Reborn back to 1984

Chapter 89

Before seven o'clock the next morning, Shao Han and Ma Tao rode motorcycles to Zhang's house again.Zhang Xiuhong and Zhang Xiaofeng were drinking porridge. When they heard the roar of the motorcycle, they immediately rushed to the door with the porridge bowls in their hands, winked and teased Zhang Xiuqing, and shouted, "Brother-in-law is here!"

The Zhang couple glanced at each other, and they both murmured in their hearts, "Why are you here so early?" One stood up immediately, put away some miscellaneous things, and the other ran to the door quickly, and opened the gate of the yard.

At about eight o'clock, Jiang Shuisheng, father and daughter came to Xindong Village in a net boat.

People on the net boat seldom enter the village, so when the father and daughter showed up, they immediately attracted the attention of the villagers. Many men, women and children who had nothing to do went to the river and found that the cabin that was originally used to hold fish and shrimp was today. It was full of large and small cardboard boxes, with firecrackers placed on top of the boxes, and a well-dressed middle-aged woman sat in the middle, with a red checked bag on her elbow, as if she came to give a bride price.

People on the boat never intermarry with people from Xindong Village. Are you going to break the convention today?Many people murmured in their hearts, and an old man in his 70s asked, "Are you giving a bride price?"

Jiang Shuisheng wiped the sweat from his forehead, grinned, his dark face looked greasy after being exposed to the sun: "Yes!"

The old man continued to ask, "Which girl is he looking at?"

Although Jiang Shuisheng didn't have much contact with people in Xindong Village, he knew his face. Knowing that the old man was also surnamed Zhang, and that he was related to Zhang Xiuqing's family, he smiled and said, "You don't know, Xiuqing is getting engaged. !"

What?Xiuqing wants to marry the man on the boat?Zhang Lingen and Shen Heying didn't object?All the faces of men, women and children showed disbelief, and the old man asked in a trembling voice: "What you said is true, did you lie to us?"

Jiang Shuisheng nodded vigorously. Jiang Lanfang had studied in the elementary school in the village for several years, so he understood the mentality of the local people more or less. It's a bride price prepared by him..."

When the old man heard this, his face flushed with excitement: "Yes, is that Shao Han who was admitted to FD University and opened a restaurant in the county?"

Jiang Lanfang smiled and nodded: "Yes, that's him!" After speaking, pointing to the middle-aged woman sitting in the cabin, she introduced: "This is Ma Tao's mother, she is a matchmaker."

Jiang Caiyun stood up with a smile: "I am a ready-made matchmaker!"

The old man said "yes" three times in a row, and the people next to him asked eagerly, "When will the wine be served?"

Jiang Caiyun said: "National Day!"

Several elderly people said in unison: "National Day is a good day, it's good! It's good!"

Ten minutes later, the net boat rolled to the door of Zhang Xiuqing's house, and Zhang's husband and wife came to greet him outside the door. Under the envious eyes of everyone, a brand new Phoenix brand women's bicycle was moved from the boat to the yard, followed by The first was a brand new Butterfly brand household sewing machine, followed by a 10-inch Peacock black and white TV set, and then sugar, tobacco, wine, fruit, pastries and so on.

While everyone's attention was focused on the betrothal gifts, Shao Han took out an expensive watch from his pocket, and with Ma Tao's encouragement, put it on Zhang Xiuqing's wrist with his own hands.

Zhang Xiuqing's aunt invited Jiang Caiyun to the living room to drink tea and eat melon seeds with a smile on her face.

Jiang Caiyun opened the bag, took out the gift money wrapped in red paper, and handed it to Shen Heying.

Shen Heying's face was full of radiance, she stretched out her hands to pick it up, she couldn't close her mouth with a smile.

The villagers who watched the excitement congratulated Zhang Lingen one after another, and Zhang Lingen distributed a circle of cigarettes.Like most fathers, he is relieved that his daughter has found a good home and will no longer have to live in the ground; he is also worried that Shao Han, a city native and college student who has a future, will look down on Shao Han, who only has a high school degree and was born in the countryside. Xiuqing...that kind of complicated mood is really hard to describe in words.

Shen Heying walked into the east room with the gift money in both hands, and came out empty-handed about 5 minutes later. Several relatives who were close to her immediately surrounded her and asked in a low voice how much gift money Shen Heying had received.

A large group of women compatriots pricked up their ears and listened. After a while, the news that Shao Han liked Zhang Xiuqing very much and Zhang's couple received a gift of 1000 yuan spread throughout the courtyard.

A sharp-eyed girl discovered the watch Zhang Xiuqing was wearing on her wrist. She told the discovery to her best friend, who turned around and told her cousin, who then told her cousin... 10 minutes later, The watch became a well-known secret.

Several young girls pushed me and I pushed you to discuss for a long time, and finally pushed a few representatives out.They surrounded Zhang Xiuqing, some asked about the brand of the watch, some asked how the two met, and some asked if she would go to Shanghai to study with Shao Han...

Several cousins ​​of Zhang Xiuqing put on a mature and steady look, and interrogated Shao Han three times: "Have you talked to someone before?"

Shao Han shook his head vigorously: "No, Xiuqing is my first and last object."

Several young boys continued to ask: "How many bottles of beer can you drink in one meal?"

"I've never been drunk, so I don't know..." Shao Han frowned and thought: "But I think a dozen bottles shouldn't be a problem!"

"How many cigarettes do you smoke a day?"

"No special circumstances, I generally don't smoke."

Zhang Xiuqing's cousin asked the last question: "Can you play Pai Gow?"

Zhang Xiuqing was standing nearby. Hearing their conversation, she couldn't help laughing: My dear cousin, cousin, is it really okay for you to ask like this?Even if Shao Han really likes to gamble, in this kind of situation, it is impossible to tell the truth, you will kill him and he will not admit it... Shao Han probably thought of this, and shook his head again: "I can't play!" Added: "I've never gambled money!"

Zhang Xiuqing's cousins ​​and cousins ​​all showed smiles on their faces, and Shao Han followed suit.

Ma Tao has always been an acquaintance, and after a while, he became friends with them, hooked up with them and called each other brothers and sisters. People who didn't know would probably mistakenly think that Zhang Xiuqing was engaged to be engaged to him, not Shao Han. .

There was a commotion all around, and Song Chunmei was mixed in with the crowd watching the excitement, feeling jealous and lost in her heart, she was jealous that she was no worse than Zhang Xiuqing in any aspect, but she was inferior to her in nothing; Handling love and friendship well, Zhang Xiuqing will definitely not alienate herself, Shi Dongsheng loves everyone, and will not ignore herself, then she will get the moon first, and it is only a matter of time before she wins Shi Dongsheng... Fortunately, this most powerful The threatening rival in love finally found a favor, and a smile soon appeared on Song Chunmei's face.

Everyone was smiling, except Shi Dongsheng, who stood alone by the river in despondency, listening to the cheerful laughter in the yard and watching the net boats floating in the water, he felt his heart was empty. .

He comforted himself desperately in his heart: "Shi Dongsheng, you have to be a man who can afford and let go..." He kept hypnotizing himself: "To truly love someone, you don't have to have her, as long as she is happy If I am happy, I will be satisfied..." But the tears flowed all over his face in spite of himself.

The spectators gradually dispersed, and Shao Han finally got rid of the embarrassing situation of being watched, tortured, and judged by others, and he breathed a long sigh of relief.

Ma Tao couldn't bear it any longer, and complained to Shao Han: "I'm only 20 years old this year, and my mother was worried that I couldn't find a partner. She asked relatives and friends to help introduce a lot of girls, and I was almost driven crazy... "

Zhang Xiaofeng came home from school at noon, and when he saw the biggest TV in the village, he couldn't move his feet.Shen Heying knows that her son likes to watch TV, but firstly, this TV set was sent by Shao Han, and it will be used as Zhang Xiuqing's dowry in the future, so it will be bad if it is old; secondly, the TV set consumes electricity, if you watch it every day, the electricity bill will definitely be very high. It was impressive, so without further ado, I carried the TV into the room and locked the door.

Zhang Xiaofeng's eye sockets turned red immediately.Zhang Xiuqing knew her mother's temper, so she didn't bother to quarrel with her, so she stood up and went to her father, and said, "Father, I want to watch TV, when do you have time to install an outdoor antenna?"

Zhang Lingen hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Okay, I'll borrow tools in the afternoon." After speaking, he added: "When you get married, Dad will buy you a new TV set."

Zhang Xiuqing originally wanted to say, "I bought it myself!" but swallowed it back.Looking at her father's gray hair at the temples, Zhang Xiuqing finally understood what it meant to be "poor and loving father". She felt her nose sore, and tried to hold back her tears.

After lunch, Jiang Caiyun still went home by Jiang Shuisheng's net boat.

According to the custom, Shen Heying and Zhang Xiuqing's aunt distributed sugar and smoke from door to door in the village, and once again received a lot of blessings and envious eyes.

Zhang Lingen borrowed tools to install the outdoor antenna needed to watch TV in the yard.

Ma Tao originally planned to stand by and watch, but under Shao Han's gaze, he had no choice but to "volunteer" to help.

It was only then that Shao Han found a chance to whisper to Zhang Xiuqing, and even took advantage of the fact that there was no one around, he boldly grabbed her little hand and held on.

Zhang Xiuqing blushed and struggled hard. Shao Han quickly distracted her with something serious: "I've already found out what you asked me to inquire about last time..."

Zhang Xiuqing immediately stopped struggling.

Shao Han took an inch and put his arms around her waist: "Pan Liyun's mother is Pan Shuwen. When she was born, her mother mistakenly thought that she was the only one left in the Pan family, so the son took the father's surname and the daughter took the mother's surname." …Pan Liyan had two uncles named Pan Shuxuan and Pan Shuhong. The eldest uncle was Pan Xinyan’s father who disappeared in the year WG started. Some insiders said that he fell into the sea and drowned while smuggling. It was not known until three years ago In this world, he has already married a wife and had children; my uncle was dispatched to the frontier for reform, and there has been no news for many years. Pan Shuwen also thought he was dead. It was not until 1980 that he found out that he had settled in the frontier and married a woman from an ethnic minority... …Pan Liyan’s grandfather was named Pan Tingsheng, who was long gone. He died in the year WG started. Some people said he died of illness, and some said he was beaten to death..."

All the information was correct, and Zhang Xiuqing finally confirmed that Pan Liyan's grandfather was the chief culprit who killed her grandfather and uncle, and caused her father to be rejected by her grandmother.

The dead are long gone, and the living are always in distress. Her father didn't do anything wrong, so why should he bear the spiritual shackles for a lifetime?How could grandma blame him for all her mistakes?Zhang Xiuqing felt extremely uncomfortable, only to hear Shao Han continue to say in a cold voice: "The head who ransacked the house back then was my mother's second father-in-law. Many people said that he did all kinds of bad things and suffered retribution. It didn't take long before he had a stroke and was paralyzed in bed, but some people said that the family members of the victim took revenge and broke his legs..."

This was really unexpected news, Zhang Xiuqing was overjoyed at first, and then pityed.The joy is that the truth is right in front of him, and the pity is that Shao Han has been lonely and helpless all these years. He couldn't help himself for a while, and put his face on Shao Han's chest, and then, and then... heard Ma Tao's violent coughing.

Zhang Xiuqing hurriedly pushed Shao Han away, Shao Han was so angry that he was about to scold that bastard who was always unclear, but when he looked up, he saw the old man's black face that implied anger, A handsome face suddenly turned red.

In the afternoon, the three of them returned to the county to find a suitable factory. Due to time constraints, Shao Han decided to rent the factory and equipment of the embroidery factory.Zhang Xiuqing knew that the value of real estate would rise sharply in another 20 years, and she really wanted to buy the embroidery factory, but they had only a little over 18 funds at their disposal, so they had to give up this idea.

That night, Shao Han hosted a banquet for the leaders of the Commercial Bureau in Jiangnan Water Village. After drinking and eating, he went to sing, and all the leaders returned happily.

The next morning, Shao Han took Zhang Xiuqing to the Commerce Bureau to sign an agreement for leasing the factory.In the afternoon, he went to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to register the company. When filling out the form, he filled in the name of Zhang Xiuqing in the column of legal representative. The reason was that neither of his biological parents was easy-going. Opponents will definitely come to fight for property.

In the evening, Zhang Xiuqing secretly told Zhang Lingen about this matter. Zhang Lingen was a kind person, and he made Zhang Xiuqing swear that he would never disappoint Shao Han's sincerity.

After the company registration is completed, it is necessary to apply for a tax registration certificate, apply for opening a bank account, apply for engraving a seal at the Public Security Bureau...and go to Shanghai to find an outsourcing manufacturer, so Shao Han simply asked the school for a week's leave.

The National Day is coming soon. On this day, Shao Han dressed in new clothes, went to the barber shop for a haircut, and then bought many gifts and came to Zhang Xiuqing's house.

(End of this chapter)