(PS: Corrected again, the eldest cousin Li Chaoying is 32 years old, and the math teacher or anything will not take the blame.) Also, can this chapter count as two chapters?)

The place where Song Weihong's family lives is not far from Changyang Valley, where Shenzhou Technology Company is located.

It is the site of Shenghai Bicycle Factory, and there are kindergartens, children's schools, police stations, cinemas, hospitals and other subordinate institutions in the factory area, which shows how beautiful it was back then.

In the early 90s, between 1990 and 1992, a total of 10 million bicycles were produced, of which about 18% were exported to overseas markets. In 1993, it was also restructured and listed as a state-owned enterprise, and in 1995, it was rated as "the best-selling domestic commodity in the country" and was recognized as "China's famous brand product".

Well, permanent bikes.

Uncle Li Chenggong was a worker at the Shenghai Bicycle Factory, and his welfare was very high in the 80s, and he belonged to the envy of the people of the whole country.

Ten years ago, Song Weihong and Li Chenggong even had a relationship with money and sent their son Li Chaoying to a taxi company. In 1988, Li Chaoying could earn more than 1,000 yuan a month by driving a taxi, and his income crushed the ordinary white-collar class at that time.

Li Chaoying drove a taxi for the company for three years before resigning and working alone. He borrowed money from his parents, plus his own and his family's savings, bought a domestic van, attached to a taxi company, and only had to pay a little money every day, and the rest of the income belonged to himself.

In 1991, Li Chaoying's monthly income had reached 3,000, sometimes even more than 4,000 yuan, and I don't know how many people took the initiative to come to the door to say goodbye.

There are unforeseen circumstances, and a car accident begins.

It was raining that day, and the road was slippery, and it was night when I couldn't see clearly. The taxi guests kept urging them to hurry, and Li Chaoying could only step on the accelerator wildly, but suddenly encountered someone crossing the road. By the time he saw the pedestrians, it was too late, so he could only slam on the brakes and slam the steering wheel, and the van slid and rolled over, first hitting the telephone pole on the side of the road, and then rolling down the slope, and the car fell into the Su River.

The van bought after exhausting all the family's savings was completely scrapped, and the medical expenses of the taxi passengers were compensated.

Li Chaoying himself suffered a broken leg and recovered for several months. And he was permanently broken, one eye was pierced by broken glass, and the marriage he had negotiated also fell through, and he was not married until he was 32 years old.

Li Chaoying gave up on himself for a whole year, and finally came out of the psychological shadow and began to look for a job again. He can only drive, but the taxi company won't ask for it, who will want the one-eyed dragon?

Fortunately, there are many small private factories in the suburbs of Shenghai, and Li Chaoying is disabled, and he can still account for the disability index, and he was quickly hired by private factories (the factory recruits a certain number of disabled employees and can get policy tax reductions). But his salary is very low, not enough for a fraction of the original taxi, so he can only live like this.

It took Song Weihong and Li Chenggong nearly four years to pay off the arrears of the van and the medical expenses of the car accident. Seeing that the life at home is better, hey, I didn't wait two years and was laid off again, and both husband and wife were laid off.

……

Hong Weiguo drove a broken car from Shenzhou Technology Company, and in less than ten minutes, he had arrived at Shenghai Bicycle Factory.

The sales of permanent bicycles, which were once all the rage, began to plummet two years ago, and last year there was no profit, and this year it has become a continuous loss. Southeast Asia's export market is completely ruined, the domestic market is also oversupplied, and countless bicycles are backlogged in warehouses, which is a true portrayal of many Chinese companies this year.

The workers in the factory are no longer happy and laughing, and although they can still receive wages, there are almost no benefits or anything. If this continues, it will be a matter of time before wages are in arrears, and there is a risk of being laid off at any time.

"This is it, right?" Hong Weiguo asked for directions several times, and parked the broken car in front of a restaurant.

Ah Hui convenience restaurant, a very simple name, is estimated to be opened by the family members of the employees.

Song Weihong heard the sound of the car engine outside, walked out quickly, and said with a smile on his face: "Xiaomu, please sit inside." ”

"Okay, Auntie. Song Weiyang responded.

Neither of them exposed their relatives, and everything had to wait for Song Shumin to express his position, and it would be regarded as an ordinary friendship for the time being.

Song Weiyang introduced: "This is my friend Hong Weiguo. ”

"I know, you guys came to eat noodles together that day. Song Weihong said with a smile.

Hong Weiguo said: "Hello Auntie, excuse me. ”

The décor of this convenience restaurant is also very modest, with only eight tables, and it serves only some home-style meals.

Two of the dining tables are the banquets set by the Li family.

There is an uncle Li Chenggong's eldest brother and sister-in-law's family, these two have passed the retirement age, and their grandchildren are seven or eight years old. In addition, there is a neighbor's family, the relationship is relatively good, when there was a lack of money to buy a car and rent it, it was to borrow part of the family.

Li Tingting was talking to the neighbor's young lady, and when he saw Song Weiyang appearing, he immediately got up happily and shouted, "Brother!"

The eldest brother of the Li family half-squinted and said, "Wei Hong, this little brother is a little familiar." ”

Song Weihong casually explained: "Distant relatives, working in Shenghai. ”

Li Chenggong beckoned: "Xiaomu, and this friend, please sit casually." ”

Two taxis stopped outside the restaurant, and Li Chaoying, who was blind in one eye, got out of the car first, followed by his girlfriend, and then his girlfriend's parents, uncle, aunt, second uncle, second aunt and uncle.

Song Weihong's head suddenly grew when she saw it, and she muttered to herself: "Didn't you only see your in-laws? Why did a big family come?"

Today's banquet is half to celebrate Li Tingting's admission to university, and half is to negotiate Li Chaoying's marriage.

Li Chaoying is 32 years old, still disabled, and his work is ordinary, so he can find a girlfriend and burn high incense. Moreover, his girlfriend is only 21 years old, with excellent appearance and good figure - a migrant girl from other places who met in the factory.

Li Chenggong and Song Weihong were a little weak-hearted, for fear that their son's marriage would be yellow again. So the parents of both sides should meet more grandly, and by the way, show their own heritage, and there is nothing else, that is, there is just a college student in the family.

My girlfriend's family went to Shenghai yesterday and was arranged in a hotel, and today Li Chaoying directly brought people over for dinner.

I only saw the parents of both sides, but I didn't expect that a lot of people came...... Don't you need money to take the train?

The woman's second aunt said when she entered the door: "It's still full of sea people, and the place to eat is not good, no different from the restaurants in our county." ”

The second uncle of the woman said, "You don't say a word." ”

"Tell me what's wrong, sister-in-law, you're right?" said the woman's second aunt.

The woman's aunt said, "It's okay." ”

The woman's father asked, "Which one is the father-in-law and mother-in-law?"

Li Chaoying hurriedly introduced: "This is my father, this is my mother." Dad, Mom, this is Chunfang's father, this is Chunfang's mother, this is Chunfang's uncle, this is ......"

Song Weihong and Li Chenggong were both a little dizzy, greeted again and again, and then beckoned everyone to sit down, and asked the waiter to bring the dishes up.

Well, by the way, I have to add another table, there are too many people, and I can't sit at two tables.

The eldest brother of the Li family first raised his glass: "Come, let's celebrate Tingting's admission to university first." Tingting, I wish you progress in your studies and find a good job in the future!"

"Thank you, uncle. Li Tingting said with a smile.

Song Weiyang also raised a glass with the others, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively.

Putting down the cup, the woman's uncle asked, "Which university was Tingting admitted to?"

Li Tingting said: "Sheng Hai is wealthy. ”

The woman's mother asked, "What does Caida do, and can I be assigned to the factory as a cadre after graduation?"

The woman's uncle estimated that he was a little literate, and suddenly said, "Sister-in-law, what are you talking nonsense?" Shenghai University of Finance and Economics is a key university, and after graduation, you will either become an official or enter a large company to sit in an office. ”

"Isn't that still a cadre?" the woman's mother said with a smile, "Tingting, when you work in the future, you have to help your eldest brother and sister-in-law more." ”

Li Tingting said embarrassedly: "I must help, I must help." ”

The woman's father said: "Father-in-law, mother-in-law, I am a Shuangli person, so I won't go around the bend today, and I will give the marriage of my children first." ”

Song Weihong said: "It should be." ”

The woman's father said: "Your son is a little disabled, and he is also old, my family Chunfang is very wronged to marry in the past." ”

Li Chenggong immediately said: "Don't worry, when Chunfang marries, we will treat her as our own daughter, and we will never let her suffer a little grievance." ”

The woman's uncle interjected: "Who can say what will happen after marriage?"

The woman's second aunt echoed: "That's it." ”

Song Weihong asked, "Then what do you mean?"

The woman's father said: "If you get married, you have to give some bride price." ”

Li Chenggong asked: "Give, of course you have to give, I have prepared 3,000 yuan." ”

The woman's uncle suddenly sneered: "You Shenghai people are so rich, can you get a bride price of 3,000 yuan?"

Li Chenggong sighed in his heart, and asked carefully, "How much is appropriate?"

"Sixty-eight thousand!" the woman's uncle opened his mouth.

There was silence.

The eldest brother of the Li family and the neighbor's family were frightened, Sheng Hai actually did not have the custom of giving a bride price, but he needed to buy a lot of wedding supplies - in the past, it was three turns and one ring, and now he has to buy a computer. And even if you want to give a bride price, a few thousand yuan is up to the sky, where have you ever seen more than 60,000 yuan when you open your mouth?

Li Chaoying was somewhat inferior because he was blind in one eye, and he didn't speak before. At this moment, he was immediately angry, glared at his girlfriend Chunfang and said, "Didn't you say 3,000?"

Chunfang was also dumbfounded, looked at her parents and said, "Parents, 3,000 yuan is already a lot, and the bride price in our hometown is only one or two thousand." ”

The woman's second aunt said: "My hometown is my hometown, Shenghai is Shenghai, and the prices in big cities are different. ”

Song Weihong was afraid that her son's marriage would be disturbed, so she said softly: "In-laws, this sixty-eight thousand is too much, can we have a little less? ”

The woman's second aunt said: "Isn't Chaoying's grandfather going to be demolished? I heard that he accompanied more than 100,000 yuan." ”

Song Weihong explained: "The hundreds of thousands of dollars are for the young couple to buy a wedding house. ”

The woman's second aunt said: "It costs more than 100,000 yuan to buy a house? Even if Shenghai's house is expensive, 350,000 yuan is enough, isn't there still a big 100,000 left? You gave a bride price of 68,000 yuan, and you still have money to spare." ”

Li Chenggong and Song Weihong looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Li Chaoying was already trembling with anger, he was in the hotel, and he communicated with his girlfriend's family. At that time, he said that he had a bride price of 3,000 yuan, and he also said that he would buy a wedding house with more than 100,000 yuan, and the two sides had already negotiated.

The neighbors of the Li family were not easy to interject, and Li Chenggong's eldest brother said: "Sixty-eight thousand is too much, there is something to discuss." ”

The woman's second aunt said: "If you say sixty-eight, it's sixty-eight, and if you don't give money, you won't get married!"

Li Tingting said angrily: "Are you marrying your daughter or selling your daughter?"

The woman's second aunt retorted: "Our family has raised Chunfang for 21 years, we want to have good looks, we want to have a figure, and now we are married to a one-eyed dragon, can't we ask for bride price?"

Li Chaoying finally couldn't hold it back, slapped the table and said, "I won't get married this time!"

Chunfang also panicked: "Dad, Mom, do you want a little less?"

"There's no place for you to talk here!" the woman's father slapped the table.

Chunfang was so anxious that she burst into tears, but her family didn't let go, obviously eyeing Song Weiyang's grandfather's more than 100,000 demolition money, and even more determined that Li Chaoying was disabled and couldn't marry a wife.

The neighbor's family looked embarrassed, and the man said, "That, we still have something to do at home, let's go first, you can talk slowly." ”

Song Weihong was even more embarrassed, and hurriedly got up: "Lao Liu, I'll send you." ”

"No, no, you deal with this side first. The neighbor smiled and waved.

Song Weiyang was so bored that he began to yawn, and he really didn't know how to intervene when he encountered this kind of nonsense.

The bride price of tens of thousands of yuan, Song Weiyang can solve it casually, but his cousin has this family business, and he doesn't know how much he will be dragged down in the future.

The woman's second aunt said: "Let's take Chunfang back to your hometown first, and you think about it slowly." ”

Li Chaoying said: "Don't think about it, I won't get married this time." ”

Chunfang said: "I won't go back, I want to stay in Shenghai!"

Li Chenggong really wanted his son to start a family, so he said in a round game: "Why don't you give 38,000 to buy a little suburban for the wedding house." ”

The second aunt of the daughter said: "People who are still in the big city are not happy at all!"

"Cool fart!" Li Chaoying is also a temperamental person, "If you ask for sixty-eight thousand in the morning, this matter can be discussed slowly." I am blind in one eye, but my heart is not blind, you bully me and I can't find a wife, I just don't please my wife for the rest of my life, what's the matter? Get out, get out of here, don't get out of Lao Tzu anymore!"

Song Weiyang couldn't help but laugh, this big cousin was still a little interesting.

Chunfang quietly pulled down Li Chaoying's sleeve: "Chaoying, I don't want to be like this either." ”

Li Tingting ran to Song Weiyang's side and whispered: "Brother, I know you have the ability, you can help find a way." ”

Song Weiyang asked, "Why don't I pay for it?"

Li Tingting said: "You can't give money." Sixty-eight thousand were given today, and they may have to pay one hundred and eight thousand in the future. Can you think of a way to get my brother married without paying this unjust money. ”

"It's a bit difficult. Song Weiyang said.

Li Tingting begged: "Brother, you must have a way, please." ”

Song Weiyang smiled: "Then I'll try?"

Li Tingting suddenly became happy: "Brother, you are the best, I have many classmates who worship you." ”

"Ahem!"

Song Weiyang coughed twice and said with a smile: "Can I say two words?"

The woman's uncle asked, "Who are you?"