50 Years of Betrothal Gifts, Starting with Regretful Marriage in 1974

Name: 50 Years of Betrothal Gifts, Starting with Regretful Marriage in 1974
Author: Uncle Wang Tells Stories

彩礼50年，1974从悔婚开始

by Uncle Wang Tells Stories (王叔说故事)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 171k Words
Genre: Urban
Subgenre: Urban Everyday
Audience: Male
Updated: 19d ago
Source: Fanqie

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Synopsis

In the cold winter of 1974, Zhao Shuangzhu publicly regretted his engagement and had three days to collect a 100-yuan gift. He lowered his face and borrowed money from the neighborhood, took a copy of the coffin for the elderly, went into the mountains late at night to hunt hares and exchanged money on the black market, evading the pursuit of the city management committee, and stumbled through the most difficult level. In the next half of his life, he married a wife and had children, taking root in the countryside and struggling to make a living. In 1974, a hundred yuan as a bride price was enough for my wife. In 2000, when my son got married, the gift skyrocketed to tens of thousands. By the time my grandchildren talked about getting married, the bride price was already so high that it made people breathless. Three generations of the Zhao family, three marriages, three generations of heartache. From a poor young man to an old man, he has been trapped by betrothal gifts, livelihood, and favors all his life. Without chance from heaven, without the support of nobles, the life of ordinary farmers is just a hard life, making a living brick by brick, living minute by minute, gritting their teeth from generation to generation, and moving forward step by step. This is the truest half-life ups and downs of generations of rural people. In the book, you will definitely see your own shadow!

Reader comments

Although I haven't finished reading it yet, I am already attracted by the novel. There is no time travel or golden fingers in the novel, but only the ups and downs of ordinary farmers. It is very real. It has both records of life and the characteristics of refreshing writing. It is very good.
3 likes1mo ago
Very graphic book
1 like1mo ago
The writing is good and very true. Readers who like to live an ordinary life should not miss it. The more I look at it, the more I look up to it
1 like1mo ago
It's well written, with a strong sense of imagery, especially the description of the bad guys, which is spot on. After reading more than forty chapters, I redefined the meaning of survival. There is nothing earth-shattering about the life of ordinary people. It is good to live a stable life.
1 like1mo ago
There is no golden finger, no time travel, just the life of an ordinary person. Thank you for your support!
1mo ago

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