Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

Xiaodang really wanted to leave the Jia family.

What's more, there was nothing wrong with what the matchmaker had just said to me: the other party was rich and had a job, and he wouldn't have fallen for me if I wasn't pretty.

If I failed to seize this good opportunity and the other party chose someone else as his wife, I would have no place to cry at that time.

In addition, Xiaodang didn't want to continue staying at home and endure the sarcasm from Jia Zhang and Bang Geng, nor did he want to continue running back and forth between the factories and streets in the old city looking for a job, so he made a decision after a quick thought.

"Okay... I'll go with you to take a look..."

"If both parties are really attracted to each other, then I will agree to the marriage."

"I just returned to the city from the countryside this year, and my household registration is still on the street. As long as the other party agrees that my job will count, I can get married with him tomorrow."

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Master Guo, whom the matchmaker introduced to Xiaodang, lived in a courtyard house on the next street.

The house is a main room, nearly half the size of Jia's house, and is divided into three rooms inside and outside.

Perhaps they had received the news that Xiaodang was coming for a blind date a long time ago, so the house was cleaned quite neatly. There were even a few plates of melon seeds and candies on the table in the main room, which looked very polite.

The Master Guo mentioned by the matchmaker was cooking in the small kitchen next to the main room. Xiaodang followed the matchmaker into the main room and smelled a very strong aroma of chicken.

After Xiaodang returned to the city, he had no income and very little pocket money, so he could not give much to Qin Huairu as living expenses.

In addition, Banggeng is still receiving an apprentice's salary, which results in the Jia family's living standards being particularly poor.

Except for the braised pork he had on the first night after returning to the old city, although he could eat meat every half a month in the following months, Qin Huairu only bought half a pound of meat each time, cut it into cubes and stewed it in a large pot of potatoes. A lot of the cubes were melted during the stew, so it was rare to get to eat a piece of meat.

As for the whole chicken that costs several dollars, Xiaodang has never seen it, let alone eaten it.

Suddenly, he smelled the strong smell of chicken soup from a close distance. Although Xiaodang forced himself to be a little reserved and calm, he couldn't help but stretch his head to look towards the small kitchen and swallowed twice.

"Aunt Zhang, you're here... This must be Xiaodang... Please sit down and have some melon seeds and fruit candy first..."

"I'm not very good at cooking, and I'm afraid of wasting the chicken and pork I bought early this morning, so I'll cook a little slower..."

To be honest, the Master Guo described by the matchmaker didn't look that good, and even had a bit of a shifty look, but he was dressed very neatly, and his clothes were also very nice. Xiaodang himself couldn't tell whether he was satisfied or not.

When Xiaodang heard the other party say that not only would there be chicken to eat today, but that a lot of pork had also been purchased, he couldn't help but become excited.

Afraid that the other party would waste the chicken and pork, he said casually: "Brother Guo... I can cook, why don't you let me cook lunch today, and we can get to know each other in the kitchen..."

Master Guo was waiting for Xiao Dang to say this, but he still pretended to be embarrassed and replied: "How can I be embarrassed?"

Xiao Dang insisted: "There's nothing to be embarrassed about. I used to be an educated youth in the countryside. I cooked for myself in the countryside. Although I'm not as good as a chef, it's definitely delicious."

When Xiaodang entered the kitchen and saw three pounds of pork on the chopping board and chicken soup that had already started to simmer, his eyes widened.

At the same time, I also gained a better understanding of Master Guo’s family background.

When eating pork at the Jia family, it is bought by ounce.

Master Guo bought several kilograms of pork home directly, which shows that he attaches great importance to the villagers today, and also shows that his family is very rich, otherwise how could he be willing to buy so much pork for a meal. Looking at Master Guo, he asked tentatively: "Brother Guo..."

"We can't finish such a big piece of pork...why don't we just cut a piece of stewed potatoes, that will be enough..."

Master Guo waved his hand and answered bluntly: "Why stew potatoes? Stew all three pounds of pork and make it into pork belly."

"I'm a level 5 fitter, so I can still afford a meal of braised pork."

“And then stir-fry a small dish…”

The two of them chatted while cooking, and soon they talked about marriage.

Master Guo was obviously attracted by Xiaodang's beauty, and in order to defeat her, he decided to bleed hard.

Seeing Xiaodang answering confidently, "Comrade Xiaodang...if you really agree to marry me, I am willing to give you a hundred yuan as a betrothal gift."

"After we get married, I'll give you 20 yuan a month for living expenses..."

"If you can give me a child, I will immediately find you an apprentice job in the steel mill and give you all the savings in my family."

"My family has already bought a bicycle and a radio. As long as you marry me, these radios and bicycles will be yours."

"There are only two of us at home, and I eat lunch at the canteen of the steel mill. My monthly food expenses are at most ten yuan."

"You can save the remaining ten dollars for food as pocket money, or buy what you want."

Hearing this, Xiaodang was completely moved.

Agree to marry the other person, and you will have a house, a bicycle, a radio... things that others have to work hard for many years to get, but you now have them all at once, and you will have 20 yuan a month for living expenses.

Banggeng has worked in a steel rolling mill for more than ten years and is still receiving an apprentice's salary of 18 yuan a month.

If I marry Master Guo, the living expenses I get every month will be more than what Banggeng earns in a month working in a steel mill. It's so easy.

More importantly, once she gave birth to the other party's child, she would not only continue to be the mistress of the Guo family, but also have a job in a steel rolling mill. At the same time, she would get several thousand yuan in savings from the Guo family and become the new owner of this huge sum of money.

Faced with one temptation after another, Xiaodang completely lost his resistance.

After eating the braised pork and stewed chicken, Xiaodang completely gave up resistance and decided to go to the street office with Master Guo to get the marriage certificate tomorrow morning, and then move directly to the Guo family and become the mistress of the Guo family.

Seeing Xiaodang nodded and agreed to marry him, Master Guo was very excited and immediately asked Xiaodang if she wanted to meet her parents, but Xiaodang refused.

In Xiaodang's words, she had finally caught a rich son-in-law, and given Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu's greedy personalities, they would definitely do something weird with the bride price and ask her future husband to pay more.

In the eyes of the selfish Xiaodang, the betrothal gifts were all his own private money. Once they were in the hands of Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi, they would become theirs and he would not get a penny.

In this case, it would be better to make the matter a done deal and just hold the bride price in your own hands.

When the time comes, we will get the marriage certificate and sleep together. No matter how much Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi dislike it, they can't do anything to me. (End of this chapter)