The Tale Never Ends

Chapter 14: Arranged marriages

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"At that time, my BMW was driving like flying. My nephew called me and asked where he was. I was so anxious! When I got to the door of my house, I saw a lot of firecracker paper on the ground at the door from a distance. When I got closer, I My brother was standing at the door, and there were my brother and a group of young men next to him. There were happy words posted on both sides of the door, and I felt like I was falling into the mist.

After getting off the bus, I asked my brother: 'Who in our family will get married? My brother said with a bad smile: "Hey, who is getting married?" You get married! Before he could finish speaking, my brother said, "Our parents are no longer here, and my eldest brother will take the place of my father. This is the matchmaker's order from my parents, and he cannot deny it!" Take it! 'Speaking of which, some young men came over and tied me up, wiping their shoulders and covering my back! The two of them raised their feet off the ground, and I was sent in! There was a guest inside shouting: "Bow down to heaven and earth!" Two thanks to Gaotang! 'At this time, I saw Fenzi's parents sitting on top, and my brother and sister-in-law were also sitting on top. Then he said, "Husband and wife bow to each other and enter the bridal chamber!" 'Someone put a top hat on my head, and two young men carried me to the bridal chamber! At this time, I was seeing two girls carrying Fenzi into the bridal chamber. I thought to myself that they were carrying Fenzi into the bridal chamber, but now I was entering the bridal chamber with a jet! "Mr. Zhang laughed when he said this, took a sip of wine and continued.

"I learned the rope-breaking technique from a magician in the past. It was not easy to really tie me up. I quickly broke away from the rope and ran outside to invite everyone to drink. I saw Brother Hai wearing a There is a flower with the name 'Presiding Officer' written on it. I asked why I thought something was wrong at first. I bet he is the director behind the scenes!" After Mr. Zhang finished speaking, everyone burst out laughing. "If you're like this, you might be sold by Brother Lao Hai and you'll have to count the money for him!" Mr. Li said with a smile.

At this time, I said with a smile: "Let me see, you have already fallen in love with Aunt Fen, but you just didn't dare to admit it verbally, so you would be so happy! How about going out to meet and drink, and you agreed!"

Aunt Fen pointed at me: "This bad boy always knocks the gong under such circumstances." Everyone laughed again.

After laughing, Mr. Zhang took a sip of wine and said: "After the banquet was over, I returned to the wedding room and saw Fenzi sitting on the bed. I took off the hijab and she closed her eyes and remained motionless. I asked: 'What are you doing?' ’ She said, ‘I’m waiting to be beaten.’ ‘Who said I was going to beat you?’ I asked. Fenzi said sheepishly, ‘I took you here without your consent. I thought you would become angry.’ 'You can't hit a woman then!' As soon as I finished speaking, Brother Hai's evil smile came from the air: 'Hey hey hey hey...' Every sound is farther away. I dare you, Brother Hai is waiting for me to finish. After the wedding, I left without losing my temper!"

Speaking of this, Mr. Li asked his father: "When will you accept apprentices again?" His father said with a look of disgust: "Quickly pull him down! It's okay for you to make some money, but there is no money to be made by doing what we do! "

While my father was joking with Mr. Li, my cell phone suddenly rang. I took it out and saw the two words "Brother Lin" on the caller ID. When I answered the phone, I heard Brother Lin on the other end of the phone ask anxiously: "Shi Yan! Where are you? Come back quickly. My dad was taken away by the police station and didn't say anything!" I quickly agreed, "Okay, don't worry, dad and I will go back right now!" Putting down the phone, Mr. Li and Mr. Zhang both asked: "What happened?" I recounted what Brother Lin said, and Mr. Zhang said in surprise. : "Teacher Lin's father? Lin Fengquan?" Mr. Zhang was surprised when he heard that Mr. Li had already made a call on the side, "Hey, one of my brothers was taken away by the police below, and he didn't say anything. My brother My surname is Lin, from the Wenchang Chinese Studies Academy... Oh, okay, then I'll wait for your reply." Seeing that Mr. Li had already called someone to ask for help, Mr. Zhang was not idle, so he took out his phone and dialed a number. ... ..

Everyone went downstairs while talking on the phone and walked separately. My parents and I went straight to the police station. When he arrived at the police station, he saw Uncle Quan and asked him what was going on. Uncle Quan said he didn't know and asked him to wait here. After a while, a policeman came in and started making tea and water, and then another policeman came with a smile and shook hands with everyone: "My surname is Yu. There is something involving Teacher Lin. Please adjust it. The other party will arrive in a while." "At this time, the policeman who was pouring water came in with two women in their fifties. After Uncle Quan saw these two people, he stepped forward to shake hands with one of them. He seemed to be an acquaintance. After the two parties sat down, the policeman said to everyone: "The two reported that Teacher Lin had robbed her things. According to the laws of our country, this matter has happened thirty years ago and has long passed the legal validity period. It should be It will not be accepted. We will adjust it after considering the actual situation of both parties. Which of you will speak first?" At this time, the two women looked at each other and said, "Let them speak first." The policeman looked at both sides with surprise. , which means: It is strange that the plaintiff did not speak first but let the defendant speak first. This is unprecedented. Uncle Quan took a sip of water, lit a cigarette and took two puffs before telling the whole story...

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, China experienced three famous natural disasters. Right on this large ridge of the Huanxiang River, hungry people begging for food often pass by. In 1961, it was a rich late autumn. No longer eating in the canteen, the economic situation has improved, and it is late autumn, and the crops in the fields have been harvested. Most families no longer need to beg for food. There are some people who have a large population and are living in difficulty. They have already considered laying the foundation for the coming year and saving some food now. Therefore, these very few people are still beggars.

On this day, two begging women came up one after another. The one in front was taller, let's call it the tall woman, and the one behind was shorter, let's call it the short woman. They were 100 meters apart. Domi looks like. Ahead is a bend in the river, with a stone embankment built on the bank. There are reinforced piers extending into the water not far away from the embankment to slow down the flow. The locals call this thing a stone cow. Now this solar term is the "water season", that is, the downstream gates of tens of miles are closed, and the upstream gates of hundreds of miles are opened, storing a river full of water to irrigate farmland in the villages along the river. The river water is rippling and very clear, just level with the stone cow. The tall woman felt thirsty and squatted on the stone cow to drink water. However, she did not know that her body was no longer in the strong state it had been in the past. Her vision went dark and she fell into the water...

When she woke up, she found herself lying in a hut with corn stalks underneath her body. This is a temporary hut on the river for the migrant workers to rest. There is no kang. Now that the flood season has passed, the hut is idle and a short woman is waiting beside it. A carriage passed by just now, and the handlebars and the short woman worked together to rescue her. Now the short woman fed the tall woman some fried noodles with the teapot she brought with her, and she regained some of her strength. The two exchanged names and hometowns and chatted for a while. Coincidentally, both of them were pregnant. The older one and the younger one had to run for a living, so they came out to beg for food. After a lot of trouble just now, both of them faced premature birth...

After a painful struggle, the tall woman gave birth first and gave birth to a baby girl. She was quite big and cried constantly after birth. However, this tall woman was her first child and had no milk. Fortunately, the short woman was not her first child. She had already given birth, so she took the baby over to feed her... After a while, the short woman also gave birth to a baby boy, who was not big and very thin. The strange thing is that this child didn't cry after being born! According to superstition, it is unlucky for a child to be born without crying. The short woman slapped the child on the small buttocks. This time, the child not only did not cry, but also laughed, and even giggled! He doesn’t know how bumpy the road of life will be, and what kind of opportunities are waiting for him in the future!

In this way, the short woman breastfed the two babies, and the two adults chatted very well. Later, the two of them suddenly came up with the idea that these two children were born at the same time, on the same day, in the same year, and in the same place. This may be God's will and a rare fate! It's better to arrange a baby wedding for them, maybe it will become a good story in the future. You and I have also become in-laws, truly relatives. Both of them were very happy. The short woman took off the jade pendant she was wearing. It was a pair of jade pendants passed down from her ancestors. He took out one and put it around the little girl's neck as a token of love. After the full moon came out, the two families began to move around as relatives... When they parted, they informed each other of their addresses again. The tall woman came from ten years ago. In Jiacun, the short woman came from Lijiawu. They agreed to visit each other in the future, but the two parted in tears!

Later, the short woman arranged for her eldest son to go find her relatives. Her eldest son was already in high school and his name was Lin Fengjiang. The third child was named Lin Fengquan after the third child was born. There was also a second son, Lin Fenghe, who died at an early age. In addition, Fengquan had two sisters, so although Fengjiang was the eldest and Fengquan was the second, they were very different in age. Later, they gave birth to Lin Fenghu and Lin Fenghai, but this is a story later.

Fengjiang used Sunday to search for relatives several times, but failed to find this "Ten Family Village"...