This is how some people lie, and they easily deceive themselves as they lie.
This is the case with the second son of the Li family.
Ever since Li Ying and Xie Yuejin got their marriage certificate and then held their wedding, he felt that it was a sure thing. He kept brainwashing himself in his mind that Li Ying was a formal employee, a stable worker in the thermos factory.
They even told Li Ying the inside story about the thermos factory and asked Li Ying to perfect the lie in front of Xie Yuejin.
So after a while, Li Ying could now tell some interesting stories about the thermos factory in front of his brothers without changing his expression. Xie Yuejin was indeed cunning, but he had no relatives or friends in the town after all, so how could he tell that the entire Li family was out to deceive him
Li Laoer's words undoubtedly shook Xie Yuejin's heart.
He was not feeling well at all.
"Li Ying! Explain to me clearly! What is going on?"
How fresh! At the same time and place, Li Ying questioned Xie Yuejin in the same way.
Xu Shuang in the kitchen finished the banquet. The waiters who were supposed to serve the dishes were hiding in the side eating melons with their sleeves. Xu Shuang also left the kitchen and stood by the door.
Seeing that things were not going well, Li Ying went from being panicked at first to giving up hope.
"What are you yelling about? I just quit my job recently. Isn't your job good? Can't you support me? Besides..."
Li Ying said as if it was a matter of course: "Didn't you say you would always be nice to me? It doesn't matter if I don't have a job. If you really want to be nice to me, you shouldn't look at these external conditions!"
Everyone: …
It's just very unreasonable.
Li Laosi's wife quietly moved to the side while no one was noticing.
She was the one who persuaded Li Ying with these words. After all, Li Ying had never done such a big thing before. She was so scared that she couldn't sleep in the middle of the night before getting the marriage certificate with Xie Yuejin. The fourth son's wife used these words to brainwash her.
Just like Li Laoer believed all the lies he told, Li Ying didn't know why, but she actually took the words of Lao Si's wife to heart.
She felt that her sister-in-law was right. If she were a man, why would she care about these trivial matters? She didn't even despise Xie Yuejin for his poor background!
Li Ying felt that although she had no job, she was a girl who grew up in the town, and was a much better match for Xie Yuejin, a country bumpkin!
He was just trying to get ahead of himself! How could he care about such a small deception
Li Ying's self-righteous attitude instantly added the last straw for Xie Yuejin.
Xie Yuejin was completely furious. You shouldn't care about external conditions. Listen to yourself. Do you believe it
If you say you don't care about the conditions, do you think you would like me if I didn't have this chef job in town
When people can't hold it back any longer, they tend to speak without thinking. Xie Yuejin started swearing almost instantly.
He cursed out all the dirty words he had heard since he was a child, but they were all incoherent and didn't form a complete sentence.
From childhood to adulthood, he took every step steadily, tried his best, and planned everything carefully.
As a result, he suffered a major setback in such an important life event as marriage.
Li Ying actually lied to him!
What formal job? If she had told him earlier that she didn't have a job, he would never have contacted her!
Xie Yuejin's reaction undoubtedly made Li Ying very dissatisfied.
Li Ying also cursed at him: "Xie Yuejin! Why don't you open your eyes and look at your ugly appearance! Are you good-looking or capable? You are just a little cook! I don't even despise your whole family for dragging their feet, and you still dare to despise me? I don't even want a dowry from you, and you swore yesterday that you would treat me well, but now you turn against me, are you a man!"
Xie Yuejin responded with all kinds of swear words.
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Everyone who came to the banquet was numb.
Halfway through the meal, the bride and groom started cursing at each other's ancestors, almost rolling up their sleeves to fight. They had never seen such a scene in their entire lives!
Just at this moment, several brothers of the Li family joined in. They stood forward with their tall and strong bodies, and Li Ying's back straightened instantly.
"Xie Yuejin! I'm telling you! Now that we've gotten our marriage certificate, don't think you can get rid of me with just this! You also lied to me about your family, so we're even now! Hurry up and send your parents back to the countryside!"
Li Ying shouted like this, not caring what people around her thought. She had already lost face, so she couldn't lose the benefits.
Fortunately, the marriage certificate has been torn up, so Xie Yuejin should not think of breaking up with her and looking for another one!
Several brothers of the Li family also joined in.
"That's right. We won't ask about your family's conditions. How dare you, a grown man, care about my sister not having a job? You'd be lucky if you could find someone with the same conditions as my sister!"
Only then did Xie Yuejin realize what it meant to use power to overwhelm others.
The brothers of the Li family made it clear that they wanted him to swallow this grievance!
Xie Yuejin was so angry that he laughed: "You guys are just wishful thinking. You lied to me once, and you lied to me twice. You lied to me before that Li Ying had a job, so there must be other things you are hiding from me, right?"
Xie Yuejin was not stupid. He had not thought about it in that direction before, but now he thought that the Li family was so eager to help, so there must be something behind it.
It would be strange if Xie Yuejin agreed to this!
"I don't care, you are committing marriage fraud, I'm going to apply for annulment of the marriage!"
Xie Yuejin has studied for several years, so naturally he knows more than others.
He knew about it. When he was vigorously advocating women's rights in the early years, he said that if a marriage was caused by deception, you can find someone to prove it and have it annulled.
Xie Yuejin feels miserable now. Even though he didn't pay any betrothal gift to Li Ying, he has spent a lot on Li Ying.
When Xu Shuang was in the store, he kept a close eye on it. Every time he gave something to Li Ying, he had to pay for it himself, and the expense was not small.
Even after meeting Old Lady Li in the first half of the year, she often came to the store to ask for a pig's trotter or a chicken drumstick. She said she had guests at home and wanted to buy some stewed food to entertain them, but unfortunately, she forgot to bring money when she went out.
Xie Yuejin filled this gap without hesitation.
All in all, the money adds up to a lot.
Xie Yuejin felt like he had suffered a huge loss!
It was also his first time dating, he had no experience, and he felt like he came from a poor place, so he looked up to Li Ying, a girl from the town.
When he was free, he was also annoyed, thinking that God was unfair. If he had a face like Xu Shuang, he would not be so cautious. Just by relying on his face, he could find a wife.
But it's too late to say this now, he was still deceived by Li Ying.
The Li brothers had never thought that there was such a thing as an invalid marriage!
They were shocked and angry, this was completely beyond their imagination!
They originally thought that as long as they got the marriage certificate, Xie Yuejin would have to accept it. Anyway, Li Ying was pretty and a young girl, so it wouldn't be an insult to him if she didn't ask for a dowry.
Who knew Xie Yuejin was so cruel!
He is going to file for divorce once he knows the truth!
The Li family didn’t know what invalid marriage meant, so they intuitively thought it meant divorce!
Li Ying was already crying with her hands covering her face, swearing at him. Several brothers of the Li family came up and wanted to beat Xie Yuejin.
Xie Yuejin's brothers also came up to help, and the room was filled with people, and a lot of bowls and dishes were smashed.
Xu Shuang saw that it was not going to work, so he went up and tore the man apart.
The second son of the Li family cursed: "Which bastard...ah!"
Xu Shuang threw them out one by one and threw them to the ground.
"If you want to fight, go outside and don't make a scene in the hotel. If you damage public property, you have to pay for it."
Xie Yuejin wiped his face and said to Xu Shuang: "I'll pay for it."
He had to thank Xu Shuang. Just now he almost made the brothers of the Li family be suppressed at the bottom. If they were suppressed for a while longer, they would probably have lost all their energy.
Xie Yuejin shouted at the Li family, "Since things have come to this, either you go with me to complete the formalities and we get a divorce, or I'll apply to annul the marriage!"
Perhaps because he was afraid that the Li family still thought he was a hot commodity and were unwilling to let him go, Xie Yuejin gave up.
"I haven't told you yet, I didn't get a house at all. The house I live in now is rented."
One stone stirs up a thousand ripples, and now it is the Li family's turn to experience the feeling of being cheated.
Li Ying yelled and scratched a potato shred on Xie Yuejin's face.
"Asshole! How dare you lie to me!"
Xie Yuejin was hit by this claw and sneered: "Big brother, don't talk about second brother, you are not that strong."
Onlookers: …
Absolutely.
If it weren't for the wrong occasion, we would have to say they are a perfect match.
The man lies to the woman that he has a house, and the woman lies to the man that she has a job.
"Wow, these two are amazing!"
"What should I do? I'm afraid this marriage won't be possible."
"What else can I do? I can't get through this. I'll just have to wait for the divorce."
"No, you guys are just watching the commotion outside. What about our food today? Are we going to pay for it ourselves?"
"Oh my, the main course hasn't even been served yet. I'm losing so much. I definitely won't pay for it. It's not like I was the one who let them cheat me. Besides, I even gave a dime as a gift."
"That's right. How about we ask the waiter to serve us the food? I happened to bring a kettle..."
"Me too, I just bought a rice bowl for water in town."
"That won't work. I came here empty-handed. What will I eat if you take everything away?"
"You are stupid. You put it in the bowl and then took the bowl away with you. At most you can give the restaurant a few cents and get a new bowl when you get it back."
"That's right, let's hurry up."
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waiter:…
All the relatives of the Li family came to urge for the dishes. The waitresses were in tears. The kitchen had already served the dishes, but they didn't dare to serve them!
If there is no money left in the future, who will it belong to
The message was passed to the kitchen, and the waiter went to ask Xu Shuang tremblingly.
Xu Shuang thought about it for a while, and then said, "Just go ahead as usual and follow their instructions."
Anyway, the money for booking the table was collected by Wan Guodong, and the name used was Xie Yuejin. Given the current situation, it would be better to let these people disperse quickly.
If we don't give them food, these people will stay here and not leave. If they cause trouble again and damage the restaurant's things, it will be very difficult to deal with.
Xu Shuang: "Bring the dishes up. If anyone wants to buy a bowl to take away, give it to them. Keep an eye on them and don't make a mess. Whoever breaks the dishes again will have to pay for it."
The waiter finally found the backbone and did it immediately.
Xu Shuang felt complicated as she looked at the dishes that were already a little cold.
The way Xie Yuejin's case turned out was beyond his expectations.
The young woman thought that Xie Yuejin was defrauding her of her marriage, but in the end it turned out that both parties were being deceived.
The people outside quickly took their food and left. When Xu Shuang left, all the dishes were clean, not even a bit of vegetable or soup was left.
All the relatives had left, but the Li family and Xie Yuejin's family were still confronting each other outside.
Xu Shuang ignored them and asked the waiter to count the losses and clean up the table. The lost money would definitely fall on Xie Yuejin, and the bowls that were sold would also be reported as damaged. The restaurant had a large purchase quota, and it would be fully compensated in a few days.
The people of the Li family saw that all their relatives had left. Before leaving, some came over to say hello, while some simply walked away along the wall, which made the brothers of the Li family very angry.
What's even more depressing is that I don't know if Xie Yuejin has already made up his mind to divorce. Now he is just spilling the beans and constantly provoking Li Ying.
He said that he was just a kitchen helper and didn't even have a certificate, and that it was all a lie to say that he was a chef. In addition, all the dishes in the restaurant were made by the chef, and he was just in charge of chopping. All the dishes that Li Ying had eaten before, which were supposedly cooked by him, were made by others!
Li Laosi's lips and teeth tasted like rust: "You are so good, you dare to deceive us, just wait and see!"
The Li family members carried Li Ying, who was crying uncontrollably, away.
Xie Yuejin's shoulders also slumped, and he looked tired and weak.
He looked at his ragged parents and said weakly: "Let's go."
Now that everyone was out, what could he do? Xie Yuejin took his parents back to his own residence.
It was a little after one in the afternoon when Xu Shuang cleaned up the store and sorted out everything.
He was not in the shop anymore. Xie Yuejin had originally booked the shop from noon to evening, but Wan Guodong said that it was not necessary to open the shop in the evening, so all the time was left to Xie Yuejin. It was usually like this when hosting a table. The subsequent cleaning work alone was very troublesome, so Xu Shuang did not even prepare the materials for the evening.
He simply went home.
Wang Ying was finishing her meal with Old Lady Xu. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather became colder day by day. For lunch, Old Lady Xu made stir-fried potatoes, beans and cabbage with vermicelli.
The beans were the last crop, and they were a little old, so they took a long time to stir-fry. I cut the potatoes into pieces of about the same length as the beans, fried them until cooked, and added a tablespoon of sauce before serving. Xu Shuang made the sauce herself. Sometimes, to save trouble, she would not add other seasonings, just this one, and the taste was very rich.
The cabbage vermicelli was made according to Wang Ying's idea. The vermicelli was homemade with mung bean flour. It was rounder and wider than the thin vermicelli bought later. But it was crystal clear when fried with cabbage, and it looked very appetizing.
Wang Ying ate her vegetables with mixed flour steamed buns, but she was thinking about going up the mountain to look for wild game.
This year, everyone is having a hard time. It’s not so easy to catch wild rabbits in the mountains. Cheng Yu complained a few days ago that he hadn’t eaten meat for two or three months.
As for the fish, Cheng Yu didn't dare to catch them. There were many people hanging around on the mountain now. If someone saw them, the fish pond would be lost.
Seeing Xu Shuang coming back after a while, Wang Ying was a little puzzled: "You finished so early today?"
Xu Shuang told Wang Ying what happened in the hotel, and Wang Ying's eyes sparkled.
"If I had known, I would have gone to town today as well."
Wang Ying was simply attracted by the fun of watching the show. Who would have thought that a wedding could have so many ups and downs!
Xu Shuang: "I think Xie Yuejin might want a divorce."
It’s not that Xie Yuejin can’t tolerate being deceived, but he absolutely can’t tolerate being deviated from his life plan.
Li Ying's entire family helped to conceal the truth. No one would believe her if she said there was nothing fishy going on.
Wang Ying hummed, paused for a moment, and then said, "Hey? Are there only three brothers from the Li family who showed up today?"
Xu Shuang: "Yes, what's wrong?"
Wang Ying immediately found a clue in her mind. The Li family seemed to have been mentioned in Zhao Jun's words when he stopped her that day. However, at that time, he was mainly talking about Wang Lingling. Zhao Jun only mentioned it briefly, saying that Wang Lingling's elder sister Wang Pingping was involved in this matter, and her husband's family name was Li...
Wang Ying told Xu Shuang the information she knew.
Xu Shuang was a little surprised: "Wang Lingling went in?"
It's no wonder that he was surprised. Ever since Wang Lingling came back quietly a few days ago and took away Li Chunjuan and Wang Yongshun's food, he hasn't heard any news about Wang Lingling since.
Now, when Xu Shuang suddenly heard that Wang Lingling had been sentenced to eight years, she was a little bit unbelievable.
Wang Ying: "I heard about it too. How dare she be so bold as to hoard food and buy low and sell high?"
Many people saw the poor harvest this year. Even people like Chen Dong, who lived in the city, had sensed it several months earlier. Are they all stupid? Don't they know that hoarding food can make money
Anyone who knows a little about farm work knows that grain prices are high this year.
It's not just Nanshao County. Wang Ying, who recently bought a radio, also heard on the radio that the two major grain-producing provinces have also suffered some difficulties, mainly because of the heavy rain this summer, which has led to a large-scale decline in production.
Otherwise, in previous years, the grain prices in Nanshao would have been stabilized by now.
Xu Shuang: "Are you sure that the Li family is the one involved with Wang Lingling?"
Wang Ying thought for a moment and said, "It's a bit like that. I didn't remember it before. Now that I think about it, Wang Pingping did say when she got married that the family she was marrying was a family with four brothers and one sister, and their surname was also Li."
After hearing this, Xu Shuang knew it was almost certain.
Living in a town, there are four brothers and one sister, and they all have the surname Li. The town has a small population, and the probability of overlap is infinitely close to zero.
Wang Ying: "If that's the case, then Xie Yuejin made the right decision to divorce, otherwise the Li family would have been able to get benefits from him."
Even if one is ignorant, one can tell that because of their involvement in Wang Lingling's grain hoarding case, an old lady and a man from the Li family were imprisoned, but the rest will definitely lose their jobs.
With this, today's farce is clear. The Li family wanted to suck the blood of Xie Yuejin, but who knew that Xie Yuejin would make a quick decision to disperse.
Even Wang Ying sighed: "Xie Yuejin is actually a smart man."
Not everyone can make such a quick decision, especially in marriage. People who have taken the wrong path usually have a mentality of "trying a little further, maybe things will turn around." First, they do have a lucky mentality, and second, no matter whether they are men or women, the sunk costs they have invested always make it difficult for them to make such a quick decision to separate.
There are too few people who can give up their sunk costs and stop losses directly.
After talking to Xie Yuejin, Wang Ying turned to discuss winter preparations with Xu Shuang.
She took out a small notebook and said, "We need to buy everything we needed last year!"
There is already a list of things written on the little notebook, such as kelp, Chinese sausage, red dates, chestnuts...
Xu Shuang thought for a moment and said, "Should we start picking dates these days?"
It’s time to harvest the apples and dates in the orchard.
Wang Ying was very excited: "Should our team share the dates?"
Xu Shuang nodded: "In previous years, we could start in September. This year, it's not because of the bad weather, but it should be now. Each family will get some."
Wang Ying: "Then I want to eat jujube paste and walnut cake!"
Xu Shuang agreed: "Go find some hickory nuts on the mountain tomorrow and add some melon seeds to it."
Wang Ying nodded vigorously.
As soon as October arrived, the situation in Nanshao was reported to the higher authorities. There was a food shortage, and not only did the grain station in the city need to transfer grain, but several needy communes also needed to receive relief grain.
This task was extremely troublesome, as the situations in each commune and each brigade were different. It was dragged on until mid-October when the situations of some brigades were finalized.
The Seventh Brigade will not get a turn. Who asked them to replant and harvest on time
"Oh, if we had known that the government would distribute grain, we wouldn't have worked so hard to grow it. In the end, we worked so hard for half a year, while others just lay down and had food."
"What are you talking about? Other brigades are distributing food, but you haven't seen it. The food they distribute is just barely enough. It's only enough to last until the beginning of next spring."
"That's right. I've heard about it. Some brigades are trying to make a fuss and ask the higher-ups to give them back the food. They say that except for some brigades that were truly affected by the disaster and can't be saved, all other brigades will have to make up for it with next year's grain!"
"Our team is still the best. At least we are not hungry."
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Even Wang Ying sighed at her good luck a thousand times.
The brigade's orchard also harvested dates and apples, which were distributed to each household. Each family could get two or three kilograms of dates and one kilogram of apples.
The red dates are sweet and big, and the apples are crisp, sweet and juicy.
Wang Ying ate two but was reluctant to finish them. It was only after she put them on that she realized that there was no shortage of vegetables or even food at this time. The only thing missing was fruit.
Compared to the dazzling array of fruit stands in the future, the variety of fruits nowadays is too limited. In the city, the supply is based on tickets, and not many people can eat them. In the countryside, people only eat locally grown fruits, and they only eat a few kinds of fruits.
Here in the Seventh Brigade, there are apples, dates, and a few persimmon trees on the back hill. If there are more, there will be a few bunches of grapes in someone’s yard, or a pomegranate tree behind someone’s house.
Wang Ying had traded with others for candy or some vegetables, and some persimmons and grapes. The persimmons tasted dull, so Xu Shuang said they were unhatched persimmons and needed to be left for a while before they could be eaten. The grapes were also very sour, so she had to give them to Xu Shuang, who sealed them up with layers of sugar, to see if she could drink wine in winter.
Wang Ying misses durian, bananas, and jackfruits very much...
It’s a pity that I will have to wait a long time before I can eat it in this life.
By the end of October, the grain stations in the city had become more secure.
Xu Shuang and Wang Ying went to the city to see Chen Dong again. Chen Dong had lost a lot of weight, but his belly was still big. It was just that the original six-month belly had turned into a four-month belly.
When Chen Dong saw Xu Shuang, he called out to him, "Well, do whatever you need to do when you get back. There's still more than a month left in this year, so get started as soon as possible."
This is what we are talking about as far as extra income is concerned.
Chen Dong was cautious. He had not interacted with those families much when there was a shortage of food before, and he had been waiting until now. In fact, it was not only the grain station that was short of food. The black market in the city had also been very strict in the past two months. In the past, they would catch people and take their goods and let them go, but a few days ago, they would just lock people up after catching them.
It has to be said that there are still people who want to seek wealth and fame at the risk of their lives like Wang Lingling. The biggest grain dealer caught in the city had hoarded 3,000 kilograms of grain.
It's quite courageous.
But that person was unlucky as he bumped into the hole and he probably won't be able to get out in this lifetime.
This time, Chen Dong asked Xu Shuang to give him something else: "Give me as much fish as you can. I also want mountain products, wild chestnuts, walnuts, and dates."
People in the city have been tightening their belts for two months, so they have to eat something good to replenish their energy.
Xu Shuang agreed, and this time he brought a lot of things for Chen Dong, thinking that he had been craving for them for a long time.
Chen Dong drooled at the sight of the big fish inside, and then stuffed some food coupons into Xu Shuang's hand.
Xu Shuang accepted it without hesitation.
In fact, he and Wang Ying never had enough food coupons. As two people who only received wages, they definitely did not get as much food as others who went to the fields to share.
The two went to the city and it was already evening when they returned to the team.
As soon as I got home, someone knocked on the door.
The one who opened the door was Tian Dazhu.
Tian Dazhu didn't seem anxious, he just asked Wang Ying if he could go and check his wife's belly.
"I had a stomachache after dinner today, and I don't know what happened."