The village is surrounded by green hills and gurgling green water.

The brook to the south of the village was bustling with activity, and in the spring it was the time of the busy farming, and during the day the women and husbands had to work in the fields, and only in the evening when they came out to do the laundry, could they talk for a while.

Several laundry women and husbands, while pounding the clothes in the basin, were talking about the recent events in the village with their eyebrows fluttering - Ruan Yimian, the little brother of the Ruan family, has finally made a marriage, and his future husband is still Jiang Xiucai from the next village!

Ruan Yimian is seventeen years old this year, and his appearance and conduct are not bad, but other little brothers in the village have come to the door to say goodbye when they are fourteen or fifteen years old, but there has been no matchmaker on his side, and there is no other reason, that is, his body is really weak.

Other little brothers can work in the field in their teens, and the stronger ones are not much worse than men, but he can only do some easy work, and he has to take medicine every now and then to recuperate, which family in this village dares to marry?

His father and mother are both diligent people, although his mother Lu Caimei is a woman, she is not much worse than a man, not only takes care of the family in an orderly manner, but also does embroidery work to subsidize the family; His father is even more capable, not only has a carpentry craft, but also worked as a boy in a big restaurant in the county town when he was young, which is much better than those men in the village who can only farm.

Ruan Yimian also has an elder brother named Ruan Yiwen, who was sent to the town school by his father and mother when he was a teenager, and now he has been admitted to Xiucai.

At that time, every family in the village was so poor that they couldn't afford to eat, and few could afford their children's education.

This family originally had a prosperous life, but since Ruan Yimian was born, his family's situation has plummeted.

Ruan Yimian's disease is a weak disease brought out of the mother's womb, the Ruan family has spent a lot of money in order to treat him over the years, but Ruan Yimian has eaten a lot of medicine, but his condition has not improved, he is much thinner than ordinary brothers, and he can't do heavy work, he needs to be carefully raised, and he will fall ill if he doesn't pay attention to it.

Because of his illness, his family's family fortune plummeted, and he himself became an "older leftover brother" who couldn't get married, even if his brother was admitted to Xiucai, he couldn't change their family's predicament.

But just when everyone in the village thought that he had no hope in his life and could only be a widowed brother, the Jiang family asked someone to come over and ask for a kiss.

The Jiang family is different from these native farmers, they only moved from Fucheng the year before last, and I heard that the family background is not ordinary.

As soon as they came, they chose the foot of the village of Winter Point.

Dongjiao Village is a big village, close to the county seat, and the villagers there are much richer than those in Shanliu Village, and the people of several villages around this village are willing to marry the people of Dongjiao Village.

The Jiang family built a big house in Dongjiao Village, using blue bricks and red tiles, which was spacious and magnificent, and compared with the rest of the families in Dongjiao Village.

When they were repairing the house, they hired a lot of people from Shanliu Village to help, and when they came back, they publicized the situation of the Jiang family everywhere, and the people in the village even knew what the Jiang family's dog was called.

The Jiang family is rich, and Jiang Qingyao, the only son of the Jiang family, is a talent and a talent, and after they settled down in Dongjiao Village, Jiang Qingyao was targeted by a nearby matchmaker.

Not only the head of the village, but even some families in the town asked a matchmaker to come over to inquire, and Jiang Qingyao became a veritable "sweet and sweet".

But this "fragrant glutton" rejected many virtuous and beautiful sisters and brothers, and finally picked a sick son who couldn't get married, which was really confusing, and everyone had to talk a few more words behind their backs.

"Earlier, Jiang Xiucai ran to Ruan's house every day, saying that he was looking for Yiwen to ask for homework, maybe he fell in love with Brother Mian at that time." A fat woman dressed in a crimson short beat said firmly.

"Brother Mian'er and his father and mother have worked hard for him for so long, this time I am probably relieved, I see that his mother has been smiling for the past few days, and must be very satisfied with this family affair!"

"Hey, you don't want to think about it, that's Jiang Xiucai! Who else can pick out this son-in-law? ”

"This Brother Mian'er is sick, he didn't think he was still blessed, the Jiang family brought so many dowries, it seems that he attaches great importance to him, after he marries, he must have no worries about food and clothing, just waiting to enjoy happiness!"

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When these women and husbands talked about Ruan Yimian's family affairs, they were not without envy on their faces, but most of them had no malicious intent, only a woman in a dark blue cotton cloth sneered and sneered:

"Heh, what is blessed, he spent so much silver, took so much medicine and still looks like this ghost, it's hard to say if he can stand this blessing!"

After the woman's voice fell, the surroundings fell silent, and she said this viciously, and a gray-clothed man who had not spoken much glanced at her with a condemnatory face: "Brother Mian'er also calls you 'aunt', you are an elder who says such things, are you worthy of this 'aunt'?" ”

The rest of the people thought of Ruan Yimian's plain white little face, and remembered that he opened a pair of big eyes with watery eyes, and called them "aunt" and "uncle" softly, and they couldn't bear it, and the one who said he was "sick" in front of him slapped his mouth hard.

When the woman in cotton clothes saw that everyone was glaring at her, she was very angry: "I will just say casually, are you so serious?" It's like you're not making up people behind your back! ”

After she finished speaking, she hurriedly got up with the basin and left, but as soon as she left, everyone turned the topic around her again.

"She always wanted to marry her daughter to Yiwen, but Yiwen's father and mother didn't agree, and it is estimated that she was unhappy, so she was angry with Brother Mian'er."

"Eighty percent is like this, she has asked someone to be a matchmaker three or four times, but the Ruan family just doesn't agree, won't she be angry!"

It was getting late, everyone washed their clothes, didn't talk any more, and went home in twos and threes.

*

The night was quiet, the stars and the moon were hanging high, and the village was quiet, but Ruan Yimian couldn't sleep anymore.

He had just woken up from his dream, and he was so frightened that he was in a cold sweat, and now he recalled the scene in the dream, and he was still terrified.

Xu is "thinking about it every day and dreaming at night", the Jiang family is going to come over tomorrow to discuss the marriage date, he has been thinking about it for the past few days, and he dreamed about it at night.

It's a nightmare.

In the dream, his "Brother Jiang" did not come over tomorrow, and it was his mother Lin who came.

The Jiang family was very dissatisfied with this marriage, although the Lin family came to propose marriage, but she did not have a good face to show the Ruan family, her attitude was extremely arrogant, not only repeatedly and sarcastically Ruan Yimian and the Ruan family "climbing high branches", but also arrogantly said that she would give Jiang Qingyao a concubine in the future!

"Brother is not good at giving birth, and our Jiang family only has one child, Qingyao, so we can't cut off the incense! If Yi Mian has not come out within two years of marriage, then the Jiang family will have to give Qing Yao a concubine, Qing Yao is now a Xiucai Gong, and he will definitely be more promising in the future, to be his husband, Yi Mian has to show the bearing of a talented husband, don't let people look at our Jiang family's jokes......"

Lin Shi spoke with a gun and a stick, unceremoniously, she held her head high, squinted at Ruan Yimian, the disdain on her face was very obvious, it seemed that she didn't bother to hide it, and she didn't care about what the Ruan family thought.

Ruan Yimian has been frail and sickly since he was a child, he was closely watched by his parents and brothers, he didn't even go out of the village a few times when he was sixteen years old, where had he seen this kind of scene?

Even if she has no experience, Ruan Yimian knows that this attitude should not be the way to propose marriage, and she should not say such things. He was angry and aggrieved at the time, but he didn't know how to deal with it, so he was stunned at a loss.

This meeting naturally broke up unhappily.

Although the Ruan family is poor, Ruan Yimian was also raised by his family in the palm of his hand, he is weak, his parents and brothers spoil him, not only do not let him work, but he has never even said a word to him, where is he willing to let him go to the Jiang family to be wronged?

Ruan Yimian has a soft temperament, but his parents and brothers have ideas, the Lin family was kicked out, and the dowry sent by the Jiang family was also returned by the Ruan family.

However, this family business did not stop there.

On the second day, Jiang Qingyao came to Ruan's house in person, he not only sincerely apologized to the Ruan family, but also said a lot of soft words to coax Ruan Yimian, and finally swore in front of everyone that no matter whether Ruan Yimian can have children in the future, there will only be Ruan Yimian in his life.

Jiang Qingyao was born handsome, Ruan Yimian grew up in the village since he was a child, and he was used to seeing five big and three rough and unkempt crop men, and he had never seen such a handsome son. He had a good impression of Jiang Qingyao, and later Jiang Qingyao showed favor to him, and asked a matchmaker to come to Ruan's house to ask for marriage, so he nodded.

Jiang Qingyao has always been self-controlled, and has never said such explicit love words, this time in order to coax Ruan Yimian to change his mind, it is rare to put down his body, Ruan Yimian looked at his sweetheart and made a low face, his eyes showed pleading, where can he still be ruthless?

Not only him, but his father and brother finally took a step back, and only asked the Lin family to come over to apologize, and then they should make a family matter.

Ruan Yimian later learned that the main reason why his father and brother agreed to this family affair was to treat him.

Xu is the doctor in the town is not good at medical skills, Ruan Yimian has not drunk less medicine over the years, but his body has never been very good, which has always been a heart problem of his father's mother.

Jiang Qingyao promised that after Ruan Yimian got married, he would treat him well, and the Jiang family would ask the best doctor in the county to treat Ruan Yimian, and if the doctor in the county town could not cure him, he would take Ruan Yimian to Fucheng for medical treatment.

The Jiang family used to be a big family in Fucheng, and their family's conditions were not comparable to the Ruan family, Jiang Qingyao's promise made Ruan Dexian and Lu Caimei have infinite expectations in their hearts, they hope that their youngest son can get rid of the trouble of illness and live a normal life.

As long as Ruan Yimian can be good, they can ignore the previous humiliation of the Lu family.

But after Ruan Yimian married Jiang Qingyao, the Jiang family broke their promise.

In the first year before, Jiang Qingyao really treated Ruan Yimian very well, and invited a doctor from the county town hospital to recuperate Ruan Yimian's body, but Ruan Yimian's illness had just improved, Jiang Qingyao left home to go to Fucheng to prepare for the exam, and as soon as he left, his father and mother changed their faces.

Originally, although the two of them were not enthusiastic about Ruan Yimian, they did not embarrass him, but less than a month after Jiang Qingyao left, the Lin family stopped Ruan Yimian's medicine under the instruction of her husband Jiang Guangqian.

Later, Ruan Yimian accidentally contracted the wind cold, and the couple not only did not invite a doctor for him, but also instructed his subordinates to escort him to the firewood room to kneel in the cold winter.

Ruan Yimian died in the Jiang family's firewood room.

His mother suddenly learned of his death, he didn't catch his breath, when even if he fell ill, his father in order to take care of his mother, suffered from the wind, and he couldn't afford to be sick, after his brother came back from the township, he was shocked to hear the bad news, rushed to Jiang's house to ask for an explanation, and was instructed by Jiang Guangqian to break his leg......

His brother won the exam, but because he was lame, he lost his qualification to take the exam.

In the first few years, his father and mother died one after another, and his brother found out the cause of his death, but he could not avenge him.

His brother was already strong, but after being hit one after another, he was a little disheartened, and he couldn't pull himself up again......

This dream is really realistic, so realistic that it teaches him to be afraid, Ruan Yimian seems to have lived his life in a dream, the remorse, unwillingness, and anger in the dream are pulling and raging in his heart, he shook his hand and poured himself a cup of cold tea to drink, and his emotions still could not recover calm.

Ruan Yimian is a soft person, who was protected by his family for the first seventeen years and was ignorant of the world, but because of this dream, his mood changed dramatically overnight.

Tomorrow will be able to verify whether his dream is true or false, Ruan Yimian clenched the corner of the quilt in his hand, and secretly swore in his heart that he would never let others bully him and his family again.