Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

The next morning, Xiaodang and Master Guo arrived at the street on time.

One party held a letter of introduction issued by the steel rolling mill, and the other party held a return-to-city notice and household registration issued by the Youth League Office.

The comrades from the street office asked a few simple questions and then issued the marriage certificate. At the same time, they moved Xiaodang's household registration to Master Guo's home.

That night, Xiaodang moved into Master Guo's house under the pretext of contacting his classmates to find a job.

Perhaps because he was newly married, Master Guo was particularly nice to Xiao Dang and always listened to his advice.

In addition to the 100 yuan betrothal gift promised to Xiaodang at the beginning, he also bought her a lot of clothes and gave her 5 yuan pocket money almost every day. The food she ate was also very good, either chicken or pork every day. Although this made his own piggy bank a lot less, it made Xiaodang very happy. After the marriage, she stayed at Master Guo's house for several days in a row, and Master Guo served her so well that she was very happy.

Xiaodang himself was also very happy.

Although she had to sleep with a middle-aged man who was 10 to 20 years older than her every day and serve him at night, she felt uncomfortable.

But when he thought about how the private money in his pocket had skyrocketed from a dozen yuan to nearly two hundred yuan in just a few days, and that he no longer had to go back to the Jia family at night to face the sarcasm of Bang Geng and Jia Zhang, and that he could eat delicious food every day, the discomfort in his heart was immediately swept away.

But this good time did not last long before Qin Huairu discovered it.

Xiaodang didn't go home for several days in a row. His face became rosier and rosier, and every time he came home, he smelled of meat. Anyone with a little bit of common sense would know that there was something wrong.

If Xiaodang really looked for a job at his classmate's house, he would definitely be frowning every day, just like before.

But Qin Huairu hadn't seen him frown for several days.

My first subconscious reaction was that Xiaodang had found a job in Beijing, but every time I asked, he said he hadn't found a job. This was obviously very abnormal.

There is also the smell of Xiaodang's meat.

According to Qin Huairu, Xiaodang's private savings were almost gone and he could barely pay for his family's living expenses, let alone eat meat outside every day.

So there must be something wrong here.

As soon as Xiaodang returned home that afternoon, Qin Huairu blocked him at home: "Xiaodang..."

"Tell me honestly where you slept these nights..."

"What's with the smell of meat?"

"Have you found a job in the city?"

"I see that your complexion has become more and more rosy these days. It's obvious that you eat very well. Where do you get the money to eat such delicious food?"

"If you don't explain this matter clearly today, I won't let you leave the Jia family."

Jia Zhang opened her mouth and started to curse: "Xiaodang, you are a money-loser. Are you looking for a man outside?"

"Two days ago I noticed something was wrong with the way you walked..."

"I just realized it after hearing what your mother said."

"Besides finding a man, who asked you to stay at home for several days for no reason and gave you meat for every meal?"

After saying that, Jia Zhang pounced on Xiaodang and tried to search his body all over.

Xiaodang dodged quickly and hid the one hundred yuan betrothal gift that Master Guo promised her and the pocket money he had given her in the past few days on her body. If Jia Zhang found them, the fact that she was married to Master Guo would be exposed and she would lose the betrothal gift.

While dodging, she answered: "What's wrong with me looking for a man..."

"I'm already grown up and married, and it's my own business to find a man to marry."

"Since you guys don't care about me anyway, I just married myself. Are you satisfied now?"

"Since you don't want me to stay in this house, I'm leaving now and never coming back."

Xiaodang was ready to run out of the house after he finished speaking, in order to avoid the two claws of Jia Zhang who wanted to search his body. Qin Huairu was shocked by Xiaodang's answer, and blocked the door of the house, staring with wide eyes, and asked in disbelief: "Xiaodang...you are not kidding me, you really married yourself off..."

Xiao Dang answered confidently: "Not only did she get married, she even got the marriage certificate..."

"I came back today to tell you about this and to move the clothes out of the house..."

Qin Huairu was angered by Xiaodang's impulsiveness and angrily scolded: "I'm your mother, why didn't you tell me about such a big thing as marriage..."

"Who is the other party..."

"You must have been cheated by someone. I will go find him now and ask him to divorce you..."

"You are such a beautiful girl, how can you marry yourself off so easily? I don't agree."

Xiao Dang snorted coldly and asked back: "Why should I tell you?"

“Ask others for a dowry?”

"Let me tell you, the Guo family advocates freedom of marriage now. I didn't ask for any betrothal gift when I got married, and I have already obtained a marriage certificate from the street."

"We are living a very good life now, and no one of you can break us up."

"I also don't agree with you marrying her..." Jia Zhang suddenly interrupted.

He also hoped that the betrothal gifts from Xiaodang and Kuihua would be saved for Banggeng to find a wife in the future.

Now Xiaodang actually told her that she was married off without any dowry, and Jia Zhang said she could not accept it no matter what.

He stared at Xiao Dang with a pair of fiery eyes and cursed: "Who is the other party..."

"You must marry him right now, or I, Jia Zhang, will go to his house and make trouble until he divorces you."

"Xiaoyao doesn't want a divorce...okay..."

"Just give me two hundred yuan as a betrothal gift."

"Tell me who the other party is?"

To be honest, Qin Huairu was a little reluctant to give up the betrothal gift for Xiaodang's marriage, but when she heard Jia Zhangshi asking Xiaodang's husband for a betrothal gift of 200 yuan, she was still shocked.

You have to know that nowadays, for most ordinary people, asking for a dowry of thirty or forty yuan when marrying off their daughter is already very high, and being able to give fifty yuan is considered a minority among the minority.

In Qin Huairu's opinion, he should be thankful if he can ask the other party for a hundred yuan, but it also depends on whether the other party has the conditions.

If the other party's conditions are not good, thirty yuan is the best you can ask for as a betrothal gift.

He quickly comforted Jia Zhang: "Mom..."

"What did you say?"

"Even if we ask Xiaodang's husband for a dowry, two hundred yuan is too much. Even cadres don't dare to ask for so much dowry when marrying their daughters, let alone ordinary workers like us."

"Let's first ask Xiao Dang what her husband does, where he lives, and what his family background is, and then we can determine how much the bride price should be."

Seeing her own mother and grandmother calculating the money in her man's hands in front of her, Xiaodang felt so disappointed that she couldn't describe it in words.

He started swearing: "I tell you..."

"I don't have a penny for the bride price. My man's money is all mine and has nothing to do with you."

"I'm married to my man. If you really dare to cause trouble at my man's house, I will go to the street office and the police." (End of this chapter)