Chapter 279
There were many people watching the fun upstairs and downstairs. After receiving instructions in advance, the people from the Zhao family downstairs started setting off firecrackers.
The corridor on the third floor was crowded with people.
As the groom arrived, they slowly made way for him.
When they arrived at the Zhao family's door, they knocked on it and handed over more than a dozen red envelopes. Qin Yang was then coaxed by Huang Rong to sing two songs and was finally allowed in.
Zhao Qian sat in the room with a blushing face. Qin Yang, with a smile on his face, went over to put on her shoes and held out his hand, saying, "Come home with me."
Zhao Qian held his hand and stood up, a happy smile on her face.
Many people were not optimistic about them before, but they are still together and are getting married.
After bidding farewell to her parents, Zhao Qian's eyes finally turned red. Zhao Wenbo carefully instructed, "Qin Yang, this is my only child. I hope you can treat her well."
Qin Yang nodded. "Don't worry, I'll only treat her well in my life. There's no point in saying more. Just look at my performance."
"We believe you." Jiang Manling quickly wiped away her tears and advised Zhao Qian, "Husbands and wives should discuss matters with each other. Don't make decisions on your own. Live a good life."
Qin Yang took Zhao Qian out of the house and was about to turn back when Jiang Manling shouted, "Don't look back."
There is no turning back in marriage, and Jiang Manling doesn't want her daughter to ever turn back.
When the newlyweds came downstairs, Jiang Manling burst into tears.
Zhao Wenbo's eyes also turned red, and he said, "Okay, stop crying, pack up and go to the hotel."
"Yes, yes, let's go to the hotel." Jiang Manling became happy again. She would be able to see her daughter soon.
Huang Rong had already followed the newcomer downstairs. Gu Aiju was extremely envious, "This sister-in-law alone can bring a lot of benefits."
Jiang Manling no longer had time to pay attention to her.
Zhao Qian's aunt couldn't help herself any longer and said directly, "Cousin, then you should quickly ask Rongrong to find someone more powerful."
The newlyweds went downstairs and got on the front car. The Zhao family started setting off firecrackers again. Qin Yang's brothers held a bag and threw out peanuts and candies for free to ensure that everyone present could get some.
After leaving the family compound, the car did not go back the way it came, but went out in another direction, took a new road, and went straight to the new house.
When they arrived at the gate of the new community, Qin Baotian and Qin Hai, who had just returned from the hotel, hurriedly lit firecrackers. Amid the crackling sounds, Huang Xiufen scattered a bag of wedding candy and peanuts everywhere.
After grabbing all the things, the car stopped at the door. Qin Yang helped Zhao Qian out and went to the building together.
In the building, the lion dance team specially invited by Qin Yang began to dance with the sound of gongs and drums, and the scene was very lively.
Suddenly Qin Xiang saw a woman coming out of the building. Qin Xiang was stunned and then looked away.
Lian Fengying is here.
Lian Fengying opened her mouth when she saw Qin Xiang, but she didn't shout in the end.
By this time, the newlyweds had completed the ceremony and were being led upstairs. Lian Fengying was followed by her sister-in-law, Lin Juan. She glanced at her and said, "Big sister, we agreed that you can't cause any trouble today. Mom and Dad are watching."
Lian Fengying stammered, "I know, I just came down to look for the child."
These are all excuses. There is no need to look for the children. The older of the two children is eight or nine years old and was playing nearby with his younger brother. How could anything happen to them?
Qin Xiang and others went upstairs and were busy again, and then they were ready to go to the hotel to hold the wedding.
Qin Baotian and Qin Hai also got in the car. Qin Xiang asked, "My mother didn't look for you, did she?"
"Your uncle and aunt stopped her." Qin Baotian's tone was full of helplessness. "She has aged a lot."
Qin Xiang hummed.
She also noticed that Lian Fengying was the same age as her father and had just turned fifty this year, but her father's life was not so tiring now, he ate well, and he looked radiant and several years younger. Her mother, on the other hand, had a lot more white hair and more wrinkles on her face in the past two years.
But Qin Xiang really couldn't understand it. Now, the four brothers and sisters each gave five yuan a month, plus the ten yuan a month given by Qin Baotian, which was thirty yuan. Logically, the three of them should have eaten well. In the countryside, which family could get thirty-five yuan a month.
But life still goes on like this.
She also saw the two children, who were as thin as bamboo poles, with a yellowish color on their faces that was caused by malnutrition.
Can you raise a child like this with only thirty-five dollars a month?
Qin Baotian sighed, "I asked Secretary Qin about this, and she said that she was reluctant to spend the money she had, which is why the two children are so thin."
Qin Xiang sneered, "Maybe she wants to save money for her precious son."
Qin Baotian also kept silent, which was very likely.
Don't underestimate Lian Fengying's motherly love for Qin Jun. That was only for Qin Jun, and she didn't have much love for the other two children. She only raised them because they were her eldest son's children, and she wanted to provide for her son in his old age.
But Qin Xiang didn't want to get involved, because she knew that once she got involved, the matter would never end.
But Qin Baotian felt distressed when he looked at the two children.
The parents committed sins and the children suffered as a result. Moreover, both children were good children. Before the new people came, Qin Nan brought his younger brother to see him and said that he would take good care of his younger brother and told him not to worry.
It's very uncomfortable for an eight-year-old to say such things seriously.
But he just couldn't bring himself to take the two children away. After all, Qin Hai wasn't going to stay away from home forever. If he saw the two children with him when he came out, he would definitely grab them and not let them go.
There was no time to be sad. They soon arrived at the hotel entrance. Qin Xiang said, "Dad, don't think about it for now. Today is a good day for my third brother."
"Oh, I know." Qin Baotian's face became happy again when he thought of the third brother.
Very proud.
The wife the third son married was educated and came from a well-off family. Everyone in the village had good things to say about her.
The sound of firecrackers and salutes were set off together, and at this time Zhao Qian's family also arrived at the hotel.
A group of people entered the hotel and sat down, and the newlyweds went to the dressing room at the back to make final preparations.
Qin Yang specially invited Hao Jingjing, who had just returned from vacation, to the wedding. Hao Jingjing was professional in hosting and she presided over the wedding with great enthusiasm.
When wearing Xiuhe clothing, one must naturally follow Chinese etiquette, such as worshipping heaven and earth, worshipping parents, and worshipping each other as a couple.
Lian Fengying felt uncomfortable when she was asked to go up. She couldn't help but look at the man next to her and felt a chill for the first time.
She felt further away from Qin Baotian.
Before Qin Baotian came, she still fantasized about remarrying and raising a child for the eldest brother together, but her parents told her not to think about it anymore. If Qin Baotian didn't want her anymore, then that meant he didn't want her anymore, so she should just stay quiet.
Lian Fengying just couldn't understand why it ended up like this after she had thought so much about her child.
She still had some illusions, but now she was no longer sure.
"Now that the newlyweds have changed their names, parents can prepare red envelopes with the new names."
Hao Jingjing's words brought Lian Fengying back to her senses.
The red envelope that was changed was given by Qin Yang in advance. When Zhao Qian called her mother, Lian Fengying took it out and handed it to her in a panic.
Qin Baotian, who was standing next to him, smiled and gave Gaikou a red envelope, and told Qin Yang, "Third brother, treat Zhao Qian well. Husband and wife are husband and wife for life, and only she can accompany you until old age."
Are only couples able to support each other until old age?
But why don't you want her anymore?
At this moment, Lian Fengying almost burst into tears.
Fortunately, the ceremony ended quickly. Qin Xiang saw that something was wrong and asked her fourth sister and aunt to help Lian Fengying down.
As for Qin Xiang herself, she would not go.
After coming down, Qin Juan was also a little unhappy and frowned, saying, "It's a good day, you'd better be careful and don't embarrass Third Brother. You know Third Brother's temper."
Lian Fengying stammered for a long while, and Lin Juan also advised, "That's right, big sister, no matter what you think in your heart, you can do whatever you want when you go back. Today is the third brother's big day, and his father-in-law's family is here. If you interfere, you will see if he will be angry."
Lian Fengying just didn't say a word.
Lin Juan stopped talking and let go of her, ready to go find Qin Xiang. Lian Fengying grabbed her again, "Juanzi."
Qin Juan turned around and looked at her, "What else do you want?"
Lian Fengying pursed her lips and asked, "Are you...doing well now?"
Qin Juan's heart was filled with indescribable emotion, but she actually felt a little happy because of her mother's concern. She nodded and her voice softened a little, "Very good."
"That's good, that's good." Lian Fengying rubbed her hands and looked at her expectantly, "Um, can Mom ask you for a favor?"
Qin Juan's heart suddenly dropped to freezing point. As expected, there was no maternal love. The reason why she cared about her was probably to pave the way for what she said later.
No wonder Qin Xiang didn't want to deal with her mother anymore. She was heartbroken and didn't want to give her mother another chance to hurt her.
She was stupid and too naive to still have hope. She should have known it earlier.
"Then don't say it. I definitely can't do it." Qin Juan didn't know what she was going to say and refused directly.
But Lian Fengying refused to let her go. She grabbed her arm and said, "Don't leave. You're living a good life, can't you see that we're not? How can you bear to watch the three of us go through this?"
Qin Juan was stunned. "You know you're not doing well. Thirty-five yuan a month is not good, you say? Who in the countryside can be as rich as you?"
"But..." Lian Fengying explained, "Your eldest brother is still in there. I have to save some money for him. Otherwise, how will he live after he gets out? How will he find a wife?"
Before she could finish her words, Qin Juan had already turned and left.
Qin Juan walked very fast and sat down next to Qin Xiang in just a few steps.
Lian Fengying opened her mouth to call someone over, but closed it again when she looked at Qin Xiang.
Lin Juan, who was watching the excitement, pulled her aside and said, "Come on, big sister, let's go sit down too. The banquet will start soon."
Qin Xiang and his siblings sat at a separate table with Meng Huaiqing, Hao Jingjing, Mi Hongjun and others, and the table was next to Lian Fengying and the others.
Qin Juan repeated what Lian Fengying had said just now, and Qin Xiang said, "So, Fourth Sister, you were actually soft-hearted just now."
Qin Juan did not deny it. After a while, she smiled sarcastically and said, "I am too naive."
"Do you still have expectations for the future?"
Qin Juan shook her head. "I don't expect it anymore. My sister and I were born without the fate of being loved by our mother."
The mother's love was only given to Qin Jun, even though Qin Jun was a good-for-nothing. Even Fengying only loved Qin Jun, and the other children were all weeds.
Qin Baotian remained silent at the side, and after a while he said, "Don't think about her."
The two sisters stopped talking.
Today, quite a few of the Qin family's relatives and fellow villagers arrived, filling six tables. Qin Yang had hired a truck to bring them in before daybreak. The provincial capital was the Zhao family's headquarters, and many of their relatives and friends had arrived one after another, filling ten tables. Three more tables were reserved for close friends Qin Yang had met over the years, bringing the total to nineteen, a bustling scene.
The food and wine came up slowly, and the newlyweds toasted each other.
It took quite a while to go through each table.
When the banquet officially started, Qin's relatives were also amazed. This banquet was really good. This table must have cost a lot of money.
I counted them and found that there were a total of twenty dishes, more meat dishes and fewer vegetarian dishes, and each one was cooked very well.
Uncle Qin and Aunt Qin Pang Xiujiu sat next to Lian Fengying, and they felt unlucky when they looked at Lian Fengying's face.
Lin Juan and her mother-in-law also tried to persuade her, but it was no use so they simply stopped talking. They were only responsible for making sure Lian Fengying didn't cause any trouble, and they didn't care about anything else.
Pang Xiuju couldn't help but say, "It's the Third Brother getting married after all, you should be happy and don't embarrass him."
Lian Fengying pursed her lips and looked at her, "Do you also think I'm wrong?"
Pang Xiuju almost laughed out loud. What on earth was this woman thinking about all day? After all this time, she was still thinking about right and wrong. She said, "It's no use for me to say whether I was right or wrong. You have to figure it out yourself. But it's no use for you to admit your mistake now. What was missed is missed, and the damage has already been done. You should just live a down-to-earth life in the future."
Now her eldest daughter, Qin Zhen, is working in the capital with Qin Juan to earn money. She tells her sisters about their happy life when she comes back. She is very happy that her daughter is in the capital. She has a boyfriend now. Although he is not an employee of a state-owned enterprise, he works in a private enterprise and is doing well. The two of them plan to get to know each other for a while before discussing marriage.
The second daughter, Qin Mian, finally got admitted to the provincial university this year, and now there is a college student in her family.
These are all changes brought about by Qin Xiang and Qin Juan.
It is reasonable for her to keep an eye on Lian Fengying.
Lian Fengying pursed her lips and lowered her head, watching as tears were about to fall again. Pang Xiuju was speechless, "Can you please stop doing this? It's embarrassing if someone sees you. Be careful that the third brother will kick you out."
Lian Fengying was excited, "I am his mother."
Her voice was quite loud, and Pang Xiuju was so frightened that she glanced around. Fortunately, the surroundings were noisy, and they were all people from Qinjiatun, so they didn't attract the attention of the Zhao family. She said quickly, "Alright, alright, I won't say anything more. Just eat quietly."
Lian Fengying was about to say something, but Qin Nan tugged at her clothes and said, "Grandma, eat! This meat is delicious."
Lian Fengying glanced at Qin Nan before shutting up.
The banquet ended at around 2:00 p.m., and the Zhao family's relatives and friends were the first to leave. A friend of Qin Hai and Qin Yang was also arranging to send the people from Qinjiatun back home.
When it was time to get on the bus, Lian Fengying refused to get on, holding onto her two children and saying, "I'll leave later."
Qin Hai said coldly, "If you leave later, there will be no more cars."
"Then why don't you leave?"
Qin Hai smiled, "Because my store here is about to open, we don't plan to go back."
"Then we'll follow you." Lian Fengying looked at Qin Hai and said, "You're my son, you have to support us."
Qin Hai laughed angrily, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. "The money we give you every month, is it all given for free? The pension agreement is already written. Do you want me to read it out?"
He glanced at the car, where Lin Juan and her husband hurriedly got out. He said with a wry smile, "We'll take them back right away."
As they spoke, the couple pulled Lian Fengying over.
Lian Fengqiang said, "Sister, let's go. Stop making trouble. You promised us."
But at this moment, Lian Fengying suddenly became clear-headed, "Don't think I don't know, you took their money and watched us. Are you still my brother?"
Lian Fengqiang's face froze, and he let go of her arm. With a gloomy face, he took out a hundred yuan from his pocket and threw it in her face. "Then I'll give you this money. You can do whatever you want with it."
After saying that, Lian Fengqiang pulled his wife directly into the car, obviously not wanting to care about it anymore.
Lian Fengying felt wronged again. She bit her lip while holding the money and looked at Qin Hai, "So you would rather spend money than let us stay."
Qin Hai said, "It's useless for you to stay. No one will raise a child for Qin Jun."
Qin Nan pulled Lian Fengying and said, "Grandma, let's go home. I want to go home."
"Grandma, come home." Qin Bei received the signal from his elder brother and hurriedly pulled Lian Fengying.
Lian Fengying started crying again, "I'm so miserable. I gave birth to several children, but none of them are on the same page with me... I finally found someone who cared about me, but you guys put me in jail. You heartless people, I should have strangled you to death back then..."
Qin Hai sneered, "Who would have paid you twenty dollars a month if you had strangled us to death back then? In other words, if we had a choice, we wouldn't have wanted you to give birth to us."
Lian Fengying stopped crying and was frightened by Qin Hai's cold eyes.
Since no one was getting on the bus, Qin Yang also came over. His cheerful expression suddenly turned sour when he saw Lian Fengying's tears. "What for?"
Lian Fengying pursed her lips and pleaded, "We want to stay. Your house is so big, and you're not home so often, we can look after your house."
Qin Yang smiled, "I have a wife to look after the house, so I don't need you."
"My wife is from another family, how can she be as reliable as me?" Lian Fengying thought she was being clever for once, and hurriedly said, "You're not at home most of the time, so you think you can leave her home alone? Aren't you afraid of her..."
"That's enough." Qin Hai interrupted her with a gloomy expression, dragging her towards the car, "Don't force the Third Brother to get angry."
Lian Fengying glanced at Qin Yang's face, which was already very bad, but she was unwilling to accept it, so she said to Qin Baotian who was not far away, "Then I want to remarry your father and raise the children together. These two are also his grandchildren. Why shouldn't he raise them and let me raise them alone?"
She made quite a noise, and everyone around her heard it and looked over.
Secretary Qin got out of the car and shouted, "Lian Fengying, get in the car."
Lian Fengying looked at Qin Baotian stubbornly, "Qin Baotian, I want to remarry you."
Qin Baotian pursed his lips, turned and left.
Lian Fengying wanted to chase after them, but was stopped by Qin Hai. Secretary Qin's face was extremely grim. "If you make trouble again, I will kick you all out of Qinjiatun, and kick out the Qin army as well."
Lian Fengying was stunned.
Pang Xiujiu and several women from the Qin family hurried over to pull her and dragged her to the car.
Lian Fengying was crying there, crying miserably.
Qin Nan and Qin Bei also begged their grandmother with red eyes to stop making trouble.
They would rather stay in the village than come here.
Qin Nan remembered everything his parents did when they did bad things. He couldn't change his parents' minds, and he couldn't keep an eye on his grandmother.
At least they got the person into the car, but Lian Fengying was still making a fuss.
Qin Xiang slowly got into the car and took out the agreement he had written from his pocket. "If you make trouble again, you won't get these twenty yuan anymore."
Lian Fengying looked at Qin Xiang's face and bit her lip, "You dare not, if you don't give it to me, I will sue you."
"Then go ahead and sue him. We can investigate what happened back then and give Qin Jun a few more years." Qin Xiang's eyes were icy. "You should know that I have the ability to keep him in there forever. I heard that those serving sentences have to work hard and it's very tiring. If he stays in there for another ten or eight years, will he still be human when he gets out?"
"That's your elder brother!" Lian Fengying looked at Qin Xiang in horror, "Why are you so hateful? That's your elder brother."
Qin Xiang smiled. "My eldest brother? Sorry, I don't even have a mother, so how can I have an eldest brother and sister-in-law? If you want to make trouble again, you can try. I have the connections and the people. You can try to see if I can do it."
After saying that, she got off the car directly. Lian Fengying sat there in a daze, unable to come back to her senses for a long time.
Pang Xiujiu hurriedly urged the driver to drive, and the driver was also worried about another accident, so he stepped on the accelerator and drove away.
Lian Fengying murmured, "How can she be so cruel? Doesn't she have a heart..."
People around her were unwilling to talk to her, and they all said in their hearts: It was obviously you who went too far. You are my mother, but you are not satisfied with 30 yuan a month. You are asking for more.
Secretary Qin was also helpless and was talking to Qin Baotian about the two children. Anyway, just as they thought, even if there was only 30 yuan a month, Lian Fengying was reluctant to spend it on the children. She saved it all, saying that she would use it for Qin Jun to live and get married after he was released.
Qin Baotian was speechless, so he said, "Brother, can I spend my ten dollars directly on the child from now on?"
"It's difficult to handle." Secretary Qin said, "After all, she is raising the child. We can't let the child eat at my house."
Qin Baotian frowned, "What about sending the child to boarding school?"
Secretary Qin said, "This is also a solution, but will Lian Fengying agree?"
This is also a big problem.
"They won't starve to death, so don't worry about it." Secretary Qin felt mixed emotions. "Just wait until Qin Jun comes out."
But no one can say for sure.
With Qin Jun's attitude, would he really be good to the child?
But they can't do anything about this matter.
Secretary Qin and others also left, and Qin Yang's friends also left.
Only Qin Xiang and his siblings were left at the hotel entrance.
Huang Xiufen said, "Let's go in and check if anything is missing."
They brought the wine, cigarettes and candies for the banquet, and we were told during the banquet that any leftovers from any table should be taken away. We all lived in the countryside and had never seen many of the candies before, so they were all very fresh.
Huang Xiufen checked and found nothing left.
Outside, Qin Xiang said to Qin Yang, "Third brother, take your sister-in-law back to rest first."
Qin Yang nodded and took Zhao Qian to the car and returned to the new house. Qin Xiang said to Qin Baotian, "Don't think too much. Some things are useless to think about, unless you really want to come back and raise a child for Qin Jun."
Qin Baotian frowned, and Qin Xiang continued, "Even if you are willing, at least consider Aunt Lan Ting, unless you don't want to be with her anymore. Consider each other more in everything. Once you come back, you and my mother will be inseparable."
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