Chapter 86: Marry Even If You Don’t Want to
He Pandi laughed sarcastically when he heard Jiang Hao's words.
"Brother Shuanzi got a wild ginseng from the mountain some time ago. When he was selling it on the black market, He Baoya saw it.
He Baoya is already 23 years old this year. If she doesn't get married soon, she will never get married. He Baoya wants to marry someone from the commune, but the people in the commune look down on her.
My grandmother has been looking for a suitable family for her in the village recently, but all the good families in the village look down on her.
Now that He Baoya has caught Shuanzi brother's handle of speculation, Shuanzi brother has to marry her even if he doesn't want to.
He Baoya knew that Shuanzi was rich, so she was willing to marry him reluctantly. A few days ago, my grandmother came to propose marriage.
I guess it will be done in the next few days."
"How much did Shuanzi sell this wild ginseng for? He Baoya is actually willing to marry him.
You have to know that Shuanzi's family consists of only him and his mother. They earn at most 20 to 30 yuan a year." Xie Chen knew Shuanzi's family quite well. After all, they lived next door to the Youth League House and often went there to exchange eggs or something.
He Pan Di said, "Seven hundred and fifty yuan and some bills. I heard He Baoya threatening Brother Shuanzi that day. They were talking behind my wall. I guess they thought I wasn't home, so they didn't hide anything at all."
Jiang Hao: "Your grandmother had to ask for this money in the name of betrothal gifts. When He Baoya turned eighteen, someone came to your house to propose marriage, and your grandmother asked for eighty yuan in betrothal gifts and a bicycle."
He Pandi took a sip of water and said, "He Baoya didn't tell Mrs. He that Shuanzi made so much money from selling wild ginseng. She just said that she fell in love with Shuanzi.
Old Mrs. He has long wanted to marry her daughter off. After all, if she doesn't marry her off soon, she will be left with nothing. So this time, she asked for thirty yuan and fifty kilograms of cornmeal. After all, she is an old girl, and if she asks for more, she is afraid that she will not marry her.
"Oh, He Baoya really has a conscience. She didn't even tell old lady He about so much money." Xu Qianjin found it unbelievable.
"Of course not," He Pandi continued, "He Baoya probably felt that if all the money was taken away by Old Lady He, she wouldn't give her a cent.
But it’s different in Shuanzi’s family. Since she’s married into the family, Shuanzi’s mother only has one son, Shuanzi. Everything will belong to Shuanzi, which means everything will belong to her in the future.”
"Shuanzi agreed after being threatened. Didn't he think about how to refuse?" Shi Luo felt that if he really didn't want to marry, he would have to resist at least.
"No, I heard them talking, and Brother Shuanzi agreed without hesitation."
He Pan doesn't think there's anything wrong with this
"Actually, Brother Shuanzi really couldn't refuse this. After all, if He Baoya really reports it, then it will definitely be a success.
I heard their conversation, and He Baoya even knew the transaction location, the amount, and what the person who bought the ginseng looked like. If they investigate, it will be clear that Brother Shuanzi is engaging in speculation and profiteering, undermining socialism. This crime will probably get him a lot of punishment."
Xie Chen: "Given He Baoya's personality, there will definitely be trouble next door every day in the future."
Shi Luo: "Just make a fuss, Shuanzi's mother, Aunt Qi is not an easy person to deal with. Otherwise, do you think she is a widow who supports her son and builds a family business just for fun?"
Jiang Hao: "When will He Baoya get married? Will Shuanzi's family do the work?"
"It's on the 15th. I heard they're going to host two tables and invite relatives. Oh, and the captain will definitely be there."
He Pandi also knew that He Baoya and Shuanzi had been talking outside the wall of her house recently.
He Pandi felt so angry when he thought of He Baoya. In his previous life, it was He Baoya, Old Lady He, and the stepmother Tian Cao who planned to sell her to the brothers in the mountains as a wife.
At that time, He Laosan was still a little hesitant because he was young, but after Tian Cao became pregnant, she told him every day that He Pandi wanted to kill the baby in her belly. After hearing it so many times, He Laosan believed it. Later, when the brothers from the mountain came to take people away, he pretended not to know and let them take him away.
He Pandi recalled that in her previous life, she had been imprisoned by those brothers since she was fourteen years old. Every day, they either made her work or do that kind of thing in the hope of getting her pregnant.
If she resisted, she would be severely beaten. It was not until she was fifteen, after giving birth to her first child, that she managed to escape while the family's attention was on the child.
After escaping, he did not dare to return to the He family. Instead, he went to find the cave left by his grandfather, whom his mother had taken him to before his death. After finding those things, he relied on those things to survive.
When my mother brought me to this cave, her health was almost failing.
After returning to the He family, she still forced herself to explain that she could not tell anyone about anything in the cave, including He Lao San, and that it could only be used after she got married.
After finding the cave, He Pandi was very glad that he listened to his mother, otherwise he would not have survived even if he escaped from the wolf's den.
But perhaps he had suffered too much in the early days and his body could no longer bear it. Without a letter of introduction, he did not dare to go to the hospital, and he died in the cave a year later.
Although he was dead, for some reason his soul could not leave the cave. A month later, when Jiang Hao and Shi Luo went up the mountain to dig wild vegetables to shelter from the rain, they happened to enter the cave and found his body.
After watching the two of them bury me, I found that I could finally leave the cave. After that, I wandered around for another twenty or thirty years before finally losing consciousness completely.
The first time I became aware of this was when the Red Star Brigade distributed pork last year.
"Anyway, you guys should be more careful from now on. He Baoya is the type who can't stand seeing others doing well. You two will be neighbors from now on, so I'm sure there will be trouble. I'm going back first."
He Pandi's eyes darkened when he thought of his past life. He said what he needed to say, shook off the chestnut residue on his hands, then stood up and left.
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