Since ancient times, weddings and funerals have been subject to old rules, especially in small and remote counties like Huangyuan County. Even though it has entered a new era, the people here still have to follow their timeless old rules.
According to the rules of Huangyuan County, when a man comes to the woman's house to propose marriage, the girl must hide in the house. If she dares to show up easily, she will be scolded behind her back for being frivolous. In more serious cases, the man may even think that she is frivolous.
The woman had no rules and broke off the marriage.
The power of rules is huge, even a frivolous woman like He Fengying who has been on the streets all year round has to bow her head before the rules.
Therefore, He Fengying, who was bragging to her sister-in-law and others that Sun Yuting was a village cadre in the main room, had to get into the house when she heard a knock on the door and learned that Sun Yuting had arrived.
Originally, she had to wait in the house until Sun Yuting proposed marriage, He's father agreed to marry her to Sun Yuting, and then the two families agreed on a wedding date. Finally, she had to wait until Sun Yuting came out of the house before she could come out, accept the congratulations of her brother and sister-in-law, and have a good time.
Two tears expressed my reluctance to leave this family that I have lived with for more than 20 years.
but.
When He Fengying heard that the He family was going to reject Sun Yuting's proposal of marriage, she could no longer bear it. It was not that she fell in love with Sun Yuting, but that she was already old and would become an old girl if she couldn't get married again.
In later generations, those old girls, also known as leftover women, would still be stabbed in the spine from behind. In this era, not to mention, becoming an old girl will not only bring shame on your parents' faces, but you will also be pointed out by others even if you go out.
So He Fengying rushed out.
When Father He saw He Fengying coming out, his brows suddenly knitted into knots. He glared at He Fengying and said, "Fengying, please get in quickly. A girl doesn't know how to be ashamed!"
He Fengying also had a hot temper. At that time, she pinched her waist with both hands and glared at He's father and said, "Dad, I just fall in love with Sun Yuting and want to marry him. What are you doing!"
Nothing would make Father He more angry than a girl contradicting him in front of outsiders.
This old comrade who had never touched anyone in his life gave him the first slap in his life, and he slapped it on his girl's face.
A crisp slap sounded, and the already noisy room suddenly became silent.
The eldest brother and sister-in-law of the He family were also stunned. No matter how much He Fengying did in the past, even if he stayed up all night with those green-skinned people, He's father was not willing to lay a finger on her.
He's mother's heart couldn't help but tremble with the slap. She took He's father's arm and said, "Old He, what are you doing? Is there anything you can't say properly?!"
"Tell me well? Didn't you see that your daughter is going to marry this little brat?" He's father said angrily.
That's right, in his eyes, the current Sun Yuting is just like the green men on the street, a little loser.
No, Sun Yuting is not as good as those green-skinned people. After all, if those green-skinned people can turn around and rely on their family and friends, they can still find a pretty good job.
But what about Sun Yuting? As a commune member, he could only stay in Shuangshui Village for the rest of his life, but if He Fengying married him, she would have to face the loess and turn her back to the sky for the rest of her life.
Even if He's father is angry with He Fengying again, he doesn't want to see her unable to turn around for the rest of her life.
When He's mother heard this, she was speechless. She knew He Fengying's temperament, and if this girl was serious about something, she would definitely do it to the end.
The eldest brother and sister-in-law of the He family were originally planning to come up to persuade him, but now they stopped.
He Fengying was already ready to accept everyone's comfort, but now that no one came forward, she found it difficult to accept it for a moment.
He Fengying covered her face and said: "Okay, okay, you have long disliked me, and now that you see me marrying a good family, you feel uncomfortable, right?"
He's mother frowned and looked at He Fengying: "Fengying, what do you mean by this? Why can't we look down on you?"
"Isn't that right? Ever since you were little, you have disliked me for being a girl. You only like your eldest brother on weekdays. Back then, my father had announced early that when he retired, he would let his eldest brother take over from him!" He Fengying said now
I was also very angry, crying loudly with tears in my eyes.
These words immediately stunned the He family.
To be fair, in this era of patriarchal preference, the He family is a breath of fresh air. From childhood to adulthood, He's father treated his son and daughter almost equally. Whether it was food or clothing, the level was not much different, especially He Fengying.
As a daughter, I also got the opportunity to go to school.
In those days, compulsory education was not yet implemented. Each semester of elementary school required two yuan and fifty cents. This amount of money may not seem like much. In later generations, you can only buy a notebook, but in this era, it is a huge sum of money.
In order to raise the money, He's father had to go to the grain station to work as a temporary worker after work.
The so-called temporary workers are those who carry large bags. Each sack weighs three hundred kilograms. For each large bag carried, they only get 1 cent. This shows how much effort He's father spent to save the two and a half yuan for tuition.
Later, He Fengying graduated from elementary school but was not admitted to junior high school because of her poor academic performance. At that time, she was crying and making trouble at home and wanted to go to junior high school. He's father felt sorry for her and had to spend more than 50 yuan saved over the years to help her.
She paid the so-called sponsorship fee, and He Fengying was able to enter junior high school.
The results of it?
When He Fengying entered junior high school, she didn't value her parents' hard work at all. Not only did she not study conscientiously, she also fooled around with a bunch of young men, often skipping classes, and was eventually expelled from school.
He's father's years of hard work were in vain.
In this way, He Fengying was not satisfied and thought that He's father favored sons over daughters.
As for what He Fengying said after He's father retires, he will hand over his work station to the eldest brother of the He family. That's because He's father is a worker in a lumber factory and his usual job is to carry wood. How can he hand over this kind of job to a person?
Girls.
In factories in Huangyuan County, even workers with relatively easy positions would leave their jobs to their sons instead of their daughters.
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So He's father thought that he had done everything a father could do, but He Fengying was still not satisfied, which made He's father completely sad.
Father He felt his heart pounding suddenly, his vision went dark, and his body shook involuntarily.
He's mother had been paying attention to He's father's condition. Seeing that something was wrong, she quickly stepped forward to support He's father: "Old man, what's wrong with you?"
"Medicine, medicine..." Father He's face turned pale, dense sweat broke out on his forehead, and a painful sound came out of his throat.
As a worker in a lumber factory, He's father had always been in good health. However, he suffered from heart disease because he was so angry at He Fengying a few years ago.
Fortunately, as a worker in a lumber factory, He's father didn't need to spend any money for hospitalization and medical treatment. After several years of careful conditioning, He's father's health finally got better.
Unexpectedly, I was so angry that I fell ill again today because of He Fengying's incident.
He's father's sudden illness broke the deadlock in the house. He's mother hurriedly rushed into the back room and took out a glass bottle, hurriedly poured out a few translucent pills from it, stuffed it into He's father's mouth, and then poured another one.
The enamel jar contains tea and helps him to drink it.
Father He took the medicine, and his face gradually became bloodshot. He sat on a chair, pointed at Sun Yuting and said, "Get out of here, get out of here with me!"
Sun Yuting, who was originally aggressive, now became timid because of He's father's sudden illness.
He knew very well that if something happened to Father He today because of him, then he would definitely get into big trouble.
Sun Yuting shrank his neck, snorted coldly, picked up the ten kilograms of wheat, and pulled Sun Yuhou to leave.
Sun Yuhou frowned, glared at him and said, "Sun Yuting, put your things down quickly, are you sensible?"
Sun Yuting curled his lips: "Brother, are you a fool? This is ten pounds of wheat, and this old guy won't marry his daughter to me. If we leave the grain to him, isn't it the same as feeding a dog?"
"Snapped!"
Sun Yuhou slapped his forehead fiercely, "You kid, you don't mind that the matter is big."
But at this time, He's father had heard what he said. He had already recovered. Now he became angry again, gasping for air in his throat. He pointed at Sun Yuting's nose and said, "Get out of here, get out of here. I will never let you down again."
I don’t want to see you again!”
"If you don't see me, you won't see me. I don't want to come to your house! Don't you smell it? There is a stink in your house." Sun Yuting now felt that there was no way to marry He Fengying, and of course he would not give He's father any more.
face.
He has a gangster character to begin with. When he was in Shuangshui Village, he was not afraid of the old woman at all. Now he is not afraid of the honest and honest Father He.
It's just that he forgot one thing. Although He's father is an old comrade, although he can't fight with him because of illness, the eldest brother of the He family is still there!
The eldest brother of the He family also has an honest temper. At home, he only listens to the sister-in-law of the He family. In the factory, he does not have any conflicts with the workers. Even if he suffers a loss, he just smiles.
But as the saying goes, an honest person will be more frightened when he is provoked.
While Sun Yuting was chattering, he didn't realize that the eldest brother of the He family had turned red. He didn't start to get scared until the eldest brother of the He family rushed forward.
"Brother, brother, we are relatives, you must not do anything."
Unfortunately, it was too late for Sun Yuting to beg for mercy at this time.
I saw the eldest brother of the He family swinging his big fist and hitting Sun Yuting hard on the face.
Sun Yuting, despite his usual chirping, was actually just a little Karami. Faced with the iron fist of the eldest brother of the He family, he didn't even have a chance to dodge.
Only a bang was heard.
Sun Yuting felt that stars were starting to appear in front of him. He felt a soreness in his nose and a taste of blood in his mouth.
It wasn't over yet. Like an angry lion, the eldest brother of the He family rushed towards Sun Yuting and punched Sun Yuting twice again.
Sun Yuting couldn't hold on any longer this time. He swayed and felt the surrounding scenery begin to rotate rapidly, and finally fell to the ground.
During the whole process, Sun Yuhou, as Sun Yuting's brother, watched quietly because he also felt that what Sun Yuting did was too much and deserved to be severely punished.
The people of the He family had long wanted to teach Sun Yuting a lesson, so naturally they would not come to stop him.
The only exception is He Fengying.
She was stunned for a moment at first, but after she came to her senses, she rushed over, lay on Sun Yuting's body, took Sun Yuting's arm and said, "Yuting, Yuting, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me!"
She ignored that Sun Yuting had opened her eyes at this time, turned her head and looked at He's father angrily: "Okay, in order to prevent my marriage, you dare to beat Sun Yuting. I, He Fengying, am not the kind of woman who can be manipulated. From today on
At the beginning, our friendship of more than 20 years has been cut off! I will go back to Shuangshui Village with Sun Yuting today, and we will have nothing to do with each other from now on!"
If an uninformed person saw this scene, they would think that He Fengying was really that kind of infatuated woman.
He Fengying's words were like a bomb that exploded in the He family's house.
The expressions of everyone in the room changed.
Father He's face turned red now, he pointed at He Fengying's nose and said: "Get out, get out, you will never come back again."
The eldest brother and sister-in-law of the He family were silent at this moment. Although they felt that He Fengying was going too far, she was the daughter of the He family after all. If she left like this, wouldn't the neighbors laugh at the He family?
Only He's mother was a little reluctant to let go of this girl. She rushed over and took He Fengying's hand and said: "Fengying, we are a family. You girl can't talk nonsense. Don't worry, I will definitely persuade your father to agree to you."
marriage."
"Just agree?" He Fengying looked around and saw the expressions of everyone in the He family. She thought she had taken control of the He family and sneered: "When the eldest brother got married, you gave your sister-in-law a gift of five yuan and ten pounds.
Pork, twenty kilograms of rice, two new sets of clothes, and the decorations in my eldest brother’s house were all done by you. The bed, the quilt, the big standing cabinet, and the guy who cooks. These things add up.
It must be worth at least three hundred dollars."
"I don't want much, as long as you give me one hundred and fifty yuan as compensation."
hiss....
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone in the room suddenly changed.
In those days, those who had the conditions also received a dowry, but the dowry could only consist of a few sets of quilts, sheets and other small items, and it would not exceed ten yuan at most.
Moreover, most of the things in the eldest brother's house were bought by the eldest brother with his own salary. The little savings of the He family have long been spent by He Fengying.
Now He Fengying still wants to think about so many things as a dowry, which is simply wishful thinking.
No matter how much He's mother cared about He Fengying, she couldn't agree to this request.
She glanced at He's father in embarrassment, took He Fengying's hand and said: "Daughter, you also know the situation of our family. We don't have much money now, but Shuangshui Village is really poor. If we don't help you a little, your life will be ruined."
It’s definitely not going to be easy. Let’s see, mother still has some money for herself, not much, just more than ten yuan. This time I will give it to you as a dowry, what do you think?”
When He's father heard this, he was so angry that he trembled all over: "Old woman, don't spoil her, let her go to Shuangshui Village by herself."
