Chapter 10 The Marriage is Confirmed
Aunt He hurried to Xifeng City last night and met with Lin Xiang as scheduled. She originally wanted to take the marriage certificate to ask the director of women's affairs for help, and she must help Lin Xiang escape the calculations of Lin Guangming and Qiu Aiying. Unexpectedly, Lin Xiang was a girl with plans and arranged everything in order. She was relieved and went into the steel rolling mill's yard at dawn, hiding in the crowd in the corridor and watching.
Remember Lin Xiang's words and come out when the time comes.
In order to prevent the conflict between the child marriage and the marriage arranged by the parents from being revealed at the beginning, it would turn into a bloody plot if not handled with care. Then Lin Guangming and Qiu Aiying would use the child marriage many years ago as an excuse to resort to force, saying that they are choosing a good marriage now, while they have no idea who the child marriage more than ten years ago was. In such a comparison, the child marriage may not have an advantage.
Only when Sun Yaozu's true face is exposed, everyone will turn against him and abandon him, and even force Lin Guangming to personally cancel Sun Yaozu's marriage proposal for the sake of face. At this time, proposing a child marriage would be a tyranny.
As expected, when Lin Guangming saw the child marriage certificate that suddenly appeared, he was stunned.
He had long forgotten about this marriage, and only vaguely remembered that it was arranged by his late wife's father and his comrades-in-arms, but how many years ago was that? With his wife's death from illness, his father-in-law and mother-in-law died in the famine, and the Lin family and the He family had long lost contact. He and his current wife Qiu Aiying were determined to let Lin Xiang marry into the factory director's family, but they could not have expected so many twists and turns!
"You... who are you?" Lin Guangming had met the parents of Lin Xiang's childhood sweetheart more than ten years ago, and he couldn't even remember their names.
Aunt He had a very good memory. She didn't expect that Lin Guangming, who looked like a decent person, would treat his daughter so badly behind her back. She stood up straight and said solemnly, "He Guifang from Yonghe Production Brigade, Wuxing Commune, Yiyang County, it was my son He Hongyuan who was engaged to you and Feng Huiling's daughter Lin Xiang 19 years ago. The marriage certificate is here, and the words on it were written by Huiling. You can't forget it, right?"
Feng Huiling is smart, beautiful, and has beautiful handwriting.
Lin Guangming took the marriage certificate and looked at it. The handwriting was beautiful and familiar, and he recognized it at once.
Liu Qiuping was originally worried about Lin Xiang's marriage, but now she finally breathed a sigh of relief. That day, when Lin Xiang asked her for help, she mentioned that she had found the family of her childhood sweetheart. The sweetheart was a soldier and was very upright, so he was naturally much better than someone like Sun Yaozu.
Immediately, she raised her voice and congratulated him, "Oh, that's great, the marriage certificate is here, Xiangxiang doesn't need you two to go to such lengths to arrange a marriage for her, and you don't need to arrange a messy and rotten man for your daughter."
These few words were full of sarcasm, and Lin Xiang almost couldn't help laughing. Qiu Aiying was even more furious, her face turned blue and red, and she just looked at the boss, her heart was in a panic.
What happened today was a mess, and it completely disrupted her plan. Not only did she not marry Lin Xiang to Sun Yaozu, but she also had a child marriage!
"Boss, is this true? Lin Xiang had a childhood marriage?" Qiu Aiying was unwilling to believe it.
"If you don't admit it, you can still ask the former director of the steel mill. He was the witness back then."
Lin Guangming didn't dare to alarm the old factory manager because of this, so he admitted it immediately: "Yes, it happened so many years ago, I just remembered it. But... now is a new society, and arranged marriages for children are a bit feudal."
After thinking it over again and again, he certainly didn't want to marry his daughter to the He family who suddenly appeared.
This reason is also very good. If feudal arranged marriages are abolished, it will still be a legitimate reason and will not cause gossip.
"Who said it was a feudal arranged marriage?" Lin Xiang glanced at the onlookers, then smiled at Lin Guangming, who was glaring at her fiercely and accusing her of challenging his authority as a father. She said lightly, "I have always liked the child marriage partner. This is not just a feudal arranged marriage. I am willing to marry him. This is also free love and free marriage leave."
With a loud bang, Lin Guangming felt as if the string in his head had broken. This girl, who had always been the most cowardly and afraid of things, and who would not dare to move a step west if told to go east, actually dared to resist him again and again!
"Lin Xiang! You are fine!" Lin Guangming wanted to slap her twice and kick her a few times, this unfilial daughter!
But there were too many people watching at the moment, and he couldn't do anything.
After listening for a while, Director Bai, the women's director, also figured out the situation. She had been the women's director for many years and had seen everything. She also saw that Lin Guangming didn't like the child with his ex-wife as much as the one with his later wife. She immediately said, "Since Comrade Lin Xiang and the He family have already had an engagement, it's written in black and white and she also likes this child marriage partner. It's a good match both emotionally and logically. Comrade Lin Guangming, Comrade Qiu Aiying, you and your in-laws should arrange a marriage for your child as soon as possible."
Hearing that there was going to be a happy event, the neighbors also became happy and started to cheer and congratulate.
"That's right. It's a childhood marriage, and the couple is still in love at such a young age. This is a great thing!"
"Now it seems that Xiangxiang's grandfather is more far-sighted and more reliable than the person arranged by the father!"
The constant gossip went straight into the ears of everyone in the Lin family, making Qiu Aiying very angry, but she was unable to vent her anger.
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After sending away the onlookers, I heard the director of the family center and the director of the women's department concerned about Lin Xiang before they left.
"Comrade Lin Xiang, it's a good thing that you're getting married. If you encounter any problems again, feel free to come to the organization. The organization will definitely do its best to help coordinate."
"Thank you, Director He and Director Bai." Lin Xiang thanked them sincerely, and then said to Liu Qiuping, "Aunt Liu, I'm sorry to bother you today."
The three of them responded and then left.
In an instant, only the Lin family members and the in-laws, Aunt He, were left in the Lin family's house.
No matter how unwilling he was, today's incident had become too serious, so Lin Guangming could only grit his teeth and accept the marriage.
Aunt He originally thought that her family lived in the village and her son lived on some island, and marrying into the Lin family in the city would be a real injustice to Lin Xiang. However, after learning about what Lin Guangming and his wife had done, she decided to rescue Lin Xiang from this dire situation.
Both of them had different expressions on their faces. Aunt He was smiling and looked relaxed and comfortable, Lin Guangming's muscles were trembling, and he was suppressing his anger, Qiu Aiying looked annoyed, and Lin Xiang was smiling even more, happy to see his scumbag father and stepmother suffer.
On the other side, Lin Jianxin felt regretful. It was a pity that his second sister could not marry Sun Yaozu. Only Lin Chuchu stared at the corner of the wall in a daze, looking thoughtful.
"Lin Xiang, do you really want to marry this child?" Lin Guangming's words were cold and chilly, adding a touch of coolness to the hot summer day. "Sister Zhou has said that her son He Hongyuan is on an island thousands of miles away from Xifeng City. Don't be ungrateful! If you are wronged, your family will support you!"
"That's right, Xiangxiang, you don't know how difficult the conditions are when you follow the army, especially on an island. It's probably a barren place. How could you have had the good life you have now?" Qiu Aiying echoed her husband's words.
The couple cooperated well with each other, still using the good cop and the bad cop skills. Ordinary people would be easily fooled by them.
But Lin Xiang doesn't know how to do that.
"That's not something you need to worry about. I believe in the marriage contract that grandpa made, and I am willing to marry him." Lin Xiang even used her own method to fight back, and gave them value. "Besides, Dad, Mom, your ideological awareness needs to be improved. I will be a military wife, and my husband is a soldier. How can you keep saying that you have to endure hardships? Soldiers protect their families and the country, so military wives naturally have to work hard. Is this how you view soldiers and their families?"
Lin Guangming & Qiu Aiying: "..."
How dare these two slander the military? The military is the most respected and admired people!
But this little bitch Lin Xiang became more and more eloquent, and immediately left them speechless.
After a day of trouble, Lin Guangming finally understood that Lin Xiang was different.
He was also shocked that this inconspicuous and timid little girl in his memory had become a stranger.
Lin Xiang was no longer someone he could scold, beat, or order around at will.
Lin Guangming was exhausted and had lost all his face today. He could only grit his teeth and accept this child marriage.
However, it is easy to arrange a marriage, but you have to charge a lot of money anyway. He looked at his lover Qiu Aiying, who had slept in the same bed with him for many years. Qiu Aiying spoke with a bit of impatience: "Sister He, the child marriage is arranged by the older generation, and we won't say anything. This girl is confused and gave up a good marriage with a state-owned factory in the city. She insisted on going to an island. We can't control it. But Lin Xiang is the precious daughter of the family after all, and the betrothal gift cannot be less. Sun Yaozu was willing to pay a betrothal gift of 666 yuan just now!"
Lin Xiang looked uneasy. She could tell that her scumbag father and stepmother wanted to extort a fortune from her. She naturally didn't want them to get what they wanted. "Don't worry about the betrothal gifts and dowry. My mother died early. If she were here, she would let me get married with the betrothal gifts. I will discuss this matter with my aunt."
"Lin Xiang! Are you so shameless?" Lin Guangming was once again furious at Lin Xiang, "You still want to take the betrothal gift to your husband's family? Believe it or not, I won't let you get married!"
"Do you think she should stay in her parents' home and be used by you? Or do you want to sell her to rip off the military family? Don't think I didn't remind you, this is a military marriage. If Lion really asks for too much and ruins the military marriage, we have to report it to the army and ask for someone to judge."
Lin Guangming was shocked by Lin Xiang's repeated words about destroying military marriages. No matter how funny he was, he dared not go against the soldiers and the troops.
But after today's series of events, he was so angry that his heart ached. He immediately waved his hands and didn't want to care about it anymore. At this moment, he just wanted to get rid of this unfilial daughter as soon as possible. It would be a good thing if this bitch could get out of the Lin family as soon as possible!
Aunt He was an honest person. She listed the general standard of the betrothal gifts in the city and was unwilling to let Lin Xiang feel wronged. He Hongyuan had made outstanding military achievements and was promoted quickly. He received a lot of corresponding salary subsidies. He sent money to He Guifang every month. However, He Guifang was used to being frugal and saved all the money. It was very useful at this time. However, she knew the moral character of the Lin family, so she just converted the betrothal gifts and the three transfers and one ring into money and gave it directly to Lin Xiang.
Qiu Aiying didn't get a penny and was so angry that she almost vomited blood. Suddenly, Lin Guangming remembered something important and said fiercely, "Before the marriage is settled, Lin Xiang must give up her job to Jianxin first!"
He almost forgot about this. If he wanted to get married, he had to at least keep his job first!
Qiu Aiying was also busy and confused, and immediately replied: "Yes, you must give up your job before getting married! This was agreed upon before."
After today, Qiu Aiying was a little afraid of Lin Xiang. She was always worried that something might happen. Maybe she would bring up some problem and not want to give up her job. Would she and the boss have a chance of winning?
Qiu Aiying hesitated.
But this time, Lin Xiang held the enamel cup, smiled sweetly, and said softly: "Okay, Jianxin and I will go to the factory to handle the formalities tomorrow afternoon, and I will give the job to him."