Chapter 137 Five Thousand Yuan Shrinks
The eldest aunt's breath was almost stopped, she was unhappy with her daughter becoming a stepmother. But the marriage certificate was obtained, everything was settled, and she said, "Even so, you shouldn't have taken those two children to raise while you were pregnant."
Is it really that easy to be a stepmother? Everyone in the village will be watching. If you treat the child badly, people will gossip about you.
That's a hot potato.
Lu Zhaodi just said coldly: "You don't understand." It was because of her virtue and propriety that she won Liu Daguo's heart.
Besides, children in the village are raised in the wild. If you leave the two children in the village, there will be people to play with them. It doesn't require much effort.
The most important thing for Lu Zhaodi is to take good care of the baby in her belly.
She had been away for such a long time that she asked, "How is Lu Xiang now?" Somehow, Lu Xiang looked even better than before.
The two sisters had some conflicts and were always comparing themselves to each other. Seeing how much she had changed, Lu Zhaodi couldn't help but feel dissatisfied.
In the past, Lu Xiang could never compare to her, and Lu Zhaodi felt that Lu Xiang deserved to live in her shadow.
The eldest aunt said, "Lu Xiang is doing well now. She has become a cadre in the village, and her in-laws love her like their own daughter!"
There was a hint of sourness in her words. She was just a poor girl, how could she bear such a great blessing?
Lu Zhaodi was also unhappy. These things should have belonged to her. She said, "What's so great about this? Money is the real thing!"
Lu Zhaodi then said to her mother, "Take out three thousand."
Aunt Lu immediately asked alertly, "What do you want to do?" The five thousand yuan was not even warm enough.
Lu Zhaodi said, "I haven't earned enough face for you today. I had already negotiated with him. He wanted to give a thousand yuan as a betrothal gift, but after I persuaded him to bring the child over as a price, he finally agreed to give two thousand yuan. The remaining three thousand yuan is for you to keep as a face."
The eldest aunt was a little unhappy: "What kind of business are you doing?"
Originally, two thousand yuan was enough to save face. In the village, the betrothal gift for marriage was only one or two hundred yuan.
Two thousand yuan is already a lot, but now they are paying a sky-high price of five thousand. The whole village knows that they are rich, and there will definitely be people who will want to borrow money from them.
Later, he asked for another three thousand. This was just a pretense. But after hearing what his daughter said, he reluctantly gave her the three thousand.
Aunt Lu's excitement about her daughter finding a rich husband had also faded. He was already ugly, had two children to look after, and now the five thousand yuan was even less than what he deserved.
I thought Lu Zhaodi would just let it go, but who knew she would ask for another thousand from Aunt Lu. She said, "I'm pregnant now, and I have a lot of expenses. I need to keep some money in my hand."
I was originally planning to buy the Shen family's house, but Lu Xiang got there first. The more I thought about it, the angrier I became.
Now she could afford to buy a normal house. In her previous life, she had lived in a small house and looked down upon all the houses in the village. Only the Shen family's house was barely acceptable to her.
Now she was pregnant and had to buy a house. After all, she was a married woman and it would be embarrassing to live in her parents' home. Besides, she had two children and couldn't make a living with them. If she didn't buy a house, she was afraid she wouldn't be able to deal with the two little ancestors.
"Why do you need so much money?" When the aunt got the money, she was reluctant to take it out.
But her daughter is becoming more and more powerful now. She can find such a rich man and arrange everything properly. She is also a little afraid of her daughter, so she can only reluctantly give her another thousand.
The promised 5,000 yuan, now only 1,000 is left. The gap is too big, and Aunt Lu can't calm down for a long time.
Lu Zhaodi doesn't care about her mother.
I glared at her mother, thinking she was greedy. I took the money and went to the front yard.
As soon as Lu Zhaodi left, people immediately surrounded her: "How did you two know each other?"
The aunts surrounding her were all well-known for favoring boys over girls in the village. They usually thought about how to exchange their daughters for money so that they could find wives for their sons.
They were originally two different people. Seeing that Lu Zhaodi found a good son-in-law for herself, she was also moved.
I also want Lu Zhaodi to find someone like this for her daughter. With this in mind, I complimented Lu Zhaodi.
Lu Zhaodi used to look down on these people the most, but now she is smiling: "This is easy!" It feels really good to show off in the village.
"How simple is it?" everyone asked impatiently.
Lu Zhaodi said, "As long as men like it, it's fine."
It's the same as if nothing was said. The only person in the village who is prettier than Lu Zhaodi is Lu Xiang.
But Lu Xiang is already married, and the others don’t dress up much. Plus, they do farm work, so they look honest and simple. Even if they go out, they won’t be liked by the big boss.
An aunt was the first to bring this up.
Lu Zhaodi hated being compared to Lu Xiang the most. She deliberately said, "That's nothing. I've been away for so long that I've seen the world. Let the girl learn from me. Finding a good man won't be a problem in the future." She was not popular at the moment and urgently needed to use this method to whitewash herself.
Lu Zhaodi was surrounded, and her parents and grandmother also took advantage of the situation. But Lu Zhaodi was eager to buy a house, and Liu Daguo happened to be there and could pay for it. After a round of searching, she found no houses for sale in the village.
Houses like the Shen family's house have long been picked up by others, and there is only one house next to the Shen family's house.
When it was built, it was the servants' quarters of the Shen family mansion, but a lean camel is bigger than a horse, so even if it was a servants' quarters, it was of higher standards than those built by the villagers.
But the villagers didn't like it. They had finally turned their fortunes around and became the masters. Buying a servant's room sounded like they were lower class. This house was only for sale for four hundred yuan.
Of course Lu Zhaodi refused to buy it, but Liu Daguo didn't know why. He just thought it was such a nice house, better than most houses in the village. He thought it would be a loss if he didn't buy it, so he insisted on buying it!
The houses in the village all had earthen kangs, and the houses that hadn't been lived in for a long time were dusty. They needed to be cleaned and the firewood needed to be lit.
Liu Daguo wouldn't say that. Lu Zhaodi feels noble now that she is pregnant.
The entire Lu family had no choice but to help them clean up.
These people just watched from the side, refusing to move at all.
This appearance made the villagers unhappy.
"Isn't it just a pregnancy?"
"Just watching her parents do it, without even lifting a finger."
"Who hasn't been pregnant? In the past, not only would you have to cook, but even working in the fields would have been a struggle."
"Lu Zhaodi is not a down-to-earth person."
The villagers gathered together and whispered. The Lu family was completely unaware and even felt superior, after all, Lu Zhaodi brought back a wealthy son-in-law.
They moved in that night.
Liu Daguo was a businessman after all, and he was very calculating. He gave Lu Zhaodi's family 2,000 yuan. He gave her such a big honor, so when no one was around, he naturally wanted to ask for some benefits.
Regardless of her pregnancy, they had sex that night.
Lu Zhaodi was too soft-hearted to accept the offer, so she could only agree reluctantly.
The next day, Liu Daguo hugged Lu Zhaodi contentedly and said, "Who is that beautiful woman to you?" He had noticed her yesterday.
She looks somewhat similar to Lu Zhaodi, but is prettier than Lu Zhaodi. She also exudes a confident aura that is rarely seen in the provincial capital.
Lu Zhaodi snorted: "She's my cousin, I like handsome guys!" This sentence extinguished half of the anger in Liu Daguo's heart.
Liu Daguo pretended not to care and laughed, then ignored it.
Liu Daguo said, "You stay here and take good care of your pregnancy. I'll have the post office send you the money every month. Take good care of the baby. If there's anything urgent, call me."
Anyway, the two of them are already married, so he has nothing to worry about.
Lu Zhaodi said coquettishly, "You are not allowed to mess around outside."
Liu Daguo said, "What else do I need to do now that I have you?" Then he kissed her a few more times and said, "When I miss you, I'll come back."
This kind of thing made Lu Zhaodi feel a little humiliated. It was obviously normal, but it sounded like she was a mistress.
Liu Daguo took out another two hundred yuan to coax Lu Zhaodi, and her anger turned into joy.
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