Volume 3 Summer Rain Chapter 0316: To be a stick to break up the couple
The next day, Nan Yi took a shower and came to the hall. He fumbled around on a pillar and pulled the rope. With a click, the radio on the pillar was turned on, and the unique radio sound of this era rang out.
This year, the big loudspeaker in the village has retired from the stage of history, and each family has installed a small radio. It is a square box with a five-pointed star as the sound outlet, and the speaker shell is painted red.
The radio station broadcasts at six in the morning and three or four in the afternoon every day. When there is something, I will go to the broadcasting room and shout, but I am not sure that all the news can be notified. The speaker is of very poor quality. If there is no broadcast, there will be a rustling sound. Most people will turn it off.
After listening to the radio for a while, Nan Yi walked out of the Nan residence, passed the barbed wire fence and went to visit his poor orange trees.
Xian Yaodong said that half of the orange trees in Nanyi were not saved when Typhoon Ellen hit in September this year. The entire trees that were not growing well in the soil were blown away and no one knew where they went.
Fortunately, there were no dangerous buildings in Wenchangwei, and no house was blown down. Only the tiles on the roofs of a few houses were blown off.
Arriving at his own vegetable garden, Nan Yi took an inventory and found that a total of six plants had been blown away. Two of them looked wilted. Upon closer inspection, he found that most of their roots were broken off and they were no longer worth saving.
Nan Yi plans to take some time to come back in the early spring next year to take care of his vegetable garden.
After leaving the vegetable garden, I walked around the fields. The snakes I had planted had already been wiped out, and I had to replant them next spring. After a few years without having to worry about poisonous snakes, the villagers might have forgotten about it.
When they came to the canteen in the village, the aunt in charge of serving food said to Nan Yi, "Nan Yi, I've been waiting for you to come. I've left a basket of barbecued pork buns for you."
"Aunt, how did you know I would come?"
"Yaodong's wife notified me that you had returned to the village. Since you didn't go to her house for dinner, you must have come to the cafeteria to eat. I also left three portions of dinner for you yesterday, but since you didn't come, and then I heard that you were busy at the village committee, I didn't wait any longer."
"Oh, thank you, Auntie." Nan Yi took the barbecued pork bun, handed over the meal ticket, found a seat and sat down, muttering to himself, "Are you trying to be subtle and subtle with me? Then let me see how patient you are."
While chewing a barbecued pork bun, Nan Yi saw Xian Zilin and a man walking in, talking and laughing. When she saw him, Xian Zilin's face turned red.
"Zilin, is this your boyfriend?" Nan Yi took the initiative to greet her.
"Well, Brother Nan Yi, this is my boyfriend Han Jiping. He is a teacher in the same school as me and he teaches biology." Xian Zilin replied slowly.
"Hello, Mr. Han. My name is Nan Yi." Nan Yi stood up and shook hands with Han Jiping, then said, "Are you here for breakfast too?"
"Yes, my mother went to the north to help my father collect furs, and no one is home."
"Oh, they should be back soon. It's already very cold on the grassland, and we've slaughtered all the cattle and sheep this year."
"Soon, he wrote me a letter saying he would be home before New Year's Day." Xian Zilin said, and then said, "Brother Nan Yi, can you come back in May next year?"
"Why, you're getting married next May?"
"Yes, Nan Yi, you must come and participate at that time." Han Jiping continued.
Just now Han Jiping just said "Hello", and Nan Yi was still not sure, but now he said a longer sentence, he was sure that Han Jiping was from the north, a real northerner, not the kind of northerner outside of Guangdong Province.
Most likely, he was an outsider assigned to Shencun. In addition, Nan Yi could still feel the calluses on Han Jiping's palms when they shook hands just now, so he came to the conclusion that Han Jiping was from the north, and from a poor place. His accent sounded like it was from northern Shaanxi.
"I will definitely come, Ji Ping, you are from Shaanxi, right?"
"Yes, you heard it. I'm from Jia County," said Han Jiping.
Life is not easy in northern Shaanxi right now. Coal bosses have not emerged yet and everyone is quite poor. Jia County is the poorest county among the poor counties in northern Shaanxi and the only thing it can offer is red dates.
Nan Yi remembered that the girl always mentioned the three words "Lanjia County", which was full of disappointment and helplessness about the backwardness of her hometown.
"Oh, I've heard that your red dates are delicious."
"Yes, the red dates there are very sweet. In the fall, Ji Ping's family sent us a big bag of them." Xian Zilin said excitedly: "Brother Nan Yi, we are planning to go to his house. I haven't been to the northwest yet, so I don't know what it's like."
While Xian Zilin was speaking, Nan Yi saw an incomprehensible look on Han Jiping's face.
"Oh, Ji Ping, how many people are there in your family?"
"Grandpa and grandma , my dad and mom, my two sisters are married, and I have three younger brothers."
“There is strength in numbers, which is great.”
Nan Yi said this, but in his heart he was thinking, one salary is enough to support eight people, so he turned his mind and said to Xian Zilin: "Zilin, are you doing well in school? Do you have a chance to compete for the grade leader?"
"Grade leader, there is no chance. There are many senior teachers in the school. When will it be my turn? My salary level has not been adjusted yet. I am still getting the lowest level salary, only 40 yuan a month, and no other benefits."
"That shouldn't be the case. Haven't your teachers' salaries been raised by several levels in the past two years? Even those with lower salaries have been raised by one level, right?"
"There are grade adjustments. I only had 37.5 at the beginning, but now I am considered adjusted. However, everyone has been adjusted, except for the interns. I am still getting the lowest level salary."
"Oh, that's fine. I'll mention it at the end of the year. Even though you're not serving the village, you should still be given more subsidies. How about this: you take half a day a week to give lectures to the students in the village, and the village will subsidize you 200 yuan a month."
While Nan Yi was speaking, he was always watching Han Jiping's expression with the corner of his eyes. When he said the word "200", Han Jiping's pupils shrank noticeably.
"It's human nature to desire money." Nan Yi made another judgment.
"Brother Nan Yi, isn't that too much money? Besides, there is no shortage of teachers in the village. There are teachers who teach the Four Books and Five Classics, English and French. What can I, a Chinese teacher, teach them?"
"Teach them traditions, teach them hardship and simplicity, teach them the hardships of the past, let them know how to cherish the good life now, and let them calm down and study hard."
"I think the children in the village are pretty good. Children as young as seven or eight can speak English. After all, they learn from foreign teachers. Their spoken English is better than mine."
"Just go ahead and tell the kids how you studied and how difficult it was back then."
"Okay, I'll go then. But forget about the money. I'm not short of it. I can't spend all the dividends from the village every year. I've saved up a lot of money."
Xian Zilin's household registration followed her work assignment and is now a city resident in Shencun. However, because she is a teacher, she can enjoy all the benefits of Wenchangwei without missing out at all.
"Here you go, just take it. Money doesn't bite your hand. Are you still living in a single dormitory?"
"yes."
"What about after you get married? Are you still living in a single dormitory? You shouldn't be eligible for a separate room now, right?"
"No, we will be eligible to queue for housing only after we get married, but the school doesn't have any houses to allocate. I don't know how many years I have to wait before I can get a house." Xian Zilin felt a little disappointed when talking about the house.
Nan Yi looked at Han Jiping's expression again, which was not very good either. He probably had no way to deal with the house.
"Aren't there houses coming up for sale at Aiguo Road and Yijing Road in Luohu? It seems to be called Yijing Garden. There are villas, high-rise residential buildings and multi-storey residential buildings. The village is preparing to arrange housing for teachers in the city. You are one of our own in the village, so we will include you and get you one too.
However, I have to tell you first, you are at most a teacher in the village, and the village can only pay for half of the house you buy. I estimate that it is about 120,000 yuan per house, 60,000 yuan, can you and Ji Ping come together?"
Nan Yi was really murderous. After a quick calculation, he concluded that Xian Zilin should be able to come up with about 20,000 yuan. Han Jiping estimated that most of his salary had to be sent back home, and at most he could only save a few hundred yuan in the next two years.
Whether intentional or not, as long as Han Jiping and Xian Zilin get married, he will be a Phoenix Man even if he doesn't want to be one. The woman is strong and the man is weak, and their mentality is not right, so their marriage will not last long.
After getting married, Han Jiping will take his parents over to take care of them. This is human nature, but can Xian Zilin get along well with her future parents-in-law?
Most of the time they just don't get along. One eats noodles and the other eats rice, which makes it very difficult to coordinate.
If their marriage wants to last, Xian Zilin can only accommodate Han Jiping's living habits, and carefully maintain his self-esteem, put herself in a difficult position, and fulfill others' wishes.
But why?
Although Nan Yi did not accept Xian Zilin's love for some reasons, it does not mean that he hates Xian Zilin. People are different, and he will definitely sit on Xian Zilin's side and consider things for her.
"Brother Nan Yi, isn't this a bad idea?" Xian Zilin said excitedly.
"There's nothing wrong with it, Ji Ping, how much money can you two raise?" Nan Yi asked Han Jiping.
"I...I can..."
"Brother Nan Yi, the two of us can come up with 30,000 yuan. I'll borrow the rest from my parents first." Xian Zilin said before Han Jiping could finish his hesitating.
"Thirty thousand... You don't have to ask Uncle Yaogu for it. As your elder brother, I will pay for it directly. I will also buy furniture, a 21-inch color TV, a Panasonic VCR, a Sony tape recorder, a Sanyo washing machine, a Siemens refrigerator, and Panasonic air conditioners in each room.
I have also seen some very beautiful light motorcycles in Japan. I called Xian Weimin and asked him to pick a good one for you. He has to show his appreciation for your marriage.
These are the dowries prepared for you by your brothers. As for the rest, let Uncle Yaogu prepare them. He is in the fur business. Ask him to prepare some good leather for you and make a genuine leather sofa that will look very impressive in your living room.
As for the rest, such as the wedding quilt and red toilet, let Auntie worry about them. You just need to wait quietly to become a bride.
Ji Ping, aren't you two going to your house? That's a good opportunity to talk to your family. Since you are both planning to get married, you should quickly send someone over to propose marriage.
We in Wenchangwei don’t care about the amount of the betrothal gifts, as long as the gifts are present. Anyway, no matter how much your family gives as betrothal gifts, Uncle Yaogu will definitely give you double the amount, and will not keep a single cent. He will support you two and make your life prosperous.”
Every time Nan Yi said the same thing, the muscles on Han Jiping's face twitched and his face almost became paralyzed.
However, Nan Yi felt that it was not enough, so he continued to add fuel to the fire, "Zilin, you are the first college student in the Xian family. Your marriage is a big event. The village will be responsible for preparing a banquet for you. We will prepare a hot pot. Last time, the village prepared a banquet, but it was just a makeshift one. This time, we will not make do with it. We will prepare all the good things.
There are all kinds of things, such as squid, mushrooms, dace balls, braised pork, fish maw, prawns, dried oysters, and dried eels. The basin must be big, and it must be custom-made. It is this big and this high. "
Nan Yi stretched his hands as wide as possible, making it at least two meters wide and eighty to ninety centimeters high.
"I'll have someone measure your bodies later. Tell me what kind of wedding dress you want and I'll make it for you. Military uniforms are popular now, so you have to prepare them. You also have to prepare traditional wedding dresses.
I will prepare wedding dresses and suits for you. I will prepare everything I can. A wedding only happens once in a lifetime, so you can’t leave any regrets. I will also prepare wedding cars, horses, and sedan chairs for you. I will definitely make your wedding a grand occasion.”
Nan Yi was addicted to playing the role of a local tycoon and couldn't stop at all, "And..."
"Brother Nan Yi, that's enough. If you keep talking, Ji Ping and I's wedding will be like an emperor marrying a princess in ancient times." Xian Zilin covered her mouth and laughed.
"Hey, you're right. You are the princess of our Wenchangwei. How can you be vague about your marriage?" Nan Yi tapped his right palm with the back of his left hand and shouted.
