"You can't ask for such a high bride price!" Aunt Xu was still a little unwilling to give up. "Besides, after you go to the countryside, your household registration will be in Fengshou Brigade. You will be people of Fengshou Brigade. Naturally, you can't follow the standards of your hometown anymore. You have to adapt to local customs!"
“We listen to our parents. We will absolutely not marry anyone they don’t approve of.” Wenxi winked mischievously at Aunt Xu. “Does the Harvest Brigade allow daughters to marry whomever they want?”
Isn't it just because they're attractive and she wants to introduce them to her so-called nephew from her maternal family?
If her nephew from her maternal family were really as good as she described, he wouldn't need anyone to introduce him to potential partners; a bunch of young girls would be vying to marry him.
Therefore, it is clear that Aunt Xu's words are largely unfounded. Apart from the fact that her nephew is a man, all the other claims she made are probably false.
Wenxi has no regional discrimination; it's just that she's still young and doesn't want to marry into another family too early, serve her in-laws, have children, and take care of a man with whom she has nothing in common.
She can decide for herself who she marries or not.
Someone nearby agreed, saying, "Yes, what girl would marry on her own? No matter where you are, you need your parents' permission to get married."
Wen Xi nodded seriously, as if she had found an ally. "It's the same in my hometown. My parents have made it clear that if I find a partner without their permission, they will break my partner's legs and smash up his house. So I won't find a partner on my own. I'll wait for my parents to introduce me to someone. They'll introduce people they know well and who are a good match for me. They definitely won't harm me."
Wenxi said, spreading her hands helplessly at her aunt, "Auntie, although our family asks for a lot in dowry, people who can't afford it don't have to marry us. They can marry someone they can afford. The men my parents introduced to me are definitely people who can afford the dowry. So whether we can get married or not is none of your concern, Auntie. You should worry more about your own family's affairs! After all, our parents are responsible for our affairs. You're not our parents or family. If you worry too much about outsiders, it might make the children in the family jealous and uncomfortable."
Wenxi's stubbornness made Aunt Xu's face darken, and she stormed off in a huff.
Wen Xi pretended not to know anything, "Why is this aunt so strange? Why is she angry when I don't let her worry about my affairs? I have my own parents, it's none of her business to interfere in my affairs, right? Besides, marriage is a major life event, and it's okay to let parents arrange it, right? I'm so filial and obedient, why is my aunt still angry?"
"Alright, alright, Xiaoxi, stop worrying about other people's business. We're here in the countryside to contribute to the country's development, not to find relatives." Shen Jiaojiao could easily see through this auntie's intentions. She thought that because they were city people, they were well-off and wanted to introduce them to potential partners so that the other person could take advantage of them.
Now that they can't get any advantage, isn't it natural to become angry and frustrated?
After the wedding banquet, everyone went home, including Wenxi and her two friends.
"Jiaojiao, Xiaoyue, are you full? If not, make some malted milk powder and soak some walnut cookies to eat," Wenxi said.
Shen Jiaojiao nodded, "I'm full, no need to trouble yourself."
"I'm full too," Jiang Yue said.
After that, the three of them went back to their rooms to rest.
When she went to work in the fields in the afternoon, she saw many people in the village pointing and whispering about them. Wenxi could guess what they were talking about. This was the effect she wanted. They all had parents. How could they marry themselves off without their parents' knowledge?
Even if they want to get married, it has to be with their parents' knowledge and consent. To get their parents' consent, they have to show their utmost sincerity.
This kind of sincerity is something people in the countryside can't offer.
They're lucky if they can give a dowry of tens or hundreds of yuan, and some people don't even want to give a single penny; they just want to get something for nothing.
In his previous life, Qian Liang married Jiang Yue without paying a single penny of dowry, gaining a beautiful and good wife for free. However, she didn't cherish her and treated her like a maid, allowing the whole family to bully her, ultimately working her to death.
The aunt who worked with Wenxi would glance at her every now and then. Finally, she couldn't help but come up to Wenxi and ask, "Wen, you educated youth, do you really ask for such a large dowry when you marry off your daughters in the city?"
“If you want to know, Auntie, you can go to our hometown and ask.” Wen Xi smiled faintly.
She didn't know how much the bride price was in her hometown, since she had never been married before. In her previous life, her older sister and brother-in-law used her to get a promotion and a raise. She didn't know if there was a bride price, and even if there was, she guessed that her older sister and brother-in-law would keep it. She didn't know how much money it was.
She was spouting nonsense to discourage people from trying to introduce her to potential partners or pursuing her for money or to move to the city.
Within an afternoon, everyone in the entire Fengshou Brigade knew that the bride price in Wenxi's hometown was very high.
When Nie Xiulan heard this, her eyes flickered. Wanting such a high dowry was just wishful thinking.
With her around, she guarantees that Wenxi will marry Qian Liang without paying a single penny of dowry, and then spend her whole life as a peasant in the countryside, toiling away in the fields, not to mention being beaten three times a day by Qian Liang.
Jin Changfeng hurriedly pulled out his savings book. Seeing the number on it, he breathed a sigh of relief. He had more than enough money for the bride price. He would continue to earn and save money in the future. Even if the Wen family raised the bride price, it should still be enough.
Now he also has a watch, but in two years the watch style will be outdated and no longer suitable, so he still needs to save up tickets to buy a new fashionable watch and then buy all three watches.
Jin Changfeng lay down on the bed, clutching the savings book to his chest, his heart burning with excitement, as if he were about to get married.
Meanwhile, Qian Liang, a good-for-nothing, was furious when he heard about Wen Xi's family's demands. Wasn't this blatantly telling him that he was a toad trying to eat swan meat?
And you know what? He was determined to eat this swan meat, and he was going to eat it to his heart's content.
So Qian Liang went to the field and walked past Nie Xiulan, hinting that she should come over that evening to talk things over. He was eager to make things official with Wen Xi and bring her into the family so he could teach her a lesson.
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