Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Promise
"Whether I get married or not is none of your business. We will be apart soon anyway. As for what you said about being stingy, I just realized that 200 yuan is just a small amount. It really broadened my horizons for me and my family. It turns out that 200 yuan is not a lot of money. If you don't give it, you'd be a miser."
Zhang Mengzhi was not angry because of her curse. To be honest, he didn't care whether he got married or not. As long as he lived a good life, it didn't matter if he didn't get married.
But even if the Zhang family donated the money, it could not be spent by the Wang family.
"Isn't it? My parents helped your grandpa back then. What's wrong with spending a little money from your family? If my family was a little greedy, we would have spent more than this amount of money."
Wang Lingya also knew that her family had done something unfair, but she would not admit it, so the cancellation of the engagement could only be the Zhang family's fault, so that the Wang family could deduct the Zhang family's betrothal gift.
She also felt that she had not spent enough of the Zhang family's money. When she thought about the men around her, any one of them had spent a lot of money on her, and they were just friends with her, not her fiancé.
"Hehe, Wang Lingya, I'm not one of those suckers you guys. Even your farts smell good. You wanted to spend more, but you just didn't have the chance. Back then, your parents just helped my grandpa find his way around. That's why your family pestered my family to get engaged, and we accepted it. And why didn't you mention the fact that your Wang family got a lot of benefits from my family? Now you're bringing up your kindness to my grandpa again. Why do you Wang family members have more face than others? Or are you Wang family members different from others, treating other people's money as if it were your own?"
Zhang Mengzhi got so angry when he heard her words that he became even more rude to her.
It would have been fine if he hadn't mentioned that favor, but as soon as Zhang Mengzhi was mentioned, she became even angrier, so she spoke more and more impolitely, and directly scolded Wang Lingya, making her face turn pale, and terror occupied her pretty face.
She can be successful among men because the men around her usually fall for her tricks.
But once she met Zhang Mengzhi, who didn't fall for her tricks, Wang Lingya's usual cleverness in front of men suddenly failed, and she kept saying the wrong things, giving him something to hold against her.
"No, no, Zhang Mengzhi, how can you say that about me and my family? It's obviously a voluntary engagement by both parties, and we didn't force it."
Wang Lingya shook her head desperately. Zhang Mengzhi's words shattered the sense of superiority that she had been brainwashing herself with, and made her recall that it was not the Zhang family who came to ask for this marriage, but the Wang family who pestered the Zhang family and used the so-called favor to snatch it away.
"What did I say wrong? Don't you and your family want to default on my betrothal gift? You know exactly how the marriage contract came about."
Zhang Mengzhi asked back.
“…”
Not only was Wang Lingya unable to answer, even the Wang family members pretended to be dumb at this moment.
The engagement was over, they could pretend it was consensual, but they couldn't do anything about the betrothal gift.
If they are going to cheat and refuse to return the betrothal money, why do they still admit that there was such a thing as betrothal money?
The person who asks this question must be a naive person. Two hundred yuan is not something that happens in later times. It is a lot of money in this era.
Moreover, there must be a matchmaker for the engagement, and there are a lot of witnesses. Not to mention that in order to hold on to the Zhang family, the Wang family had to ask the matchmaker at the time to write a marriage certificate, which had the signatures and handprints of many witnesses, and the betrothal money was directly written on it.
How could the Wang family deny the debt? The marriage certificate was made in triplicate, with one copy held by the Wang family and one by the Zhang family, and one copy held by the witness. It could be said that the marriage certificate had nailed the Wang family down, and they couldn't deny it even if they wanted to. After all, the witness was not an ordinary person. He was the director of the police station at the time, and now he has been transferred to the provincial capital to work.
The host of the wedding is related to Zhang Mengzhi's grandmother's family, so it goes without saying which side the other party will stand on.
Therefore, the Wang family dared to cancel the engagement, but did not dare to deny the existence of the betrothal money.
Defaulting on the debt is a matter between the Zhang family and the Wang family. Denying the existence of the betrothal money would implicate the witness, and the result would not be what the Wang family wanted to see.
Although the person Wang Lingya had just hooked up with had a good family background, it was impossible for him to go against the master of ceremonies just for a woman he liked.
Of course, more importantly, they didn't dare to let the other party know that Wang Lingya was engaged to another man. If the other party got angry, the Zhang family would certainly not get any good, and their Wang family might also be punished.
It's a pity that the Zhang family itself doesn't have much ability. If Zhang Mengzhi had a capable father, they wouldn't have to cancel the engagement today.
Yes, the reason why they gave up this good marriage with the Zhang family was naturally because the man Wang Lingya was hooking up with now had more prospects.
The other party also promised to find jobs for the eldest and second sons of the Wang family. Of course, the Wang family would not refuse such good conditions.
So they saw that they could not delay it any longer. What if Zhang Mengzhi came back from the countryside and asked Wang Lingya to fulfill the engagement?
So they thought about settling the engagement before Zhang Mengzhi came back to avoid any worries.
However, their plan was very good; the only thing they didn't expect was that Zhang Mengzhi would come back early.
"Nephew of the Zhang family, we have already spent the betrothal money. Even if you ask us to take it out, we can't! Considering the friendship between our two families, why don't we just forget it?"
They knew that using force would not work. Even if the Zhang family had no ability, they had several good relatives. If it was just an ordinary matter, they might not help, but once it threatened the personal safety of the Zhang family, the other party would definitely not just sit there and do nothing.
They can cancel the marriage, but hurting others is another matter.
Otherwise, before Zhang Mengzhi showed up, Zhang's mother was the only one at home, and she couldn't stop the Wang family if they wanted to take action.
"Who is your nephew? Don't try to make connections. Our two families don't have much of a relationship. Besides, did I ask you to spend this money? You Wang family are really interesting. You spend other people's money so confidently. I'm putting this here. If you don't return the betrothal money within three days, don't blame me for being rude and personally bringing people to the Wang family to collect it. If the things you have been hiding spread and people who don't want to know know about it, you know the consequences."
Zhang Mengzhi slapped Wang's father's hand away and said with a cold face.
"you……"
Seeing that Zhang Mengzhi didn't give him, his elder, any face at all, Father Wang's face became darker than the bottom of a pot.
"My son is right. We must see the money within three days, otherwise my husband will go to his cousins and have a good talk with them."
Mother Zhang felt more confident after her son came out. She knew that the Wang family didn't dare to hurt her, and she spoke with full strength.
The Zhang family is not helpless in the city. Although Mr. Zhang in her family is not very successful, the Zhang family members are very successful!
Not to mention the city, they also have connections in the provincial capital, and the relationship is close. It’s just that the Zhang family has never liked to show off, and the Wang family didn’t know that the Zhang family had connections in the provincial capital.
Ahem, if they knew that they might break off the engagement, they would be more cautious.
"Okay, we will definitely return the money in three days."
When Mr. Wang heard what Mrs. Zhang said, he had to grit his teeth and agree.
When Wang Lingya heard her father agree to return the money, she pulled his hand desperately.
"Dad, why did you agree to this?"
There must be 200 yuan in the family, but once the money is returned to the Zhang family, the Wang family will have a hard time in the days to come.
In order to have enough money to go out and play with her boyfriend, Wang Lingya instigated her father and brother to not return the betrothal money to the Zhang family.
You have to know that she has always pretended to be from a wealthy family in front of her boyfriend. If the other party knew that all this was pretended by her, Wang Lingya couldn't imagine it.
"Shut up."
Wang's father was more clear-headed than his daughter. They didn't dare to make a big deal about it. After all, the Wang family was not in the right. As for Wang's mother and two sons, they didn't dare to say anything after Wang's father made the decision.
The Wang family is always under the control of Wang's father, just like when he decided to cling to the Zhang family, he was determined to arrange the marriage between his daughter and the Zhang family's son no matter how embarrassing it was.
If it weren't for him, how could the Wang family have enjoyed peace for so many years?
So when Wang Lingya questioned him, she was met with a cold look from Wang's father.
“…”
Wang Lingya didn't dare to disobey her father and could only watch as Wang's father agreed to return the money and took them away.
"Dad, why did you agree to return the money?"
After returning to the Wang family, Wang Lingya looked at her father with tears in her eyes.
"You still dare to cry. If you were not so useless and failed to win over Zhang Mengzhi, we wouldn't have to return the money."
Father Wang looked at his foolish wife and three children with a headache.
The Wang family would surely fall apart without him.
"Do you think the Zhang family is so easy to bully? Don't forget, Zhang Mengzhi's grandpa and grandma are still alive. They are just old and rarely appear in front of people. It doesn't mean they are dead. As long as there are still people in Zhang Mengzhi's maternal family alive, they will definitely take care of Zhang Mengzhi's family."
Father Wang looked at his wife and children who had not yet explained what he meant, so he could only break the matter down and explain it to them.
"So we're just going to call it quits? That's two hundred bucks."
Like her daughter, Wang's mother was reluctant to return the betrothal money.
"Do you think I want to quit? If I piss off the Zhang family, and they fight to the death, how are you going to explain to Gu Yan?"
Gu Yan is Wang Lingya’s current boyfriend. His parents work in the government, so he can be considered a disciple of a high-ranking official.
"Okay."
Wang Lingya also knew that the most important thing now was to keep Gu Yan firmly in her hands.
Originally, his parents were very unhappy about Gu Yan finding a partner from an ordinary family. If Wang Lingya caused some more scandals, she would have no chance of entering the Gu family.
"Okay, hurry back and get the money. The Zhang family kid is not a pushover. He said three days and it's three days."
Wang's father, who had long realized that Zhang Mengzhi was difficult to deal with, took his children home to raise money.
Just after the Wang family left, Zhang Mengzhi, who was comforting his mother, suddenly had a bunch of memories stuffed into his mind. After he sorted them out, his confused brain felt a little better.
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