Shi Lanlan didn't want to see her parents like this, she said angrily: "Dad, no matter what, you can't let people laugh at you! Luckily I only asked Hongjun to take you downstairs, if he had just come back with me and seen you like this, I would be so embarrassed!"
Shi Jingye's mind was filled with his money and he became impatient when he heard that.
"He, Zhou Hongjun, is just a poor country boy. You are my daughter of a factory manager. How dare he laugh at you? I think you are confused. The marriage with the Qiao family is so good. If you marry into the Lu family, you will rise to prominence, and even your father will benefit from you. But you insist on changing your marriage and marrying that poor Zhou Hongjun!"
They know the Zhou family's situation best.
The reason why I agreed to this marriage was because the Zhou family offered a high enough betrothal gift.
At first Wang Meifang was not satisfied, she originally wanted a three-turn and one-ring, but unfortunately those who had the means required to take the betrothal gifts back to her husband's family, and those who did not have this requirement could not afford so much money.
In the end, only the Zhou family was willing to spend money. Although they didn't get a gift, they bought two large pork legs, a basket of eggs, and 180 yuan.
Considering that their daughter would be able to marry into a fishing village close to home and help the family from time to time, the two agreed.
But at that time, Jingye and his wife looked down on the Zhou family and felt that the Zhou family was marrying above their station.
In the past, Wang Meifang was not happy about it. After all, the one marrying into the Zhou family was not their biological daughter. But now, she is dissatisfied with the Zhou family in every way.
Shi Jingye also has something in mind!
If it weren't for his own daughter's confusion and the initiative to exchange marriages, would he have to look at Qiao Qingqing's face? If his daughter became the daughter-in-law of a high-ranking official's family, wouldn't their family rise to prominence?
"You only see the current prosperity of the Lu family, but you don't know that they will soon be in big trouble." Shi Lanlan said unhappily, "I'm not a fool. If the Lu family is really as good as it looks, how could I marry Qiao Qingqing in exchange for marriage?"
When Shi Jingye heard this, he frowned and said, "Lanlan, do you know something?"
Shi Lanlan waved her hands: "You don't need to ask so many questions. Anyway, I am your father's daughter, and I will not harm you. Dad, don't look at Hongjun as a poor boy now, but in the future, Hongjun will make a fortune and lead our family to live an upper-class life, so you'd better treat Hongjun well, otherwise Hongjun will ignore you when he has money in the future. Don't come to me for help, I'm not that fool Qiao Qingqing."
Seeing that their daughter's story was so convincing, the two of them changed from not believing it to being half-believing.
Shi Jingye snorted: "I would like to be nicer, but now your mother has stolen the money I have saved for so many years. When you get married, I can't even give you a dowry. Go ask your mother for a dowry."
Hearing this, Wang Meifang stamped her feet anxiously: "I've already said it, it's not me and it's not me! I didn't even know you hid the money in that damn place! If I knew, would I have kept it until today to take it?!"
Seeing this, Shi Jingye felt a little flustered. He asked with a stern face, "Wang Meifang, can you swear that it wasn't you who took the money?"
Wang Meifang immediately swore: "If I take this money, I will die miserably!"
Based on Shi Jingye's understanding of his wife over the years, her behavior seemed to indicate that he had chosen the wrong person?
Shi Jingye suddenly became even more anxious: "If you hadn't taken the money, where would I have gotten it? It's more than a thousand yuan! And there are a lot of bills, all of which I saved with great difficulty!"
"You hid more than a thousand yuan? Damn you, you hid it so well!" Wang Meifang was shocked and angry. She originally thought that it was only two or three yuan at most, after all, she hid it herself.
Shi Lanlan was quite calm. Anyway, she was about to marry into the Zhou family and enjoy a good life. Although the Shi family had a lot of money at the moment, it was far from the assets that the Zhou family would have in the future.
So Lanlan didn't get hysterical like the other two, but asked calmly: "Dad, are you sure the money is lost? When was it lost? Just think about who has entered the study during this period of time, and it will be clear who took the money."
Shi Jingye's eyes widened with anger, and he uttered a name through gritted teeth: "Qiao, Qing, Qing!"
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