Chapter 259 Luo Family

Chapter 259 Luo Family

Chapter 259 Luo Family
In Korea, the Lunar New Year is called "Old New Year", and correspondingly, the Gregorian New Year is called "New New Year". Old New Year has its own way of celebrating, and New New Year has its own way of celebrating.

The day after An Rushong returned to Yuantongli was the New Year's Day. The whole family got up early. While the rice cake soup with pork ribs was stewed, An Rushong took the lead and the four brothers of the An family held the straw men they had made in advance and piled them at the crossroads at the entrance of the village to show that the evil spirits had been driven away and everything would go smoothly in the coming year.

Some money was stuffed into these straw men. In previous years, because the An family was poor, the amount of cash stuffed into the straw men was pitifully small. But this year, the situation was different. An Rushong had become a wealthy man. With money on hand, he naturally wanted to pray for good luck, so he stuffed more money into the straw men.

In fact, the money stuffed in the straw man is certainly not dedicated to the gods, and most of it is eventually taken away by the garbage collector. Therefore, this form of blessing is not for the gods to see, but for people to see. The amount of cash in the straw man shows the wealth of the family, and the wealth of a family shows its social status and reminds everyone how to get along with it.

Of course, An Rushong is not the kind of person who simply likes to show off, nor is he a brother-supporting maniac. He just hopes that everything can be stable in his hometown and not cause any trouble to himself.

After breakfast, they went up the mountain to worship their ancestors. Although the An family is now considered wealthy, An's father and mother obviously have not yet adapted to their status as wealthy people. Therefore, the ceremony of ancestor worship was still as simple as in previous years. The four brothers set up a sacrificial table and brought some offerings to the mountain. Then, An's father presided over the ceremony, burned paper money, and worshiped the ancestors. After the whole process was completed, it was not yet ten o'clock in the morning when they went down the mountain.

When An's father and his four brothers came down from the mountain, they saw from afar two cars parked on the side of the road outside their family yard. In addition to An Rushong's black Mercedes-Benz, there was another white sedan.

"It looks like Guangbo's car," Ruyu said after taking a look from a distance. His tone seemed uncertain and a little uneasy.

Hearing what he said, An's father, who was supported by Ruze, paused. Then he looked at An Rushong with a complicated expression on his face.

Before, the marriage that the family had discussed with the Luo family had reached the final stage of making a decision. Yesterday, Ruyu went to the Luo family on behalf of An's father to discuss some details of the wedding. The two parties even agreed on the transfer of land. Who knew that An Rushong would reject the marriage when he came back.

After An Rushong decided to break off the engagement yesterday, the An family did not inform the Luo family immediately. They came on such a "new day" today. Maybe they heard that Rubin was back, so they brought their son here specifically to let the two young people meet.

Father An is the kind of person who has been poor all his life, and poor people like him generally have one characteristic, that is, they are honest and kind-hearted, and in many things, they would rather put themselves in a difficult position than feel embarrassed to refuse others.

Now, the marriage had clearly been agreed upon before, but his side was thinking of going back on its word. The most important thing was that the person who had been fooled was the owner of the land that his family had rented. Father An felt that he had let down the Luo family in this matter. Therefore, when he saw them coming to his house, he felt ashamed and guilty from the bottom of his heart.

An Rusong saw through his father's thoughts at a glance. He took two steps forward, pulled Ruze, who was supporting An's father, aside, and then took his place, supporting An's father's arm, and said, "Dad, don't worry. You don't need to say anything later. I will talk to Uncle Guang about the specific matters."

His predecessor also had many dealings with Luo Jinggeng. In fact, in his predecessor's memory, the relationship between the An family and the Luo family was not very good. In the final analysis, in the past ten years, South Korea's economy has been developing rapidly, but the structure of this economic development is mainly concentrated in the industrial field. As for agriculture,
South Korea's agricultural and rural issues are very complex, and are no less serious than those of Japan. Take subsidies, for example. According to the South Korean government's regulations, wheat farmers can receive a subsidy of 500,000 won per hectare of wheat. But who are these subsidies for? Are they for farmers like An Jia who actually work in the fields?
The answer is of course no. The government subsidies ultimately benefit landowners like Luo Jinggeng's family, not those who rent their land. In other words, although the South Korean government allocates large subsidies every year to subsidize agriculture, only God knows how much money actually reaches the farmers.

Furthermore, since the Asian financial crisis in 1998, the South Korean government has been forced to carry out many reforms in order to obtain assistance from the IMF, including the liberalization of the agricultural market. For example, import restrictions on agricultural products such as wheat, barley and corn have been gradually relaxed.

So, starting from 2000, agricultural products from North America, Australia and South America began to flock into the Korean market. These places are sparsely populated and have large-scale mechanized agricultural production methods. Their agricultural products are not only of good quality but also quite cheap.

As for South Korea, there are 1 million people living on a land of square kilometers. Nearly % of these square kilometers are mountains, and the remaining % ​​are plains, with a series of large and small cities distributed. Therefore, the per capita arable land area in South Korea is less than mu.

In short, this country is simply unable to engage in large-scale, mechanized agriculture, and can only adopt the old-fashioned, so-called intensive farming. Therefore, facing the impact of foreign agricultural products, the entire Korean agriculture collapsed in just a few years.

Why did An Rusong leave Yuantongli and go to Seoul to work a few years ago? In the final analysis, the most fundamental reason was that the An family was almost unable to make ends meet. However, even in that situation, the rent collected by the Luo family did not decrease. On the contrary, the rent seemed to have increased a lot in recent years. Just imagine, in such a situation, how could the relationship between the An family and the Luo family be harmonious?
After hearing what An Rushong said, An's father seemed to hesitate for a while, but finally sighed and acquiesced silently.

In fact, it is not that An Rushong is too strong, but in a normal family, the person who holds the greatest say must be the pillar of the family. In today's An family, An Rushong is obviously that pillar.

The group continued to go down the mountain, and after five or six minutes, they arrived at the gate of their own courtyard.

In the courtyard, Luo Minzhi was standing in a daze under the corridor of the main house. When he saw An Rusong and his group coming back, he hurried over to help move the table. Before, he also wanted to go up the mountain with An Rusong, but was rejected by An's father.

Only the male members of the An family can participate in ancestor worship, not to mention outsiders, even Rubin and An's mother cannot participate. An's father is a very traditional person and is very persistent on this point. Besides, he doesn't believe that his son will encounter any danger after returning to Yuantong. Are you kidding? He has four sons.

"There are guests at home," Luo Minzhi said to An Rusong while taking over the altar, "two people are in the living room of the main house."

An Rushong nodded, thinking that the people coming must be Luo Jinggen and his son. They were here to let the two young men meet. Hey, Rubin must be feeling pretty tough right now.

Supporting An's father, An Rushong ran straight to the corridor of the main house.

When An Rushong helped An's father into the living room of the main house, they saw two men sitting on the simple sofa in the living room, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his early forties, and a young man in his early twenties.

The middle-aged man was slightly fat, with a round head and a slightly bald head. His face was covered with fat, and his eyes were slightly swollen. He looked like he had not slept well for several days. He had a flat nose and thick lips. Just from his facial features, he gave people the feeling that he was not a good person.

When An Rusong saw the middle-aged man for the first time, some fragmentary memories of his previous life emerged in his mind. Yes, this middle-aged man was Luo Jinggeng. Although he looked to be in his early 40s, he was actually in his 50s. His father had served as the deputy chief of the police department of Dahongtuan County during the Japanese occupation period. After the defeat of Japan, he was almost liquidated. Fortunately, when the Korean War broke out, he stood firmly on the side of the Syngman Rhee government and escaped.

The young man in his early twenties was 80% similar to Luo Jinggen in appearance. He was also slightly plump, with the same flat nose and thick lips. But compared to his father, this kid was even fatter and had a triple chin.

When An Rushong supported An's father into the living room, the young man was staring at Rubin opposite him in a daze.

Rubin may not be very pretty, at least compared to the women An Rusong met in Seoul, she can only be considered pretty. But as the saying goes, "clothes make the man, gold makes the Buddha." Although Rubin has not been in Seoul for a long time, she learned her dressing and makeup style from Sun Manzhu, and her clothes were all selected by Sun Manzhu this time, so she has a strong sense of fashion.

At this moment, I guess in the eyes of the "little fat man", Rubin must be a beauty.

For some reason, An Rushong felt uncomfortable when he saw the way "Little Fatty" was staring at Rubin. He was not a crazy sister-protecting man, but he simply felt that the undisguised look of "Little Fatty" was full of disrespect for his An family.

Does this kid still think that the An family is still tenants of their Luo family?

(End of this chapter)