Aunt Kui's face turned red and white. She never expected that the incident between herself and Ji Mandun would spread throughout the village overnight.

Aunt Kui was so distraught that she hurried through the small alleys in the village, each step feeling as if she were stepping on soft cotton.

She arrived at the door of Ji Mancang's house. The two mottled doors swayed in front of her eyes, seeming to laugh at her.

Aunt Kui took a deep breath, gathered up her courage, raised her hand and knocked lightly on the door.

There were heavy footsteps inside the door, and then the door opened and Ji Quan appeared.

There was a flash of surprise in his eyes, but he quickly returned to normal.

"Aunt Kui, my mother is not here. Do you have anything to do with her? Tell her so I can convey it to you."

Aunt Kui met his gaze, her voice trembling slightly, "Ji Quan, can you let your father come out? I have something to ask him."

Ji Quan looked at her with deep indifference and disdain in his eyes. He said coldly: "Aunt Kui, if you have business to see my dad, go to the brigade headquarters to find him. It's not appropriate to talk at home."

Aunt Kui's heart tightened when she heard this. She bit her lower lip. Unwilling to give in, she spoke again, "Ji Quan, what's inappropriate? Let him come out. I have something to say to him... Ji Mancang, If you have the guts, come out, don’t hide, don’t do it if you dare.”

Ji Mancang walked out of the house and called Ji Quan, "Go inside to eat first."

After Ji Quan left, Ji Mancang asked calmly: "Tell me, what do you want from me?"

"Did anyone look for me when it was getting dark last night?"

"I was in the brigade courtyard at that time, and there were witnesses. Do you want me to find them all?"

Aunt Kui's last glimmer of hope was gone. She said it was her own fault, but she was mistaken again.

But Aunt Kui was still unwilling to give in, and said: "I have liked you since I was fifteen or sixteen years old. I really like you. If you marry me, I..."

Ji Mancang interrupted her, his eyes were full of helplessness and impatience, "Don't talk nonsense, the relationship between you and me is just a relationship between village neighbors. I have a wife and children, and I am not a bachelor. You are crazy." Can you go somewhere else? If you want to get married, there are plenty of bachelors out there, so don’t talk nonsense to me.”

After speaking, Ji Mancang closed the door without hesitation, leaving Aunt Kui alone outside the door, messy in the wind.

Ji Mancang should like her, why has everything changed?

Aunt Kui froze on the spot, with mixed feelings in her heart.

Aunt Kui returned home disappointed and found that the culprit was actually there. She didn't know where the anger came from, so she picked up a wooden stick and started chasing him away.

"Mom, Mom, stop."

The younger son took the stick off and threw it far away.

"Stop making trouble, are you afraid that our family won't make enough jokes? Look at how many people are looking at our family?"

Because stone is difficult to quarry, the courtyard walls in rural areas are not high, no taller than an adult. Heads protrude from the walls. What is even more exaggerated is that people are sitting on the apricot trees of the neighbors next door.

They are all waiting to see the fun and jokes.

Aunt Kui shouted angrily, "Get in the house!"

After people entered the house and closed the door, the bustle was gone. Those who climbed up the tree got off the tree, and most of the people outside also left. Only a few gossips were left, eager to crawl in through the crack in the door.

Inside the house, Aunt Kui angrily scolded Ji Mantun, "Whatever you did here was all caused by you."

Ji Mandun said to Aunt Kui's son: "Hongwei, you know best what's going on between me and your mother. You can reason with me. Did you say that two years ago? I asked a matchmaker to talk about it. Did your mother say it?" If I give you a gift of three hundred yuan, will she agree to follow me? "

Ji Hongwei was fifteen or sixteen at that time, so of course he remembered it.

"That's what happened. I was there at the time."

Aunt Kui regretted, "Life has been better these past two years. Can the three hundred at that time be the same as now?"

Ji Mantun knew that she was raising the price again, and asked, "How many hundred do you want?"

Aunt Kui still knew how many kilograms and taels Ji Mandun was hoarding. She had to give a higher amount to make Ji Mandun stop worrying about it.

"five hundred."

Ji Mandun scolded angrily, "You think you're selling pigs? You raised the price from the ground up. It started at 300, and two days ago it was 400. Now you've raised it to 500. Why don't you just go to the loudspeaker and shout, how much does it cost per pound?" Forget it.”

Ji Hongwei has also reached the age of marrying a wife. If word spread that his mother's betrothal gift was outrageous, wouldn't he become a traitor to his mother?

Reputation is very important when marrying a wife in the countryside. His damn reputation is already bad. If he doesn't find a way to restore it, his marriage to a wife will be far away.

"Mom, you can say as much as you said. If you don't keep your words, why not not say it in the first place? If word spreads, I will be shameless?"

Aunt Kui looked at her son, was she trying to force her to agree?

"Red Guard..."

"That's enough for me. How many people poked my spine because of your incident? If you want to remarry, I won't stop you. You can live a serious life with others. If you don't want to remarry, just live peacefully. Don’t do this today or do that tomorrow, I’m already eighteen, am I shameless?”

The son's words really pulled off Aunt Kui's fig leaf.

Aunt Kui couldn't look back, Ji Mancang didn't want her; her son had said everything, Aunt Kui gritted her teeth, "Ji Mancang, take four hundred yuan, and I'll follow you."

Ji Mantun took out a wad of money from his pocket and slapped it on the table. "We have four hundred yuan. When can we move together?"

……

Ji Mandun was single in less than half a month, and Qiao Anan still didn't believe it when she heard about it.

"No way, so soon? A flash marriage?"

"What is a flash marriage?"

Qiao Anan quickly made amends, "I heard someone else say that the metaphor is as fast as lightning."

Ji Cheng nodded, "It's true, but I lost fifty yuan."

Qiao Anan patted the man on the shoulder, "It's okay, let alone fifty, even if it's one hundred yuan, I think it's worth the money. If you don't spend enough, just tell me and I will support you from now on."

When employing people to do things, you have to spend what you have to spend. The husband and wife know this very well.

Qiao An'an's wholesale department has begun preparations. Once it takes the initiative, the supply and marketing cooperative will definitely be unwilling. They are used to staying in their own comfort zone. How can they allow others to get a share of the pie?

Before Qiao Anan opened the business, people from the supply and marketing cooperative had already come to her door.

"Qiao An'an, do you really not understand or do you pretend not to understand? Our supply and marketing cooperative is enough here. What do you mean by opening a wholesale department?"

The director of the supply and marketing cooperative is named Ma. Director Ma is in his forties, has a mustache, and looks sly.

Qiao Anan said calmly: "Does this place belong to your family? As long as the policy allows it and it is not illegal, outsiders have no right to interfere."

"you!"

Director Ma slammed the table angrily, "Just wait, let me see if you can start it?"

After Director Ma left, Qiao Anan went to see Mayor Liu personally. When Mayor Liu heard about this, he decided on the spot, "Don't worry, no one can touch you as long as I am here."

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