24. Scumbag in the 1990s (4) (1/2)
Old Aunt Chen was also a little weak, but thinking about what Wei Mingyan said just now, she felt confident again.
"Her aunt, I know you don't want to, but think about it, Lan Lan is going to school soon. She has good grades and goes to a big city, so the tuition will be expensive. If she goes there, she will have to eat. Come on, all the students in big cities are well-dressed, but they can’t wear flowers and green clothes. We, Lan Lan, are sitting in the middle and being laughed at.”
Aunt Yi admitted that what Old Aunt Chen said was right, but what does this have to do with the gangster wanting to marry her Lanlan?
"The bastard said that if you agree, he will give you a gift of one thousand, one thousand yuan. We, who work so hard, can't save so much money in a year, and he also said that if you earn All the money will be given to Lan Lan. When the time comes, he will pay for Lan Lan’s college education!”
"He's out? How can he feed my family Lanlan when he can't even feed himself!" Aunt Yi almost laughed out of anger. Who in the village didn't know what kind of virtue the bastard was, so just complimenting him on his fish would be fine. Well, if she really married Lan Lan to such a person, wouldn't that mean she would push her niece, who was raised by her own hands, into a pit of fire?
"Stop talking, I will never agree!"
Yi Zhilan and Yi Qingqing sat in the room, listening to what was going on outside.
Yi Qingqing was anxious and wanted to rush out and tell Aunt Chen that they had agreed. She didn't go out all day today and thought there was no chance. Unexpectedly, Aunt Chen came in the evening to help propose the marriage.
Yi Zhilan was not much better. She had been distracted all day today, waiting for her lover to propose marriage, but she completely forgot that her uncle and aunt would never agree.
Also, if Mingyan hadn't saved her and the two of them had been together for so long, she would have still thought that he was just a bastard who was just messing around.
Uncle Yi didn't notice at all that both sisters couldn't eat, and were still eating in big mouths. After eating two mouthfuls, he looked up and saw his niece's worried expression. He immediately laughed, thinking he knew what she was worried about. .
He comforted her, "Don't be afraid Lan Lan. I will definitely not let you marry that bastard. You are a college student. After you work, you can have free love and find someone from the city."
Yi Qingqing's jealous eyes were about to bleed.
Outside, Aunt Yi had already started to see off the guests. Yi Zhilan was anxious and gritted her teeth and confessed, "Uncle, Mingyan and I are together."
Uncle Yi was stunned for several seconds before he realized that she was talking about a bastard. He dropped his chopsticks in shock, "You, what did you say?"
"I like to make it clear that I asked him to propose marriage."
The old Aunt Chen outside was walking out with an awkward smile, "Aunt Chen, please think about it again, or you can just take a look first. If he can't do it, you won't agree."
"I will never be able to do it for him in my whole life!"
Aunt Yi felt uncomfortable when she thought of her well-behaved and sensible niece being taken in by that gangster who wandered around the village.
She said, why was she so kind-hearted to give him fish all of a sudden? After a long time of fussing, it turned out that he was attracted to Lan Lan, so he asked the weasel to give worms to the chicken so that he could be fattened and slaughtered!
"I will ask the head of my family to go to town tomorrow to buy a fish and return it to him. Aunt Chen, please tell him not to think about it. It's impossible!"
"Unless he is really like those big bosses in the city, wearing gold and silver, driving a car, bringing back a sack of money, and can give my family Lanlan a good life, otherwise don't even think about it!"
"Hey, her aunt, aren't you making things difficult for me..."
While the two were talking, Uncle Yi walked out of the house with a sullen face.
He stood on the steps with an ugly expression on his face, "Aunt Chen, tell the bastard that if he can really earn all of Lan Lan's college tuition before she starts school, we will agree."
***
The news of Yi Zhilan and Hunzi's marriage spread throughout the village overnight.
Of course, it wasn't Old Aunt Chen who said that. Who said that the current house has almost no soundproofing when standing in the yard and talking?
Most people felt that the Yi family made this request because they didn't want to offend the gangster, but they didn't want to agree.
You know, Yi Zhilan is about to start school in less than a month and a half. The total cost of college tuition is more than 2,000. It is very difficult to pay it in one year. How is it possible to pay it out in one go?
At this time, another voice quietly emerged in the village. The reason why the Yi family agreed was because Yi Zhilan and that bastard were talking about a partner and wanted to marry him.
Some people thought it was impossible at first, but after knowing that these words were said by Yi Qingqing, they had to believe it.
The wind in the village changed again and again, but Uncle Yi was furious.
"Didn't I tell you not to go out and talk nonsense! Ah? Now tell the villagers that your sister is dating a gangster! How do you want her to behave in the future! Ah?!"
Yi Qingqing had never been yelled at by her father like this before. She looked at him unconvinced with red eyes, "Why am I just talking nonsense! What I said is right! They are just talking about someone!"
"You...you are still talking nonsense...I have to teach you a lesson today..."
Seeing that Uncle Yi was about to hit him with a vein on his forehead, Yi Zhilan quickly stopped him.
"Uncle, don't be angry. Qingqing didn't mean it. Besides, she was right. Mingyan and I are together."
"Lan Lan! Why don't you understand!" Uncle Yi was very angry at the two sisters. "When he came to propose marriage before, he made demands for him, but he couldn't do it. It doesn't matter if you are not together, but if The people in the village know that he is dating you, so you will get married even if you don’t want to marry him!”
Speaking of which, when he first heard this rumor, Uncle Yi's first reaction was that the gangster deliberately told it in order to marry his niece, but he never expected that it was his own daughter.
No, that's not right.
Uncle Yi frowned and looked at his daughter who was crying behind Aunt Yi, "Tell me honestly, who taught you to say that! Are you a bastard!"
"uncle!"
Yi Zhilan quickly stopped him, "I made it clear that he wouldn't do it. Qingqing just kept her mouth shut and didn't mean anything bad."
Yi Qingqing cried for a while, feeling that Yi Zhilan was stupid. Why was that man so stupid? If it hadn't been for something that went wrong yesterday, Yi Zhilan would have been naked by the whole village by now.
But she didn't know that in Yi Zhilan's heart, her lover was willing to be beaten like that for her, and he protected her from letting those people break in and see her in Wei Mingyan's house. This was proof.
What she is worried about now is whether her lover will really be exhausted for the two thousand yuan.
Wei Mingyan, who was being worried by Yi Zhilan, was walking back with a sack of fish. His image has become a little better these days, and now some people dare to talk to him while walking on the road.
"You bastard, are you really planning to sell fish to marry Yi Zhilan?"
"How can I? Am I saving my travel expenses? I plan to go to a big city to find some work."
Come on, it’s not like no one in their village went to the big city to work. I heard they could earn more than a hundred a month. Even if the gangster really went there, it wouldn’t take two years to save up to two thousand.
At this time, someone asked, "Qingqing said you and Lanlan are a couple? Is it true?"
Wei Mingyan laughed at this time, "It would be great if it was true. I confessed my love to Lanlan, but she didn't agree. I guess Qingqing saw the misunderstanding and stopped telling you. I have to go to the city to sell fish."
Seeing the man carrying a sack walking away, several people shook their heads and tutted.
"Seeing how hardworking he is these days, I almost don't recognize him anymore."
"All the guys who want to get a wife are like this. The guy next door, his youngest son is half-blind. He used to live like something else, but later he got a wife and ignored her and obeyed me. I saw him holding his youngest son in his arms a few days ago. Go buy some candy."
"It's a pity. If this was an ordinary girl, maybe he could actually marry her. Two thousand yuan a month. How is that possible?"
Wei Mingyan has been working more and more diligently on fishing recently. He must be diligent because his future wife still has one in her belly.
On the last day, he went to the back mountain and caught a pheasant. In the afternoon, he stayed on Yi Zhilan's way home. When he saw the beautiful figure gradually approaching, he emerged from behind the tree.
Yi Zhilan was frightened, and she was about to fall down if her feet tilted. Wei Mingyan quickly helped her, "Lan Lan, are you okay?"
"Mingyan..." Yi Zhilan hadn't seen him for several days. When she met the man's caring gaze, her eyes turned red and she almost cried.
"Okay, okay, don't be afraid. I will definitely be able to marry you back beautifully. Come on, take this pheasant and take good care of yourself while I'm away."
Yi Zhilan took the pheasant doubtfully, "Where are you going?"
"Go to the city to do some business. The money I have saved from fishing in the past few days is almost enough for my principal. Don't worry, Lan Lan. I have asked about it. Selling clothes in the city is quite profitable now. If I sell well, I will definitely be able to save enough. ”
"Be clear, that's two thousand yuan. Otherwise, I will continue to be a tutor while you fish..."
"Lan Lan, I will let you live a good life." Wei Mingyan suddenly interrupted her, seriousness flashing in his eyes.
Yi Zhilan looked at him blankly, and finally nodded slowly.
"I'll wait for you to come back."
Wei Mingyan left with the money he earned from selling fish. Yi Zhilan couldn't give it to her, so she could only stay in the room and look at the clock on the wall uneasily.
A month passed by in a flash, and there was no news from Wei Mingyan, who was said to be going to the city. Seeing that the start of school was coming, Yi Zhilan felt anxious and worried.
I was anxious that if he didn't come back, my uncle and aunt would never agree to their marriage, and I was worried that something had happened if there was no news for so long.
Yi Qingqing felt disdain and disdain in her heart when she saw such a loser because of a bastard.
She told her family that she was going to town to find something to do, but she actually hung out with Brother Long. Every time she saw Brother Long's younger brothers calling her Sister Qingqing, Yi Qingqing felt extremely proud.
The decision she made was the right one. Sooner or later, Yi Zhilan would regret it.
The people in the village also maintained a consistent attitude of disbelief.
As time goes by, everyone becomes more and more certain that the gangster will not come back.
On this day, Uncle Yi was walking toward his home on a pole when several old men who were chatting under a tree after finishing farm work stopped him.
"Third son, tomorrow is the day when Lanlan starts school. The bastard hasn't come back yet, so you have something to worry about."
Uncle Yi smiled coquettishly, but he was extremely sad in his heart.
He now watched his niece 'pass by' the village entrance several times every day, not knowing that she was waiting for a gangster.
Although he didn't regret offering this condition to scare off the boy, seeing his niece unhappy made him feel unhappy.
Just as he was thinking about it, someone suddenly ran over and shouted at Uncle Yi, "Uncle Third, go back quickly, something happened at home!"
Uncle Yi was shocked and hurriedly ran home with a pole on his shoulder. He thought about various possibilities in his mind, but he never expected that when he returned home, he saw a bunch of gangsters standing outside the door carelessly watching the door. They saw him coming back. , and some people whistled mockingly.
His heart skipped a beat, could it be that the bastard couldn't make any money and just came to rob it?
Just as he was wondering, he heard Aunt Yi's miserable cry coming from the house. His heart tightened and he rushed in. The people didn't stop him and watched him enter the house with playful smiles.
"Qingqing, that's your sister's money for college!"
Uncle Yi rushed in and didn't see the bastard, but saw his biological daughter holding Brother Long's shoulders and looking down at his wife who was sitting on the ground crying.
Yi Qingqing's clear voice was full of malice, "What kind of sister is she to me? I am your biological daughter. I'm short of money. What's wrong with spending my family's money?"
"You can't take it!!" Aunt Yi cried with tears all over her face and just repeated, "That's your sister's money for school, you can't take it, you can't take it..."
Looking at the scene in front of him, Uncle Yi froze on the spot.
Yi Qingqing turned her head proudly and saw that her father was back, her eyes immediately became a little more fearful, but soon she remembered that she was Brother Long's woman now, and that fear disappeared without a trace.
She informed, "Dad, I want to go to the big city with Brother Long to work hard, and I will take the money from home."
"That's your sister..."
"I know!" Her sharp voice interrupted her father, "She's just a cousin! I'm your biological daughter! You have money to send her to college, but why don't you have money for me to buy new clothes?"
"I'll take the money anyway, and consider it as compensation for your partiality towards Yi Zhilan all these years. Brother Long, let's go."
Brother Long looked at the wailing woman on the ground, and then at Uncle Yi, who was standing stiffly with tears streaming down his face and a face full of disbelief. He sneered, hugged the waist of the person next to him, and said, "Let's go."
The last time he took his little brother away to avoid Wei Mingyan, he always felt embarrassed. After thinking about it, this small town could no longer satisfy him. When he was about to leave, Yi Qingqing, the woman who took the initiative to come up to him, also said that he would follow. Walk.
It would be good to bring a woman, Brother Long thought and agreed. He was not short of food anyway, but he didn't expect that the woman wanted to take away all the family's money before she left.
Brother Long thinks it’s troublesome, but who thinks it’s too much money?
As soon as he heard that he could get Xiao Qian, he came with his people.
It's not that I didn't think that the bastard would help his future father-in-law, but when he came back, he would have already left with him, so where would he go to find him.
Yi Qingqing left with all the money in her family.
That was all the savings of the Yi family. They were saved in order to send Yi Zhilan to college after she became very sick.
When Yi Zhilan came home from tutoring, she saw the neighbors surrounding her door. She was overjoyed. Could it be that she had come back to propose marriage?
Just as I was thinking about it, I saw my aunt sitting on the ground in the open door, crying sadly.
She immediately panicked and rushed in, trying to help Aunt Yi up. "Aunt, what's wrong? What happened at home?"
"What an injustice! What an injustice!!"
Aunt Yi cried so hard that her face was filled with tears, "Why didn't I drown her when she was born!!"
"What happened? Where is my uncle? Auntie?"
Uncle Yi's voice sounded beside the dark wall, extremely withered, "Lanlan..."
Yi Zhilan was stunned, and then realized that her uncle was behind her. She quickly turned around to ask, but was stunned when she saw Uncle Yi's expression.
Uncle Yi has always looked older, but he has a good attitude. Although his face is wrinkled, he is always cheerful.
But now, he seems to be ten years older.
Uncle Yi's hoarse voice sounded, filled with regret and guilt, "You can't go to college. All our money has been taken away..."
"Uncle, I'm sorry for you..."
Yi Zhilan was stunned: "Uncle, what happened?"
By the time she figured out what had happened, it was already dark. A kind neighbor helped the two old people sit down. Aunt Yi cried so hard that she pressed her heart and kept complaining about the injustice.
"It's okay, it's okay. High school students are also very popular. If I go to the city to work, I can make hundreds of dollars a month."
Yi Zhilan endured the sourness in her heart and comforted her uncle and aunt, "It's no different. Don't feel bad. Qingqing is gone and I'm still here. I'll take care of you in your old age."
It would be a lie to say that it was not hard to not go to college. She had suffered so much over the years and studied hard every day just to go to college.
But that money originally belonged to her uncle and aunt, and she was lucky enough to be able to go to high school.
Yi Zhilan even thought that it was good to have fun in the midst of hardship. She didn't have to go to college, and she didn't have to earn the two thousand yuan.
The people in the village who came to help were also very sad. Originally, it was a good thing to have a college student in the family, but who knew it would end up like this.
Eh.
People are sympathetic. At this moment, something happened to the Yi family. Everyone was helping to comfort them. While they were talking, the children outside suddenly ran in.
He danced and gestured, "There is a beautiful car parked in front of Third Grandpa's house. It is very beautiful and looks exactly like the one in the book."
Several people were stunned, especially Uncle Yi, who was trying to stand up.
"Is that beast back again?"
When the atmosphere was tense, the children ran in with candies flying in their arms to report, "The gangster is back! He even gave us candies to eat!"
Bastard? Did he come back in a car? ?
Everyone in the room didn't believe it, and their eyes were all focused on the door.
Under the gaze of everyone, Wei Mingyan was wearing a crisp suit, with a long and thick gold chain hanging uncoordinatedly around his neck, and walked in with a sack in his left hand.
Wear gold and silver, drive a car, and have a sack of money, all of which make a living.