(ps: Correction again, my cousin Li Chaoying is 32 years old, so she won’t take the blame for math teacher or something. In addition, can this chapter be counted as two chapters?)

The place where Song Weihong and his family live is not far from Changyang Valley where the Shenzhou Technology Company is located.

It is the territory of Shenghai Bicycle Factory, and there are also kindergartens, children's schools, police stations, cinemas, hospitals and other subordinate institutions in the factory area, which shows how glorious it was back then.

Let alone the early 1990s, between 1990 and 1992, a total of 10 million bicycles were produced, of which about 18% were exported to overseas markets. In 1993, state-owned enterprises were restructured and listed. In 1995, they were rated as "the best-selling domestic product in the country" and recognized as "Chinese famous brand products".

Well, permanent bicycles.

My uncle Li Chenggong is a worker at Shenghai Bicycle Factory. The benefits were very high in the 1980s and were the object of envy and jealousy among the people across the country.

Ten years ago, Song Weihong and Li Chenggong even had money to do so and sent their son Li Chaoying to a taxi company. In 1988, Li Chaoying could earn more than 1,000 yuan a month by driving a taxi, and his income overwhelmed the ordinary white-collar class at that time.

Li Chaoying drove a taxi for the company for three years, then quit his job and worked alone. He borrowed money from his parents, plus his savings from his family, and bought a domestic van, which was affiliated with the taxi company. He only had to pay a little money every day, and the remaining income belonged to him.

In 1991, Li Chaoying's monthly income had reached 3,000, and sometimes even exceeded 4,000 yuan. I don't know how many people came to the door to talk about their relationship.

There was an unexpected situation in the world and a car accident came.

It was raining that day, and the road was slippery, and it was not clear at night. The taxi guests kept urging them to rush to rush, but Li Chaoying could only step on the accelerator, but suddenly encountered someone crossing the road. When he saw the pedestrian, he could not stand the brakes and turn the steering wheel. The van glided and overturned. First, he hit the telephone pole on the side of the road, then rolled down the slope, and fell into the Su River with his people and the car.

If you use up all the vans you bought from your family’s savings, you will be completely scrapped and you will also have to compensate the taxi-hailing customers for medical expenses.

Li Chaoying himself had a broken leg and he recovered for several months before he recovered. And he was permanently broken, his eyes were broken by broken glass, and the marriage he had been negotiated also failed. He was still 32 years old and has not gotten married.

Li Chaoying gave up on herself for a whole year, and finally got out of the psychological shadow and started looking for a new job. He only knows how to drive, but the taxi company refuses to ask for it. Who would want it? When going out, he will definitely scare away the taxi guests!

Fortunately, there are many small private factories in the suburbs of Shenghai. Li Chaoying is a disabled person, and his hands and feet are quick to occupy the disability indicators. He was soon hired by a private factory (the factory recruits a certain number of disabled employees and can receive policy tax reductions). But his salary is very low, not enough to drive a taxi at the beginning, so he can only live a life of exhaustion.

Song Weihong and Li Chenggong and his wife spent nearly four years paying back the debts they had for buying a van and the medical expenses for the accident. Seeing that their family had been better, hey, they were laid off again after two years, and the couple were both laid off.

...

Hong Weiguo drove a broken car from Shenzhou Technology Company and arrived at Shenghai Bicycle Factory in less than ten minutes.

The once popular permanent bicycles have sharply decreased sales two years ago, and have no profit last year, and have turned into a continuous loss this year. The export market in Southeast Asia is completely overdue, and the domestic market is also oversupply, and countless bicycles are piled up in warehouses. This is a true portrayal of many Chinese companies this year.

The workers in the factory are no longer as laughter as before. Although they can still receive wages, there are almost no benefits. If this continues, it will be a matter of time before wage arrears, and they are also facing the risk of layoffs at any time.

"It's this?" Hong Weiguo asked several times and parked the broken car at the entrance of a restaurant.

Ahui Convenience Restaurant has a very simple name, probably opened by the employees' families.

Song Weihong heard the sound of the car engine outside and walked out quickly, saying with a smile on his face: "Xiaomu, please sit inside."

"Okay, aunt." Song Weiyang responded.

Neither of them exposed their kinship, and they had to wait for Song Shumin to express their opinions, and they would temporarily regard it as an ordinary friendship.

Song Weiyang introduced: "This is my friend Hong Weiguo."

"I know, let's eat noodles together that day." Song Weihong said with a smile.

Hong Weiguo said: "Hello, Auntie, I'm disturbing me."

The decoration of this convenient restaurant is also very ordinary, with only eight dining tables, and it only serves some common meals.

Two of the dining tables are banquets held by the Li family.

There is the eldest brother and sister-in-law of uncle Li Chenggong. These two are already past retirement age and their grandsons are seven or eight years old. There is also a neighbor's family who have a good relationship. When they bought a car and rented, they were short of money, so they borrowed part of the family.

Li Tingting was talking to the young lady from the neighbor's house. When she saw Song Weiyang appear, she immediately stood up happily and shouted: "Brother!"

The eldest brother of the Li family half-squinted his eyes and said, "Wei Hong, this little brother looks a little familiar."

Song Weihong casually explained: "Distant relatives work in Shenghai."

Li Chenggong greeted: "Xiaomu, and this friend, please sit there quickly."

Two more taxis were stopped outside the restaurant. Li Chaoying, who had a blind eye, got off the bus first, followed by his girlfriend, and then his girlfriend's parents, uncle, aunt, second uncle, second aunt and uncle.

When Song Weihong saw it, he was suddenly overwhelmed and murmured to himself: "Didn't you just meet the in-laws? Why did a whole family come?"

Today's banquet was half a celebration of Li Tingting's admission to university, and half a discussion on Li Chaoying's marriage.

Li Chaoying is 32 years old, still disabled and has an ordinary job. He can find a girlfriend, which is a worker. Moreover, his girlfriend is only 21 years old, with an excellent appearance and a good figure from other places. She met her in the factory.

Li Chenggong and Song Weihong were a little guilty, fearing that their son's marriage would be ruined again. So the parents of both sides had to make it more grand to meet, and by the way, they showed their own background, and had no other background, just a college student had just appeared at home.

My girlfriend's family arrived in Shenghai yesterday and was arranged to be in the hotel. Today, Li Chaoying brought the person directly to have dinner.

I agreed that my parents from both sides had no idea that there were a lot of people coming... Is it not worth taking the train?

When the second aunt of the woman came in, she said, "It's still a man from Shenghai, and the place to eat is not very good, and it's no different from the restaurants in our county."

The second uncle of the woman criticized her: "You say less."

"Let me tell me what's wrong? Sister-in-law, are you right to say that I'm right?" said the second aunt of the woman.

The lady aunt said, "It's okay."

The woman's father asked: "Who is the in-laws and mother-in-law?"

Li Chaoying quickly introduced: "This is my dad, this is my mom. Dad, mom, this is Chunfang's dad, this is Chunfang's mom, this is Chunfang's uncle, this is..."

Song Weihong and Li Chenggong were both dizzy and greeted each other repeatedly, then greeted everyone and asked the waiter to serve the dishes.

Well, by the way, I have to add another table. There are too many people and I can’t sit at two dining tables.

The eldest brother of the Li family raised his glass first: "Come on, let's celebrate Tingting's admission to university first. Tingting, I wish you progress in your studies and find a good job in the future!"

"Thank you uncle." Li Tingting smiled.

Song Weiyang also raised his glasses with the others, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively.

Putting down the cup, the woman's uncle asked: "Which university was Tingting admitted to?"

Li Tingting said: "Shenghai has great wealth."

The woman's mother asked: "What does the University of Finance do? Can she be assigned to the factory as a cadre after graduation?"

The woman's uncle was probably a little bit educated, and immediately said, "Sister-in-law, what are you talking nonsense? Shenghai University of Finance is a key university. After graduation, you either become an official or go to a large company to work in an office."

"Why don't you still be a cadre?" The female mother said with a smile, "Tingting, when you work in the future, you will help your elder brother and sister-in-law."

Li Tingting said awkwardly: "I will definitely help, I will definitely help."

The woman's father said, "In-laws, mother-in-law, I am a Shuangli person. I won't go around the corner today. I will first set up the marriage of my children."

Song Weihong said: "It should be."

The woman's father said, "Your son is a little disabled and he is older. It's very aggrieved that my family Chunfang married her."

Li Chenggong immediately said: "Don't worry, when Chunfang gets married, we will treat her as her biological daughter, and we will never let her suffer any grievances."

The woman's uncle interrupted and said, "Who can tell the truth about what happened after marriage?"

The second aunt of the woman agreed, "That's it."

Song Weihong asked: "What do you mean?"

The woman's father said, "When you get married, you have to give me some bride price."

Li Chenggong asked: "Give it, of course I have to give it. I have prepared 3,000 yuan."

The woman's uncle suddenly sneered: "You Shenghai people are so rich, can you take out the 3,000 yuan bride price?"

Li Chenggong felt a thrill in his heart and asked carefully: "How much is appropriate?"

"Sixty-eight!" The woman's uncle, the lion, spoke up.

The whole audience was silent.

The eldest brother of the Li family and his neighbors were both scared. Shenghai actually did not have the custom of giving gifts to him. He just needed to buy a lot of wedding supplies in the past three turns and one sound, but now he had to buy a computer. And even if he had to give a gift, it would be a huge sum of thousands of dollars. He had never seen him, so he would have to buy a 60,000 yuan.

Because Li Chaoying was blind, she felt somewhat inferior and had not spoken before. At this moment, she suddenly became angry and glared at her girlfriend Chunfang and said, "Didn't she agree to have 3,000?"

Chunfang was also stunned and looked at her parents and said, "My parents, 3,000 yuan is already a lot, and the dowry in our hometown is only one or two thousand."

The second aunt of the woman said: "Home is the hometown, Shenghai is the sea, and the prices in big cities are different."

Song Weihong was afraid that his son's marriage would be ruined, so she said softly: "In-law, this 68,000 is too much. Can we lose more? We can't afford that much money at once."

The second aunt of the woman said, "Didn't Chaoying's grandfather want to be demolished? I heard that she has accompanied her for more than 100,000 yuan."

Song Weihong explained: "That more than 100,000 yuan is for the couple to buy a wedding house."

The second aunt of the woman said, "I can buy a house with more than 100,000 yuan? Even if Shenghai's house is expensive, 30,000 or 50,000 yuan will be fine. Isn't there a big 100,000 yuan left? You gave you a 68,000 yuan gift, and you still have enough money on hand."

Li Chenggong and Song Weihong looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Li Chaoying was so angry that he was trembling all over. He had a conversation with his girlfriend's family in the hotel. At that time, he agreed to give 3,000 yuan a bride price and said he would buy more than 100,000 yuan to buy a wedding house. The two parties had already agreed. How could he change his mind?

The neighbors of the Li family were not easy to interrupt, and Li Chenggong's elder brother said: "It's too much for 68,000, so you can discuss something if you have something to do."

The second aunt of the woman said, "It's 68,000 yuan, but it's 68, and you won't get married if you don't pay!"

Li Tingting said angrily: "Are you marrying your daughter or selling your daughter?"

The second aunt of the woman retorted: "Our family has raised Chunfang for 21 years. We must have a good appearance and a good figure. Now that we are married to a one-eyed dragon, can't we still need some bride money?"

Li Chaoying finally couldn't help but slammed the table and said, "I won't get married!"

Chunfang was also panicked: "Dad, mom, do you want to be less?"
To be continued...