During the meal, Qian Shulan specifically asked the well-drilling team to eat next door, as she was afraid that they would be mixed up and that too many noisy children would make them uncomfortable.
"Dana, when were the clothes you are wearing made?" Sun Daqin saw the clothes on Wang Dana when she got up early in the morning. She had been busy in the kitchen for a long time and only remembered to ask now.
Wang Danna was wearing a red dress with black flowers. The style was very fashionable. When she came out, all the women in the family noticed her. They gathered around to look at her. Even Xiaomei looked at her with envy.
Wang Danna tilted her neck and said proudly, "This was made for me by my boyfriend's mother. Doesn't it look good?"
The smiles on everyone's faces disappeared, and they subconsciously looked at Qian Shulan.
The mother-in-law objects to the sister-in-law being with her current boyfriend, so naturally they won't be tactful enough to help her.
Everyone's smiles disappeared and they all turned around to find seats to eat. Although Xiaomei didn't understand the situation, she also sat with the adults.
Wang Danna stamped her feet in anger. What kind of people are you? You are all as brave as rats. Her mother is not a tiger, how can she eat you
Wang Danna sat down angrily. Seeing that her mother didn't even look at her, she felt a little uncomfortable. "Mom, look at my clothes..."
Qian Shulan had distributed the food. Seeing that she actually brought up this matter, she quickly interrupted her and said to everyone, "Eat well. We still have to go to the fields later."
"Yes, mother." Seeing that her mother-in-law didn't seem to want to pay attention to her sister-in-law, Sun Daqin quickly responded tactfully.
Wang Danna originally wanted to show off, but when she was crossed out like this, she became so angry that her face sank.
After dinner, Wang Danna stopped Qian Shulan who was about to go to work.
Qian Shulan asked the others to go to work first.
He turned around and took Wang Danna to his room.
When the two of them sat on the kang, Qian Shulan said straight to the point, "Just tell me what you want to say."
Wang Danna touched her clothes and grumbled for a long time before she uttered, "Mom, do you think my clothes look good?"
Qian Shulan's face darkened. She had called her over specifically to ask her to praise the clothes. This girl must be mentally ill. She also got angry and said sarcastically, "It's really strange these days. Even a weasel can wish a happy new year to a chicken."
Wang Danna was so ashamed and angry that her face turned red. "Mom, you can't be so mean." How could her future mother-in-law be a weasel
Qian Shulan was not interested in discussing this with her. "You called me to talk about this?"
Wang Danna was also very angry and didn't bother to argue with her mother. She said to her, "No. Mom, I want to get married. The Hong family will come to propose tomorrow."
Qian Shulan was not surprised. In fact, she was a little curious about why Wang Danna had not married until now. Given how devoted this girl was to Hong Shunyou, shouldn't they have been talking about marriage a long time ago
But she didn't urge her. If Wang Danna wanted to get married, she could get married. If she didn't want to get married, she could stay away. And although this girl was in love, she still couldn't have sex before marriage. It should be said that she didn't dare.
"Just discuss it?"
"Um"
Seeing her mother so cold, Wang Danna looked at her anxiously, "Mom, are you really not going to prepare a dowry for me?"
Since her mother went to Guangzhou, Wang Danna has thought about it a lot. It is true that she is with Hong Shunyou because, on the one hand, he meets almost all of her conditions, and on the other hand, he is indeed a good person.
But during the time when her mother was not at home, her sister repeatedly told her how important a good mother-in-law was, sometimes even more important than her husband. Her sister even did not hesitate to expose her own scars and told her about the sufferings she had suffered before.
Most of them were brought to her sister by her sister's mother-in-law. Her sister summed it up in one sentence, "Emotions will always fade. When that time comes, if your man doesn't support you anymore, he will let his mother torture you. By then, it will be too late for you to regret."
This immediately poured cold water on Wang Danna, who was in the midst of a passionate love affair. She thought carefully about her sisters-in-law.
Needless to say, even though she gave birth to three boys for the Wang family, she only dared to say a few words at home. As long as my mother glared at her, she would not dare to do anything. My eldest brother was not considerate to her at all.
The third sister-in-law didn't give birth to a grandson. Others didn't say anything, but she couldn't stand up straight. The third brother was also indifferent to her.
Fourth sister-in-law is her role model. Fourth brother and fourth sister-in-law have a particularly good feeling. When fourth sister-in-law was in confinement, fourth brother even washed her clothes, but mother pointed at fourth sister-in-law and scolded her. She acted like a wicked mother-in-law.
But now, her mother seemed to have nothing to do with their affairs. It seemed a little strange.
Her mother had said before that the reason she opposed her being with Hong Sunwoo was because Hong Sunwoo was like her eldest brother, obedient to his mother. She had also thought, if the fourth brother became like the eldest brother, would the fourth sister-in-law still be happy
No one can tell.
Qian Shulan looked at the number on her forehead. The filial piety value was actually five points. She noticed this score when she just came back. Although she didn't know why Wang Danna would increase her filial piety value, she couldn't bear to see a beautiful girl fall into the fire pit.
And probably because the passionate love period had passed, Wang Danna was no longer as stubborn as before and began to care about the dowry again. It was also obvious that she was not as reckless about this relationship as before.
Qian Shulan thought for a moment and said, "How about this. Didn't you say that Hong Shunyou and his mother like you very much? Let's discuss the betrothal gift tomorrow. As long as they pay a certain amount, I will give you the same amount of dowry. This way, you won't be too embarrassed when you get married."
Wang Danna looked surprised, "Really?"
"Really, I mean what I say, but there is one thing, you are not allowed to tell this to anyone. And to test their sincerity, I will tell them that I will keep all the betrothal money and not give you a penny. If they really love you and value you as you said, then when I ask them for the betrothal gift, they should be willing to give more. What kind of position you hold in their hearts can be seen from the amount of the betrothal gift. Do you want to bet with me?"
Wang Danna said "OK" without saying anything.
In fact, she was also worried. Her family members were not optimistic about this marriage. If she insisted on marrying, she would have no one to support her in the future. She did not have the courage to bear everything alone, and she was very hesitant.
"Then how much do I want for the betrothal gift tomorrow?" Qian Shulan was worried that she didn't know the local market, so she gave her some general information. "The matchmaker said that the betrothal gift is generally 20 or 30 yuan nowadays. Their family values you so much and bought you clothes before the wedding, so they should be able to give 50 yuan, right?"
Wang Danna was very confident, "Okay, no problem."
After the deal was settled, Wang Danna went to school.
Not long after the bell rang, a little kid came running over with a gourd ladle in his hand, "Teacher Wang, the brigade secretary asked us students to water the fields as well."
The ground has been getting drier recently. After watering this area, the other area becomes dry.
The two thousand acres of sweet potato land are all barren land. Because the terrain is too high, it cannot retain water. The land that was just watered yesterday dried up again overnight.
There was no other choice, so Wang Shouquan asked all the children in the team to help.
Wang Danna stopped the class immediately and originally wanted to go home to change clothes, but then she thought that she was just watering the plants, not fetching water, so she did not go home to change.
When they arrived at the fields, the other children all went to help the adults at home.
Wang Danna also went to her own place.
Qian Shulan was in charge of transporting water. She saw Wang Danna from a distance and called her over. She handed her a gourd ladle and pointed to the two ridges next to Sun Daqin, "Go over there. Remember to call me when there's no water."
Wang Danna nodded immediately and lifted the bucket.
This bucket is the diesel barrel they used up last time. Because it is made of iron, the team punched a hole in one side of the diesel barrel, put a hemp rope on it and turned it into a bucket for watering the fields.
Nowadays, plastic barrels are very rare. Wooden barrels are too heavy, so they are made smaller.
Qian Shulan was very strong, so she had to transport a truck full of diesel barrels. Other families were not so lucky.
Wang Danna tried to lift it with her hands, but she couldn't. The diesel barrel is 92cm high and 42cm wide, and holds 100l of diesel. If it is filled with water, it will weigh about 100 kilograms.
Although Wang Danna can do farm work, it is still very difficult for her to carry 100 kilograms.
She had no choice but to scoop out some of the top part and pour it on the sweet potato roots at the edge of the field.
Wait until the water in the bucket is one-fifth less before starting to draw water.
This time she did manage to lift it up, but after a few steps the rope broke. The bucket fell to the ground, and the water gurgled into the ditch.
Wang Danna felt the water sticking to her legs, which was sticky and uncomfortable. She lowered her head and found that her skirt was mostly wet, all on her legs. What was even more annoying was that the holes on both sides of the bucket were not polished carefully, and a small piece of iron directly hooked on her clothes, directly tore the clothes.
Sun Daqin was standing not far from her. Seeing Wang Danna only cared about sorting out her clothes and not paying attention to the bucket, she yelled at her angrily, "You are not stupid, hurry up and pick up the bucket. The water has all spilled."
After being reminded, Wang Danna finally remembered and without even bothering to tidy up her clothes, she quickly straightened the bucket.
Sun Daqin glared at her and said, "My mother worked so hard to bring this water from the canal, and you're wasting it like this."
She looked at Wang Danna and frowned, "Why are you wearing a skirt while working? Isn't it inconvenient to walk?"
Wang Danna felt a little aggrieved, "I'm busy working here, so I don't have time to go home and change." She grabbed the torn hem of her skirt, feeling very distressed.
Sun Daqin also felt a little sorry. She looked her up and down, then pointed at her calf in panic and shouted, "Are you bleeding?"
Wang Danna immediately looked down. She didn't feel any discomfort in her body. As for the few days of her period every month, she just left, so it was impossible for her to bleed.
But there was indeed a red mark on her leg, and people with poor eyesight might really make a mistake. She wiped it with her hand and wondered, "I'm not bleeding, what is this red thing?"
Sun Daqin also came over to take a look. It turned out that the color had faded. "Did you dye this cloth yourself?" She began to nag non-stop. "I am telling you, you don't know how to be careful when buying clothes. You actually bought such inferior cloth. Besides, the quality of your cloth is not very good. You haven't even started working on it, but it's already been scratched. You are really amazing!"
Suddenly, Sun Daqin suddenly realized that the dress seemed to be made by Wang Danna's boyfriend's mother. Sun Daqin immediately curled her lips in disdain, "I thought, how could anyone be willing to make clothes for a daughter-in-law who hasn't married yet. Every family is not rich. Do you think everyone is as good as our mother!"
Wang Danna’s face turned pale.
Sun Daqin began to speculate, "Maybe this cloth is the defective product left over from the supply and marketing cooperative? Because no one buys it, they digest it internally." Old farmers in the countryside are very picky when choosing things. Especially when it comes to cloth, because there are too few cloth coupons, they are very cautious when buying cloth. Generally, older and experienced people come to buy cloth. Some people may be shameless and try to bargain with the salesperson in order to buy cheap and strong cloth.
Although the clothes Wang Danna is wearing are defective, the old farmers are reluctant to buy them because the fabric is not durable. They prefer to buy cheap and strong work cloth.
So this cloth would definitely not be chosen by an old person, but only by a young person.
Wang Danna obviously thought of this as well.
Hong Soon-woo should have chosen the cloth himself. So he lied to her and said that his mother made it for him
But why did he lie to her
Wang Danna really couldn't understand it.
Could it be because she said that her mother opposed their relationship because she was worried that his mother would not be a good mother-in-law? So he wanted to establish the image of a good mother-in-law for his mother
The next day was Saturday, and Wang Shouli rushed back from the county town early in the morning.
Qian Shulan told him about his father-in-law, and Wang Shouli was a little confused, just asking the family to help more in the future. He would go to see secretly at night to see if his father-in-law needed anything.
After breakfast, they waited at home until eleven o'clock, but no one showed up. Qian Shulan was a little anxious, "What time do you want to tell them? It's almost lunch time, we can't just stay at home and not work, right?"
Because it was a marriage, all the family members had to stay at home to support the occasion. No one went out to the fields.
But we have been waiting for a long time, why hasn’t anyone come yet
Wang Danna was also a little anxious.
Wang Shouli didn’t know Hong Shunyou, and Wang Danna didn’t know how to ride a bicycle.
Qian Shulan asked Wang Shouli to ride a bicycle and take Wang Danna to meet them along the road at the entrance of the village.
Xiao He felt it was too boring to stay at home, so she ran out to see what was going on.
About half an hour later, Xiao He came running over and said, "Grandma, they've already reached the village entrance."
Sun Daqin suddenly snorted, "You came so late, you don't want to eat for free, do you?"
Li Chunhua also thought it was possible, but she didn't dare say it in front of her mother-in-law.
Zhou Xuemei seemed to agree as she held her belly.
Qian Shulan hadn't thought of this, but after thinking about it carefully, it was really possible. People here eat two meals a day, and lunch is from 11 to 12 o'clock.
This family arrived just in time for dinner.
Qian Shulan asked Xiaomei to call a matchmaker.
The matchmaker was here just now, but after waiting for a long time and seeing that no one showed up, she went home to cook.
Now we can only let people shout again.
When people walked into the house, Qian Shulan and her family got up to greet them.
There were three people coming.
Needless to say, Hong Shunyou was wearing a brand new Zhongshan suit, with his hair combed neatly, and he looked very energetic.
The other one was a few years older than Hong Sunwoo and looked quite similar to the old lady behind him. She should be Hong Sunwoo's sister, right? She had ordinary facial features, was very dark and thin, and had a gleam in her eyes.
The older lady was about fifty-five or fifty-six years old. She had half white hair, was dark and thin, and had a pair of dark triangular eyes. Perhaps it was because she had not smiled for many years, but when she smiled at this moment, there was a very strange feeling.
"Are these my relatives? They look really energetic." As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed Qian Shulan's hand. His eyes swept around at other people like a policeman looking for a criminal.
Seeing this, Qian Shulan felt very uncomfortable. After pulling her hand out, she invited the person in with a slightly distant look.
After the group sat down, Xiaomei invited the matchmaker over.
The author has something to say: Some people said that the five-year sentence for hooliganism is a bit too low. I specially looked up the Criminal Law, which contains provisions on □□ crimes.
Whoever commits the crime of sexually assaulting a woman by violence, coercion or other means shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years.
□□Any girl under the age of fourteen shall be treated as □□ and punished more severely.
Women and young girls who commit any of the following acts shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years, life imprisonment or death:
(1) Women or young girls with serious circumstances;
(2) There are multiple women or young girls;
(3) molesting women in public places;
(4) Two or more persons □□;
Since both cases in the article involved adultery, I wrote five years, which should be reasonable.
However, I did some research on what you guys said about being exiled to a remote area, and it really does exist.
I have made some changes in the article. When I read the article, Sun Dafu, Liu Guafu and Sun Shanhu were all exiled to Baotou, so Sun Shanhu will not appear in Wangjia Village.