My 1979

When a marriage is canceled in rural areas, as long as the boy's and girl's families greet each other in advance and use the excuse that the child's personality is incompatible, it can be covered up. But such a silent slap in the face is rare.

Xizi may once again be exposed by my mother in front of outsiders, a grown man sobbing with his head muffled.

Li He didn't notice the liquor bottle behind Xizi when he walked in. Now that he saw the empty liquor bottle, it seemed that he had been drinking a lot.

"Second cousin, you must respect me and drink with me." Xizi tried hard to control herself from crying, but she still couldn't stop her sobbing. She turned around and picked up another bottle of liquor from behind the threshold and handed it to Li He.

Li He also felt aggrieved, seeming to think of the time in his last life when he was not at home when Xizi was in the cold winter. He drove a tractor to send Wang Yulan to the hospital and guarded the ward. He took the bottle of wine without saying a word, put it to his mouth and drank two ounces in one gulp, "Xizi, You don’t have a refund for the engagement gift money, so you can’t just forget about it.”

Before Xizi could answer, the second aunt answered, "Your second uncle went behind and almost got beaten. The Zhao family is a big family in Hewan. They are easy to mess with. It's shameless for a daughter to sell herself to two families. Come on, let's talk about it." The person surnamed Wang also has about ten cousins, older and younger, but he didn’t withdraw. You also know your uncle’s temperament.”

What the second aunt means is nothing more than outsiders bullying her, people surnamed Wang not uniting, and relatives not helping each other.

Li He seemed to have a tight breath in his chest and shouted, "Old cousin, let's go, I'll go with you. We have to make things clear with his old Zhao family today."

He felt that Fuji was forced to do something today, but he just couldn't get rid of the anger in his heart. He really couldn't do it without heart and heart. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became.

Originally, he wanted to go back to Lizhuang to call for help, but then he thought about it. This was to support his uncle's family. If he brought the people from Lizhuang there, it would become a matter between the two villages, and Li Zhuang would cause trouble for Hewan. It made a big fuss.

Nowadays, fighting is too normal. Whoever has a bigger family or more brothers will be tougher and bully others. As for the simplicity promised?

Saying that some people are honest is not just a compliment. Being honest includes being unabashedly direct, being directly enthusiastic towards you, and can also be directly vicious towards you.

When it comes to fights in rural areas, it's impossible to coordinate with the police. Maybe the other party will get into a group fight with seven uncles and eight cousins.

Unlike later, even during the Chinese New Year, it was difficult for the seven uncles and the eight cousins ​​to be completely concentrated. Even if they were brothers, there were many, one in the south and one in the north.

So, someone in the family is happy, ha, I’ll beat you up, there’s no one in your family, what can you do to me?

The police station also told people who had no one at home not to be afraid, as they would have to pay money if they lost.

Xizi was furious all morning. No matter how honest he was, he couldn't stand this. Everyone has their own tolerance limit. The more silent a person is, the more terrifying it is when he explodes. He directly shouldered the shovel towards the door, "Then... Go fuck him to death."

After speaking, he glanced at his father and two brothers again.

The second uncle sighed, what happened in the morning was still in his mind. Buddhas competed for a stick of incense, and people competed for a breath. They were all bullied like this. After all, he still had three sons. How could he make people disgusted like this? He said to Li He, "We, you four, don't go around here. Go sit with your grandpa for a while, and I'll talk to you when I come back."

Li He casually grabbed a thick stick from the pile of firewood at the door and said, "Uncle, I regard Xizi as my brother. His business is my business. It's not like you don't know that I won't accept it in a small fight." Who else."

After hearing this, the second uncle Wang Yuguo was quite relieved and said nothing more. He also took his three sons and Li He to Zhao's house on his shoulder.

Although the second aunt felt something was wrong, she couldn't stop her, so she had to lock the door in a hurry and follow behind.

Although both families are in the same village, they live far away from each other. Hewan Village is divided by rivers or hills, and the residents are relatively scattered. The entire village is distributed in a strip along the river.

The Zhao family also has several mud houses in the front and back, with a courtyard in the middle, which is similar to ordinary houses in the village.

The old lady from the Zhao family was squatting at the door, eating melon seeds and chatting with some old ladies. Thanks to her good eyesight, she saw Wang Yuguo and his family coming over from a distance carrying things. She quickly said to the little girl who was playing at the door, "Go find your father and pay him back." When a brother comes back, he says that the Wang family is here to take the blame."

Seeing that her mother was so anxious, the little girl hurriedly went out to find the men of the Zhao family who were visiting her.

The old lady from the Zhao family was a fierce person. Seeing the Wang family arrive at the door, she said with a strong smell of gunpowder, "We have nothing to do with your family anymore, why are you so shameless?"

The second aunt was not easy to get along with, so she rushed up to Mrs. Zhao, pointed her nose in the nose and cursed, "You are selling your daughter to two families, and your own family is shameless. How can you still have the nerve to talk?"

The eldest daughter of the Zhao family is 17 years old. They are planning an engagement for their daughter. The engagement will come with a gift of several hundred yuan, which can alleviate the family's difficulties.

After the marriage was settled, Wang Yuguo gave Lao Zhao's family a gift of 200 yuan. Seeing how easy it was to get the money, Lao Zhao's family booked another house for their daughter and took 300 yuan.

The old Zhao family thought that the conditions of the latter family were better, and they wanted to deliberately annoy Wang Yuguo and ask him to cancel the engagement. If the man proposed to cancel the engagement, the bride price would not need to be returned.

When the old Zhao family was having a sweet dream, the old Wang family came to the door in a hurry. This did not cost the reputation of their daughter.

Even if she was beaten to death, Mrs. Zhao could not admit that her daughter had promised two families. Even though everyone at the scene knew it clearly, she shouted, "Wang family, if you dare to act so careless again, I will tear your mouth apart. Ask your son, your man , is it because they proposed to cancel the engagement?

Your family is not happy, and you still don’t allow me to find a home for my daughter? "

The second aunt was not frightened when she saw the men from the Zhao family coming over with five or six hula. More and more neighbors from the old Zhao family were watching, and they scolded her even more vigorously, "Bah, your family can't find another home." too fast?

My son came over this morning to give gifts and your house was closed and no one was allowed in. What does that mean?

Good guy, when his father came over to inquire, your daughter was sold to two families!

You are shameless. Our family cannot be so shameless. Whoever cares about your daughter will go, and our family does not want her.

The old and young men also came to comment. How can anyone have such virtue? His family is so shameless. If my family can't come to cancel the engagement, what else can we do? "

There is so much gossip in the countryside, and there is no way to hide secrets. If you need to ask about such trivial matters in the old Zhao family, you can just cover your ears and hear a few words. Even the cousins ​​who helped Lao Zhao build momentum were a little embarrassed.

The Zhao family man was a little embarrassed and cursed, "If you talk nonsense again, I will tear you apart."

Xizi's head started to heat up, and he was about to go up and chop with the shovel. Li He quickly stopped him and said to Wang Guoyu, "Uncle, please stop me. We can vent our anger, but if someone is killed, it will cause a big fuss."

The man from the Zhao family stretched his neck and came to Xizi, "Here, come and chop it into pieces if you have the guts. If not, you are my grandson."

Li He said to the men of the Zhao family, "You know what's going on. We won't say soft words. They are all from the countryside, so there is no point in making a big fuss. But if you still come like this, this gift money will be too much for you." I don’t want you to withdraw, you have enough money left at home to go to the hospital.”

The eldest son of the Zhao family glanced at Li He with disdain, "Which crotch of my pants was not pulled up properly, and it exposed you, but I don't know you."

Li He seemed to be controlled by his adolescent hormones. He threw his foot directly onto the lap of the eldest son of the Zhao family. The eldest son of the Zhao family lay on the ground and screamed. Li He was quite sure of his move. At most, it would cause swelling and no fractures.

Seeing that their eldest son had suffered a loss, the old Zhao family rushed towards Li He, and it immediately turned into a melee. Wang Yuguo also threw away shovels and sticks and took his three sons up to fight with his bare hands.

When it came time to actually fight, the Zhao family's cousins ​​couldn't go up to fight, nor could they leave. They had to take care of the fault in the first place, and the cousins ​​were not close to each other in the first place. It was okay to come out and build up momentum to save face, but it was more difficult to contribute. .

Li He looked at the people rolling together on the ground. The men of the Zhao family and their four sons did not take advantage of them at all.

Those in the village who were standing nearby could no longer watch, so they all went up to pull people away.

Li He went up and pulled Wang Yuguo and several old cousins ​​up one by one and said, "Uncle, we're done, and we haven't suffered any loss."

Li He saw his third cousin being pushed to the ground by a big guy from the Zhao family and his eyes were swollen. He quickly kicked the person above him and pulled the third cousin up, "Are you okay?"

The third cousin was only a half-year-old child, and it hurt so much that he almost cried.

The second aunt and the Zhao family's mother-in-law pulled each other's hair, and they both grimaced in pain, but neither of them let go.

Li He couldn't beat the woman, so he had to watch how Wang Guoyu dealt with it. Wang Guoyu glanced at the Zhao family man, and the two of them went up and pulled their own women.

Wang Yuguo said angrily, "Zhao Laoxi, I must return this money to me today, otherwise, I will never be done with you."

In the end, the two families bargained and cursed each other a few times. They wanted to rush forward and continue, but were pulled back by the people next to them. Zhao Laoxi gritted his teeth and said, "Refund 180 yuan, not even a dime more."

Zhao Laoxi was still angry that his cousins ​​did not get involved in the fight and did not take advantage, so he had no choice but to end the matter like this.

At this time, the concept is that fists speak, and it would be embarrassing to call the police.

Wang Yuguo agreed after thinking about it. Seeing that his youngest son's eyes were swollen like that, he didn't bother to bother anymore.

The Zhao family's mother-in-law had no choice but to count the money. The second aunt snatched it away and counted it angrily.

A farce ended just like that.

It was already past 2 o'clock in the afternoon when we returned to Wang Yu's country. Xizi was very grateful to Li He and kept saying that Li He's affairs would be his business from now on. The second aunt heated up some leftovers and did not drink. Just eat something casually.

After Li He finished eating, he went to his grandma and grandpa's house. The old couple had long since separated from their two sons and lived in a thatched hut with no protection from the wind or rain.

Grandpa was an honest farmer. He didn't talk much and didn't know how to express affection. He just asked a few simple gossips. Li He only had a lot of chat with the old lady, and he also stuffed 200 yuan into his mouth when he left. .

Grandpa said in a low voice, somewhat feebly, "Oh, I'm old and I'm dragging you down."

"Grandpa." Li He was afraid that the old man would think too much, so he hurriedly said, "You should be filial to the younger generation, but don't take it to heart."

They were not living well. Even if Li He wanted to take over and live with Wang Yulan, they would not agree. Living in their daughter's house would bring shame to their son, who is the one who should rely on him seriously.

On the way back, Li He could only lament that the power of adolescent hormones is so powerful. How could he be so impulsive at such an old age?

In an impulsive moment, there is absolutely no rational reason.