59-year-old Lao Tan married a daughter-in-law who was not wanted by others, and women liked his cultural flavor
Lao Tan, an old bachelor in the village, is 59 years old, and he actually married Fuming, a 35-year-old daughter-in-law from the same village, which caused a lot of discussion for a while.
Lao Tan has been a child from a privileged family since he was a child.
His father was a well-known landowner in our village and a well-known progressive gentry in the county, who had provided financial support for the Chinese Communist Party's battles. He got acquainted with many Communist Party cadres who participated in the revolution in our county at that time, and Liu Shunyuan, the founder of the Boxing County Party Committee, was a good friend of his father. As these people went to Beijing and other places after the liberation and took up important positions, the connections of Lao Tan's family became extremely extensive. During the *** period, despite the changes in society, due to their social background, the family was not greatly impacted.
Lao Tan is the eldest in the family, with two older brothers and two older sisters. Due to their wealth, their children received a good education, received the support of revolutionaries, and their older brothers and sisters had stable jobs.
Lao Tan has been pampered and indulged since he was a child, and he resigned and went home several times because he was unwilling to do it or did not work for long. Even when the village recommended him to be a teacher, he chose to be a teacher and went to other places to play.
When he was young, he once married a girl when he was working in Zibo, and lived in her house, as if he had adopted an old son-in-law. However, with the dismissal of his job, he no longer wanted to work or have a daughter-in-law, and the marriage ended hastily.
Lao Tan's elder brother works in Anhui, and his two sisters are one in Zibo and the other in Dongying. He frequented his older siblings' homes when he was playing. He even put on his brother-in-law's coat when he went to his sister's house, walked around, and when he arrived at his uncle's house, he left his coat there because of the hot weather and left. In the second year, when I needed clothes again, I went to my brother and sister's house to borrow them. In short, life is one day at a time.
Until he was in his fifties and still an old bachelor. But unexpectedly, the nearly sixty-year-old Tan ushered in peach blossom luck.
At the east end of the village, there was a family whose male owner was named Fuming, who was 37 years old at the time. He was an honest man who didn't talk much, but he worked very hard. In order to support his family, he worked outside the home all year round and earned a considerable income every year. His wife, surnamed Li, is 35 years old, and they have a son.
Fuming's daughter-in-law is often home alone, and Lao Tan often visits, and gradually wins her love. She felt that Lao Tan had a cultural flavor in his speech, and compared with her husband, who was like a lump of wood, Lao Tan seemed well-informed.
Lao Tan has a rich cultural heritage, can recite poems, and is good at calligraphy. He has traveled to many places and met many people. Because his father was an enlightened local gentry, Communist Party cadres used to frequented his house, and he had friendships with many high-ranking officials. In the later stage, some wronged people wanted to be rehabilitated, so they asked Lao Tan to help contact. Lao Tan did not shirk, easily walked into the big leader's house in Beijing, and handled affairs as if he were on the ground.
Lao Tan won the heart of Fuming's daughter-in-law with his cultural heritage and rich experience.
Although some gossip began to circulate in the village, Lao Tan and Fuming's daughter-in-law were attracted to each other and did not care about other people's gossip. Lao Tan's family was tight for a while, and he unceremoniously went to Fuming's daughter-in-law's house to seek food.
As time passed, Fuming's daughter-in-law actually followed Lao Tan to travel everywhere. Every time I go out for more than ten days, I go home after going home, although it is rumored that Fuming's daughter-in-law travels with Lao Tan, but in fact it is Fuming's daughter-in-law who spends money.
Some people in Fuming's family were not interested in work, which caused dissatisfaction among some of their own people. Many people have approached Fuming's daughter-in-law's mother, hoping that she will persuade her son to discipline her daughter-in-law. "Isn't there a shame in this kind of thing?If we had such a daughter-in-law in our family, we would have taught her a lesson a long time ago. I really knew that I didn't want it. ”
Having such a daughter-in-law not only disgraces your family, but also disgraces the entire clan. ”
At the instigation of the clansmen, Fuming began to beat his daughter-in-law when he returned home. However, Lao Tan couldn't see it, and said to Fuming: "If you dare to hit her again, I'm welcome." ”
Eventually, after a trip, Fuming and his mother and other clansmen decided to close the door and not let their daughter-in-law enter the house and filed for divorce.
In desperation, Fuming's daughter-in-law could only return to her parents' home first, and after staying for a few days, she found that she could not live for a long time. At this time, Lao Tan came to help and took her to his home, and the two officially started a new life.
Lao Tan's family situation is relatively simple, with only two pairs of chopsticks, two bowls, a bed and a quilt. During the day, he wears an overcoat, which he rolls up to use as a pillow at night. Despite the limited material conditions, Lao Tan showed a stronger sense of responsibility after marrying the 35-year-old daughter-in-law. He gave full play to his cultural understanding and found a business of pasting calligraphy and painting on the street.
When we first got married, Lao Tan's home was close to our family, and our family was building a house. Since there is no courtyard wall, the two families are in one space, and everyone often meets, and laughter is endless.
When it rained one day, Lao Tan watched it in the house and said with emotion: "It rains a lot during the Qingming Festival." His new daughter-in-law said, "Isn't it that the pedestrians on the road who want to break their souls?"This caused the helpers to laugh.
There was a foreman who had come from out of town and lived on the construction site. He gradually became familiar with Lao Tan and Lao Tan's daughter-in-law, and often visited their house. One day, he asked Lao Tan's daughter-in-law curiously: "He is so old, you are so young, he has nothing at home, you follow him, what are you trying to beg?"Old Tan's daughter-in-law laughed and replied, "What do you know?"I just want to beg Lao Tan to be educated, speak and do things with a cultural taste, and be a good person. I like cultural people, and I don't like a big old man like you. ”
Later, Lao Tan took his daughter-in-law to join the Catholic Church, and Catholics often visited their homes and chatted together. The parishioners also donated money and materials for their family's new house. A year later, they welcomed a lovely daughter.
Tan is now over 80 years old, and her daughter has found a job and is married. Although the years have brought Lao Tan and his daughter-in-law into their old age, the two still live happily together.
It was a wonderful time, proving that the timing of marriage is not the most important thing, but the length of life that determines happiness.