"Wei Guo, let me say something that may not be pleasant to hear: there are plenty of fish in the sea, why be hung up on just one?"
Liu Hongxia isn't some kind of angel, so why are you so hung up on her, making yourself look so gloomy all the time?
Gao Haining, known for her outspokenness, became displeased upon seeing the bitter smile on Chen Weiguo's face.
"Tell me, what's so good about Liu Hongxia?"
If you actually marry her, her family will ruin you in the future.
You should know that Liu Hongxia has two younger sisters and a younger brother.
How spoiled did they make their youngest son? He's a complete scoundrel. He's so young, yet he doesn't learn anything good; he steals chickens and does all sorts of petty things.
"Their family is demanding such a high dowry; they're practically selling their daughter. They're hoping to use the money from that sale to find a wife for their son in the future."
Gao Haining gets furious at the mere mention of the Liu family.
The forest farm is a mixed bag; all sorts of people can be found there.
There's the ruthless Dog Yama, the boastful and nonsensical Li Dabaihua, and another person, known as Liu Dabaiming by everyone, who is Liu Hongxia's father.
Liu Hongxia's father is named Liu Manzhu. Most people call him Liu Laoman to his face, but behind his back they call him Liu Damingming.
This Liu Daming had attended a private school for a few years in his early years and was somewhat cultured. He claimed to be very learned, especially in classical literature.
Previously, the Liu family possessed a Kangxi Dictionary and a Four-Corner Code Dictionary.
I don't know how many years it's been; the pages are worn and yellowed from being turned so many times, and the spine has been peeled off and glued back together several times.
Liu Daming often looks up a few rare traditional Chinese characters in the dictionary, first figures out their pronunciation and meaning by himself, and then writes them on the back of his hand or on paper.
Whenever I encounter cultural figures from the forest farm in public, I humbly approach them to ask for their advice.
These days, being able to read is already a blessing; who has the time to study obscure characters?
Some people couldn't answer right away, and Liu Daming would shake his head and laugh at them.
Among them, the people Liu Daming asked the most questions to were the teachers of Qianchuan Primary and Secondary Schools. Whenever Liu Daming had the chance, he would make things difficult for them.
Once, Liu Daming caught up with Miao, his youngest son's homeroom teacher, and asked her how to pronounce a traditional Chinese character.
Teacher Miao didn't recognize the character, so she could only guess its pronunciation based on the right half of the character.
As a result, Liu Daming found a handle on the matter and spread rumors everywhere that the teachers in Qianchuan's primary and secondary schools were not well-educated and could not teach children anything.
The child's education in this poor mountain school is being wasted, and he won't amount to much in the future, etc.
When the forest farm learned of this, they specifically summoned the principal to inquire about it, which infuriated the principal.
"If Liu Daming is so knowledgeable, why does he send his son to school? If he's so capable, he should teach him himself on the kang (heated brick bed)."
What kind of genius does he think his son is? He's letting the teacher hold him back? It's good enough that he's not holding the teacher back.
I'll let him take the child home and teach him himself.
The principal couldn't be allowed to send Liu Daming's child back home, so they had to persuade him to stay.
Liu Daming's wife was no pushover either; their son, Liu Xiaojun, was a troublemaker at school, and the teacher made him stand at the back of the classroom as punishment.
As a result, that woman from the Liu family brought over a basin of water in the dead of winter and splashed it on Teacher Miao, causing Teacher Miao to catch a cold and have a fever for several days.
From then on, Teacher Miao stopped caring about what Liu Xiaojun did.
Whether you do your homework or not, whether you attend class or not, and whether your test scores are bad, Teacher Miao can still praise you to the skies.
What future can a child like this have?
“Weiguo, Haining is right. I also advise you to reconsider.”
There's more than one woman in the world like Liu Hongxia. With your character and looks, finding a partner shouldn't be difficult. Why bother thinking about Liu Hongxia?
Sheng Xiping sighed and couldn't help but offer his advice.
In their past life, the Chen family gritted their teeth and scraped together the money to let Chen Weiguo marry Liu Hongxia.
To be fair, Liu Hongxia is a decent person; she's hardworking, capable, and knows how to manage a household. But she can't escape the influence of her family.
That good-for-nothing younger brother is a good-for-nothing who gets into fights, drinking, gambling, and whoring. When he gets into trouble, he always seeks help from his three older sisters.
Chen Weiguo and his wife were both workers. With their regular wages and side jobs, they made a lot of money throughout the year, but in the end, it all went into the bottomless pit that Liu's family had.
It was probably sometime in the early 2000s when Liu Xiaojun got into serious trouble; he hit and killed someone with his car.
The deceased's family demanded huge compensation, so Liu Xiaojun and his wife approached their three older sisters, asking them to raise money to settle the matter.
At that time, Chen Weiguo's eldest son was getting engaged and married.
Unable to withstand the pressure from her parents and younger brother, Liu Hongxia secretly took out the money her family had saved for her son's house purchase and dowry and gave it to her brother.
Upon learning this, Chen Weiguo was furious. Years of pent-up resentment erupted, and he immediately divorced Liu Hongxia.
In fact, Sheng Xiping really wanted to advise Chen Weiguo not to jump into the fire pit of his past life in this one, but he never had the chance.
Today, as the conversation naturally turned, Gao Haining, being straightforward, openly expressed her views on the Liu family. Taking the opportunity, Sheng Xiping also spoke up to advise Chen Weiguo.
No matter how good Liu Hongxia is, her family is not good enough.
If Chen Weiguo gets together with Liu Hongxia, he will repeat the same mistakes he made in his previous life, and he will never have a moment of peace in this life.
"Hongxia is a nice person, it's just that her parents are a bit troublesome."
I've saved up almost all the dowry money over the past year or so, thanks to Xiping.
My parents also said that next spring they'll get a plot of land from the farm to build a house for us to get married.
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