The ridge is full of Yingshan Red (novella) Zhang Baotong 2016.1.2

The next morning, the Gao family sent a matchmaker to propose marriage. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info that matchmaker is a famous matchmaker in the commune, in her forties, with a strange appearance, but a good mouth. As soon as she saw Yuxiu, she said, "Yue Lao is holding a marriage book in his hand and carrying a red rope bag, specially matching mates for men and women in the world, and matchmaking." Therefore, who is a family with whom, Yue Lao has already been arranged. As he spoke, he said solemnly to Yuxiu, "Today, Yue Lao specially sent me to talk to the two of you, if the two of them are willing and consensual, I will inform Yue Lao of your wishes." The old man will tie the legs and feet of the two of you together with red ropes. ”

Of course, the matchmaker's words are not credible, but the two families are already angry, so things are going more smoothly. Within a few days, the Gao family invited their parents and matchmakers to visit the Gao family. When rural people get married, housing is a top priority. In fact, the Gao family's house Yuxiu has seen it a long time ago, and it is no different from ordinary families. But I heard my mother say that the house viewing ceremony was so grand, there were a lot of firecrackers, and the banquet was also very rich. Moreover, the Gao family also sent some fabrics to Yuxiu to make clothes.

After that, the matchmaker asked Yuxiu's birthday to go and gave it to the Gao family. Yuxiu knew that the Gao family asked the fortune teller to calculate, as long as the genus and the eight characters matched, the marriage could be decided. But Yuxiu doesn't like Gao Baolin, and she can't wait to be at odds with Gao Baolin. However, the results of the calculation disappointed her.

On that day, her parents called Yuxiu to discuss what bride price to ask for. For this reason, they also asked for the list of bride prices for Chunlan's sister when she got married, and compared and selected them one by one. In the end, the father made a list for Yuxiu to see. Yuxiu took a look at the list: 800 yuan for the bride price, two sets of clothes in spring, summer, autumn and winter, a box of incense candles, 10 bottles of Qu Yuan Daqu wine, 6 golden leaf cigarettes, 10 catties of dim sum, 20 catties of vermicelli, 20 catties of kelp, and many other items, a total of two pieces of stationery.

When Yuxiu saw it, she said to her parents, "You ask people for so many things, just afraid that you will force them to go bankrupt?" ”

But my mother said, "I raised you so much that you would graduate from high school, and I don't know how much more money you spent than that." ”

Yuxiu said, "You should have raised me, but you are so reckless in asking for a bride price from others, which makes me feel that you have sold me to others." ”

The father said, "Chunlan's sister is not as beautiful as you, not as tall as you, and she still graduated from junior high school, but her family and the man's family want more things than ours." The father and son of the Gao family work in the city, the conditions are excellent, let's not want it in vain, don't let others think that our sister is so cheap. ”

When Yuxiu heard this, she threw the list on the table and said, "Whatever you want." ”

The list was sent to the Gao family, and the Gao family didn't say a word, so they sent the bride price to the He family. The Ho family returned the gift of some new shoes, socks, pillows, belts and other items. In this way, the relationship between the two families is almost a certainty.

Yuxiu and Gao Baolin's engagement banquet was held at Gao's house on the day. The Gao family is in the seventh team of Xiangyang, and it is only seven or eight miles away from the He family. The Gao family is a very dignified family in the Xiangyang Brigade and even in the entire commune. Therefore, more than 10 tables were held at the wedding banquet, and the scene was very large.

Yuxiu and Gao Baolin knew each other very well in the past, and when they met again, not only did they not have a little restraint, but they seemed to be a pair of enemies. Gao Baolin was wearing a brand-new gray Mao suit, shiny leather shoes on his feet, his hair was combed bare, he had a cigarette in his mouth, and he spoke in a rough voice. ”

Yuxiu said, "Distressed? Then your family can not give it. ”

Gao Baolin said, "Don't you give it?" Can I still marry you? ”

Yuxiu said, "Give it, don't say so much." ”

Gao Baolin said, "When I marry you, I will let you do my laundry and cook for me during the day, and serve me well at night." Anyway, I'm going to use you up enough so that you can pay it back. ”

Yuxiu also said unceremoniously, "It depends on how good you are." ”

The engagement banquet was a joyful and seamless event, and it can be said that everyone was happy. But Yuxiu still couldn't be happy. Because she still thinks about Chen Jie in her heart, she thinks that Chen Jie is handsome and young, and he is a scholar; And Gao Baolin can only smoke and drink, and talk about it. The reason why she agreed to this thing was entirely to accept her father's persecution and her family's face.

Relatives on both sides had a banquet and left one after another. The remaining relatives of the family stayed, discussed some matters, and did not leave until dinner. Originally, Yuxiu was going to go home with her parents, but the Gao family wanted to take her into the city to buy clothes the next day, so they left her behind.

It was already late after dinner, but Gao Baolin's classmates and friends came in a large group, drinking and punching, spitting smoke and spitting smoke, making the room a miasma. Yuxiu didn't like this kind of occasion, so she slept in the house of Gao Baolin's married sister.

However, at some point, she felt that someone was taking off her clothes, and at first, she thought she was dreaming, but immediately she smelled a smell of tobacco and alcohol. She tried to wake herself up, and when she opened her eyes, she saw that Gao Baolin had gone up to bed in the dark, and was lifting the quilt to unbutton her clothes. In a hurry, she shouted, "What are you doing?" And he shoved him out of bed.

Gao Baolin drank too much wine, was pushed off the bed by Yuxiu, and fell to the ground with a thud, so painful that he screamed for a long time. He didn't expect Yuxiu to treat him like this, so he slowly got up from the ground with the pain, and scolded through gritted teeth, "You let the dog crawl!" ”

Of course, Yuxiu knew that letting a dog crawl was letting a man sleep. It was the first time she had heard someone scold her in such a way, and it was the person who wanted to marry her. She suddenly felt as if she had been beaten with a slap in the face, and she was so suffocated that she was about to faint.

But she watched him get up from the ground with great difficulty, and felt that she had pushed him too hard and threw him hard, so she said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." ”

Gao Baolin said fiercely, "Didn't break my bones? Not on purpose yet. I know your heart is not in me. With that, he picked up his clothes from the side of the bed and went to the next room.

Yuxiu sat on the edge of the bed, looking out of the window in the dark, only to feel that it was dark in front of her, and all thoughts were gray: she didn't expect Gao Baolin to also hear this kind of rumor, and to say such dirty and vicious words to her, which really made her cry without tears and shame.

Thinking like this, she couldn't help but sob, feeling that she was so unlucky: she was slandered, misunderstood, and unable to explain it. It's so boring to think that people are living in the world. It's better to drink a bottle of pesticide and die.

She wiped her tears and got dressed, then gently opened the door and walked out. In fact, the night is not as dark as imagined. The night sky is full of stars and the moon is round. Out of the village, a path winds through the fields to the side of the mountain. When she walked to the mountain path, she heard the night wind constantly blowing the trees, making a sighing sound, as if someone had been chasing her from behind, which made her more and more afraid. So, she quickened her pace. Walking into the depths of the pine forest, the forest was so dark that it was even more frightening, so she trotted all the way. Suddenly, an alarmed pheasant flapped its wings and flew over her head, making a startled cry, which made her immediately break out in a cold sweat. She trotted forward, walked a path, descended the slope, and descended from the mountains to the front of the brigade department. Her heart was settled, because further on the path in front of the village, she didn't have to be so frightened.

When she got home, she knocked on the door, and her parents were surprised to see her come back. My father hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

She said, "Don't ask, if you ask, I'll die to show you." Then he went straight into his house.

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