Special Bride Price (Modern Story)

Ding Zhiqiang of Hexi Village talked about his girlfriend. Talking about the water, I brought my girlfriend to the house to see my parents, but I didn't expect that my father's attitude was first full of joy, and then he wanted to beat the Mandarin duck!

At first, when Lao Ding heard that his son's object was coming, he was very happy and hurriedly prepared a meal. After meeting and talking, Lao Ding was very satisfied, this girl looked excellent, behaved generously, how to see how to go smoothly.

"She joined the open recruitment after graduating from college and worked for the provincial tourism bureau." Ding Zhiqiang said, "Maybe in the future, we can help the tourism industry in our village!"

Old Ding was overjoyed to hear this. He is the secretary of the party branch and the director of the village committee of Hexi Village, and in recent years, Hexi Village has focused on the development of tourism, and marrying a daughter-in-law who works in the provincial tourism bureau will definitely be good for the development of tourism in the village.

As we talked, meals were served. Old Ding politely pointed at his daughter-in-law and said, "These are all farm dishes, and I don't know if you like it or not." ”

Ding Zhiqiang smiled and said, "Hey, you still think of her as a city person!" I forgot to say, her name is Qiao Xiaohong, her home is in Hedong Village!" Old Ding was stunned: "Is that the village across the river?"

"Yes." Ding Zhiqiang said, "Like you, her father is also the 'number one' in the village, and you may still know each other." ”

"Well, I know, I've seen it in a county meeting." Old Ding's face suddenly turned cloudy, and he said, "You can eat, I have something to do, I have to go out." Saying that he didn't turn his head back, he left, making Ding Zhiqiang and Qiao Xiaohong look at each other.

After lunch, Qiao Xiaohong left, and Old Ding had not yet returned. Ding Zhiqiang called him, he did not answer, Ding Zhiqiang was afraid of accidents and rushed out to find. When I arrived at the edge of the village, I saw that Old Ding was sitting alone on a small hillside, looking at the ziwei flowers that spread over the mountains below. Their county is called Ziwei County, there were originally many Ziwei trees, and now only Hexi Village can see Ziwei flowers. Purple weed flowers have a long flowering period and bloom from June to September every year. This mountain full of purple weed flowers is a major feature of Hexi Village that attracts tourists.

"Your object's father is Qiao Dazhu from Hedong Village?" Old Ding asked coldly.

"Yeah. Dad, what's the problem?" Ding Zhiqiang saw that his father's face was ugly, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry in his heart.

"You should break up, we can't marry this family!" Old Ding dropped this sentence and left with a shake of his hand.

Ding Zhiqiang listened to this like a stick, listening to his father's meaning, as if he had a vendetta against Qiao Xiaohong's father, but Ding Zhiqiang really did not know when they had married Liangzi. Although the two villages are not far apart, they are not in the same township, and they are separated by a large river, and when crossing the river, they have to detour more than ten kilometers, passing by the bridge upstream, and there is basically no contact between the villagers, and it is difficult to produce any contradictions.

Ding Zhiqiang was puzzled, and suddenly remembered a person, this person was Deputy County Governor Zhang. Deputy County Governor Zhang and Old Ding are old classmates and have a good relationship, and Ding Zhiqiang has always called Deputy County Governor Zhang Uncle.

The next day, Ding Zhiqiang went to the county seat and told Deputy Governor Zhang about it. Ding Zhiqiang said: "My father must have done this for some reason. Uncle Zhang, you know him well, you must know the inside story. ”

Deputy County Governor Zhang smiled and said, "My son has found a good object, he should be happy, why should he break you up?" You dad is really not like words!" Ding Zhiqiang smiled bitterly: "I want to see, my father is envious and jealous!"

"Huh?" Deputy County Governor Zhang was quite surprised, "Who do you envy?" Who are you jealous of? Who do you hate?"

"Little Red Her Daddy!" Ding Zhiqiang said. Originally, Hedong Village was flat and the traffic was convenient, after Qiao Dazhu became a village cadre, he successively introduced several enterprises, allowing most of the villagers to enter the factory as workers, and the enterprises gave the villagers a lot of compensation because of the land occupation, and this village soon became the "richest village" in the county, and Qiao Dazhu also became an advanced model in the county. "Both of them are the heads of the village, and Hedong Village is doing a good job and developing rapidly, and he is uncomfortable in his heart!"

"Haha..." Deputy County Governor Zhang laughed, "You underestimate your father!" Your dad isn't weak at all. He led the villagers to engage in pollution-free planting, and then developed the Ziwei Forest in your village into the focus of tourism, he really has a long-term vision and many methods!" In fact, Ding Zhiqiang said angry words, he deliberately said this, is to set the words of Deputy County Governor Zhang, seeing that Deputy County Governor Zhang still refuses to say the reason, he pretends to be angry and said: "Since my father can't tolerate me and Xiaohong, we don't want to provoke him to be angry under his eyes." I discussed with Xiaohong, and I also went to the provincial city to find a job and leave this place!"

Deputy County Governor Zhang was anxious when he heard this. Ding Zhiqiang returned to Hexi Village after graduating from university, set up a cultural development company, performed local opera, quyi and other folk arts for tourists, and produced and sold folk crafts, which not only led to the employment of many villagers, but also developed rural tourism and cultural industries. Besides, the old classmate's son's gamble went away, which was also harmful to Old Ding's two sons, could this not make him anxious? This rush revealed lao Ding's hidden feelings of wanting Ding Zhiqiang to break up with Qiao Xiaohong.

Deputy County Governor Zhang said: "I am with your father, and Xiaohong's father, who was in the same class when he was in high school. There was a female classmate in the class, named Xiao Chunlan, and both of them liked people very much. After graduating from high school, everyone returned to their respective villages. Your father asked the matchmaker to go to Xiao Chunlan's house to propose to him, and Xiao Chunlan's parents proposed that their daughter must be married to a dowry of two thousand yuan. Your father couldn't come up with the money, and this matter was ruined, and Xiao Chunlan later became Xiaohong's mother. I think that maybe this matter is the knot in your father's heart, which has not been solved. ”

Only then did Ding Zhiqiang understand what the problem was. His father is very strong, Qiao Dazhu married Xiao Chunlan, his father can't get over his face, if he marries Qiao Xiaohong, his father will have to face those two people, which really makes his father difficult to accept. Thinking of this, Ding Zhiqiang did not know what to do next.

Deputy County Governor Zhang said, "I told you about this, you don't have to make it clear to your father, your father loves face, and he will be embarrassed when he picks it out." You and Xiaohong don't have any ideological baggage, I'll find a way to do this. ”

A few days later, Deputy County Governor Zhang brought several people to Hexi Village. Ziwei County launched the "beautiful countryside" creation activities this year, to name a number of "beautiful villages", the township recommended Hexi Village, Deputy County Governor Zhang and his party came to the village to accept. At the end of the acceptance, Deputy County Governor Zhang summoned the village cadres to a meeting. He first talked about the situation learned by the acceptance team, saying that the ecological construction, economic development, and villagers' lives in Hexi Village basically met the criteria for creating "beautiful villages" formulated by the county. ”

Old Ding was full of confidence in the creation of the work, and when he heard Deputy County Governor Zhang say "but", he was a little nervous in his heart, and when he heard the "petition" again, he couldn't help but be surprised. The problems reported by the villagers were properly solved, the family lived and worked in peace and contentment, and he never heard of any petitioning!

Deputy County Governor Zhang took a sip of water and continued, "This villager petitioned and ran directly to me." Why did he go to me? Obviously, there are two possibilities, one is that he does not trust our village cadres; the other is that this matter is related to the village cadres, and it is the village cadres who have harmed the rights and interests of others, and they have no choice but to find a superior to solve it. ”

Deputy County Governor Zhang said a word, let Lao Ding and the village cadres present you look at me, I look at you, confused.

"The problems reflected by this villager are a bit ridiculous." Deputy County Governor Zhang sold enough Guanzi and continued, "It is his father who interferes with his free love, and the people are in love with a pair of lovers, and this father must be separated!" Hearing this, Old Ding understood what was going on. He was red in the face, like sitting on a needle felt, and glanced at Ding Zhiqiang, who was present, and Ding Zhiqiang quickly lowered his head.

Deputy County Governor Zhang saw Lao Ding's embarrassment and smiled slightly: "Let's think about it, what age is it now, and this kind of thing still happens!" People young people are happy with each other, do you want your parents to do it? Does this mean that the spiritual civilization of our Hexi Village has not been done well, and there are still stereotypes and bad habits? Is there still a gap between this and the 'beautiful countryside'?"

Hexi Village is the only village recommended by the whole township to declare, if the acceptance can not pass, how can Lao Ding explain to the township leaders and fathers and fellow villagers! Hearing Deputy County Governor Zhang say this, Old Ding couldn't hold back, stood up and said, "Governor Zhang County, you can't do this..."

"Well, I can't say a word or two." Deputy County Governor Zhang waved his hand to interrupt Lao Ding's words, "This matter involves privacy, and I will not disclose whose family it is." Old Ding, let's leave this matter to you, how do you see?"

"I... Me, all right. Old Ding stammered.

At that time, it was already noon, and the acceptance team had a light meal in Hexi Village, and in the afternoon, they had to go to Hedong Village for acceptance. Deputy County Governor Zhang dragged Lao Ding along, saying that he had gathered with Qiao Dazhu, an old classmate, to exchange experiences in creating a "beautiful village", and said that Qiao Dazhu had asked him out several times, but he had never had a chance, and today was just an opportunity.

Old Ding was very reluctant, but in front of everyone, he could not refute the leader's face, plus Deputy County Governor Zhang had just knocked him, and if he didn't seem to deliberately make trouble with the leader, he had to go with him.

In the past, the superiors organized village cadres to go to Hedong Village to study and observe, and Lao Ding used the excuse to arrange for others to go. This time, I personally went to the scene to see it, and I couldn't help but be dazzled. The factory in Hedong Village is very grand, the residential area is a neat cement road and small Western-style buildings, and many people have cars parked in front of their homes, and it seems that the villagers' life is very solid. Seeing this, Old Ding somewhat admired Qiao Dazhu. I also thought that when Xiao Chunlan chose Qiao Dazhu, there was nothing wrong with it, and then at that time, the wind of the rural bride price was prevalent, xiao Chunlan was weak in nature, and naturally he could not help his family.

At the end of the acceptance, it was also dark, and Deputy County Governor Zhang asked the other cadres of the acceptance team to go back first, and he took Old Ding to Qiao Dazhu's home. Qiao Dazhu was very happy, set up a banquet, and touched three full glasses with two old classmates in a row.

After three glasses of wine, Old Ding was also restrained and said to Qiao Dazhu: "What about Xiao Chunlan?" We're all old classmates, what are you hiding her for?"

Qiao Dazhu's face brushed the ground and looked at Lao Ding in shock: "You don't know yet?"

Deputy County Governor Zhang's face was somber, and he said slowly: "She is seriously ill and left half a year ago." ”

Old Ding had not heard Ding Zhiqiang talk about the situation in Qiao Xiaohong's home before, and when he learned that Xiao Chunlan had died, he was shocked and sad in his heart, and he quickly blamed himself and said: "I'm sorry, I really don't know." ”

The atmosphere at the wine table suddenly became solemn. Qiao Dazhu continued to pour wine, and the three of them drank a few glasses of stuffy wine.

When the wine dried a few bottles, Qiao Dazhu put down his wine glass and said with red eyes: "This time the county selected 'beautiful countryside', our village, like Hexi Village, is the only village in the township to recommend the declaration." But I want to report a situation, our village is not qualified!"

Deputy County Governor Zhang and Old Ding were stunned, and they listened to Qiao Dazhu say: "In the past, I was bent on making the villagers get rich as soon as possible, and I tried to introduce these enterprises, some of which were heavily polluted, and I didn't care, and I thought it was worth paying some price." In recent years, many villagers have died of cancer, and Xiaohong and her mother are also related to environmental pollution in the village. We're too expensive at this cost! Such a countryside is not beautiful at all!" As he spoke, he wiped away tears!

Deputy County Governor Zhang sighed: "I only saw that your village was developing rapidly before, and I didn't pay attention to environmental pollution." In this case, I, as well as the county environmental protection department, are responsible. ”

Qiao Dazhu also said: "I have been very conflicted during this time, and I don't know whether to show off the ugliness of the family. Now that I have figured it out, if I cover up the problems in the village and evaluate it as 'beautiful village', my heart will be even more uncomfortable. In the next step, I want to report to the superiors on the problems in the village, and strive for the superiors to help us rectify the environmental pollution together, and build a real 'beautiful village' in the future! Just like Hexi Village, the economic development is good, the environmental protection is good, and future generations will benefit!"

"Good!" Deputy County Governor Zhang picked up the wine bottle, poured a full glass for Qiao Dazhu and himself, raised the wine glass and said to Qiao Dazhu, "Just by your thoughts, I toast you!" Old Ding also quickly filled himself with wine glasses: "I also toast you!"

Three people drank it all at once.

Qiao Dazhu poured two more glasses of wine, one was handed to Lao Ding, and the other was held in his hand: "Old classmate, don't lie in front of real people, I know that your son and my daughter are talking about the object, I support this matter." If you agree, we'll have a drink alone. ”

Old Ding took the wine glass and said very cheerfully, "Good! Cheers!"

"Don't drink it first, I have to put forward a condition." Qiao Dazhu said, "I want to ask you for a bride price, and you promised us to drink again." ”

Old Ding and Deputy Governor Zhang were stunned, not knowing what Qiao Dazhu wanted.

Qiao Dazhu said: "I learned that Ziwei is not only a good ornamental plant, but also can absorb harmful gases, absorb dust, and is a good green tree species." I wanted to transplant some ziwei trees from Hexi Village to Hedong Village — that's what I wanted as a bride price. ”

At this time, Lao Ding found that Ding Zhiqiang and Qiao Xiaohong were looking out the window, and they were very happy in their hearts, and they drank all the wine in the cup and said boldly: "No problem, our village is full of ziwei trees, how much do you want to give!"