Siheyuan: Revenge of the Stupid Pillar

The village party secretary said sternly, "No matter how excited you are, you must observe etiquette. You can't take the initiative to hug a man. If others see you, they will definitely laugh their heads off."

Lin Haiyan pouted and said, "Anyway, Brother Jie and I are getting married soon, so why should I bother with all this red tape?"

The village party secretary angrily said, "Asshole, even if you get married, you still have to observe the etiquette."

"Old antique!"

Lin Haiyan felt extremely wronged after being scolded by her father, and her tears burst out like a flood.

When Yan Jiefang saw Lin Haiyan with tears streaming down her face, he not only did not feel "pear blossoms in the rain", but she looked even uglier.

Yan Jiefang suppressed his nausea and advised gently:

"Uncle Lin, don't be angry. Haiyan is innocent and naive. Although her behavior is a bit out of line, it's harmless."

Hearing this, Lin Haiyan's face was full of sweetness. She looked at Yan Jiefang with affection and said shyly:

"Brother Jiefang, you're the best to me. My dad only knows how to be mean to me."

Yan Jiefang looked at Lin Haiyan's pretentious appearance, and felt a chill in his heart. His face was stiff and he said:

"Haitang, don't say that about your father. He's doing this for your own good!"

Upon hearing this, the village party secretary nodded in satisfaction and said softly:

"Jiefang, let's discuss the wedding arrangements!"

Although Yan Jiefang was extremely reluctant, he had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Yan Jiefang was forced to agree to marry into the wife's family in order to survive, so he basically listened to the other party on all the details of the marriage, but he raised objections to the scale of the wedding banquet.

The village party secretary thought that his daughter's marriage was a major event in life, and since Lin Zongwei was a celebrity in the area, he wanted to hold a grand ceremony.

But Yan Jiefang wanted to keep things simple and just invite his relatives over for a meal. After all, being a live-in son-in-law was not a glorious thing, not to mention that Lin Haiyan was so ugly. He didn't want to be talked about or laughed at.

Especially the educated youth at the educated youth camp, if they knew that he married such a stinky wife, I wonder how they would laugh at him?

But Yan Jiefang had no choice but to compromise in the end.

Seeing that Yan Jiefang agreed, the village party secretary was in a good mood and immediately asked his wife to kill fish and chickens to entertain Yan Jiefang.

During dinner, Yan Jiefang looked at the chicken stewed with black fungus, fish with pickled cabbage, and cured pork ribs stewed with potatoes on the table. His eyes widened and his mouth was drooling all over the floor.

Seeing this, the village party secretary smiled and said, "Jiefang, don't be polite, eat as much as you want."

Yan Jiefang came back to his senses instantly, wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth, and said with embarrassment:

"Uncle, Auntie, I'm sorry, I lost my composure. I haven't seen such a sumptuous meal of meat in years, so..."

The village party secretary smiled gently and said, "No need to explain, I understand. My family is relatively well-off. We can't say we eat meat every day, but at least we can have meat once a week."

Upon hearing this, Yan Jiefang raised the corners of his mouth, thinking that marrying an ugly wife was not unacceptable.

Seeing Yan Jiefang smiling, the village secretary narrowed his eyes and said enthusiastically:

"Liberation, don't be polite, pick up your chopsticks!"

Yan Jiefang said modestly: "Uncle, aunt, you eat first."

Mother Lin said lovingly, "Jiefang, you and Haitang are getting married soon, and we're about to become a family. There's no need to be so polite with us."

Yan Jiefang said sternly, "Auntie, this is a matter of etiquette. How can the younger generation pick up their chopsticks if the elders haven't done so?"

The village party secretary praised him, "Jiefang, you are so polite. In that case, I will eat first."

As soon as the village party secretary finished speaking, he picked up a piece of cured pork ribs and put it in his mouth.

Seeing this, Lin's mother started to put food into Yan Jiefang's bowl.

When Yan Jiefang saw this, a touch of emotion flashed in his eyes, and then he began to work hard, looking like a starving ghost reincarnated.

Mother Lin looked at Yan Jiefang wolfing down his food, frowning slightly, and asked casually:

"Jiefang, how long has it been since you last had meat?"

Yan Jiefang chewed his food and responded vaguely:

"Auntie, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but I haven't eaten meat in four or five years."

Mother Lin asked without hesitation: "Is your family very poor?"

Yan Jiefang hesitated and said, "Not really poor! It's mainly because my parents are too stingy, and there are many brothers and sisters in my family, so the food has always been poor. Usually we have cornmeal porridge and steamed buns, and they are rationed. We can only eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year."

The village party secretary blurted out: "How many brothers and sisters do you have in your family?"

Yan Jiefang replied, "Four siblings. I have an older brother, a younger brother, and a younger sister."

"Four siblings isn't that many! What do your parents do for a living?"

"My mom is a housewife and doesn't have a job. My dad is a primary school teacher, but he was fired a few years ago."

The village party secretary was shocked and asked, "He was fired? Why was he fired?"

Yan Jiefang paused, then lied, "I was expelled because I was wrongly accused of possessing banned books."

Yan Jiefang had to lie. He couldn't possibly tell his future father-in-law that my father was expelled for cheating and extorting students, right?

The village party secretary lamented, "That's such a pity."

Although the village party secretary is not very educated, he particularly respects educated people. In his eyes, teachers are all very educated people.

Yan Jiefang feigned grief and indignation, saying, "There's nothing we can do. This is the way the world is now..."

The village party secretary continued to ask: "What does your father do for a living now?"

Yan Jiefang sighed, "My father couldn't carry anything on his shoulders, on his back, or lift anything with his hands. He couldn't do anything except teach, but to support his family, he had to pick up trash."

The village party secretary admired and said: "Then your father is really great."

Yan Jiefang snorted coldly, "He's not great at all. I've never met such a jerk and such a calculating father."

The village party secretary asked in confusion, "Jiefang, why would you say that about your father?"

Yan Jiefang said angrily, "Uncle, you only know one side of the story. My father is quite cold-blooded. He treats his son like a business partner. He is full of calculations and has no family affection at all."

"He kept a notebook recording all the money my brother, sister, and I had spent since we were young. We had to pay it all back. We had to pay for living expenses when we ate at home, rent when we lived there, and even the betrothal money for the wedding had to be paid by ourselves..."

After hearing Yan Bugui's outrageous actions, Lin Haiyan's family were all shocked.

"How can there be such a father in this world?" Lin's mother's face was full of disbelief.

The village party secretary said calmly: "There are many kinds of people in the same rice field, and there are many kinds of birds in the big forest."

Although Yan Jiefang was talking to a few people, he didn't eat less of his food.

But the one who ate the most was not Yan Jiefang, but Lin Haiyan.

Lin Haiyan was not interested in Yan Jiefang's family, or rather, Lin Haiyan was much more interested in food than in Yan Jiefang's family.