He had a dreamless night and early the next morning, Li Guifang found the respected elders in the village and asked them to help him go to the Wang family to settle the matter.
The elders in the village also heard about Li Hongqin's affairs. It was originally a scandal, and no one was willing to go. In the end, they agreed for the sake of Li Guifang's face and collected a lot of grain.
Because he knew the Wang family's style, this time Li Guifang sent someone directly to the Wang family to call Wang Chunfeng over.
Wang Chunfeng was very happy. He thought his marriage was finally settled, so he ran over wearing a tattered cotton jacket.
When I arrived at Li's house, I realized, wow, there were so many people there, it was like a trial by three judges.
Wang Chunfeng was very smart. He bowed and saluted the elders first. After all, everyone likes polite people.
Li Gengtian, the oldest old man in the village, stroked his white beard, his expression gentle, and he looked like an immortal:
"Wang family boy, I called you here today because of your marriage with the daughter of the Li family."
"Grandpa, Hongqin and I settled the matter at my house yesterday. Thank you for worrying about us."
"Xiao Wang, you're such a dishonest kid. I only went to your house yesterday to take a look, so how did you decide on it? Who did you decide on it with? Which bastard in the Li family made the decision and agreed to it?"
Wang Chunfeng understood as soon as he heard this. It turned out that they called him here today to make things difficult for him. After all, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes, so what is he afraid of?
Thinking of this, Wang Chunfeng said proudly:
"Grandpa, this is not the old society. Hongqin and I are in a free love relationship. It's all up to us as long as we both want to."
Li Gengtian laughed for a long time before he stood up with the help of his cane.
"Xiao Wang, free love is good, so why not ask Hongqin's daughter for her opinion?"
Li Hongqin walked into the room with swollen eyes. She had been worried all night, fearing that her marriage would change.
"Greetings, Grandfather, I don't want to marry into the Wang family."
Wang Chunfeng's face changed immediately, and his eyes became fierce:
"Hongqin, how could you change your mind about what we agreed on? Did someone force you?"
Li Hongqin's voice was hoarse. She looked at Wang Chunfeng and said word by word:
"No one forced me to do this, I just didn't want to."
Wang Chunfeng immediately exploded and pointed at Li Hongqin and cursed:
"What do you mean? Are you kidding me? You're already at my house and you don't want to?"
At this time, Li Guifang said:
"Hongqin, you go out first."
He looked at Wang Chunfeng again and said expressionlessly:
"Wang Chunfeng, you deliberately ruined my Hongqin's reputation just to force her to marry you. Now you don't have to pretend."
Wang Chunfeng's reckless nature immediately came out. He no longer cared about his elders and started to act like a rogue:
"Yes, I tell you, Li Hongqin's reputation has spread. Apart from me, who would dare to marry her?"
When Li Hongqin heard Wang Chunfeng's words outside the door, she started crying again in anger. She didn't expect that the person she had liked for several months would be such a rogue.
The scene was still for a moment, and everyone looked at Li Gengtian, asking him to make the decision.
Li Gengtian had fought against the Japanese before. He was both wise and brave. At critical moments, everyone still had to rely on him.
"Well, since you insist on marrying Hongqin, then take 20 yuan as a betrothal gift and build a separate room for her. Is that not too much to ask?"
Wang Chunfeng's family was extremely poor. Not only did they not have 20 yuan, but they also owed money to the team.
Logically speaking, a family of more than a dozen people working every day would not be so poor, but the Wang family is a bunch of lazy people, no one is willing to work, plus there are many children, so they are getting poorer and poorer.
When Wang Chunfeng heard Li Gengtian's soft words, he thought they were frightened by his words and became even more complacent:
"Grandpa, who in the brigade doesn't know my family's situation? The betrothal gift is only 30 kilograms of coarse grains. Li Hongqin has to bring her own food rations when she marries. There's nothing else."
"Or, I can ask my parents to prepare it. My future father-in-law is a captain after all, so he should have a good family background, right?"
Li Gengtian looked at Wang Chunfeng and shook his head gently:
"Xiao Wang, the marriage between the two families is cancelled. You can go back."
Wang Chunfeng left angrily, staring at Li Guifang fiercely before leaving:
"Humph, this matter is not over yet. Let's see who can outlast the other."
After Wang Chunfeng left, all the elders except Li Gengtian also left.
Li Gengtian called in all the people from Li Guifang's family and gave them some serious instructions:
"This matter was resolved quickly. You don't have to worry, Hongqin. In the future, use your brain when you see people, and listen to the parents' opinions when you are unsure."
"I understand, Master."
After the children left, Li Gui asked Li Gengtian:
"Grandpa, how should this matter be resolved? I don't think that kid from the Wang family will let it go."
"Hmph, you're useless. I don't know how you managed to be the captain. Just leave this matter to me. Use your brain more in the future."
After Li Gengtian finished speaking, he went home on crutches. Li Guifang was overjoyed. The matter was finally resolved. As for the solution, it was not his business to ask.
In the following days, the Li family returned to peace. The team had just distributed food a while ago, so every household could smell the fragrance of food, and some even smelled meat.
The radishes and cabbages in the fields have also been harvested, and people are busy pickling vegetables and grinding flour in preparation for the upcoming winter storage.
Zhang Weifang also returned to her home. She had not been home for a few days and she missed her little nest very much.
In the next few days, Zhang Weifang also learned to pickle some cabbage and radishes, and his life became busy and fulfilling.
Li Hongru has also become busy in the factory. Since he was praised by his leader last time, his daily work has become more complicated.
Ma Changzheng was responsible for drafting documents and drawing propaganda posters.
At the same time, he was isolated by others in the office. The deputy minister looked at him sideways every day, and Du Yanan was sarcastic and made indirect accusations every day.
The Propaganda Department, which was once as calm as water, is now as noisy as a vegetable market every day.
Li Hongru is particularly disgusted with this kind of working environment and these scheming people.
These days, Li Hongru has been in a bad mood when he gets home from get off work, and even canceled his evening exercise.
Zhang Weifang guessed that there might be something wrong with his work. She was not one to beat around the bush, so she asked directly:
"Hongru, what's wrong with your work?"
"Hey, I used to live a lazy life and nothing happened, but now I want to make progress, and everyone around me has become hateful."
"It's normal. If you rise, they have to fall. That's why they get jealous and try to suppress you."
Li Hongru also knew this, he was just a little impatient:
"I understand, but it's really troublesome to face this every day."
"Have you ever thought about leaving the Propaganda Department completely? Maybe switching to another department would be better."
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