Hearing his third son's answer, Father Li was so excited that he said "yes" again and again: "The budget for the house is 800,000 yuan. If we build it, our house will be the most beautiful in the whole village!"

Li Yiping understood his father's excitement very well. Their village is one of the poorest villages in Guizhou Province. Nowadays in rural areas of my country, the richest man in a village basically has a net worth of no less than 10 million, but the richest man in their village does not even have a net worth of 1 million.

Now their budget for building a new house is as high as 800,000 yuan, so it is normal for his father to be excited.

Li Yiping said with a smile: "Dad, you have to hurry up and build the house. My brother is not young anymore. Once the new house is built, I can help him find a partner!"

Father Li smiled happily and said, "Don't worry, I will find someone right away to make other preparations first. Once you send back the design drawings, we can start construction immediately and ensure that we can move into the new house by the end of the year."

Li Yiping hummed and said, "Okay, let's do it this way. I'll hang up first and I'll call my brother and sister to tell them."

Father Li said, "Okay, it's time to tell them."

After hanging up the phone, Li Yiping called his brothers and sisters and told them about building a house at home.

When the brothers and sisters heard that the budget for building a house was as high as 800,000 yuan, they were all stunned. So Li Yiping told them about his marital status again.

Then, the Li brothers and sisters were even more shocked!

They never dreamed that their brother would have such an opportunity and actually marry a wife from such a prominent family.

As for the matter of marrying into the wife's family, Li Yiping naturally did not say anything.

…

The provincial capital of Jiangsu Province.

A residential area.

Qian Sanbao sat on the sofa, smoking one cigarette after another, his brows full of sorrow, which made Gu Yun, who was sitting opposite him, feel anxious.

"Husband, what happened? Please tell me something!" Gu Yun couldn't help but ask.

Qian Sanbao glanced at her and felt that he had almost finished acting, so he said, "Our family is finished. My parents stockpiled a large batch of ginger and garlic some time ago, but they didn't see the market well and lost a lot!"

Gu Yun's face changed when she heard this, and she quickly asked, "Husband, how much did you lose?"

Qian Sanbao said bitterly: "I lost more than three million."

Gu Yun was shocked and asked, "Why did you lose so much?"

Qian Sanbao sighed and said, "This time my parents were too greedy and wanted to make a big profit, but in the end they didn't make any money and they suffered a huge setback."

Gu Yun also started to worry. Ever since she married into the Qian family, her parents-in-law had been very good to her. They gave her family 500,000 yuan as a betrothal gift. After she gave birth to a son for the Qian family, her parents-in-law were so happy that they gave her another 500,000 yuan as a reward.

There were also some valuable luxury goods given as gifts during various festivals, which were worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in total, making her very satisfied with her life in the Qian family.

But her parents-in-law lost more than three million yuan at once, and she might not be able to live as comfortably as she does now.

Gu Yun asked with a frown: "What should we do then?"

"What else can I do? I can only earn the money back slowly. But my parents lost so much money at once, and the cash is almost gone. All they have left is some real estate. If I want to continue to hoard goods and make money, I have to raise money elsewhere."

At this point, Qian Sanbao put out his cigarette and asked, "By the way, how much cash do you have?"

Gu Yun's eyes flickered when she heard this. She had this beautiful face by taking out a loan. After successfully hooking up with Qian Sanbao, she had already used the money her parents-in-law gave her to repay the loan.

Now, she only has tens of thousands of dollars in her hands.

Gu Yun lowered her head and said, "I don't have any cash!"

Qian Sanbao was surprised and asked, "How come there is no cash? Didn't your parents give you 500,000 yuan before? I also gave you 100,000 yuan intermittently. Where did all the money go?"

Gu Yun naturally couldn't tell the truth, so she could only make up a lie: "I used it to buy a house in a small county near my hometown. I just regarded it as an investment."

Qian Sanbao did not expose her lie, but frowned and said, "I don't have much cash on hand, so I'll give it to my parents for emergency. We have to spend money sparingly from now on."

What could Gu Yun say? She could only nod and say yes.

…

The provincial capital of Guangxi Province.

After helping Qiu Yinan and Liang Mengjia to get together, Jiang Feng finally had some free time and began to search for a match for his college classmate Li Wentao.

His mind moved, and an invisible wave descended, instantly covering more than one billion people. In the virtual screen in front of Jiang Feng, female avatars flashed wildly, and finally locked onto one of them:

【Name】Xiao Weiyu

Age: 23

【Height】164cm

【Weight】51kg

【Family Background】……

【Personality and Hobbies】……

[Relationship experience] None

【Details】……

[Current marriage matching value] 75 (marital relationship 76 + family matching 74 + family relationship 75)

[Ultimate Marriage Matching Value] 94 (Marriage Relationship 95 + Matching 93 + Family Relationship 94)

[Extramarital Affair] Affair 1…Affair 2…

【Children's Prediction】……

After reading the matching information, Jiang Feng called his old classmate Li Wentao.

"Master Jiang, have you found someone suitable for me?" Li Wentao asked with a smile as soon as the call was connected.

Jiang Feng smiled and said, "Congratulations, you guessed it right!"

Li Wentao said excitedly: "Tell me about her situation quickly."

Jiang Feng introduced: "She is from the same hometown as you. She is 23 years old, 1.64 meters tall, has a bachelor's degree, and is pretty. She is currently working in the building materials store at home. She is a girl with a good personality."

Li Wentao's eyes lit up when he heard this. He was really impressed by his old classmate's matchmaking ability. Since his old classmate could introduce this girl to him, he was 100% sure that this girl must be good.

Therefore, Li Wentao couldn't wait to say: "Old classmate, I won't say anything more. Please give me the contact information of this girl, or tell me the name of her building materials store, and I will go to her directly."

Jiang Feng asked with a smile: "Don't you need me to help you match them up?"

Li Wentao laughed and said, "Just help me find the person, and I'll do the rest myself. No need to bother you!"

Jiang Feng smiled and said, "Okay, I'll send her cell phone number and the address of her building materials store to your WeChat, and you can handle it yourself. If you need my help, just let me know."

Li Wentao said confidently: "No problem, just wait for my wedding invitation!"

…

Friday, June 21, 2024.

Today is the summer solstice in the lunar calendar, and also the unique Lychee and Dog Meat Festival in Yulin City, Guangxi Province.

The Lychee and Dog Meat Festival is not an official festival in Yulin, but a festival formed spontaneously among the people.

The practice of eating lychee and dog meat during the summer solstice in Yulin has only started in the 1990s, but this custom has existed since ancient times and is a traditional culture. With the reform and opening up, economic development, and extreme material abundance, the Lychee and Dog Meat Festival has gradually become popular.

Since the 1990s, the custom of eating lychees and dog meat on the summer solstice has gradually become popular in Yulin, and it is getting crazier every year.

When the summer solstice arrives, the whole city is in an uproar. Restaurants and food stalls are almost full. Many food stalls that are usually deserted become bustling overnight. Some smart businessmen even rent tables and stools and rent temporary storefronts to open food stalls.

There are lychee stalls all over the city. Starting at 6pm, the whole city is bustling with bright lights everywhere. Men and women are playing drinking games and finger-guessing games. The aroma of wine and meat makes the spectacular scene last until about 10pm.

The Lychee and Dog Meat Festival only lasts for one day and a few hours, but its concentrated consumption power and concentrated liveliness are comparable to that of the Mid-Autumn Festival or even the Spring Festival.

Nowadays, Yulin's Dog Meat and Lychee Festival is even more famous. Diners from surrounding cities drive here specially to attend Yulin people's dog meat feast, and the scene is truly spectacular.

Today, Jiang Feng specially invited his father-in-law and mother-in-law to Yulin to celebrate the festival. As for his wife Huang Lingwei, she did not come because she was pregnant and could not eat dog meat.

Jiang Feng had made a reservation for dog meat hotpot in advance. When he was rushing to a famous dog meat hotpot restaurant, the lively scene along the way amazed his father-in-law, mother-in-law and two bodyguards.

Father Huang said with emotion: "Our country is so big that we have all kinds of customs, such as the Water Splashing Festival of the Dai people in Yunnan, the Beer Festival in Qingdao, the Peony Festival in Luoyang, the Grape Festival of Tulushan in Xinjiang, the Ice and Snow Festival in Bingcheng, etc., all of which have their own characteristics. The Lychee and Dog Meat Festival in Yulin is also very unique, and the scene is really lively."

Jiang Feng smiled and said, "It is indeed lively. From this time on, the whole city is immersed in the aroma of wine and meat. According to incomplete statistics, at least 150,000 Yulin people got drunk on this day. The scene is really more exaggerated than the Spring Festival."

As they were talking, they soon arrived at a famous dog meat hotpot restaurant.

This dog meat hotpot restaurant usually has very good business, and today is even better. Even if the hotpot restaurant owner has made full preparations and is running at full capacity, he still cannot accommodate so many customers.

If Jiang Feng had not made a reservation two days in advance, it would have been basically impossible for him to queue up at this restaurant to eat dog meat at this time.

Jiang Feng and his group entered the store carrying lychees and sat down. Soon two large pots of dog meat were served, one dry pot and the other soup pot.

There are many ways to eat dog meat, but in Yulin, there are generally three ways that are more common, namely dry pot dog meat, soup pot dog meat and boiled dog meat.

As soon as the two pots of dog meat were served on the table, the aroma of the dog meat filled the air, making people salivate.

"Dad, Mom, come and try it. How does it taste?"

"It tastes really good. No wonder this shop stands out from many dog ​​meat shops."

"Sister Baili, Sister Wutong, stop just standing there and watch, start eating!"

“…”

When Jiang Feng and his friends started eating, the two women at the next table were eating with their mouths full of oil. They were both real foodies. They had heard about the Yulin Lychee and Dog Meat Festival for a long time and came all the way from the provincial capital today to experience the atmosphere of this unique festival.

"Hey, this dog meat is so delicious, but I'm afraid it will give me a sore throat after eating it." said a woman named Lin Xue.

Another woman named Chen Peiling smiled and said, "Don't worry. I heard that on this special day, eating dog meat and lychees won't cause a sore throat."

Lin Xue took a sip of lychee wine and said, "I get irritated easily. Usually, if I eat some melon seeds or fried dough sticks, I get irritated immediately. Dog meat is so hot, and lychees are so moist and hot. Eating them together is like adding fuel to the fire. Even if I drink herbal tea right away, it may not work."

Chen Peiling said: "Anyway, I also heard from the locals that you can eat as much dog meat and lychees as you want on this day, and I have never heard of anyone getting a sore throat. As for the principle behind this, I don't understand it either."

"I hope this is true. Otherwise, if I get angry, my mouth will hurt for a few days. No matter how delicious the food is, it will be meaningless. It's very uncomfortable."

At this point, Lin Xue stopped talking about it and changed the subject: "Lingling, did you really break up with your boyfriend?"

Chen Peiling nodded and said, "We've broken up. He's eating what's in the bowl, but he's still thinking about what's in the pot. Why keep such a scumbag?"

Lin Xue frowned and said, "This is your fourth boyfriend, right? Lingling, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but next time you look for a boyfriend, can you open your eyes a little more?"

Chen Peiling sighed and said, "Xiaoxue, I also want to open my eyes to the bright side, but every time at the beginning, I think the other person is a good person. As a result, after confirming the relationship, it doesn't take long for the other person's scumbag nature to be exposed. I feel helpless when I think about it!"

Lin Xue thought for a moment and said, "Lingling, I think you should change your environment to choose a boyfriend. Don't choose one from your work environment. How many good men can you find if you hang out in KTV all day?"

Chen Peiling smiled bitterly and said, "Xiaoxue, to be honest, I have tried to find a boyfriend in other environments, but I couldn't find a satisfactory one. But in KTV, I can easily meet a man I like. Do you think I am also a scumbag?"

Lin Xue said: "When you meet a man you like, you spend all your time with him and don't have a backup. What kind of scumbag is that? It's normal for you to be easily tempted in that environment.

Let's put aside the issue of scumbags. Men who are often the bosses of high-consumption places like KTV are much better off financially than ordinary men. When we women look for boyfriends, we will of course look for good ones if we have the chance. This is human nature."

Chen Peiling smiled at her bestie's understanding, but then she said gloomily, "Although this is human nature, I've dated four guys in a row, all of them are scumbags. If I continue like this, I'll become a scumbag even if I'm not one. It's really frustrating."

Lin Xue picked up a piece of fragrant dog meat and said as it cooled down, "If you want to avoid this kind of thing, you have to be more careful. Don't let others coax you into forgetting your last name with a few sweet words. You must understand the other person clearly before you confirm a romantic relationship with him."

Chen Peiling sighed faintly: "Xiaoxue, this is easier said than done. Before men coax women into bed, their performances are really better than each other. I just lack the vision to discover the true face of the other person, so I fell four times in a row."