Chapter 44 rich people get married

In the traditional Chinese concept, the precondition for a perfect marriage, which is "naturally formed", must be "the right family". In some coal-producing mountainous areas, we might as well replace the ancient quatrain "lover will eventually marry" with "the rich will eventually marry" which can "truthfully" reflect the reality of the coal boss's life.This seems to reflect a certain "reality" of the "hidden rules" of marriage for the children of coal bosses in Shanxi.In their eyes, the marriage of their children has not only become a "tool" for them to show off their wealth, but also a "trading weight" for them in the business field.

July 28, 1980, which is the sixth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, is a good day for marriage, planting, and temple repairs according to calculations based on yin and yang, five elements, and the Eight Diagrams of the Book of Changes. On this day, the people of Yaojiazhuang in the southeast mountainous area of ​​a certain county in the south of Shanxi cheered and laughed. Wang Chengsheng, a coal boss, had a "double happiness". The 24-year-old eldest Guangguang and the 23-year-old second son Liangliang got married at the same time today. The old man Wang, who is over half a century old, is very happy today. Today, his two precious sons can "establish a family" for the Wang family.

"He is rich and powerful, how can ordinary people arrange two marriages at the same time?" The local villagers whispered enviously. Boss Wang's financial resources and connections in society can be seen. In fact, the fact that the marriage of the two sons was able to catch up with the "six-six" was ultimately due to the "offensive and defensive calculations" in the half-year marriage transaction between old man Wang and his two in-laws.The two in-laws of Boss Wang are the well-known "two Chens" in the local coal industry, Chen Suoji and Chen Wangcai. These two were originally distant brothers in the village.Of course, the financial resources and influence of these two are slightly inferior to Boss Wang, and Boss Wang is the real "king" in the local area.

The reason for the half-year-long "tug of war"-style "marriage negotiation" between the two parties was mainly the amount of "betrothal gifts" that the man gave to the woman's family.What the other party asked for was a "hole" that had not yet been mined. Boss Wang was only willing to give it to a coal mine that was being mined. The shrewd boss Chen is not in a hurry at this time.In fact, in the eyes of the "second relative" Boss Chen, there is something wrong with the two future son-in-laws who have a lot of money: not only are they extremely dark, but they are also "opposite eyes".When you talk to him, you must stare at his mouth, and you cannot be deceived by his eyes-when he is "looking" at other people's faces, he is actually targeting you.

A few days ago, the Chen family released rumors that Boss Jiao, who was more wealthy than the Wang family in a neighboring county, asked someone to propose a marriage with the Chen family, and the two sides were discussing this matter. Boss Wang couldn't bear it at this time, so the two sides carried out a series of "bargaining". In order to make his son's wedding date catch up with "June Sixth" (the sixth day of June), he gritted his teeth: "Big and small" in-laws, every This kind of "coal mouth" is the local people's name for "holes" that have proven minerals but have not yet opened mountains to dig coal.

This means that Boss Wang's two in-laws each get a "golden mountain", and his dowry is a set of coal mining equipment for each family. The old man Wang planned to arrange the marriage of the two sons in this way. On the fifth day of June, he would first have a banquet at home for the "three relatives and six aunts" such as sisters-in-law and cousins. The next day was "the day", and old man Wang was going to host a banquet for colleagues from the township and county political circles and coal coke industry at the county party committee guest house. As the saying goes, "The geese leave their voices, and the people live to leave their names." Everything that happened on this day is extremely important to the old man who is desperate for face all his life.

It is said that in order to accompany some "important guests", Boss Tianwang drank no less than two catties of high-quality Fenjiu, and at the end of the drink, he crawled under the table alone and fell asleep.