Chapter 98: Scum Man and Cheap Woman Bound

In the Chen family house in the county town, the atmosphere was truly far from good.

Not only had their family been utterly stripped bare, but the Hu family had also come to their door to force the marriage.

They wanted to refuse, but Chen Weiping was still being held by the Revolutionary Committee; if this wasn't resolved quickly, Chen Weiping's job would likely be lost too. After weighing the pros and cons, they could only suppress their displeasure and agree to the match.

Originally, Yan Qingshuang had set her sights on Li Yuehua, the daughter of the Li family in the back street; her father worked in the government, her mother was a small leader at the Credit Cooperative, and her two older brothers—one was a soldier, the other had joined a research unit in the Northwest. One could say that marrying her would mean no burden whatsoever in the future, only support.

Unfortunately, their own youngest son had failed to rise to the occasion; before the original engagement could even be cancelled, he had gotten involved with that vixen, hiding it all away tightly. Most hateful of all, he had actually played the "hiding a beauty in a golden house" trick, spending money to rent a courtyard for that vixen.

Although Hu Liru's father had been promoted to Deputy Director of the County Supply and Marketing Cooperative General Office this year, aside from his salary, only that vixen had a job in the household, yet there were still four younger half-brothers and two younger sisters below them; the family burden was easy to imagine.

Originally, with matters already at this point, having a respectable job at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative should have been at least a plus, but never did they expect the Hu family to declare that the woman must leave her job upon marrying into the family; isn't that infuriating?

Upon inquiry, they learned that half a month ago her eldest brother had already gone to take over the shift; the transfer procedures hadn't been handled because once the procedures were done, her brother wouldn't be regularized for three months, meaning he would earn nine yuan and fifty cents less each month, and the Hu family couldn't bear to lose those twenty-eight yuan and fifty cents.

After a long silence, Chen Jiefang spoke: "Qingshuang, just follow the Hu family's wishes; if we wait any longer, they might send her to the farm. Whether that woman has a job or not can be put aside for now; I'm just afraid that if we delay any further, Weiping's job will be lost first."

"The old man is still in the hospital, and we truly don't have the energy to drag this out with the Hu family anymore."

In just a single day, Yan Qingshuang seemed to have aged over ten years; however proud she had been before, she was now just as despondent, her hoarse voice sounding very unpleasant: "Fine, I'll listen to you. We'll go to the Hu family in a moment to settle the matter, pick her up from the Revolutionary Committee, and have them get the certificate directly."

The two of them packed up simply and went out, gritting their teeth to face the pointing fingers all along the way as they headed to the Hu family.

Previously, the Hu family had wanted to squeeze them for more bride price, but given the current situation, they were terrified that Hu Liru would tarnish the reputation of her younger brothers and sisters; they agreed to let her keep the job but take the person away.

After all, both families had some connections in this small county town, so the matter proceeded quite smoothly; claiming the two were originally boyfriend and girlfriend who simply lost control and made a mistake, they first offered bribes at the Revolutionary Committee to get the person released.

Then, without stopping to change clothes, they rushed to handle the job transfer procedures at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, and the two of them were immediately taken to the Minzheng Bureau.

With the 'click-click' of two steel stamps falling, Chen Weiping and Hu Liru were bound together.

Hu Liru's stepmother had never liked this stepdaughter to begin with; previously, constrained by face, she had been forced to feign affection, but now that such a thing had happened, how could she possibly show her a kind face? "In the future, be filial to your parents-in-law at your husband's home, and come back to your maiden home rarely unless there is a good reason."

Having finished speaking, she grabbed her own husband and left without looking back.

Hu Liru sat with a dazed expression; how had things turned out this way? Not only did she not marry into the Chen family with any glory, but she had also become a broken shoe that everyone shouted at.

Yan Qingshuang truly did not want to walk with them, so she said to her useless second son: "You go home first; your father and I will go to the hospital to pick up your grandfather."

Chen Weiping still did not know what had happened at home, thinking only that he had made his grandfather ill with his own absurd behavior; he still had some conscience: "What happened to my grandfather? I'll go to the hospital with you."