The children in their family are three years apart in age. The eldest son spent all the family savings when he got married. Only three years after he got married, it was time for the second son to get married. At that time, the family had not saved much money, but the children were already old enough and had to get married.
There was really no other way, so he was asked to delay for two more years. However, he still didn't save enough money to get married in these two years. Until he could no longer delay, he borrowed some money from relatives and friends, and finally married his second daughter-in-law.
Originally, if the family worked hard and earned more money, they would be able to pay off all the debts in a few years. However, Yang's mother fell ill again, which made the situation even worse for the Yang family.
It just so happened that Yang Weihong was also of marriageable age at that time. She was fair-skinned, tall, filial and capable. She had a very good reputation in the surrounding villages. When her good reputation spread, many people came to propose marriage to her.
Moreover, no one knew the purpose of the several families who came to propose marriage, but they all raised the bride price very high, from thirty or fifty at the beginning to sixty or eighty later.
After the Yang family discussed it, they decided to pick the family that gave the highest betrothal gift, and then use the collected betrothal gifts to pay off the debt. If they met a family that gave a lot, maybe they could pay off all the debts at once.
It was also at this time that a matchmaker from the Fangshan Brigade came to propose marriage, saying that Li Fugen, a widower in their team, was ten years older than Yang Weihong.
The Yang family did not agree at first. There were a bunch of young men waiting to propose marriage. Why would they marry their daughter to a widower? This would only make people feel guilty about the Yang couple.
But the betrothal gift offered by the Li family was so tempting, a full 120 yuan. With this 120 yuan, all the debts outside could be paid off at once, and there would even be a lot left over at home. For the Yang family, this was something they couldn't even dream of.
Several members of the family said that it was not a good idea to marry a widower, but secretly they couldn't help but be moved by him.
The two daughters-in-law were excited at the thought of receiving such a large sum of betrothal gifts, even if neither family would get anything. If the debt was paid off, the family would no longer have to be so stingy, and their sons and daughters could be sent to school in the commune like other boys in the village.
And those clothes with patches on them, can they be changed?
Although Yang's father and mother were also tempted, they felt unsure, so they asked someone to go to Fangshan Brigade to inquire about Li Fugen.
I heard that although he is a widower, his ex-wife died two years ago. Li Fugen waited for his ex-wife for two years and only recently planned to find a wife. He can be considered to be a man of affection and righteousness.
They also asked someone why he and his ex-wife had been married for five or six years but had no children. The answer was that his ex-wife had poor health and could not keep the baby, and had failed to keep the pregnancy three times.
Yang's mother felt that her daughter Wei Hong had always been in good health and would definitely not be like Li Fugen before, who couldn't even keep a child.
He has no children, so he is no different from a young man. He is just a little older. As the old saying goes, people become more caring when they are older.
Moreover, Li Fugen is a decent person, tall and strong with great strength. He does his work honestly. However, it is said that he has a bad temper and occasionally likes to drink a sip of wine.
After hearing this, Yang's father and mother slowly felt relieved. It didn't matter much that Wei Hong had a bad temper. She had a soft personality, so they would just be more careful when the time came. It is said that women can overcome hardness with gentleness. Besides, a man would always be more considerate to his wife since she was so much younger than him.
It's even easier to say if he likes drinking. Anyway, no family can afford to drink all the time nowadays. It's okay if he drinks occasionally as long as he doesn't drink too much.
However, the couple still asked their daughter's opinion. Yang Weihong's eyes were red. Looking at the expectant eyes of her parents, brother, sister-in-law and six other people, she finally nodded.
So the Yang family accepted the 120 yuan betrothal gift from the Li family and happily married their daughter to him.
Fangshan Brigade and Beishan Brigade are right next to each other. Although they are called two brigades, they are actually two adjacent villages. It usually takes less than an hour to walk between them. However, Yang's mother thought that her daughter was a newlywed after all, and it would not be good for her to always go back to her parents' home.
And like most mothers-in-law, she doesn't like to visit her son-in-law's house, especially since the whole Li family lives together.
The Li family has lived in Fangshan Brigade for decades. It can be said that half of the village is made up of the Li family's relatives, and another half of the village is made up of their in-laws, the Wang family. Therefore, Yang's mother is unwilling to even go to Fangshan Brigade.
However, during the few times her daughter came back during the Chinese New Year, she seemed to be doing well. She was whiter and fatter than before, and she seemed to have a good relationship with her son-in-law. Only then did she gradually feel relieved.
This year is the third year since my daughter got married. How could she end up so injured?
The two daughters-in-law were silent. This was all about their sister-in-law, so they should not express their opinions casually. They looked at each other and went out under the pretext of seeing the children, leaving the family of five sitting in the house.
Yang's mother squatted on the ground crying, while Yang's father sighed beside her.
"Mom, stop crying. We have to come up with a set of rules. We can't let Weihong get beaten for nothing!" Yang Weiping saw that none of them spoke, and he became more annoyed by his mother's sobbing.
"Don't we have you two?" Mother Yang looked at her two sons with red and swollen eyes and scolded them, "Can't you go and support your sister?"
Yang Weiguo was displeased when he heard his mother's accusatory tone. "Mom, can you be reasonable? Isn't this just supporting her? You didn't see what happened at the Li family today. Li Fugen's cousins stopped us from carrying Wei Hong away. They even raised the carrying pole and it looked like it was about to fall on us. Wei Ping and I didn't even flinch!"
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