Chapter 22 Chapter 2 Fraud Marriage

On the other hand, the short mother-in-law arranged for a matchmaker to find an unmarried girl for her son.After this search, we found Wenwen from the neighboring county.The short mother-in-law specifically told the matchmaker that the farther away the better.She had considered in advance that if the new girl was from a nearby place, she would definitely know that the cavalry soldier in her family was married, and the deception would not be perfunctory, and she would find someone far away who did not know the details of her family. To say that this Wenwen is also a hard life, his father died early when he was young, and his young mother could not be a widow, so she ran away with a businessman.Wenwen was raised by his sister-in-law, who was not an immediate relative.Her sister-in-law was actually reluctant to raise her. She had no choice but to be afraid of being criticized by the people around her, so she stopped raising her until she was eighteen, saying that she had tried her best, and Wenwen had to support herself when she became an adult.Wenwen's original house had not been repaired for a long time, and she could no longer live in it. She didn't have any land to grow, so she had to collect one meal from one relative's house to another relative's house to worry about the next meal.

This time Ma Bing came on a blind date instead of his brother, and Wenwen's relatives were all overjoyed, thinking that she would stop begging for food after she got married, so they tried their best to match them up.Wenwen himself had had enough of living under the fence, besides, Ma Bing was quite satisfied with his appearance and behavior.After persuasion by the matchmaker, Ma Bing also tried his best to show up, so Wenwen admitted it. As soon as Wenwen promised, things would be easy to handle.Ma Bing sent some happy money to Wenwen's relatives, and asked to take Wenwen home to get married.More than ten years ago, the rural areas were not as developed as they are now. It took three or four days to travel from neighboring counties to Huamei Village.So Wenwen's unenthusiastic relatives pretended to express their desire to attend the wedding, worried about the vegetables in the family's grain garden, and reasoned that the itinerary was inconvenient.

Wen Wen was also very refreshing, and followed the cavalry soldiers to Huamei Village alone. During the few days when Ma Bing was in the neighboring county, the short mother-in-law began to do ideological work for Ma Bing's daughter-in-law, showing her the real situation.When Ma Bing's wife heard this, she was furious. The short mother-in-law said: "I don't want your man to do anything to her! When you come into the bridal chamber, you will immediately change your brother." Ma Bing's daughter-in-law refused to listen and insisted on refusing, threatening to expose their plot as soon as the woman came.

The short mother-in-law said again: "Think about it, if your elder brother Ma Jun can't get married and has no heirs for the rest of his life, wouldn't he want brothers to raise him when he gets old? Would you like to take care of Ma Jun? He can't leave the field and farm. Don't you want you to do it with your man?" Ma Bing's daughter-in-law didn't speak. Seeing that her words had taken effect, the short mother-in-law asked her to go back to her mother's house for a few days, and come back when things were over. As soon as Wenwen arrived in Huamei Village, the short mother-in-law immediately talked about getting married.Although Wenwen was a little suspicious, but she was unfamiliar with the place here alone, and felt that getting married soon would be a good thing to rely on, so she cooperated with the short mother-in-law's instructions.

The wedding ceremony was very simple, and there were only a few immediate relatives who came. Once the red couplets were posted, the red lanterns were hung, and the red wedding dress was put on, they rushed to worship. During the worship, someone expressed their worries, saying that Wenwen's red wedding dress was too bright and too thick, like pig's blood.Others didn't think so at first, but after people said this, and looked at the red wedding dress carefully, everyone thought that the color was indeed too bright, much redder than couplets and lanterns, and it might be unlucky.My grandfather and I were not there at the time, we were still hunting ghosts in the lotus pond.But when I saw the red wedding dress after Wenwen hanged himself, I didn't think it was very colorful.Those who attended the wedding also said, "Huh? Is it because my eyes are dazzled? Last night, the clothes were red like blood, but today it looks much lighter?"

When Wenwen was alive, she also felt that the color was too red, so she asked the short mother-in-law to change into a wedding dress with a lighter color.The short granny said displeased: "Where is someone getting married and preparing two wedding dresses? Doesn't this mean that you have to marry twice? No, no, no. Even if you have one, you can't change it casually. It's unlucky." Everyone heard the short granny say this , They all echoed and said forget it. The salute at the hall and the bridal chamber were accompanied by horse soldiers wearing groom's dress, and Wen Wen didn't feel anything wrong.Wenwen was very tired after walking all the way from neighboring counties, and with the wedding, he was even more exhausted, falling asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow.

Taking advantage of Wen Wen's deep sleep, Ma Bing brought his older brother Ma Jun in and lay down with Wen Wen...