Chapter 634 635【Mountains and Seas】
Xiang Nan immediately consulted the information at the time and made sufficient preparations for the completion of the task.
?While he was checking the information, several magazines responded, saying they were satisfied with the article he had written and were willing to adopt it.
Seeing these replies, Xiang Nan was very happy.
The remuneration of magazines is much higher than that of online articles. By writing a few articles every month, he can earn more than before. The standard of living is considered to be guaranteed.
??If you are lucky enough to be noticed by a publishing house and accepted by a film and television company, you will make even more money.
Furthermore, the improvement of his writing skills has made him more confident in completing tasks.
…
After Xiang Nan was ready, he officially took over the task of An Yongfu.
?Suddenly, a door of light appeared out of thin air. Xiang Nan walked into the door of light with ease, and then felt dizzy.
"My name is An Yongfu. I am 21 years old this year. I am from Kushui Village, Gangou Township, Haiji County. Our ancestors have lived in the mountains for generations. We are so poor that we can only eat potatoes. We are so big that we have never eaten any fine grains." A few mouthfuls.
In order to get married, the family scraped together a donkey, two sheep, two cages of chickens, and a water cellar in exchange for Li Shuihua, a girl from Yongquan Village. I heard that she is a good woman, hard-working and capable, so if you marry her, you must treat her well..."
?A large number of memories flooded into Xiang Nan''s mind. When he opened his eyes, he saw himself sleeping on an earthen bed.
Looking around, we can see that the house is really bare.
There is no decent furniture, no decent appliances, no decent furnishings.
?There are only loess walls, loess soil, and loess kangs... so poor that they make noisy noises.
Xiang Nan couldn''t help but take a deep breath.
Even though he knew that Xihaigu was the poorest in the world and was mentally prepared, seeing such a scene with his own eyes still made him shocked.
Such living conditions are nothing like the 1990s. It is not inconsistent with the 1950s or 1960s. Really too poor!
“How can our ancestors still live in such poverty for generations...” Xiang Nan couldn’t help but sigh, “I don’t know whether to praise them for their tenacity or hard work, or scold them for not wanting to make progress.”
As soon as he came here, he wanted to go back. I really don’t know how those villagers could endure it.
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Unable to figure it out, Xiang Nan turned over and continued to sleep.
Tomorrow is the day to go to Yongquan Village to marry Shuihua.
It was still dark, so Xiang Nan was greeted by his parents, who dressed him up and put on new clothes.
Today is his big day. The groom and his wife should dress up nicely.
?Having just freshened up, the wedding team from Kushui Village, led by An Yongfu''s uncle An Baojun, walked to Yongquan Village to pick up the bride, playing and playing.
??Kushui Village is twenty-five miles away from Yongquan Village, and it takes four or five hours to go back and forth. So in order not to miss the right time, we had to set off before dawn.
As for why I walk instead of riding a bicycle, the main reason is because I am too poor. There are more than 100 households in the village, and there are only three bicycles in total.
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After the wedding team set off, it took nearly an hour before the sky started to light up.
After dawn, relatives, neighbors, and fellow villagers all come to settle down.
?Helpers, people joining in the fun, and people waiting for a meal filled the small courtyard where the family lived.
“Oh, this groom looks pretty decent.”
“Yongfu usually doesn’t dress up, but he looks good when he dresses up.”
“Yongfu’er, do you know what to do after your wife is married?”
A group of people surrounded Xiang Nan, chattering and cheering.
Xiang Nan pretended to be embarrassed, but in fact he knew in his heart that the wedding would not happen today. At this moment, Li Shuihua, Bai Maimiao, Ma Debao, and Li Gawa had escaped from the village and were preparing to work in the county town.
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Sure enough, nearly two hours later, someone shouted, "The bride is here~"
?Everyone ran to the door to see, and some people lit firecrackers that had been hung in advance.
It crackled, made a loud noise, and filled the air with gunpowder smoke.
However, I saw that the wedding team all looked unhappy, and the aisles were full of anger.
“What’s going on, what’s going on, where is the bride?” When everyone saw her, they all asked.
“Forget it, the bride will run away!”
“The women of the Li family are running away and escaping from marriage!”
“I heard that I ran away with a wild man~”
Suddenly, a stone stirred up a thousand waves, and everyone inside and outside the house was shocked.
??Those who were originally teasing Xiang Nan now looked at him with sympathy, embarrassment and confusion.
?An Yongfu’s parents suddenly became weak and shed tears when they heard the news. In order to find a wife for their son, they did not hesitate to spend all their property and even caused a lot of hunger.
?Now that gifts have been given, money has been spent, and my wife has run away, what should I do? It costs people''s lives!
"Stop your mumbo-jumbo, what a wild man, you know nothing! If you keep talking nonsense, I will tear your mouth out." Uncle An Baojun cursed, calming down those who talked nonsense.
Then he helped his sister and brother-in-law up and told what happened.
? It turned out that after they arrived at Yongquan Village, Li Laoshuan was still pretending at first, prevaricating, trying to shirk his daughter''s love for home, asking them to wait a little longer and letting Shuihua talk to her mother for a while.
But after drinking several large bowls of water, it was almost late and he had to go back to collect the flowers. Li Laoshuan then confessed that his daughter had run away at night.
The Anbao army naturally thought that he was lying. He accepted the bride price and refused to give it to his daughter. He pretended that he ran away. This was because he was planning to marry two women. He''s so wicked, he shouldn''t be beaten! Immediately, they led someone to beat Li Laoshuan so hard that his head was broken.
"Sister, brother-in-law, today the county cadres are here to support Li Laoshuan. If the officials don''t fight with the people, they can only retreat first." The security army said loudly, "But don''t be afraid, we will come back tomorrow." Take someone with you and kidnap Li Laoshuan. If his family doesn''t give birth to a girl, we won''t let him go!
??We cannot let the people from Yongquan Village take advantage of our Kushui Village. When has our Kushui Village ever suffered such a loss? Young and old men, do you think this is true? "
"yes!"
“We cannot spare Yongquan Village!”
“We can’t suffer this!”
The villagers of Kushui Village were filled with indignation.
They all live in the same village and have the same ancestors. If An Yongfu was bullied, it means they were bullied.
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Xiang Nan couldn''t help but feel a little surge in his heart when he looked at these angry villagers.
Whether it is sweet or not, it depends on the water from my hometown; whether I am close or not, it depends on the people from my hometown.
In the city, even if we live in the same room, we are still just strangers even if we don’t see each other when we look up.
?Where can I see such a scene where everyone speaks in unison and responds to a hundred responses?
"If I have the chance, I still have to help these people." Xiang Nan thought to himself.
Originally, he just wanted to let Li Shuihua enjoy happiness, which was actually not difficult to do. But now, he has bigger aspirations.
If possible, he hopes that all the people in Kushui Village can live a good life.
(End of this chapter)