On June 1st, the whole family gets up early in the morning and hangs big red flowers and pastes the word "囍" on the refrigerator, washing machine, and motorcycle.
These are all the betrothal gifts to be sent to the Ruan family.
Now the “three turns and one ring” (bicycle, sewing machine, watch, and radio) are no longer popular and have been replaced by the new three major gadgets (television, refrigerator, and washing machine).
Ruan Tang had a bicycle, a sewing machine, a radio and other things at home, but Zhou Chengsen did not prepare any.
But watches are also prepared, both for men and women.
Gold rings, necklaces and bracelets are also prepared.
Just as I had put up the happy couplet, the truck arrived.
My second aunt had already helped to rent a truck to transport the betrothal gifts.
The family began to load their belongings into the car.
Zhou Chengsen bought the betrothal gift by flying to Beijing during his holidays.
Jiang Xia and his second aunt both said they would help him and that he just needed to make a list, but he refused and wanted to do it himself.
It took me two flights to Beijing to get it done.
The second aunt asked Zhou Chengsen: "How much do you have for the betrothal gift? I have already found out for you. Most of the betrothal gifts in Beijing are around 1,200 yuan, and rarely less than 1,000 yuan."
In their village, giving a dowry of 888 is already very decent!
My second aunt feels that it is really not easy to marry a wife from Beijing.
It’s popular to buy imported electrical appliances here, but they’re very expensive!
A Sharp color TV cost me two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars, plus the refrigerator and washing machine cost almost five thousand dollars.
Fortunately, my nephew earns some money, otherwise how could he marry a wife?
Zhou Chengsen replied: "Three thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine."
Second Aunt paused for a moment before nodding: "Yes, this gift has a good meaning, and it means a long and lasting life."
Zhou Chenglei, who was carrying the washing machine into the car, said: "..."
Why didn’t he think of giving a betrothal gift like this before?
Zhou Chenglei helped his second brother move things into the car in a depressed mood.
At half past eight, everything was loaded into the car.
Zhou Chenglei washed his hands and said, "Can we set off now?"
Zhou Chengsen poured a cup of honey tea for the truck driver, then looked at his watch: "We set off at 8:39 and will arrive there at exactly 9 o'clock."
The driver happily took the honey tea and said with a smile: "I promise to arrive on time at nine o'clock!"
The driver is willing to wait! This family was very generous and just gave him a red envelope of 88 yuan!
Not to mention waiting for a few minutes, he would be happy to wait for a day!
He has been transporting goods for all these years and has never received such a big red envelope. It is almost as much as he earns in half a month.
The tea we drank was different too! It was not brown sugar water but honey tea with a floral scent.
"Come at 8:59. I'll be there at 9 o'clock sharp."
The driver readily agreed: "Okay!"
Zhou Chenglei: “…”
Unable to bear it any longer, he turned around and went back into the house to find his wife.
Jiang Xia just came out after changing his clothes.
Zhou Chenglei paused.
Tian Caihua also glanced at Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia wore an orange sleeveless waist-cinching shirt today, paired with a white A-line hip skirt with black polka dots and single-strap high-heeled sandals.
The whole person looks particularly dignified, elegant and beautiful.
Even the toes are beautiful!
Tian Caihua looked at herself again. She was wearing new clothes today, so she asked her, "Xiao Xia, can you help me see if this looks good on me?"
Tian Caihua was wearing a dress, with a red shirt on the upper body and a black skirt on the lower body.
Jiang Xia took a look and nodded with a smile: "It looks good. This skirt makes me look thinner and whiter. Sister-in-law has lost a lot of weight this month."
Tian Caihua smiled and said, "I lost 10 pounds! I will continue to work hard next month and lose another 10 pounds."
Zhou Chengxin frowned and said with a look of disapproval: "Don't ruin your body, it's not worth it. Look at you now, you only eat half a bowl of rice every day, and you're so hungry that you feel dizzy every day!"
She used to be able to eat three bowls of rice for every meal, but now she can only bear to eat half a bowl?
This month, Tian Caihua runs every day, in the morning and in the evening.
She ate little, only half a bowl of rice at each meal, and didn't eat that much meat. When she was hungry, she would eat some vegetables. She didn't dare to eat fruits with high sugar content. Zhou Chengxin was afraid that she would faint from hunger.
For breakfast, I only eat vegetables and an egg.
Jiang Xia: "Being obese is not good for your health, but don't go on a diet to lose weight. Not getting enough nutrition is not good either."
Tian Caihua: "Did you hear that? Xiaoxia and Xiaotang both said that being too fat is bad for your health! I won't lose weight until I reach 100 pounds. I haven't been dieting excessively."
Being too thin doesn't look lucky, so Tian Caihua only wants to lose weight to 100 kilograms.
Although Jiang Xia weighs 96 kilograms in the morning and 98 kilograms in the evening, she is very thin where she should be thin, and has plenty of flesh where she should be fat, so she doesn't look too skinny.
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At 8:59, the truck arrived outside the Ruan family compound on time.
The family got off the car, and at exactly nine o'clock, Zhou Chengsen and the Zhou family's people walked into the Ruan family's gate carrying lighter items, and then the Ruan family's people came out to help move the larger items.
Everyone in the entire family compound came out to watch the fun.
Everyone was shocked as they watched the appliances being moved into the house, and they were talking quietly:
"This refrigerator is from Panasonic. When I wanted to buy a refrigerator before, I saw it but couldn't bear to buy it. It cost more than one thousand, almost two thousand."
"That Sharp color TV costs more than 2,000 yuan. My nephew wanted to buy one when he got married, but he couldn't bear to part with it, so he bought a Peony TV instead."
"That washing machine is fully automatic, and fully automatic ones are much more expensive."
"There's even a motorcycle! This Honda motorcycle is not cheap."
Not only were there so many large home appliances, but they even gave me a motorcycle as a gift.
"These gifts add up to 10,000, right?"
"It's almost the same if there is none."
"Xiaotang's boyfriend's family is really rich. I wonder what he does?"
"A fisherman. Xiaotang's grandmother said he was a fisherman. His family had several large fishing boats, and the fish they caught were sold to Hong Kong Island."
"Really? Ruan Tang is in luck this time! I heard that some fishing boats in the south sell fish to Hong Kong Island, and they can make tens of thousands of dollars from just one boatload of fish!"
Everyone's eyes widened when they heard this: "So many? Is this true?!"
"Fish in Hong Kong sell for dozens of dollars per pound, but here we only sell for one or two dollars. Do you think you can make that much? It's easy to make money there. The salary of a dishwasher is one or two thousand dollars."
"Ruan Tang has finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel. As a doctor, she earns a lot of money, and her husband makes more money. She doesn't have to worry about her future."
"She is rich, but she is a second marriage with a child, so it is difficult to be a stepmother. And since she is so rich, why did you only give her a motorcycle? Shouldn't you have given her a car?"
"A sedan is too much."
"What exaggeration? I just can't bear to give it to you! If my son-in-law was so rich, I would definitely ask him to give me a car!"
No one paid any attention to her.
"I think there's nothing wrong with having a baby in a second marriage. Having money is enough. That baby is just a girl, who seems to be eleven years old. She will be able to get married in a few years. When Ruan Tang marries and gives birth to a son, won't all the money in the future be hers? Her good days are still to come!"
"That's not true. It's not easy to be the daughter-in-law of a rich family. The man is divorced, so who knows if he has a good temper? I saw him beat someone up really hard last time..."
…
Amid the envy and jealousy of the neighbors, all the gifts were moved in.
Ruan's father and mother guessed that the betrothal gift Zhou Chengsen would give would not be bad, but they never expected that Zhou Chengsen would give such a heavy gift, which was not only heavy but also expensive.
Ruan Tang pulled him into the room and closed the door: "My mother asked why you sent so many gifts. My grandfather was worried that he would be reported." (End of this chapter)
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