Chapter 89 Disagree
"I haven't thought about it that much. What should I do now? My third cousin won't really stop me from working at the farm, right?" Da Zhuang was so worried that he couldn't eat.
"No, Gu Yan is not that kind of person. He won't take his anger out on you," Gu Xiaogu said without much confidence.
"I don't think so. Don't you have to go to work tomorrow? If you weren't allowed to go, I should have informed you today.
Da Zhuang, you should go and work hard tomorrow, and don't get close to the manager unless necessary.
If Gu Yan doesn't let Da Zhuang go to work, you should go and talk to Gu Yan and say something nice. No matter what, this job must not be lost." The last sentence was said by Gu's uncle to Gu's aunt.
"Okay, I'll risk my reputation when the time comes. I was thinking of talking to Gu Yan today about letting Er Zhuang go to work on the farm as well.
Although working on the farm is hard, it earns more money than working in the town.
If the two brothers work hard for a year, they can earn enough money to marry Erzhuang off," said Aunt Gu.
"Mom, then you talk to my cousin and I will definitely work hard." Erzhuang immediately became active when he heard that his mother wanted to find a wife for him.
"I'll go and ask for it, but Erzhuang, you have to work hard too. Otherwise, I'll risk my reputation to get this job for you. If you don't do your job well, I won't have the face to ask your cousin for help in the future." Gu Xiaogu said.
"Mom, I will definitely work hard." Thinking that he will get married soon, Erzhuang promised happily.
"As long as you work hard, I will find a matchmaker to let her go to the Fang family. Don't you like the eldest girl of the Fang family?" Gu Xiaogu also knew how to give a sweet date after giving a good one.
"Really? Mom, I will work hard. Fang Fang and I will honor you together in the future." Er Zhuang said with a big smile.
"Of course it's true, I like you, Fang Fang, too, but the betrothal gift her family asks for is too much.
But if you work hard and earn a lot of money for a year, I think you can save enough for the betrothal gift to the Fang family." said Aunt Gu.
She knew that her youngest son liked the eldest daughter of the Fang family, and she liked her too, but the old couple of the Fang family particularly favored boys over girls.
Are they planning to sell their daughters to help their sons find wives?
So they had already spread the word that if anyone wanted to marry their daughter, the betrothal gift would have to be twenty taels of silver, not a penny less.
You have to know that at that time, the maximum betrothal gift for an ordinary farmer's family to get married was ten taels of silver, and they doubled it.
It was also because the Fang family asked for too much betrothal gift, so even though the eldest daughter of the Fang family was good, no one dared to propose marriage.
Er Zhuang happily prepared to work hard next year and then marry Fang Fang as his wife. Thinking that Fang Fang would be his wife in the future, the smile on Er Zhuang's face was about to overflow.
Gu Xiaogu was also in a good mood. Her second son had been a playboy since he was young. It wasn't that he was a bad person, he just didn't work hard.
During the slack season, he would go to town to do odd jobs, but he would only work for a few days and rest for a few days. He would not earn much money in a year.
Now, Erzhuang promised to work hard next year, and Gu Xiaogu served another bowl of rice with satisfaction.
They were happy, but Chunxia was not happy.
Chen Dazhuang only gave her eight taels of silver as a betrothal gift when he married her. Now Erzhuang wants to marry a wife, why should he give twenty taels?
"Mom, I heard that the Fang family wants a betrothal gift of twenty taels of silver. Can our family come up with so much money?" Chunxia wanted to find out the family's financial situation.
"Ahem, of course not now, but if the eldest and second son work hard next year, we will still be able to get enough." Gu Xiaogu suddenly realized that the eldest son's wife was still listening next to them.
I'm afraid the eldest family will not be willing to spend so much money to help the second son get married.
Chunxia was indeed unhappy. Why? They were all getting married, but she wanted less than half as much as the others.
"Mother, I don't agree with Erzhuang marrying Fangfang. The Fang family is selling their daughter. Twenty taels of silver? Is Fangfang a gilded woman or something?"
Twenty taels of silver is enough to marry two wives." Chunxia said.
Gu Xiaogu knew that the older family would definitely have objections, and before she could figure out how to persuade Chunxia, Erzhuang jumped out first.
"No? Sister-in-law, what does my marriage have to do with you? Even if Fang Fang's family wants twenty taels of silver, what's wrong? It's my parents who gave me the betrothal gift, so you don't have to pay.
I've never heard of a sister-in-law interfering with her brother-in-law's marriage?" Er Zhuang slammed his chopsticks onto the table.
"Er Zhuang, how can you talk to your sister-in-law? Is your sister-in-law wrong? Is the girl from the Fang family made of gold or something? Why do you want so much silver?
If you ask me, our family cannot be the one to be taken advantage of. Ever since the Fang family announced that the betrothal gift would be twenty taels of silver, has anyone come to them to propose marriage?
There are plenty of good girls in the surrounding villages, so there's no need to marry Fang Daya." Chen Dazhuang certainly didn't want to spend so much money on his brother's marriage.
He also has a share of the family money. If the second child spends more, won’t his share be correspondingly less?
"Brother, how can you say that? Although Fang Fang's parents are unreliable, Fang Fang is such a good girl.
Not to mention our village, there is no girl as good as Fang Fang even in the surrounding area.
Yes, they asked for a little more, but everyone has to spend money to marry a daughter-in-law.
Besides, Fang Fang is so nice, what's wrong with asking for a little more betrothal gift?" Chen Erzhuang argued with Chen Dazhuang, stiffening his neck.
"What's wrong with asking for a little more? I'm just asking you, how much money do you earn for your family?
You're spending so much money and still relying on me and Dad.
I put the flowers here today, and I don't agree with spending twenty taels of silver on Erzhuang to get married." Chen Dazhuang had a problem with Erzhuang for a long time.
He's been idling around all day, not doing any work, and now he wants to spend a large sum of money to get him married. How could Chen Dazhuang possibly agree?
"Why don't you want to? My parents are the head of this family. When will it be your turn to say you don't want to?
"Dad and Mom, look at my eldest brother. He forgot about us after he got married, and now he's trying to interfere in my affairs without your knowledge." Chen Erzhuang wasn't stupid either, and he immediately turned around to complain.
"What else can you do besides complaining to my parents? But even if my parents were here, I would still say this. I don't agree with Erzhuang spending so much money to marry a wife." Chen Dazhuang is the eldest son in the family, and his words carry a lot of weight.
"Why don't you agree? How come you already have a wife, but you stop my parents from finding a wife for me? What are you thinking, Chen Dazhuang?" Chen Erzhuang shouted angrily.
"Okay, calm down, guys. We're all family, aren't we afraid of being laughed at by others?" Uncle Gu saw that they were getting more and more outrageous and quickly stopped them.
Uncle Gu knew that the eldest brother had always been dissatisfied with the second brother, and he had no intention of intervening when the two brothers quarreled.
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