"Tell me, we finally raised our son with great difficulty, and then we emptied our savings to get him a wife."

And what happened? They couldn't get any help from their family. The other couple went about their lives, and they didn't care about their well-being at all.

"How can you do something like that?"

There are many reasons why the matter between Chen Weiguo and Liu Hongxia has dragged on for so long.

One reason was that the Liu family was stubbornly sticking to their terms, while the other was that Chen Shiliang and Xu Xiuxiang had always felt awkward and didn't want to agree to the marriage.

No one would agree to this. I've never heard of doing things this way. This isn't a marriage alliance; it's clearly an act of enmity.

“Weiguo, we all tried to persuade you that day, but you didn’t budge.”

I'm a few days older than you, so I'm your older brother. Today, in front of my uncle, I'm asking you one question: with these conditions, do you really want to agree?

Didn't you ask Liu Hongxia if, if we really gave her the terms her family asked, she would cut ties with her family? Would she ignore them after the marriage?

Sheng Xiping had wanted to say this for a long time.

"Since the Liu family says it's for your future well-being and they don't want this side to be a burden on you, then it would truly be for your own good if both sides were treated equally."

If our family offers a dowry of 500 yuan, shouldn't the Liu family also offer a dowry of 500 yuan?

If we don't let you interfere in the Chen family's affairs anymore, does that mean you also have to sever ties with the Liu family and have no further contact with them?

As long as Liu Hongxia and her family dare to agree, and it's clearly written down in black and white, with the farm leaders as witnesses, we won't need the Liu family to provide a dowry. We can just consider the five hundred yuan as money spent to buy a wife.

"Weiguo, do you dare to go and ask Liu Hongxia?" Sheng Xiping was deliberately provoking Chen Weiguo.

To be honest, Chen Weiguo is great in every way, except when it comes to relationships, he's so indecisive and doesn't act like a real man.

As for matters between men and women, if both parties agree, it's fine; if not, it's over, and that's it.

Why does it have to be so awkward and complicated, so tangled and messy? It's so frustrating!

Upon hearing this, Chen Shiliang slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "Oh, it has to be Xiping! He's hit the nail on the head!"

That's exactly the point! If their family dares to agree, I'll do anything, even if it means bowing my head to the ground, to get my eldest son married.

For the sake of the young couple, we will definitely not be a burden to them in the future. I swear this to the light of a lamp.

"That's right, that's right, boss, do you dare to go to the Liu family right now and ask Liu Hongxia and Liu Daming if they dare to agree to our family's conditions?"

"If they dare to agree, we'll get engaged immediately. After the New Year, your father and I will start arranging for the house to be built, and you two can get married next autumn."

It's likely that Chen Shiliang's loud talking startled Xu Xiuxiang, who was cooking in the outer room.

Xu Xiuxiang came in from the outer room and looked at Chen Weiguo with a resolute expression.

"But let's be clear from the start: if their family doesn't agree, then you'll have to give up on this idea."

Tomorrow, I'll ask a matchmaker to find you a daughter from another family.

"When you get married, live a peaceful and quiet life, and never think about Liu Hongxia again. Do you understand?"

Xu Xiuxiang was also driven to desperation by her son's marriage, and Sheng Xiping's words gave her some inspiration.

So Xu Xiuxiang didn't care about anything else. She just wanted to get things sorted out quickly and resolve the matter between her son and Liu Hongxia.

Chen Weiguo had been pondering this a lot these past few days. He was a grown man; even if he still loved Liu Hongxia, couldn't he possibly not consider other things?

"Mom, the Liu family will never agree to this."

Liu Hongxia has said this several times: her younger siblings are still small, and she is the eldest. Even after she gets married, she will still have to help her family more.

Especially her younger brother; he's the root of the Liu family. She'll have to help out with his weddings and other celebrations.

“Wei Guo, now that you’ve seen through it all, what are you hesitating for?”

Is a partner more important than your parents?

Oh, so after you get married you have to cut off contact with your family, but she has to help her own family. What's going on? Is her family looking for a son-in-law to live with them?

If it's a live-in son-in-law, the conditions are different; the house and the bride price have to be paid by his family.

"Why should I? We followed the proper customs for marrying a wife, and now you're the son-in-law who married into their family? That's not how things are done!"

Sheng Xiping ignored all that and spoke directly.

Sheng Xiping's words shattered the last vestiges of Chen Weiguo's illusions and his male pride.

Chen Weiguo jumped up from the kang (a heated brick bed), put on his hat, and went outside.

"Dad, Mom, you two sit with Jianshe and Xiping for a while, I'm going to find Liu Hongxia."

"I need to settle this with her today." With that, Chen Weiguo left.

Watching Chen Weiguo stride away, Wang Jianshe was still a little worried.

"Xiping, will this work? Won't Weiguo start a war with the Liu family or something?"

"It's alright. We should let Wei Guo see what the Liu family is really like, otherwise how will he give up?" Sheng Xiping shook his head with a smile.

If Chen Weiguo had any manly backbone at all, he would have let the Liu family know that he was not a pushover and not so easy to bully.

Sheng Xiping and Wang Jianshe didn't leave either; they just sat at the Chen family's house. Xu Xiuxiang quickly made them a pot of tea, and Chen Shiliang kept them company, chatting and drinking tea together.

They had only been drinking for a short while when they suddenly heard footsteps outside, and then Pan Fusheng hurriedly came in.

"Uncle Chen, Aunt Chen, my brother Weiguo and the Liu family got into a fight for some reason. The Liu family is making a scene and they're about to start a fight."

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