24. The Scumbags of the 1990s (4) (1/2)

Aunt Chen was also a little nervous, but when she thought of what Wei Mingyan had just said, she felt more confident.

"Auntie, I know you don't want to do this, but think about it. Lanlan is going to school soon. She has good grades and is going to a big city, so the tuition fee will be high. She will have to eat and drink when she goes there. Students in big cities are well dressed. We can't let them wear colorful clothes while our Lanlan is standing in the middle and being laughed at."

Aunt Yi admitted that Aunt Chen was right, but what did this have to do with the gangster wanting to marry her Lanlan?

"The bastard said that if you guys agree, he'll give you a thousand yuan as a betrothal gift. We work so hard that we can't save that much money in a year. He also said that if he makes money, he'll give it all to Lanlan. Then he'll pay for Lanlan's college tuition!"

"He'll pay? How can he support my Lanlan when he can't even support himself!" Aunt Yi almost laughed out of anger. Everyone in the village didn't know what kind of person the bastard was. It was fine if he took his fish and praised it a few times, but if Lanlan really married such a man, wouldn't it be pushing her niece who she raised with her own hands into the fire pit!

"Don't say it, I will never agree!"

Yi Zhilan and Yi Qingqing sat in the house, listening to the noise outside.

Yi Qingqing was anxious and wanted to rush out to tell Aunt Chen that they agreed. She didn't go out all day today and thought it was hopeless. Unexpectedly, Aunt Chen came to help propose marriage in the evening.

Yi Zhilan was not much better. She was absent-minded all day, waiting for her lover's proposal, but she completely forgot that her uncle and aunt would never agree.

Yes, if Mingyan hadn't saved her and they had been together for so long, she would have always thought that he was just a slacker.

Uncle Yi didn't notice that the two sisters couldn't eat, and was still eating in big mouthfuls. After eating a few mouthfuls, he looked up and saw his niece's worried expression. He laughed and thought he knew what she was worried about.

Comforted, "Don't be afraid, Lanlan, uncle will definitely not let you marry that slacker. You are a college student. You can have a free love when you work in the future and find a city person."

Yi Qingqing's jealous eyes were about to bleed.

Outside, Aunt Yi had already started to see the guests off. 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 the bastard. He dropped his chopsticks in shock, "You, what did you say?"

"I like Mingyan. I let him propose marriage."

Aunt Chen outside was walking out with an awkward smile, "Aunt, you should think about it again, or you can just wait and see. If he can't do it, you won't agree."

"I can't do it for him in my lifetime!"

Aunt Yi felt uncomfortable when she thought that her well-behaved and sensible niece was favored by the bastard who was wandering around the village.

She said, why did he suddenly send fish so kindly? It turned out that he had taken a fancy to Lanlan. This is called a weasel giving worms to a chicken, fattening it up for slaughter!

"Tomorrow I will ask my head of the family to go to the town to buy a fish and return it to him. Aunt Chen, 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, and bringing back a sack of money, and can give my Lanlan a good life, don't even think about it!"

"Hey, her aunt, aren't you making things difficult for me..."

As the two were talking, Uncle Yi walked out of the house with a gloomy face.

He stood on the steps with an ugly face, "Aunt Chen, tell Hunzi that if he can really earn all her college tuition before Lanlan starts school, we will agree."

***

The marriage between Yi Zhilan and Hunzi spread throughout the village overnight.

Of course, it wasn't said by old Aunt Chen, because the current house is almost soundproof when talking in the yard?

Most people think that this is because the Yi family didn't want to offend Hunzi, but didn't want to agree, so they made this request.

You know, Yi Zhilan will start school in less than a month and a half. The tuition for college is more than two thousand yuan. It is very difficult to pay it once a year. How can it be paid all at once?

At this time, another voice quietly emerged in the village. The reason why the Yi family agreed was because Yi Zhilan was dating that bastard and wanted to marry him.

At first, some people thought it was impossible, but after knowing that these words were said by Yi Qingqing, they had to believe it.

The wind direction 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? You are telling the villagers that your sister is dating a gangster! How can she live her life in the future! Ah?!"

Yi Qingqing had never been yelled at by her father like this. She looked at him with red eyes and unconvinced, "How could I be talking nonsense! What I said was right! They are dating!"

"You...you are still talking nonsense...I must teach you a lesson today..."

Seeing that Uncle Yi's forehead was bulging with veins and he was about to raise his hand to hit him, Yi Zhilan quickly stopped him.

"Uncle, don't be angry, Qingqing didn't mean it. Besides, she is right. Mingyan and I are together."

"Lanlan! Why don't you understand!" Uncle Yi was very angry with the two sisters, "Before he came to propose marriage, uncle made demands on him, he couldn't do it. You are not together, that's nothing, but if the villagers know that he is dating you, you will marry him even if you don't want to!"

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 turned out to be 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 on selling 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."

"Boys who want to get a wife are all 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 was obedient. I saw him holding his youngest son a few days ago. Go buy 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 these days is almost enough for my principal. Don't worry, Lanlan. 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 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.

He felt a jolt in his heart. Could it be that the scoundrel couldn't make any money and came to rob directly?

He was in doubt when he heard Aunt Yi's miserable cry from the house. His heart tightened and he rushed in. Those people didn't stop him and watched him enter the house with a joking face.

"Qingqing, that's your sister's college money!"

Uncle Yi rushed in and didn't see the scoundrel, but saw his biological daughter hugging Brother Long's shoulders, looking down at his wife who was sitting on the ground and crying.

Yi Qingqing's crisp voice was full of malice, "What kind of sister is she to me? I am your biological daughter. I am short of money. What's wrong with taking the money from home to spend?"

"You can't take it!!" Aunt Yi cried with tears all over her face, just repeating, "That's your sister's school money, you can't take it, you can't take it..."

Looking at the scene in front of him, Uncle Yi was stunned.

Yi Qingqing turned around proudly, and when she saw that it was her father who had returned, she immediately showed some fear in her eyes, but she soon remembered that she was now Brother Long's woman, and that fear disappeared without a trace.

She informed him, "Dad, I'm going to work hard in the big city with Brother Long, and I'll take the money from home."

"That's your sister..."

"I know!" Her sharp voice interrupted her father's words, "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?"

"Anyway, I'll take the money, just as compensation for your partiality to Yi Zhilan over the years, Brother Long, let's go."

Brother Long looked at the wailing woman on the ground, and then looked at Uncle Yi who stood stiffly, tears streaming down his face, full of disbelief, sneered, and put his arm around the waist of the person next to him, "Let's go."

Last time, he took his younger brother away from Wei Mingyan, and 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, also said that she wanted to go with him.

It's good to take a woman with him, Brother Long thought and agreed, anyway, he didn't need this mouthful of food, but he didn't expect that this woman wanted to take all the money from home before leaving.

Brother Long thought it was troublesome, but who would think too much money?

As soon as he heard that he could get less than a thousand, he came with his people.

It's not that he didn't think that the gangster would help his future father-in-law, but when he came back, he would have left with his people, so where could he find him?

Yi Qingqing left with all the money in the family.

That was all the savings of the Yi family, which they saved to send Yi Zhilan to college, even though they got sick from exhaustion.

When Yi Zhilan came home from tutoring, she saw the neighbors surrounding her house. She was delighted. Could it be that Mingyan came back to propose marriage?

Just as she was thinking about it, she saw her aunt sitting on the ground crying in the open door.

She panicked and rushed in to help Aunt Yi up, "Aunt, what's wrong? What happened at home?"

"What a sin! What a sin!!"

Aunt Yi cried bitterly, her face full of tears, "Why didn't I drown her when she was born!!"

"What happened? Where's my uncle? Aunt?"

Uncle Yi's voice sounded beside the gray wall, very old, "Lanlan..."

Yi Zhilan was stunned, and then she realized that her uncle was behind her. She turned around and wanted to ask, but was stunned when she saw Uncle Yi's expression.

Uncle Yi has always looked older, but he has a good mentality. Although his face is full of wrinkles, he is always cheerful.

But now he looks like he is ten years older.

Uncle Yi's hoarse voice sounded, with regret and guilt, "You can't go to college, our money has been taken..."

"Uncle is sorry for you..."

Yi Zhilan was stunned: "Uncle, what happened?"

When she figured out what happened, it was already dark. A kind neighbor helped the two old people sit down. Aunt Yi cried and pressed her heart, saying that it was a sin.

"It's okay, it's okay. High school students are also very popular. I can make hundreds of dollars a month in the city."

Yi Zhilan suppressed the bitterness in her heart and comforted her uncle and aunt, "It doesn't make any difference. Don't be sad. Qingqing is gone. I still have me. I will take care of you in your old age."

It would be a lie to say that she didn't feel bad if she couldn't go to college. She had suffered so much over the years and studied hard every day just to go to college.

But the money originally belonged to her uncle and aunt. She was lucky to be able to go to high school.

Yi Zhilan even thought that it was good in this way. She didn't have to go to college, and Mingyan didn't have to earn the two thousand yuan.

The people who came to help in the village were also sighing. It was originally a great thing that a college student was born in the family, but who knew that it would turn out like this.

Eh.

People are sympathetic. At this moment, the Yi family was in trouble, and everyone helped to comfort them. While they were talking, a child outside suddenly ran in.

He gestured with his hands and feet, "There is a beautiful car parked in front of the third grandfather's house. It is very beautiful, exactly the same as the one in the book."

Several people were stunned, especially Uncle Yi, who even supported himself to stand up.

"Is that beast back again!"

When the atmosphere was tense, the children ran in with candies and reported the news, "It's the gangster who is back! He also gave us candy!"

Gangster? He drove a car back? ?

Everyone in the room didn't believe it, and their eyes were all focused on the door.

Under everyone's gaze, Wei Mingyan walked in wearing a neat suit, with a thick and long gold chain hanging from his neck, and holding a sack in his left hand.

Wearing gold and silver, driving a car, and a sack of money, all in place.