◎Exchange of marriages◎
Hearing Xu Shengjie's words, Liang Baozhen's long eyelashes trembled, she just pursed her lips and turned away.
Sitting on the donkey cart on the way back to the village, looking at the fields passing by on both sides, the golden corn ears were swaying in the wind, the old ox was plowing the land with a grunt, the villagers were working non-stop, everything seemed to be going on normally, the warm sunshine was shining on my shoulders, and I just felt comfortable all over.
This time, everything seems to be moving in a good direction. Looking ahead and thinking about the future, it seems like it will be a smooth journey.
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After dinner, in the main hall of the Liang family, several people surrounded Liang Baozhen and asked her about her blind date.
"Baozhen, tell me, how do you think we get along?" Liang Zhigao was also ready to listen to the lady's opinion this time, and he would only proceed if she was satisfied.
Liang Baojun pricked up his ears and shook Liang Baozhen's arm, "Sister, tell me quickly."
Liang Baozhen felt a little embarrassed for the first time, "It's OK."
"What do you think of that person? Is he acceptable?" Xu Shengjie's family situation was known to everyone. Song Chunhua thought that a small family was both a good thing and a bad thing. It would allow the daughter of the family to worry less. Otherwise, it would be annoying to have a large family living together. However, if there were too few people, she didn't know if she could stand on her own feet and be bullied.
"He's a decent guy. After talking for a while, I think there's nothing wrong with him."
Liang Baojun heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this. It seemed that his sister was quite satisfied. He had also asked around in the city a few days ago. "The Xu family has a good reputation in the alleys. They are all kind. I asked around but no one could tell what was wrong with them. It was just that Xu Shengjie's sister was weak and needed money all the time."
"Poor sister." Liang Baoying, as a mother, felt sad to hear about such an experience.
Song Jianguo listened for a while and then spoke up, "Then the family will have a heavy burden in the future. Baozhen used to be a rural resident, and the family had to buy commercial grain. The whole family is old, young, sick and weak, and Xu Shengjie is the only one who can earn money to support them? Baozhen will suffer after she marries."
He hadn't said half a word yet. Looking left and right, none of the houses could compare to Chen Siming's. Seeing Liang Baozhen going on a blind date, he was anxious and just hoped that the marriage would not go through.
Song Chunhua knew her daughter well. She knew she was satisfied with her daughter from the way she spoke. She immediately made the decision, "Then I'll let Aunt Lai and Xiao Xu come over to take a look. If there's no problem, we'll decide on her."
Xiao Xu? Liang Zhigao touched his wife's arm with his pipe and said, "Don't be too affectionate. Take a good look this time."
Song Chunhua naturally knew what was going on. She had been fooled once, so she had to be more careful. If there weren't so many people watching her, she would have wanted to keep the lady for a while longer.
"Mom, what Dad said makes sense. We really need to take a close look at Baozhen's marriage. What if the man is not good..." Song Jianguo has always been taciturn in the Liang family, but today he is very concerned about his sister's affairs. Liang Baoying glanced at him a few times.
"Okay, I'll go ask Fengxia. If both parties are satisfied, then we can settle it. It's hard to keep worrying about it. I can't sleep well at night."
After that, Song Chunhua went to Lai Fengxia's house.
Several people in the Liang family's house were still talking, but Liang Baoling's voice was heard outside the house.
She had been taking Mengmeng out to play, but now she ran back into the house with the little girl in her arms, "Dad, brother, sister, next door, next door..."
"What happened next door?" Liang Zhigao and Dong Xingqiang are old neighbors and have a good relationship. This time, after Dong Jiayan did something like this, Dong Xingqiang brought a pot of wine to apologize and never dared to appear in front of Liang Zhigao since then. Even if they met on the road, they would avoid him.
"Just now...just now I heard that Dong Jiayan is going to marry someone in the city, to...to marry Chen Siming."
This news shocked not only the Liang family but also the villagers of Damian Village.
Everyone thought that no matter how much Dong Jiayan made a fuss, she would never be able to marry into the city. Even though Chen Siming had lost his power now, he was still the son of the factory director and could get back on his feet at any time.
At this time, the Dong family finally opened its doors, and Dong Jiayan, who had not appeared in Damian Village for many days, finally showed up. She looked very happy and wore a fine Dacron skirt that outlined her beautiful figure.
Even the gloomy Dong family parents have changed. No matter how ashamed they were in the past few days, it is enough for their daughter to marry into a wealthy family. Who will still remember the farce of the past few days after a few years?
"Jia Yan, why are you going to marry someone from the city?"
"Are you really going to marry Chen Siming?" Many villagers were puzzled, and some even looked down on her.
"She really got to him, didn't she? This vixen is so good at using tricks, and she harmed the daughter of the Liang family for nothing."
"I don't think you'll have a good life if you marry into the family."
A lot of people gathered at the door of Dong's house, and everyone was talking at once, and there were some disagreements.
Seeing this, Aunt Hu ridiculed the Liang family, "Jia Yan is capable, unlike the others who couldn't even keep their marriage and let others take advantage of them."
"Hu Guifen, stop talking nonsense. You are just as shameless as the Dong family."
Mrs. Song couldn't stand the Dong family's behavior and immediately started arguing with Hu Guifen.
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Dong Jiayan had no intention of paying any attention to the villagers outside. She was feeling very proud and didn't want to bother with them.
After the Dong family's door closed, He Yujiao asked the young lady what was going on. The news brought back by Dong Jiayan, who suddenly came back today, really made her confused.
"Jia Yan, can you please tell me what's going on?"
Ever since Dong Jiayan was arrested and taken to the Revolutionary Committee with Chen Siming in the city last time, she has been talking to Chen Siming's mother Guo Mingli. She knows that the Chen family does not want a country daughter-in-law, and that Chen Siming married Liang Baozhen out of persistence. Now that something has happened, it is even more impossible for them to agree to a country daughter-in-law.
On the one hand, she acted well and left a good impression in front of Guo Mingli, and even said in the Revolutionary Committee that it was her own behavior that was inappropriate and tried her best to remove Chen Siming. On the other hand, she waited for the right time to threaten him.
Chen Siming's ideological education reform was nearing its end. Seeing that the matter was about to pass, Dong Jiayan found Guo Mingli and said that her parents had discovered that she and Chen Siming had had physical contact, and they were determined to force Chen Siming to marry her.
Otherwise, report it!
Upon learning that her son and Dong Jiayan had an improper relationship, Guo Mingli scolded Chen Siming, but for the sake of her status as a man, she had to swallow the bitter fruit and nodded to let Dong Jiayan in.
It is still a matter of style that has been suppressed at the moment. If it is really classified as a promiscuous relationship between a man and a woman, or if the woman's family comes to make trouble, I am afraid that Chen Yong's position as factory director will be affected.
Dong Jiayan did not tell her parents the details, but just told them the same thing and let them wait and enjoy the happiness in the future.
Dong Xingqiang, who always had a bad temper, also looked up to the daughter at this time. He didn't expect that his child had such ability! She could really marry the son of the factory director.
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After listening to the excitement for a while, the Liang family returned to the house. Liang Baozhen had already broken off the engagement, and if the Liang family tried to interfere, they would be jumping into a pit. Besides, the whole village knew that it was Chen Siming and Dong Jiayan who were at fault first, so even if someone spread rumors, they would not dare to say it to their faces.
"Dong Jiayan is mentally ill. She treats trash as treasure." Liang Baojun thought it was interesting. They were a perfect match. "Let them get married. Who knows what will happen in the future."
Liang Baozhen recalled the ridicule Dong Jiayan had made of her in the book, and she was even more certain that this person was deliberately trying to get close to Chen Siming. She just didn't know why she had changed. Did she see the plot like she did? If she saw the plot, would she still jump into Chen Siming's fire pit?
"Jiayan, you are better than my niece, and you have better vision. When you marry into the Chen family, you will also remember to help our village. Look, my aunt has always been nice to you."
Outside the house, the voices of Fang Yuehe and Liang Zhiqing were heard frequently. It turned out that the two of them heard that Dong Jiayan was going to marry Chen Siming, so they immediately rushed over to congratulate her. When they passed by Liang Zhigao's house, they did not stop at all, and their voices were very loud, for fear that the Liang family could not hear them.
"There is someone here, maybe he is crying in the house right now, regretting it!"
Liang Baozhen smiled, with a faint hint of pear-shaped curls at the corners of her mouth and her eyes shining brightly, but she couldn't cry. She had avoided a tragic fate, so it was too late for her to laugh.
Liang Baojun saw that his sister was in a good mood and patted her head. "Just be positive and ignore those people outside. You have nothing to do after you have eaten your fill."
"I know. I don't have the time."
Seeing that everyone in the family had gone out, he took out 18 yuan from his pocket and stuffed it into his sister's pocket, "This is all I have, so I'll give you a dowry. I've asked around about Xu Shengjie, he's a nice guy."
He still had two dollars left in his pocket, so he kept it as a capital. After all, eighteen was more auspicious.
Eighteen yuan? This is not a small amount. Liang Baozhen looked at the big ball in her palm and was a little confused. "Brother, where did you get the money?"
"I saved it up, bit by bit." Liang Baojun said in an exaggerated manner, his expression was also exaggerated, and he didn't look serious. "You must take good care of it. Last time, I was going to give it to you the night before your wedding. Now, I'm going to give it to you earlier, so there will be no surprises in the future."
The villagers worked hard to save money. Liang Baozhen knew the weight of the money in her hands and wanted to give back ten yuan. However, she was stopped by her second brother halfway and said, "How can I ask for what I gave away? You will have many places to spend money in the future when you go to your husband's family. If I need money, I will ask Liang Baoling for it. This girl has her own private money."
He said with a grin.
Liang Baozhen couldn't refuse any more, so she thanked him and accepted it. Then she turned around and thought of something, "Oh, brother, I want to tell you something."
The book mentioned that after a few years when the movement was over, various policies would be gradually relaxed. At that time, the overall environment was confusing and many people dared not take any action. Only a small number of people had the courage to do business or take the college entrance examination and turn their lives around.
In my own family, it is most appropriate to give some advice to my second brother, "Brother, if the policy is relaxed in the future, I can do business and sell things..."
Liang Baojun looked at his sister suspiciously, wondering what this girl was thinking. "Hmph...what are you talking about? If you are caught, it will be a crime of speculation! If it is serious, you will be shot."
Liang Baozhen: “…” She glanced at her second brother. He was usually fearless, but why was he so timid that he wouldn’t even give in when someone asked her for something?
Liang Baojun stood up and left. As soon as he turned around, he breathed a sigh of relief. Could it be that Baozhen had discovered that he had secretly gone to the black market to make money? Impossible?! He had just gone there and made eight yuan, and this was discovered?
You better be careful in the future and don't bring trouble to your family.
When Liang Baojun walked out of Baozhen's room and passed by Baoling's room door, he saw the little girl burying something with her back to the door, so he immediately went up to scare her.
"Liang Baoling, what are you doing!"
Liang Baoling, who was secretly hiding her own private savings of forty-three cents, was startled. She held the money tightly in her hand and turned back to glare at her second brother. "Second brother, why are you scaring me? You rascal!"
"Show me what delicious food you have hidden?" Liang Baojun could tell at a glance that the girl was hiding her private money. The whole Liang family knew that she had hidden her private money in the pillowcase, but she was the only one who thought no one knew.
"No, no, get out now!" This is my little secret.
"Wow, you've grown wings." Liang Baojun left the house, "Okay, you can continue hiding."
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The big issue that people in the village have been talking about these days is the marriage between the Dong and Liang families. The daughter of the Dong family is going to marry the director of the state-owned cotton mill, and the daughter of the Liang family has also announced her marriage, to a city dweller.
Seeing Xu Shengjie coming to the door in military uniform, many people stared at him for a while and wanted to go to the Liang family yard to take a look.
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