"So what do you think?" Old Mrs. Lu asked Lu Zhenjia.

His youngest son has always been full of ideas, and he also raised Lu Youbang, a top student.

Therefore, compared to the honest and dull Lu Zhenguo, the two elders of the Lu family are more willing to listen to Lu Zhenjia's opinions.

Lu Zhenjia said so much just waiting for this sentence.

Seeing the opportunity, he quickly said, "We must let her get married first, and then we can get the betrothal gift."

"But now the whole village knows that she was admitted to Peking University. The two families next door even served as witnesses. They heard with their own ears that your father and I promised her to study at Peking University." Mrs. Lu frowned and said awkwardly, "If we go back on our word now, our family's reputation in the village will be bad."

"Mom, you let her get married, but you didn't say you couldn't let her go to college!" Lu Zhenjia said with a smile, "If she wants to go to college, it's fine. Let's get married in our village first."

"Otherwise, she can't leave!" Lu Zhenjia finally couldn't help himself, revealing a cruel look on his face, "Just say that our family doesn't have the money to support her to go to college. Didn't my elder brother and sister-in-law say that we have to sell everything we have to support her. Does she really want her parents to sell everything they have for her to go to college?"

Lu Zhenjia sneered, "Let her get married, and the tuition will be paid from the bride price. Otherwise, where will we get the money to send her to college?"

"From the betrothal money?" Mrs. Lu immediately showed a painful expression, "That's a huge sum of money!"

"I want to leave all the betrothal money to my friend to help him get married," said Mrs. Lu.

When Lu Zhenjia heard what Old Lady Lu said, he immediately felt relieved.

"That's just to comfort her." Lu Zhenjia continued, "In order to go to college, she must agree to get married! But once she gets married, she belongs to another family. Whether the man's family is willing for her to go to college is their business. If the man's family is unwilling, there is nothing we can do!"

Lu Zhenjia spread his hands and said, "At that time, it wasn't us who regretted and stopped her from going to college, but her husband's family didn't allow her to go. The villagers could blame us and gossip about us, but they couldn't put the blame on us."

"You are really smart!" Old Mrs. Lu slapped her thigh excitedly, "At that time, she couldn't go to college, but she kept all the betrothal money with us."

"That's right." Lu Zhenjia turned around and asked Mr. Lu, "Dad, what do you think?"

Seeing that his son still respected his opinion the most, Mr. Lu nodded with satisfaction, "It's a good idea."

"But..." Mr. Lu frowned and pondered for a few seconds, "Where can we find someone for her to marry in such a short time? The most important thing is that it will take a lot of time just to negotiate a satisfactory betrothal gift."

"What a coincidence, I just happen to have a particularly suitable family here." Lu Zhenjia was waiting for Grandpa Lu to say this, and his eyes lit up at this moment.

"Whose family?" Old Mrs. Lu moved forward and asked hurriedly.

Lu Zhenjia seemed to see a symbol in her eyes.

"It's the family of Hu Shazi from the next village." Lu Zhenjia said.

"His home?" Old Mrs. Lu was shocked.

"How much?" Mrs. Lu's eyes suddenly lit up.

Lu Zhenjia smiled, raised his index finger mysteriously, then raised his left index finger and placed it horizontally on top of his right index finger, "This number."

Mr. Lu was also shocked and almost fell off his chair, "One... one hundred thousand?"

Lu Zhenjia smiled and nodded, "His family knew that it would be difficult for their stupid son to find a wife, so they gave a very generous betrothal gift."

"Originally, Guifen was worried. Although the betrothal gift was high, we couldn't let our daughter marry a fool, right?" Lu Zhenjia said, "Who knew that Lu Youxi would cause such a big scandal? With the scandal between her and Xu Mai, who in our area would be willing to marry a woman like her who doesn't know how to behave? Even if she is a college student, it wouldn't work. Moreover, she was admitted to Beijing University and was in urgent need of money. That's why I thought that Hu Shazi might be the most suitable person for Lu Youxi. The betrothal gift was just enough for her to go to college, and Hu Shazi's family didn't have the conditions to be picky. It's good enough that our family is willing to marry Lu Youxi to him, why do they despise her?"

"But, he is a fool after all. Will that girl Lu Youxi be willing?" Mrs. Lu was very willing.

"Talk to her nicely. Lu Youxi is not a fool. This matter is good for her. Her husband is a fool and can't tie her down. She can do whatever she wants in the city," Lu Zhenjia said in a low voice.

"But didn't you just say that as long as the man's family doesn't let her go to school, the betrothal gift will all be ours?" Old Mrs. Lu said again.

"I just said this to Lu Youxi and asked her to agree to get married." Lu Zhenjia explained, "For Lu Youxi, a fool can't tie her down. But for the Hu family, their own foolish son needs a wife to take care of him. They gave so much betrothal gifts, can they be willing to let Lu Youxi go to the city to study in college? Besides, if he goes to the city to study in college, he will see more and despise his fool even more. What if he runs away in the future? Isn't the betrothal gift spent in vain? The Hu family only has a foolish son, not the whole family. After paying the money, can they let him go?"

"When Lu Youxi marries, our family will get the betrothal gift. How the Hu family treats Lu Youxi is the Hu family's business. It has nothing to do with us." Lu Zhenjia spread his hands and said with a smile: "We are not deceiving her, are we? It's just that the Hu family doesn't keep their word."

Mrs. Lu finally understood and slapped her thigh happily, "This is great!"

"With Lu Youxi's current reputation, it will be difficult for her to marry into a good family." Old Master Lu nodded and said, "She can only marry the fool Hu."

Lu Youxue carefully hid outside the window and listened.

Because the Lu family elders favored boys over girls, they sent Lu Youxi to work in the fields with Lu Zhenguo and Liu Yusu early in the morning, but did not let Lu Youxue go.

But how could Lu Youxue be the kind of person who could let his parents and sister work while he plays at home?

After finishing today's summer homework, I plan to go to the fields to help.

Who knew that as soon as I left the house, I heard Lu Zhenjia conspiring with the two elders of the Lu family to plot against Lu Youxi.

Hearing Lu Youxi's name, Lu Youxue became alert.

Usually, the two elders and Lu Zhenjia were not nice to Lu Youxi.

Today is the last day to test the waters. I don't know if I can pass. Please add your collection, recommendation, comment and check in~

(End of this chapter)