Sister-in-law Sheng said, "It's five yuan together."
Yeah, right!
It's 25 yuan.
Then look at Commander Sheng's astonished expression: "You women really know how to spend money. Luckily, I can still afford it. If you think it's good, then use it. It comes every month. I also feel awkward seeing you walk with your legs tucked together."
Sister-in-law Sheng never expected that the man who clearly thought she was too expensive would actually agree to let her treat him better.
Sister-in-law Sheng was slightly touched, and felt guilty for a second for concealing the true price.
Then he nodded gently: "You're so good to me. Here, have an egg. You worked hard in training today. I'll buy some meat and make dumplings for you another day."
"Do we still have meat ration coupons in our family?"
"Next month, it'll be available soon." Sister Sheng's family had run out of meat coupons long ago. They had two children who were growing up and needed to eat well.
I eat meat at least three or four times a month!
As for Ruan Yunxi, who eats meat every day, they can't compare to her.
When Gu Weizhou returned from training, he saw that Ruan Yunxi had bought pork belly, saying that she wanted to eat garlic-flavored pork belly and asked Gu Weizhou to make it for her.
Gu Weizhou didn't know how, but Ruan Yunxi did. She had a handwritten cookbook sent by Granny Hua, which contained recipes for many dishes. Gu Weizhou could learn them just by looking at it, since he was good at hands-on work and had a quick understanding.
Even if you don't become a military officer, being a cook is still a very desirable job.
Gu Weizhou was cooking, and Ruan Yunxi was helping to tend the fire, while also telling him about the package that had been sent from Beijing.
Gu Weizhou said, "I'll look at it after I eat. It must have been sent by my mom."
Ruan Yunxi didn't care, so she didn't open it until he came back.
The garlic-infused pork belly was cooked and sliced thinly. With the addition of garlic and seasonings, it tasted really good—fatty but not greasy. Ruan Yunxi could eat three to five slices, but she couldn't eat more than that. She was just greedy and couldn't actually eat much.
The remaining meat was given to Gu Weizhou, and Ruan Yunxi took out a pound of pork belly, which they finished in one meal.
The main problem is that it's hot, and if we don't finish it, it will spoil the next day.
Gu Weizhou said, "If we had refrigerator coupons, we could buy a refrigerator in the future, it would be very useful in the summer."
Ruan Yunxi, who had stored a refrigerator in her space, couldn't easily take it out.
He simply nodded in agreement.
After finishing his meal, Gu Weizhou cleaned up the dishes and called Ruan Yunxi to open the package. It was filled with layers upon layers of paper. When they opened it, they found shoes and clothes sent to Gu Weizhou, as well as food, daily necessities, some money, and national grain and meat coupons.
The money was five hundred yuan, written as a bride price. They got married in the family compound, but they didn't attend. The bride price was still expected.
Ruan Yunxi accepted the 500 yuan dowry with peace of mind.
She did indeed marry Gu Weizhou, and she was entitled to receive a bride price.
There was also a small package for Ruan Yunxi, containing Dacron fabric. She said it was to make her a dress, as the fabric was so rare and everyone wanted it. She was thinking of her daughter-in-law and had managed to buy some and send it to her.
The implication was that Ruan Yunxi should remember Gu's mother's sacrifices.
Ruan Yunxi inwardly scoffed. Others thought Dacron was good because it had a good drape, didn't wrinkle, and didn't pill. Ruan's family's textile factory used to make this. It had advantages, but also many disadvantages: it wasn't breathable, made people sweat, and the fabric wasn't soft.
Anyway, Ruan Yunxi didn't like it; she didn't even look at it.
Ruan Yunxi put the Dacron fabric aside and looked at the small box that Gu's mother had sent. Inside was a set of metal jewelry: a lotus gold ring, a pair of lily earrings, a peony necklace, a large gold bracelet weighing about fifty grams, and a "Two Lives Together" bracelet.
It has no jewels, it's just pure gold.
This dowry of five gold pieces would be considered extremely extravagant by other families.
However, given the Gu family's wealth, to be honest, this amount of betrothal money is practically nothing more than enough to appease a beggar.
Ruan Yunxi knew that Gu's mother was a smiling tiger; she was kind on the outside but had a lot of ulterior motives on the inside.
Fortunately, she didn't lack anything, so the dowry from Gu's mother was just a formality.
Gu Weizhou wasn't an only child; he had an older brother and two older sisters, all of whom lived in Beijing. He was the only one in Dalian, so naturally, he couldn't compare to his other children.
Ruan Yunxi was magnanimous and didn't hold a grudge against Gu's mother. The amount of wealth she had stored in her spatial storage was beyond Gu's mother's imagination.
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