Buying and selling marriage (peculiar marriage III) Zhang Baotong 2016.5.1

Changwu is a poverty-stricken county on the border between Shaanxi and Gansu. I once went to an acquaintance's hometown, and I was almost mistaken for an upstart who came to kidnap other people's women. Because there have been many incidents in Changwu where newly married or young women ran away with rich people and never came back. The story I am telling is the story of an acquaintance of mine, Lao Guo's family. Lao Guo is a native of Xingping, and in the early days of reform and opening up, he once borrowed 1 million yuan from the bank to open a brick kiln. But in the process of business, Lao Guo became obsessed with a young and beautiful woman, and he put his mind on this woman all day long, so he didn't take the operation of the brick kiln to heart, and as a result, a lot of money was rolled away by this woman, and the brick kiln also closed down. As soon as the brick kiln went out of business, the police wanted to arrest him, so he went to the suburbs of Xi'an to hide, and began to rent land in the suburbs to raise pigs and grow vegetables. Therefore, he has not returned to his hometown in Xingping for nearly twenty or thirty years from the nineties of the last century to the present. I used to ride my bicycle to the northern suburbs for a walk, and I knew Lao Guo's second son very well, and often played two rounds of mahjong together. Therefore, over time, I became familiar with Lao Guo.

Lao Guo was sixty years old at the time, and hired a woman named Xiuqin, who was almost fifty years old, and took his little daughter-in-law Shui Ling, who had just gotten married, to follow Lao Guo to grow vegetables. Shui Ling is really beautiful, only 21 years old, and was bought by Xiuqin's family for 40,000 yuan. Because the poorer the place, the more expensive the price of the girl. Xiuqin thought that spending 40,000 yuan to marry such a beautiful girl would make their family very face-saving, but she didn't want to, Shui Ling had epilepsy. As soon as he gets sick, he will fall to the ground and foam at the mouth. Therefore, it often makes Xiuqin and Lao Guo have a headache, and they have to take Shui Ling to see a doctor.

Xiuqin's youngest son is often called, and he is a little lazy and petty thief, so he was fired by his boss within a few days of working in several places. I haven't made any money in the past two or three years. Because he didn't make any money, his daughter-in-law had to stay here with Lao Guo, which was dirty and shabby where pigs and vegetables were raised. And Shui Ling is a girl who loves cleanliness and beauty, so she is very dissatisfied with her husband.

Because Shui Ling is a girl bought by Xiuqin's family at a high price, she has never been in love with her, and she has no feelings. Therefore, after staying here with Lao Guo for a long time, I got acquainted with the Henan people who planted vegetables next to me. These Henan people are all relatives of a family, and their homes are near Nanyang. When the Henan people saw that Shui Ling was young and beautiful, they began to play with the idea of Shui Ling. They bought a card for Shui Ling today and a banana tomorrow, so that Shui Ling could get along with one of the young men named Mao Mao. Maomao, this young man, is not bad-looking, but also because his family is too poor, and he is twenty-five or sixteen years old and has no partner. So, I secretly got along with the water spirit. One afternoon, he and the third uncle tricked Shui Ling into the car and took him away in the name of buying clothes for Shui Ling.

After Shui Ling disappeared, but Xiuqin and Lao Guo went crazy, they reported the case, posted advertisements, searched everywhere, but still did not find them, and later, Lao Guo suspected those Henan people who grew vegetables. Moreover, Mao Mao, who was good with Shui Ling, and his third uncle were gone. The people from the police station called the Henan people to inquire, and everyone said that they didn't see Shui Ling, Mao Mao and the third uncle had something to do with going home, and it had nothing to do with Shui Ling's disappearance. The police station inquired for most of the day, but didn't ask why, so they let everyone go.

On Saturday morning, I rode to the place where Lao Guo was growing vegetables and raising pigs in the suburbs. When I saw that Lao Guo was much older, it was like he had a serious illness. I asked him what was wrong, and he told me that Shui Ling had been abducted. I said who kidnapped him. He said that he had abducted the group of Henan people next to him. He said that the man named Mao Mao and his third uncle were also missing at the same time. As soon as I heard this, I said, "They must have been tricked."

Lao Guo said that he was going to Nanyang to find Shui Ling. I asked him if he had any money. He said it wouldn't cost much. So, I gave him the two hundred dollars in my pocket. I came to his room and saw that Xiuqin was still sitting on the edge of the bed wiping her tears, so I persuaded her that a big living person was easy to find, but I was afraid that she would be willing to follow others, so it would be difficult to do. Because I know she doesn't love her husband. But Xiuqin said that he must have been deceived by the Henan people, and if he let Shui Ling himself, he would not run out. Lao Guo quickly found out the detailed address of those Henan people's hometowns, sold a big fat pig, and went to Nanyang alone.

The rest of the matter was later sued by Lao Guo. He said that he took a long-distance bus to Nanyang, and then inquired about the villages where those Henan people lived, and secretly inquired about where Maomao's family lived. Moreover, he also went to the back of Maomao's house when it was dark to listen to the situation. But he didn't hear anything. He couldn't rush directly into Maomao's house, so he dressed up and traveled back and forth in front of Maomao's house. In this way, he walked around in front of Maomao's house for four days in a row, and finally saw Shui Ling and Maomao coming back from outside affectionately. Looking at the intimacy between Shui Ling and Mao Mao, Lao Guo understood that Mao Mao was not entirely to blame for this, and Shui Ling was also in love with others. But he knew that he couldn't go over and pull Shui Ling directly, in case Shui Ling didn't go with him, then he would be considered to have lost all his efforts. So, he continued to wait for the opportunity.

Until one noon on the third day, he saw Shui Ling and Mao Mao come out together, and when they came to the intersection, Mao Mao may have forgotten something, so he ran back to get something. At this time, Lao Guo ran over and shouted, Shui Ling, your mother is going crazy looking for you. Shui Ling was suddenly startled and wanted to call Mao Mao, but Mao Mao hadn't passed yet. Lao Guo knew that he had to hurry, and he didn't care whether Shui Ling wanted it or not, so he took Shui Ling's hand and ran to the side of the road. Shui Ling actually didn't want to go with Lao Guo, but he couldn't help it, so he was dragged by Lao Guo to the side of the road. At this time, Lao Guo saw a minibus coming over, and he didn't figure out which way the car was going, so he waved the car to stop and pulled Shui Ling into the car. When the car arrived at Nanyang Station, Lao Guo took Shui Ling and immediately got on the long-distance bus from Nanyang to Xi'an. It wasn't until ten o'clock in the evening that I returned to Xi'an.

After returning to Xi'an, Lao Guo immediately sued those Henan people. So, the police station called those Henan people over for questioning. However, the people of Henan insisted that Shui Ling voluntarily followed Mao Mao. The police asked Shui Ling, but Shui Ling also said that she was willing to go with others. made Lao Guo and Xiuqin so angry that they couldn't do anything. Xiuqin was angry, and sent her daughter-in-law back to Changwu's hometown early the next morning, and never let her go out again.

Through this matter, I have some insights into why the girls and women on Changwu's side ran outside, and refused to come back as soon as they ran out. I think this is directly related to those buying and selling marriages that don't talk about free love and have no love foundation. Because the girl who is being bought and sold feels that she is like an object, dominated by others, it is easy for her to make such bold and risky actions when she meets someone she really likes.