Chapter 6: Who still has shame after being reborn?

1988 was a year of soaring prices.

However, less than ten years after the reform and opening up, rural marriages were still far from the kind of marriages that were often demanded in later times, where the man had to buy a house in the city and rent a luxury wedding car to pick him up.
In short, every time a marriage takes place, the man’s family will be exposed.

Rural areas in 1988 were generally still very simple.

When a poor family gets married, they usually only ask the man's family to have "thirty-six legs" in the bridal chamber. The legs here refer to a square table, four chairs, a double bed, a large wardrobe, a desk, and a dining cupboard that can be used as a room, which add up to exactly 36 legs. It doesn't matter if the legs are new or old. Of course, new ones would be better, as they would make the man's family look more prestigious.

When the couple moves to a better and more affluent family, they would require the man to have three turns and one sound. The three turns are a sewing machine, a bicycle, and a watch, and the one sound is a radio.

As long as the man's family can find a way to get any one of the three turns and one ring, then they don't have to worry about not being able to marry a young girl in the countryside.

If a family has all the three turns and one ring, then it means they are a well-known good family. Any girl from the surrounding area who marries into such a good family will be the envy of all the girls of the same age who are waiting to get married.

The Yin family is a millionaire in the village.

The thirty-six legs, square table, chairs, double bed, large wardrobe, desk, and chest of drawers in the bridal chamber were all brand new, and they were brought directly from his own factory. They were made by the old carpenter Yin himself, and even Lu Yang could only help.

Three turns and one ring.

Sewing machines, bicycles, watches, radios, all of them are new here.

Of course, because they were recruiting a live-in son-in-law, all these things were prepared by the Yin family.

The same goes for the wedding room.

The same is true for banquets that invite neighbors, relatives and friends to dinner.

But this means she's going to remarry.

The bride changed.

The wedding also changed from recruiting a son-in-law to a formal marriage.

What should I do?

Fortunately, Lu Yang didn't mind. The chef here had already prepared the food and slaughtered the fat pig. The rest of the dishes needed for tomorrow's banquet had also been bought one day in advance, so the wedding would still be held at Old Yin's house.

Besides, he has no home.

Lu Yang's family had long been lost as his father had died, his mother had run away, and he was almost starving to death. While he still had breath left, he worked as his master's apprentice for a few years, and then it was natural for him to move here and eat with his master and his wife.

After his house became empty, the uncles and aunts within the five generations of the Lu family naturally used it again to store sundries. Now they can't go back even if they want to. Even if they take it back, the house is in such a dilapidated state that it is simply uninhabitable.

Well.
So, the wedding room, including the thirty-six legs in the wedding room, the sewing machine that turned three times a day, the bicycle, the watch, and the radio. After the master and his wife persuaded him again and again and assured him that these were just dowry, Lu Yang reluctantly accepted them all with a painful look on his face.

It can be seen that after his rebirth this time, he really developed a thick skin.

Since they all live together, there is no need to go through the process of picking up the bride.

But there must be a ceremony.

From nine o'clock in the morning, neighbors from the village, as well as distant relatives and friends, began to come to help one after another. The banquet started from the yard and was set up all the way to the big road outside the gate. There were a total of 32 tables. How could they be considered as the millionaires in the village? If it were an ordinary family, this banquet alone would bankrupt a well-off family.

Wait until the auspicious time arrives in the morning.

The old village chief who presided over the wedding came on stage, asked the two newlyweds to take their seats, and opened the red paper with congratulatory messages provided by the host.

The old village chief looked very excited and happy at first, but then he froze for a moment. Then he looked around the stage strangely until he found Old Man Yin and Ma Xiulan, who were waiting in front of the stage. He breathed a sigh of relief and ran over to whisper,
"What's wrong with you two old people? On such a festive day, how come you even wrote the wrong name of the newlyweds in your congratulatory message to me? Luckily I discovered it early, otherwise it would have been a laughing stock." The old village chief clearly remembered it.

The names of the newlyweds should be: Lu Yang and Yin Mingzhu.

But it clearly says: Congratulations to the newlyweds Lu Yang and Yin Mingyue on their happy marriage.

This is just a joke.

But the explanation given by the old couple Yin Lao and Ma Xiulan made him feel even more numb. "That's right, old secretary. It's Lu Yang and Yin Mingyue. They are the couple who are getting married from the beginning to the end. Don't make any mistake, old secretary."

numb.

The old party secretary was numb. He realized that either he was old or he was hard of hearing.

How can someone marry off his daughter without even getting his daughter's name wrong?

"Ok."

"This is your family affair, you two old people just need to think it through. Alas, I just feel sorry for Yang Wazi's child."

The little daughter of the Yin family had a chronic illness since childhood and spoke fluently. Everyone in the village knew about it.

Just as the old branch secretary sighed and returned to his position as master of ceremonies.

The newlyweds, Lu Yang and Yin Mingzhu, finally showed up and walked slowly from the main hall toward the empty space reserved for the banquet table in the yard.

"No, that's not Yin Mingzhu. I know Yin Mingzhu. She's taller than the bride and has a rounder face."

"No way? Maybe he just lost weight during the summer vacation."

"Who is thin? This is Yin Mingyue, Yin Mingzhu's sister. They are twins. The elder sister is the top scorer in the college entrance examination and the only female student in the county who was admitted to Beijing University this year. The younger sister is just a little stutterer. She can't even speak clearly. When she was a child, no one in the village wanted to play with her. She and I were classmates in junior high school. I guarantee that this is Yin Mingyue, and her illness must not have been cured yet. She is just a little stutterer. If you don't believe me, let her speak later."

"Wow, this is going to be fun. The Yin family is playing a trick of replacing the prince with a cat. The groom actually accepted it. What a coward. What a coward. If it were me, Li Si, I would have to beat my father-in-law over the head for such a big loss."

"Bah, what father-in-law? You should call him dad. This is a son-in-law. Do you young people understand what a son-in-law is? You are hired to work like a cow or a horse. You even dared to hit your father-in-law's head. I think you haven't suffered enough. Fourth son of the Li family, you can't get a wife either, right? Why don't you consider coming to my house and marry into my family? Then I will teach you the rules."

"Hahahaha. Li Laosi, why don't you just give in?"

"It turns out that the little mute is worthy of marrying into the family. I was wondering, how could such a young man with such a distinctive character agree to wife swapping and marrying a little stutterer? It turns out that he is a lazy man who is marrying into the family. That's fine. A man who marries into the family should only marry a little stutterer. It's what he deserves. Pah, let's see if you dare to betray your ancestors again in your next life."

There was an uproar in the audience, with laughter, sarcasm, and whispers.
Lu Yang had a blank expression on his face.

He was too familiar with the faces of these people. He was frightened in the same way in his previous life. He lost his mind because of these voices that were like demonic sounds entering his head. In the end, he made a cowardly decision and ran away overnight, which made him regret it for the rest of his life.

In this life, he had a heart as hard as stone and ignored all the laughter, sarcasm, and curses as if they were nothing, just as if they were envy and praise for him.

Lu Yang also felt the nervousness of the bride, his younger sister Yin Mingyue, beside him.

But he already had a plan.

So he squeezed her warm little hand and gave her a reassuring look: Don't be afraid, I'm here, they are just envious of you. Next, Sister Mingyue, watch carefully the faces of these people, they can perform magic.

And he thought to himself: "Master, Master's Wife, even if it's not for me, but just for Sister Mingyue, it's your turn to come out next."

(End of this chapter)