which looks like two moving bamboo poles. Bei Lvqing's legs are slender, with arcs and rhythms, symmetrical and powerful.

Lu Xiaofan kept looking at people's legs, while Lu Xiao kept staring at the earphone in Bei Lvqing's ear. Wherever Bei Lvqing went, these four eyes followed him in unison, with envy and greed in their eyes.

Rural people are implicit and straightforward. They are usually not good at expressing their ideas, but they are very good at expressing their desires, such as the children of the Lu family.

Bei Mosha gave the other three children of the Lu family wedding money in the evening. Lu Xiao took it and opened the red envelope immediately. He was so fast that Lu's mother couldn't stop him. Lu Xiao saw that there was only a ten-yuan note inside, and his face couldn't help but look a little unhappy. Such a big official, he didn't put more than a few ten-yuan notes (there were not even a hundred yuan at that time).

Lu Xiaoping was completely different. After a few days of adjustment, Lu Xiaoping, who had seen the world, had a new strategy. Although he couldn't become a son-in-law, he was about to graduate, and whether he could go to Beijing to work was still a key to the Bei family.

"Dad Bei, we can't take this money. We are very grateful to you for taking care of Xiaofan for us in the future. We are thinking about how to repay you. How dare we take your money!" Lu Xiaoping inherited more from his mother Lu. He was always smart. He had prepared the way early. When he went back to Beijing, he would repay the Bei family.

Although Bei Mosha had suffered, corruption accounted for most of his life. He was good at doing a far-sighted economic job, but he was not used to fighting wits with the common people at the bottom.

As soon as Lu Xiaoping was polite, Bei Mosha pressed his hand down and said, "Take it, take it. This is wedding money. It's for good luck!"

Lu Xiaoping resolutely stuffed the money back into Bei Mosha's hand and said seriously, "Dad Bei, we owe you too much. I will never take this money!"

Bei Mosha was embarrassed holding the red envelope of ten yuan. Lu's mother knew her son best, so she smiled and said, "Forget it, relative-in-law. This is the child's heart. You don't have to give it. He is an adult!"

Bei Luqing took off the headset and interjected, "Give it to the younger one!"

Bei Mosha quickly got the hint and handed the ten yuan that Lu Xiaoping didn't want to other children in the Lu family. Lu Xiaodaxi took the red envelope immediately without caring that his brother and mother were glaring at him. He looked at Bei Luqing with gratitude, and Bei Luqing responded with a slight smile.

Bei Luqing's status in Lu Xiaofan's heart suddenly rose a few points. He was handsome, a famous university student, and had good character. Lu Xiaofan had never met such a perfect person. In short, Bei Luqing's status in Lu Xiaofan's heart rose all the way, almost rising to his throat.

Lu Xiao was happy for a long time with the twenty yuan, and asked Lu Xiaoping if the twenty yuan could buy a cassette player like the one in Bei Luqing's pocket?

Lu Xiaoping was angry that his sister was too unpresentable just now, so he rushed: "You want to buy Bei Luqing's cassette player with your twenty yuan? His is an imported product, which costs hundreds of yuan! You have no vision!"

Lu Xiao's excitement suddenly turned into ashes like hot coal being poured with a basin of cold water.

The village in the countryside was particularly deserted, without any entertainment programs. Bei Luxin, whose life just began when the moon rose every day, could not stand the loneliness. Fortunately, the village head's mother, Old Lady Liu, had a nine-inch black-and-white TV at home. Ever since Bei Mosha entered the village, the village head had come and had not left. They were also willing to entertain Bei Luxin, so she went to their house to watch TV.

After Lu Xiao finished dinner, she took advantage of the fact that her roommate Bei Luxin hadn't returned to encourage Lu Xiaofan, saying, "Xiaofan, can you tell your brother-in-law to lend me the cassette player for two days?" 

Lu Xiaofan shook his head like a drum, and refused to give in no matter how much his sister said. Lu Xiao was so angry that she pointed at his nose and said, "You will live a good life in the city in the future, and your sister is unwilling to fulfill such a small wish. If it were you, your elder brother would not be so unkind!" 

Lu Xiaofan thought about the shrewd and capable Lu Xiaoping and felt ashamed. So, in the disdainful eyes of his sister, he mustered up all his courage and knocked on Bei Luqing's door. 

The Lu family built two caves. Although they looked shabby, they were warm in winter and cool in summer, far better than the air conditioners in the city. 

Bei Lvqing had taken off his denim jacket, revealing a tight black T-shirt underneath. As he approached him, he seemed to have a scent, but Lu Xiaofan couldn't tell what it was. His face was as red as a cockscomb, and he said in an insect-like voice, "Can I borrow your cassette player?" 

Bei Lvqing was not surprised that Lu Xiaofan suddenly knocked on his door, but Lu Xiaofan's voice was too soft, so he had to say "um" for the third time. 

Lu Xiaofan lowered his head and held his hands. He was not tall to begin with, and with his head lowered like this, Bei Lvqing could only look at the back of his head. Lu Xiaofan boldly said, "Can I borrow your cassette player? My sister wants to listen to it..." 

Bei Lvqing smiled, but he rarely smiled because his front teeth were a little small and inward in the middle. A smile made him look a little delicate, which made him look a little sinister compared to his sunny temperament. 

Lu Xiaofan lowered his head and just heard Bei Luqing's laughter. His heart warmed up. He raised his head and said in a flattering voice: "Just watch it for a while, it won't be damaged!" 

It rarely rains in Shaanxi, so the moon is particularly bright on most nights. Lu Xiaofan was wearing a loose sportswear. His long hair was particularly messy when blown by the wind. He wore a pair of large black-framed glasses on his narrow and fleshy face. The flattering smile on his face made the moonlight magnify him and look particularly humble. It was even humble enough to make people feel a little wretched. 

Such a person and such an expression are not unfamiliar to everyone in the world of small people. They are even very common. Lu Xiaofan is such a typical small person. He is humble and wretched. People will feel like stepping on a cockroach or laughing. 

"I don't have a cassette player!" Bei Luqing said calmly. 

The blush on Lu Xiaofan's face that had just faded suddenly came back. He mistakenly thought that Bei Luqing was unwilling to lend him the cassette player, and was at a loss for what to do. 

Bei Luqing explained, "My thing is called a CD player." 

"C...D player!" Lu Xiaofan repeated with a stutter. 

"Oh, I bought it in Japan. There are not many in the mainland. It's normal that you haven't seen it." Bei Luqing turned around and took out a round silver object from his coat. 

When Lu Xiaofan heard the word Japan, words such as expensive, high price, and broken immediately popped up in his mind. He was so scared that he broke into a cold sweat. He didn't dare to take the hand that Bei Luqing handed over. He shook his hands and said incoherently, "No, no!" 

Bei Luqing didn't force him. He just smiled and threw the CD player aside. 

Lu Xiaofan turned back with a sullen look on his face. Lu Xiao was just about to borrow it when he saw him come in and hurriedly said happily: "Brother, how is it, did you borrow it?" 

Lu Xiaofan murmured: "That was brought back from Japan, I didn't dare to take it!" 

Lu Xiao's face changed immediately when he heard it, and he said: "Could it be that they are not willing to lend it to you?" 

Lu Xiaofan thought about it carefully and felt that Bei Luqing had no intention of forcing it on him from beginning to end. If he said he didn't want to lend it, Bei Luqing would naturally not give it to him. He was afraid that he also didn't want to lend it to him. No He was a little discouraged, but still said stubbornly: "No, they are willing to lend it to me, but I am afraid that if I damage it, I will have to explain to their parents. It is brought back from Japan, so it must be very expensive. Even if his father is an official, it is not easy to get it!" 

Lu Xiao said disdainfully: "You are going to be their brother-in-law, and you also own half of their things. If it is broken, it is broken. What's the big deal? This is just an excuse. I am afraid that others will look down on you, a country brother-in-law!" 

Lu Xiaofan blurted out: "He is not that kind of person!"

Lu Xiao said unconvincedly: "Do you know what kind of person he is? How many days have you known him?"

Lu Xiaofan was silent immediately, and finally whispered: "It's normal for people like Brother Bei to look down on us. What do we have that others look up to?"

Lu Xiao was angry at his lack of resistance, and pushed his second brother out of the door, and slammed the door shut with a loud bang. Lu's mother heard it and scolded from inside: "Stupid woman, you have too much strength to use, can't you eat less!" 

Lu Xiaofan returned to the house dejectedly. Lu Xiaoping lost his wife in the city and went to hide in the wheat pile with Xiaofeng next door. Lu Xiaofan stayed in the house alone, tossing and turning for a long time before he fell asleep. When he woke up, he found that it was already noon. 

He hurriedly got out of bed, put on his shoes and went to the well to fetch water. He found that Lu Xiaoping was rubbing his shoulders with a wronged look on his face, and the big water tank at home was full. 

Lu Xiaofan was so panicked that he seemed to have just woken up. The emperor was pouring water for washing his face. Although it was for himself, he, as a eunuch, felt guilty. 

"Brother, brother, why are you fetching water?" 

Lu Xiaoping glanced at the side with resentment. Lu's mother stood aside and said calmly: "You are about to be a groom. It would be bad if you get bumped. Besides, it is normal to fetch a few jars of water after raising him to this age. Otherwise, who will fetch water in the future?" 

Lu Xiaoping couldn't help but said with deep pain: "I didn't come back to fetch water after going to college!" 

Lu's mother snorted coldly and said: "You are so unsophisticated that you are busy day and night for a little hen. How far can you go if you don't come back to fetch water?" 

Lu Xiaoping was stunned. When Lu Xiaofan was silent, his mother was furious. Naturally, Lu Xiaofan did not dare to say anything. Lu Xiaoping said, "Xiaofan is going to be the groom. Go and see if you can help!" 

Lu Xiaoping muttered something, his face full of grief and indignation. Lu Xiaofan said quickly, "There is nothing to prepare!" 

Lu's mother sighed and said, "It will not be easy for two brothers from different places to meet in the future. Talk more. Others are unreliable. Only family members can be relied on!" Lu's mother stopped there, but Lu Xiaoping was a smart man, but his mind was a thin layer of window paper, which was easily penetrated. 

Lu Xiaoping immediately became enthusiastic towards Lu Xiaofan, and put his arm around Lu Xiaofan's shoulder and said, "We brothers are so much better than other brothers. Xiaofan, how do you think your elder brother treats you?" 

"Good!" Lu Xiaofan nodded. 

Lu Xiaoping said, "Of course, who gave you this set of clothes?" 

Lu Xiaofan replied, "Brother, you are wearing old clothes!" 

Lu Xiaoping clicked his tongue and said, "What do you mean by old clothes? I gave them to you specially!" 

"Oh!" Lu Xiaofan nodded. 

Lu Xiaoping pointed at the sneakers on his feet and said, "These are not old, they are also given to you by me, right!" 

Lu Xiaofan's eyes widened behind his glasses and said, "Brother, you can't wear them anymore. You even cut a hole in the upper, but you still can't wear them!" 

Lu Xiaoping was unhappy and said with a stern face, "According to what you said, brother treats you badly?" 

Lu Xiaofan immediately felt guilty and said, "That's not what I meant!" 

Lu Xiaoping taught him a lesson again, making the younger brother deeply realize that he has been deeply cared for and favored by his brother over the years. 

The two were chatting in the yard. The door of the cave on the west side opened. Bei Luqing came out wearing a black T-shirt and jeans. He frowned as if he didn't sleep well. But even so, even though there were two dilapidated earthen kilns behind him, Bei Luqing still looked very handsome. His slender figure and handsome features made the two boys of the Lu family look even more tacky, like two pieces of unburned coal. 

Bei Luqing took the basin and said, "Good morning, do you have hot water?" 

As soon as Lu Xiaofan's feet moved, Lu Xiaoping came forward and said warmly, "Brother Bei, we will get you hot water!" Lu Xiaoping's "we" means that he takes the work and Lu Xiaofan does the work, so he turned around and stuffed the basin to Lu Xiaofan and said, "Quick, get a basin of water for your brother!" 

Lu Xiaofan's desire to work for Bei Luqing was restored, and he happily took the basin. Lu Xiaoping shouted from behind, "Don't make the water too hot!" 

Lu Xiaoping After yelling, he turned around and smiled at Bei Luqing: "You are clumsy, you need to remind me more!" 

Bei Luqing didn't say anything, but smiled lightly. Lu Xiaoping then smiled softly: "The situation in Beijing is not good recently, right?" 

He said it in a confidential tone, but Bei Luqing didn't seem to have any intention of returning the favor. He just looked at Lu Xiaoping with a pair of beautiful eyes, with clear black and white, and his thick black eyebrows slightly raised, as if he didn't understand what he said. 

Lu Xiaoping laughed and said: "Otherwise, how could Father Bei take a fancy to Xiaofan? Girls like Xiaoxin are what many city people can't even think of. Xiaofan has no looks and no education, how can she be worthy of her. Father Bei chose Lu Xiaofan because our family is the descendants of martyrs, don't you think so!" 

Bei Luqing still didn't say anything, but smiled again, this time he showed his teeth. 

Lu Xiaoping found that Bei Lvqing had such a skill. Without saying a word, he was not afraid of the awkward silence. He could let you sing a 

one-man show in front of him. Lu Xiaofan had already brought the water over quickly. Lu Xiaoping coughed and said, "I'm going to help my mother pick fruits." Then he hurried away. This was the end of the first discussion between the in-laws about the Hu-Bei marriage. 

Bei Lvxin happened to bring out a basin of water. Seeing that her brother seemed to be stunned for a moment, she subconsciously gathered her hair and said, "Lvqing, did you sleep well last night?" 

"Well, not bad!" 

Lu Xiaofan saw Bei Lvxin holding the basin of water. Thinking of the woman who was about to marry into his family, he just handed his hand over. When Bei Lvxin saw him, the corners of her mouth that were slightly curved up suddenly converged, and her kind expression became indifferent. The seed of intimacy that had just arisen in Lu Xiaofan's heart was immediately trampled to death. 

This beautiful city girl, slender and fashionable, stood here with her chin slightly raised, anger in the corners of her eyes and grievance in the corners of her mouth. She came here not to make this broken cave house glorious, but to make it feel ashamed. 

"No, the cave house is quite comfortable!" Bei Luqing said that the broken cave house was not worthless, which made Lu Xiaofan grateful. 

Bei Luqing washed his face, and Lu Xiaofan stood beside him respectfully in case Mr. Bei had other needs. 

Lu Xiao came out of the room humming a tuneless song. Lu Xiaofan saw that what she was holding was Bei Luqing's CD player. She stuttered and said, "Xiao, Xiao, Xiao, your CD player!" 

Lu Xiao saw that both of them were standing in the yard, so she took off her headphones and said in a soft voice, "I went to borrow it from Brother Bei. Brother Bei said you told him about it, so he lent it to me!" 

Lu Xiaofan looked at Bei Luqing's face, and it was as if the hot blood in her body was boiling and surging up, flushing red. Bei Luxin looked at Lu Xiao with contempt and went back to the room without saying a word. 

As soon as Bei Luqing put down the towel and picked up the basin, Lu Xiaofan rushed over and pulled the basin into his arms, "I'll do it! I'll do it!" 

From then on, wherever Bei Luqing went, Lu Xiaofan followed him at a distance of two steps. As long as Bei Luqing raised his hand on the table, Lu Xiaofan had already handed the chopsticks to him. As long as he raised his hand at the door, Lu Xiaofan had already lifted the curtain. In short, except for going to the toilet, where Lu Xiaofan didn't hand him paper, Bei Luqing would just glance at him and Lu Xiaofan would do the rest.

Naturally, many people lined up to meet a Beijing official like Bei Mosha. Bei Luxin stayed at Old Lady Liu's house watching TV all day, Bei Luqing took Lu Xiaofan out for a stroll, and the rest of the Lu family sat at the same table.

Lu Xiaoping sighed leisurely and said, "I finally figured it out. In the past, I thought the second child was not smart, but others are smart. Look how good he is at flattering. I was wondering why the Bei family would not want a college student like me!"

Lu Xiao interrupted, "That's right. I asked him to ask Big Brother Bei for a CD, and he said something about not damaging other people's things. But Big Brother Bei agreed. He knew he was going to change his last name to Bei, so he refused to give me his things!"

Dad Lu was puffing on his pipe nearby, while Aunt Hu, who was sorting out the sheets and towels sent by various families, sneered, "You all have the face of a young lady but the life of a maid. Let me tell you, how high you can fly in the future depends on whether your second brother can flatter!"

Usually, two of the three compliments from the parents were given to Lu Xiaoping and one to Lu Xiaofan. Ever since Lu Xiaofan climbed up the social ladder, the whole thing has been reversed. The two of them scolded and reprimanded him for several days in a row, and finally they couldn't bear it anymore. Both Lu Xiaofan and Lu Xiaoping left the table indignantly.

Lu Xiao said to Lu Xiaoping angrily: "Mom is so snobbish. As soon as my second brother climbed up the social ladder, she felt that he was the most capable person in the world. She even looked down on college students like you."

Lu Xiaoping sighed: "Don't blame mom. This is the limitation of rural women. In addition to lying on their backs and facing the ground, they spend the whole day around the stove. They are short-sighted and superficial. You must not become such a rural woman."

Lu Xiao's face suddenly changed, and she said angrily: "I will not become such a rural woman."

Lu Xiaoping patted Lu Xiao's shoulder to show his appreciation, but Lu Xiao's face was not very good. She was studying in a vocational high school and would definitely not be able to enter university. Without a city hukou, what else could she do if she was not a rural woman.

Lu Xiaofan pushed the door open and led Bei Lvxin in. The rising sun in the morning was shining on Bei Lvxin's short black hair, against his fair skin, straight nose and black and white eyebrows. Lu Xiao's face couldn't help but blush.

Seeing his elder brother and younger sister standing in the yard talking, Lu Xiaofan called out to them.

Lu Xiaoping immediately walked over with a smile on his face and said, "Lvqing, what do you think of our village?" "

It's fine." Bei Lvqing answered straightforwardly.

Bei Lvqing was still quite unfamiliar to the Lu family. On the one hand, the fact that the official from Beijing had come to their house to recruit a son-in-law had already made the Lu family very nervous. All their attention was focused on Bei Mosha, who could bring about earth-shaking changes to the Lu family, and Bei Lvxin, who would become a family with them. On the other hand, Bei Lvqing seemed to have never expressed any opinions from beginning to end except for suggesting that the ten yuan that Lu Xiaoping didn't want be given to Lu Xiaoping.

The Lu family's impression of Bei Lvqing has always remained at the moment when they first met. He was tall, handsome, quiet, and well-educated. At first glance, it was obvious that he did not belong to their world. This sense of distance was much higher than that of the other two people in their family. The Lu family had a mixture of envy and unknown awe for Bei Lvqing, and instinctively kept a distance from him. 

Compared to other people in the Lu family, Lu Xiaoping thinks more highly of himself, so when this marriage is about to be settled, for his own future, he feels it is necessary to have a tentative conversation with the prince of the Bei family. 

Bei Lvqing's answer is very straightforward, even polite. 

But Lu Xiaoping feels that it is not the case. Bei Lvqing's tone of reply is very kind, but it is unsustainable because every sentence he says is the last sentence, such as now: 

"The gap between urban and rural areas is still huge." Lu Xiaoping pretends to be mature and adds. 

"There will always be a little." Bei Lvqing smiled, looked straight into your eyes, and spoke in a calm tone, but his tall figure stood there, looking down at you, as if asking: Is there anything else you need me to answer? 

No matter how ignorant Lu Xiaoping was, he knew that Lu Xiaofan's brother-in-law was not interested in talking to him. 

No matter how the Lu family thought of the Bei family, their days of living under the same roof would soon come to an end - the wedding ceremony of Lu Xiaofan and Bei Luxin began. 

This ceremony was the most grand one in Lujiawan in the past ten years, even far surpassing the wedding of the village head's family. 

As for the wedding banquet, Bei Mosha booked the best restaurant in the county, and the Lu family got a few vans to take the whole village to the big restaurant in the county for the wedding banquet. This was unprecedented. The village head's family also held a wedding banquet in the county, but only invited a few respected people in the village, unlike the Lu family, who did not distinguish between the noble and the humble, and brought several large vans. This alone won unanimous praise from the whole village. 

According to the guests, although Bei Mosha was very low-key and even deliberately did not reveal the news, it was because of the relationship with the village head that several top leaders in the town came to attend the wedding after hearing the news. Not only that, they also sent several fashionable flower baskets that were as tall as a person, with the words "May you have a happy marriage for a hundred years" and "A perfect match made in heaven" written on them 

. When they were placed at the entrance of the restaurant, it really exuded a kind of auspicious celebration of the opening. In addition to this, not to mention the noodles made by the Lu family, there were not enough places to put them in several basins, and they were placed from the altar to the ground. 

The pair of tiger buns that were to be hung on the bride's neck were even more vivid and powerful. Lu Xiaofan was a little excited and hung himself first. For some reason, Lu's mother next to him felt that it looked like a pair of broken shoes hanging on her son's neck. She went up and pulled, and tore the pair of tiger buns into pieces. 

The nervous groom Lu Xiaofan asked, "Mom, what are you doing?" 

Lu's mother said indifferently, "The Bei family is from a big city, and this is not fashionable. If your grandmother Liu asks you later, just say that it fell to the ground and broke!" 

Lu Xiaofan said, and his life has changed dramatically since he became a cheap groom. He went from being inconspicuous to being approached and complimented wherever he walked in the village. Although Lu Xiaofan is tactful and low-key, he can't stand the pursuit of the township head, village head, and even the officials from the county. Not to mention in the eyes of these relatives of the Lu family, even Lu Xiaofan himself feels that maybe, maybe, he is really a little extraordinary, which is why a big official like Bei Mosha fell in love with him at first sight. 

When Lu Xiaofan put on his yellowish coffee suit, he thought that he was going to marry an authentic Beijing girl like Bei Luxin, and would have a dazzling brother-in-law like Bei Luqing as a relative, and he felt a little flattered. 

The gongs and drums at the door started beating. Mother Lu pinned a big red flower on Lu Xiaofan's brown small lapel suit and said with a trembling voice: "Fanfan, from today on you are an adult." 

Lu Xiaofan responded and turned back to say goodbye to Father Lu. Father Lu had been smoking in the house. When he heard Lu Xiaofan's whispering, he just waved his hand and said: "Go, go!" 

Bei Lvxin stayed at the home of the village head, Old Lady Liu, next door. Lu Xiaofan was considered to be welcoming the bride after walking through two doors. He was surrounded by people and entered the house to knock on Bei Lvxin's door, but after knocking for a long time, Bei Lvxin did not open it. 

Lu Xiaofan listened to the whispers of the villagers behind him, and sweat broke out on his back. Just when Lu Xiaofan was in a dilemma, someone walked up to him. When Lu Xiaofan smelled that very light fragrance, he immediately felt excited. 

"Luxin, open the door." Bei Luqing's words were very simple, but they were more effective than Lu Xiaofan's stuttering and knocking on the door for at least an hour. 

The door opened quickly, and Bei Luxin was sitting there in a white dress. Her face was not made up, and the white dress made her look a bit natural. She was so arrogant and so resentful looking at Lu Xiaofan, who had just shaved his head and changed into a new suit. Her expression was filled with the sadness and unwillingness of a dying cuckoo, so much so that Lu Xiaofan felt that marrying her was like committing a crime.

The villagers were shocked to see someone wearing white to get married. This wasn't a funeral!

Fortunately, there were a few worldly-wise guests who said that Westerners like to wear white to get married, and that young ladies from big cities want to get married the Western way.

"Westerners are really interesting. They wear white to get married and red to funerals."

"Bullshit. They wear white to get married and black to funerals!"

"Have you seen it? I said they wear red!"

"Anyway, we are not Westerners. Isn't it obvious that this girl is trying to intimidate the Lu family by wearing clothes like she is attending a funeral?"

"What do you know? They are recruiting a son-in-law, and the Lu family is giving their son away for free. Look how proud they are of Lu's mother!"

"Ah, so that's what's going on! No wonder the daughter-in-law wore white when she got married. It's obvious that she is marrying to attend her mother-in-law's funeral!"

"That's right. What's the use of a grand show? We still have to live in the future. Even though our Xiaofeng isn't as fashionable as this daughter-in-law, when it comes to living a down-to-earth life, none of the daughters-in-law in the capital can be as good as our Xiaofeng. That's why their eldest son, Lu Xiaoping, a college student, chases after our Xiaofeng instead of the daughter of a high-ranking official? She's well-read and knowledgeable!"

The villagers immediately said to Xiaofeng's mother, "That's right. This daughter-in-law is not just for show. She has to be able to manage the household and do things. It's obvious that your Xiaofeng is capable of doing things! She's well-read, so she understands this principle better!" 

Everyone said that the Lu family had suffered a great loss by getting married instead of marrying a girl from the village. Besides, Lu Xiaofan, this boy, might not even be looked down upon by the girls in the village. 

The villagers were used to stepping on things that were out of their reach. Amidst their chatter, Lu Xiaofan welcomed Bei Lvxin, the only daughter of a high-ranking official from Beijing, into the house. 

Bei Lvxin vomited non-stop as soon as she entered the house. Lu Xiaofan hurriedly helped her sit down and went out to pour her some water. Outside the door, Lu Xiaoping had already begun to organize the villagers to get on the bus and go to the restaurant. The villagers rushed out of the door, and the Lu family compound suddenly became quiet. 

As soon as Lu Xiaofan walked to the door, he heard Lu's father suppressing a roar: "Let the Bei family give an explanation for this matter!" Although Lu's father walked with his head held high, with the wind, and a dark face, he looked as majestic as Bao Gong. In fact, he would not roar easily, especially in front of Lu's mother. 

Lu's mother's tone remained the same, calm but with a hint of sarcasm: "How about you give an explanation and cancel the engagement?" 

"It's canceled, so what? Her daughter is of unclear origin and she's even pregnant with a bastard. Why can't we cancel the engagement? She has implicated our Xiaofan. We cancel her engagement and we don't have to return her betrothal gift!" Lu's mother didn't say a word about Bei Luxin's pregnancy. Lu's father wanted to blame her several times, but she suppressed him. Seeing this unclear woman entering his home, Lu's father finally jumped up. 

Lu's mother sneered: "You want the whole village to know that your wife was framed by someone before she even got married, and that your son was cuckolded? If you cancel this marriage, he won't be able to hold his head up! Lu Zhenxing, let me tell you, don't think that I, Zhang Caifeng, are as short-sighted as you, only thinking about the 2,000 yuan betrothal gift! The daughter of her Bei family is not clean, and she married our Lu family's son without telling him. That means the Bei family owes our Lu family something!" 

In front of Lu's mother, Lu's father's tone was always one of retreat when the enemy advanced. Lu's mother's voice was not loud, but it was sharp, and Lu's father immediately fell silent. 

Mother Lu took a deep breath and said in a slow tone: "Xiao Fan has suffered a little grievance, but no matter how wronged he is, it is better than staying in the countryside to farm. What's more, think about Xiao Ping. He will graduate next year. With your vision, he will just go back to the county to be a small leader. With the Bei family, he can go to the city, the capital, and become a Beijing official! Think about Lu Xiao again. Would you like our daughter to be a mud-legged person like you in the future? And Xiao Shi, when he grows up, he can also go to college and go to the city to become a city dweller!" 

No one expected that Mother Lu had such deep thoughts in her heart. Lu Xiaoping only thought that this marriage could make him successful, but Mother Lu had already sent her whole family on the ride of this marriage. 

She shocked Father Lu, and even Lu Xiaofan outside was shocked by her and fell from the clouds. The light feeling of being a superior person just now suddenly lost weight and fell from the sky to the ground. He always felt that he was not as good as Lu Xiaoping who was good at speaking, so his parents looked up to him. He knew that his parents were partial to him. Although he never complained, he was still depressed when he thought about it sometimes. But he didn't expect that his parents would let him go to the city this time. Lu Xiaoping suddenly felt that his parents were still thinking about him. Even though Lu's father said that he didn't want his brother who was honored by his ancestors to be bought, Lu Xiaoping didn't think that Lu's mother was so rare about the Lu family. Being able to go to the city, marry a daughter-in-law in the city, and have a father-in-law who is a high-ranking official and a mother-in-law who is a big boss, Lu Xiaoping believed that there were countless people lining up to sell their children. Such a good opportunity, Lu's mother didn't even hesitate to give it to him. Lu Xiaofan immediately felt that he actually had a very high status in his parents' hearts. The more he thought about it, the more true it was. When he thought about it, he even felt that maybe in his parents' hearts, they still preferred him. Even if Lu's father was not true, Lu's mother was true. 

Now I know that neither of them is true! 

Lu Xiaofan's back, which had been straightened all night, became timid again. Bei Luqing came in from another room with his coat. Seeing Lu Xiaofan standing at the door with his thin shoulders hunched, bending over, and stretching out his fingers to pick the water drops from the black-framed glasses on his face, he paused and took out a handkerchief and handed it to Lu Xiaofan. 

Lu Xiaofan took the handkerchief and glanced at Bei Luqing in shame. At this moment, Lu Xiaofan was not too worried about the green hat on his head. He was more afraid that Bei Lu would stop at the door because he saw him crying, and would have other bad thoughts about him after hearing what Lu's mother said. But his worry was unnecessary. Bei Luqing just gave him a handkerchief, took his coat, went out and got into his family's car. Lu Xiaofan was grateful to Bei Luqing for his understanding again. He didn't dare to use the handkerchief, but just rolled up his sleeves and wiped his tears with the shirt inside. Tears are valuable only when someone cherishes them. When Bei Luqing handed over the handkerchief, Lu Xiaofan felt that he was not so worthless, and his mood was not so bad. 

Lu Xiaofan heard footsteps coming from inside the house. His parents had obviously reached a consensus. He quickly opened his glasses and wiped them, shouting, "Mom, Lvxin is not feeling well!" 

The door creaked, and Lu's mother opened the door and lifted the curtain and came out and said, "Okay, the girl is nervous, you take a piece of orange peel for her, and smell it twice if she feels sick!" 

Lu Xiaofan sighed, looked at his mother who looked calm, and shrank back his words. He took an orange and gave it to Bei Lvxin. 

The restaurant was also very lively that night. First, the county magistrate personally presided over the wedding, which made the villagers feel honored, and then the dishes served made the villagers even more excited. The highest treatment for a wedding in the village is only a 10-dish banquet (note: a self-hosted banquet in the countryside has 10 dishes on a table). For the Lu family's marriage, the restaurant was equipped with 38 dishes, including 8 cold dishes, 8 hot pot dishes, and 8 steamed buns (note: wheat is the staple food in the northwest, such as steamed buns and pancakes), which is 24 dishes, which is two and a half times the highest treatment. This shocked the villagers who wanted to step on the Lu family's glory and felt that they had nowhere to step. 

At the beginning of the 1990s, Shaanxi began to make trouble for the parents-in-law and the groom. Lu Xiaofan didn't have much alcohol to begin with, and after being made fun of, he drank so much that he didn't know what was going on. At dawn, Lu Xiaofan staggered towards the bridal chamber in the most upscale guesthouse in the county. As soon as he climbed onto the soft bed, he was kicked down. 

Bei Luxin looked at him with disgust, hugged the quilt and said contemptuously: "I tell you, don't think you can climb into my bed just because you marry me!"

Lu Xiaofan was kicked in the face and suddenly realized that in this marriage, everyone just wanted the name of marriage, and no one really wanted the reality of marriage. Lu Xiaofan picked up his coat and went out. No matter how unruly the villagers were, they dared not disturb the bridal chamber of the daughter of a high-ranking official in Beijing. They only tried to disturb Lu's father and mother. The door of the bridal chamber was unexpectedly quiet.

Lu Xiaofan did not dare to walk too far, so he squatted at the door of the bridal chamber. After a while, a pair of new hiking shoes appeared in front of him. He looked up and saw Bei Luqing's handsome face. He was not too surprised. He just heard him say, "Come to my room to sleep. There is an extra bed!"

Lu Xiaofan, who had nowhere to go,