Chapter 15 - 14: Han Yi 2
She wasn’t truly enthusiastic, but the man had given her a big red envelope with ten yuan, and he said he must find a marriage partner soon.
When they met, Han Yi asked if she was willing to marry him. At that time, due to her father’s influence, Lin Wan didn’t like such people.
However, upon hearing that he had a house in S City and a monthly salary of over thirty yuan, she was moved. She had been scared of poverty for years. In addition, while attending university, there was fierce competition. Although she wasn’t wearing patched clothes, it wasn’t much better. Whenever she saw other students wearing trendy dresses, she was extremely envious. Moreover, Han Yi promised that after marriage, she could continue to attend university.
Back then, Lin Wan’s family was very poor. Her brother worked two jobs in the county town, earning just over ten yuan a month. Mom, besides taking care of the family’s three acres of land, went to the town hospital to wash sheets, washing thirty to forty sets a day, and only earned ten yuan a month. During summer vacation, she tutored children, running from one family to another all day long, earning a mere ten yuan a month at most. On Sundays, while her classmates went on dates and watched movies, she had no time, busy doing odd jobs to earn pocket money.
There were two wage earners in the family, and they had to send her five yuan for living expenses every month. At the end of the year, saving money was out of the question; it was difficult even to have enough to eat and wear. And let alone her brother wanting to go to school.
In Lin Wan’s view, Han Yi’s conditions at the time were very attractive. If she married him, she could at least save quite a bit of money for the family, and her brother could also afford to attend university.
Seeing Lin Wan hesitate, he did not press her and gave her a few days to consider.
That night, Lin Wan pondered all night, and the next day, she agreed to Han Yi.
Han Yi asked for her dormitory phone number and told her to prepare the household registration book. They set a time to register at the civil affairs bureau.