After hearing Yu Qiuhua's words, even several old ladies who had a good relationship with her couldn't help but take two steps back and try to clear up their relationship with her.
but.
But Yu Qiuhua didn't think there was anything wrong with her idea. She stood there and shouted loudly: "I gave birth to He Wenhui, and I made her grow up by shit and urine. Can't I make the decision on her marriage? Besides, I am the one who gave birth to He Wenhui.
Yes, parents’ orders to matchmakers have been around since ancient times, am I wrong?”
Li Donglai's face suddenly darkened.
Yu Qiuhua hasn't caused any trouble this time. He thought the old woman had changed her ways. It turned out that she was holding back because she wanted to cause trouble!
At this time, someone couldn't stand it and went up to persuade her: "Sister-in-law Yu, He Wenhui is so good at studies. I heard that she can get into college and get married now. Isn't it a pity?"
"What a pity? What's the pity!" Yu Qiuhua's triangular eyes squinted: "She is just a girl. No matter how much she studies, she will have to marry into someone else's family in the future. She might as well earn more betrothal gifts for me while she is young.
Woolen cloth!"
The man continued to persuade: "Then even if you want to introduce someone, you can't introduce a fool to He Wenhui?!"
"What's wrong, you idiot?" Yu Qiuhua snorted coldly and said, "My family is rich. Madam Zhou has said that after she gets married, as long as He Wenhui can give birth to a son, she will be rewarded with a sum of money. This kind of
If you marry into a good family, you won't have to worry about food and drink. He Wenhui will enjoy a lifetime of happiness. It's your turn to make irresponsible remarks here."
Seeing Zhou Bai waiting nearby, Yu Qiuhua became a little anxious. She was afraid that the marriage would be ruined, so she shouted into the room at the top of her lungs: "He Wenhui, get out of here and go on a blind date!"
"Snapped!"
As soon as Yu Qiuhua finished speaking, he received a heavy slap on the face.
The slap was so powerful that her cheek almost deformed.
Yu Qiuhua covered her face and turned her head in a daze, wanting to spit shit out of her mouth. When she saw Li Donglai standing opposite, she shrank back the curse words on her lips.
Taking a deep breath, he said in a cold voice: "Li Donglai, this is our family's family matter, what does it have to do with you? Is it your turn to teach me a lesson?"
After saying that, she felt a little lack of confidence and added: "I don't care about this slap with you. You should leave as soon as possible!"
"Let's go?!" Li Donglai looked gloomy and glared at Yu Qiuhua and said: "Old Yu family, now that we have been liberated, we have repeatedly given orders from above that marriage is free and we are not allowed to do things like parents' orders. What's the matter, are you going to follow me and do it face to face?"
Although Yu Qiuhua was unreasonable, she did not dare to follow him and confront him. It was impossible for her to just give up.
"Master, this is the rule of your capital city. We are from Ningzhou City, where children have to obey their parents when they get married, so I advise you to stop meddling in other people's business!"
Although Li Donglai has never been to Ningzhou City, he has heard of this location. Ningzhou City is indeed a small city with slightly backward economic conditions.
But that's also where the sun can shine.
How could such bad habits exist there?!
This Yu Qiuhua is really cunning, trying to use the courtyard residents' lack of understanding of Ningzhou City to get through.
Unfortunately...
Li Donglai said lightly: "Is Ningzhou City overseas?" Yu Qiuhua was confused.
He opened and closed his mouth, and finally squeezed out a sound: "No, it's not..."
"Then how dare they disobey our rules."
"me...."
At this time, the residents also figured out that Yu Qiuhua was making nonsense.
"Aunt Yu, how could you do this? He Wenhui can go to college, but if you let her get married, you are going to destroy her."
"Besides, now that He Wenhui has Si Zhu and the First Master to help him, he doesn't need Yu Qiuhua to pay for her tuition."
"It's not just for the bride price. This guy has a really bad conscience."
In the He family's house, He Wenhui was awakened by the sound of quarrels.
When she saw that stupid man, she understood everything.
At the same time, her heart was in her throat.
The silly man was silly, filling his mouth with snot from time to time, tasting the taste, as if he was eating delicious food.
If she married such a man, she might as well die.
I was just afraid of Yu Qiuhua, so I never dared to come out.
At this moment, Li Donglai came forward and controlled Yu Qiuhua with a few words. He Wenhui took a deep breath, opened the door and walked out.
When Zhou Bai saw He Wenhui, her eyes suddenly lit up. This girl was very beautiful and she would definitely give birth to a beautiful grandson.
In addition, she had also heard just now that He Wenhui had very good academic performance and might be admitted to university in the future and could be regarded as an educated person.
If he could marry such a daughter-in-law for his son, she would be worthy of the deceased Lao Zhou.
Zhou Bai looked at Yu Qiuhua and said, "Yu Qiuhua, add another two hundred yuan to the betrothal gift!"
Add another two hundred yuan, and that’s four hundred and fifty yuan. This is a sky-high price for the gift!
Yu Qiuhua was so excited that she almost jumped up, but she knew very well that Li Donglai and the residents of the courtyard were watching here, and if He Wenhui didn't agree, he would definitely be blinded by this matter.
Yu Qiuhua shouted to He Wenhui: "Wenhui, Wenhui, did you hear that? They paid a total of 450 yuan in gift, which is a sky-high price. What does this mean? It means that they are rich. Wait.
If you marry someone, you will definitely be popular, drink hot food, and wear gold and gold, so just agree to it."
He Wenhui looked at the greedy Yu Qiuhua and sighed heavily: "I'm sorry, I can't agree. I came out today just to tell you that I want to go to college and I don't want to get married."
After speaking, He Wenhui turned around and bowed to Li Donglai: "Master, please come to me for my affairs."
"I am the master of the courtyard, and I cannot allow such dirty things to happen in the courtyard! Wenhui, this matter has nothing to do with you. You go in and read and prepare for the exam."
Li Donglai waved to He Wenhui and asked her to enter the room.
In the original work, He Wenhui was the first girl in Ningzhou City to be admitted to college, but because Yu Qiuhua was worried about He Wenhui going to school, no one would take care of her, He Wenyuan, and He Wentao, so He Wenhui was not allowed to go to college.
.
You know, in this era, not only are there no tuition fees for college, but a certain amount of living allowance is also given every month. After graduating from college, you don't have to find a job by yourself, but are assigned to leadership positions in government agencies or factories.
It can be said that Yu Qiuhua ruined He Wenhui's life for his own selfish reasons.
Now that Li Donglai has met him, he naturally cannot ignore it.
He Wenhui knew Li Donglai's good intentions, gave him a grateful look, then turned around and entered the room.
Seeing He Wenhui's refusal, Yu Qiuhua was so angry that the corners of his mouth trembled, and he pulled his neck and shouted: "He Wenhui, you heartless girl, I raised you like this, and this is how you treat me, let me tell you
, I have agreed to this marriage for you, you have to agree even if you don’t agree."
"So arrogant!"
Li Donglai sneered: "How dare you arrange a marriage in public? Yu Qiuhua, I think there is something wrong with your thinking."
"I..." Yu Qiuhua felt as if a hat was placed on his head.
She wanted to defend herself at that time, but Li Donglai ignored her and turned to look at Shazhu, Yu Juhua and Yan Bugui.
"You should send Yu Qiuhua to the sub-district office now, and ask the comrades from the sub-district office to give her a good lesson."
"Hello!"
Silly Zhu and Yu Juhua had long wanted to beat up Yu Qiuhua, but now they became more energetic when they heard that Li Donglai wanted Yu Qiuhua to be sent to the street office.
Yu Qiuhua knew that he would be in big trouble if he entered the street office, so he was so frightened that he ran inside.
With quick eyes and quick hands, Yu Juhua stretched out her legs, only to hear a bang, and Yu Qiuhua fell to the ground, throwing herself into the air.
She covered her bleeding nose and cursed at Li Donglai: "Li Donglai, you bastard has repeatedly made trouble for our family. I will never let you go."
"He Wenyuan, He Wenda, you two little white wolves, when you saw your mother falling, why didn't you come up and give her a hand?"
He Wenyuan and He Wenda were watching the joke, but when they heard Yu Qiuhua's shouts, they realized that they were also part of the family and this matter had something to do with them.
Instead of stepping forward, the two men turned around and ran away.
Just kidding, if Li Donglai sends them to the street office, they will be in trouble.
As for Yu Qiuhua, they are not worried.
First of all, Yu Qiuhua has rich experience. He was often criticized by the street office in the past, so he has long been used to it and can handle it on his own.
Secondly, Yu Qiuhua is old, and the street office and police station don’t have idle people, so they won’t do anything to her!
....
Seeing He Wenda and He Wenyuan running away, Yu Qiuhua was so angry that his hands and feet were trembling: "Oh my God, I gave birth to two white-eyed wolves. Master, have you seen it? My life is so miserable, you can do it
Okay, let me go."
Li Donglai was too lazy to waste time with Yu Qiuhua, so he called two aunts and found a thick hemp rope. Several people tied Yu Qiuhua up and pushed her outside the courtyard.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Bai's face turned pale with fright.
There are also stewards in the courtyard where she lives, but those stewards have little power. They can only convey instructions from the street office to the residents and popularize fire prevention knowledge, but they cannot tie people up and send them away at all.
This Li Donglai is so awesome.
Besides, she had just seen how powerful Yu Qiuhua was. Such an unreasonable old woman was actually caught by Li Donglai in just a few moments.
It's really terrible!
Zhou Bai held the silly son's hand and was about to sneak away.
A majestic figure suddenly stood in front of her.
When Zhou Bai saw Li Donglai blocking her way, she laughed twice, pretending to be confused and asked: "Comrade, what are you doing? My son is hungry, and I have to go back and cook for him."
Rice, please give way."
Li Donglai looked Zhou Bai up and down and frowned slightly.
Zhou Bai's clothes are similar to those of the old ladies of this era, including a double-breasted gown, black cloth trousers, and round-mouthed cloth shoes...
However, if you take a closer look, you can see the mystery. The double-breasted coat on her body is of fine workmanship. The material is satin, the buttons are agate, the black cloth trousers are made of small wool, and the round mouth cloth shoes are of fine workmanship.
, you can tell at a glance that it was bought from Dongliansheng.
"May I have your name?"
When Zhou Bai heard the question, she calmed down. She raised her head and said, "What's the matter? I brought my son to Yu's house for a blind date today. Do I still have to tell you my name?"
"I am the eldest son of the courtyard, and everything in this courtyard is under my control." Li Donglai said with a faint smile.
He began to admire the street office more and more, and even thought of setting up the position of 'Uncle Steward'.
This position is not official, so there is no need to abide by official rules. At the same time, the authority is large enough to nominally manage all affairs in the courtyard.
In the eyes of later generations, this was somewhat against the rules, but we must know that in this era, the situation had not yet completely stabilized, and a strong manager was needed to stabilize the situation in the courtyard.
It's just that this position has its advantages and disadvantages. If it is occupied by those with low morals, it will inevitably bring disaster to the residents.
Zhou Bai also lived in the courtyard. She had heard about the authority of the steward. She took a deep breath and said, "My name is Zhou Bai. I live in the courtyard at No. 22 Niuma Hutong."
"What are you doing here?"
"I met Yu Qiuhua in the park two days ago. Yu Qiuhua said that she has a daughter who wants to get married..."
Zhou Bai explained the reason for the future blind date.
Of course, she placed all the blame on Yu Qiuhua, and she herself was a victim.
After Li Donglai heard this, he didn't say much. He just warned her that arranged marriage was against the rules and asked her not to make mistakes in the future, and then let her leave.
After crossing the high threshold of the courtyard, Zhou Bai finally breathed a sigh of relief, took her silly son's hand, and walked quickly to the public station.
She always felt that there was something wrong with the way that old man looked at her.
....
At this time, Li Donglai also rode his bicycle and went to the subdistrict office. He told Director Wang of the subdistrict office about Yu Qiuhua's arranged marriage.
Director Wang's face suddenly turned livid: "We have been liberated for more than 20 years, and this kind of thing still happens. As the director of the subdistrict office, I have neglected my duty."
"Director Wang, this matter has nothing to do with you. It is caused by Yu Qiuhua's low ideology, so I want the sub-district office to help her improve her ideological awareness." Li Donglai said.
Director Wang nodded: "Just in time, our street office has opened a study class, so let Yu Qiuhua come in and study for a while."
After saying that, she paused and then said, "I know He Wenhui from Donglai. She is a good child. She studies well and has a good mind. She may be able to go to university and contribute to the country in the future. If any
If Qiuhua keeps making trouble like this, it might affect her study."
"Yes, people like Yu Qiuhua have now got into money and want to exchange He Wenhui for a bride price. Even if she enters the study class, it will probably not have much effect. She will still make trouble with He Wenhui in the future.
"Li Donglai frowned and said: "The problem now is that although He Wenhui and Yu Qiuhua have separated and are two families, Yu Qiuhua is still He Wenhui's mother. She wants to interfere in He Wenhui's marriage. Among those old-minded people,
From the perspective of old-fashioned people, it is really a matter of course.”
If Li Donglai hadn't deliberately aroused Yu Qiuhua's anger today, Yu Qiuhua would have collected high betrothal gifts under the guise of marrying off his daughter. This would have made the purchase of his daughter public to the public, and he might not have been able to win the support of the residents of the compound.
In this world, the most difficult thing to change is people's concepts.
