Chapter 10: Marrying This Man Is Not Cheap
"I am thirteen now. If I don't get married soon, they will gossip about me. This year's harvest is good, and the family has a lot of grain bills. If they marry me today, they will ask for a big gift. They don't want to pay this money, so they want to send me away while the weather is good."
After that, he looked up at Fengmian and said, "If you like me, you probably have to spend some money, otherwise they won't agree."
This was equivalent to telling her that their family was selling their son, and she had to be prepared to spend money to buy someone else.
Gu Yuelin is very insightful and speaks very straightforwardly.
The reasons why he wanted to marry into the family, the reasons why his father and stepmother wanted to kick him out, and even why his stepmother wanted to blackmail him, were all explained clearly.
The rest depends on whether she makes the deal.
"Ye." Feng Mian responded with a smile, "But I have to think about it and see how big your stepmother's appetite is."
Gu Yuelin looked at her smiling face, paused, and then said, "Don't worry, I won't let you down."
As he spoke, he was about to take out his wallet.
Feng Mian understood that the ticket scalper had secretly saved some money.
"No need." She stopped him from taking out the money. "It's not even a plan yet. I haven't considered it yet."
Gu Yuelin nodded, also feeling that his actions were a bit rash.
The two of them had been out for a while, talked for a few words and then went back home.
Zhang was dealing with this family. Even with the help of a matchmaker, there was some impatience on her face, which was enough to show that Gu Yuelin's stepmother was not a good person.
Everyone watched them come back. Before Zhang could say anything, Gu Yuelin's stepmother Liang rushed over with a smile, pulled Feng Mian and said, "I just saw a stone bowl rack in your kitchen. Why is it equipped with a door and locked?"
Feng Mian's mouth twitched, thinking, what does this have to do with you?
She still explained politely, "There are a lot of rats in the village, so it's safer to lock them up."
"Oh, how can you keep the rats out? I'll make a hole in your door to let them in later."
Feng Mian added: "I'm afraid of being robbed, so I'd better lock it up to be safer."
She was about to say something, but was interrupted by matchmaker Xu, "Sister Liang, the girl lives alone, and the Fengjia Brigade has just calculated the distribution of food, so we should be more careful."
After hearing what she said, Liang became even more certain that the things locked inside were all food.
How much can a little girl eat? Half a bowl of porridge was enough to fill her to death, so she had to find a way to get food for herself.
Liang smiled and said, "An orphan has her own advantages. If one person is full, the whole family will not be hungry. I envy your life. Unlike me, I have to take care of my family and have never had a full meal."
Feng Mian: “…”
"Ahem." Matchmaker Xu heard her talk getting more and more outrageous, so she quickly spoke up to smooth things over, "We've seen it, we've talked about it, can you two families decide whether this marriage is a success?"
Zhang was about to speak when Liang interrupted her, "Okay, I think so. But it's not easy for my family to raise our son to this age. You, the Feng family, can't let us suffer too much, right?"
Zhang suppressed her anger and snorted, "Then how much do you want?"
"The three-turn and one-ring thing is something that only rich people care about. We poor people don't care about that. Forget about the sewing machine, but at least we need a bicycle, right? And a watch, right?"
Feng Mian's mouth twitched wildly. Before he could say anything, she said, "I know you don't have tickets, so you can't buy these things. How about this, just convert them into money. A watch for three yuan, a bicycle for one yuan and fifty yuan, plus one pound of grain, ten pounds of meat tickets, and two zhang of cloth tickets, that's about it."
Zhang and Feng Mian calculated the points together, doesn't she know how much she has? She only shared 10 kilograms of food.
Not to mention the lion's mouth is asking for several thousand yuan.
Zhang was so angry that she was shaking. "People don't sell their daughters for as much as you do. Why don't you rob them?"
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