The years when I was deceived into northern Myanmar

In the spring of 2017, after the New Year, Bangkang had nothing to do. The entire municipal government's top management mobilized and went straight to a place called "Zhihong" near Bangkang City. This is the urban-rural fringe area in China.

However, today is different from usual. The road that usually no one passes by is full of luxury cars. And that’s not to mention. Before these luxury cars came over, green pickup trucks from the military and police cars came and scanned them. After confirming that there was nothing going on around them, these luxury cars drove over.

The neighbors all came out of their homes one after another, standing at the door of their homes looking at the convoy of luxury cars and the military police standing guard on both sides of the convoy, wondering...

"What's going on? The last time we saw such a big battle was when the new government entered the country and destroyed the Little Happy Laboratory."

"Don't tell me, there might be those harmful laboratories again."

"Pull him down! Your family destroyed the laboratory and came here in a luxury car? Let me tell you, the people who come back are either rich or noble!"

"Isn't that...Master Xu!"

Master Xu!

After he blurted out these two words, everyone around him stood on tiptoes, as if they were afraid that they could not see clearly. They wanted to find the difference in vision from height, but after looking for a long time, they found nothing.

Then someone asked: "Where is the Master Xu you are talking about?"

"The one coming out of the pickup truck!"

Pickup?

"A green military pickup truck?"

"It's impossible for Mr. Xu to ride in a green military pickup truck. People said that Mr. Xu rides in a Maybach, the same model as Daddy Ma!"

"Yes, everyone knows that our Mr. Xu keeps a low profile, otherwise, he would have changed into a Rolls-Royce long ago."

I heard the words of these people very clearly. The distance between them and me was not even the width of a street, but I still looked back at them, smiled, and then waved.

"It's really Master Xu!"

Then, in the surprise of this group of people, they walked towards one of the houses, which was a small second-floor building with an 'auto repair' sign.

At that time, the owner of the auto repair shop was soaking his hands full of engine oil in a basin filled with water, but his eyes were always focused on us. It was not until we came closer that he straightened up from washing his hands.

"Agui?"

The honest car repair man was very nervous. It seemed that he had never experienced such a big scene in his life.

"Are you Agui? You have a daughter named Sangbo?"

Agui was wearing blue overalls, and there were still beads of sweat on his forehead that had not been wiped off. He nodded blankly.

"My daughter has a boyfriend named Burea, who is a soldier?"

Agui opened his mouth and said, "That's an honest kid." He meant that the kid couldn't cause trouble.

Hearing this, I laughed.

Banbula continued: "He is an honest boy, we all know that." He also smiled: "But one thing you don't know is that this Bure'a is not only a soldier, but also a hero of the new government and the leader of the Wa State. Mr. Xu’s younger brother.”

"Let me introduce myself. I am the Secretary-General of the Municipal Government of the new Bangkang government. My name is Banbula. This is Mr. Xu, Xu Ruifeng."

"Your father-in-law." Agui is very ordinary. Ordinary people are like a speck of dust in this world in my eyes. He swallowed hard and stretched out his unwashed hands nervously. He saw that his hands were full of oil. Then he shrank back again, smiling with an embarrassed look on his face, afraid of offending others.

It's like a father from a very ordinary family, who, after impressing a rich girl, arrives at his house. When he doesn't say "change shoes", he stands at the door and is at a loss, not knowing whether to enter or not.

I went over and held his hand: "I am Xu Ruifeng."

I could see Agui's surprise as he stared at my greasy hands, and I could also see the comfort in his heart at that moment: "Master Xu... dirty..."

"No, I mean I have dirty...hands, dirty hands, full of engine oil."

I laughed.

He put his hands behind his back without caring: "Shall we go in and chat?"

Agui hurriedly led him into the house. Banbula and I walked in and followed him upstairs. Only then did we see a damaged black leather sofa with sponges stuck on it with tape in a simple room.

"Why don't you sit here first?" Agui was so nervous that he no longer knew how to entertain guests.

Banbula and I sat down directly. He even forgot to pour the tea and stood in front of us, not even daring to sit down.

"Aren't you going to give me some saliva?" Banbula said, "Normally I won't pick on you if you don't give me water, but that's not the case today. Today we are here to propose marriage."

Agui angrily picked up his hand full of engine oil and slapped it on his forehead: "Ouch!" He said, went into the house to find two cups, put the tea leaves directly into the cup, and picked up the thermos to pour water.

"You know everything about Burea and Sangbo, right?"

Of course he knew. Ever since he heard Burea's name, he started to protect the child. I knew that Burea met Agui's requirements very well.

"I know." Agui explained: "Sangbo is a very obedient child. She will definitely tell her parents about anything. Therefore, we knew it when they first came into contact with us."

"Then what do you think about this matter?"

I continued: "Burea is not young anymore and has reached the age of marriage. How about letting the two children get married?"

Banbula said like a matchmaker: "We, in order to build a new family for these two children, also collected some betrothal gifts. Mr. Xu bought a wedding room and a wedding car, and people around us collected 99." Cash means longevity. As for what gold jewelry the bride needs for her wedding, you can mention it as long as it meets the traditional dress requirements of the Wa people. We will discuss it then, do you think?"

Agui was very anxious and kept waving his hands when Banbula was talking. He just waited for him to finish speaking before he dared to answer: "No, that's not what he said."

“We don’t ask for any of those things, we only ask for one thing.”

I glanced at Banbula, who could speak more easily and asked, "Is there anything else you're dissatisfied with?"

Agui said: "No, what you said, we don't want anything. If you are willing to give it to the child, it is their business to have the child or not. We only ask for one thing, that is, Burea must stay in our home for a full year. Then you can move out.”

I looked at Hanbra again.

Banbula explained: "The Wa people have their own customs, which is the transition from living with the wife to living with the husband."

"In the past, when a married daughter lived with his wife, everyone was poor. Marrying off his daughter meant that there was one less labor force, so the son-in-law had to help with the work for a period of time. Later, living with his wife became a right-of-way. The test of the son-in-law, to see if the son-in-law is sincere and how he treats his daughter, this must be seen clearly under the nose of the old man."

I understand, Agui is afraid that his daughter will be bullied after marrying Burea... (End of chapter)