Reborn back to 1984

Chapter 98

This year, Shao Han was 24 years old and Zhang Xiuqing was 22 years old, and the two entered the marriage hall.

Zhang Lingen prepared a lot of dowry for his daughter, including sewing machines, tape recorders, refrigerators, color TVs, and washing machines; while Shen Heying prepared some daily necessities, such as washbasins, footbaths, toilets, spittoons, towels, foot cloths, Toothpaste, toothbrushes, all in pairs, six high-quality cotton quilts, six mulberry silk quilts that are warm in winter and cool in summer, ranging from sofas to combs, everything is complete.

Zhang Xiuhong went to the bank to withdraw all her private money, and bought a pair of exquisite crystal vases, which symbolized peace, peace, harmony and beauty.

And Zhang Xiaofeng bought a set of beautiful frosted glass water glasses with the pocket money he had saved for three years. In many places in southern Jiangsu, Tianzhuang likes to give away glasses, which means "forever".

Some other relatives sent thermos bottles and some pillowcases, all in pairs.

Due to the narrow and uneven country roads, in many places in southern Jiangsu, the old society carried sedan chairs to get married, but now it is a boat to welcome relatives.After lunch, the wedding boat set off.People in Xindong Village had known for a long time that today was Zhang Xiuqing's wedding day, and they had already prepared bamboo poles for fences and stood on the stones of the river bridge.There were also many people standing on the shore, gathered together in groups of three or four, discussing how spacious the new building of the Zhang family was, how rich Zhang Xiuqing's dowry was, and so on.

As soon as the wedding boat entered the river, sharp-eyed people spotted it and shouted: "The marriage-seeking boat is coming!"

The children screamed, and the villagers stopped the bamboo poles in front of the boat, and then stretched out their hands, begging for wedding candies and cigarettes.

Yu Fei and Wu Zhirong each carried a bag of candies, and each was in charge of one side. Seeing the boat stop, they immediately grabbed a handful of candies, stood beside the boat strings, and distributed the wedding candies.Ma Changming and Ma Tao are in charge of producing cigarettes. As long as they are men over 16 years old, whether they smoke or not, they will each issue two cigarettes.

As long as it is standing on the river bridge stone, everyone has a share.Seeing this situation, many villagers rushed to the river bridge stones, and the two men standing in the front were almost squeezed into the water.

Li Hongmei quickly asked Yu Fei and Wu Zhirong to throw candy on the bank, and the villagers turned to pick up the toffee on the ground.

The fencer put away the bamboo poles, Lin Aqi, who was in charge of rocking the boat, immediately rowed the oar, and Shen Jianhua rode the pole. However, after walking less than 20 meters, the wedding boat was forced to stop again, and then another round of begging for wedding candies and wedding cakes began. smoke process.

Generally speaking, most of the villagers are good, and they accept it when they see it, but there are also a few rogues, who open their mouths and get ten catties of sugar and a pack of cigarettes.At this time, it was Zhang Xiuqing's uncle's turn to come forward. After some bargaining, they were finally sent away with half a catty of sugar and a pack of cigarettes.

A short stretch of riverside usually takes up to 10 minutes, but today it took more than two hours.

The one hundred catties of sugar and ten packs of cigarettes that Shao Han had prepared were almost gone by the time they arrived at Zhang Xiuqing's house.

Amid the sound of firecrackers, Shao Han, holding a bouquet of flowers, got off the boat and walked into Zhang Xiuqing's home.Originally, Ma Tao had prepared plastic flowers for him, but Shao Han had already heard from Zhang Xiuqing that it was popular to use flowers for marriage in later generations, so he went to S city to buy flowers and wrapped them himself.

Today he is wearing a black woolen coat with a stand-up collar, a white shirt and a dark red tie; he wears a big red flower on his chest, with a strap floating underneath, with the word "groom" written on it; a watch Looming, the leather shoes are shiny; the hair is not messed up, and some shiny things are sprinkled on it.

Shen Jianhua and others who came to greet the relatives were all wearing new clothes.

Ma Tao dressed up like a Hong Kong and Taiwan star, holding a pack of cigarettes in one hand and a tape recorder in the other, his voice was loudly turned on, walking in front of Shao Han for a while, and walking to his girlfriend for a while, for fear Others can't see his flamboyant appearance.

With excitement, Shao Han walked to the second floor and stopped in front of a door with the word "Happy" on it.

If you want to marry a bride, you have to pass the test of your brother-in-law first, how do you pass?Red envelopes lead the way!There are also opinions on how much to give.In order to express the mother’s family’s reluctance to marry the bride, and also to express the groom’s sincerity, a pair of red envelopes must be given, otherwise, people will be suspected of not liking the daughter, wishing her to go out as soon as possible, and the groom will also be criticized for being stingy.

There is also the case of adding extra money, but at most three red envelopes are given, which means that after one pass, two but three, otherwise the brother-in-law will bear the reputation of being greedy for money.

Shao Han stuffed a thick big red envelope from under the door.Zhang Xiaofeng had been told by the adults that at least one more red envelope would be required to open the door, so even though Shao Han knocked on the door, he would not open it.

Shao Han had also been told about the local marriage customs. Before leaving, he put three red envelopes in his pocket. Seeing this situation, he stuffed two more red envelopes under the crack of the door.

The door finally opened from the inside, and there were several dowry girls in the room, but all Shao Han saw was Zhang Xiuqing, who was wearing a red embroidered padded jacket which is the most popular nowadays, and a big red flower on her chest. There are flowers with a ribbon floating below, and the word "Bride" is written; she wears a pair of purple tulle gloves on her hands, and a pair of red mid-heel leather shoes on her feet; her hair is coiled up, and a flower is inserted on the right side. Rose, looking at herself with a shy smile...

Shao Han couldn't help being obsessed with watching, and the little sisters who were dowry all giggled.

Only then did Shao Han come back to his senses, walked up to her with a blushing face, and stammered, "Xiuqing, come with me!"

Zhang Xiuqing sat on the edge of the bed without moving.Shen Heying reminded her last night that she must invite Shao Han three times and four times before she can go with him, otherwise she will be laughed at and hated to marry.In the future, if you have a quarrel with your in-laws, you can also confidently say: "It's not that I insist on marrying your son, but your son insists that I marry him!"

Shao Han knelt down on one knee, with affection in his eyes: "Xiuqing, come with me!" After speaking, he put the bouquet of fragrant roses in Zhang Xiuqing's hands.There was a gold ring in one of the roses, with a ruby ​​embedded in the center of the ring. Shao Han put the ring on Zhang Xiuqing's hand.

The marriage proposal that could only be seen on TV before was actually staged, and Zhang Xiuqing's little sisters were all so touched that they almost cried.Ma Tao decided in an instant that when he got married, he would also buy a ring and make a bouquet of flowers. It was so fucking romantic.

Zhang Xiuqing's heart was full of happiness, she stretched out her hand to hold Shao Han, and signaled him to get up.

Zhang Xiuhong also got her mother's advice, so she quickly found a pair of cloth shoes and put them on her sister's feet.

According to the custom in southern Jiangsu, a bride needs to wear two pairs of shoes when she goes out. The outer pair is old and must be taken off and returned to her natal family after boarding the wedding boat; Clean and clean.

The next step was to bid farewell to her parents. Zhang Xiuqing hugged her mother and cried uncontrollably.

Fortunately, there is a local custom of crying for marriage, and the relatives did not become suspicious. Only Shao Han understood that she was saying goodbye to her previous life.

Shi Dongsheng also bid farewell to Zhang Xiuqing in his heart. Just yesterday, the neighbor next door helped introduce a girl. After seeing it, his parents, brother and sister-in-law all agreed, and he nodded in agreement.

Song Chunmei was also forced by her parents to marry into a neighboring village.The young man is quite nice, but he is a little older, and his father-in-law and mother-in-law are also honest people. Song Chunmei has been arguing for a few months, but now she stops arguing because she is pregnant.

On the wedding night, there was a lot of affection and lingering love.

The next day was the day when the bride returned home. Both of them got up late, and it was already morning after washing. Fortunately, Zhang and his wife didn't expect them to go back to have breakfast, so they just had to arrive before lunch.

Zhang Xiuqing had prepared the things he needed to bring back home overnight, Shao Han opened the gate of the yard, and was about to start his motorcycle to rush to the old man's house, when a police car stopped at the door of his house.

Two policemen got off the car, looked Zhang Xiuqing up and down a few times, and one of them, a policeman in his thirties with a Chinese face, said, "Excuse me, are you Zhang Xiuqing?"

Shao Han's heart immediately had a bad feeling, and he quickly stood in front of Zhang Xiuqing and said, "Why are you looking for her?"

Another older policeman glanced at Shao Han, then turned to look at Zhang Xiuqing, and said with a serious face: "Zhang Xiuqing, someone reported you for speculating and tax evasion, please come with us!" Take out the handcuffs and walk towards her.

This is the rhythm of arresting her and going to jail?Zhang Xiuqing couldn't help being dumbfounded.

Shao Han could no longer keep calm, and had no time to think about the serious consequences of assaulting the police, so he punched the policeman in the face.Fortunately, Zhang Xiuqing came back to her senses in time and hugged Shao Han's waist tightly. The policeman reacted quickly and retreated quickly, so she was not hit.

The faces of the two policemen changed drastically. One took out his baton and shouted sharply, "What do you want?" The other waved his handcuffs and shouted, "Be honest, or I'll arrest you too..."

Hearing the movement, another person jumped off the police car and rushed into the yard.

Calm down, calm down, calm down again... Zhang Xiuqing took a deep breath and tried to force a smile: "Comrade policeman, I'll have a word with my man, and I'll go with you after I'm done..."

The policeman who was almost beaten flatly refused: "No, you follow us right away!"

Shao Han also strongly objected: "No, you didn't do anything illegal, why did you go with them?"

The three policemen suddenly changed color.

Zhang Xiuqing hastily covered Shao Han's mouth with her hand, and begged him softly, "Comrade police, we just got married yesterday. I don't know who we offended. We didn't report it sooner or later, but we just waited until I came back." I only reported it on this day, my man can't stand this... Please be accommodating, I can talk to him, just a minute..."

The three policemen looked at their clothes, then at the big red happy characters pasted on the doors and windows, and exchanged glances. They didn't say they agreed or disagreed, but blocked the door to prevent Zhang Xiuqing from using it. cheated and escaped.

Zhang Xiuqing hurriedly seized the time and told Shao Han everything he could think of.

Seeing that Zhang Xiuqing was escorted into the police car by them, Shao Han was so angry that he wanted to rush forward and tear these people apart.Zhang Xiuqing turned around and shouted loudly: "Be obedient, wait for me to come back!"

Shao Han slammed his fist hard at the wall, and his skin was ripped apart.If she hadn't been clever enough to let Zhang Xiuqing be the legal representative of the garment factory, how could this innocent disaster have happened to her?Shao Han couldn't forgive himself.

She has never done anything wrong in her life, and she is not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night. Zhang Xiuqing's company has been paying taxes according to law since its establishment, so she is not afraid of auditing. It's just that she has never been in a place like a police station in her two lives, and she is not afraid or apprehensive. That's fake.You know, in 82, 3 people across the country were found guilty of speculating and sentenced.Now it is 1988. Although the policy is looser than before, there will still be repetitions, sometimes emphasizing on the commodity economy, and sometimes emphasizing orderly planning, which makes everyone who does business worry every day, for fear that one day they will be invited to drink tea.

If she hadn't been forced to do nothing, Zhang Xiuqing wanted to wait for a few years and wait for the policy to be looser before doing business.Saying this now is not regretting the original choice, but unwillingness.After spending so much effort, seeing that the business has improved and the family is living a good life, it would be so unfair to be sentenced suddenly...

Not to mention how anxious Zhang Xiuqing was, nor how anxious and fearful Zhang and his wife were, but Shao Han, since Zhang Xiuqing was taken away, he never had a good meal or a good night's sleep, and his heart was full of self-blame and fear. regret.In the past, he never asked for help, but now he looks for someone to ask for a relationship, even if he is looked down upon by others, he doesn't care.

However, when the house leaked and it rained overnight, the J County Commercial Bureau unilaterally tore up the lease agreement and sold the factory to Pan Xinyan instead.Under the instigation of caring people, many garment factory employees went to Shao Han's home to beg for wages.Rumors abounded in Xindong Village. Some people sympathized, some worried, and some took pleasure in others' misfortune.Director Miao of the credit department of the bank also came to the door and forced Shao Han to repay the loan in advance...

The mother-in-law has been arrested, who still cares about the factory?Shao Han didn't have time to argue with the leader of the J County Commercial Bureau, so he could sell it to whomever the other party wanted.He called Shen Jianhua and Li Hongmei home and asked them to settle wages with the workers.As for Director Miao, Shao Han took him to Shao Dongcheng's non-staple food wholesale department, and said in a natural tone: "Abba, Xiuqing was taken away by people from the police station, and the factory was sold by people from the Commercial Bureau. She owes money to the bank." For a loan of 50 yuan, you should advance it first, and it will be repaid when the inventory in the factory is sold."

With the instant success of the Xiuqing Garment Factory, Zhang Xiuqing was already a celebrity in County J. The news of her arrest had been widely spread, how could Shao Dongcheng not know about it?I couldn't believe my ears: "What did you say? Tell me to help her repay the loan?"

Shao Han nodded.

Shao Dongcheng wanted to beat Shao Han to death with his fist, and yelled, "Her parents are not dead, so she wants me, father-in-law, to help her repay the loan? Do you think I'm a lunatic or a fool?" He also knew Director Miao of the credit department, turned his head, With a stern face, he said in a stiff tone: "Director Miao, Zhang Xiuqing's father is Zhang Lingen. He lives in Xindong Village. His family lives in a building in the whole village. It's easy to find. If you don't know the way, ask this rebellious bastard to take you Let's go..."

Director Miao's complexion suddenly became ugly: "I have already been there, and I have talked to Zhang Lingen, but he said that Zhang Xiuqing's current household registration is not in the Zhang family, but in your Shao Home, the loan she owes to the bank has nothing to do with him, she told me to come to you for..."

"Hehe, haha..." Dong Cheng laughed back angrily, scolding all eighteen generations of Zhang Lingen's ancestors in his heart, if his eyes could be lingering, then Shao Han has only bones left at this time.Originally, he was still regretting that he hadn't asked Zhang Xiuqing for money all these years for the sake of face.If he had known that the woman would go in for a lawsuit, he would save his face and ask for the money.Over the years, he has seen through it. The relationship between husband and wife and father and son are all fake. Only the money that goes into his own pocket is real...

Saying a thousand words and ten thousand is because this rebellious type is not up to date, and can't even control a woman. Every time he asks for money, this rebellious type spreads his hands: "The garment factory was opened by Zhang Xiuqing, and I also gave it to you." She works part-time and has no money... What? Salary, don't you know that I never get paid to please her? "

Shao Dongcheng was so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven.He may not care about his reputation outside, but he cares about his face, he can be confident when he asks his son for money, and if he doesn't give it, he will make trouble; but asking his daughter-in-law who hasn't entered the house for money is somewhat lacking in confidence.

In fact, Shao Dongcheng has also taken a lot of money from Zhang Xiuqing these years, but the money is far below his psychological value, so he is very dissatisfied with this daughter-in-law. However, I never dreamed that Shao Han would bring disaster to the east and bring people from the bank to his store. He gritted his teeth with hatred, and after a long time, he squeezed out a sentence: "I have no money, you can find me It's useless!"

Director Miao has seen this kind of rogue who obviously has money in his pocket but refuses to pay off his debts a lot. He is too lazy to talk nonsense and walks into the wholesale department, looking up and down, left and right, and assessing the value in his heart.

Shao Dongcheng, who has always been able to get in and out, immediately guessed what Director Miao was thinking, and was so angry that he almost vomited blood: "You bastard, divorce that woman immediately, or I will break your leg!"

Shao Han: "If you beat me to death, I won't divorce her either!"

Shao Dongcheng couldn't bear the anger in his heart anymore, rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward to hit him.Naturally, Shao Han wouldn't just stand still, so the father and son chased after each other while the other ran away, attracting many people to watch and accuse Shao Dongcheng of being heartless and ungrateful.

Shao Dongcheng was so angry that his heart ached, his liver ached, his whole body ached, but Director Miao still said sarcastic words: "It is only natural that the son should pay the debt to the father, old Shao, don't be too angry, this time you will help your daughter-in-law pay off the debt, and wait until the future." Your daughter-in-law will honor you well when she makes a comeback..."

"Damn, I don't know when it will be released. Let's make a comeback and dream!" Shao Dongcheng chased for a long time, but failed to catch up with anyone. If that broom star divorces, I will sever the father-son relationship with you!"

Shao Han twisted his neck and shouted: "It's too late, I guarantee this loan, whether we divorce or not, I have to bear joint and several liabilities..."

"What did you say?" As if a thunderbolt from the blue sky rang in his ears, Shao Dongcheng almost fainted: "You little braid, you're going to die, do you have a brain? The guarantee of 50 yuan is terrible, and I will pay it back in this life." I don't know..."

Shao Han also seemed to realize his mistake, and it was rare for him to plead in a low voice: "Father, I have already signed the letter, and it is too late to repent now, please help me, I will honor you well when I earn a lot of money in the future!"

Filial piety?It's good not to be disobedient!Shao Dongcheng sneered: "You said it lightly, and I don't even think about how much money you guaranteed. It's 50 yuan, not 50 yuan. Where do you ask me to raise such a large sum of money? Even if I raise it, don't I have to return it later?" ? I helped you, these debts are going to be on my head, when those people come to ask for debts, you are dead and out of line, pat your ass and run away, what should I do?"

Shao Han swore that he would never do such a heartless thing.Director Miao also put on a earnest look, trying to dissuade him: "Old Shao, if you have something to say, don't get excited! The child is not sensible, you can just teach him to understand slowly, how can you say such unfeeling words? ?”

Shao Dongcheng, who was deeply irritated, couldn't listen to a word.If it was just a verbal talk before, then at this moment he really made a decision: he must sever the father-son relationship with this bastard, and do so today, otherwise he will become a debtor from a ten thousand household.

The next day, Shao Dongcheng published a "Declaration on Separation from Father-Son Relationship" in J County Daily and S City Daily respectively.

After Shao Han saw the newspaper, he signed the mortgage guarantee in Director Miao's office.In fact, after the two of them came out of Shao Dongcheng's store yesterday, they immediately went to Cao Fangping's house and performed another oboe.At that time, Cao Fangping also scolded a lot of nasty things, saying that she had remarried, and told Shao Han not to disturb her, and that Shao Han was already an adult, and he had to bear what he did... Barabara said a lot, and finally Summed up in one word "Get out!"

Shao Han turned around and left. After walking for a while, Cao Fangping's remarried sons and daughters chased after them. They each took out a handful of crumpled change from their pockets and handed them to Shao Han.

The draft was blowing, the leaves were rustling, Shao Han felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, he took a deep breath, and left without expression...

Coming out of Director Miao's office, Shao Han went to meet with the dean of the orphanage and the director of the Education Bureau, and said straight to the point: If Zhang Xiuqing is sentenced, the promised donation will not be fulfilled, and there will be no more donations in future years. Donate a penny.

Under Ma Changming's matchmaking, Shao Han also met the deputy county magistrate in charge of economics, and did not mention Zhang Xiuqing's question, but mentioned the significance of changing the county to the city, and the benefits to ordinary people, etc.

Three days later, Zhang Xiuqing was released.

A week later, on his way home from get off work, Shen Anlin was blocked in an alley and beaten severely.While slapping him, those people said: "This slap was originally intended to slap Lin Shuyun, but who made Lin Shuyun love the most in this life is you, you can take it on her behalf!"

Shao Han has already found out that the person who reported Zhang Xiuqing was Lin Shuyun.

A month later, Shen Anlin was blocked in the alley again. Those people held the IOU written by him in their hands and asked him to pay back the money quickly, otherwise they would call him every time.

Three months later, He Yihua took Pan Xinyan and Pan Liyan to court, sued them for trademark infringement, and claimed 10 yuan.After a trial, the court confirmed that Pan's Garment Factory used the clover trademark similar to its registered trademark on the outer packaging and collar label of the garment without the permission of Jin'an Textile Co., Ltd., and ordered it to stop the infringing industry. Sexual compensation to the plaintiff, Jin'an Textile Co., Ltd., is RMB 5000.

Since Pan Xinyan's identity is an overseas Chinese, this case has attracted a lot of attention, and major newspapers rushed to report the news, followed by dealers all over the country returning goods, inventory backlogs, and workers asking for wages... The two After losing 70 million in one fell swoop, Pan Xinyan left sadly, and Pan Liyan was married to a divorced middle-aged man.

Half a year later, Lin Shuyun got her wish and married Shen Anlin. After marriage, she discovered that Shen Anlin was not as gentle and considerate as she imagined, and Shen's father and mother were not as amiable as they imagined.Every month, Shen Anlin would be beaten until his head was bleeding. When asked who beat him, he always replied that he accidentally fell.The money he earns is always not enough to spend. When I ask him where he spends it, he refuses to tell.The most important thing is that he treats her as a display, even if he is drunk, he won't touch her...

Lin Shuyun couldn't bear it anymore, she quarreled with Shen Anlin, and was beaten violently in the end.Afterwards, although he apologized to her, but since then, domestic violence has become commonplace.

A year later, Sa County in J County was transformed into a city, and the prices of shops in the city center suddenly soared, and Zhang Xiuqing's wealth doubled several times in an instant.

Three years later, leather jackets became very popular, and Zhang Xiuqing's clothing factory became the top taxpayer in the province, realizing his life goal of making money every day.

(End of this chapter)