"Of course, I'll arrange the itinerary tomorrow."
Mr. Huo was very happy when his third son got married.
Just as the couple were discussing what to bring to Shanghai, Grandpa Huo interrupted their conversation.
"The two children said that the wedding should be kept simple, and there will be no banquet or anything like that."
"They also told us not to make the trip back and forth to Qiongzhou Island."
"When they take their year-end vacation, the young couple will go back to Beijing together for the Spring Festival. They can have a family meal and have a lively time together."
As soon as the old man said this, Mr. and Mrs. Huo immediately understood what he meant.
Right now, those groups are fighting like ants, so it's really not appropriate to have a big wedding for the third son at this critical juncture.
But Mrs. Huo still said the same thing: she didn't want to wrong her precious daughter-in-law in this matter.
In front of everyone, she said directly, "Since the young couple has already discussed it, then let's not have the banquet. We can give them the money for the banquet later."
"The bride price is the same as Lao Si's: 'three turns and one sound' plus furniture with 72 legs, plus 888 yuan in cash."
The eldest and second eldest sons got married early. Back then, the custom of buying and selling "three turns and one sound" (a type of bicycle, a sewing machine, a radio, and a watch) wasn't common, and the bride price wasn't as high.
Later, when the fourth son got married, Huo's mother arranged for the eldest and second wives to receive additional gifts.
So when they heard that the third son was to receive such a large dowry, no one had any objections.
But when he heard Huo's mother say that she would also give the young couple 2,000 yuan as a resettlement fee, he was shocked.
The eldest daughter-in-law, Su Shanshan, touched her belly and was the first to express her dissatisfaction!
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