Since Lin Nanhui went to work at Wang Hongju's school, Lin Meijiao often hitchhiked to the town middle school to visit her uncle during the art troupe's vacation, and he knew that his uncle had no one to take care of him, so every time she came, she would bring her uncle a lot of delicious things. At one point, she brought a lot of sticky cakes. This sticky cake is made with glutinous rice flour and is filled with peanuts and sugar, and is wrapped in two jackfruit leaves. Wang Hongju was full of praise after tasting a few sticky cakes, he thought it was very delicious, and he ate the sticky cakes brought by Lin Meijiao unceremoniously.

Lin Nanhui mocked Wang Hongju and said, "Brother Wang, what's delicious about this rice cake? I've been eating since I was a kid, and I'm tired of it now! Besides, you can buy this on the street, so you can eat as much as you want! ”

"I think the rice cakes brought by Gillian are delicious! I definitely don't get tired of eating! ”

"There are glutinous rice and jackfruit trees in our hometown, if you like to eat this kind of rice cake, then you will take root in us and settle down, and find a local wife to make rice cakes for you every day, okay?"

"That's not necessary, as long as Gillian often brings you sticky cakes, I will eat them!"

If Wang Hongju was just joking with Lin Nanhui, Lin Meijiao remembered it, and since then, every time she came, she would bring Wang Hongju some sticky cakes for him to satisfy his hunger.

Lin Meijiao usually comes to visit Lin Nanhui once or twice a month, but she hasn't been here for more than two months recently, and Lin Nanhui, who misses Gillian very much, mutters in his heart, he is worried that something will happen to Lin Meijiao. Wang Hongju saw Lin Nanhui's uncertain appearance for Lin Meijiao all day long, so he comforted him and said that Gillian has grown up and is living in the army, and nothing will happen to her! Maybe it's because there are too many performance tasks and I don't have time to come and see you. But no matter how Wang Hongju persuaded him, Lin Nanhui's heart was always unsteady.

Lin Nanhui looked forward to the stars and the moon and looked forward to Lin Meijiao, and finally one day he looked forward to Lin Meijiao. On this day, Lin Meijiao still brought some sticky cakes to Wang Hongju, Lin Nanhui asked her why she hadn't come for a long time, she said that there were a lot of performance tasks in the art troupe recently, and she didn't have time to visit her uncle.

Usually Lin Meijiao always talks and laughs when she visits her uncle, but this time Lin Meijiao's mood is not very good. When he spoke, he looked preoccupied. Under Lin Nanhui's repeated questioning, Lin Meijiao said something that surprised Wang Hongju and Lin Nanhui, it turned out that Lin Meijiao was leaving the army art troupe.

Wang Hongju was anxious when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked: "Gillian, does Head Wu know about this?" ”

"It was me who was informed by Head Wu yesterday."

Wang Hongju said angrily: "This guy was kicked in the head by a donkey? Well, why did he want to clear you out of the art troupe? I'm going to settle accounts with him! ”

Lin Meijiao hurriedly explained: "This is none of the business of Head Wu, he is just the one who informed me." He was sad when he told me to leave the group. ”

Lin Nanhui asked: "Gillian, did you make a mistake?" ”

"I didn't make a mistake."

"You are such a good literary and artistic backbone group and say that you don't want it, this is not the decision of Head Wu, so who is it?" Wang Hongju did not understand this matter very much.

Lin Meijiao only said: "Because my family background is not good, I am not suitable to work in the army." ”

"It's not just that the family background is not good, right? Is there another reason? As far as I know, Captain Wu's father is a capitalist on the Shanghai Beach. His background didn't affect him as the head of the art troupe! Wang Hongju continued to ask Lin Meijiao.

But no matter how Wang Hongju and Lin Nanhui asked, Lin Meijiao didn't want to say anything more, she said she wanted to go home.

Lin Nanhui sighed and said, "It's okay, it's time for you to go home and take care of your parents." ”

After sending Lin Meijiao away, Lin Nanhui sulked with a straight face, smoking one cigarette after another.

Wang Hongju saw that there were some unspeakable things in Lin Meijiao's heart, did Lin Meijiao offend some people? Or is it what she is running away from? Wang Hongju didn't want to tell Lin Nanhui about his conjectures. He wanted to find out the reason for this incident, so he wrote a letter to the head of the art troupe Wu that night to inquire about Lin Meijiao's situation.

A few days later, Head Wu replied, and he said in the letter: "Gillian is a girl with good character and good singing and dancing. Our troupe is very much in need of a literary and artistic backbone like Lin Meijiao, many soldiers love to watch her performances, and she proposed to leave the art troupe herself, she said that she wanted to change her working environment. I understand Gillian's feelings about leaving the art troupe, and I was not surprised when she asked to leave.

Because Gillian is so beautiful, everyone calls her Leizhou Xi Shi, and there are many gay men who pursue her. There are even some people who chase her relentlessly. Some of the suitors were regimental and some were from other units, and among these suitors were ordinary commanders and fighters and commanders of higher ranks. In the art troupe, there are also some gossips that are not good for Gillian. Some people say that she is a courtesan who eats with her face, and she was nicknamed Sai Xishi, so her mental pressure is very high, and she frequently makes mistakes during performances. I once kindly persuaded Gillian to marry that chief quickly, but she said that she already had a crush, and she would not marry anyone except that person! I asked who this crush was? She didn't want to tell me, she just wanted to leave the troupe early.

It just so happened that at this time, the art troupe was in the process of reorganization and streamlining, and someone took the opportunity to mention that Lin Meijiao's family background was not good and should be among the streamlined personnel, so the leaders of the troupe made the decision to let Lin Meijiao leave the team after research. To be honest, Lin Meijiao is a versatile literary soldier and a very pure girl, I want to keep but can't keep her, I feel very sorry for her departure. ……”

After reading the letter, Wang Hongju knew the reason why Lin Meijiao left the art troupe, and he showed the letter from the head of Wu to Lin Nanhui, who frowned and said to himself after reading the letter: "Strange! Gillian has a crush on someone? She never told me! ”

After Lin Meijiao went home, she first went to the Yuehai Hotel to find her parents, and the iron abacus couple was very happy to see their baby daughter who had not seen each other for a long time, and the daughter and her mother hugged each other and cried into tears. The iron abacus asked Lin Meijiao to be a helper for her parents in the hostel, and Lin Meijiao, who was unwilling to help in the hostel, had to agree because she had nothing to do. The iron abacus is the bookkeeper, Mrs. Lin is in charge of the housekeeping of the guest room, Lin Meijiao is responsible for the reception and registration at the front desk, and the family of three has done the business of the Guangdong Hotel prosperously.

It is naturally a good thing for a woman to look like a flower, but beautiful flowers always attract bees and butterflies, and the young men in the town come to the hostel to talk to Lin Meijiao if they have nothing to do. Lin Meijiao was unmoved by this situation. But the emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is in a hurry, and the iron abacus couple is happy to find a good family to marry Gillian as soon as possible.

Although the daughter is not in a hurry to get married, the iron abacus still took it upon himself to arrange a family affair for the daughter, the man is an overseas Chinese businessman, has money and real estate in China, and has a large rubber plantation in Nanyang. In short, the man's family conditions are very good, and he can take Gillian abroad after marriage. Under Lin Nancai's arrangement, the man's parents also pretended to be guests at the hotel and secretly observed Lin Meijiao for two days, and they were very satisfied with the conduct and appearance of their future daughter-in-law.

When the iron abacus couple showdown this family affair to their daughter. met with strong opposition from Lin Meijiao.

Iron abacus said to his daughter dissatisfied: "Gillian, what a good family this is, what kind of family do you want to choose?" They said that after marrying you, they will take you to Nanyang to be Mrs. Kuo. ”

"I don't want to be Mrs. Kuo! How can a man and a woman get married without love! ”

"Ouch! What do you love or not, how fleshy it is to say from a girl's mouth! Lin Meijiao's mother heard the girl say this, and her face turned red first.

"Mom, it's a new society now, and there must be love between men and women to get married. It's like you didn't even know what my dad looked like before you lifted the hijab! ”

"Isn't that the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker since ancient times? Generations of people have come over like this, and I don't think there's anything wrong with it! ”

"yes. Thankfully, you've caught up with my dad, but you're out of luck if you run into someone like an alcoholic, a smoker, a pervert, or something! Lin Meijiao blocked her mother's mouth with a word.

The iron abacus asked on the side: "Gillian, you can't do this and that is not good, then I'll ask you." What kind of man are you looking for and what kind of man you want? ”

"Dad, don't worry about my marriage, I will definitely find a good son-in-law for you to bring home when the time comes!"

The iron abacus was anxious: "But we have all received the bride price from others!" If you don't agree, how can you explain it to others? ”

"Dad, am I worth the bride price? I'm your daughter. Not something to be exchanged! Hurry up and return the bride price! Lin Meijiao was so aggrieved that she almost cried.

"It's hard to collect the water! Do you understand? ”

"That's your business, you can solve it yourself, anyway, I don't want to get married now."

Seeing that the iron abacus couple couldn't make sense of their daughter, they shook their heads helplessly. They planned to return the bride price to others, but the other party disagreed, they thought that if the Lin family repented of the marriage, it would make their family lose face in front of everyone, and they would marry Lin Meijiao no matter what. In desperation, the iron abacus couple had to forcibly marry a daughter, and the iron abacus secretly discussed with the future in-laws about marrying Gillian, and the two families were afraid that the marriage would drag on for a long time, so they chose an auspicious day for the zodiac five days later to hold the marriage.

The iron abacus knows that his daughter has been cowardly since she was a child, has no opinions, and is obedient to her parents. After the marriage agreement was reached, he told Gillian about it. After Lin Meijiao heard the news, she resolutely disagreed! Iron abacus didn't expect her daughter's attitude to be so tough. He said to Gillian with an iron heart: "Gillian, since ancient times, the marriage of children has been decided by their parents, and they can't change it when they come to me!" How good this family business is, now that the raw rice is cooked and cooked, you have to marry if you don't marry! ”

Lin Meijiao pouted and said, "Dad, I want to fall in love by myself, I don't want to marry someone I don't know!" ”

"Won't you understand that you will be with him every day after you get married!"

"It's too late to understand after getting married, isn't it going to be a chicken with a chicken, a dog with a dog!"

Lin Meijiao's mother took over the conversation and said: "Aren't we all women living like this when we get married!" ”

"I can't live like this, I won't marry this man!"

The iron abacus slapped the table angrily. "We have worked hard to raise you, you don't know filial piety to your parents at all, if you don't marry this family, I won't recognize you as a daughter!"

Lin Meijiao also showed no weakness. "Don't force me to get married again, okay, if you force me again, I'll leave this house!"

"Let me tell you Gillian, this marriage is now a complete deal, and you can't help it! In a few days, I will tie you up and take you to your husband's house! The iron abacus pointed at Lin Meijiao and said to his wife: "I'll find other guys to do the work of entertaining guests, you are responsible for taking care of Gillian at home, you have to keep an eye on eating and sleeping, you will get married in two days, don't let her run away!" ”

Lin Meijiao was taken care of by her mother, and her mother followed her anytime and anywhere when she ate, slept and went to the toilet, basically restricting her freedom. In the first day or two of the hunger strike, Lin Meijiao was able to survive, but on the third day she completely collapsed. The iron abacus couple is determined to marry their daughter this time, no matter how Lin Meijiao resists, they will never give their daughter any room for compromise. Lin Meijiao was completely desperate.

When it was time to get married the next day, Lin Meijiao slowly sat up from the bed, she called her mother softly, and she said to her mother that she wanted to eat something.

"Gillian, have you finally figured it out?" Mother asked.

"Mom, I know what to do."

The mother thought that her daughter had finally changed her mind, she was very happy, and immediately killed an old hen to stew chicken soup for Lin Meijiao to nourish her body. When she served the chicken soup, she said to her daughter distressedly: "Child, how can you do it if you don't eat, I killed the old hen of our family, and put ginseng and red dates in the soup, you drink it, and you will get married tomorrow." ”

Lin Meijiao obediently drank the chicken soup brought by her mother, and said that she wanted to take a bath and change her clothes, and asked her mother to boil some hot water for herself. The mother relaxed her supervision of her daughter and hurried to the kitchen to boil the bath water. Lin Meijiao took advantage of her mother's absence, tied the two sheets together and twisted them into a rope to make a set, then moved a stool to stand on it and put the rope on the beam, she put her neck into the rope sleeve and kicked over the stool under her feet. At this time, the mother who was boiling water heard the sound of something falling to the ground in Lin Meijiao's house and hurriedly ran over, as soon as she pushed open the door of the house, she saw her daughter's whole body hanging on the beam, the mother was at a loss for what to do, and then screamed heartbreakingly: "Oh no, Gillian hanged herself!" Come on! ”。

Lin Meijiao was found and rescued in time as soon as she hanged herself, and she saved her life. When she woke up, the first thing she said to her parents was: "Mom and Dad, if you really love me, let me go, if you tie me up and marry me, you will force your daughter to die!" ”

Lin Meijiao's parents said in a word, tears rippled. The iron abacus couple only has such a baby daughter, usually treat her as a princess, this time to the daughter said that the in-laws were originally for her good, but they didn't expect the usually weak daughter to resist marriage to the death. The couple was full of remorse, so they had to return the bride price to the man with a smile, and the man thought that the twisted melon was not sweet and no longer bothered about it.

A marriage turmoil passed like this, and after that, the iron abacus couple no longer dared to mention the matter of finding her in-law's family to their daughter. (To be continued......)