3. Male Supporting Roles in Period Stories (3)

Just like what Ye Cuixiang said, the Li family was in a hurry to get married. They had just agreed on a replacement and would marry both girls within a month.

When it comes to marrying a daughter in your own family, outsiders have no right to interfere, but the ladies and daughters-in-law in the village gather together to chat every day when they have nothing to do. The Li family is so abnormal, how can it not attract their attention.

The Li family spread word that the two girls moved to their husband's house because the old man asked them to. They were filial and could only listen to the old man's words. Besides, they also felt sorry for their niece's orphaned daughter who had no one to rely on in the future, and made her daughter suffer a loss. Some people gave it to their niece.

In the original plot, because the Li family said this, everyone in the village felt that they treated Li Hongfeng well, and it was not a big deal to drag her out as an orphan. They also gave up their daughter's good marriage to her. Who didn't know that the Duan family was rich? Between the Zhou family and the Duan family, if any girl in the village chooses, she will choose the Duan family.

If uncle and aunt did this, it would be nothing to say. If Li Hongfeng was not filial, then she had no conscience.

But now, Ye Cuixiang got her son's advice. Although she accepted Li Hongfeng, she still had a grudge against the Li family who didn't keep their word. During the chat, she inevitably revealed some of it.

She owns a shop. Of course, she is not the kind of person who foolishly directly says that she suspects Li Bishuang has a bastard in her belly, and then hurriedly recommends her cousin to marry on her behalf. Instead, she mentions it seemingly unintentionally, the Li family's Marrying two daughters at once, Bishuang was okay and had not gone to school, but Hongfeng was about to take the college entrance examination. She was worried that Hongfeng's grades would be affected by marrying her off in such a hurry.

Ye Cuixiang collects clothes in the village and is a close friend of many people. When she said this, the people who heard her asked in cooperation, "So you didn't discuss the marriage with the Li family?"

Ye Cuixiang said directly, "Why didn't I say it? Although my son is important to me, Hongfeng is also my future daughter-in-law. I even came to their home to tell their family that it was okay for Hongfeng to get married after finishing the exam. I don't know why. They insist on saying that the day has been chosen.”

"These days, because of getting married, Hongfeng has to rush back from school. She has to walk for three hours on the road back and forth. She works hard. I happened to meet her several times, always while walking. While reading, it can be seen how much attention is paid to the college entrance examination. I heard that the boy from the Zhou family also has to take the college entrance examination. His mother takes good care of him. He usually eats, drinks and sleeps at school. It is a rare holiday and even food is brought to the house when he comes back. Food, after such a comparison, Hongfeng is too tired. "

When she said this, everyone around her said: "Sister Ye, you still love your daughter-in-law. Look, Hongfeng hasn't married yet, but she already feels sorry for her. People are eager for their son to marry his wife as soon as possible. You She looks like a good mother-in-law.”

Who doesn't want to be regarded as a good person? Ye Cuixiang was happy to be praised, and her words became more grand: "The marriage has been decided, and I am not in a hurry. Hongfeng's future is more important. Although she is a girl, our country's leaders are I’ve said it, it’s the same for boys and girls. If she really gets admitted to college, our family will be the first to support her and make contributions to the country after she graduates!”

"good!!"

"What Sister Ye said is so good!"

Everyone present was full of yearning and admiration for the country's leaders. They usually talked about how the country of China would have lived without these leaders. Now when they heard this, they immediately became excited and wanted to have sex. applaud.

After the excitement, it’s time to think deeply.

If a future mother-in-law is willing to delay marriage for the sake of her daughter-in-law's future, why aren't you happy as a mother-in-law?

As Ye Cuixiang said, the college entrance examination is about to take place, which is the most critical time. If you marry someone at this time, what if your grades are affected?

If you really felt sorry for Li Hongfeng, what would you do?

In the past, people in the village said that the Li family was righteous. They had raised Li Hongfeng for so many years and still supported her in high school. Their own daughter had not even entered high school yet. In addition, Mother Li said that they gave up such a good marriage to the Duan family for the sake of their niece. After giving it all to her, these people felt even more that Li's father and mother were good to Li Hongfeng.

But now when compared with Ye Cuixiang, this good feeling becomes unreal.

If you are really good to others, why would you want to marry a girl during the college entrance examination? Everyone has been married before, and they know how much impact marriage has on a girl. How can you still bother to read the book? .

When Ye Cuixiang didn't say anything before, they thought the Duan family was in a hurry to marry a wife, but now that she has said that they are not in a hurry and it was the Li family who insisted on choosing this month, then this matter is very intriguing.

Gossip spreads quickly in the village, but it was quiet in front of the person involved as if nothing happened.

Mother Li also felt strange that when she told others how much their family had sacrificed for her niece, and even gave up the Duan family's good marriage to her niece, the people listening did not praise her as before. Okay?

But now she couldn't wait to think about it. She had to hold two marriages at once. Li Bishuang and Li Hongfeng were the brides and could not interfere. Father Li had always been indifferent, so the things he had to do suddenly fell on her.

After calculating the money on hand, Mother Li began to worry about the dowry.

The Li family was not very wealthy before, but they were a little more wealthy after Li Hongfeng's parents had an accident. They had to pay compensation, but the money was needed to raise two children and build a house. Li's father also liked to drink and eat meat. After so many years, the Li family was not very wealthy. , there is not much left.

According to the rules of marrying off a daughter in the village, a good cotton quilt, a wash basin, a wardrobe, etc. are usually given. The money in Li's mother's hand is enough for the two of them, but if she does this, there will really be not much left.

She calculated that Bishuang married with a big belly, which might make her in-laws look down on her. In order to avoid this situation, she must bring some money, and the dowry must be impeccable.

Hongfeng is fine. She is two years younger than Duan Qingen. She is a beautiful girl and a high school student. She may even be a college student in the future. Even if the dowry is a little less, I believe the Duan family will not look down on her.

After thinking about it, Li's mother started to arrange the dowry. Of course, in order to avoid people thinking that she was biased, she would cry about how difficult it was for her family when she met people. It was tiring enough to raise a daughter, and she had to raise Hongfeng, a niece. But what could she do? Although she was not her own daughter, she was still the blood of her uncle and grew up by her side. Even if the family was in a difficult situation, she had to squeeze out a dowry for her.

If she had said this before, people who heard it would have praised her for being so kind to a niece. Why were the dowries of the two different? Isn't that right? Is there any comparison between a niece and a daughter?

But after Ye Cuixiang's "chat" that time, everyone had a bottom line in their hearts.

If Li's mother didn't brag about how much she loved her niece, it wouldn't be a big deal for her to do this. She wasn't her own daughter, and it was very nice to raise her up.

But she insisted on creating an image of "I love my niece the same as my daughter", boasting about it while undermining herself. People would not say anything to her face, but they often wondered behind her back whether she thought everyone was a fool and didn't think everyone had eyes.

There were also those who thought more deeply, and they thought the same as Ye Cuixiang. They were all young girls, and they were not in a hurry to get married, so why rush the wedding day?

In this way, every time Li's mother started talking about how good she was to her niece, it became a one-man show. She felt it was boring, so she could only shut up and continue to concentrate on preparing the dowry.

On the first day of the new year, two girls from the Li family got married.

Duan Qingen came to the house to welcome the bride. Because the old society was not practiced now, Li Hongfeng only wore a dark red skirt. She had a good figure and looked more pretty in it. Her originally calm expression was stunned when she saw Duan Qingen looking over and smiling at her, and she lowered her head with a red face.

Duan Qingen's attitude was different from what she thought. She thought Duan Qingen would dislike her. After all, every time her cousin got something from the Duan family, she would come back and tell her how much Li Cuixiang liked her and how good Duan Qingen was to her.

Before she knew that her cousin had a relationship with Zhou Jiaming, Li Hongfeng always thought that Duan Qingen and her cousin liked each other.

Just as the villagers guessed now, she lived a miserable life in the Li family. Li's father and mother were all very affectionate to her, calling her Hongfeng and loving her like a daughter. The villagers also felt that the Li family treated her well. Otherwise, she, an orphan, could not have survived the difficult times more than a decade ago. But only she knew the coldness and warmth inside.

Since she moved into the Li family, she has lived cautiously. Her aunt said that she loved her, but she asked her to go up the mountain to cut grass for pigs when she was so young. When others saw her, they said that she was going up the mountain to play, and she cut grass for pigs with Bishuang. She also did the laundry at home, but she closed the door and washed in the yard to avoid being seen. The Li family built a new house, and her uncle said that he would give her a good room facing the sun, but after she moved in, that room gradually became a storage room.

What can Li Hongfeng do? She can't do anything. Everyone in the village knows that her uncle and aunt treat her well and don't despise her because she is an orphan and raises her. If she makes a fuss, no one in the village will stand on her side.

She doesn't hate her uncle and aunt. She just studies hard and wants to find a way out for herself. She knows that the originally arranged marriage has been changed to the Duan family, and she also knows how the Duan family has treated her cousin over the years. She may have resentment towards her because of the sudden change, but she still can't do anything.

Li Hongfeng didn't sleep last night. The best solution she could think of was to be a good wife and daughter-in-law. Life is made by herself. Even if she is in a low point now, as long as she works hard, there will always be a day when the clouds will clear and the sun will shine.

"The groom is picking up the bride!"

Accompanied by the shouts of the village's third grandmother, Duan Qingen took Li Hongfeng's hand. Although he was not a scholar, he looked more elegant and refined than anyone else.

Someone next to him started to make a fuss: "Groom, say something nice!"

"If you don't say something nice, the bride won't go home with you."

Duan Qingen smiled and took Li Hongfeng's hand, "Hongfeng, let's work hard together and live a good life."

This sentence was very simple. People around laughed and said that Duan Qingen couldn't speak. He had to say that he would make money to buy gold jewelry and drive a rickshaw for Li Hongfeng in the future.

Li Bishuang, who had been picked up by Zhou Jiaming, was toasting. Hearing the noise here, she curled her lips.

Live a good life, just wait and see, the Duan family will be out of money in less than a year.

But this time, she is not the one who suffers along with others.