Chapter 225

Only when the economy develops, the society is stable and safe enough, and women in a safe environment have higher incomes and can survive in society without relying on others, can the status of women be truly raised. But in reality, there is still a long way to go.

For example, there are still many places in rural areas where women are not given land or housing sites. In non-single-child families, 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 Xi 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 she hated the most in the past.

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

Jiang Xi couldn't understand it at first, but later she figured it out. In fact, it was still interest-oriented. She left her property to her son, which was actually in her best interest.

Not every mother, who has been caught in the rain, will want to hold an umbrella for her daughter.

Isn't she a living example?

Of course, more and more outstanding women 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, protect their rights and interests, and become a "property owner", because the law only protects "property owners".

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

Then everyone knew that the full-time wife's years of housework in the marriage were not protected by law!

At that time, Jiang Wu understood a truth so clearly, that is, in marriage, don't let yourself become the one who is not protected by law and has no value.

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

So more and more people choose not to get married.

The world ahead is bustling, Jiang Wu is walking alone at the back and watching with a smile. The people in front see that she is the last one, and they call her to get on the bus: "Wang Wang, here!"

They have already reserved a seat for her.

The bride and groom were in one car, and her sisters were also in the same car. Jiang Xi was also arranged to sit in the first tricycle. She looked at the bride while sitting in the car, and the bride and her sisters also looked at her shyly.

No one spoke.

The Jiang family hired several tricycles. The tricycles took the people from Jiangjia Village who were picking up the bride and the people from the bride's family who were sending the bride to the pier. Then a boat took them to the embankment of Xujia Village. Then the groom Jiang Hongbing carried the bride back to Jiangjia Village. During this process, the bride's feet could not touch the ground or turn around.

Wedding, wedding, their local weddings 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, there are many people getting married. People from Xujia Village have long been waiting on both sides of the road to ask for candy.

The person in charge of distributing wedding candies carried the bag and scattered the candies to the crowd on both sides. Then they returned 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 carried a bag of candy rice balls and shouted happily: "Why don't you go to the platform and wait to pick up the candies and throw the wedding candies!"

The children shouted for joy, and the old people, children, and women all waited happily to pick up the wedding candies.

Wedding candies are thrown down from the upper floors, probably because life is getting better. In the past, wedding candies were only symbolically scattered to spread the joy. Now, a small half bag of wedding candies and fruits is packed 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 candies, oranges and rice balls are all smiling and blessing.

The elder Jiang Hongjun and his sister-in-law are responsible for entertaining and arranging seats for the people who come to the bride's house to send off the bride. It is already evening, the night lights have been set up, and the feast will start soon.

Maybe it was just like what Jiang's mother said, Jiang Xi had no life in her eyes. In this situation, she really didn't know what she could do. She was standing in the darkness of the high platform, quietly watching the fireworks in the yard. She was seen by the village chief, who pulled her to the main table. Jiang Xi 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.

Grandpa Lao Zhonghua saw that she didn't dare to sit down, so he smiled and said, "Sit down when I tell you to."

How could Jiang Xi sit down? If she turned around, she would be stabbed in the back.

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

Barrels of rice wine were served, and Jiang Xi stood up to distribute chopsticks and wine glasses to the elders. At this time, the cold dishes were also served, so Jiang Xi immediately poured wine for the elders and waited for the meal to start.

When all eight cold dishes were served, firecrackers rang, and everyone could eat.

As a result, no one picked up their chopsticks. The eight cold dishes were beautifully arranged. Looking again, there were peanuts, cold fungus, white sugar cucumber, white sugar tomatoes, white sugar orange slices, white sugar apples, white sugar lotus root, and preserved eggs.

It was beautiful, but it was not cost-effective. Everyone was saving their stomachs for the main dishes later!

Now that they were full of these useless things, what would they do when the main dishes were served later?

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

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

She had no other interests but oranges, apples, cucumbers, and even sugar-coated lotus root slices, which she ate with gusto.

So everyone at the table watched Jiang Xiao eat.

Old Grandpa Zhonghua even laughed at her, "Silly child, she's so full of these that she can't eat the dishes later!"

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

Everyone at the table started chatting and bragging, and they were so excited that Jiang Xiao 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 and reminded Jiang Hongbing: "Don't you have to go to the kitchen to see if there is any chicken soup noodles, and ask someone to send it up to cushion the bride?" Jiang Hongbing

really didn't think about this. When Jiang Xi reminded him, he ran faster than a rabbit to the kitchen to prepare food for the bride. Without bothering two masters at the same time, he quickly brought out a big bowl of chicken soup noodles and asked Jiang Xi to send it up.

The bride was not the only one in the new house. Several of her sisters from her family were accompanying her. When they saw her come in, they all stood up shyly, not knowing what to say.

I had seen her on the bus and boat before, but I had never been able to talk to her. I felt like we were from two different worlds. Now, looking at Jiang Hongbing up close under the light, I really felt that the Jiang family was really good-looking.

Looking at the bride again, I understood why she fell in love with Jiang Hongbing at first sight and agreed to marry in Henan (south of Shahe), where no roads could pass.

The bride really looked a bit ordinary, with a square face, small eyes, a flat nose, and not too tall, about 1.6 meters, but very white. At first glance, she looked white and soft, smiling, and her voice was soft, slow and unhurried.

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

His aunt was also short, white and plump, and her temperament was similar to this girl, but everyone in the Jiang family liked her. The

Jiang family was born good. The bride was originally a little inferior, shy, and a little uneasy about coming to a strange place alone. Unexpectedly, Jiang Xi smiled very kindly and said to her in a voice that was several degrees softer: "My second brother asked me to bring it. I was afraid that 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 work. In order to make the wedding go smoothly, she only ate two eggs and was already hungry.

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

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

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

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

second sister-in-law in the previous life was also very fair, but she was a little smaller.

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

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

The chicken soup noodles were served in a soup bowl. The bride couldn't finish it by herself, so she invited her sisters to eat together. Jiang Xi invited them to go downstairs to eat. The ladies said, "It's okay, no need, we can stay here to accompany her."

They were worried if they didn't leave someone familiar in the room to accompany her.

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

Even if there is a prank, it is pranked on the groom, not the bride. The most lively prank is to use a string to catch an apple and let the bride and groom eat the apple. But when they are about to bite the apple, they will rip the apple apart with evil intentions and then laugh as if the prank was successful.

But many times, even this link is not available.

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

grew up around the wine jars.

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

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

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

Jiang Xi was used to the love-minded men of the Jiang family, and said with a smile: "She is emotionally stable and has a gentle personality." She patted Jiang Hongbing on the shoulder: "Second brother, you are blessed!"

"Hehe." Jiang Hongbing scratched his head foolishly and said proudly, "I knew it!"

Jiang Hongbing was ignorant about love and had no idea about it, but he had watched how his parents got along with each other since he was a child, and how his second uncle's family next door was in chaos, 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 girls from outside Shahe should not marry to the other side of the river, otherwise they would suffer in the future.

Some people also said that Jiang Hongbing had big eyes, a high nose bridge, and a tall figure. He looked like a spirited young man, so why did he find a girl with small eyes and a flat nose bridge? But Jiang Hongbing just liked her and thought she was good. Being with her, he seemed to be able to see a happy and harmonious future.

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

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

Jiang Hongbing giggled again.

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

What is she showing off? She is also a person with a partner, okay?

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

Song Peifeng was reading in front of the phone. He was the first one to answer every call from the Song family. Usually, he would pick 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, "You finally remembered me."

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

Jiang Xi 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 told her second brother about how he showed off his affection in front of her just now, and said with a hum: "Who doesn't have a partner? My partner is better than all of theirs, and they are all handsome!"

Song Peifeng on the other end of the phone laughed.

Although they have cell phones now, neither Jiang Wu nor Song Peifeng bought one. The two still rely on landline phones to communicate. Jiang Wu's family does not have a landline, but Uncle Jiang's family does. However, Jiang Wu is not always at Uncle Jiang's house. He called several times, but it was not Jiang Wu who answered. However, he soon found out that Uncle Jiang's family was busy with a marriage arrangement, so he did not call again, but waited in front of the phone.

At this time, Jiang Xi received a call. He finally seemed to have let go of his worries. He sat in front of the charcoal brazier 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 Xi spoke cheesy love words, but she was also telling the truth: "No matter how busy you are, it will not stop me from missing you."

She always said such 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 liked to hear it.

In this relationship, Song Peifeng has always given her more affection. Jiang Xi is like an ignorant child who has no ability to love. She has been clumsily responding to the affection given by others in a positive and clumsy way, but she doesn't know how to do it. She often puts herself in the position of a sister to pamper him.

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

Jiang Xi knew that this was actually a kind 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 only enjoys the present, enjoys her own courage at the moment, as if after a few years, she doesn't like him anymore, and he doesn't like her anymore.

She is aloof during the day and passionate at night.

The two of them didn't talk on the phone for a long time, but it made Song Peifeng, who had been waiting by the phone, feel very excited. Jiang Xi was the same. After hanging up the phone, he left the room in a good mood.

Father Jiang had taken a bowl of food with him. When he saw Jiang Xiao, he quickly stuffed the hot food to Jiang Xiao: "Where were you during meal time? Eat quickly! I was the one who grabbed the food for you before others did!"

Jiang Xiao was stunned when he saw Father Jiang like this.

In fact, Father Jiang also did this when he was a child. Later, due to the high debt, Father Jiang was in a tense state of desperately trying to make money. He no longer had the warmth of his childhood. He was only irritable and depressed. He wanted to make them less trouble. He was very tired of making money every day.

For a period of time, Father Jiang drank a lot of wine every day.

"Thank you, Dad." Jiang Xiao smiled and shook her head, "I've eaten."

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

Jiang Xiao smiled and shook her 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 next to it. The chef would scoop a little bit of food into each person's bowl. Although Jiang's mother was burning a fire behind the stove, she was still full.

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

Jiang's mother seemed to be arguing with Jiang Xi unilaterally. Jiang Xi knew it, but he didn't want to coax her.

Jiang's father said angrily with a fierce face: "You kid, that's your mother, why do you keep arguing with your mother?"

Jiang's father wanted to use moral principles to pressure her, but when Jiang Xi looked at him with a pair of clear eyes, he suddenly couldn't say anything, and said a little bit stubbornly: "Forget it, I'll send it off."

He knew his wife's temper. He was used to it. Others coaxed her and she was willing to come down from the stairs, not to mention letting her take the initiative to say good things to Jiang Xi.

So he wanted Jiang Xi to give in.

No matter what, Jiang Xi is a daughter and Jiang's mother is a mother.

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

But Jiang Xi was unwilling to do such things that others thought were her duty. She looked at you with a smile, but the smile did not reach her eyes.

Jiang's father looked depressed and cold.

He could not describe his inner feelings, regretful and powerless.

As expected, there were no wedding customs in the evening. Jiang Hongbing booked a movie theater.

Booking a movie theater sounds like a very lavish thing, but in fact, the theater in their hometown was owned by a good friend of theirs, so it did not cost much.

They invited the bride's family and all the relatives to watch a movie in the theater.

The people who came to see the bride off did not expect that there was a movie theater in a village on the other side of the river.

Not to mention that the benches in the theater were very simple, just long wooden boards, but a movie theater is a movie theater.

They watched "The King's Guard".

This is the most popular movie in this year's Lunar New Year. 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 excellent. It also brings out the popular martial arts style to the extreme. The various martial arts moves are beautiful and wonderful. What

's more rare is that this is also a movie with a strong female lead. The director of this movie is really good at capturing the beauty of female actors. The heroine is high-spirited and arrogant. Her posture is so chic that only Dongfang Bubai can compare with her.

No wonder the director didn't need Jiang Qi to help promote it, and he just went ahead and released it. The quality of the movie itself shows the director's confidence in this movie.

It was almost nine o'clock after watching the movie. Jiang Hongjun and his friends arranged the relatives to stay in different rooms. Those who lived nearby rode home by themselves.

Many people were also arranged to stay in the Jiang family. Jiang's father and mother were very enthusiastic and let the relatives visit their big house one by one.

Some people wanted to share a room with Jiang Xi. Jiang's father wanted to agree without saying a word, but was interrupted by Jiang Xi.

Jiang Xi smiled and said politely: "Okay, this room is for the cousins ​​to sleep in. I will stay with my aunt tonight."

After saying that, she was about to pack up and leave.

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

She was just a passer-by here.

Father Jiang was stunned for a moment. He looked at the cold and bleak look in her eyes. He felt as if a needle had stabbed him in the heart. He quickly pulled her back and said, "Why are you going to see your aunt so late at night? It's not like there's no place to sleep at home! There's a place to sleep."

Jiang Xi looked at Jiang's father sarcastically, and his eyes were full of: "Yes, there is a place to sleep, why do you have to sleep in her room?"

Jiang Xi laughed at himself again, what her room? Where is her room?