Mother Lu smiled teasingly, "Zhengguo, you misunderstood. That's not what I meant."

"It's just... it's just that 700 yuan is too much. My family can't afford that much money. Why don't you talk to your wife and ask for less."

"If it's 500 yuan, my family can still afford it."

Zhang Fengxia helped out, "Zhengguo, I know you are good to Hongmei, but you can't sacrifice the interests of your family. Come and help her."

"It's good enough for the family to get 500 yuan, let alone 700 yuan, even 600 yuan is impossible."

Lu Zhengguo looked at Zhang Fengxia sharply, "Sister-in-law, when we married you, our family spent a lot of money, even giving you a job."

"All those things add up to more than 700 yuan. Hongmei is my parents' child. Giving her 600 yuan now is not too much to buy her a job."

Lu Hongmei raised her hand and wiped her tears, "Yes, you guys will spend more than this money to marry my eldest brother."

"Now I just want you to help me buy this job. When I get married in the future, I don't need you to buy dowry for me. I can buy it myself."

"If you still don't want to, I'll consider this money as a loan from my family. From now on, I'll give my salary to my family every month, except for some basic expenses such as food, until I pay off the money."

In her heart, Lu's mother still loves this daughter, but because the family has not been divided yet, they have no say in the family money, and they also have two grandsons to support.

Her heart could only lean towards her daughter-in-law. Now that her daughter-in-law had said so, she hesitated for a long time.

"Fengxia, how about this? Hongmei will pay back the money. We can't really let her go to the countryside."

Zhang Fengxia curled her lips and looked towards Shen Manyu's room. "Why are you asking me? I'm not the only daughter-in-law in this family. I agree, but what if she disagrees?"

Before the family was divided, he used everyone's money to buy a job for his sister-in-law.

She just didn't believe it. Shen Man had no opinion at all?

Everyone present fell silent.

That's indeed the truth. They almost ignored Shen Man and forgot that she was a member of this family.

Lu Hongmei subconsciously looked at Lu Zhengguo and bit her lip, "Second brother..."

Lu Zhengguo was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "I'll go back and talk to Shen Man. As long as you agree to take 600 yuan, it'll be fine."

Since he has no plans to divorce now, he should really discuss this with her before doing anything.

Mother Lu looked at Zhang Fengxia, then at the crying girl, and hesitated for a moment, "Okay, the 600 yuan will be paid by the family."

"Mom, wait, I can give you the money, but you have to let Hongmei write an IOU first. Brothers should settle accounts clearly. Although Hongmei is a member of the family, she still has to write the IOU."

Zhang Fengxia glanced at Shen Man again and closed the door. She raised her voice so that no one in the room could hear her.

"Before writing the IOU, the whole family must be present as witnesses. Zhengguo, call your wife over immediately and explain the situation to her."

"Wait until Dad returns to your eldest brother and he gets home from get off work. If no one has any objections, let Hongmei write the IOU."

The family hasn't been divided yet, and the second wife's share of the money belongs to her.

Shen Man is such a calculative person, how could she let her family use her share of the money to buy a job for her sister-in-law who has always been at odds with her.

Lu Zhengguo glanced at Zhang Fengxia, turned around and knocked on the door.

Indoors.

Shen Man naturally listened to what these people said, including Zhang Fengxia, and deliberately said those words to her.

If she and Lu Zhengguo were a normal couple, Lu Hongmei would always deliberately make things difficult for her.

To be honest, before the family split up, Lu Hongmei would definitely feel uncomfortable if the Lu family used everyone's money to buy a job for her.

But she and Lu Zhengguo were not normal wives after all. Whatever decision he made was his business, even the money for the work was his.

She doesn't have any idea.

The knock on the door continued.

Shen Man got up impatiently and went to open the door. "The door is not locked. Next time, if no one answers after you knock twice, you can come in by yourself."

Lu Zhengguo nodded and followed Shen Man inside. He was still thinking about how to start the conversation.

Shen Man opened the cabinet and handed the watch to him.

"If it's about 700 yuan, you don't have to tell me. We are not a serious wife, and you don't have to discuss everything with me."

"It's only 700 yuan per seat, and I can take your sister to go through the onboarding procedures tomorrow."

Lu Zhengguo looked at the watch she handed over and his face suddenly turned cold.

He didn't reach out to take it.

This watch, the one he put on her in the middle of the night a few days ago.

But the next day, he didn't see her wearing the watch. It turned out that she had put it away.

But now she wants to return it to him.

When Shen Man was looking after Yang before, she was not like this.

Lu Zhengguo frowned and said coldly, "Since I gave it to you, it's yours."

Shen Man walked over and put the watch in her hand into the pocket of his military uniform.

"I'll return the things to you. They're not mine. I don't want them and I won't take them."

"I asked you to put it on me this time, but you just said something so rude, so I wanted to give you some trouble."

She made no secret of her dissatisfaction with men.

Lu Zhengguo was silent for a moment, and finally put the watch back on his wrist.

Maybe this watch is not suitable for her.

"I'll take you to the department store tomorrow to pick one out. You can pick the style you like."

"You want that cream. You'll probably have to wait a few days."

It was agreed that when the cream was ready, he would take the cream and exchange it for his watch.

Now the face cream is gone, but the watch is returned. After thinking about it, he decided to buy her a watch that would suit her.

Shen Man looked at the man in surprise. He actually remembered the incident with the face cream so clearly. She had almost forgotten it.

But when she went back to her parents' home yesterday, her mother asked someone to bring her two more cans.

She shook her head. "No need for a watch. I'll buy one myself when I have money."

The first time I bought a bicycle, it was as a compensation gift from him.

This time when buying a watch, she didn't know what Lu Zhengguo had done to let her down.

Lu Zhengguo frowned slightly, but didn't say anything.

He began to talk about his purpose of coming in, "I paid Hongmei 700 yuan for her work, 100 yuan of which was mine, and the other 600 yuan was from the family."

"I forgot to tell you about this at first. It's my fault for buying you a watch. This is the reason."

"I have already made it clear to her that this hundred yuan will be her dowry in the future."

Nowadays, watches in department stores cost hundreds of yuan at a time. The value of a watch is much greater than the one hundred yuan he gave Hongmei.