4. Marriage destruction

Xiao Zigui was packing up farm tools in the yard, and Wang Wensi came in.

"Brother Zigui, where are you busy?" Wang Wensi said with a smile and squinted his eyes.

"Oh, Wensi. Tinker with these things, prepare to use them when you are busy, and catch the blind when you are in the spring of the province. Xiao Zigui put down the work in his hand, "Sit down in the house." ”

The two walked into the room and sat down, Xiao Zigui took the tobacco box, took out the cigarette pouch from his pocket and was about to fill the tobacco pouch pot with cigarette powder, Wang Wensi took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket and said, "Come, smoke mine." A cigarette was handed over.

Xiao Zigui smiled and said, "Okay, smoke yours." ”

The two of them lit it, smoked, and chattered.

Wang Wensi asked: "Tiezhu is not at home?" ”

"I don't know where I'm going crazy."

"It's so big, you have to tell him a daughter-in-law to tie him up!" Wang Wensi said with a smile.

"Why don't you make a difference, there's no suitable one. I heard that there is a target for studying literature? ”

"I got it, it's his middle school classmate, who works in a company in our town, and is the daughter of Secretary Wang of Zhaojiazhai."

"It's a good match! When to prepare for the happy event? ”

"My kid said they were still young and not in a hurry."

Xiao Zigui sighed and said: "Now many girls in the countryside have gone to the city to work, and as soon as they go out, their minds are high, and they don't want to be in the countryside, they all want to find a mother-in-law in the city." Look at the singles in our village one by one, how anxious the old man is! It is not easy for rural boys to find a partner, especially in a poor village like ours. ”

This is also easy to understand, people go to high places and water flows to low places, which girl doesn't want to climb a high branch and live a happy life? Who wants to suffer in the countryside! ”

"Girls don't want to marry farmers, which makes the young men in the countryside miserable."

"Who said it's not. I heard that the girl from your relative's family works in the city and wants to marry Minqiang, this girl is not simple! ”

Xiao Zigui said: "It's the daughter of Guilian's cousin's family, Dongwangzhuang's, and it's the matchmaker made by 'Wang Kuaizui'." ”

Wang Wensi spit out the smoke in his mouth and asked, "How did the two of you talk?" ”

Xiao Zigui's daughter-in-law Wang Guilian happily accosted and said: "A few days ago, I heard that the two of them were talking very hotly, and my cousin was preparing to buy them a wedding house in the garden community in the city. ”

"What does the girl look like?"

Wang Guilian said: "She is very handsome, she is a secondary school student, she works in the county power supply bureau, and she is a good girl who has nowhere to find her with lanterns." ”

Wang Wensi said with a serious expression: "Sister-in-law, you have to let your cousin think about it, the girl works in the city, eats commercial grain, and gets a monthly salary." But Minqiang farms in the countryside, and the door is not the right household. As the saying goes, a good bird chooses a tree to fall, and a good woman chooses someone to marry. Marrying a daughter is high, marrying a wife is low. The girl's conditions are so good, marrying a farmer, this is a pearl buried in the soil, and flowers are inserted in cow dung! Isn't this a pit for other girls? ”

Wang Guilian felt that what Wang Wensi said made sense, and said anxiously: "When he proposed his relatives, Minqiang was an officer in the army, who would have thought that he would have to farm when he came back!" ”

"As the saying goes, if the door is not the right door, it will become a disaster over time. You have to tell your cousin about this, so that you will not regret your complaint later. ”

"It would be nice if Minqiang went to work in the city." Xiao Zigui said.

"If that's fine, that's the right thing. But I think he has a hard heart, and it is unlikely that he will go to work in the city. ”

"I'd rather demolish ten temples than break a marriage. They've been talking about it for more than a year, is it appropriate to blow it? Oops, what can I do! Wang Guilian seemed to encounter a fork in the road without a road sign, and she was in a dilemma.

Wang Wensi took a puff of cigarette and said: "What's so difficult about this, you tell your cousin about Minqiang's current situation, if she is still willing, you will not be blamed if there is an accident in the future, am I right?" ”

Wang Guilian said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, thanks to you for giving me a wake-up call, I'll call in a while." ”

Xiao Zigui spoke: "Wen Si, you go to do the work of Baiwang again, and let him persuade Minqiang to work in the city." ”

Wang Guilian said: "I pondered that if Minqiang didn't go to work in the city, this object would definitely blow." ”

The next day, Song Xiuqin was busy making lunch, and a low woman suddenly asked in the courtyard: "Is Xiuqin here?" ”

"Where, who?"

Song Xiuqin put down the work in her hand and greeted her with a smile on her face: "Oh, it's his second aunt, come into the house, it's windy and cold outside." ”

Aunt Wang walked into the house uneasily. Xiuqin saw that her new black cotton jacket and blue pants were covered with a layer of dust, and while helping the second aunt pat the dust on her body, she said, "The new clothes you just wore are covered with dust, where are you going?" As he spoke, he went to get a thermos and brought a bowl of hot water in front of the second aunt, "You drink a bowl of hot water to warm up first." At this time, Xiuqin found that the second aunt had lost her previous smile and cheerful and loud words, and felt a little strange.

Song Xiuqin's enthusiastic words made Aunt Wang even more restless, she opened her mouth several times to say something, but with a sigh and swallowed the words that came to her mouth, she felt unable to speak.

Song Xiuqin thought to herself, she must have something on her mind, so she said: "Xiaoxia is not at home at work in the provincial capital, if you have anything at home, just say, I will help you do it, and it will be difficult for you to live." ”

Second Aunt Wang seemed to have seized the opportunity to speak, and said with a dry cough: "I'll tell you something, but it's not easy to speak." ”

Song Xiuqin said briskly: "What's not easy to speak, and it's not an outsider, just say it." ”

Second Aunt Wang sighed and said, "I don't think I'm sorry for Qiangzi and you." But...... Alas......"

Song Xiuqin was stunned by Aunt Wang's words and expression, and asked, "Aunt Wang, what's going on?" ”

"Why don't you tell me to open your mouth, it's really delicious food, it's hard for a matchmaker to make."

"What's wrong? Come on, I'm going to die in a hurry. ”

Aunt Wang plucked up her courage and said, "The object of the strong son has been blown." ”

"Ahh Why? Song Xiuqin was taken aback.

"I think the hadron is in the countryside."

"What's wrong with the countryside! Did the girl bring it up? ”

Aunt Wang sighed again and continued: "I don't believe it when my daughter-in-law told me last night, I hurried to Dongwangzhuang for breakfast today to ask for an understanding, the girl and her mother said, 'Minqiang goes to work in the city, this marriage can also be considered, and when you are a farmer in the countryside, you will resolutely blow, everyone knows that marrying a daughter-in-law is three points lower, marrying a daughter is three points higher, my daughter is a state worker, Li Minqiang is a farmer, I can't push my children into the fire pit'." What do you think this is talking about? I asked her if that meant girl. She said that she was in charge of her daughter's marriage. If you want me not to mention it again, it's useless to wear out the skin of your mouth. It's hard for me to say anything more when it comes to this, no, I came to your house before I came back to my door. ”

Song Xiuqin was stunned by this sudden news, and stood aside not knowing what to do.

Second Aunt Wang's throat seemed to be full of something, and she didn't say anything for a while. At first, she thought that the woman was educated and handsome. Minqiang is also a handsome and capable young man, and he is an officer, and he is a talented and beautiful couple. also told Baiwang and his wife that the woman's parents were faceless people, and the old couple were very satisfied, and they also told Baiwang that the marriage must be done. I didn't expect ...... Alas, it's too embarrassing to slap yourself in the face, and you can't stand the kid Minqiang. She wanted to get out of it right away, as if there was a fire burning her ass. She looked at Xiuqin's bewildered appearance and persuaded: "You are also in a hurry, Minqiang is so shrewd and capable, and he looks good, and he is worried that he can't find a good daughter-in-law?" With that, he turned and walked out of the door, embarrassed to go.

Song Xiuqin stood in a daze against the door frame, like fifteen buckets of water in her heart, seven up and eight down, like a litter of little rats in her arms scratching her heart. This incident is not only a blow to Minqiang, but also a blow to her, a mother, what will be the consequences of this incident? She didn't dare to think about it anymore, so she hurriedly ran out to discuss with Baiwang to find a way.

Song Xiuqin called Baiwang to her home and said the words of Aunt Wang as they were, which made Li Baiwang even more anxious. In a hurry, he stomped his feet and slapped his thighs, and went around the room.

"What do I look like? Minqiang still doesn't believe it, the bird occupies the high branch and the girl climbs the high gate, which city girl with a job is willing to marry a farmer? I told him to come back from the army early and get married, and he said that he would respond to the government's call for late marriage and disagreed. Late marriage, late marriage, when is it late, why is it too late for people who are twenty-eight years old! Alas, I blame me for being confused, and I shouldn't have relied on him for everything. ”

Song Xiuqin's anxious tears soaked in her eyes and said, "What's the use of you just losing your temper?" Gotta figure figure it out! ”

"The marriage law says "Freedom to marry! What can I do if my daughter doesn't want me? ”

Li Baiwang sat on the chair and smoked a cigarette in a huff. At this time, on the ground, Xiao Zigui's words to him rang in his ears again:

"Baiwang, your family can catch it."

"What's going on?"

"The girl from my relative's family is serving an 'iron rice bowl', she is handsome, her father is still the head of the county authority, Minqiang married her, but she has climbed to the top of the branch, your family is really blessed!"

When Li Baiwang heard this, he was unhappy: "I don't like to listen to you." What are you climbing high branches? We are not ordinary people, we are officers who have made great contributions in the army! ”

Xiao Zigui smiled and said, "Yes, yes!" It's a hero and a beautiful woman, okay? ”

Li Baiwang pondered repeatedly: Who doesn't want to live a better life? Cats and dogs are different, and the rich and poor do not climb relatives. The girl works in the city, is a regular national employee, and her father is the director, how can such a family look down on the crops that farm the land? It's human nature that people don't want to. Now that something has happened, what should I do? He thought bitterly, he smoked pot after pot of dry tobacco, he thought about it, and felt that it was better to wait for Minqiang to come back from the construction site, and the family would sit together and discuss it again, and it was best to let him go to the city to find a job. At that time, the girl is willing to be better, but it doesn't matter if she doesn't want to, Minqiang earns thousands a month in the city and is worried about not being able to find a daughter-in-law? He thinks it's the best thing to do.

Song Xiuqin tried her best to clear her messy brain, trying to figure out a little clue from the mess. Her mind was tumbling up and down: was the woman's father unwilling or did the girl herself not mean it? If the girl doesn't change her mind, but the father and mother don't want to, there is no big problem, and no one can stop the girl if she doesn't change her heart, and now she doesn't want to arrange marriage. I, the mother, have to do everything I can to reconcile them, and we have been talking for more than a year, how can the two of them have no feelings? She wanted to find Aunt Wang to go to Dongwangzhuang again to talk about it, but she felt embarrassed. She came out of the house, she wanted to discuss with the old man in the poplar forest, and asked him to tell Second Aunt Wang for herself, he was the elder Second Aunt Wang was embarrassed to refute his face.

How did Song Xiuqin know that Zhao Meifang had also changed her mind.

Since receiving Li Minqiang's letter to her that she was going to change jobs, she told her parents about the situation, and her parents were also surprised, not that they did a good job in the army, why did they change jobs after only a few years, they didn't understand it. What I don't understand even more is Zhao Meifang, she is counting on Minqiang to be the regiment commander and division commander in the army, and when she comes back, she will be respected and praised like her brother-in-law, and her face will be bright! But I didn't expect it...... Alas, all his wishes were in vain. After answering Li Minqiang's call, she was even more disheartened. If you change jobs, you will change jobs, and you will arrange a job in the county seat to make a living, who will make your life miserable! Unexpectedly, he had to be a mud leg in the countryside, which was difficult for her to understand. People go to higher places, and water flows to lower places. How can I, a state worker, marry a peasant? Isn't that too cheap? What will others think of a city man marrying a peasant, and where will I put my face? Let's pull it down, it's just a letter, I haven't even seen the face, but I've seen the photo, and I don't know what the person looks like. Blow it, it's better to blow it early than to blow it late. Zhao Meifang has already made up her mind.

Yang Shulin has two children, a boy and a girl, his son Yang Lishan built a new house after he got married, his daughter married to the village, and the old house lived in the old couple and his baby granddaughter Yang Xiujuan, at this time the three of them were having lunch at home, and Song Xiuqin came in.

"Second master, are you eating? Look at this time I've come. Xiuqin was a little embarrassed.

"Sit down." Xiujuan said and stood up.

"Xiuqin, have you eaten it? I didn't eat here, so let's eat some here. The second grandmother said.

"I've eaten it, you can eat it quickly." In fact, Xiuqin is only half of the lunch for the people.

Yang Shulin put down his rice bowl, wiped his mouth with his hand and asked, "Xiuqin, are you in trouble?" He knew that Xiuqin would not come.

Song Xiuqin said: "You guys eat first, I'll come back later." "As he spoke, he turned around and left.

Yang Shulin said: "Say what you want, I'm full." He took out the dry tobacco pouch from his pocket, and said while filling the tobacco leaves, "Just say what you want, and there are no outsiders." ”

"I'm sorry I didn't let you eat well."

"What are you talking about, who is with whom, besides, we have already eaten." The second grandmother said with a smile.

Yang Shulin listened to Xiuqin's story, smoked a cigarette and pondered for a long time and said, "Does Qiangzi know about this?" ”

"I don't know yet."

"Don't tell him yet, it will affect his mind on the construction site." He spat out the smoke from his mouth and said, "Their family should be an understanding family, why do they do such a thing." The girl doesn't want to either? ”

"I don't know yet. I want to ask you to tell him about Aunt Wang, let her go to Dongwangzhuang again, although the two children have not met, but they have been corresponding for more than a year, they will not be without feelings, right? If you can say that you can blow it, you can blow it. ”

"When he proposed, Qiangzi was an officer, and people were willing. Now that I'm back in the countryside, maybe people look down on us as croppers. ”

Yang Xiujuan cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks and said: "Blow it, blow it, Brother Minqiang is so good, I'm afraid I can't find a daughter-in-law?" ”

Yang Shulin said: "Let's wait for Hadron to come back, I think he will take care of it." I'll go to his second aunt and talk about it to see if I can get it back. However, the twisted melon is not sweet, and the flowers are not fragrant. Besides, why do you have to look for the city, isn't there a suitable one for so many good girls in our village? ”

The second grandmother smiled and said, "As long as Qiangzi spits out, the eldest girl in our village will not be in line at your house!" ”

"Yes." Yang Xiujuan couldn't help but feel pounding in her heart when she said this.