Tian Xianglan called out from the door: "Goudan, is your parents home?"
The two boys of the Li family were playing with crutches in the yard. The eldest, Goudan, turned his head to take a look, wiped his big snot with his sleeve, and shouted impatiently into the house: "Mom, someone is coming!"
When Tian Xianglan heard that they were at home, she didn't wait for Zhang Guilan to come out and went straight into the yard with Mrs. Qing.
It was not until the two people entered the room that they saw Zhang Guilan lying on the kang and taking a nap!
Tian Xianglan gave Mrs. Qing a look, which meant: You see, this is it!
Then Tian Xianglan leaned over to Zhang Guilan's ear and yelled, "Fire, fire!"
Zhang Guilan was so frightened that she trembled all over. With a cry of "Ah", she sat up with a thud, and was about to get up and run out in a daze.
Tian Xianglan grabbed her and said, "Alright, alright, I'm just teasing you! You're sleeping in the broad daylight. If someone steals your two sons, you won't even know it!"
Zhang Guilan rubbed her face with her hands, and then she saw the person in front of her clearly. She immediately said angrily: "It's broad daylight, why are you yelling? There's nothing wrong, why don't you sleep?"
Tian Xianglan asked Mrs. Qing to sit down by herself, and pointed at Zhang Guilan and said politely, "You'll limp if you stand."
"It was fine before, but now it's something. The Shen family from Dongliang Village is here to propose marriage. Have you discussed this before? This is the matchmaker, and also my old sister. Please entertain her well!"
Finally it was Mother Qing's turn to speak. She leaned forward and said, "I've heard that your daughter is a good girl in the surrounding villages. When I entered the yard just now, I saw that everything was so neat and tidy. The two boys are well-fed, strong and smart..."
Mrs. Qing started flattering everyone, and Tian Xianglan next to her rolled her eyes.
This person is still the same as before. She can make the dead seem alive. Her ability to lie with open eyes is really admirable.
The wall of Li's courtyard was collapsing and falling down like a rake digging the ground.
It was hard to tell what color the clothes of the two children in the yard were. The sleeves of their arms were shiny and stiff.
Before Tian Xianglan finished complaining in her heart, Mrs. Qing over there had already started praising Zhang Guilan instead of the Li family.
"No wonder the third son of the Shen family insisted on marrying Xiaoqin. One look at you, elder sister, and you'll know how pretty Xiaoqin is. Your face shows that you are blessed. Oh, let me take a closer look. Your forehead is full. Sister, your happy days are still to come!"
Mother-in-law Qing praised Zhang Guilan so much that she almost got back the feeling she had when she was a girl.
She came up to Mrs. Qing, grabbed her arm, and looked like she regretted not meeting her earlier, almost as if she wanted to call her sister.
After laying the groundwork, Mrs. Qing slowly went from praising the woman to praising the man: "The three brothers of the Shen family are all capable. In our village, they are a top-notch family."
"The whole family is full of laborers. If anyone else's family doesn't have enough food, his family won't starve. Shen Lao San is very handsome, a man of talent. It's just that he's not allowed to go to school these days. Otherwise, with his intelligence, he would have won the top prize in the imperial examination in his early years."
"How come your two families are so picky? There are two outstanding people from the nearby villages who have become a couple. Oh, your future life will be really enviable!"
"When I give birth to a few big fat boys, you will be a grandmother too!"
There is no sign of getting married yet, but Mrs. Qing is already imagining the day when her children will be running around.
Zhang Guilan nodded repeatedly after hearing what Mrs. Qing said. She also felt that the Shen family was a good family.
If Xiaoqin marries him, she can not only help her parents' family but also enjoy life herself!
Gradually, the two people went from endless flattery to talking about the bride price.
Zhang Guilan said casually: "We don't want much, just 10 yuan is enough. The rest can be done according to the usual practice."
“Cough cough… cough cough cough…”
Tian Xianglan was choked by Zhang Guilan's loud voice and looked at her in disbelief: "You...how much do you want for the betrothal gift?"
Zhang Guilan despised her for her innocence and said, "10 yuan. Our Xiaoqin is such a good girl, I wouldn't even marry her for 10 yuan!"
Tian Xianglan looked at Mother Qing with some disbelief. She remembered that just now when she was at home, she said that she was the one who colluded with the Shen and Li families, and she was just a formality in the middle.
Is the Shen family so rich?
Is Li Jia Ni really going to fly up to the tree and become a phoenix?
Mrs. Qing standing by didn't take it seriously.
When marrying off a daughter, of course you ask for a sky-high price and get a low return!
Isn't her mission today to finalize the betrothal gift? With her eloquent tongue, wouldn't that be a piece of cake?
Mother-in-law Qing praised the Li family and Li Xiaoqin as much as she could, her words gradually interspersed with mentions of which family's daughters were getting married, and how some gave more and some gave less dowries.
Speaking of these days, life is so hard. Every family does not have enough food and cannot get enough to eat!
What it means is to let Zhang Guilan go along with it and just be reserved. After all, who can really ask for a 10-yuan betrothal gift?
As a result, Zhang Guilan, who looked a little dazed, insisted on asking for a dowry of 10 yuan.
He also said that he had already discussed it with his wife and that he would not marry his daughter unless he got 10 yuan.
Now it was Mrs. Qing's turn to be dumbfounded!
It turns out that they were not being polite, but really wanted 10 dollars!
Mrs. Qing was stunned for a long time, wondering why this was different from what Old Man Shen said?
When Old Man Shen approached her before, he mentioned that the betrothal money would be probably 4 or 5 yuan, and he also said that if she could negotiate it, the less the better!
Mother Qing thought for a moment and asked Zhang Guilan cautiously, "Um, sister, have you discussed the betrothal money with the Shen family?"
Zhang Guilan: "I didn't say it specifically, but I'm telling you, right? But there's no problem with the Shen family, they can definitely afford it. Just tell them this when you go back. If you don't get this amount, our Xiaoqin won't marry."
"Well, in our surrounding villages, people only give 4 or 5 yuan. Some families don't want a cent, just some food. I'm afraid your number is a bit too much, isn't it?"
Mrs. Qing still expressed her doubts. She also wanted to know why Zhang Guilan's family needed so much?
Speaking of this, Zhang Guilan laughed: "Didn't the Shen family just marry off a daughter? I heard that they asked for 8 yuan as a betrothal gift! And he's a lunatic. Isn't our Xiaoqin much better than that lunatic? So 10 yuan is not too much at all."
When Mrs. Qing heard this, she was surprised. So this was the reason.
She doesn't even realize how old Zhao Changgui is. He is old enough to be a girl's father. Who would marry their daughter to him if she doesn't pay more money?
However, there was no need for her to argue with Zhang Guilan about these things. Anyway, what she said was too different from what Old Man Shen said. She had tried her best to reconcile them, but the other party refused to give in. So she could only tell Old Man Shen the same thing and let him make his own decision.
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