Ran about the scorching wasteland to the town, talked a lot with that stubborn mule of a mayor, and even spent a big bill. I thought if there wasn’t at least a word of gratitude, there’d at least be so nice words, right?
But what happened?
The guy just coolly said a few things: "We’re divorced, naturally a man marries and a woman marries and it’s none of each other’s business. Whether Liu Shuzhen marries or not, or who she marries, is her own choice and right. I don’t want to interfere, nor can I. Brother-in-law, I appreciate your kindness, but this is the first and last ti, please don’t pass along any news about Liu Shuzhen to again.
If not, for a forr wife who’s in the past, if it stirs jealousy in my current wife, that would really be not worth it!"
Bah!
That’s what happens when you butter up soone and end up getting scorned instead!
Lin Yuanzhi was resentful and decided never to do such annoying things again.
It’s not like his own wife took their son and remarried, what does it matter to him?
Lin Yuanzhi, full of grievances, didn’t realize that his sister-in-law caught his brother-in-law in the act of making the phone call, and he was too busy trying to distance himself to dare say anything that would raise suspicions!
By a twist of fate, this blunder ended up allowing Shuzhen and Lianshan to avoid a disaster and live a few peaceful years thereafter.
Ever since the wedding date was set, Lianshan counted the days with his fingers every day. He wished the rising sun would zoom to the mont it set in the west, and in the blink of an eye, it would be the 16th of August.
Yet he was also afraid the ti would pass too quickly, not giving him enough ti to thoroughly and grandly prepare the wedding, making Shuzhen feel wronged.
With his brother Lian Hai and brother-in-law Ning Jianshe, the three of them were up early and stayed up late, going up the mountain to set traps for rabbits and catch wild chickens. They were trying every thod to increase their inco, not for anything else, but just to have so extra money on hand and to ensure that they could have a couple of decent tables at their wedding banquet.
Every ti they went into the mountain, they always returned with sothing, making countless people in the village envious long ago.
Thankfully, Lianshan’s family had been poor farrs for eight generations, with a very good social rating. They spoke smoothly, and before others could question them, they’d passionately explain that hunting in the mountains was to reduce the burden on the Party and the country.
Everyone knew that the three brothers of the Lian family lost their parents early and had a poor farr background for eight generations.
Being able to raise their siblings was all thanks to the good socialist system, where people were simple, kind, and good-hearted.
But tis were different now. After all, the three siblings were adults, married and with families. They couldn’t just go asking neighbors for help at every turn, or asking the team for famine relief, could they?
So when the production team had so spare ti, they’d go up the mountain. It was tiring, but even a small harvest was a big hope!
They already had debts from the production team for years, and then Little Lian Jie’s broken leg and hospital bills left them two hundred bucks in debt, plus fifty pounds of national food stamps. Now, for building a house and getting married, money was needed everywhere. Without a little effort, when could they possibly pay back the team’s old debts?
To be honest, while the talk ca in high-flown terms, villagers just saw it as amusing.
Why not just say outright that you want to have a grand wedding? Why bring in the Party and the country?
But seeing Lianshan and them heading off into the mountains day and night, only to return with wild chickens and rabbits, no big ga to be seen.
To demand socialist equal distribution based on that would be a stretch, and prohibiting him from hunting would certainly lead to the whole village’s opposition.
Living by the mountains and water, who doesn’t know a few tricks of digging traps and setting snares?
Many people rely on catching so wild ga during downti to improve their family’s diet; prohibiting that would incite the rage of the public.
Not wanting to incite public anger in the slightest and rembering to settle early with the major debtors in the village, Lin Yuanzhi pretended not to hear the sarcastic remarks in the village. He even hoped from the bottom of his heart that Lianshan could have better and bigger harvests, to help him resolve the village’s outstanding debts.
You can’t just keep talking about lightening the burden for the Party and the country while not repaying debts and instead spending lavishly on a wedding, right?
If that were the case, Lianshan’s slogans would just beco empty words!
Hehe, Lin Yuanzhi sneered inwardly: advancing and retreating, just what it’s all about. He really ought to thank Lianshan for raising that banner!
Afraid that her own man’s frequent hunting would arouse villagers’ jealousy and lead to suppression, Shuzhen had deliberately co up with a set of statents, telling Lianshan to find an opportunity to say them, elevating the act of using socialist resources for personal hunting to a national level.
In the end, it shut down those eager to label him with accusations, but attracted Lin Yuanzhi’s covetousness, as he was itching to establish so rit and build a grand image.
Doesn’t this an that those who do not anticipate long-term dangers will have imminent worries?
But at this mont, Lianshan was grinning from ear to ear, completely unaware that the loathso Lin Yuanzhi was eyeing him, or rather, his wallet with a predator’s determined gaze.
Up early and staying late for several days, he dread of catching a big, valuable animal to give Shuzhen a decent wedding and to repay her the money and food stamps taken from her.
It’s not about being the odd one; it’s just about the notion that as the man of the house he should provide for the family. How could he possibly let it co to the point where his wife had to take out her private savings?
As a self-proclaid true man, definitely all-man, even if he had to use his wife’s money in hard tis, he would go back to earn and save more, giving all the money to his wife to make her happy.
With this thought in mind, Lianshan and his brother and brother-in-law got up early and stayed up late to dig traps and set snares. After days of exhaustive work, they usually only caught wild chickens and rabbits. But today was a bit different, seeing the still-struggling stag in the trap, the three brothers had looks of ecstasy on their faces.
Deer at, deer skin, deer blood, deer at, all of this is valuable!
Finding the right buyer could easily guarantee two hundred bucks, no less.
Of course, Lianshan had mingled in these mountain woods since he was a child and often sold the ga he caught. He naturally had outlets. But the key was how to prevent being noticed by others and not getting it redistributed. How to transport it to the place, make the transaction safely, and avoid getting reported and caught was the main issue.
The difficulty wasn’t in keeping it secret from others, but in how to transport this hefty thing, easily weighing a few hundred pounds, to the city.
It’s not possible to carry it, and he didn’t dare borrow an ox cart or a handcart, for fear of a leak. They could slaughter it and move it piece by piece, but that would an getting much less money, wouldn’t it?
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