Chapter 1: Keeping Married
In 2010, my antique business in Beijing failed, I owed more than one million yuan, and I was chased by a loan shark with a knife, and I had no choice but to go back to my hometown to hide for two days.
My hometown is a small village in Lingnan, I haven't been back for nearly ten years, my parents left early, and I left an old house for me, so I plan to live in my hometown for a few days, thinking about how to make money.
Unexpectedly, just a few days after returning to the village, I met someone getting married, and when I inquired, the groom official was actually my cousin.
said that he was a cousin, but in fact, he was not close to my family, and he didn't have any contact on weekdays, so he met during the New Year.
My cousin and aunt left early, and my cousin's family is poor, and he is nearly sixty years old this year, so he is probably looking for a twilight love.
I was idle at home, so I thought about going over to congratulate and rush my bad luck, but I didn't expect that it was this decision that completely ruined me.
Our village is very big in the marriage formation, before and after six or seven days, especially on the last day in the east of the village flowing water banquet, wave after wave, can eat two or three days, when I went to catch up with the opening of the banquet, strangely, there are not many people on the banquet.
Uncle Cousin is an old man in the village, and it stands to reason that many people should participate in his big event, but now not only is the flowing water seat not full, but also the people who come are all young and young, and occasionally a few old people, who are also the kind of people who have no one to take care of at home, it is estimated that they are here to eat and drink.
My cousin was serving strong wine at the table, and when he saw me coming, he was also taken aback and asked me why I had come back.
I didn't have a close relationship with him, so I didn't talk about business, I just said that I came back to rest for a few days, and I just happened to meet his happy event.
My cousin was very happy, drank a few glasses of wine with me, and talked a lot about family affairs, but I don't know if I drank too much or what, but I always felt that he looked at me strangely, and seemed to have some deep meaning.
He had a few drinks with me, and then went to take care of others, I ate a few glasses of wine, and then looked at the dishes on the table, and felt that something was not quite right, and then I looked at the new house he had made, and I was even more surprised.
It's so luxurious.
I know the situation of my cousin's family, I don't know how many generations I have been poor, so his father directly named him Chen Wangcai, this is still a joke we often said when we were children, according to his family background, it is absolutely impossible to make such a big scene, isn't it where he made a windfall?
People are such strange animals, there are no people who can't be connected with eight poles, once they are involved in interests, they rely on it more tightly than anyone else, so my first reaction at that time was to ask my cousin to take me to make a fortune, at least to fill the hole of usury.
I found a young man, exchanged a few pleasantries, and then talked about my cousin's fortune, and he also heard the meaning of my words, pointed to the people who came to the table and said, "Do you know why all the young people came?" Because the old man thinks your cousin is not clean, he doesn't want to come. ”
He was stunned by one sentence, and hurriedly handed me a cigarette and asked him what he meant.
He asked me in a low voice, "Do you know the mountain behind our village?" Your cousin went in and got rich when he came out! ”
Back Mountain?
Houshan is a "forbidden land" in our village, the old people say that the mountain lives in the mountain god, before the village people disappeared, it is said that they were all caught by the mountain god, in the year I was in high school, people came to the town and said what kind of homestead, went to the back mountain six people, only two people came back, and they were all crazy to say nothing.
Later, the police station went to the mountain to look for people, and only found the remains of the four people at the foot of the mountain, which had been bitten by wild dogs.
Since then, no one dares to go to Houshan again, and Uncle Cousin has always been an honest man, how dare he run there?
I asked the young man, and he only shook his head and said, "I don't know, anyway, the old people in the village have stopped interacting with him since then, saying that he is not clean, and your cousin has been rich since he came out, and he is building a house and marrying a daughter-in-law, and your new cousin is beautiful, less than thirty, and it is said that your cousin brought it out of the mountains!" ”
Brought out of the mountains?
The young man looked at me in a daze, and the thief smiled and told me something about that woman, how beautiful and beautiful she was, and she was about to catch up with the fairy.
Naturally, I didn't have the heart to hear him say this, and just as the celebration began, I changed the subject.
It's a pity that my new cousin has been wearing a red hijab at the celebration and can't see her appearance, but looking at her slender hands, I am basically sure that the young man is right.
The celebration ended quickly, and it was getting late, and then the main event came to the cave room.
The rules of our village are not the same, the cave house does not make trouble for the bride, only the groom, and can not make trouble in the cave room, you have to make trouble outside, and there must be a relative of the groom guarding the door of the cave house, called "keeping the marriage", and no one can sneak in to see what the bride looks like.
I was still thinking about finding an opportunity to ask my cousin what was going on, so he came to me and said, "Chen Ming, you go to the wedding!" ”
I was stunned, I never thought that the person who kept the marriage would be me, but after thinking about it, my cousin has no children and no daughters, because of this cousin's matter, relatives will definitely not associate with him, and no one can do this except me.
Even if I was reluctant, I had to sell his face, after all, it was his big day, so I nodded and agreed, and my cousin took me outside the cave room, saying that he would come back after a while.
I was bored standing at the door alone, listening to their cheerfulness outside, but I was still holding back how to ask my cousin about making a fortune, and suddenly I heard someone in the cave room calling my name: "Chen Ming? ”
I subconsciously agreed, and only then did I react, how could my new cousin know my name?
She asked again, "Can you come in for a moment?" ”
I hurriedly said, "Cousin, according to the rules, I can't go in, I have to wait until my cousin goes in." ”
Her voice was a little anxious: "I'm not feeling well, can you come and help me take a look?" ”
As soon as I heard her voice, it really didn't seem right, on this happy day, if she was sick, it would be too unlucky, so I told her to wait a while, I will go to my cousin.
But she seemed to be in a hurry: "I can't wait, my stomach hurts badly, you come in and pour me a glass of water and take some medicine, it's inconvenient for me to look like this." ”
I looked up and looked outside, my cousin was having a good time with them, and I guess I wouldn't be able to come back for a while, so I pushed the door in after a while.
My cousin, who was sitting on the bed in a Xiuhe dress and covered with a big red hijab, heard me come in, pointed to the cabinet and said, "It's on the second floor of the cabinet, help me get it." ”
I answered and went over to get the medicine, and it took me a long time to find it, and as soon as I got up and turned around, I turned my head and saw that my cousin had walked behind me without knowing when, standing there straight and silent.
The medicine in my frightened hand almost dropped, so I quickly stuffed it into her hand and said, "The medicine is for you, cousin." ”
Unexpectedly, she grabbed my hand, and the cold skin made me tremble, and I wanted to withdraw my hand back, but I found that the strength in her hand was surprisingly strong, and I couldn't withdraw my hand at all.
As soon as I saw what this line was, I quickly asked her, "Cousin, is there anything else wrong with you?" If it's okay, I'll go out first, and my cousin will be in a minute..."
But before I could finish speaking, my cousin suddenly lifted her red hijab!
A peerless face appeared in front of me, and I was stunned when I saw it, and at the same time a wonderful fragrance penetrated into my nose, and my cousin took my hand and looked at me like that, without saying a word, but her eyes seemed to have magic power, and my whole body was fixed there.
Her skin is very white, it can be said that she is a little white, although her eyes are very big, but there is no god, under a closer look, she is still a little sluggish, I was stunned, did my cousin marry a stupid cousin?
But after thinking about it, I don't think it's right, if it's a stupid cousin, how can I do such a thing?
I was thinking wildly when I heard a commotion outside the door, and my heart sank, and it was over, my cousin and they came in!
According to the rules of our village, the marriage keeper must not look at the bride's red hijab, which is a rush!
I wanted to shake my hand away, but my cousin's strength was too great, I shook it two or three times and didn't respond, I was grabbed by her tightly, I couldn't move at all, and I heard the sound outside the door and immediately quieted down, followed by my cousin's roar: "Chen Ming, what are you doing?!" ”