Thinking of Liu Baorui's stepmother, Aunt Zhang came up with a new idea. She proposed a condition:

"Since Liu Zhiqing is willing to take responsibility, and you two are both not young anymore, I think you two should get married before the New Year!"

"Your parents have to come to hold the wedding, propose marriage, and give gifts. If your parents are not here, our Ge family will not agree!"

Liu Baorui was caught in a dilemma, so he naturally didn't dare to say that Liu Daqiang and Wang Jinfeng didn't need to come. He lowered his head and agreed:

"Okay, I'll send a telegram to my parents later, and they will definitely come!"

Seeing Liu Baorui's attitude, Aunt Zhang was satisfied. After thinking for a while, she asked again:

"As for this betrothal gift, I don't ask for more from you, but what you did has wronged our Shanniu after all. If I don't give you more betrothal gift, it won't stop others from gossiping!"

"You said so, Liu Zhiqing!"

What else could Liu Baorui say? He could only agree:

"It's what Aunt Zhang said. Aunt Zhang can decide how much the betrothal gift should be!"

Second Aunt Zhang thought, I can't ask for less than what I asked Dalin for. After all, Liu Zhiqing's family is much richer than Lin Shouwang's family. Second Aunt Zhang held up five fingers and said:

"The gift is not much, just 500 yuan. I'll prepare everything, including four sets of brand new bedding, four sets of Shanniu's clothes, and a proper eight-bowl banquet!"

"If you have anything else, just follow the rules of your Jing City and buy it for our Shanniu!"

As soon as the betrothal gift was mentioned, the uncles who were watching the fun all took a deep breath. With this amount of betrothal gift, is it enough to marry one wife? Or even ten or eight!

Even if Liu Baorui was caught in such a weak spot, he would never agree to such a humiliating thing. He retorted:

"Aunt Zhang, I can't give you this much money. You said that Ge Shanniu has slept with me before. Besides, she is just an old girl. Let alone 500 yuan, even 50 yuan is too much for me!"

"The rest is even more impossible. What's the point of three rings and one turn? It would cost more than 500 yuan to prepare all of them. And there are four sets of bedding. Aren't those the dowry given by my parents? Why are you putting all of this on my head?"

"At most, I can only give her a set of clothes, nothing else!"

When Aunt Zhang saw that Liu Baorui disagreed, she put her hands on her hips and threatened:

"Liu Zhiqing, you have to think it over carefully. If you don't pay the bride price, you and Shanniu won't be able to get married. My elder brother and elder sister-in-law have bad tempers. If they get angry and report to the police, that will be bad!"

When Liu Baorui heard about the Public Security Bureau, his arrogance subsided again. He murmured:

"I can't afford so much. It will cost more than 1,000 yuan, and my family can't afford it!"

Aunt Zhang glanced at Lin Manman and suggested:

"If your family can't afford it, then the educated youth Liu and the educated youth Lin can always come up with more if they pool their money together!"

"Especially Lin Zhiqing, she has a job now, and her house is worth more than 200 yuan, isn't it all money?"

Lin Manman was eating pine nuts and watching the fun, but she didn't expect that this would happen to her!

If Second Aunt Zhang hadn't brought this upon herself, she would still be very willing to see the Liu family bleed!

However, if she was planning to target herself, Lin Manman would not tolerate it. She put down the pine nuts and snorted coldly:

"Second Aunt Zhang has a good plan. To marry your daughter from the Ge family, she has to sell not only her own property but also the property of her relatives and friends!"

"Even if you count the assets of all your relatives and friends, it still won't count against me. I have long drawn a clear line between myself and the Liu family!"

As he spoke, Lin Manman raised his fist, approached Liu Baorui and asked:

"Liu Zhiqing, it seems that Aunt Zhang doesn't know our relationship. Please explain it to her!"

"If you can't explain it clearly, I don't mind showing her our holiday!"

Seeing Lin Manman's vicious attitude, Liu Baorui shuddered when he thought of the time he was beaten by her.

"Aunt Zhang, I have nothing to do with Lin Zhiqing, so don't count Lin Zhiqing in this!"

Aunt Zhang looked down upon Liu Baorui's cowardly appearance and said to Lin Manman:

"Lin Zhiqing, what are you talking about? Even if your relationship with Liu Zhiqing is bad, his father is still your stepfather. Even if he is your stepfather, you don't care about him. But his stepmother is your biological mother, you can't just ignore her!"

Lin Manman sneered:

"What's my relationship with my mother? It's not your turn as an outsider to interfere!"

"Aunt Zhang, you can treat Liu Baorui like a fool, I have nothing to say, but if you want to use this incident to control me, you are making a wrong calculation!"

"Liu Baorui just admitted that he has a girlfriend with Ge Shanniu, so you can't sue Liu Baorui for being a traitor. They are just having an affair. It takes two to tango. You don't need to go to the police station. I will report to the commune right now and have them parade through the streets with their shoes hanging on their backs. I can also watch the fun!"

When Ge Shanniu heard that she was going to be paraded through the streets, she shook her head in fear and said:

"No parade, no parade, I don't need that much dowry, as long as I can marry Liu Zhiqing, I'm willing to do it without any dowry!"

Lin Manman was satisfied with Ge Shanniu's attitude. She nodded in agreement:

"Comrade Ge is really conscious. Now people can freely fall in love without any dowry!"

"Since you don't want a betrothal gift, there's no need to ask Liu Daqiang and Wang Jinfeng to come. It's better to do it today than today. I think you two should go to the commune to get your marriage certificate, then buy some wedding candies and give some to everyone. Then you'll be married!"

"Let's do this, Comrade Ge, Liu Zhiqing, both of you agree!"

Before Ge Shanniu and Liu Baorui could reply, they heard a sharp female voice angrily saying:

"I don't agree, I don't agree with this!"