People are always like this, once the level of life is raised, it is difficult to lower it again, and this is true of both material and spiritual life.

In July, Chen Lu, who did not like to "admit defeat" and was unwilling to "compromise", finally gave up "painting for a living" after many encounters.

In the following time, the material life of the "petty bourgeoisie" became a "commoner", and the spiritual life of "dreaming" and "elegant and chic" became "getting by" and "vulgar and ordinary", of course she did not adapt to it.

Soon, her discomfort escalated into dislike, and dislike escalated into hate.

She began to hate the "hustle and bustle" of the big city, the "fast pace" of the big city, the "indifference" of the city, and the "cage" made of steel and cement.

So, one day in September, when Fei Guang proposed that "the city is too complicated, let's go back to the countryside", she nodded in agreement. realized the sentence that Liu Ruoying did not realize in the lyrics - "Let's go with you...... It doesn't matter where it goes."

Soon after, she further upgraded "Let's go with you", and she agreed to Fei Guang's marriage proposal.

She thought that marriage was the end of a fairy tale and the end of her youth, but she didn't expect that it was just the beginning of another complicated story in life.

……

A few days before the wedding, although the dowry prepared by her parents for Chen Lu was only a set of wardrobes and a few quilts, she was content enough.

"My father and mother are old, the money they can earn is limited, and they have a family to support, so I can't ask for too much. Dad was able to receive the letter from the trustee and rush back in time to send me 'out of the cabinet', which is already a blessing from heaven! She thought to herself.

On September 26, when he and Fei Guang's family jointly selected the "auspicious day for marriage", his father Chen Quan obtained a promise of "bride price 99999" for Chen Lu.

The next day, "99999" arrived as scheduled, and when Chen Lu deposited them into his bank card with an "insufficient balance", he was satisfied and a little more down-to-earth.

is satisfied because she agrees with what Chen Yu said below:

"That's a new record in the village!"

"But that's right, with my sister's beauty like a fairy, it's not normal to call it abnormal if you don't refresh the record!"

"My sister is mighty, my sister deserves it!"

Down-to-earth because in rural areas where consumption levels are relatively low, she feels that this money can bring her more security. Moreover, their consumption outlook and living standards have been forcibly reduced a lot.

Although Chen Lu guessed from the message that Fei Guang had written to himself, that the money might have been borrowed by him and his father, he was a little worried. But soon, Chen Yu's words made her turn her worries into "justification"-

"My brother-in-law is so honest and has no friends, it is impossible for him to borrow money."

"In the countryside, it has been common for a father to lend money to his son to marry a daughter-in-law since ancient times, and if this is borrowed money, it must be his father who came forward to borrow it."

"After getting married, his dad is his dad, he is him."

"His father is only 44 years old, he is still so young, he will never let him 'pay off his father's debts', what kind of heart is my sister bearing!"

……

On October 1, the eldest sister Chen Mei, the third sister Chen Zhu, and the fourth sister Chen Ju rushed back to their homes in the county one after another. The three sisters, together with Chen Yu, who had come back a long time ago, accompanied Chen Lu to spend her "wedding night" in that house.

It's a pity that the second sister Chen Lan didn't come back. The second sister, who married to Vietnam in 92, has not seen her for 7 years since she went insane. Not only has Chen Lu never seen it, but since then, the second sister and her mother-in-law's family have never contacted anyone in her mother's family, and now they don't know whether they are dead or alive.

Thinking of this, Chen Lu made another brief sadness. It's short, because there are more things to hear, and time doesn't allow her to be sad for too long.

Although she stayed awake that night, it was not enough for her to be rational to use the night to grieve this uncertain "bad news".

I didn't sleep all night, because it took an afternoon to make the bridal pan and bridal makeup, Fei Guang hadn't seen it yet, she was worried that the pillow would be damaged, so she couldn't bear to sleep.

She stayed up all night because her family talked with her until 2 o'clock in the morning the next day, and there were still 3 hours before the agreed pick-up time of 5 o'clock, and she was afraid that it would be difficult to get up, so she couldn't sleep.

In the words of the family, there are too many explicit metaphors, too many meanings, and she needs to think about it again, so she doesn't want to sleep.

"The young man looks like a dog, but I don't know if there are any materials?"

"I heard that your mother-in-law is a 'big long skin', and I don't know what kind of relationship I can get along with her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law."

"Alas! I blame your mother, and before I got engaged, I didn't go to touch what the family was like! ”

Father Chen Quan, his mouth is full of "old, earthy" nouns in his hometown, but there is worry hidden in his words, worried about the uncertainty of his daughter's future.

"It's okay for the son-in-law to be a good son-in-law, the daughter is living with the son-in-law, not with the son-in-law, it's all at this time, don't you want to beat Lulu again-"

In her mother Xiuhua's words, there are rebuttals to Chen Quan, justification for herself, and protection for Chen Lu.

"Alas! If we live together without crossing the door, what else can I do? Chen Quan's voice was full of helplessness.

"Since Lulu chose him, that's right, don't worry about it, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren."

"Over the years, the sisters have been running around separately, and it is not easy to get together today, let their sisters talk, let's not get involved!" After Xiuhua finished speaking, she entered the back room.

"Dad, don't you know, this real fate has arrived, and you can't stop it!"

"My fifth brother-in-law and fifth sister are 'golden boys and girls', you can rest assured, they will definitely be happy!"

Chen Yu rushed in front of several sisters and comforted his father Chen Quan.

"This is a life of marriage, not a child's house, not just looking at people!"

"Ahh

After Chen Quan finished speaking, he sighed again, and then went into the back room, leaving the living room for the five sisters.

After the two elders returned to the house, the eldest sister Chen Mei continued the topic left by her father Chen Quan, and said: "Lulu, in fact, our father is worried, and there is a reason why he is worried. ”

"Lulu's in-laws are so young, and they only have a son-in-law, and they can live with their eyes closed than our sister-in-laws who have two brothers or three brothers!" The third sister, Chen Zhu, did not blindly follow the trend.

"Not necessarily!"

"The in-laws of one son are not necessarily good, and the in-laws of multiple sons are not necessarily bad."

"Besides, the key to living is still in the man, not in the in-laws."

"If a man is capable enough, it doesn't matter if his in-laws have it!"

The fourth sister, Chen Ju, expressed a new point of view.

"What if a woman is capable of it herself? Does it mean that both men and in-laws are dispensable? ”

Chen Yu playfully expanded the fourth sister's new point of view.

"Marry a man, marry a man, dress and eat. If a woman can be capable so easily, why do you need a man? Look around us, how many capable women are there? ”

Chen Ju's tone of reply was full of anger and resentment, and he didn't take Chen Yu's words as a joke at all.

Chen Yu hates this fourth sister Chen Ju, who looks fierce and selfish to her, the most. So after hearing the reply, she stopped speaking and no longer participated in the speech of the fourth sister. If it weren't for the need to spend more time with her favorite sister Chen Lu, she would have stood up and left the living room a long time ago.

"Yes, after a woman gets married, she gives birth to a child, and after giving birth, the child consumes a woman's energy. I want to toss again, and then I have the ability, but I have more than enough strength! ”

The eldest sister Chen Mei's words had the meaning of explaining to Chen Yu on behalf of Chen Ju, but she had already plugged in the headphones with the volume turned on to the maximum, and she didn't listen to it at all.

"Lulu is different from us, she and her brother-in-law have been in love, they are in love."

"After getting married, love is upgraded to family affection, lovers are upgraded to lovers, it is enough to have the affection of the young couple, and the rest can be ignored!" The third sister, Chen Zhu, expressed another new point of view.

"Not necessarily, marriage may also be the grave of love!"

"But most girls' fantasies about love just stop at the marriage hall, what a sad joke!"

The fourth sister, Chen Ju, always seems to like to carry.

"High, rich, handsome, our brother-in-law accounts for both high and handsome, which is already very good!" The eldest sister, Chen Mei, is more "fashionable" than other middle-aged rural women, and proposed this relatively trendy Internet word.

"These three words, the most important thing is 'rich', as the so-called 'poor and lowly couples mourn', if there is not enough firewood, rice, oil and salt, how can there be idle work!"

"If I could choose again, I would rather marry a short, handsome, and rich man without love, than marry a tall, handsome, and poor man with love."

"Love, the shelf life is too short, it is a luxury in life, and money is a necessity."

"You have to think about it, Lulu, you can still be a 'runaway bride' tonight and wait until tomorrow, but it's too late."

"As long as a woman marries once, and then wants to remarry, her identity and status will depreciate infinitely!"

"Ignore the old traditions of my dad. A woman in our time, as long as she leaves her first child to her first husband, is considered a pure and good woman! ”

The fourth sister Chen Ju, who carried out the lifting of the bar to the end, continued to talk endlessly, but after that, Chen Lu couldn't listen to a word.

At the beginning of the topic, Chen Lu chose to remain silent because she felt that the content was inconsequential and could not affect her unhesitation. And now, she is silent because she is distracted, she needs to take a look, and she has no time to speak.

She wanted both love and bread, and fell into repeated thinking with blurred eyes and trance-

"Is there really a 'fate' in this world, is there really a 'fate'?"

"Can he be a good son-in-law in his mother's mouth, can he love me for a lifetime, and will he be able to be productive and capable in the future?"

"Is it really that heavy for father-in-law and mother-in-law?"

"If he is mediocre all his life, and his in-laws can't help much, will I still have a chance to earn bread?"

"What Charlene said to Lu Tao, 'If you work hard all your life, I will love you even if you are poor', can I do it?"

"Is a post-marriage business plan he once proposed reliable?"

While Chen Lu was thinking, Chen Yu lay on the sofa and fell asleep on her laps, and the three sisters also walked into the "second bedroom" of the smallest one, ready to make up for the night.

The "master bedroom" lives the younger brother Tianci and the younger brother-in-law, and the large "second bedroom" lives the parents.

The reason why Tianci and Tianci's daughter-in-law did not participate in the chat that night was not only because they had to go to the store tomorrow to do business and go to bed early. It's more because, in the eyes of the two of them at that time, they only cared about their small family of three - the younger two and their son.

……

October 2, 2011, the sixth day of the ninth lunar month, 4 o'clock in the morning.

Before Chen Lu could fully think about it, the alarm clock in Chen Yu's mobile phone rang.

The alarm clock was set at four o'clock because Chen Yu had to get up to help the "bride sister" prepare for the work, such as touching up makeup, such as wearing a wedding dress.

"Sister, don't be sentimental, go brush your teeth!" Chen Yu woke up, pushed Chen Lu, who was sitting in a daze, into the bathroom, and continued, "Time is pressing, hurry up~"

Time is really pressing, and when the other family members got up, the groom Fei Guang was already "waiting" at the door of the house, and Chen Lu, with the assistance of Chen Yu, finished washing, dressed in the wedding dress, and made up the makeup.

"Sister, why did I suddenly ...... I can't bear you! ”

Just when everything was about to stop and let the groom in, Chen Yu said something like this.

When she first heard this, Chen Lu thought it was another quirky remark from Chen Yu, but soon, she realized that she was wrong. Because when she turned around, she saw Chen Yu's tears - the tears of this "female man" who hadn't cried for more than 10 years.

Seeing Chen Yu's tears, Chen Lu couldn't control herself, she walked over quickly, and "hugged her head and cried" with this cute sister who was a little baby fat, and let her tears smash her new makeup......