Chapter 53 Emptying the Enemy's House and Marrying the Bully 9
The young wife is undeniably beautiful, but she's also undeniably frightening.
He should just listen to what he's told.
Ning Yan had calculated that, not counting the receipts, Fan Dahu had spent over 300 yuan today just on clothes and fabrics. Adding the three large items that cost 700 yuan, plus other things, the total came to nearly 1,300 yuan.
Anyway, he spends money on her without batting an eye, and he's quite generous with her.
So this man is alright.
"Ning Zhiqing, you've ordered so much, we really can't finish it all!"
Ning Yan: "It's okay. The extra braised pork is for you to take back to your families. It's only eight dishes. Don't tell me that two strong men can't finish it."
She's lived in that era before. Men would say they were full, and they could still eat two more big bowls of rice. People in that era were always hungry, and their stomachs were like bottomless pits. Their stomachs were as big as the amount of food they had.
Fan Shengli chuckled: "Then thank you very much, Educated Youth Ning!"
Good heavens, even though he's the brigade leader's son, he only eats about 70-80% full each day. If he wants to eat more, he'll finish all the rice in the bowl. Today, he's going to eat as much as he can.
After eating for a full half hour, with the bowls and plates cleaned, Fan Shengli left the state-run restaurant satisfied, carrying a lunchbox with him when he got home.
The commotion caused by that truckload of goods was so great that Fan Dahu and Ning Yan's marriage quickly became the talk of the entire production team.
This caused a huge sensation in the production team!
From 3 p.m. until after 8 p.m., there was a constant stream of people at the educated youth settlement, all of them coming to talk to Ning Yan about Fan Dahu's family.
Especially Aunt Pang, who practically refused to leave Ning Yan's kang (heated brick bed), said, "Girl, I'm really doing this for your own good, without any ulterior motives. You can marry any man from the Fan family, except for Fan Dahu, he's a real scoundrel..."
Blah blah blah...
Regardless of whether they had no ulterior motives, everything they said about Fan Dahu was true, although there might have been some embellishment. Ning Yan listened with great interest.
So she listened for several hours. People came and went in her room. Ning Yan felt sorry for this aunt and asked Zhou Xiaomian to pour her several cups of tea.
Well, it wasn't that she didn't want to pour it herself, but Aunt Pang was afraid she would run away, so she held onto her and wouldn't let her go.
Finally, it was Fan Dahu who got the news and sent his four wives over, which scared Aunt Pang away.
Li Xiuhua was afraid that her son's marriage would be ruined by Aunt Pang's meddling, so after everyone left, she held Ning Yan's hand and assured her, "Daughter, my eldest son may be a bit eccentric, but I assure you that once you marry him, he will treat you well. No, our whole family will treat you well."
Don't listen to that woman Hua Dapang's nonsense, she just can't stand to see my Da Hu doing well!
"Her son went on a blind date, but our fourth son snatched him away, and that's why she holds a grudge against our family."
The story is simple: Aunt Pang asked a matchmaker to introduce a potential partner to her son. Coincidentally, on the day of the matchmaking, Fan Si Tu went to see Gou Sheng, but seeing that there were guests at the house, he turned around and left.
As a result, his wife took a liking to him.
After leaving Aunt Pang's house, Cui'er told the matchmaker that she hadn't found anyone she liked, but she had taken a liking to the young man who had just entered the house.
What can the matchmaker do?
I could only tell the truth: I turned down Aunt Pang's offer and went to arrange a marriage for Fan Si Tu.
Fan Situ knew her family had a bad reputation, so she was naturally happy to marry someone who was willing to marry her.
Thus, the marriage between the two families was arranged.
Of course, there's also the matter of the bride price. Cui'er's family initially spread rumors that the bride price would be eighty yuan plus a sewing machine. But when it came to Fan Si Tu, they told her the truth. They wanted more than enough to eliminate some people. She was too lazy to deal with those who were unwilling to spend money on her. Besides, she didn't want to marry into a poor family and didn't want to suffer in the future.
However, since they were interested in Fan Si Tu, they only asked for the same dowry as ordinary families in the village.
Upon hearing this, Fan Dahu concluded that his future fourth sister-in-law was quite capable and of good character, so he decided to give her a dowry of one hundred yuan and a sewing machine.
So, Aunt Pang didn't hate Cui'er or Fan Si Tu, but she hated Fan Da Hu, the one who provided the betrothal gifts.
Well, it's not exactly hatred, it's just that I can't stand seeing Fan Dahu doing well.
For some reason, when Ning Yan heard this story, she felt that Aunt Pang was the type to pick on the hardest persimmons!
While the four women from the Fan family were telling their story, they kept a close eye on Ning Yan's reaction. They were genuinely afraid that their eldest son's (brother's brother's wife) wife would slip away.
Seeing that she didn't seem annoyed, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly retreated: "Then, Ning, you should rest now. We'll head back first. Tomorrow, our family will bring a matchmaker to the educated youth settlement to propose marriage."
Ning Yan smiled and escorted the person back, then went back to her room and lay down on the bed to sleep.
The next day should have been the day for the marriage proposal and betrothal. The betrothal gifts displayed by the Fan family were the envy of the entire brigade. Of course, the men here envied Fan Dahu, that bastard, for marrying Ning Yan, such a beautiful urban educated youth.
The women envied Ning Yan: If they had known Fan Dahu was so rich, they would have married him long ago, even at the risk of domestic violence. Ning Yan would never have had a chance!
Fan Dahu: Hehe, do you think I'd take any woman?
Ning Yan: You might not believe it if I told you, but what I like about him is precisely the part that you all look down on.
The wedding proceeded very smoothly, and the ceremony was set for seven days later.
Seven days is plenty of time to prepare for the wedding.
Fan Dahu had already gone to the brigade leader's house to ask Ning Yan for leave. When he asked for leave, it was as if he was making a threat: "Third Uncle, we're getting married soon. You don't want your nephew to marry a dark-skinned wife, do you?"
The brigade leader shook his head so hard it was almost like a rattle: "No, no! From today onwards, give my nephew's wife a seven-day leave and let her stay at the educated youth settlement."
What if I get a tan and my nephew doesn't like it? Wouldn't that be taking advantage of that female educated youth?
"Da Hu, look, Ning Zhiqing is clearly not good at farm work. Do you have any plans for the future?"
Ever since the brigade leader learned from his son that his nephew had taken a liking to Ning Yan, he had been thinking about Ning Yan's job. He had even made plans to give the scorekeeper job to Ning Yan if all else failed, or to have Da Hu get some benefits for the original scorekeeper.
Anyway, Ren Ning, the educated youth, was a high school graduate and much better than Lao Wu's family, who only graduated from junior high school. He didn't get in through connections.
Fan Dahu: "Uncle, don't worry. You are the only official in our Fan family. We are family and will definitely not cause you any trouble. My wife is delicate, but I can support her. After we get married, she will be one of our team members. She won't have to go to work or collect work points, that's fine."
What kind of work should I assign? There's no easy work in the fields!
Even if it were available, I wouldn't do it!
A young wife should be pampered.
Captain: I really thank this nephew for his thoughtfulness!
(End of this chapter)
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