Chapter 119 Marriage is a good choice
Li Chao's eyes widened in surprise.
These days, a thousand is a huge sum of money. Wang San really dared to ask for it. Even if he was somewhat willing to marry Wang Xinran, he couldn't possibly come up with that much money.
A thousand can buy a lot of things; asking him to give such a large dowry is simply treating him like a fool.
He wouldn't do that.
Wang San wasn't going to put up with him. He rolled his eyes and said impatiently, "That's all. If you don't have any more, then forget it. Let me tell you, a lot of people want to marry my daughter. I'll have a matchmaker introduce her to someone."
Li Chao blocked his way unhappily: "Forget it, you're asking for too much. Who can afford to pay so much dowry? These days, getting married in the village costs at most a few hundred yuan, just a token amount. But you dare to ask for so much money? I think you've gone crazy."
"You're the one who's crazy!"
Wang San said angrily, "Wang Xinran is only eighteen years old, and she's beautiful and charming. Who in the village can compare to her? Didn't you also think she was good, which is why you had designs on her? She's so young and can have children. Marrying her would make her a ready-made source of labor. I'm her biological father, so it's not unreasonable for me to ask for a dowry, is it?"
“If you think it’s too expensive, there are men who would marry her. Let me tell you, a few days ago, some people from the village came to look at her and they all agreed. It’s just that I don’t think it’s suitable, so I refused.”
He glanced at Li Chao and prepared to leave: "Get out of the way, I'm going to find the matchmaker, you're really in my way."
Li Chao frowned, his eyes filled with displeasure, but quickly, he looked at Wang San and smiled again: "Uncle Wang, let's talk this out. I didn't say I wouldn't agree."
Wang San looked at him suspiciously: "So you agree?"
Li Chao said, "Look, you still have to go to the matchmaker and ask her to introduce Wang Xinran to someone else, and there's no guarantee that you'll be able to reach an agreement. That's so troublesome. Here's someone ready-made. I really want to marry Wang Xinran. Why don't we have a good talk?"
"one thousand."
Li Chao bargained: "Eight hundred."
Wang San glanced at him and nodded: "Okay."
Li Chao: "..."
Seeing Wang San's clean and decisive agreement, he suddenly felt that he had lost out, and lost out badly at that.
Father's.
We've been tricked.
I should have just cut it down to two hundred.
Wang San asked, "Do you have anything else to say now?"
Li Chao could only remain silent for a moment before saying, "No, then I'll go home now to get the money. After I give you the betrothal gifts, can I marry Wang Xinran?"
This marriage is like selling a daughter, but Wang San's actions were exactly like selling a daughter.
He nodded and calmly said, "Of course, as long as you give me the bride price, I can take you and Wang Xinran to get married."
"That's good," Li Chao said.
Li Chao didn't have any money, but the Li family did. They could easily come up with several thousand, let alone eight hundred. However, Li Chao felt that a thousand was too much, and Wang Xinran wasn't worth that much, which is why he hesitated.
Over the years, Li Chao's family has been worried about his marriage. They would definitely be willing to give him 800 yuan as a bride price.
However, Li Chao's reputation wasn't good, and as soon as girls heard about his situation, they were all unwilling to marry him, and there was nothing he could do about it.
The older widows, seeing that the Li family was doing well, wanted to curry favor with them, but Li Chao looked down on them.
This created a situation that resulted in Li Chao never getting married.
Although eight hundred is a lot, Li Chao was still happy at the thought of marrying a young girl. Wang Xinran wasn't particularly beautiful, but she was fair-skinned and had delicate skin, which he liked very much.
Wang San didn't go to the matchmaker; he went straight home, looking quite pleased.
He knew that a bride price of one thousand was very high, and basically no one in the village could afford it, nor was anyone willing to pay that price. But the reason he quoted such a high bride price was to make people bargain.
His target price is 500 yuan; he will be very satisfied as long as it reaches that price.
In the village, marrying a girl costs at most two hundred yuan.
He was overjoyed that Li Chao was willing to pay such a high price, which was considered an astronomical sum in the village.
Li Chao is a real troublemaker in the village, but he actually genuinely likes Wang Xinran, which is why he's willing to pay such a high price.
After Li Chao returned home, he immediately told his family about the matter. When his family heard that he wanted such a large dowry, they all looked very upset. But Li Chao insisted on having the money, and they had no choice but to agree.
Things are progressing quite smoothly.
Meanwhile, Wang Xinran was locked in the woodshed, without food or water.
She's so tired.
I was both hungry and thirsty.
It was very dark inside the woodshed, and she couldn't see anything. She could only smell a rotten odor, which made her feel uncomfortable all over.
Wang San is really ruthless.
Wang Xinran began to sob painfully; the physical torture inflicted on her was truly unbearable.
Ever since she came to the Wang family, she has been suffering like this. She is really unwilling to accept it. The Wang family had treated her very well before, but this was her choice, so she could only endure it.
But she is now very dissatisfied with the Wang family.
I thought she could finally enjoy life after finding her real family, but little did I know that this was the final outcome.
She's so unlucky.
Now we can't even get food.
The Wang family has been putting on an act with her all along.
She actually wanted to ask Huo's mother for help, but then she thought better of it. Huo's mother and Wang San were no different. The only difference was that Huo's mother was better at pretending. Anyway, Huo's mother probably just wanted her to get married. Although she hadn't brought it up yet, it was only a matter of time.
They all wanted to use her to exchange for a bride price.
She understands this principle.
Other girls in the village went through the same thing, and she accepted it.
But Wang San went too far. Even though she had agreed to marry him, he was still afraid she would run away, so he insisted on keeping her locked up in this place.
It's disgusting.
But she had no choice; as a girl, she couldn't escape.
Besides, even if they escaped, what could they do?
She can't go back to the Huo family either. She has no job, she has nothing, and she still has to rely on the Wang family to support her, but now the Wang family doesn't want to support her anymore.
So marriage is actually one of her options.
Let's get married then.
She would be willing to get married if it would allow her to escape the Wang family.
"Fine, I'll get married then, as long as they don't choose anything too bad for me," Wang Xinran said softly.
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