Chapter 7: Avoid detours and get rich by getting married

"Fellow villagers, listen to me, everyone, be quiet, be quiet first."

I haven’t started worshiping heaven and earth yet.

It was already so noisy that the roar of laughter drowned out the wedding speech by the old branch secretary on the stage.

The old couple, Old Man Yin and Ma Xiu Lan, finally could no longer sit still.

They hurried onto the stage.

At the same time, they were secretly glad that they had thought of a plan last night. Otherwise, looking at the current situation, even if Lu Yang agreed to come to their old Yin family to be a son-in-law, he would be humiliated by this group of people and would never be able to face anyone again. Even the old Yin family seemed to have benefited, but who knew whether the son-in-law they recruited would have psychological problems and hold a grudge against them for all the humiliation, and then take revenge on their daughter, the youngest girl, or on the old couple who were old and weak. That would be a disaster in the future.

The couple couldn't help but quicken their pace.

It's coming to an end.

Ma Xiulan felt a little guilty and said, "Boss, why don't you come?"

She lagged behind old man Yin by half a body.

Old man Yin said in a low voice with a bad temper: "Old women are always nosy. Weren't you very talkative yesterday? You were the loudest one. Fortunately, Yangzi didn't argue with you. Humph, now you know how uncomfortable it is to be criticized by the villagers, right?"

"Get lost, you old woman with long hair and little knowledge. I knew I shouldn't have listened to you. From now on, all matters at home, big or small, will be decided by our master."

He started scolding his wife right away.

Old man Yin was feeling so depressed!
The important event of continuing the Yin family's lineage had to be postponed again after yesterday's incident, and it would also cost a huge sum of money.

And all this can only be blamed on the old woman. She spoiled the eldest girl to the sky, and then came up with the idea of ​​replacing the elder sister with the younger sister. Now, not only did she lose the younger daughter, but she also had to spend another 5000 yuan to settle this marriage. Whenever he thought about it, he felt heartbroken and uncomfortable all over.

The audience was noisy again.

He immediately became impatient and yelled at the audience, "Alright, alright, shut up. I'm telling you, you sons of bitches, are you here to drink at the wedding, or are you planning to destroy my family, Yin Lao Si, today?"

He is the first millionaire in the village.

He is famous in the surrounding area. Not to mention the entire Fan Town, just talking about the few villages around it, there is no one who dares to say that he is richer than Old Man Yin's family.

Even though the old man doesn't talk much and seems to be afraid of his wife, he can't say a word for a long time. He spends at least half of the day in the carpentry room, buried in his work, and meticulously carving the wood he is working on. Even his neighbors rarely see him all day long, but now when he opens his mouth and howls, everyone is really afraid of him.

In 1988, it was no longer the era of more than a decade ago when everyone was equal, everyone ate from the same pot, and the poorer the more glorious.

The country now allows private ownership, encourages individual business owners to expand their operations, encourages public-private partnerships, and allows private factories. Various private enterprises have sprung up across China.

The gap between the rich and the poor is also gradually widening.

Take Zhao County for example. It is a poor small county at the foot of the Xuefeng Mountain in the southwest of Hunan Province in the south of the motherland. However, because it is close to the coastal reform and opening-up experimental zone and Guangdong Province, the province with the most active private economy, some relatively trendy trends have inevitably been brought here gradually with the spring breeze of the times.

For example: laugh at the poor but not at prostitutes!

For example: bosses of all sizes in the county town imitate Hong Kong and Taiwan businessmen in the coastal areas and keep mistresses openly like them. They always bring a pretty secretary with them wherever they go to discuss business, as if they cannot appear to be rich without doing so, and this has become a trend.

Of course, this trend has not yet taken off, and it will probably take until the mid-1990s. However, with the deepening of reform and opening up, people's hearts have changed, which is a fact. The importance of money is also rising in the eyes of the simple villagers in Shanghuai Village.

Realize this.

For a moment, the noise in the audience finally quieted down.

Even the old village chief turned around, raised the red paper in his hand, and said with a wry smile: "I should have let you be the emcee yourself."

His cards are not as good as those of Old Man Yin.

Of course, Old Man Yin did not dare to make trouble, and he kept saying modestly: "Uncle, what are you talking about? You are the village chief, and you are the most respected person in the village. Moreover, even in terms of seniority, you are one level higher than me after looking through the family tree. If you are not qualified to be the emcee, who else can have this qualification? Don't be polite anymore. I will toast you a few more glasses later to apologize to you."

It turned out that the old village branch also had the surname Yin, and was of a very high generation among the Yins in the village. It's just that everyone's relationship had already exceeded five generations, and they had the same ancestor, but they no longer addressed each other as relatives in daily interactions. The older generation simply called them "Huang relatives" or "Qin Huang". But if they were in a formal occasion, it would be natural to call them uncles according to the generation in the family tree.

Seeing that Old Man Yin had even brought out the family tree, the old village chief had no choice but to give up. He put aside the idea of ​​not getting involved in this mess and said, "That's fine. I, an old man, will still preside over the wedding ceremony. But before that, you should explain it to the villagers, right?"

Otherwise, well, just wait to be gossiped about.

Old man Yin said, "Uncle, you are right. This is what I am going to say next. Damn it, I don't know which bastard spread the rumor that the daughter my Yin family is marrying today is the eldest daughter, and I am clearly marrying the youngest daughter. The horoscopes are also compatible. I have already sent her to Huang Po, the earth fairy of Xia Huai Village, to have her look. With her as a witness, if the villagers don't believe it, they can go and find Huang Po, the earth fairy of Xia Huai Village, to confirm it."

All the neighbors and villagers in the audience looked at each other in bewilderment.

You have already said that their horoscopes are compatible, so what else can we say? Everyone knows that your two daughters are twins, born on the same day and at the same time.

But it doesn't matter, people are not making fun of this, but the "reverse marriage", that is, Lu Yang, who was willing to be a son-in-law even though he knew he was going to marry a stuttering wife. A good young man, strong and healthy, just to curry favor with a millionaire, something that even his ancestors don't want, and people can't say anything about it, right?
In places like the countryside, the villagers' emotions are the most simple, and jealousy is written all over their faces, especially if you are shameless and live better than them, then they will have to say something and find fault with you.

Until the old man Yin on the stage continued: "I may have something I haven't made clear. Today, my Yin family is marrying off our daughter. We are not looking for a son-in-law. Many villagers may have seen that the wedding room is in our Yin family and the wedding ceremony is also held in our Yin family, so they mistakenly thought that our Yin family is looking for a son-in-law. But in fact, it is not the case. Everyone has misunderstood."

Buzz buzz.
There was a commotion below, and everyone looked at each other in confusion and started talking.

"What a joke! How can someone marry a daughter-in-law properly and arrange the wedding room and the place for the ceremony at the father-in-law's house? It doesn't make sense. It doesn't make sense at all."

"That's right, how can this be convincing?"

"I do not believe"

"I don't believe it either, but it doesn't make sense. If it's not a proper marriage, then why is Old Man Yin coming here to explain? What good will it do him to lie in front of so many people and deny the fact that he married into the family? When the child is born, he wants to register his household and enter the Yin family tree. Can he hide it from everyone? Isn't this tantamount to slapping himself in the face? He will be drowned by the spit of the villagers who have been deceived by him for many years. It doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense at all. Old Fourth Yin is not that stupid."

"This doesn't make sense, and that doesn't make sense either. So what is going on? This whole thing can't be a misunderstanding, right?"

"What a misunderstanding. I think everyone just cursed him too harshly. Seeing that his new son-in-law is useless and a loser, Yin Lao Si regretted it and came on stage to change his words. Hehe, if you don't have a strong heart, it's really hard to be a son-in-law."

There were all kinds of comments, but it was just a buzz again.

Lu Yang looked very calm.

Because the trump card is about to come out, and as soon as this trump card comes out, I believe the situation will be reversed. Those who laugh at him, huh, don't be jealous and don't envy him when the time comes.

(End of this chapter)