Stepmother Reborn: Dad, my mom hasn't hit me for three days

Aunt Wang was right. When she hurried to the door of Zhang Jinbao's house with Zhang Xiuhua, she saw the couple holding her daughter's hand and about to leave. But her daughter refused to leave and kept begging her parents, "Dad, Mom, just agree. Jinbao and I are truly in love."

The area was filled with people watching the fun. The girl's name was Xiuxiu, and she was very sincere to Zhang Jinbao.

The villagers whispered, "Zhang Jinbao is quite powerful. What kind of magic potion did he give this girl?"

"That's right!" They didn't understand what young people were thinking. They were not young anymore, how could they be so naive?

"Xiu Xiu, you are confused. If she really likes you, would she secretly take you home?" Xiu Xiu's mother pounded Xiu Xiu's shoulder, feeling very disappointed in her.

The villagers all sympathized with the old couple. The daughter they had raised with great effort had grown up and became disobedient and started to run away.

They feel sympathy for their own kind.

Perhaps because she was deeply hurt by her daughter, Xiuxiu's mother asked them to pay the betrothal gift. From then on, they would no longer care about their daughter. Whether she lived or died was none of their business. They asked for a huge sum of money, "Ten thousand yuan! If you don't pay, we won't leave!"

How could the Zhang family pay for it? They could get it for free, so who would be willing to spend money? Zhang's mother said decisively, "I didn't want her, but she insisted on taking my Jinbao. You can take her away!"

As he said this, he pulled away Xiuxiu's hand that had been pulling Zhang Jinbao.

The villagers all thought that this family was too shameless. The girl was dating Zhang Jinbao, but they not only didn't respect her, but also wanted to drive her away.

Xiuxiu asked Zhang Jinbao for help, but Zhang Jinbao was in a dilemma.

Xiuxiu's parents were about to leave with their daughter, but Xiuxiu broke free from her parents' hands and said, "I won't leave! I'm pregnant!"

This sentence stirred up a thousand waves, and everyone's eyes subconsciously looked at her belly. Zhang's father and mother were also a little hesitant. Zhang Jinbao was stunned, and before he could react, he heard Xiuxiu's mother yelling at Zhang's father and mother, "If you don't give me the betrothal gift, I will go to the police station to report your son for being a hooligan!"

Being a hooligan at this time will lead to jail time. Zhang's father and mother stopped their son from getting close to him and said, "If you sue my son, your daughter will not be able to escape. The villagers can testify that my son did not force her, she did it of her own accord."

If both parties are willing but not married, the woman will also go to jail. That is why there are so many women in rural areas who live with their husbands before they reach the age limit.

"It doesn't matter even if she is willing. She hasn't married your son yet. I would rather send her to jail than let your son live in comfort." Xiuxiu's mother cried so hard that her eyes turned red. Her hysterical look made it impossible for the villagers who wanted to grab her to pull her away.

Xiuxiu covered her belly and kept begging her mother, but her mother was determined to sue. On one side was her beloved man, and on the other side was the mother who gave birth to her and raised her. Xiuxiu was caught in the middle.

The two sides were about to start fighting. The villagers had come to watch the show, but now they saw a fight, they naturally couldn't just stand there and watch, so they wanted to step forward to help. However, they were afraid of hurting Xiuxiu, the pregnant woman, so they didn't know what to do and could only pull the parents of both sides apart.

As the village chief, Li Jianguo was called by the villagers to mediate.

Without the consent of the parents, and the girl was obviously not old enough, registering for marriage was definitely not possible. So in order to register for marriage in the future, they still had to discuss it carefully. Li Jianguo came up with the idea of ​​"or else not having the wedding first."

When Xiuxiu heard this, she immediately became anxious and grabbed Zhang Jinbao, "I don't want to go home."

Zhang Jinbao didn't want to go to jail, so he went back to the house to discuss with his parents and finally paid two thousand yuan as a betrothal gift.

In recent years, prices have risen, and the bride price has also risen. It ranges from a few hundred to a few thousand. A bride price of two thousand yuan is not particularly high. It can only be considered medium. At least many people think that the Zhang family only spent two thousand yuan to get such a beautiful, capable and childbearing daughter-in-law, and they made a profit!

Xiuxiu's parents were relentless and wanted the Zhang family to give more, but Zhang Jinbao refused to give more. Xiuxiu's parents took the betrothal gifts and left Xiuxiu behind, "You're going to regret it! If you don't listen, you'll suffer the consequences in the future!"

After scolding their daughter, the two men left cursing.

After watching the excitement, Li Jianguo advised Zhang Jinbao not to hold the wedding tomorrow, "You are not old enough. It will not comply with the regulations. It is not too late to hold the wedding when you are 22 years old."

Zhang's mother was not happy, "We have already booked the banquet, how can we not hold it!"

Li Jianguo couldn't persuade them and could only let them go.

The next day, there were knocking sounds coming from the sky above Lijiatun Village. Zhang Xiuhua was unable to sleep due to the noise and got up early.

Although the village is holding a wedding, they are not close to the Zhang family, so only one person is needed.

Several children in the family wanted to go to the banquet, so Zhang Xiuhua asked them to play "rock, scissors, paper", and whoever won would go. Of course, she also joined the competition team, she also wanted to go to the banquet! Not only could she eat delicious food, but she could also listen to all kinds of gossip in the village, which was much more interesting than at home.

After a competition among several people, she was the winner in the end!

Zhang Xiuhua asked them to cook lunch at home. "Don't cook too much. If you can't finish it, you have to heat it up again, and it won't taste good."

To attend the banquet here, one has to line up early. Aunt Wang joined her. The two of them walked side by side towards Zhang's house and passed by Xiangxiang's house.

Xiangxiang's mother asked her daughter to go to the feast, but Xiangxiang was unwilling to do so. "Mom, you go. I want to stay at home and eat chicken stewed with mushrooms."

"At home, we can only eat one dish. How can we compare to the many meat dishes at the banquet?" Xiangxiang's mother stamped her feet in anger. "Are you trying to lose weight again?!"

After entering university, Xiangxiang lost a lot of weight. The baby fat on her face faded away, and she became a graceful young lady. But in her mother's eyes, her daughter suffered a lot outside.

Xiang Xiang said meaningfully, "Mom, how can you be sure there is a lot of meat on the table?!"

Xiangxiang's mother thought that she was not good at grabbing food, so she thought about it and decided to go to the banquet with Zhang Xiuhua and Aunt Wang.

The three of them huddled together and whispered. Aunt Wang slapped her thigh and sighed, "Jin Bao is really bold. He got Xiu Xiu pregnant before they even got married."

Zhang Xiuhua sighed, "It's like this in many places."

As the saying goes, if the people don’t sue, the officials won’t investigate. As long as Xiuxiu’s parents don’t sue, and Xiuxiu doesn’t sue, no one will investigate Zhang Jinbao’s hooliganism.

Soon, the three of them came to the table. When the dishes were served, Aunt Wang was dumbfounded. What the hell is this? !

The banquets in Northeast China have always been about large portions and filling dishes.

But what did the Zhang family serve? A plate of fried eggs! The price of eggs has not increased this year. But the price of grain and other agricultural products has increased. If the price of eggs has not increased, it means that it is not cost-effective to raise them. No money is made. Because they are too cheap, the children in the village benefit from it and can eat eggs twice a week. This dish cannot be considered a meat dish, but only a vegetarian dish.

Stir-fried radish slices with vermicelli, cold-mixed black fungus, stir-fried celery, stir-fried winter melon, stir-fried tofu skin, and stir-fried bean sprouts.

There was no meat in all the dishes. Oh no, there was a meat dish, pork stewed with potatoes and corn. The meat was like looking for a needle in a haystack, one piece was not enough for each person.

The most amazing dish was a dish of cabbage stewed with tofu. This dish was only served at funerals in Jiang Province. The Zhang family actually served it!

Zhang Xiuhua thought this was the best, but she didn't expect there was something even better: a plate of sliced ​​frozen pears.

Everyone present was stunned. Zhang Xiuhua didn't know how to pick up the dishes. "Is this a wedding banquet?"

It was even plainer than a funeral banquet! What kind of thing is this that the Zhang family is doing?

Aunt Wang winked at Zhang Xiuhua and shouted at everyone to eat quickly, "It will get cold soon! It's too cold!"

Everyone had different thoughts. Since the packaged produce was delivered to households, the grain output of each household has doubled, and every household can decide how many poultry to raise, so life has become much better. They can eat meat once a month. But who would have thought that there would be no meat at the banquet!

Some people are straightforward and complain in front of the host before they even leave the table, "We are having a vegetarian meal today!"

Aunt Wang burst out laughing, "I cut some meat yesterday, let's eat some vegetarian food today!"

In fact, vegetarian dishes in winter are also quite expensive, but the vegetables used by the Zhang family are stored in the cellar, so they are not expensive, and most of them are easy to store, such as radish, cabbage, winter melon, fungus, and bean curd. The Zhang family does not have any expensive vegetables.

Xiangxiang's mother sighed, "It's a good thing that Xiangxiang was not allowed to come. Otherwise, she would be even thinner!"

Zhang's mother came over to greet everyone with a smile, "My daughter-in-law is pregnant, and she can't stand the smell of fish, so she asked us to buy less meat and vegetables. Next time the baby is one month old, I will make more meat and vegetables for you. Please forgive me!"

After leaving the banquet and walking back, Zhang Xiuhua couldn't help but say, "They really know how to live."

Aunt Wang also laughed, "Just listen to Jin Bao Niang's nonsense. How could it be Xiu Xiu's idea? Does she have any status in that family?"

Zhang Xiuhua shook her head and sighed.

When she got home, Zhang Xiuhua was surrounded by Zhuzhu, "Mom, what delicious food did you eat today?"

"It's not delicious at all. It's just a bunch of vegetarian dishes, not even as good as what we eat at home." Zhang Xiuhua looked down on it, "It's only made by the chef, it tastes better."

Hearing this, the family members came over and asked, "All vegetarian? No meat?"

Zhang Xiuhua listed the names of the dishes, and Li Jianguo felt ashamed. "If the supplies were incomplete before, we wouldn't have said anything. But now it's 1988, and every household is living a good life. Isn't it too much to have only one meat dish on my son's wedding day? His family even raises two pigs."

The two things that Chinese people value most are wedding banquets and funeral banquets. The most important thing about a wedding banquet is getting married. It was so weird that the whole village knew about it in less than half an hour.

The villagers pointed fingers at the Zhang family. When returning the dishes at night, the elders in the village complained that Zhang's father and mother were not good people.

Maybe they also felt ashamed of this incident, because the villagers didn't see them the whole next day.