Chapter 410 Splitting the Dowry
Lin Anan scooped a spoonful of egg drop soup and shook her head gently as she listened to what Chen Tiezhu's wife said. "I haven't paid much attention to his family. I only saw the five daughters of the Shi family on the second day of the Chinese New Year. They were all very beautiful."
Chen Tiezhu's wife quite agreed with this statement, "Isn't it? It's not an exaggeration to say that the girls of the Shi family are five golden flowers. They even came to the cafeteria to eat a few days ago!
I also heard that the boy from the Shi family has found a wife, and I heard that she is the daughter of a leader! But the girl’s family is very wealthy, and they also want a dowry of 2,000 yuan, not a cent less.”
"So many?"
Chen Tiezhu's wife looked at Lin An'an with a meaningful look in her eyes, and her smile got bigger. "The woman said that if the betrothal gift is not as good as Lin Zihuai's, then the deal will be cancelled."
Lin Anan almost spit out her soup. "What kind of explanation is this? Could it be..."
Chen Tiezhu's wife couldn't help laughing, "Yes, it was your brother who made the trouble. Lin Zihuai, the rising star of the art troupe, was in the newspaper. Who doesn't know him now? Your little brother is very famous!"
Lin Anan was a little amused.
Chen Tiezhu and his wife were good people, so Lin Anan didn't want to hide it, and whispered, "That's different. Our family can give so much dowry to save face for my sister-in-law. She has a hard life, so we want her to marry decently.
And this money is not for the Du family, but for the young couple to live with their family. In fact, the real betrothal gift is about two or three hundred yuan. "
Chen Tiezhu’s wife was stunned!
"So it's possible to do this? Will the Du family agree to this?"
"Why would his family object? Several leaders acted as matchmakers, and everything was agreed upon in advance. My family will not give a penny less in betrothal gifts. We will give 2,000 yuan if we say so. We will just hand the money directly to my sister-in-law. As for how she wants to arrange it, we will let her do whatever she wants."
Chen Tiezhu's wife said "tsk tsk~" twice, "Sister An'an, how come your family is so well off? Your brother-in-law has this two thousand yuan betrothal gift, so you must be so confident."
"Is it?"
"That's right! I don't have a daughter, otherwise I would have to marry into your family. You are too honest."
Lin Anan smiled and shook her head, "No, it's not easy for anyone right now. I only have this one brother, so of course I hope he's doing well."
Chen Tiezhu's wife lowered her voice, "That's why I said you are smart! To put it bluntly, your sister-in-law didn't receive much care from her parents' family. Her stepmother was famous for torturing her in the military compound..."
Lin Anan sighed and motioned her not to mention it, "In the future, they still have to rely on themselves, and those insignificant people should stay away."
"You're right! But... it's also because you are capable and can handle it yourself. Unlike the kid from the Shi family, the pressure of the bride price is all on the five sisters. You don't know..."
Lin Anan originally just listened for fun, but the more she listened, the more she felt something was wrong.
Almost all of the five daughters of the Shi family were married off at a low price, in exchange for five sets of dowry.
Just get married. Whether their future life will be good or bad depends entirely on their own luck.
But now this younger brother wants to get married, and the girl's family not only wants a dowry of 2,000 yuan, but also 96 legs, plus three turns and a ring.
Shi's mother was a widow who only occasionally did handicrafts for the company and had no income at all, so it was impossible for her to come up with such an exorbitant bride price.
There is no way!
This time, the five daughters of the Shi family returned together, so Shi's mother calculated the betrothal gifts carefully and distributed them equally among the five daughters.
Not even a cent less.
To be honest, Lin Anan felt a little breathless after hearing this.
Chen Tiezhu's wife lowered her voice even more, and clapped the back of her right hand on her left palm, "What do you think is going on? How can the girls of the Shi family come up with so much money?"
"Won't they refuse?"
"Refuse?" Chen Tiezhu's wife was stunned, as if this word was new to her. "What can I say to refuse? Can they refuse to acknowledge their biological mother and brother?"
Lin Anan pursed her lips, and the faces of the five daughters of the Shi family flashed in her mind...
"The eldest daughter of the Shi family married into a brick factory in the neighboring city. The man is more than ten years older than her." Chen Tiezhu's wife counted on her fingers, "The betrothal money was all used to treat the youngest daughter's illness."
"The second child married a widowed veterinarian, and the betrothal gift paid for the youngest child's tuition..."
"Now it's the youngest's turn to get married, and the five older sisters are going to be skinned again! I'm afraid they won't be able to get together after being skinned."
Lin Anan sighed inwardly. Seeing that the two little ones had finished eating and Chu Mingyu had gone out to play, she stopped talking about this heavy topic and said, "It's not easy for any of them."
"Yes, no one can compare to anyone else."
Lin Anan paid the bill and said goodbye to Chen Tiezhu's wife.
When I walked out of the office cafeteria, the warm sun was dyeing the rows of brick walls into warm orange, giving me a feeling of the sudden warmth of early spring.
When they walked back to the military compound, they ran into the Hu siblings.
"Sister Xiumei."
Lin Anan sent a letter some time ago, giving a general idea of the arrangements for working in the barren mountains.
"An An, I'm sorry, we are so busy this year that we can only get away now."
"fine."
Seeing that Lin Anan was advanced in her pregnancy, Hu Xiumei hurried to her side, supported her, and carefully protected her as they walked into the compound.
"How are things going over there?"
"It's going great! The scale is also expanding little by little. This year I plan to raise rabbits and fish."
Lin Anan patted Hu Xiumei's hand and said, "Sister Xiumei, you are amazing."
“It was all forced out.”
Several people entered the house and sat down in the main hall.
Chu Minglan poured tea for the two of them and took Chu Mingyu out to play.
"An An, if you want to conduct a pilot project and select 20 comrades to try it out, we have no objection at all."
Hu Jiu took out a notebook from his backpack, turned to the page with the notes and handed it to Lin Anan, "This is the preliminary plan I wrote, Comrade Lin, take a look."
"Okay." Lin Anan took it.
I didn’t think much of it at first, but the densely packed words on the notebook were... written in an orderly manner, with the things that should be paid attention to, emphasized, and arranged arranged one by one.
You can tell at first glance that it is very attentive.
Lin Anan was a little surprised at how meticulous Hu Jiu was!
"It's a three-month period, with food and accommodation provided, and work will be arranged according to individual expertise. Don't worry about the salary, we plan to..." Hu Jiu raised two fingers, "raise the salary to 20 yuan per month, and the other benefits will remain the same as usual."
This is double what I said last time!
Seeing the worry in Lin An'an's eyes, Hu Xiumei hurriedly added: "An'an, don't worry, we have calculated the salary. If this can be done, we plan to submit the "Military and Civilian Production" plan to the surrounding organizations, and then unite with the neighboring brigades, and we will also implement the work point system..."
Lin Anan listened quietly to their plan, and suddenly she felt her eyes sore, as if someone had touched the softest part of her heart, and she was indescribably moved.
She just mentioned it briefly, and it was not certain whether it would succeed or not, but they were so dedicated.
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