One evening, a stout middle-aged man with a beard walked into the Guangdong Hotel with a bag of fruit in his hand.

Luo Nanhai reproached: "Iron abacus, Gillian has been back for a few days, and others don't say that I don't know yet." Why don't you tell me right away? ”

Iron abacus nodded and said, "Mayor Luo is a busy man, how dare I disturb you casually." ”

"Gillian is okay?" Luo Nanhai put a heavy layer of fruit on the counter.

"Oh, come on, what are you doing like this!" The iron abacus motioned for a young man to put away the fruit, and he let Luo Nanhai sit down on a chair in the hall and handed him a cigarette.

After the two chatted for a few words, Luo Nanhai went straight to the point and asked about the iron abacus; "Boss Lin, what are you thinking about the matter between me and Gillian?"

"Mayor Luo, doesn't our country have a marriage policy that opposes parental arrangements and advocates free love! The marriage of the children is decided by the children themselves, and our parents cannot be the masters! You are a state cadre and should know about this policy. ”

The words of the iron abacus made Luo Nanhai's face sink, and he noticed that Luo Nanhai didn't like to listen to it, and the iron abacus that didn't leak changed his words and said: "Of course, you are a national cadre, and if my Gillian becomes the mayor's wife, it will also be a very beautiful thing!" And we parents can also touch the light of our son-in-law and daughter, but I'm afraid we can't climb high to you! ”

The words of the iron abacus made Luo Nanhai very useful, but he said in a tone of teaching: "I tell you the iron abacus, now is the new society, and the mayor of the town is not an official who is a powerful man, but a public servant who serves the people in the town. If Gillian marries me, she will only be my wife in the family, not an official wife, and you parents will not be able to get any light! ”

The iron abacus nodded again and again and said, "Yes, yes." Mayor Luo's ideological consciousness is not comparable to that of me, an old man. ”

Luo Nanhai said with a pleasant face: "Of course, although the person who is my father-in-law can't get any light, the people in the town will naturally respect him!" I don't want to say anything more, you should know what I mean. ”

"I know, I know, I know it!" The iron abacus said busily.

"It's good to understand." Luo Nanhai asked again: "Is Gillian helping in the store?" I want to meet her. ”

The iron abacus replied: "Gillian felt unwell when she came home, and she rested at home." ”

"That's it, I originally wanted to see Gillian, but since she is not feeling well, I won't bother. You tell Gillian to take care of herself, and in a few days I will set up a table and a banquet in your hostel to catch her up. ”

The iron abacus was flattered and waved his hand and said, "No! No, you don't! You're a big mayor, and we're just grass people. We can't afford to invite us to dinner! ”

Luo Nanhai said with a straight face: "Iron abacus, I still want to criticize your old thinking, our new society pays attention to the equality of everyone, who said that I, the mayor of the town, can't invite you to dinner!" ”

The iron abacus still wanted to excuse himself, Luo Nanhai took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket and put it in the iron abacus and said: "This is my salary this month, even if I prepay for the meal, if it is not enough, I will make up it at that time." I will go on a business trip to the provincial capital early tomorrow morning and will be back in a few days. I'll let you know when I come back on the day I set up the banquet! ”

After Luo Nanhai left, the iron abacus was holding the banknote given to him by Luo Nanhai in his hand, and to be honest, the iron abacus was still quite satisfied with Luo Nanhai's son-in-law candidate. He believes that Luo Nanhai is a state cadre who eats official favors. is also the head of the town, he is eloquent and generous, and the conditions are good in all aspects, the only disadvantage is that he is more than ten years older than Gillian. But the family of an old man marrying a young wife is not uncommon in the town! If this family business is completed, the daughter will be the wife of the official in the future, and she will be able to earn the title of the mayor's father-in-law. But these are just the iron abacus's own small calculations. Gillian once made a fuss because of the marriage arranged by his parents, he knew that it was not easy for Gillian to marry Luo Nanhai this time, and the scheming iron abacus could only adopt a half-push and half-give attitude to Luo Nanhai's courtship, not only could not agree with his mouth, but also hung his appetite, and also hung his appetite high. He made up his mind to persuade his wife to agree to this family affair first, and then his wife would persuade his daughter well.

On the pillow that night, the iron abacus mentioned to his wife that Luo Nanhai was going to set up a banquet for his daughter, he thought that his wife was against it, but he didn't expect his wife to blurt out after hearing it: "Great!" When the stone was about to hit the ground, someone finally picked it up. ”

The iron abacus asked strangely: "Old woman, why can't I understand what you say, is our Gillian a stone that wants to fall to the ground?" ”

Mother Lin replied, "I mean, we have to marry our daughter off now!" Luo Nanhai is not bad. ”

"Well, I don't understand! Last time Luo Nanhai came to the house to propose, you were a hundred unwilling, and now you think he is a good person, I can't figure out what you think! ”

Looking at the confused appearance of the iron abacus, Mother Lin poked the iron abacus mysteriously, and then lowered her voice and said, "Gillian, this child can't get married soon!" I wish she was married tomorrow! ”

"Why?" The iron abacus became more and more confused.

"As soon as Gillian came home, I felt that she didn't look right, you were on duty at the hostel last night, and I slept with her. After my repeated questioning, I learned that our daughter was bullied by bad people in Hainan! She was so sad that she cried all night. She's afraid you'll be angry, so she won't let me tell you about it. ”

When Iron Abacus heard that his daughter was bullied by bad people, his nerves tensed up all of a sudden. "What? Gillian was bullied by bad guys. Tell me what's going on? ”

"Gillian, been, by the bad guys. Woo woo,...... "Mother Lin couldn't control her emotions when she said this, and covered her face with a quilt and sobbed quietly.

Iron abacus sat up from the bed, he lifted his wife's quilt and shouted, "What are you crying about!" You tell me about Gillian clearly! ”

Mother Lin said dissatisfiedly: "You be quiet, don't let Gillian hear it." ”

"Tell me, don't mother-in-law!" The iron abacus was urging urgently.

"Hey! , this thing is a shame, let me say it! Gillian she, she's like this! Mother Lin was embarrassed to speak, so she gestured with her hand on her stomach. She saw that the iron abacus was stupid and didn't understand what was going on, so she whispered in the ear of the iron abacus: "Gillian has a child in her belly!" ”

"Huh? Who did this? The iron abacus was shocked and shouted loudly again.

"Don't shout! You're not ashamed! Mother Lin hurriedly covered his mouth.

"No! Gillian is so shameless! Did she sleep? I'm going to ask her personally! ”。 The iron abacus was so angry that his mouth was crooked, and he was so angry that he turned over and got out of bed to settle accounts with Gillian.

Lin Mu grabbed him hard: "What nonsense are you talking about!" Your daughter was raped by bad people, and you scolded her for being shameless. Gillian is already sad to die, and you don't freak out like a madman! ”

Iron abacus didn't listen to his wife's dissuasion, so he had to go to his daughter to ask for an understanding.

Mother Lin was also anxious, she scolded: "You old thing, you want to force the child to death, don't you?" ”

Mother Lin's words stopped the iron abacus, and the iron abacus snorted angrily and pointed at his wife and said, "Okay, I won't look for her now, but I will ask her tomorrow morning!" Now you tell me about Gillian first! ”

"Alas. Our Gillian's life is really bitter! Mother Lin sighed and burst into tears and told Gillian's misfortune to the iron abacus.

After listening to Mother Lin's narration, Tie Abacus, who was still angry just now, cried again.

The only daughter Gillian is regarded as the pearl of the palm by the iron abacus, from Gillian was born to adulthood, the iron abacus poured endless fatherly love into it, when Gillian became an outstanding beauty, this beautiful daughter became his proud capital, and it can even be said that he bet the hope of the rest of his life on his daughter. Now that his daughter was raped and pregnant, it was like smashing his most beloved thing in front of him, and his heart was unbearable, and he couldn't accept such a cruel reality! But that's secondary. The iron abacus is most interested in the Lin family's door style and his own face, he is worried that Gillian's experience will make his famous iron abacus lose face in front of everyone!

The iron abacus leaned on the back of the bed and coughed and sighed, saying that Gillian had a hard life, and then sighing that his life was hard. can't stop complaining that his brother Lin Nanhui didn't protect Gillian well. The iron abacus chattered for a while and then didn't say anything, just tears in a daze.

Mother Lin is also a person who can speak and calculate in the town, but she can't be the master at home, and she listens to iron calculations when she encounters major events. When she saw the iron abacus looking at the roof in a daze, she pushed him and said, "Are you stupid?" You iron abacus, hurry up and give our Gillian a calculation! ”

Iron abacus asked: "How many months is Gillian pregnant?" What are her own plans? ”

Mother Lin said: "Gillian has been pregnant for less than two months, and her belly has not yet appeared. She didn't know what to do, and asked me what to do! I mean find a doctor you know and knock out the child in her belly without you knowing! ”

The iron abacus shook his head again and again and said, "No! The child in Gillian's belly is also a life. You and I are both believers in Buddhism, and we can't kill! Killing is a matter of hell! Besides, for the sake of Gillian's reputation, we can keep this secret, but you can't control other people's mouths. If you take her to the doctor to have a fetus, it's easy to leak the news. ”

"Then let's go far away and go to the provincial capital to give Gillian a fetus."

The iron abacus shook his head vigorously, "No hospital will easily do abortion surgery now, it's not proper!" Inappropriate! ”

Lin Mu asked rhetorically: "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, so what do you say?" ”

"You women, you have long hair and short knowledge!" , The iron abacus glanced at his wife disdainfully, and he picked up an abacus from the bedside and crackled around with it. The iron abacus has a quirk, he has to play with the abacus with his fingers whenever he thinks about difficult things, as long as the abacus beads ring, his brain will follow the abacus beads to run quickly.

The iron abacus fiddled with the abacus for a while and then stopped, and he squinted his eyes and shook his head again. Mother Lin knew that as long as the iron abacus shook his head, it meant that he had an idea in his heart, so she hurriedly asked: "Gillian and his father, do you have an idea?" ”

"Hmm." Iron Abacus opened his eyes and nodded, he groaned a little and asked, "Let's put aside Gillian's pregnancy first, let's get down to business." Let me ask you, do you really not object to Luo Nanhai being our son-in-law? ”

"Oh, our Gillian is no longer a girl, this matter is going to be spread out, I'm afraid she won't even be able to find her in-laws! I thought about marrying off Gillian before her belly was revealed. If Luo Nanhai can marry Gillian, I will thank God, what else is suitable or inappropriate! ”

"Yes, Luo Nanhai is a cadre who eats public food, and he is the mayor of the town, this kid is shrewd and able to speak. If his official fortune is prosperous, it is not impossible for him to become a county magistrate in the future! In the past, I didn't dare to agree to this family affair because I knew that Gillian's heart was higher than the sky, and she would not fall in love with Luo Nanhai, but now that Gillian has broken the girl's body, she can only lower her value! But then again, if Gillian can marry him, our Lin family will only take advantage of him and not suffer losses, and can cover up Gillian's pregnancy, why not! ”

Mother Lin asked worriedly: "This Luo Nanhai will definitely marry Gillian, but can Gillian agree to marry him?" ”

Iron Abacus snorted angrily and said, "What if she doesn't agree? When she was a girl, she raised a wild seed, will she still have a way to live in the future? This time she has to marry if she doesn't marry! If Luo Nanhai knew that Gillian was pregnant with someone else's child, she might change her hexagram! So the sooner the matter is, the better, and the more it drags on, the more troublesome it is! ”

Lin Mu shook her head and said, "I'm afraid it's not that easy!" ”

Then the iron abacus's eyes turned around a few times, and then whispered, "Old woman." Gillian listens to you, tomorrow morning you will mention to Gillian that Luo Nanhai wants to marry her, you first talk to her with good words, she will cry if she doesn't agree, if she still doesn't want to, you will drink arsenic in front of her, you will force you to die, I don't believe that she doesn't agree to marry Luo Nanhai! ”

When Lin Mu heard this, she was anxious: "What? You told me to force me to death, and your trick is too ruthless! I'm afraid to die. It's up to you to drink arsenic! ”

"You stupid woman, Gillian has never seen arsenic like, why don't you take a small packet of white sugar and fake arsenic tomorrow! No matter how much arsenic made of this white sugar drinks, no one can die! ”

Mother Lin suddenly realized: "Oh, you are asking me to scare her." I understand. ”

As soon as Mother Lin's words fell, she didn't expect Gillian to speak outside the door; "Mom and Dad, I have something to tell you, open the door for me."

Gillian's sudden appearance surprises the Iron Abacus couple. The iron abacus said: "Gillian, you haven't slept yet, can you talk about it tomorrow?" ”

"No, I can't. Open the door! Gillian still kept knocking on the door, and Mother Lin had to open the door.

The room where the old couple slept was adjacent to the room where Gillian slept, and Gillian did not fall asleep when the iron abacus screamed, she knew that her parents must be talking about herself, so she got up and quietly came to the door of her parents' room to eavesdrop, and she almost listened to the conversation between her parents from beginning to end. Gillian is a sensible girl, knowing that her pregnancy is not only a serious harm to herself but also to her parents and the whole family, she understands the sad mood of her parents at this time, and even understands the way her parents want to marry quickly. But when she heard that her parents were going to use fake arsenic to force her to comply, she angrily knocked on her parents' door.

After Gillian entered the house, she split her head and said, "Mom, I am willing to marry Luo Nanhai!" You don't need to drink sugar water tomorrow and pretend to be dead to force me! Gillian's words made the Iron Abacus couple both embarrassed and surprised! The embarrassing thing is that what the couple said just now was heard by Gillian, and the surprise was that Gillian was willing to marry Luo Nanhai, and their painstaking design was useless!

Iron abacus asked uneasily: "Gillian, to be honest with Dad, are you really willing to marry Luo Nanhai?" ”

Gillian said with a thorn in her words: "Dad, the face of the Lin family is more important than your daughter's life, if I don't get married soon, I will walk on the street with my stomach in the future, and you are not ashamed to get into the cracks of the ground!" ”

The iron abacus tried his best to confess himself, "Gillian, I mainly think about you!" After you marry Luo Nanhai, you will be the mayor's wife! ”

Gillian said with red eyes: "Women in the world are born to be wives for men, and after getting married, it is nothing more than laundry, cooking, and having children. Marrying Luo Nanhai is my destiny, I accept my fate, and I don't blame you. ”

At this time, Mother Lin stepped forward and took her daughter's hand and comforted: "Gillian, I know that you have a high heart, and you don't look down on ordinary men." But now that you are pregnant, there is no way for you to marry Luo Nanhai! Although Luo Nanhai's age is not worthy of you, he is an official, has a good heart and good conduct. Also, our women marry to be able to live a comfortable life, a man's appearance can't be eaten, this man doesn't care if he looks ugly and handsome, in fact, he has been with him for a long time, and he is ugly and handsome! ”

Mother Lin pointed to the iron abacus and said: "When I was a girl, I was not only beautiful but also tall like a northern woman, and I was also a famous beauty near and far, but your father was short and ordinary, and when I married him, many people said that I was a flower inserted in cow dung." But your father is shrewd and capable, he is a good businessman, I have never suffered or suffered poverty since I married him, and we have been loving you and me for decades. ”

"Mom, I was born to be a young lady's body, don't break my heart with these words!" After Gillian finished speaking, she hugged her mother and cried bitterly, and Mother Lin, who felt sorry for her daughter, also cried. Iron abacus knew that his daughter had too many grievances in her heart, so he patted Gillian on the shoulder with pity and said, "Child, cry loudly, cry out all the grievances in your heart!" When you get married, Abba will give you a beautiful operation to make the whole town envy you! After saying that, the iron abacus pushed the door and walked outside, he wanted to make the mother and daughter cry well. (To be continued......)