Chapter 20: Pawnshops
Zhang Ruolin is also full of disbelief, after all, there is no way to compare this era with modern times, not to mention that you are a second marriage, even if it is a third marriage or a fourth marriage, it is nothing.
But what era is it now, with the promulgation of the Marriage Law, Zhang Ruolin also knows that there are not many abandoned women who marry at all, and it can be seen how harsh women are now.
After all, the country has just been liberated, and it is still in the feudal system ideologically.
Widows are reluctant to marry, let alone a second-married woman who should not be divorced, if you marry a second-married woman, I am afraid that you will be despised and killed behind your back.
No wonder Zhao Erzhu is so bold, he even said that he would give her a child and send money back every month.
After all, the salary is so much, even if it is less than five yuan, I am afraid that he will not be able to hide it from his daughter-in-law, it is obvious that Zhao Erzhu and her agreed in advance.
Zhang Ruolin was also completely speechless, she had seen shameless people, but she had never seen this shameless couple.
"Why was he divorced, why did Zhao Erzhu, this kid, agree to marry such a woman?" Chen Dabing hurriedly asked curiously, for gossip, it was his hobby since childhood, such as gossip in several surrounding villages, he knew better than those women, and even those women didn't know, he knew.
Zhao Jianguo glanced at Chen Dabing, who was full of curiosity, "What do you say a woman will do if she is adjourned?"
Chen Dabing frowned, "In our area, women who are divorced either can't give birth to children, or they don't respect their elders, or they steal people." After speaking, Chen Dabing couldn't help but swallow, ", isn't it!"
"Don't talk nonsense about this kind of thing. ”
Chen Dabing nodded, "I know, it's not that I don't understand anything. ”
"You and Zhao Erzhu are in the same army?" asked Zhang Ruolin.
Zhao Jianguo shook his head, "There was a mission, and I stayed there for three months. ”
Zhang Ruolin let out an "oh".
"Knock".
Zhang Ruolin's body was crooked.
Zhao Jianguo hurriedly stretched out his hand to support her arm, "Go up and sit down, this road is not good." ”
Chen Dabing drove the ox cart, turned his head, and laughed obscenely twice.
Zhang Ruolin's face was full of embarrassment.
"Zhang Xiaoruo, you won't really go on a blind date when you go to the county!"
Zhang Ruolin exhaled deeply, "Chen Dabing, are you annoyed?"
"Ask, ask!"
"What are you doing in the county?"
Zhang Ruolin turned her head to look at Zhao Jianguo, "Why are you the same as Chen Dabing?"
"Ask. ”
"I'll take a look, I've never been to the county since I'm so old, so I'll go over and take a look. ”
Chen Dabing rolled his eyes, "I said Zhang Xiaoruo, your differential treatment is too obvious, don't you really like my second brother?"
"Can't you just shut up, drive your car well?" Zhang Ruolin said angrily.
The swaying ox cart has been walking along the potholed road, "da-da".
Zhang Ruolin occasionally glanced at Zhao Jianguo, who was sitting on the side, why did she feel that this man was staring at her from time to time?
It was almost noon that I finally arrived at the county seat.
Looking at the dilapidated county town in front of him, although the country has now been liberated, there are traces left over from the war on the walls of the county town.
Stepping into the city gate, Zhang Ruolin thought it was the same as what was played on TV, but it was different at all.
Everywhere is dilapidated, and the buildings are mainly ancient buildings, but the main road of the county is paved with cement.
The shops along the street were hanging various colorful flags, and the shopkeeper stood at the door, shouting non-stop.
Some wore overalls, but more often wore traditional clothes, i.e. Qing Dynasty costumes.
If you don't know that it's five or three years now, Zhang Ruolin really thinks it's in ancient times.
"Soldier, stop, I'll get out of the car first. ”
"Stop at the restaurant in front of you, eat first. Zhao Jianguo said lightly.
"Second brother, you said you invited me down to the restaurant?" Chen Dabing turned his head and asked with a happy face.
Zhao Jianguo nodded.
"I didn't expect that I, Chen Dabing, would also go to the restaurant one day, second brother, it costs a lot of money to eat in the restaurant! ”
"You eat noodles, I'll go to the restaurant. ”
Chen Dabing grinned and said, "Then let's go to the restaurant!"
The ox cart stopped near the side of the restaurant, and the restaurant junior hurriedly beckoned over.
Zhang Ruolin got out of the car, "Soldier, when are you going back?"
"This depends on the second brother, the second brother will go back after the matter is done. ”
"You are not familiar with the county seat, when things are done, we will take you around. Zhao Jianguo said, "Let's eat first!"
"No need, I want to go shopping alone first and make an appointment with a place!" Zhang Ruolin shook her head, it was just a brigade acquaintance, and the relationship was not very good, she didn't want to accept any affection from others.
Zhao Jianguo frowned, "Eat first." ”
"I'm not hungry now, when I'm hungry, I'll buy some food, let's talk about a place first!"
Zhao Jianguo stared at Zhang Ruolin, "Whatever you want!" at the gate of the county hospital at four o'clock. ”
Zhang Ruolin nodded, "Then I'll take a look first." ”
Seeing Zhang Ruolin turn around and leave, Zhao Jianguo hurriedly asked, "Is there any money?"
"There is money. ”
After walking for a while, Zhang Ruolin turned around, looked at the buffalo being tethered to the pillar on the side of the road, and the figures of Zhao Jianguo and Chen Dabing disappeared, exhaled slightly, and began to move up.
Walked to the intersection and asked if there was a pawnshop.
Following the direction of the passers-by, Zhao Ruolin walked towards the pawnshop.
"What are you going to pawn this guest?"
"Do you collect gold?"
The old man in the pawnshop looked at Zhang Ruolin twice, raised his eyebrows, thought for a while, and asked in a low voice, "How much do you want?"
"How much is a gram?"
"Quietly. ”
Zhang Ruolin looked at the old man with a slight puzzlement.
"Now that the Golden Nation is not allowed to buy and sell privately, you don't even know that?"
Zhang Ruolin let out an "oh" and asked in a low voice, "How much do you give?"
"The price of the bank's purchase is 6 yuan 71 grams, and the gold can only be killed, and I will give you 7 yuan and 5 at most. ”
Zhang Ruolin nodded, took down the cloth bag around her waist, took out a thick gold necklace inside, and handed it to the old man through the small window.
The gold necklace was rummaged through a drawer in the leader's office.
The old man took the gold necklace and twitched the corners of his mouth, looked at it, made sure that it was pure gold, put the gold necklace on the scale, and said in a low voice: "Four hundred grams is a little missing, according to four hundred grams, three thousand yuan, right?"
Zhang Ruolin nodded slightly.
The old man took out three ten-yuan bills from under the cabinet and handed them to Zhang Ruolin.