Chapter 1: This is fate

It was the autumn of 1996. Under the blue sky, the white clouds were moving slowly, and the scorching sun made people nowhere to hide. The breeze blows, and the fragrance of the fruit floats, which is the harvest season.
In a village that is not too remote and too poor, with nearly a hundred families, most of them are spacious and bright houses. Only in an inconspicuous place in the village, there is a particularly eye-catching house for passing by. The people of inevitably are curious, is this house for people? What kind of people are living in this house?
These are two low mud thatched cottages. Due to the long days, the baptism of wind and rain, and the destruction of years, the surface of the house has been uneven and riddled with holes. The thatch on the roof is constantly swaying and moaning in the wind, seeming to be mourning for their poor destiny?
The two old-fashioned windows that are about to fall apart are fixed at the bottom and lifted from the top when the window is opened. Two pieces of fairly complete glass already had cracks through them, some of the others were covered with half of a paper shell, and some were nailed with broken plastic, singing in the wind.
A wooden door without a primer dare not use force when entering and exiting, for fear that if you are not careful, you will be physically mutilated and completely unrecognizable. It will make strange sounds of "creaking and creaking" as people enter and exit.
If it were not for the clothes hanging on the ropes nailed to the two wooden stakes outside, it would really make people unable to believe that people still live in this house.
But this house literally lives in a family of four—an old couple and their son and daughter.
On this day, Sister Zou, who is most beloved by the people and most popular among men, women and children in the village, came to this thatched house where the timid would not trespass. She also had the courage to come to this house, privately she was really worried that the thatched house would suddenly collapse! In case (not impossible), how bad would you be if you were under pressure?
It is strange to say that this thatched house, which looks shaky and is about to collapse, still stands proudly after decades of wind and rain. The strong wind blew him almost to dance, and the heavy rain poured him through, but he still stood strong and stubborn!
Zou's wife was far away from the house, and her brisk and hearty voice wafted around the house quickly, gathering the family of four to the door to meet each other. A family of four respectfully welcomed this noble and rare guest into the house (usually rarely visited).
"His sister-in-law, sit down!" The hostess said humbly, groping for the Kangyan.
"Stop sitting, I'll just stand here and say it!" Zou's wife is a clean and particular person. The room is dark, damp and gray, and she is really afraid that she will get her clothes dirty. She stood not far from the door.
The petite and exquisite girl took a clean pad and laid it on the edge of the kang with a wink, patted it with her hand, and said softly: "Sister Zou, sit here and talk?"
Zou Sao deliberately looked at the little girl with her eyes up and down for a long time, and the fake smile on her face was replaced with a sincere laugh from her heart: "This is Sister Xiaodi? It really looks like a daffodil, let alone a man. When I saw it, I saw my sister-in-law, but it was rare!"
The girl is Xiaodi, her face is said to have a red cloud, and there is a kind of feminine and charming girl only, she shyly lowered her head and stopped speaking.
Sister Zou laughed dryly, and said loudly: "Uncle and Auntie, I'm here to say goodbye to you today! Your family is about to have a great happy event!"
A family of four was confounded by the conversation, and the pitiful family really didn't think there would be a happy event. The host opened a pair of still beautiful and slightly muddy eyes, and asked curiously: "Our shabby family, what happy event will there be?"
Sister Zou smiled happily: "Of course it is an unexpected and happy event!" She raised her eyes to look at the handsome boy aside: "My little sister didn't tell you about him and Fengying? He and us, the richest man Feng Ying, the daughter of rich man and big boss Peng Jiafu, is getting better? You don't even know such a big thing?"
auzw.com The little girl in Zou’s mouth is a boy from this family. He was stunned when he heard this. His first reaction was: It's over, Fengying's father objected, and they came to the door.
The other three are still in consternation. Of course, they understand the current situation. Their home is the poorest family in the whole town, and the other is the most powerful family in the whole town. The difference is too great. It's a in the same sky. How is it possible to get married? They can't even think about it!
Seeing this family's reaction, Zou Sao laughed triumphantly: "It seems that you really don't know? Today I will tell you the truth! I was commissioned by Boss Peng to propose a marriage specially."
The little girl looked puzzled: "Didn't Fengying's father resolutely oppose it? How could he suddenly change his mind? And he also took the initiative to propose a marriage? Does he really feel sorry for his daughter and want to fulfill both of us?" The girl swallowed back into her stomach abruptly, "Or did he suddenly want to drive and show kindness?"
The little girl didn't like the boss Peng mentioned by Sister Zou, that is, his future old man, and even disliked it a little! Of course, very few people like Boss Peng.
Sister Zou’s smile became more and more unnatural: "That’s right, Boss Peng said, he not only wants to marry your daughter, but also flips your two thatched houses into four bj flats, and there is another one. Give you a considerable deposit! Isn't this a great event?"
The little girl's face was surprised: "Really?" He really wants to change his opinion of this future old man, and he should be very grateful! In the future, I must be filial to him.
"Of course it is true! There will be fakes? People love their daughters, and fear that their daughters will suffer and be poor when they marry here!" Zou Sao paused, and looked at the few people in the house vigilantly, and continued unnaturally: "But Boss Peng also said that the premise is to marry Xiaodi from your family as his wife. Otherwise, he would not marry his daughter to a poor family like you if he died!" Zou's voice became weaker and weaker.
She also felt that these words really couldn't be said. Who made herself covet the benefits of others? The boss Peng can say that he will give himself a color TV when the matter is done, it is a valuable thing! (Color TV was not popular at the time)
Xiaodi was silly when she heard this. Why did she feel so awkward to ask her to marry a man more than twenty years older than herself? What's more, I already have a childhood sweetheart!
Before she could speak, her mother spoke up: "But, that boss Peng is not only old, and I heard that his reputation is not good? Many women in Shili 8 villages have had that kind of relationship with him. My family Xiaodi married Wasn’t she aggrieved in the past? Xiaodi just turned sixteen."
"Sixteen is no longer young. When I was sixteen, I had my little fortune (Xiaocai was Zou's son)! What's bad reputation? It's all the people who have nothing to do with their tongue. Boss Peng He was just forty years old, and it was a good time. His wife divorced him for so many years. He hasn't remarried. Isn't he afraid of his daughter being angry with his stepmother? How young and strong does not have a woman? I can only blame Those women, when they are rich, they will give them to their arms, let alone a bachelor, which normal man has suffered?" Zou’s mouth, the dead can be said to be alive by her!
"The age difference is too much, I'm so wronged by my family Xiaodi!" Dad was not reconciled either, he treasured his daughter.
"What are you afraid of? The older you are, the more you know that you will be distressed and considerate! With such good conditions, how many older girls are rushing to marry him, and they are too lazy to raise their eyelids. Now they are looking at your Xiaodi! It's a great person! Think about it, who can think of a good thing that can kill two birds with one stone and the best of both worlds? People have thought of it, and they think so well!" The more Zou said, the more she felt that this was a commendable good thing.
Xiaodi's mother still couldn't turn this turn: "But then the seniority will be messed up!"
Sister Zou smiled and didn't smile: "Which one has no seniority? People still care about that now? They have different names, no big deal!"
She looked at Xiaodi with her eyes, and continued to say along her own line of thought: "Xiaodi will not suffer a loss when she marries boss Peng. Even so many years older, he has to treat her like a treasure. Nothing else, People have money. Isn’t Xiaodi a flavourful and spicy drinker? Enjoy endless blessings! And your family, just this broken house is not enough? Maybe one day the house will collapse when it rains or winds. If someone is buried in it, there are three long and two short, where are there more and less? Reluctant to let your daughters do not cope with wolves, you marry your daughters gracefully to the rich, and the family will live a good life along with them. Isn't it a great joy for everyone? Well, Boss Peng really told me that if Xiaodi didn’t marry him, he would marry Fengying far away, so that they would never want to see each other again in this life! Such a good pair of lovers just like that What a pity it was broken up? Now that you have such a good opportunity, you don't grasp it. Where can you find someone with such good conditions in the future?"
The family's face became more and more embarrassed by Sister Zou, especially his brother, he seemed to have seen the end of the world, he loved his sister, and did not want to sacrifice his sister's lifetime happiness for his own happiness!
Sister Zou looked at this family of four, and her purpose was obviously to make this kind of marriage. She has reached the point of vomiting lotus flowers in her mouth: "Uncle and aunt, you are not outsiders. If I say something to you when you get home, based on the current conditions of your family, the two elders are disabled. You can say that your family is poor and white. What! Let’s just talk about the little girl. His appearance is still in the past, just this head, and the ugly point is equivalent to second-class disability (the little girl is 1.7 meters tall). It's all these years, he is one day I haven’t read the book before, and I don’t know Yi Sheng in Dou Da. If I’m right, he wouldn’t even write his own name, right? What is the difference between this and blindness? Is there any girl who looks for this now? Man? I’m not scaring you. As far as your family’s situation is concerned, the younger sister will just wait to be a bachelor for a lifetime!"