Chapter 81 Meaningful Things
Xu Jiajia and Jiang Xiaohong both realized that Ning Xuan's main idea was to make the other party back down, not only the blind date, but also the pressure to get married from her mother.
Finally, Ning Xuan added, "My idea is to cultivate the image of you as a brother-supporting fanatic, someone who will always remember your family after marriage, so that potential blind dates will back down."
The demands for dowry and such are all exaggerated, constantly highlighting the image of you as someone who is scrambling for money for your wife's family.
However, this will damage your reputation. In the future, matchmakers might avoid you altogether if they hear you're being paired with someone. You should think this through carefully.
Jiang Xiaohong nodded solemnly upon hearing this, "I know, I've thought about the consequences. I really don't want to get married. It would be fine if I didn't have to get married because of this reputation."
Ning Xuan knew about her past and understood and respected her thoughts.
However, since the topic had come up, she remembered seeing a news story about her aunt not getting married and her nephew thinking that all of her aunt's property would be his in the future, so she decided to remind Jiang Xiaohong about it.
"I also want to remind you that you don't need to keep emphasizing to your family that you don't want to get married. Just say that you'll talk about it when you meet someone you feel is right and want to marry."
Otherwise, over time, some people will think that since you don't get married or have children, your money should be inherited by your maternal nephew.
This was something Xu Jiajia and Jiang Xiaohong had never expected. The two looked at Ning Xuan in surprise, "Is there really such a person?"
Ning Xuan answered affirmatively, "And it's not just about coveting future property. People will say things like, 'Since you don't have any children, you'll have to rely on your nephew to support you in your old age, so you should spend more money on him.' They'll try to squeeze every last drop of money out of their unmarried and childless aunts, from everyday items and clothes to things like weddings and houses."
I also heard an example where an aunt was married but had no children for many years. Everyone thought she couldn't have any more. Then her sister-in-law kept telling her children, "Your aunt doesn't have any children, so she'll have to rely on you to take care of her in her old age. All her things will be yours in the future."
After a while, the child started to believe it. Then, the aunt suddenly became pregnant. She was overjoyed and shared the news with her family. However, the nephew felt that since his aunt was pregnant, he would no longer be able to inherit her property. So, he bumped into his aunt's stomach, causing her to miscarry..."
"Oh my god!"
"That's so vicious!"
Xu Jiajia and Jiang Xiaohong exclaimed in surprise at the same time, both of them astonished by the example Ning Xuan gave.
There are actually many more sensational cases, but at that time there was no internet, no telephones or mobile phones, and the speed of information dissemination was slow, so many stories did not circulate widely.
Before she traveled through time, she would sometimes be shocked by her worldview while scrolling through her phone. Some people really had no bottom line, and her values were shattered.
Finally, Ning Xuan added, "I'm not trying to scare you, I just want to remind you to be careful and to always keep your eyes open."
Xu Jiajia suddenly realized that the reason she was sent to the countryside was because of her sister-in-law's arrangement, so she believed Ning Xuan's words. There really were sisters-in-law who were even more outrageous than those who secretly signed up their younger sisters-in-law to go to the countryside.
The three girls chatted for almost two hours before they realized it was getting late, so Ning Xuan and Xu Jiajia said goodbye and went back to their brigade.
Jiang Xiaohong was particularly reluctant to part ways, but meeting him today and chatting for so long was a truly unexpected surprise, and she was very happy.
"Ningxuan, Jiajia, you can come to my dorm to hang out sometime~" Jiang Xiaohong extended an invitation to the two of them for the next time.
Ning Xuan and Xu Jiajia both nodded in agreement.
After that day, Jiang Xiaohong suddenly became very cooperative with the blind date arrangements, leading her mother to believe that her daughter had finally come to her senses.
Then Jiang Xiaohong used the method Ning Xuan taught her, and when chatting with her blind date, she would always mention her family. She also added a lot of requirements that her blind date found unacceptable.
For example, after marriage, the husband's salary must be handed over to her for management, and then she will pretend to accidentally reveal that she plans to give money to her family.
If the other party presses her for answers, she uses the same excuses as her parents raising her for so many years and how she is like a mother to shut him up.
Anyone with a modicum of sense would immediately decide that Jiang Xiaohong was not a suitable marriage partner, while others, blinded by her beauty, might find it acceptable, but their families would also disagree.
After going on several blind dates, Jiang Xiaohong's reputation as a "brother-supporting fanatic" and someone who would definitely give money to her family after marriage spread.
When the matchmakers heard that they were looking for potential partners for Jiang Xiaohong, they all shook their heads and refused. Then Jiang Xiaohong turned around and urged her mother to arrange blind dates for her, which made her mother start to worry about how to find a matchmaker.
Jiang Xiaohong also extracted key information from the example Ning Xuan had told her about her sister-in-law being exploited and losing all her inheritance. Then, with a little trick, she made Wu Meili realize that if Jiang Xiaohong didn't get married, her money would likely end up in her children's hands.
So Wu Meili also changed her tune and began to advise Jiang's parents not to rush their sister-in-law's marriage. After all, her sister-in-law was still young and had only been working for a few months. It would be better to wait until her sister-in-law saved up more money. She couldn't bear to just watch her brother get married in the future, so she could save the money for her sister-in-law now.
Because they all knew that Jiang Xiaohong was actually very frugal and not the type to spend money recklessly. She saved all her money so that she wouldn't refuse to help if the family needed money in the future.
Although this method is only a temporary solution and not a fundamental cure, Jiang Xiaohong is satisfied. At least her family can stop arranging blind dates for her and pressuring her to get married for a year or two.
As for the rest, we'll deal with them as they come. And after this incident, Jiang Xiaohong felt even more strongly that to solve problems, she needed to learn to think differently, rather than blindly following the other party's line of thought and being led by them.
Moreover, Wu Meili is also ridiculous. Ever since she thought that her sister-in-law could leave her money to her children if she didn't get married or have children, she started to pay special attention to how much her sister-in-law spends money.
In the past, my sister-in-law would bring things home, and no matter how much, she never felt it was enough, because she could never get enough of a bargain.
But now she treats her sister-in-law's money as her own. Every time her sister-in-law comes back, she starts watching how much stuff she brings. If it's something she bought, she'll say she's wasting money.
She would also check if her sister-in-law had bought new clothes, subtly reminding her to be mindful of her spending and not to be extravagant.
Jiang Xiaohong knew what Wu Meili was thinking, but she pretended not to know and went along with Wu Meili's suggestion, bringing less and less stuff home. Since Wu Meili was taking the lead, no one at home felt there was a problem.
In this way, Jiang Xiaohong can save even more money.
Ning Xuan had no idea that Jiang Xiaohong had grown up so quickly and was becoming more and more adept at handling family matters.
She was still earning work points in the brigade, and Wang Erya's last act of hard work inspired her. She also felt that since she had such a magical thing as the Multiverse Trading System, it was really not good to be so lazy.
She has no worries about food and drink, but she could actually do many more meaningful things.
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