Chapter 434: What a joke! Your grandma is an expert (two chapters in one)
An awkward ceremony of worshipping heaven and earth was finally over. Friends and relatives who attended the wedding felt that the money they spent on gift money was well worth it. Just by eating the melon, they could go home and chat for half the night with the wives or husbands who were not at home.
But who would have thought that worshipping heaven and earth is just an appetizer, there is more to eat later! It can make you eat directly to the top.
"Originally I came here to see my granddaughter off. Now that this child has prayed to heaven and earth, she is considered to be married to the Yang family.
But I, an old man, am really worried, so I gave her a few final words of advice. I hope all my friends and relatives can give me one more minute."
After worshipping heaven and earth, Li Zhongfa bowed to everyone around him, then looked at Li Yue "sternly".
"Xiao Yue! Since you have become the daughter-in-law of the Yang family, you must behave like a daughter-in-law. You can no longer do whatever you want like when you were a girl. You must take care of all the elderly people in this family."
"For example, these two"
Li Zhongfa pointed at Yang Yumin's biological parents, and suddenly froze for a moment. He asked awkwardly, "May I ask your names?"
Wonima, you asked us our last names in front of so many people? You, the grandfather of our in-laws, don't know our last names?
Why don't you just say we are outsiders?
If Li Zhongfa hadn't come over, the two old men and the old lady would have just lost their temper and made trouble. But Li Zhongfa is a generation older than them. Do you dare to put on airs as an elder and set rules for the new daughter-in-law Li Yueli?
You can't scold Yang Yumin! Yang Huaihua is holding a photo frame! Her adoptive father is here today, who are you, an "outsider" who only gave birth to her but didn't raise her, bullying?
"No need to mention your surname Jia, Uncle Li, you don't have to worry all the time. Since Xiaoyue has come into our family, we will definitely tell her if there is anything she doesn't understand or doesn't know."
The old man surnamed Jia smiled and told Li Zhongfa not to worry, but Li Zhongfa's eyes became slightly sharper.
There is something behind what Old Jia said.
[Your granddaughter is married now, so you should be careful.]
If a woman gets divorced now, she will be at a great disadvantage. It would be a huge loss if she doesn't get tens of thousands of dollars in property decades later.
Li Zhongfa smiled strangely, and then continued to instruct Li Yue: "Whether it is the mother-in-law surnamed Yang or the father-in-law surnamed Jia, both must be provided for in old age.
Later on, you two young people should carefully calculate your living expenses. Even if your life is hard and difficult, you must squeeze out eight dollars a month and send it back to your hometown to support the two elderly people in the Jia family."
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Many people at the scene were stunned after hearing Li Zhongfa's words.
Except for some locals, most of them came to Beijing from other places to work. They have parents and relatives in their hometowns and send money home.
But when it comes to sending money, it's as easy as a touch of the lips.
But don't think that eight dollars a month is nothing. In the countryside in 1984, not every elderly person could enjoy the pension money from their children.
Moreover, this eight yuan is for expenses every month and every year. What if the money is not enough this month and there is no way to send money home? You know, it is not uncommon for couples to quarrel over sending money home these days.
Therefore, such trivial matters should not be decided in front of so many people, as they can easily lead to gossip.
But Li Yue raised his head and said seriously, "Grandpa, don't worry. From next month on, even if I have to eat coarse food, I will send them the eight dollars every month without a cent less."
“.”
“Pah pah pah pah~”
Suddenly, applause broke out.
Everyone turned around and saw that it was Director Yang who was clapping softly.
Although Yang Yumin only greeted him today and did not elaborate on the relationship between his adoptive mother and his biological father and mother, he, as a leader, could still guess some clues.
This kind of thing is really difficult to deal with. If you don't handle it well, people may deduce it as an issue affecting your personal character.
But now the bride has made the final decision, at least the word "reason" has been taken.
We already have “old-age care”, what else do you want?
Don't say that eight yuan is not a lot. How much money do ordinary workers who have just joined the company earn every month? How much money can they give to their parents every month?
With these eight dollars, even if someone gossips, Director Yang can still provide support for his subordinates.
Everyone saw that it was Director Yang who was clapping. What are you waiting for? Hurry up and follow!
Then there was loud applause for Li Yue, the open-minded and cheerful daughter-in-law.
But after the applause, Li Zhongfa smiled and said, "There is no need to start sending money from next month.
Our country has regulations that men are considered to be no longer able to work when they are 60 years old and women are 55 years old. You can still wait a few years, but when your parents-in-law reach retirement age, it will be time to retire, not a penny less."
The scene suddenly became quiet again. Many people were stunned at first, then laughed, and looked at Lao Jia's family with complicated expressions.
Li Yue looked at the smile on his grandfather's face and could hardly hold back his lips.
She is a woman with a cheerful personality, how could she hold back such laughter?
Eight dollars a month, and he has to wait until he reaches retirement age. From now on, as long as he buys fewer pairs of high heels from Pei Wenhui and Xiaoruo every year, it will be enough to support the two old bitches in their old age.
"I remember Grandpa, I will abide by the state regulations."
My God, what are the rules of your country!
Li Ye stood in the crowd and couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Comrade Lao Li.
In a situation like today, it is impossible to pick up a big broom and drive the Jia family out. It will have a very bad impact.
Then we follow the national regulations, who can say that we are wrong?
There is actually no such thing as a retirement age in rural areas. A 70-year-old man still has to work in the fields, and an 80-year-old man still has to get up in the morning to pick up manure!
Then when my granddaughter reaches a certain age, she will give you eight dollars a month. That’s not a small amount, right?
How much does a steamed bun cost now?
If you keep complaining, you will be ungrateful!
Li Ye glanced at the people from Jia's family. Well, it seems like they are really ungrateful.
Since Li Zhongfa has started to talk to you about the rules, you'd better not be ungrateful. After all, the old man has been following the team since he was fifteen years old, and he has been talking about the rules for decades.
But interests are the thing that can easily cloud people's minds.
Old Jia saw that Li Zhongfa was going to decide his interests for the rest of his life today! Of course he was unwilling.
Although eight dollars a month is not satisfactory, at least it shows an attitude. And you will pay it after retirement. You will pay us for several years later. Who will remember today's payment then?
"Grandpa Li, you misunderstood us. We are not here to ask for retirement money. We want to come to the capital to live with Yumin."
“.”
The yard had remained quiet for a long time, but everyone's hearts were increasingly burning with the fire of gossip.
Especially those gossipy women, they were standing on tiptoe, trying to see the wonderful expressions of the "protagonists" in front.
Li Zhongfa’s expression is very interesting.
He looked at Lao Jia and his wife, first with surprise, then speechless, and finally with a flash of contempt.
"You two are going to come to Beijing to live with the young couple? Have you discussed this with the children?"
“.”
"Grandpa Li, this is our family affair. You are the elder, so please don't talk about it on such a happy day. Besides, it's not easy to discuss this kind of thing before. Xiaoyue was an outsider before she married in. We can discuss it after she marries in, right?"
Old Jia's face turned slightly red, but he still insisted on his opinion, and even implicitly criticized Li Zhongfa, meaning that this was our family business and he had no right to interfere.
But Li Zhongfa would never fall for this trick, he immediately turned his face and said rudely: "What are you talking about?
After marriage, husband and wife become one. Yumin's money is Xiaoyue's money, and Xiaoyue's money is Yumin's money. Why don't you come here to live together? "
“.”
"Why do you have to come to Beijing to live with the young couple? You are so young, do you want my granddaughter to serve you? This is not allowed in our new society now!"
Lao Jia's face suddenly turned even redder.
Li Zhongfa's remarks were quite impolite, as if he was accusing the Jia couple of being "lazy and greedy for money".
But Li Zhongfa is a grandfather, and it would be difficult for the old Jia couple to directly retort when he said such things at this time, especially since Li Zhongfa had already agreed on the premise of eight yuan per month.
Although it was somewhat inappropriate to talk about money in such an occasion, Li Zhongfa had been subtly instilling in the people around him the idea that the Jia family was greedy for money from the very beginning.
So after a series of suggestions and questions, everyone felt that there was nothing wrong with what the old man said.
Not to mention the row of cars outside the door, just the motorcycle with a red ribbon tied around it in the yard made a group of young people particularly jealous.
This was the dowry that Li Yue brought. Although it was delivered in advance, Yang Huaihua still placed it in the most conspicuous place and tied a big silk flower with new silk to show respect for the woman.
The pension is eight dollars a month, which is only ninety-six dollars a year, but this car will be enough for decades. Can you, Old Jia, be willing to accept this?
But that was the woman's dowry, wasn't it? According to the ancient tradition of the flower-growing family of three books and six ceremonies, if you wanted to spend the money, you had to get the woman's consent.
Of course, according to this ancient tradition, if a couple divorces, the betrothal gift must be returned to the husband's family.
"Grandpa Li, you are really wronging us by saying this,"
Lao Jia's wife cried and said, "Yumin is our biological son. We haven't taken care of him for more than ten years. Now we want to come and take care of him and make it up to him.
Why are you guys wronging us like this? I'm going to hang myself right now."
Crying, making a fuss and then hanging yourself, even gods are afraid of this.
Because of what Lao Jia's wife did, the wedding was about to be a mess.
In fact, the Jia family had received advice from an expert and were certain of Yang Yumin's public status, so they were most afraid of his personal moral flaws.
Li Zhongfa has been working in the system for so many years, so of course he understands this.
So Li Zhongfa sighed and said, "Even if you want to live in the capital, who will farm the land at home?"
Lao Jia's wife wiped her tears and muttered: "We don't have much land to grow at home, and we don't get much food every year. We just want to live with our children."
The corner of Li Zhongfa's mouth twitched slightly, revealing a sarcastic look.
"You don't need to farm your own land? You are making a mistake. Farming is your responsibility given to you by the state.
Don't look down on agricultural household registration. The old generation always said that food is the first necessity of the people, among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, farmers come second.
Even now, you are still farmers and workers. The importance of farming at home is still higher than that of the workers."
Li Zhongfa said seriously: "Farming is an important national policy to ensure national stability. If you don't farm this, don't pay taxes that, and leave the land barren, what will happen? People will starve to death."
Hearing that Li Zhongfa had put such a big hat on her, Lao Jia's wife quickly said: "It's not that we don't want to plant, it's us who don't want to plant. We let others plant for us. How can we leave the land barren?"
But Li Zhongfa glared, exuding the majesty of a director during a meeting.
"Let others plant for you? Then you are evading the responsibilities and obligations given by the country! Yumin is the propaganda outlet, you can't smear him with this. If you don't believe me, ask the leaders."
Today, Li Zhongfa’s solution is very clear. He relies on his seniority to say things that others are not convenient to say, and also uses the law to break human relationships.
You use the principles of human ethics to blackmail me morally, so I will let you know that human relationships are not more important than national laws.
After hearing what Li Zhongfa said, Director Yang couldn't help but glance at him, thinking that the instant noodles from you, old comrade, really weren't given away for free, and you even pulled me out to help.
However, Director Yang still said slowly and seriously: "Indeed, agricultural production is very important. Ensuring agricultural production is a basic national policy that we cannot ignore."
Yang Yumin, who had been listening to his wife silently, looked up at his director in surprise. Director Yang happened to be looking at him too.
Director Yang smiled at Yang Yumin, and Yang Yumin's heart, which had been in a state of anxiety all night, suddenly eased a lot.
What kind of happiness is it to have a leader who is willing to endorse his subordinates?
When Yang Yumin turned to look at Li Zhongfa again, tears could not be held back from her moist eyes.
This is not just about having a wife who fully supports him, this is about the whole family helping him solve his problems!
Although Li Ye had been rude to Yang Yumin for a while because Yang Yumin married his sister, when the problem really arose, even his grandfather was mobilized to help.
So what happened today is basically in the past, and it won’t make much waves no matter how much it is brought up.
But the eldest sister-in-law of the old Jia family was still angry and asked: "What about Yang Huaihua? Why did she give up agricultural production? Isn't she discrediting my brother Yumin?"
“.”
Everyone couldn't help but shake their heads. After all, it was not a good idea to keep pestering.
But at this time, everyone heard Yang Yujiao said weakly: "Our family is a glorious family, and the team has always helped us plant our land."
Well, although Yang Yujiao seems weak and has no temper at ordinary times, she can deliver a fierce attack at the critical moment.
The families of martyrs have their own special treatment. Yang Huaihua's husband died, and the only male in the family went to school. If he doesn't help farm in the brigade, then where is the awareness of the brigade leader?
There's nothing wrong with talking about this matter to the fullest, why don't you let your family become a martyr too!
Seeing his wife being criticized, the eldest brother of the Jia family said with a dark face, "You little girl, you have no right to speak here. Go away."
Yang Yumin, who had been patient for a long time, could no longer bear it and immediately confronted him: "Why is there no place for her? We have been in the same household registration book for more than ten years.
We have been dependent on each other since we were young. In order to save money for my schooling, she dropped out of junior high school for a year and missed another year in high school. Who says my affairs have nothing to do with her?"
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"It's really not easy for this family! It makes me sad just listening to it."
"That's right. When this family first came, his little sister went out to collect firewood every day. Her hands were frozen and she didn't stop even when she was sweating. You can tell from the looks of it that she is used to hardship."
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Listening to the pointing and talking of people around him, Lao Jia could no longer control his emotions.
He pointed at Yang Yumin angrily and said, "Are you related to her? You have nothing to do with me. You don't have the same surname as her, but you do as I do."
“.”
The pointing and whispering stopped, and everyone had a feeling that this gossip movie would have a sequel!
Li Zhongfa was also surprised and said: "What are you going to do?"
As a grandfather, Li Zhongfa was not comfortable saying some things, so he said half of the words and then looked at Li Ye.
[My dear grandson, it’s your turn to take the stage. 】
Li Ye immediately exclaimed, "What? You want to have the same last name as Yang Yumin? Are you going to change your last name from Jia to Yang? Can you just change it casually?"
“.”
Old Jia looked at Li Ye with hatred.
[Are you a pig-brained person? I am so old, why do I change my surname to Yang? Do I still want to save face for my ancestors? ]
The eldest of the Jia family had no choice but to jump out and explain: "We asked, the surname can be changed, but we don't want to change the surname to Yang, we want Yumin to change the surname to Yang and Jia,
As the saying goes, fallen leaves return to their roots and recognize their ancestors. People who do not recognize their ancestors are unfilial, and unfilial people have bad morals. People with bad morals are people with bad morals.
Good guy, everyone called him good guy.
In front of so many people, the Jia family revealed all their cards.
This is not for the eight dollars a month. This is a plan to steal the donkey and take the child away together!
But as soon as the eldest son of the Jia family finished speaking, Li Ye made a contemptuous "tsk" sound.
"I'm young, don't lie to me. I've studied the tradition of flower planting. Our ancestors have long had the concept of adoption.
Yang Yumin has been with the Yang family since he was a child, so he is a child of the Yang family and must continue the Yang family's incense. The household registration book also proves this!"
"Yang Yumin's household registration was given the surname Yang when he was young, and his school records were also given the surname Yang. Even now, his workplace records are also given the surname Yang.
Just by talking, you changed the history of the past ten years? Do you think you are good at talking? Or are the public rules worthless? "
"You don't think eight dollars a month is too little, and you want Yang Yumin to give you the salary to spend in the future, right?
Then you have to tell my sister first, how much alimony have you given to the Yang family in the past ten years? Otherwise, it is not your turn to manage Yang Yumin’s salary. "
“.”
Li Ye put his hands in his pockets, looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, rolled his eyes and talked a lot. The tone and accent made people feel like he deserved a beating.
Well, Li Ye also felt that he had "acted" very well, and had already reached 70% to 80% of the ability of a certain professional mage.
When there are roles like the masked monster in Huo Renqiang's movies in the future, Li Ye decided to give it a try, and get a bunch of big names to help him act, so that he can beat ten people at once and play the role to his heart's content.
Lao Jia was dumbfounded, really dumbfounded.
He never expected that in such an occasion, he would have to talk about money.
If he had given Yang Huaihua a penny in the past ten or twenty years, he would be able to talk about it today.
But the problem is, he didn't give any money!
Li Zhongfa glanced at the situation in the yard and felt that the fire was almost ready. If he urged it any further, it would be burned.
So he said to the matchmaker, Li, "Why don't we take our seats first? It would be a shame to have so many guests just staring at us, wouldn't it?"
Secretary Li immediately said, "You are the boss today. If you said please take a seat, then we will take a seat right away."
Secretary Li immediately communicated with several groups of people around him, and even the Jia family was not left out.
Lao Jia also agreed, because he saw that Yang Yumin was getting angry and the looks from the guests around him were so embarrassing, so he thought of finding a way out, taking a break first and gathering enough strength to fight again.
But what he didn't expect was that Li Ye spared them without even preparing for a single round.
[Do you think this is the end? Hehehe, then you really underestimate me, a person who has been on the headlines for many years. ]
. . . . . . .
Li Ye was thinking about how to deal with the Jia family, but he didn't expect that Li Zhongfa had the same idea.
The Yang family’s wedding banquet had just begun when Li Zhongfa called Li Yue over.
"I have finally figured it out. Those Jias are like dog-skin plasters. They will definitely try every possible way to stay in the capital. So this matter has to fall on your head, Xiaoyue. You have to find a way to squeeze them out."
Li Yue was stunned, then said angrily and annoyedly: "Grandpa, how can they be so shameless? And I... I just got married. You just told me in front of so many people not to lose my temper and to treat them well. Why are you asking me to be the bad guy again?"
"You silly girl, don't you understand? Those words are for outsiders to hear. You have to be the evil one."
Li Zhongfa lowered his voice and gave Li Yue some advice: "Yumin has just started working, and this is the most critical period. You must pay attention to the impact. You must persuade him to hold back even if he is wronged.
But you are different. Which daughter-in-law hasn't quarreled with her parents-in-law? It is normal for a daughter-in-law to quarrel with her parents-in-law. Even if it goes to work, it's not a big problem. Besides, grandpa has laid the foundation for you today. What are you afraid of? "
Li Yue, who was straightforward in character, was a little embarrassed. He just pouted and said, "But Grandpa, I don't know how to bully others. How about I pick a fight with them? I'll drive them all out after the fight."
"Tsk~"
Director Li sighed and said with disdain, "Using force would be a disadvantage. Forget it. I'll let your grandmother stay in the capital for a few days and let her teach you a lesson."
Li Yue's eyes widened, and he asked in disbelief: "My grandma can do this?"
"What a joke," Li Zhongfa said, "How do you think I have survived all these years? Your grandmother is an expert at singing both red and white faces."
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At this time, Li Ye also came over quietly, smiled wickedly and said, "Sister, you don't have to be too embarrassed. You can learn a little from grandma first, and I will help you think of a solution. When the time comes, I will make sure they cover their faces and leave."
(End of this chapter)
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