Chapter 467 The Company's First Year

“Okay, okay, let’s do as Aunt Feng says.” Upon hearing this, Sheng Xiping immediately agreed before his parents could.

What's there to be unprepared for? It's just a house, a set of furniture and appliances, right? As long as the money is there, everything can be prepared.

I can't speak for other things, but when it comes to money, he can use it at will.

With Sheng Xiping's current wealth, finding a wife for his younger brother would be a piece of cake, wouldn't it?

Sheng Liancheng and his wife were a step behind, but their son agreed first, and the two of them instantly understood what their eldest son meant.

“Yes, yes, that’s exactly what Xiping meant. We’ll do our best to prepare.” Sheng Liancheng and Zhang Shuzhen said at the same time.

The Feng family was unaware of the inside story and was very satisfied with the Sheng family's attitude. Immediately, the two sides discussed the engagement date again.

The Sheng family cannot stay in Bingcheng indefinitely, so the date cannot be too far back, but we also need to leave some time for both families to prepare.

After discussion, it was decided that Sheng Xi'an and Feng Shuyan would get engaged on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month.

After reaching an agreement and finishing their meal, both parties went back to rest.

The next day, Sheng Xiping accompanied his parents and younger brother to various department stores in the city to buy things for Sheng Xi'an's engagement.

In Northeast China, the four engagement gifts typically consist of pork loin with four ribs, four fish, four bottles of wine, and four bundles of vermicelli.

After the engagement, the man has to take half back.

Of course, there are also those who live far away and don't want to bring things back, so they get an even number of each item.

Wine and vermicelli are easy to get; you can just go to the grocery store to buy them. The meat was pre-ordered from the butcher at the market, and I can pick it up on the morning of the 16th.

As for fish, live fish is unlikely; I can only buy frozen fish.

There are people who fish by drilling holes in the ice on the Songhua River. As long as the money is right, they can get any kind of fish.

In addition to the four gifts, the groom's family also needs to buy the bride two sets of clothes, one for winter and one for summer. Furthermore, depending on the groom's family's financial situation, they will give an appropriate dowry.

When Sheng Xikang got engaged to Wu Yuhua, the Sheng family gave him 1,001 yuan and three gold pieces.

The engagement ceremony was held only a month apart from the New Year, so it was best not to delay the wedding by too much. Therefore, Sheng Liancheng and Zhang Shuzhen agreed that the bride price would be 1,001 yuan.

As for the three gold pieces, that was no problem for Zhang Shuzhen either; she had actually prepared them.

Last year when they were in the capital, Zhang Shuzhen had told Sheng Xiping to buy Zhou Qinglan a bracelet when he went to Hong Kong again.

Later, when Sheng Xikang was getting engaged, Zhang Shuzhen simply asked Sheng Xiping to buy two more sets of gold jewelry to keep.

After all, these kids in the family are all getting on in years, so we're preparing in advance.

Zhang Shuzhen was careful on this trip to Harbin and brought a set of gold jewelry with her.

Sheng Xi'an's marriage was settled smoothly, and the gold jewelry came in handy.

And so, the Sheng family quickly prepared for the engagement ceremony.

On the morning of the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the Sheng family, accompanied by Sheng Xi'an's senior brothers and sisters, went to a well-known restaurant in Harbin for the engagement ceremony.

Today's engagement ceremony will be held at the hotel.

The main problem is that the apartment building for the Feng family is too small. There are quite a few people from both families, plus some of the Feng family's relatives, so there simply isn't enough room for everyone.

This location was decided upon after discussions between the two families.

The engagement was the bride's affair, so when the Sheng family arrived at the hotel at the agreed time, the Feng family had already arrived.

Today, quite a few people from the Feng family came, including Feng Jingyi's sister and brother-in-law, as well as Qiao Hui's brother and sister-in-law.

After the two sides met and introduced themselves, they sat down to talk.

As the matchmaker, Sheng Xi'an's senior sister had to say a few polite words and then show off the engagement gifts brought by the Sheng family.

The four gifts and winter and summer clothes were all normal, but the dowry of 1,001 yuan, as well as the three gold items of a gold necklace, gold bracelet, and gold earrings, truly shocked the Feng family.

These days, for most families, a dowry of three or four hundred yuan is considered quite good. Who would have thought that the Sheng family would give one thousand and one yuan, plus three gold pieces?

Those three pieces of gold jewelry were quite heavy; together they must have cost five or six thousand yuan.

"Brother Sheng, sister-in-law, what are we supposed to say? You've made such a big deal out of the two kids' engagement."

Looking at the gleaming gold jewelry, Feng Jingyi suddenly felt a little uneasy.

Wasn't the Sheng family a working-class family? They had six children; where did they get so much money?

The first time they met, he gave her a watch; the engagement involved a huge dowry and gold jewelry. This is from an ordinary working-class family.

Even with both members of the Feng family working, they couldn't possibly come up with so many things.

"That's right, brother and sister-in-law, I know you value Shuyan, but this is too much."

"Alright, we'll accept the bride price, but we don't need the three gold pieces, right?" Qiao Hui was also shocked.

The scene before us gives one the feeling of what people in Northeast China often say: "Why did you have to kill me when we were just playing around?"

If an engagement turns out like this, how are we supposed to get married?

"Brother Jingyi, sister-in-law, please don't take it to heart. We really didn't mean anything by it."

Mainly, these were the things that happened when the third brother got engaged before the New Year.

Xi'an is the second child, and the two kids are getting engaged one month apart. We can't have two different kids, can we?

"There are many children in this family, so we have to treat them all equally. That's why we brought out these today," Zhang Shuzhen explained with a smile.

Zhang Shuzhen's words only made the Feng family more surprised.

The two sons got engaged one after the other, and both were of this caliber?

Good heavens, how much money does the Sheng family have? They dare to spend it like this? This is a bit scary.

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