To be honest, Jiang Youfu and Zhao Yun are both very responsible parents. They do not favor boys over girls. They let their daughters go to school as long as they can pass the exam, and they also prepare dowries for their marriages as much as possible.
Now that the family is well off, they will not treat their daughter badly. When Jiang Mengxue got married, her family made two thick quilts and two large boxes for her. They also asked a carpenter to make a chest of drawers, high and low cabinets, and a dressing table. These were all things that Jiang's father and his sons had cut down in the mountains many years ago and saved up as a dowry for his daughter.
Although Jiang Dongmei's family conditions were not very good when she got married, several of Jiang's brothers went to help the carpenter carry wood and plan wood every day, so they paid less processing fees and made several large pieces of furniture. However, the house where Jiang Dongmei's husband's family lived was too small. They could only put two boxes stacked together, and the furniture from other families could not be placed at all. Jiang Dongmei was so angry that she didn't want anything, otherwise if she took it and put it outside, it would be a bargain for others. In the end, these furniture became everyone's, so these cabinets are now placed in the rooms of her two sisters, and they will be moved there when they can get a house in the future.
"Mom, why did you make me a quilt? Didn't Peking University and Tsinghua University give me two quilts when they came to propose marriage? Leave the one you made to your sister. I don't need it. Besides, I know people who can buy it for me anytime. You can keep it for yourselves."
Jiang Mengxue is usually alone, and Gu Qingbei probably won't be able to stay at home for long before returning to the army. She can't keep the things that are visible in the space. It's better to be safe than sorry. Instead of keeping it, it's better to make clothes for everyone. Maybe her nephews and nieces are about to grow up, and her sisters-in-law will definitely want to prepare things for the children.
Besides, the money of the brothers and sisters-in-law's small families was collected by themselves, so they had to pay if they wanted these things. Jiang's mother couldn't give them away for free. After all, they were bought by her daughters. She wanted them to convert the tickets into cash, but after thinking about it, she didn't ask for anything, and asked them to remember the kindness of their sister.
Jiang's mother thought that her daughter's parents-in-law lived far away and might not be able to help take care of her during the confinement period. When the time came, she would go to take care of the child, and when the child was older, she could help take care of him. She couldn't take the child to the hospital, which was not a good place.
Jiang's mother rolled her eyes rudely: "Even if Xiao Gu doesn't care, we can't just sit there and do nothing. That's not how it works. You sisters should all give the same."
Then he sighed and said, "I have discussed with your father that although your sister's betrothal gift is not much, she has kept it all on the surface, but privately we have given it to your sister as her private property. She should not tell anyone about this, not even your brother-in-law knows about it.
We thought the same about you. We gave you all the money as a treasure. Considering that the Gu family gave a lot of betrothal gifts and you have given a lot of your salary to the family in the past few months, your father and I gave you 60 yuan as a dowry, but you must not tell anyone about this. Your sisters-in-law and I said that we gave 20 yuan, which is more than your sister. But your sister won't mind. She also knows that you give money to the family every month. You don't have to worry about the family. Your father can still get a few yuan salary every month. Things will get better and better.
And your eldest aunt, your youngest aunt, your third aunt, and several uncles will come over to give you some dowry. Don't be stupid and say no when the time comes. I will give every penny to your cousins."
Jiang Mengxue actually only gave her family 80 yuan in the past few months, and she still had to pay for her dowry.
However, Jiang Mengxue did not refuse. She would find an opportunity to return it later.
"Mom, when will my aunt and my aunt come?" Jiang Mengxue had never met her relatives and was quite curious.
"Your two aunts are already here. They finally came back and went to visit some elders. They will be back for dinner in the evening. We will sleep separately at home tonight. I know you are not used to it, so I asked your third sister-in-law to bring Wanwan to stay with you for two nights. Your third brother will bring Xiaochen to your father's room, and your aunts and I will stay in your third brother and sister-in-law's room.
Your aunt and uncle will be here either tonight or tomorrow, they have to come to help, and I don't know if your cousins will come, but your grandmother's cousins should come. You are so successful now, and Xiao Gu is in good condition, so I think they can all come."
Jiang's mother just didn't want those people to ask her daughter and son-in-law for help all the time. If they really needed help, there was nothing she could do. But those were just words before. Her aunt saw that Jiang Mengxue worked in the hospital and said that she should take her eldest granddaughter to help out. If she couldn't be a doctor, she could be a nurse. It would be more reassuring to have her cousin take care of her than with others.
Don't worry, her granddaughter hasn't been to primary school for many years and probably can't even recognize all the characters. She refused it directly. What good thing is she thinking?
She was afraid that they would cause trouble this time. Jiang's mother couldn't understand what these people were thinking and why they were willing to speak up. In the past, their family had many children and there was not enough food. Jiang Youfu carried a cloth bag and went from house to house to borrow food.
Some of them had food but didn't want to lend it to them because they were poor and were afraid they wouldn't pay it back. Some of them didn't have any at home so they went to other places to share some with them. Although it wasn't much, the couple remembered it. Jiang Mengxue's cousin's family was the one that was unwilling to lend, and Jiang's mother would remember them for the rest of her life.
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