Cigarettes, alcohol, sugar, tea, etc. are considered standard items. Those with less financial resources will only buy one or two items, while those with better financial resources will prepare everything. Some will even bring two pieces of meat. There are all kinds of things.

What exactly is included depends entirely on the conditions and importance of the man's family.

The Gu family was very well prepared today, with everything they needed, including four sets of clothes.

The four sets of clothes are some thin and some thick, all specially made according to Jianshu's measurements. They are all made by master craftsmen, with delicate cutting and sewing, and good styles.

The fabrics are also different, leather, wool, cotton and the last set is silk.

They are all natural fibers, not the Dacron that is popular nowadays but which Jianshu does not like.

It's not cheap.

It can be seen that even the clothes were prepared with care.

Meng Ying and Zhao Mingze were very satisfied, and Jianshu liked it too.

The coffee table was filled with the things that were taken out, and this was because many of the big items were not bought.

After all, there are still a lot of invisible preparations. For example, the house, furniture, and a series of supporting daily necessities must be prepared in advance, right?

However, those are for the couple to use after they get married, and what I brought today are all betrothal gifts, specifically for the bride.

The man has no say in whether the woman stays or is taken back when they get married.

Generally speaking, if the family values ​​the bride a little more, they will leave one or two things behind and add some other things as dowry; if the bride is not valued, then basically don't even think about bringing anything. The betrothal gifts are basically left behind, and it is considered good if you can bring two things. The worst case scenario is that the bride will get married with nothing but the clothes on her body.

The difference will also affect their status in their husband's family after they get married.

Dowry is a woman's confidence. This statement always makes sense.

But it’s a little different here at Jianshu. She’s the only one at home, and everything she brings is hers. No one will compete with her.

There were a lot of things on the table, and they really took up some space. Jianshu took care of Gu Mingjing and helped them move the things.

Then he made another pot of tea and poured a cup for everyone.

Gu Zhan gulped down a glass of wine to moisten his dry throat, then coughed, attracting the attention of everyone present, and took out something from his arms.

Everyone present: Is this pocket of yours a treasure chest? How many things did you take photos of?

When I looked closely, I found that

——A passbook?

Why take out your passbook at this time?

Jian Shu was puzzled, and Zhao Mingze, Meng Ying and the others were also a little puzzled, not knowing what he was planning.

Only Gu Mingjing had some idea.

"What? You old man took out all your coffin money?" Zhao Mingze joked with a smile.

Gu Zhan rolled his eyes at him, "Get lost! What's with all that coffin money? I'm still young, it's not time for that yet!"

This person speaks very rudely.

Then, ignoring him, she pushed the passbook to the middle of the coffee table and began to explain, "When the eldest son got married, I gave him 5,000 yuan as start-up capital for their small family. Now the second son is getting married, and the same goes for the other one. 5,000 yuan, it's all here."

"It's just a simple division of the family. You're all grown up now and have your own families. It's time to live your lives separately. I've fulfilled my responsibilities as a father by giving birth to you and raising you to this age. This money is my final support for you."

"Five thousand yuan each, to be fair. You can use it for whatever you want. It's also your settling-in allowance. From now on, how you run your household and earn money to support it is your own responsibility. It has nothing to do with an old man like me."

Gu Zhan spoke freely and in just a few words, he divided the house into parts.

Most people are not so decisive. After all, the older people get, the more they like lively atmosphere and hope that the whole family can gather around them in harmony.

There are many families with four generations living together without dividing up.

Jianshu was a little surprised, but soon calmed down.

In fact, with the current situation of the Gu family, it seems that it doesn’t make any difference whether they split up or not?

After all, the three of them were in three different places and could only see each other twice a year. Even if they didn't separate, they had been separated.

Now, the idea of ​​splitting up the family seems more like a pretext to use money to support the children. Otherwise, given the personalities of the two Gu brothers, they probably wouldn't accept it.

Five thousand yuan is a huge sum of money.

No wonder the previous gift money was 888 yuan, it turns out the bulk of it was here.

Jianshu instantly understood the lawsuit.

She thought it through, and so did everyone else.

Meng Ying smiled and said, "You are so easygoing and open-minded. You divided the house so easily."

"What's so hard to accept about this? Trees grow bigger and branches out, people grow older and separate into families. The children have grown up, why do you still want to keep them together? As the saying goes, things smell good from afar but smell bad up close. It's a good thing to separate them." Gu Zhan smiled and shook his head.

"Tsk, what's the point of a tree having more branches and people splitting up as they grow older? Don't you think about it? We've already split it up a long time ago, one to the south and one to the north, one to the east and one to the west, and they've been separated for a long time." Zhao Mingze was too lazy to say these polite words, nor was he too lazy to listen to his pretentiousness, so he directly pointed out the facts without any hesitation.

Gu Zhan: “…”

Meng Ying: “…”

Don’t you understand the social norms of adults?

Of course Zhao Mingze understood, but the people in the living room were all familiar with each other, so familiar that he couldn't say anything about being roundabout and pretentious.

"Okay, what you said just now were just polite words, just listen to them." Gu Zhan, who was exposed, was not embarrassed at all, and overturned his previous words very naturally.

Zhao Mingze was now satisfied and nodded, saying, "It's settled, just give the money. Why all the pretentious words?"

Still splitting up? Is this family still splitting up? Three grown men in one family, they split up eight hundred years ago.

If we really want to split up, it won't be that simple.

"You are such a boring person." Gu Zhan said dimly.

"Heh! I think you're the one who's been thinking about complicated things too much and has become pretentious." Zhao Mingze said contemptuously.

Not pleasant at all.

Gu Zhan glanced at him, speechless.

Then I was too lazy to pay attention to him anymore and pushed the things to Jianshu, asking him to put them away.

Jianshu glanced at Gu Mingjing and didn't move.

Gu Zhan was a little amused. "Alright, don't look at him. This guy even brought his passbook today, just waiting to hand over the financial power. You give it to him and he will give you back. Why bother with this? Just keep it."

Jianshu blushed for a moment and felt a little embarrassed in front of the elders.

Gu Mingjing, on the other hand, was not embarrassed at all. He not only pushed the passbook on the table to Jianshu, but also took out one and handed it over.

"Keep it. Of course, you will be in charge of our family's finances." He said this casually without any worry about exposing the fact that he was henpecked in front of his elders.

Of course, there's really no need to worry. Which of the three gay men present isn't henpecked? So don't laugh at each other.

The family status is obvious and can be seen at a glance.

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