Go Back To 1980 and Enjoy It - Chapter 343

Chapter 343 Betting on dogs is inhumane, even selling your own sister

 Songwang Township.

 Zhoubeicun.

 Li Guangchang’s family.

Li Guangchang and his wife Zhu Jinfeng were eating lunch. Their lunch was cereals that had not changed for thousands of years, and they had become accustomed to them over the years.

For many Bobai people in later generations, everyone is rushing to eat cereals such as sweet potatoes, taro, cassava, sweet potatoes, and potatoes. They feel that they taste really good. Porridge and rice are nothing compared to these cereals. .

However, for the white people who grew up eating cereals in this era, these cereals are really just to fill their stomachs. Even for those who like to eat, they have been snacking on them since they were young, and they are only one or two meals a day. No one would like eating it.

 Therefore, in later generations, few of the older generation in Bobai County like to eat cereals, and they were afraid of eating them when they were children.

Li Guangchang had been eating grains for decades, and naturally he didn’t like eating these things. He stuffed a few sweet potatoes into his stomach to calm his stomach, rubbed his hands, wiped it on his clothes, and then took out tobacco and matches. He took the hookah next to him and prepared to burn smoke.

 Zhu Jinfeng ate slower. While eating, she said with a sad face: “I don’t know where Ah Hai went. He went out last night and hasn’t come back yet.”

Li Guangchang stuffed tobacco into the mouth of the chimney and said angrily: “This kid is really shameless. He is already 23 this year, and he still does nothing all day long, hanging out with those people who are not good at home. If he doesn’t help, any girl with this kind of temper would be willing to marry him?”

Zhu Jinfeng sighed: “If only he was more sensible, it would be great if Xiaoqin could read like him!”

But at that time, Li Minghai was already fascinated by the atmosphere in the casino. The transactions of dozens or hundreds of dollars every minute were really exciting, so he was not in a hurry to go back, and just let his friends go first. Even if you don’t have money to gamble, it’s okay to stay and watch others gamble.

Zhu Jinfeng also saw something was wrong with his son, and he was disgusted with it just now, but as he said, no matter how useless he was, the couple loved this son in their hearts, and asked with concern: “Ah Hai, why do you look so bad? Are you feeling uncomfortable? “

“You think I don’t want to find him, but this brat is not up to par, and his reputation in the village is very bad. The girl sent someone over to inquire about him, and they knew who he was. They didn’t even take the chance to get to know each other. Even if you don’t want to give it, what can I do?”

At that moment, Li Minghai felt regretful. If he had known better, he should have listened to his friends and stopped earlier.

 Then you go home and pick up a handful of soybeans, I go home and pick up a handful of peanuts, and he goes home and picks up a few eggs.

As for vegetables, there was no shortage of them, so a table of vegetables was served. The few of them had a great time drinking these simple food and drinks while pointing out the country.

Li Guangchang was speechless. In the final analysis, he had too few sons. Although he and his wife had worked hard enough and had many children, it was a pity that there was only such a single seedling, and the others were all girls. Who was he looking for? Reason?

 Li Minghai had lost his mind at the time, and quickly asked: “Unless what?”

Last night, he went out to play with a few friends as usual. None of his friends were doing their jobs properly, and they didn’t have much money in their pockets. However, there are ways to play without money. So they made a plan together and went to the supply and marketing department to get a call. A few kilograms of liquor came back.

Li Guangchang and Zhu Jinfeng looked at each other, and both saw the worry in each other’s eyes.

His friends saw this and stopped caring about him, and left together.

The money was actually not much, and a few people could only scrape together less than three yuan.

Li Minghai sat on the bench in despair, as if he didn’t hear his parents’ questions.

So he borrowed ten yuan from this San Zaitou named A Dian San.

Zhu Jinfeng asked worriedly: “Ah Hai, what happened? You are talking!”

Zhu Jinfeng glanced at him: “There is such a single seedling in the house, am I the only one who is used to it? Aren’t you used to it too?”

Li Guangchang lit a match and took a few puffs of cigarette before complaining: “It’s all you who spoiled him.”

No matter how much I begged, it was useless. At that time, A Dian San said very straightforwardly: “Li Minghai, if you go home and ask your parents to put together this hundred yuan, you can still make it up. If I continue to lend it to you.” , you can’t afford it.

Li Guangchang twitched his mouth when he heard this, and when he was about to say something, he saw his **** son staggering into the house. His face was very pale, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked lifeless.

After the wine was almost drunk, everyone was 70 to 80% drunk. I don’t know who started it, so everyone took out all the few money they had, and then went to the casino in the next village to gamble with small things. If you win the fight, you will have a big meal tomorrow. If you lose the fight, you will have to drink less.

Li Guangchang frowned and said, “Did you get into trouble outside?”

Li Guangchang originally wanted to scold him, but seeing him like this, he swallowed his words and asked, “What happened? You look like you have lost your soul.”

At that time, Li Minghai was also drunk, so he followed his friends to the casino in the next village in a daze.

Zhu Jinfeng also asked anxiously: “Did you lose Xiaoqin? What’s going on? Please explain it to me quickly.”

unless…”

 A few minutes later, I borrowed another ten yuan.

 Half an hour later, Li Minghai already owed a debt of one hundred yuan.

Li Minghai’s intestines were filled with regret at this time. He still doesn’t understand why things have developed to this point.

If it were normal times, Li Minghai would definitely not dare to lend him money, but now that he had drunk and just rode the roller coaster of winning first and then losing, it was really a sleepy encounter when someone was willing to lend him money at this time. He dared to borrow pillows, let alone San Zai Tou, even from the money of the King of Heaven.

At this moment, someone suddenly asked him if he wanted to borrow some money to repay his debt.

 The person who asked this question was a relatively famous San Zaitou from the next village.

 After arriving at the casino, his friends put money into his hands and asked him to control the money.

“Forget it, find him a wife quickly and see if you can make him feel at ease. If you continue like this, you will really become a widower.”

At the beginning, Li Minghai was very lucky. The two yuan in his hand quickly turned into more than ten yuan. The speed of the money was really fast and exciting.

Li Minghai looked at his parents blankly for a long time before he trembled all over and said with trembling lips: “Dad, Mom, I…I got into big trouble, I…I lost Xiaoqin…, I He’s a bastard, I…I’m sorry, Xiaoqin!”

Li Guangchang took out a match and let out a long sigh. His youngest daughter’s academic performance was good, she was the first in the grade, and she was expected to go to college. Unfortunately, her daughter was always from someone else’s family. If she could be replaced by a son, then How wonderful it would be!

When his friends saw that they had lost all their money, they did not complain about him, but they were definitely disappointed. There was no point in staying here after losing all their money. In addition, it was quite late, and everyone was drunk and wanted to hurry up. Go back to sleep.

As a result, when he won close to twenty yuan, luck no longer favored him. No matter where he bet, he lost. In less than ten minutes, he lost all the money he had won and his capital. net.

When Li Guangchang heard this, his veins suddenly stood up. He stared at his son and asked, “What did you say?”

At that time, a friend actually suggested that he could withdraw, but Li Minghai was very lucky at that time and drove wherever he was escorted. He was not willing to leave at this time, so he insisted on continuing to gamble to see if he could get ten yuan. It becomes a hundred dollars.

Already losing money, he wanted to continue borrowing money to repay his losses, but others refused to lend him money.

Ah Dian San looked at him and chuckled: “I know you have a pretty good-looking sister. I heard that she is also very good at reading. I like girls like this. If you are willing to let me be your brother-in-law, then I can Keep lending you money.”

Hearing this, Li Minghai hesitated a little.

I have to say that this kind of gambler who has no self-control really deserves to die.

In fact, deep down in Li Minghai’s heart, he knew that doing so was likely to have very serious consequences, but he deliberately ignored it and did not think deeply about the consequences. Instead, he took a fluke and thought that he would be able to make a comeback. .

So, Li Minghai got excited and agreed to A Dian San’s request, and then continued gambling with the money A Dian San lent him.

Before he knew it, it was daybreak. In the middle of the night, Li Minghai had already woken up from the wine, but he could not get back out of his sinking state. He could only continue to fight downwards, sinking deeper and deeper, and finally owed money. I incurred a huge debt of 1,000 yuan.

When he wanted to continue borrowing, A Dian San patted him on the shoulder and said, “Brother, if you are not lucky today, please stop forcing me. I will marry your sister back in a few days. Let’s If you become a real relative, I will help you win back the money you lost.”

By this time, Li Minghai knew that he was scared, and he also knew that he had caused a big disaster and wanted to regret it.

Ah Di San was not angry at all. He just smiled and said to him: “Li Minghai, don’t say I won’t give you a chance. I will give you three days. If you can repay the 1,000 yuan you lent me with interest, If you give it to me, forget about marrying your sister.

But if you can’t repay the money within three days, then your sister must marry me, and the money will be regarded as the value of your sister’s wealth.

 Otherwise, you should understand that in these ten miles and eight towns, anyone who dares to owe me money and not repay it is probably not even born yet! “

Hearing this implicit threat, Li Minghai turned pale. He finally knew that he was afraid and regretted it, but it was no longer helpful.

When Li Minghai hesitantly told what happened, Li Guangchang was so angry that his blood vessels were about to burst. He was so angry that he gasped for air and kept beating his chest hard. He wanted to kill this **** with a chimney. .

Zhu Jinfeng was not much better. She cried and cursed: “Li Minghai, you are really not a human being. You even sold your own sister. If someone wants it, do you want to sell your mother and me too?” Already?”

The couple does have a preference for sons over daughters, but that doesn’t mean they don’t love their daughter at all. If they didn’t love them, they wouldn’t be able to keep supporting their youngest daughter to study and let her go to high school and take the college entrance examination. It just makes them love her more. Just a son.

 But now, their son actually lost their youngest daughter to someone else at the gambling table. For Li Guangchang and Zhu Jinfeng, it was really a bolt from the blue and it was difficult to accept such a result.

Li Minghai grabbed his messy hair and said with a painful look on his face: “Mom, I didn’t want to either. I drank a lot of wine at the time, and I did such a thing in a moment of confusion. Later, after I woke up, I realized that I was wrong. , but there’s no turning back at that time!”

Hearing this, Li Guangchang couldn’t bear it anymore. He picked up the broom next to him and beat his son hard. While beating him, he cursed angrily: “I’ve made you so confused that you even dared to sell your own sister. I’ll beat you to death.” You bastard.”

Li Minghai hid while shouting: “Dad, stop fighting, I know it was wrong!”

Zhu Jinfeng was angry, but mothers tend to be soft-hearted. Seeing that his son was really beaten, he couldn’t help but protect him. While stopping him, he said: “Okay, you just beat him to death now, so what’s the point?” Yes, let’s quickly find a way to solve this problem!”

Li Guangchang was so angry that he threw the broom on the ground and cursed bitterly: “Why did I give birth to such a **** like you?” Li Minghai was too frightened to speak. This was the first time that his father had taken action in his life. Beating him was the first time he saw his father being so angry. It didn’t hurt to hit him with the broom, but he really felt the suppression from his bloodline.

Zhu Jinfeng looked at this bold son and asked: “If you lend someone 1,000 yuan, how much will you have to pay back with interest?”

Li Minghai lowered his head and said shyly: “I want to pay back 1,200.”

Zhu Jinfeng pointed at his son and was so angry that he couldn’t speak.

Li Guangchang sneered and said: “People’s loan sharking rates are nine out of nine and thirteen out. You are already considered good. I only count you 1,200.”

Zhu Jinfeng said with a look of despair: “How can we get so much money in three days?”

It is now 1987. It is indeed very common in rural households to live in households with 10,000 yuan, but the economic conditions of most rural people are actually not very good. For a family like Li Guangchang, this 1,200 yuan is indeed a huge sum of money. .

 Let alone 1,200 yuan, even a fraction of 200 yuan, their family can’t afford it.

 Li Guangchang took the hookah and continued to burn smoke. He silently calculated his family’s assets. His family’s current cash only amounted to dozens of yuan, as well as a cow, two pigs, and some chickens and ducks.

In this era, the purchase price of live pigs is only a few cents. A big pig weighing more than 200 kilograms can be sold for more than 100 yuan. However, of the two pigs in Li Guangchang’s family, only one is a big pig and the other is still a pig. young.

The purchase price of live cattle is also not high, but the weight of cattle is not comparable to that of pigs. It is still okay to sell a cow for about 400 yuan.

Chickens and ducks cost a few yuan each, and even selling them all would not make up a hundred yuan.

Calculating this way, their family can only scrape together about 700 yuan, leaving a shortfall of 500 yuan!

 The five hundred yuan could only be borrowed from relatives.

Li Guangchang gave birth to six daughters, three of whom he did not want. He only wanted three of them. In addition to the younger daughter who was still studying, the other two daughters were already married, but the conditions of the two daughters were also not good. Looking for two Daughter, maybe a few dozen yuan can be collected as a family, but if it’s more, I probably won’t be able to.

 In addition, his brothers and sisters, as well as his wife’s natal family, should also be able to chip in a sum of money.

If there is still a gap, then ask your neighbors in the village to put it together, and it should be almost there.

Thinking of this, Li Guangchang expressed his thoughts.

Zhu Jinfeng said with a trembling voice: “In this case, our family will really have nothing, and we will also owe a large debt.”

Li Guangchang gritted his teeth and said: “What can be done? It’s all this evil boy’s fault. Did he really push Xiaoqin into the fire pit?”

Zhu Jinfeng had nothing to say. She had been sensible since she was a child and had good academic performance. She also felt sorry for her little daughter. Of course, she was not willing to let her marry a loser like Ah Di San, which would really ruin her life.

“Okay, stop talking nonsense, there is not much time now, you quickly go back to your parents’ house, and then go to Affen and Afang’s house, I will find someone to sell pigs and cows.”

 “Well, I’ll go right away.”

Seeing his parents hurriedly going out to borrow money and sell pigs and cows, Li Minghai, filled with regret, couldn’t help but raise his hand and slap himself hard several times. He was confused at this moment, and the price the whole family had to pay was really too high.

 …

 Three days later.

Ah Diansan and a few people wandered towards Li Guangchang’s house.

One of them said: “Third brother, I heard that Li Minghai’s parents sold all the chickens, ducks, pigs and cows at home in the past two days, and also asked many people to borrow money. It seems that they plan to pay off their son’s debts. ”

 Another person said: “It seems that Li Minghai’s parents really value this little daughter!”

Another person said: “It’s normal to value her. I heard that Li Minghai’s sister has good academic performance and has a chance to be admitted to university.”

The remaining person asked: “Third brother, if Li Minghai’s parents help him pay off his debt, what are you going to do? Do you want to marry his sister?”

Ah Di San said as he walked: “We have to be trustworthy when we come out to hang out. I have said before that if Li Minghai can return the 1,000 yuan I lent him to me within three days with interest, Then forget about marrying his sister.

 I will definitely do what I say, and as long as I get the money, I won’t make it difficult for him. “

 “The third brother is the third brother, grand.”

“Others are always good at lending money, but the third brother only charged him 1,200 yuan including principal and interest. It’s already worthy of him.”

“Li Minghai is really stupid. That night, the third brother will no longer lend him money, otherwise he will lose even 10,000 yuan.”

“I’ve seen a lot of people who lose money at the gambling table, but Li Minghai is definitely the first one to bet on money like this for the first time.”

　　　…”

The few people were chatting and laughing, and soon arrived at Li Guangchang’s house.

 At this time, there were many people in Li Guangchang’s family, all of whom were neighbors in the village.

Ah Di San greeted with a smile: “Uncle Li, Aunt Li, Ah Hai.”

Li Minghai pulled out a very forced smile and said hello: “Third brother.”

Zhu Jinfeng took out a wad of money from his inner pocket, handed it over with great reluctance, and said, “This is 1,200 yuan. Click through it to see if it’s right.”

Ah Di San did not accept the money immediately, but asked with a smile: “Uncle Li, Aunt Li, don’t you really think about it? I know it is very difficult for your family to come up with this money. After you return it to me, your family will The next days will be difficult, and Ahai is not young anymore. How can he marry a wife if he has no money?

 But if you agree to let Xiaoqin marry me, then I don’t want the money. I can even add a little more. Do you want to consider it? “

Although Zhu Jinfeng was moved, she still declined politely: “I’m sorry, my Xiaoqin is still studying, so I won’t consider getting married for the time being.”

Ah Di San took the money with some regret: “Okay, let’s end this matter. If Uncle Li and Aunt Li change your mind at any time, you can come to me at any time. With Xiaoqin’s worth, I will definitely be indispensable.” of.”

 After saying that, he turned around and left without any hesitation at all.

When the others walked away, all the neighbors of the Li family started talking.

“This guy is pretty easy to talk to!”

“That’s because he is so talkative after receiving the money. If he doesn’t get enough money, do you think he is talkative?”

“If you borrow 1,000 yuan, you have to pay back 1,200 yuan in three days. This money is so profitable. No wonder he does nothing but drinks and eats meat every day. It seems that he really doesn’t do this kind of thing. Stop it!”

　　　…”

 At this time, both Li Guangchang and Zhu Jinfeng breathed a sigh of relief.

 Finally, the matter was resolved, and my little daughter was not involved. It was a blessing in misfortune.

However, after this incident, the family was really destitute.

Moreover, I still owe a lot of money to my relatives and neighbors, and my life will be really difficult in the future.

 …

 Li Shuqin only found out about this incident when she returned to the village on Saturday afternoon.

When she heard that her brother had lost her at the gambling table, Li Shuqin’s face had no color at all, and she felt completely cold towards this brother who was idle all day and did not do anything serious. Fortunately, her parents still loved her and would rather leave the family home. She sold all her belongings and asked relatives and neighbors to lend money to her brother to pay off his debts, and was unwilling to agree to others’ requests to marry her off.

Because she didn’t want to go home and see her brother, after hearing what the villagers said about this incident, Li Shuqin simply didn’t even go home. She asked the villagers to help bring a message to her parents, and then turned around and returned to school.

Deng Yunzhu, who had just finished playing table tennis with other female classmates who had not returned home, happened to bump into her deskmate and asked in surprise: “Shuqin, why are you back so soon?”

Li Shuqin sighed with a depressed look on her face: “Don’t mention it, I almost sold it to my **** brother without even knowing it.”

Deng Yunzhu asked: “What’s going on? What evil thing did your brother do?”

Li Shuqin then repeated what the villagers told her, and finally said with a depressed look: “Sister Zhu, other people’s brothers love to protect their sisters the most. How do you think I could end up with such a brother?”

After hearing this, Deng Yunzhu became angry and cursed: “You are indeed a bastard, even selling your own sister.”

Li Shuqin said: “Anyway, I don’t want to see him again, so after hearing this, I went back to school without even going home.”

Deng Yunzhu consoled him: “Fortunately, your parents are very kind to you and don’t use you as their daughter to pay for your son’s debt. What you have to do now is study hard and try to get into a key university. Don’t be affected by this matter.

As for your living expenses, including your travel expenses to college, you don’t have to worry about these, and you don’t have to ask your parents for them. I will just lend them to you. “

She also listened to some of the words her father taught her second and third brothers and kept them in her heart. Her deskmate was a promising student at a key university, and her future development would definitely be better than that of most people. Now she had the opportunity to do something Naturally, she would not let go of a small favor.

Li Shuqin was moved when she heard this and said: “Thank you, Sister Zhu!”

 (End of this chapter)