As soon as Shen Wenxiu returned home, she squatted by the wall, her husband, smoking his pipe, and said, "Wenxiu, go back to your room and clean up. Comrade Zhang will be here soon. Your mother and I have asked the team leader for leave to take care of this matter for you from home."
When he thought about becoming a relative of the deputy director of the commune, he couldn't suppress the grin and even lifted the bowl of his pipe higher.
Shen Wenxiu had a gloomy face. When she was in school, her parents wrote to her, saying that her mother was sick and asked her to go home to see her. She gave up her daily hard studies and came back. But when she came back, she saw that her mother was fine, able to eat, drink, and go out, and there was nothing wrong with her.
It turned out that her mother pretended to be sick and asked her to come back so that she could get married to the son of the deputy director of the commune.
"Dad, I'm still in school and don't want to get married yet."
"Oh my, why don't you want to get married? You're already nineteen this year. All the seventeen-year-olds here are married. You should have been married a long time ago. As for going to school as you mentioned, I've asked others, and they say you can still go to school even if you're married.
Think about what kind of family the deputy prime minister's family is. If you marry into them, you'll just enjoy a good life. Even after you graduate from college, you won't necessarily find someone with better conditions than the deputy prime minister's family. If it weren't for the fact that you're a college student, they wouldn't look down on you.
Chen Yu also came over to persuade her: "Wenxiu, you are old enough and you will get married sooner or later. Think about our family's conditions. If you can marry into the deputy prime minister's family, you should be content."
He has two daughters and two sons. Shen Wenxiu is the eldest, and his two younger brothers are not much different in age. They are both at the age of marriage. The family is not well off, and he wants to find good wives for his two sons. If his daughters can marry into a good family and get more betrothal gifts, they will naturally be able to establish connections with the commune cadres, and will be able to take advantage of them in the future. He can ask the deputy director to use his connections to find a job for each of his two sons, and they will prosper.
Shen Wenxiu felt unhappy. "Dad, Mom, this is a new society. Arranged marriages are no longer popular. I'm in charge of my own marriage. I want to find my own partner."
"What? You have to find the right one for yourself." Shen Yu stood up, walked over, and slapped Shen Wenxiu in the face: "You have grown up and become independent. You can find your own husband, but you don't even listen to me."
Shen Wenxiu felt wronged after being beaten. She covered her face and shed tears silently, not daring to refute a word.
Growing up, as the eldest in the family, she was lazy and gluttonous. Not only did she have to take on a lot of chores at home, but she also had to take care of her younger brothers and sisters.
Whenever she did something wrong or her brothers cried, regardless of whether it was her fault or not, she would be beaten and scolded.
When she reached school age, they said she was a girl and would not let her go to school. She once saved a teacher's child by the river. The teacher was grateful to her and asked her what she wanted. She said she wanted to study, get into college, stay away from here, and pursue the happy life she wanted.
The teacher agreed to her request, gave her some books, and even asked her to go to her home to tutor her in the evening.
With the help of her teacher, she ranked first in the whole commune in the quiz, and the teacher agreed to subsidize her tuition. At first, Shen㫅Chen齂 didn't want her to go to school for fear that it would delay her work.
Someone told Shen Wenxiu and her husband that if they studied hard, they would be able to marry into a wealthy and prosperous family in the future, which would bring them great honor. Only then did the couple let Shen Wenxiu go to school.
She was always striving for excellence and excelled in every aspect of her studies. Her good reputation was known to everyone. Later, the principal of her high school made an exception and recommended her to the Agricultural and Soldier University.
She originally thought that she could escape the clutches of her parents and live her own life after going to college, but she didn't expect that she would still be under their control in the end.
Chen Qi immediately wiped away her tears: "Is it true that girls no longer obey their parents when they grow up? Wenxiu, I gave birth to you and raised you, but now that you're a college student, you don't listen to me anymore. Woo woo woo, what sin have I committed? My daughter doesn't listen to me anymore."
Shen Yu said angrily, "The deputy chief's family is such a good family. Several girls from our village wanted to marry into their family, but they all looked down on them. You have to agree to this marriage, whether you want to or not. I tell you, when they come, you have to give them a good welcome. If you do anything that makes them dissatisfied, I will not forgive you, and you will forget about going to college. Humph, if you don't obey me, I have plenty of ways to deal with you. I don't believe that I am your father and I can't do anything to you."
Shen Wenxiu's heart skipped a beat. Shen Yu had already said that. If she still didn't agree, and they didn't let her go to school, or even made trouble at school, she really wouldn't be able to go to school.
Chen Xi: "Wenxiu, Wenxiu, just agree to it. Don't make your father angry. Think about it again. Mom and Dad are doing this for your own good."
Shen Wenxiu closed her eyes in pain and clenched her fists.
"Okay, I promise you."
An hour later, the matchmaker brought Zhang Hongqi, the son of the deputy director of the commune, to the door.
Zhang Hongqi's appearance is not very good. He is short, dark-skinned, a little fat, and has a square face. He is not too ugly, but he is definitely not good-looking. There is still a big gap between him and the person Shen Wenxiu has in mind.
He is ten years old this year. Probably because he is the son of the vice-chairman, he has been influenced by his family environment since he was a child. He is very talkative, his words and deeds are very appropriate, he knows how to act properly when dealing with people, and he can be called smooth.
He had seen photos of Shen Wenxiu before, and now he was even more satisfied when he saw her in person.
When the two of them were talking, he seemed like an old-fashioned man who understood the ways of the world. Shen Wenxiu seemed much more reserved in front of him. She did not like this unattractive man, but rather this man with a heart as thick as a plug. When she was with him, she always felt that she was being pulled and controlled by him all the time.
However, if she did not agree to the marriage, she would not be able to go to college.
Zhang Hongqi was satisfied with Shen Wenxiu. She was pretty and a college student, all of which could give him a good reputation. She was also gentle and easy to control, which would not affect his extramarital affairs.
Unlike the woman he married before, Qi Wei, who had a strong personality and interfered too much in his affairs outside, which ended in divorce.
If Shen Wenxiu graduates and does well in a big city in the future, he will follow her and hang out there.
On the surface, the two of them seemed to have no problem with each other, so the matchmaker discussed with Shen Xu and Shen Li: "Wenxiu won't stay at home for many days this time. Why not let them get the marriage certificate the day after tomorrow and have the wedding banquet the day after. Even if they are married, Wenxiu can still go back to school after the wedding."
Shen Qi felt it was a bit hasty, but Shen Yu had no objection. "We can get married anytime. I'll listen to what Vice President Zhang has to say."
The two sides discussed that since Shen Wenxiu would not be staying at home for many days, there was no need to buy a dowry, and of course the betrothal gift would be reduced accordingly. Shen Xu and Shen Qi both agreed.
After Zhang Hongqi and the matchmaker left, Shen Xu and Shen Qi were overjoyed, while Shen Wenxiu quietly hid in the house and cried.
At noon, Jiang Yang followed Shen Wenxiu's instructions and asked the rest of the family to go home first. He went to Shen's house to borrow a book from Shen Wenxiu.
He came to the Shen family's yard, but didn't see anyone. He called out to Shen Wenxiu, "Sister Wenxiu."
Shen Wenxiu heard Jiang Yang's cry in the house, wiped her tears, took a few books and walked out, handing them to Jiang Yang.
"Jiang Yang, these are all for you to take away. Look carefully and study hard."
Seeing her red eyes, Jiang Yang couldn't help but worry: "Sister Wenxiu, why are you crying? Did someone bully you?"
"It's okay, don't worry about it, just take the book and go."
"Sister Wenxiu, what happened?" Jiang Yang was anxious. Who made Sister Wenxiu cry?
"I'm really fine, Jiang Yang. I choked my eyes while burning the fire just now, so my eyes are a little red."
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