under the spotlight

Chapter 156

In this small county town, which is only 100 kilometers away from Huxia City, the capital of Zhongjiang Province, but surrounded by mountains on three sides, girls like Lu Yan have been brainwashed by the environment since they were young. It must be to make way for the brothers, ordinary life is like this, even when you get married, it is for the brothers in exchange for the gift money.

Although Lu Yan occasionally feels that it is unfair, the reality is like this, and she has no way to change it. Moreover, in this family, although she is dissatisfied with her mother Liang Ping's dominance, as she grows older, she gradually realizes that In fact, it is not easy for the mother. The father is not in good health and has a cowardly personality. The family is basically supported by the mother as a woman.

And although her mother, Liang Ping, was tight, this kind of tightness was not just for Lu Yan, but for everyone in the family, even the most favored younger brother, Lu Liang, who didn't have any pocket money.

And Liang Ping was even more reluctant to part with herself. Lu Yan always remembered that Liang Ping had a hand-stitched padded jacket. Since she could remember, her mother would wear that padded jacket every winter to keep out the cold. For many years, her mother was just covering it outside. A smock that I stepped on with a sewing machine.

In the era when down jackets were everywhere in the streets, such padded jackets have long been eliminated. Even though Lu Yan bought a down jacket for her mother when she went out to work, she kept it in her closet, and she still wore that one without knowing that she was beaten. There are many patches of padded jackets, but now they are covered with a smock bought in the vegetable market that other people wear when cooking.

But life at home is indeed much better than before, Liang Ping even dared to think about buying a house in the county.Lu Yan has very complicated feelings for such a mother and family.

So when Liang Ping proposed to forbid her daughter to associate with Shaoyang, although Lu Yan was very sad, she didn't overreact, she just asked why.

"Why? Why do you say? Look at me, I married your father, and I just jumped into the fire pit all my life. I asked about that Shaoyang family. I couldn't even get the gift money for marrying a daughter-in-law. If you marry, can you marry me?" Have a good time?"

"But he has skills and has opened a shop. After two or three years, he will always be able to come up with the gift money." Lu Yan was not convinced.

Liang Ping sneered: "Heh, I've had so many beautiful dreams all my life, but in the end I was just an idiot. Do you know why your Lu family was poor before? It's because your grandparents were sick, and you had to spend all your money on medical treatment. The two old ones survived, and your father fell ill again, so I came here holding my chest, and I will be poor all my life."

"It's hard for you to grow up, and you can share some of the burden for the family. You find a man like this. Although he didn't say that both parents are sick, he said that he can't help at all. Why can't he help? Close Things that the eyes can see, you fool, what age is this, and you still want to jump into the fire pit?"

Lu Yan retorted: "Mom, don't you just think he can't afford the gift money, so you pick your nose and eyes at him!"

Liang Ping didn't bother to talk to her daughter, who was always quite obedient, and summed it up in one sentence: "You think so, you ask him to take the gift money of 6 yuan now, and I just nodded without saying a word. In the future, you Suffering is your own business."

Now it was Lu Yan's turn to have nothing to say, because she also knew that it was a joke for all the families in the county to marry their daughters and not get the bride price. After holding back for a long time, Lu Yan said: "Can't you wait for two years? I don't Get married in a hurry, and when he earns money in two years, he will have the gift money."

"Wait for two years? How much will the house price be for two years? Will he get as much bride price as the increase? Besides, you are a girl. If he has bad intentions, he will make your belly bigger first. Now, where am I going to cry then?"

The mother and daughter broke up unhappy, Lu Yan began to meet with Shaoyang, and Liang Ping began to find a matchmaker to introduce her daughter.

The contest really started. For the first time, Liang Ping went straight to the bakery opened by Liang Ping and made a scene for a long time when Lu Yan did not go to the blind date arranged by Liang Ping.

The second time, Lu Yan went, but she didn't give the other party a good face. Liang Ping was even more disgusted. The breakfast shop was closed for a day, and she took a bus to her hometown in the countryside of Shaoyang early in the morning to make a scene.

Lu Yan really didn't expect Liang Ping to do such a great job, her eyes were swollen from crying, and after lying at home for three days and three nights, she took the initiative to break up with Shaoyang.

When Lu Yan said this, her face was full of tears. In these tears, not only recalled the sadness and despair at that time, but also boundless regret: "I thought at that time, if I don't accept my mother Arrangement, the store in Shaoyang will not be able to open sooner or later, he also has to rely on that store to pay off the debts to support his family, but I didn't expect that so many things will happen later."

Lying at home for a few days, Liang Ping saw that Lu Yan had spontaneously become obedient, and for some reason during that time, she was not in a hurry to arrange a blind date for Lu Yan.

Probably because she wanted to give her daughter a buffer period. After a month or so, Liang Ping started to get serious. She picked and picked from the matchmaker, and finally picked a young man surnamed Zou. The family happened to be willing to give a bride price of 6 yuan. , and as long as the two parties agree, they can immediately come up with cash.

This time, Liang Ping personally took Lu Yan to go on a blind date, and went directly to the man's house to go on a blind date.As soon as the Zou family saw Lu Yan, the two generations were very happy, and they were extremely enthusiastic about the mother and daughter. After reading it over and over again, the bride price was increased by 8000 yuan.

Although the Zou family hesitated for a while, they couldn't hold back their son's willingness, so they agreed, but they also made a request to hold the wedding as soon as possible, because their son is not yet of legal age for marriage, so they can hold the wedding first, and wait In the second year, when the man reaches the age, he will go to get a marriage certificate.

Liang Ping agreed without saying a word, because there are too many things like this in the countryside. Sometimes, the couple has reached the legal age of marriage before they can get a marriage certificate. You don't even need to get a certificate for your age, and you have been automatically divorced.

At that time, Lu Yan was basically ashamed, and she was like Liang Ping's marionette, she would do what she said.

"At that time, I thought that I could just live like that, anyway, as long as my mother is satisfied, I will be at peace, but I didn't expect that I still couldn't make it through." Although Lu Yan stopped crying, But the bitterness on his face was a little bit stronger.

Later, according to the arrangements of the two families, Lu Yan had a banquet with the young man from the Zou family in the village.

"That night, their family members drank too much, the man was even more drunk, and I was the only one who was sober. The more I thought about it, the more I felt reconciled, even disgusting. I ran out in the middle of the night. I really had nowhere to go, so I stayed in a small hotel in that town in the middle of the night, and there was a shuttle bus in the morning, so I took the shuttle bus back to the county town and went to Shaoyang."

The three of Wen Mengran were shocked by Lu Yan's words. They must have been forced to completely lose their minds, so they ran away on the wedding night. Unwillingness in marriage is why he ran out like this?
"At that time, I just wanted to disappear. As long as I disappeared and I died, I would not live with that person, and all the pain would be over. But I really wanted to see Shaoyang again before I died, but I After seeing him, I couldn't bear to die, but I didn't know what to do in the future, so the two of us discussed it, and we will hide me first."

But things did not develop as Lu Yan and Shaoyang thought. Liang Ping searched for Lu Yan in Shaoyang several times but failed to find her, but actually committed suicide by drinking pesticide. Under such circumstances, Lu Yan had to show up, but The first time Liang Ping saw Lu Yan at the county hospital, what she said was not to let her go back to the Zou family, but to propose another condition that Lu Yan could not refuse.

Liang Ping asked Lu Yan to get a marriage certificate with another young man surnamed He. Before receiving the certificate, Lu Yan saw with her own eyes that Liang Ping had accepted a bride price of [-].

After receiving the certificate, Lu Yan ran away again. This time, she ran farther, and simply went to the place where she used to work and found a job.

Yes, Liang Ping's condition is that as long as Lu Yan and that person surnamed He get a marriage certificate, she won't care about anything else.As for Lu Yan, since she ran for the first time, why can't she run for the second time?

At this time, Lu Beicen, who was standing in the corner outside the camera, frowned, and looked at Wen Mengran who was sitting opposite Lu Yan. This matter was no longer as simple as imagined, but more like a Wen Mengran was also aware of the fraudulent marriage behavior of decomposing movements, and asked, "Did your mother instruct you to escape the marriage for the second time, or did you two discuss it?"

Lu Yan shook her head: "At that time, she just said that she asked me to agree to this condition, and she would never ignore me again, and would not commit suicide. At that time, I just thought that I could finally be free, and I agreed without thinking too much."

Wen Mengran asked again: "Who did you consult before you came? Is it a professional lawyer or someone?"

Shao Yang obviously realized that something was wrong, changed his previous silence, and directly interjected: "Is there something wrong?"

Wen Mengran pondered for a while before saying: "My personal suggestion is that you should go home as soon as possible to discuss with your mother and return the bride price. I don't know what the He family knows and why they didn't call the police, but from the plot From the looks of it, we can’t intervene in your mediation, because it may have involved criminal acts, and the police needs to intervene to make a final determination.”

Lu Yan suddenly turned pale with fright, stood up from the chair in fright, and hid beside Shaoyang. Shaoyang was still a little calmer: "I'm asking a relative of mine, who usually writes some litigation materials for others. He The bottom line of this case is that as long as the money is paid back, nothing will happen."

Wen Mengran shook his head: "I can't say what he said is wrong, but in your situation, you definitely can't be counted as a team. After all, can you take out the money and pay it back now? As you just said, the two The family gave you one year, but if they disagree and you still don’t pay, then our mediation scene will definitely be detrimental to you.”

"And Lu Yan, I think you look like you, you should be pregnant. You obviously don't want to go to either of those two houses now. When you have no money and no money, your mother is not willing to refund the money. Then they will definitely Call the police, there will be no escape route at that time."

Lu Yan's face had already turned pale, Shaoyang seemed to feel her fear, he stretched out a hand to wrap her around her, thought for a while before saying: "Anyway, reporter Wen, thank you, then we will leave today, Go back and think of a way. I hope you can help keep the matter of today secret. I believe that Yanzi’s mother must not have intentions. She just doesn’t know the law, which caused today’s situation. We will definitely raise money as soon as possible to return their money Up."

Wen Mengran signaled Xue Feng to turn off the phone, and after thinking about it, he reminded her: "Lu Yan had better find a way to remind your mother to have a better attitude in front of the judge and refund the compensation as soon as possible. You are now pregnant. If the other party calls the police, your mother will Very likely to be caught."

Shao Yang supported Lu Yan, thanked her repeatedly, and walked out of the room.

Wen Mengran sent her out and closed the door. Seeing Lu Beicen and Xue Feng looking at her together, she shrugged and showed a helpless expression: "It seems that the trip was in vain. Let's go back after a while. Or should we go now?"

Lu Beicen shook his head, pulled up a chair and sat down, he was puzzled and said, "Why do these parties say different things about this matter? According to what this girl said, the man's two families will definitely call the police. That's why her mother hid her and didn't let her show up. Maybe what she said wasn't all true. Otherwise, why would she come back and be pregnant? By the way, how did you find out that she was pregnant? of?"

"You can't tell it from the corner, but it's very clear when she sits in front of me. It looks like it's three or four months old, and when she talks, she occasionally has a little nausea."

Wen Mengran unscrewed a bottle of mineral water, took a sip, and continued: "Besides, she has already married two families, and she has such a mother, and she still has to share this debt. If that Shaoyang didn't love her Love to death, why are you willing to pay debts with her? There is only one possibility, that is, Lu Yan is pregnant with Shaoyang's child."

Xue Feng also took a sip of water, and said with some doubts: "Do you think that Shaoyang will not doubt whether the child belongs to him? After all, Lu Yan has left two families, and the first one is according to her opinion." , should have returned to the bridal chamber, right?"

Wen Mengran brushed her hair and sighed: "There are strange flowers every year, especially this year, the ghost knows what he thinks, maybe there is a time difference, these groups of people say different things, are they right? Now, I don’t know who is real and who is fake, forget it, we are neither policemen nor judges, let’s just mention the gourd for a while, let’s treat the interview as a failure, and go back early.”

"Then what are you going to do with this material? Shall I wash it off?" Xue Feng asked.

"Let's keep it for now. Although we can't get involved in whether or not to report this matter to the police, if someone reports to the police and the case is successfully filed, when the police want to investigate and find us, we still have to provide it."

(End of this chapter)