

Guang Sheng, afraid that she would feel embarrassed, simply put down the plate and went out. Ning Yan quickly found a change of clothes to wear, and then quickly brushed her teeth and washed her face. The man turned around and came back, carrying a cold dish and a large bowl of dumplings.

"Mom said we should eat inside."

There was a small table and chairs in the room. The two sat facing each other. Guang Sheng transferred some dumplings from his bowl to Ning Yan's plate, saying, "Eat more, you're too thin."

Ning Yan: ……

The dumplings weren't made with pure white flour; no one would dare eat them like that now. But dumplings mixed with cornmeal were still quite a luxury. She had about seventeen or eighteen on her plate, and with the ones Guang Sheng had given her, there were probably twenty-three or twenty-four. She couldn't possibly finish them all.

She picked the dumplings back up, saying, "You're not much fatter than me, so you should eat more. This is enough for me."

Guang Sheng thought she was uncomfortable being held, so he stopped talking and stopped eating.

As it turned out, Ning Yan wasn't lying; she hadn't finished what was on her plate, and there were still five left. "I can't finish them all."