"Do you have the right to speak in this family? Your son is not a member of the Pei family. If you don't want to give your son away, go back and get the money. Not even two hundred and one cent less."
If someone gave her a sewing machine as a dowry, how could she afford to give it to them without 200 yuan? Grandma Pei estimated the savings of her second son's family and found that 200 yuan was barely enough.
"Oh my god! Two hundred is too much!"
Pei Erzhuang's wife almost screamed. Two hundred yuan was all the money in the family, and there was also eighty yuan from selling ginseng. After taking it out, there was not even ten yuan left in the family.
"Mom, there's only 200 yuan at home. Weidong can build a house by himself, otherwise let him pay for it himself."
Pei Erzhuang knew that there was only two hundred and seventy-seven fifty-eight yuan in the house. Wouldn't it be like asking for his life to take out two hundred yuan?
"Grandma, it's okay if my dad doesn't want to pay the bride price. I won't give him pension money in the future. Xiaohua has been raised at my uncle's house since she was a child. You helped take care of her. I won't need him when she gets married in the future, so he doesn't need to take care of her."
Pei Weidong looked at the faces of his biological father and stepmother, and his heart was still upset. He didn't care what his stepmother did. But his biological father didn't even want to pay the betrothal money for his marriage. He had asked his father several times before his grandmother came back, but his father refused.
"Don't talk nonsense, Pei Erzhuang, go back and get two hundred yuan, otherwise don't call me mother."
Grandma Pei knew that if her son didn't pay the bride price, the father-son relationship between her son and grandson would be severed, and all her children would be in debt.
She didn't want her son to have no one to take care of him after he died, nor did she want her grandson to be criticized and called unfilial.
"Mom! Let's not talk about Guofu and Guoqiang. Pei Xiaoya is still a member of your Pei family, right? She's fifteen years old and will be engaged in two years. She needs money for her dowry!"
When Pei Erzhuang's wife saw that her husband was about to go home to get money, she immediately became anxious. Regardless of her two sons, she would at least take care of her granddaughter!
"Can't you earn enough for her dowry in three or four years? If there's really no dowry left for Xiaoya, I'll pay for it."
Grandma Pei has the final say!
Seeing that she couldn't stop her husband from taking the money, Pei Erzhuang's wife ran to the kitchen angrily. She wanted to out of sight and out of mind, so she would send her husband to the mountains to find ginseng tomorrow. She would not give up until the money was returned. In fact, she wanted to take him home and hide the money.
But thinking about how she had dreamed of Pei Weidong's biological mother every night before, she didn't dare to stop it, for fear that the woman would come to her again.
Fu Qingzhou and his brother looked at each other and became more satisfied with the Pei family's style of doing things. The old lady was sensible, and the children under her were not much worse, right?
"My dear wife, the food is ready, right? Let's invite the guests to eat." Grandma Pei's words were quickly responded to.
Delicious meals were soon placed on the dining table in the house, including braised fish, spicy fried dried rabbit, chicken stewed with mushrooms, pickled cabbage, stir-fried shredded potatoes, and shredded radish meatball soup.
The dishes are comparable to those of Chinese New Year, which also shows how much the Pei family values Gu Qingmeng. The more sumptuous the meal is, the better when meeting the girl's family for the first time. This is the greatest sincerity the Pei family can show at this time.
Fu Qingzhou also took out the gifts he brought, including Maotai liquor, snacks, a Daqianmen cigarette, and a can of tea. It took some effort to buy these things. The liquor and snacks were easy to get, but a Daqianmen cigarette required a lot of Class B cigarette coupons, which he bought at a high price on the black market.
The tea was a special supply supported by the old man, weighing two kilograms, and he was envious just by looking at it.
Pei Heixiong knew at a glance that the wine and tea were special supplies, and he was itching to try them, so he would ask his eldest grandson for some later.
During the meal, the younger generations of the Pei family did not sit at the table, and even Pei Xinghe’s second brother ate outside. Gu Qingmeng felt that something must have happened in the past two days that she didn’t know about!
After dinner, my uncle and his friends talked about the engagement of Gu Qingmeng and Pei Xinghe. The betrothal gifts and dowry were all laid out clearly. Since Su Xue's betrothal gift was two hundred yuan, Pei Dazhuang also contributed two hundred yuan to Gu Qingmeng's betrothal gift.
Hearing that Gu Qingmeng's dowry not only included money but also real estate in Beijing, Pei Dazhuang and Zhang Shuqin were both stunned. What kind of golden doll was this? How could she be so blind as to fall for his family's fourth child!
Gu Qingmeng didn't know about the 200 yuan betrothal gift. Pei Dazhuang and Zhang Shuqin both felt that it was a little too little. Even if they added another zero, it wouldn't be too much. They secretly made up their minds to give Gu Qingmeng some more betrothal gifts in the future.
After the conversation, Gu Qingmeng and the others left the Pei family. At night, her two aunts slept with her, and her uncles slept with her two younger brothers.
Gu Qingmeng didn't know that Pei Heixiong stayed as soon as she left, and didn't even have time to ask for food or tea!
"Boss, is there anyone new in the cowshed at Peijiagou?"
Grandma Pei's face was a little serious. It was unusual for so many educated youth from Beijing to appear in the village all of a sudden! Especially since the three siblings of the Gu family were all here, it seemed that the policy did not allow the whole family to be assigned to the same place!
"There's a father and son named Gu, one in his sixties and the other in his forties. They seem to be high-ranking officials in Jing City. There's also an old Chinese medicine doctor named Lu from Xiai City."
Pei Dazhuang felt something was wrong after he finished speaking. Why were there so many people with the surname Gu? Their village alone accounted for five of them.
"Four Donkeys, come back to the house with me."
Grandma Pei looked at Pei Xinghe, her already serious face became even more serious at this moment, frightening Pei Dazhuang and Zhang Shuqin in the room so much that they dared not breathe.
When Pei Xinghe heard the name "Si Luzi", he knew something was wrong. His grandmother even called him by his nickname. He smiled and went forward to help the old woman back to her room.
"Grandma, please slow down. Your beloved grandson will support you and I will get you a basin of water to wash your feet later."
Pei Xinghe acted cute and changed the subject, and received a one-stop service including making the quilt and getting water. Finally, he stood aside waiting for his grandmother to scold him.
"You know her family situation. There's no man in our Pei family who sells his wife for fame and fortune. Have you made up your mind?"
Grandma Pei asked with her eyes closed. She was just a little skeptical before, but when the Fu family took out Gu Qingmeng's dowry, she was certain.
Pei Heixiong ran away again, he still has something to do here!
"Well, it's decided. I will protect her." Pei Xinghe didn't hesitate at all. He didn't expect the Fu family to prepare a dowry for Gu Qingmeng so formally! When he said that there was real estate in the dowry, he knew he couldn't hide it from his grandmother.
Grandma Pei knew her grandson's character. There was nothing he couldn't do if he set his mind to it. Even eight oxen couldn't pull him back. When he was acting recklessly, only she could persuade him to some extent. Now there was one more person who could persuade him.
This is good. She is old, and the grandson will be left to Gu Qingmeng in the future.
"Go to the cabinet and take out the sandalwood box. This is a bracelet passed down from our ancestors. Find a chance to give it to your wife!"
Grandma Pei gently stroked the sandalwood box in her hand, with a smile on her lips, as if she was recalling some beautiful memories.
"Okay, grandma, you should rest early."
Pei Xinghe took the sandalwood box with a smile and helped pour the foot washing water. He went to the kitchen to wash up before returning to the room to open the sandalwood box.
At first glance, it turned out to be a black stone bracelet. I thought it was a precious jade bracelet, but I didn’t expect that the heirloom was actually a stone bracelet.
I had wanted to give it to Gu Qingmeng tomorrow, but now it seems I’d better forget it. Let’s talk about it later!
If Gu Qingmeng saw it, she would definitely recognize that this stone bracelet was made of the same material as her stone plaque!
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