Siheyuan: Grassroots Counterattack

This would be fine if the year was good, as they could eat less and help their sister's family. But these days, every household in the city cannot get enough food, and the situation in the countryside is even worse. Even eating wild vegetables from the mountains and leaves mixed with coarse grains cannot even make them half full.

The Wang family really had no other choice, so they set up a plan to find a husband for Widow Wang, so that at least the mother and son would not starve to death.

As for Xu Damao, after leaving Wang's house, he went straight back to the courtyard. It was almost noon at this time, and the residents in the courtyard were all cooking, so there were only a few children playing in the yard.

Xu Damao ran directly into the backyard and broke open his door with a bang. Xu's mother, who was cooking in the house, shuddered with fear, and Xu Fugui, who was drinking tea at the table, was also startled.

When Xu Fugui saw who was coming, he immediately started to scold, "Are you courting death? Why are you in such a hurry? What if you break the door?"

Xu Damao didn't bother to talk back. He ran to the table, picked up a glass of water and drank it. At this time, Xu Damao felt alive again, "Oh, I'm so tired."

"Why are you running? Is there a dog chasing you?" Xu's mother looked outside the door curiously and asked.

"Hmph, you must have gone to provoke Sha Zhu again. You said you couldn't beat Sha Zhu, so why bother to provoke him?" Xu Fugui looked down on Xu Damao, this useless son, who was only good at talking since he was a child and was a coward when it came to fighting. He was not like himself at all.

"Dad, no, I didn't go to provoke Sha Zhu." Xu Damao hurriedly explained, but Xu Fugui obviously didn't want to listen to his nonsense, "Okay, now that you're back, don't talk about it. We can't eat until your sister comes back from school. Now tell me how the blind date went today?"

When Xu Damao heard his father mention the blind date, his face suddenly turned bitter. Seeing this, Xu's mother knew that the blind date would definitely not work out. "Mom and Dad, that woman didn't like me at all. Every time I said something, she just said "um" or "oh". Later, she even asked to go home directly."

"If you don't like her, then you don't like her. We'll look for another one later." Xu's mother was afraid that Xu Damao would feel sad, so she began to comfort Xu Damao.

But Xu Damao's expression was even more miserable, "Mom, I'm afraid there's no chance to find it."

"What's going on? What happened?" Xu Fugui looked at his son's guilty look and thought that he must have done something bad and was caught.

"Dad." Xu Damao called softly, and then told him everything that happened today.

Xu Fugui became angrier as he listened, and Xu's mother slapped Xu Damao several times. Xu Damao just endured it quietly, not daring to make a sound.

Finally, the mother and son looked at Xu Fugui. Xu Fugui sighed and looked at Xu Damao with a look of disappointment, "Damo, you have been set up by someone."

"Ah? Dad, can you please tell me what's going on?"

"Hey, silly boy, you are setting yourself up for a trap. The people in this group either want money or people, and the Wang family obviously wants you to marry Widow Wang."

"How can this be possible? My son has never been married. How can he marry a widow?"

Xu Fugui glanced at Xu's mother who was already furious, "So what do you think we should do about this?"

"Then we just deny it, or say that the young widow seduced my son."

"It's useless. Your son has already signed a written agreement with them. They are just trying to prevent you from doing this."

Now Xu's mother was also panicked. She didn't want her son to be paraded through the streets or even sent to labor reform, as that would ruin her son's life.

"Lao Xu, what should we do about this?"

"Well, now we have no choice but to let Damao marry Widow Wang, and we have to do it quickly, otherwise something bad will happen."

"If this matter gets out, neither the Wang family nor our Damao will be in any good situation, so we have to accept it."

When Xu's mother heard that there was no room for maneuver, tears immediately fell from her eyes. "You little bastard, you didn't learn the good things from your father, but only learned the bad things from your father. Now you've messed up."

When Xu Fugui heard his wife targeting him, he coughed awkwardly and said, "Stop crying. Go get me 200 yuan. Damao and I will go to see Widow Wang later."

"I'll go with you."

"What are you going to do? It will be troublesome if Xiaoling comes back home without anyone at home. She has to go to school in the afternoon." When Xu's mother heard her husband mention her daughter, she stopped clamoring to follow him.

Xu Fugui took the money, ate a few mouthfuls of food with Xu Damao, and left the courtyard. On the way, Xu Fugui worriedly told Xu Damao not to talk and to follow his instructions.

Xu Damao nodded obediently. Now he was really scared. If this matter was not handled properly, he might end up in the farm.

At this time, the Wang family had just finished eating steamed bread with water. There was a knock on the door. Widow Wang's third brother went to open the door and saw Xu Damao leading an elderly man in. Widow Wang's third brother let the man in.

The Wang family members who were originally in the room also came out. Xu Fugui started to introduce himself without waiting for the Wang family to ask any questions.

The eldest brother of the Wang family didn't want to make too much trouble. After all, his sister was going to marry into the Xu family, so he invited the father and son of the Xu family into the house.

After everyone was seated, the eldest brother of the Wang family asked, "How do you plan to solve this problem?"

Xu Fugui didn't waste any words and immediately said, "He is the eldest brother of the Wang family. Since Damao and..." He turned back to look at Xu Damao. Xu Damao immediately understood and whispered in his father's ear, "Wang Yan."

"Yes, since Damao and Wang Yan like each other, let them get the marriage certificate this afternoon."

"As for the betrothal gift, how much do you want, big brother Wang?"

Seeing that Xu Damao's father was so reasonable, the Wang family naturally could not speak ill of Xu Damao and his family anymore. As for the bride price, they had discussed it before. In the countryside, the bride price for marrying a wife is only 10 yuan, or some food.

The bride price in the city is a bit higher, but it is only about 15 yuan, and my sister is getting married for the second time and is a widow. The Wang family is not unreasonable, so the bride price cannot be too high.

"We are going to be a family. I will call you Uncle Xu. The bride price will be according to the city's standard. Just give 15 yuan."

Xu Fugui secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that the Wang family would ask for too much, but they couldn't refuse, after all, the Wang family still had the evidence against his son.

Now that I have heard the Wang family's request, I know that they are here to resolve the issue and not to cause trouble.

"Okay, here's 15 yuan, big brother Wang, keep it. Now let Wang Yan go to the street office to get a letter of introduction, and Damao will go with her. Then let them go to our street office together and get the certificate there."

"Okay, I'll do as you say."