"This family is such a scoundrel. Isn't this a marriage scam?"
"That's right! Juanzi is a good girl. She can find any boy in the village, but she has to choose a lame guy like this. She is bullying our villagers!"
"...That's the couple's fault too. They didn't even find out who the other family was. They just saw how much the bride price was and hurriedly married their daughter off. Now, tsk tsk." The speaker's tone was slightly sour.
"If the two of them haven't slept together, they can't be considered married, right?" Jin Cheng's wife couldn't help but say. She had watched Luo Juan grow up. Although she was a little vain because of her mother, how many young girls are not vain?
"What era do you think we're in? Now everyone gets a marriage certificate. Getting a marriage certificate means you're married. The government doesn't care whether you slept together or not! Besides, how do you know they didn't sleep together? Did you see them?"
Jin Cheng's wife stopped talking.
A similar incident happened in Qingshan Village a few years ago. The girl realized that she was being deceived that night and refused to even enter the bridal chamber and went back to her parents' home. The villagers didn't care whether you had a bridal chamber or not. They just thought you were married after the wedding banquet. There were constant rumors about her, and she later had to marry a widower far away.
When Luo Juan heard that the marriage certificate had been torn up, she cried even harder. Thinking of the piece of paper that she had treasured before, she really wanted to slap herself twice in the face.
She asked why Zhang Yuxi's mother was so anxious for the two of them to get their marriage certificate, and she didn't even need them to go there, and she just got it done directly.
Today's marriage certificate is just a piece of paper. There is nothing else on it except the names of the two people and the words "marriage of choice". There is no photo, which gives many people the opportunity to impersonate.
Luo Daniu was walking back from work when he saw a group of people gathered at his door from a distance. "What's going on? What are you all doing here?"
Aunt Luo noticed something was wrong earlier than her and rushed in, grabbing her son.
The crowd immediately made way when they saw Second Aunt Luo coming back, "Second Aunt Luo's wife is back, make way, make way."
"Luo Laoer's wife, your daughter is back and she's clamoring not to get married!"
There were those who tipped off others, while others gloated over the misfortune. "Your new son-in-law is here too. He doesn't look like what you described. Second son's wife, hurry up and try to persuade him. Marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog. Besides, he gave so much betrothal gifts. Maybe you'll be pregnant after sleeping with him for a night. Wouldn't it be like being a cuckold to find another husband?"
Aunt Luo's heart was trembling as she pushed through the crowd and went inside. As soon as she got in, she saw Luo Juan crying with tears all over her face.
There were a dozen strangers standing in the yard, led by her in-laws from the city. Her mother-in-law raised her chin slightly and glanced calmly at Luo Juan, who was slumped on the ground. "Daughter-in-law, you have to think it over carefully. You can't argue right after getting married. You've already slept with my son. If you're pregnant..."
Seeing them bullying his sister like this, Luo Daniu couldn't possibly agree. He immediately rushed to the woman to block Luo Juan. He looked at Luo Juan crying on the ground, then at the people around him, and asked fiercely, "What are you doing?"
Dai Fanghong works in the factory's logistics department. Her main responsibility over the years has been the ideological issues facing the factory's employees. She's seen all kinds of people and isn't afraid of them at all. She looked Luo Daniu up and down and immediately understood his identity. "What are we going to do? You'll have to ask your good sister what she wants to do."
Luo Daniu turned to look at Luo Juan, "Juanzi, what's going on?"
Luo Juan didn't say anything, just covered her face and cried.
Dai Fanghong sneered and walked straight to Uncle Luo. "My dear, your village is so remote, it's not easy for us to come here. Let's quickly discuss a solution. You have been silent, which is a waste of everyone's time. If we keep making trouble until night, my nephews and nieces won't be able to go home, and your small yard won't be able to accommodate them."
Uncle Luo's face turned even darker, "In this matter, your family was the one who committed marriage fraud first!"
Dai Fanghong is a person who values face. She doesn't want to be labeled as a marriage fraud. "I told the foreign minister about my son's situation when we first discussed the marriage. I also know that my son's conditions are not good enough. My family is sincere in proposing a marriage. Spending 500 yuan to marry a daughter-in-law is sincere enough, right? I have arranged everything, and that shiny bicycle is still parked in your yard!
"What's going on? You took my money and betrothal gifts, but you turned your back on me right after we got married? Brother, you're being a bit unkind! You can't just bring a bunch of people here to scare me just because your family has lived in this village for so many years. My Zhang family isn't built to be scared. How can we spend money on things and then lose our wife after sleeping with her for one night? Even in the old days, no one would dare to offer such a price!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the buzz in the crowd grew louder.
"You, you, how much is the betrothal gift?"
What else did Second Aunt Luo not understand? It must have been her cousin who had tricked her. It was she who had said the three hundred yuan betrothal gift and who had persuaded her to agree. It was her cousin who had been the one passing the message between the two families. She didn't dare to think about what role her cousin had played in this matter. When she thought about having to pay the five hundred yuan betrothal gift herself, she collapsed on the ground and muttered, "Find my cousin, find her, find her."
"The betrothal gift is five hundred. Didn't the woman from Luo Lao Er's family say it was three hundred?"
"With so much betrothal gift, it's enough to buy a wife, let alone marry a girl from the village!"
"That's their son, right? It seems like he can't get a wife without paying so much. But what Luo Lao Er did is really dishonest. Isn't this just selling his daughter?"
"There are so many people who sell their daughters, but isn't this like being a whore and pretending to be a saint?"
After hearing this, Uncle Luo was so angry that his hands and feet were shaking. He was a quiet person to begin with, and now he was so angry that he didn't know what to say.
Hearing Dai Fanghong say that she was a prostitute, Luo Juan felt ashamed and annoyed. She almost shouted out that her family had slept with her while she was unconscious. She could only grab the hem of Uncle Luo's clothes with her pale hands and begged, "Dad, I don't want to marry him. Dad, please, can you return the betrothal gift to his family? I don't want to get married anymore, Dad..."
Uncle Luo felt heartbroken as he watched his only daughter crawling at his feet and begging pitifully.
He saw Second Aunt Luo slumped to the side, strode over, grabbed her by the collar and yelled, "Where's the money? Give it to me! My daughter won't get married, I'll support her myself!"
Aunt Luo was stunned and just shook her head without saying anything. It was over, all over.
Seeing that Aunt Luo didn't say anything, Uncle Luo slapped her directly, "Where's the money!?"
Second Aunt Luo was stunned by the beating, and finally spoke, but the opening line was, "Fuck your uncle Luo Xiangli, you bastard, you dare to hit me, I will fight you to the death!"
After saying that, she rushed over and started arguing with Uncle Luo. She had been married for so many years, but Uncle Luo had never dared to touch her with a finger. Now he actually dared to hit her in front of so many people. She would scratch his face to pieces!
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