Chapter 311: Bride Price and Dowry
Lin Siyu: "Isn't Dad still at home?"
Wei Jingfen: "Dad only knows how to play chess from morning till night. How can he take care of children?"
"No, Mom absolutely cannot help you take care of the children."
Lin Yong took a sip of wine, not angry, and said directly: "Your mother can't go to help you take care of the children. I can't leave your mother."
If his wife leaves, who will cook and wash clothes for him?
"Mom, if you help Tianyou and I take care of the children, we will give you a salary every month in addition to living expenses." After her book is published, her royalties will increase. If she writes a few more essays a month, she will have a lot of money.
Besides, they are getting married and are going to have children, so Tianyou’s parents will definitely give him more living expenses.
"Mom, make your choice. Do you want to stay home and take care of Longlong, who doesn't give you a penny, or take care of my and Tianyou's child?"
Qin Shulan: “…”
Can she say she wants to take them all?
He could neither let go of his precious grandson nor give up earning money for his daughter.
"Siyu, how about this? You and Tianyou can rent a bigger house, and your dad and I will bring Longlong over to help you and Tianyou take care of the baby."
In this way, she can take care of her man, take care of her grandson, and her grandson-in-law.
Lu Tianyou frowned. How could this be considered helping them take care of the children?
This requires the couple to support three generations of grandparents and grandchildren, and they also have to pay them a salary.
If there are multiple adults and children, the expenses will be completely different.
Wei Jingfen's eyes lit up, "I think this arrangement is fine."
It was a great thing to let her elder sister-in-law help raise her son. Both her parents were not at home, and it was just her and Zhongbao, so they could do whatever they wanted.
Lin Yong had no objection. He could always find a chess partner wherever he went.
"Of course you have no objection. My parents let me raise him and helped you raise a son for free. What objection can you have?" Lin Siyu retorted unhappily. Does she look like a sucker?
To put it bluntly, her mother made such arrangements because she couldn't bear to part with her own grandson and her father.
"Mom and Dad, listen to what I'm saying." Wei Jingfen was so angry that her face turned red.
Lu Tianyou felt a headache from the noise and found Lin Siyu's family very annoying. They could not be a help to him and Siyu, but were a burden to Siyu.
He and Lin Siyu are getting married, so it would be better for him to get rid of this burden.
He felt that asking his future mother-in-law to help take care of the children was not a reliable idea. If he wanted to get rid of these burdens, he should stay away from them.
The child must never be left with the future mother-in-law, even if you hire someone else to take care of it.
"It's still too early to have a baby. Let's talk about this later." Lu Tianyou said to smooth things over.
"When I get home later, I'll tell my parents that I'm going to marry Siyu."
"Uncle and aunt, please tell me what conditions you have."
It was time to talk about the betrothal gift. Lin Yong and Qin Shulan looked at each other.
"Ahem..." Qin Shulan cleared her throat. "As for the betrothal gifts, we don't ask for too much. We are like the people in our courtyard. We must have three things: a bicycle, a sewing machine, and a radio. The cash gift is one hundred yuan."
As she spoke, she observed Lu Tianyou's expression and held up two fingers.
This is the same as when Gu Huai married Siyu. She really didn't ask for much.
She actually wanted more cash as a betrothal gift, but thinking that her daughter had been married once and was no longer a virgin, she held back and did not ask for too much.
Lin Siyu looked at her mother with disgust, feeling that her ugly, mercenary and greedy face had made her embarrassed in front of Lu Tianyou.
Wei Jingfen: "Mom, my eldest sister's coat only costs 100 yuan, and you want 100 yuan in cash as a betrothal gift. Isn't this looking down on my brother-in-law?"
Lu Tianyou curled his lips. Three big items and a hundred yuan cash betrothal gift. Aunt Qin really wanted to ask for it.
"Do you have the right to speak?" Lin Siyu glared at Wei Jingfen and scolded.
Wei Jingfen shut her mouth angrily.
"Xiao Lu, our Siyu is so successful. Auntie really didn't ask much from you. When she married Gu..." Qin Shulan was halfway through her words when she realized that she had said the wrong thing and quickly shut her mouth.
Siyu is about to marry Xiaolu, and she shouldn't mention her previous marriage in front of Xiaolu.
Lin Siyu was so angry that her chest heaved violently. She glared at her mother with dissatisfaction. Why did she mention Gu Huai?
When his future mother-in-law mentioned this, Lu Tianyou couldn't help but think of the embarrassment and awkwardness he had experienced in front of Gu Huai twice, and his expression became a little ugly.
"Xiao Lu, do you have any objections to what your aunt has suggested?" Qin Shulan asked Lu Tianyou cautiously.
"No objection." Lu Tianyou said.
When she heard that he had no objection, Qin Shulan smiled easily.
"However, I would like to ask, what do you plan to prepare for the dowry?" Lu Tianyou asked sincerely.
"Dowry?" Qin Shulan's eyes twitched.
"Yes." Lu Tianyou said with a smile, "Since ancient times, men have provided gifts and women have provided dowries, haven't they? In our courtyard, when we get married, the man's gift is three rounds and one ring plus a cash gift, and the woman's dowry is at least forty-six legs, not to mention bedding and shoes."
Qin Shulan looked at her daughter and daughter-in-law. Whether they were getting married or marrying in, they had never prepared so much dowry.
Lin Siyu's dowry also included the sewing machine sent by Gu Huai. When Wei Jingfen first married her, she gave them three turns and one ring of silver, as well as a cash gift, and then she came with two beddings.
"Tianyou, you've seen our family's situation. Your uncle and I are both unemployed, so we can't afford to prepare a dowry for Siyu."
Lu Tianyou: “…”
She just wants the betrothal gift and doesn't need to pay a penny for the dowry.
It was the first time that Lu Tianyou encountered such unconstrained parents. Any family with a little bit of dignity would prepare a dowry for their daughter's marriage. It would not matter how much the bride price was, but the dowry would be equal to the bride price, which would be half the value of the bride price.
"Uncle and aunt, you know that my parents are respectable people. If they marry a daughter-in-law and only see my family bring out the betrothal gifts but not bring in the dowry, people will look down on us and wonder why they think of Siyu?"
"Pa." Lin Yong put the wine glass on the table. "The betrothal gift must be sufficient. The dowry is no more than four beds."
"Dad, if you're not ashamed, I am." Lin Siyu said directly, "You don't have to pay for the dowry, I will pay for it. You just need to prepare the dowry for me and let me get married in style."
Even though it was her second marriage, Lin Siyu didn't want to let herself down.
She still wanted to marry in a grand ceremony, so that those who wanted to laugh at her could see that her life, Lin Siyu, was not over after the divorce. She married in a grand ceremony again.
"Si Yu..." Lu Tianyou didn't want her to pay for her dowry, because as long as she didn't pay, the money in her hands would be his money.
Lin Yong and Qin Shulan also did not want Lin Siyu to pay for their dowry. With so much money, wouldn't it be better to keep it at home?
Why should it be converted into dowry and taken to the husband's house?
"Okay, stop talking. It's settled now. Go back after dinner. Discuss with your parents when our two families can officially meet and set a date for the wedding."
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