Since ancient times, weddings and funerals have to follow the old rules, especially in a small remote county like Huangyuan County, even if it has entered a new era, the people here still have to follow their timeless old principles.

According to the rules of Huangyuan County, when a man comes to the woman's house to propose marriage, the girl has to hide in the house. If you dare to show up easily, you will be scolded frivolously behind your back, and if it is more serious, even the man will think that the woman has no rules and quit this family business.

The power of rules is huge, even a frivolous woman like He Fengying, who has been on the streets all year round, has to bow her head in front of the rules.

Therefore, He Fengying, who was showing off to his sister-in-law in the hall that Sun Yuting was a village cadre, had to go into the house when she heard a knock on the door and learned that Sun Yuting had come.

Originally, she needed to wait in the house until Sun Yuting proposed marriage, and his father promised to marry her to Sun Yuting, and then the two families agreed on a marriage date, and finally they needed to wait until Sun Yuting went out of the house, so that she could come out and accept the congratulations of her brother and sister-in-law, and by the way, she shed two tears, expressing her reluctance to this family that has lived for more than 20 years.

But.

When He Fengying heard that the He family was going to reject Sun Yuting's proposal, she couldn't help it anymore, it wasn't that she fell in love with Sun Yuting, but that she was already old, and if she couldn't marry again, she would become an old girl.

In later generations, those old girls will be poked in the backbone from behind, not to mention that when they become old girls, not only will their parents' faces be dull, but even if they go out, they will be pointed at.

That's why He Fengying rushed out.

When Father He saw He Fengying come out, his brows suddenly twisted into a pimple, and he glared at He Fengying and said, "Fengying, you hurry up and let me in, a girl's family doesn't know shame!" ”

He Fengying was also hot-tempered, so she pinched her waist with both hands at that time, glared at Father He and said, "Dad, I just fell in love with Sun Yuting, I just want to marry him, what's wrong with you!" ”

There is nothing more angry than a girl confronting herself in front of outsiders, and Father He is angry.

This old comrade, who has never touched anyone in his life, threw out the first slap in his life, and still threw it on his girl's face.

A crisp slap sounded, and the originally noisy room suddenly became silent.

The eldest brother and sister-in-law of the He family were also stunned, no matter how much He Fengying messed around before, even if she didn't go home at night with those green skins, Father He was not willing to move a finger from her.

Mother He's heart couldn't help but tremble with the slap, and she pulled Father He's arm and said, "Old He, what are you doing here, what can't you say well?!" ”

"Say it well? Didn't you see that your girl was going to marry this little deflated three? Father He said menacingly.

That's right, in his eyes, the current Sun Yuting is just like those green skins on the street, a little deflated three.

No, Sun Yuting is not as good as those green skins, after all, if those green skins can turn around, they can rely on their family and friends to find a pretty good job.

But what about Sun Yuting? As a member of the club, he can only stay in Shuangshui Village for the rest of his life, and if He Fengying marries him, he will have to face the loess with his back to the sky for the rest of his life.

Even if Father He is angry with He Fengying again, he doesn't want to see her unable to turn over for the rest of his life.

When Mother He heard this, she immediately had nothing to say, she knew He Fengying's temperament, if this girl recognized something, she would definitely do it to the end.

The eldest brother and sister-in-law of the He family were also about to come up to persuade each other, but now they also stopped.

He Fengying was ready to accept everyone's comfort, but now no one stepped forward, and she couldn't accept it for a while.

He Fengying covered her face and said: "Okay, good, you have long seen me unpleasant, and now you see that I am married to a good family, you are uncomfortable, right?" ”

He Mu frowned and looked at He Fengying: "Fengying, what do you mean by this, why can't we see you well?" ”

"Isn't it? Since I was a child, you disliked me as a girl, and I only liked my eldest brother on weekdays. He Fengying was also angry, crying loudly with tears in her eyes.

These words directly calmed the He family.

In all fairness, in this patriarchal era, the He family is a clear stream, from childhood to adulthood, Father He treats his son and daughter almost equally, whether it is food or clothing, the level is not much different, especially He Fengying, as a daughter, also got the opportunity to go to school.

In this year, there was no compulsory education, and it took two yuan and five cents to study in primary school each semester, which seemed to be not much, and only one notebook could be bought in the later generations, but in this era, it was a huge amount of money, and his father had to go to the grain station to work as a temporary worker for a while after getting off work in order to raise this money.

The so-called temporary workers are carrying large bags, each sack is 300 catties, and each large bag is only 1 cent, which shows how much effort it took to save enough tuition fees for two yuan and a half.

Later, He Fengying graduated from primary school, because of her poor academic performance and was not admitted to junior high school, she was crying and making trouble at home, wanting to go to junior high school, He Fengying's father felt sorry for her, and had to take out more than 50 yuan accumulated over the years to help her pay the so-called sponsorship fee, so He Fengying was able to enter junior high school.

The result?

He Fengying, who went to junior high school, didn't cherish the sweat of her parents at all, not only did she study honestly, but she also messed around with a bunch of green skins, often skipped class, and was finally expelled from school.

Father He's years of hard work were burned.

In this way, He Fengying is still not satisfied, thinking that He's father is patriarchal.

As for He Fengying's statement that after He Fengying's father retires, he will hand over his work to the eldest brother of the He family, it is because He Father is a worker in a lumber factory, and his work on weekdays is to carry wood, how can this kind of work be handed over to a girl.

In the factories in Huangyuan County, even those workers in relatively easy positions will leave their jobs to their sons, not their daughters.

After all, the water spilled by the married girl is not a casual remark.

So Father He thought he had done everything a father could do, but He Fengying was not satisfied, which made Father He completely sad.

Father He only felt that his heart was beating suddenly, his eyes were dark, and his body shook involuntarily.

Mother He had been paying attention to Father He's situation, and seeing that something was wrong, she hurriedly stepped forward to support Father He: "Old man, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Medicine, medicine" Father He's face turned pale, dense sweat broke out on his forehead, and a painful sound came out of his throat.

As a worker in a lumber mill, He's father had always been in good health before, but it was because He Fengying was angry a few years ago that he had a heart attack.

Fortunately, as a worker in a lumber mill, Father He did not need to spend money on hospitalization and medical treatment, and after several years of careful conditioning, Father He's health finally got better.

I didn't expect to be angry again today because of He Fengying's matter.

Father He's sudden illness broke the stalemate in the house, Mother He hurriedly rushed into the back room and took out a glass bottle, hurriedly poured out a few translucent pills from it, stuffed it into Father He's mouth, and then poured another enamel jar of tea to help him go down.

Father He took the medicine, and a trace of bloodshot gradually appeared on his face, he sat on the chair, pointed at Sun Yuting and said, "Get out, you hurry up and get out with me!" ”

Sun Yuting, who was still aggressive, also became timid at this time because of the sudden illness of He's father.

He knew very well that if it was because of him today, Father He would definitely get into big trouble.

Sun Yuting shrunk his neck, snorted coldly, picked up the ten catties of wheat, and pulled Sun Yuhou to leave.

Sun Yuhou frowned, glared at him and said, "Sun Yuting, you hurry up and put things down, do you know how to do it!" ”

Sun Yuting pouted: "Brother, are you a fool, this is ten catties of wheat, and this old thing won't marry his daughter to me, if we leave the food to him, isn't it similar to feeding a dog?" ”

"Smack!"

Sun Yuhou patted his head violently, you kid doesn't dislike it.

But at this time, Father He had already heard this, and he had already recovered him, but at this time he became angry again, panting in his throat, pointing at Sun Yuting's nose and saying, "Get out, you hurry up and get out with me, I don't want to see you again in this life!" ”

"If you don't see it, you won't see it, and I'm not uncommon to come to your house! Don't you smell it? There's a stench in your house. Sun Yuting already felt that there was no way to marry He Fengying, and of course he would not give Father He a little more face.

He was originally the kind of hooligan character, and when he was in Shuangshui Village, he didn't feel worried about his wife at all, and he was not afraid of the honest father He at this time.

It's just that he forgot one thing, although Father He is an old comrade, although he can't fight him because of illness, but the eldest brother of the He family is still there!

The eldest brother of the He family is also the kind of honest character, at home on weekdays, he listens to the sister-in-law of the He family, and he will not conflict with the workers in the factory, even if he suffers a loss, he just laughs.

But as the saying goes, if an honest person is provoked, it will be even more terrible.

When Sun Yuting was chattering, he didn't realize that the eyes of the eldest brother of the He family had turned red, and when the eldest brother of the He family rushed to him, he began to be afraid.

"Big brother, big brother, we are relatives, you must not do it."

It's a pity that Sun Yuting begged for mercy a little late at this time.

I saw the eldest brother of the He family waving his big fist and slamming it on Sun Yuting's face.

Sun Yuting doesn't look at the whining and chirping on weekdays, he is actually a little Karami, facing the iron fist of the eldest brother of the He family, he doesn't even have a chance to dodge.

Only a bang was heard.

Sun Yuting only felt that the stars began to pop up in front of him, he only felt a sour feeling in his nose, and a bloody smell in his mouth.

This is not the end, the eldest brother of the He family is like an angry lion, pounced on Sun Yuting and punched him twice.

Sun Yuting couldn't support it at all this time, his body shook, only to feel that the surrounding scenery began to rotate rapidly, and finally fell to the ground.

During the whole process, Sun Yuhou, as Sun Yuting's elder brother, watched it quietly, because he also felt that what Sun Yuting did was too much and deserved to be taught a hard lesson.

The people of the He family had long been eager to teach Sun Yuting a lesson, so naturally they would not come up to stop him.

The only exception is He Fengying.

She was stunned for a moment at first, and after she reacted, she hurriedly pounced, lay on Sun Yuting's body, pulled Sun Yuting's arm and said, "Yuting, Yuting, what's wrong with you, don't scare me!" ”

She ignored that Sun Yuting had opened her eyes at this time, turned her head and looked at Father He angrily: "Okay, in order to block my marriage, you dare to beat Sun Yuting, I, He Fengying, am not the kind of woman who can be manipulated." From today on, our friendship of more than 20 years has been broken ever since! I'll go back to Shuangshui Village with Sun Yuting today, and we will never have anything to do with each other again!" ”

If someone who doesn't know sees this scene, they think that He Fengying is really that kind of infatuated woman.

He Fengying's words were like a bomb that exploded in the He family's house.

The faces of the people in the room changed.

Father He's face turned red, and he pointed at He Fengying's nose and said, "You get out, you get out, you don't have to come back in the future." ”

The eldest brother and sister-in-law of the He family will be silent, although they think that He Fengying is really excessive, but after all, she is the daughter of the He family, if she leaves like this, won't the neighbors laugh at the He family?

Only Mother He was a little reluctant to let go of this girl, so she rushed over and grabbed He Fengying's hand and said, "Fengying, we are a family, you girl can't talk nonsense." Don't worry, I will definitely persuade your father to agree to your marriage. ”

"Just a promise?" He Fengying looked around, saw the expressions of everyone in the He family, thought that she had taken control of the He family, and sneered: "When the eldest brother got married, you gave your sister-in-law's family a bride price of five yuan, ten catties of pork, twenty catties of rice, and two sets of new clothes, as well as the decoration of the eldest brother's house. The bed, the quilt, the big cabinet, and the cooking guy. These things must be worth at least three hundred dollars. ”

"I don't want much, as long as you pay me a hundred and fifty dollars."

Hiss.

As soon as these words came out, the faces of everyone in the room suddenly changed.

In these years, people with conditions also have a dowry, but the dowry is at most a few sets of quilts and quilt sheets and other gadgets, no more than ten yuan.

Moreover, most of the things in the eldest brother's family were bought by the eldest brother with his own salary, and the savings of the He family had already been spent by He Fengying.

Now He Fengying still wants to marry so many things, it's just wishful thinking.

No matter how rare He Fengying is, He Fengying can't agree to this request.

She glanced at Father He in embarrassment, took He Fengying's hand and said, "Daughter, you also know the situation of our family, and there is no money now, but Shuangshui Village is really poor, if you don't help you a little, your life will definitely not be easy." In this way, my mother still has a little bit of her own money, not much, just more than ten yuan. What do you think of this time when I give it to you as a dowry? ”

When Father He heard this, he was so angry that he trembled: "Old woman, don't get used to her, let her go to Shuangshui Village by herself." (End of chapter)