Chapter 114 Chapter 114 Dowry
"That must be the fridge!"
"Nonsense! It's a washing machine!"
"It's a TV?!"
The two aunts in front turned around and laughed at each other, "You are so ignorant. We have heard that the TV is a square box with a bump on the back."
"That's right! I went to the department store in Haicheng with my cousin, and the TV was indeed square!"
"Have you ever been to a department store in the city? Have you never seen a refrigerator or a washing machine?"
"No, I haven't seen any. It's impossible to see such hot-selling items as refrigerators and washing machines just because you want to. These materials are all controlled. There are only a few in half a year. You need a ticket to buy them. When the goods arrive, people take them home directly. How can we see them?"
Everyone showed longing and helpless looks, and a young wife asked timidly:
"So what do you think? Is this big piece of metal a refrigerator or a washing machine?"
"washing machine!"
"refrigerator!"
"refrigerator!"
"washing machine!"
The jeep stopped at the gate of the courtyard. A soldier who was in charge of carrying the gifts smiled and explained to the ladies, "The big iron sheet is a refrigerator. It has two layers, the top one is for refrigeration and the bottom one is for freezing. In the summer, using the refrigerator to freeze watermelons makes them fresh, sweet and refreshing. Not to mention how delicious they are!"
"Hey! We have lived to this age and have always used cold water to cool watermelons. What does the watermelon cooled in this refrigerator taste like?"
Village Party Secretary Shu Hongqi exclaimed.
Just at this time, Shu Niannian came out of the house. She smiled and said to the village party secretary, "You want to know what it tastes like? This is easy. My mother bought some watermelons yesterday. I'll cut them up and put them in the refrigerator. You can try it!" The village party secretary waved his hands quickly, "You can't do that! You can't do that! This is your betrothal gift. It will be with you when you get married tomorrow. How can you use it now? It won't be new if you use it! This is not good!"
Shu Niannian tore off the film covering the outside of the refrigerator and said with a smile, "What's wrong with it? It's its honor to be here to cool the watermelons for everyone!"
The village party secretary was so happy that he didn’t know what to say!
Instead, the aunties standing behind him asked Shu Niannian with a smile, "From what you said, today not only the village party secretary can eat iced watermelon, but the rest of us can also eat iced watermelon?"
Shu Niannian turned on the refrigerator, turned around and smiled, "Yes, everyone can eat chilled watermelon today. My mother just bought a dozen watermelons yesterday. I will put them all in the refrigerator later."
The aunties and sisters were all grinning from ear to ear, "That's great! That's great! Thanks to Nian Nian, we can now eat iced watermelon too?"
"So, rounding it off, we can use this scarce material, the big refrigerator?"
As they chatted and laughed, all the bitterness in everyone's hearts disappeared, and they happily helped to get down from the car to express their gratitude for the gifts.
The village party secretary took the list of gifts and counted them one by one:
A Butterfly sewing machine, a Phoenix bicycle, a Shanghai Meihua watch, a radio, a Panda TV, a Little Swan washing machine, and a large refrigerator that is currently chilling watermelons, one each!
Considering the inconvenience of long-distance transportation, the chest of drawers, bed and other furniture were not moved over. However, these alone were enough to astound the villagers of Shujia Village.
After all, it was considered very good if they could get enough money to buy three turns and one ring when they got married. Most families only gave a sewing machine or a bicycle, and few gave watches because they were not practical.
Now Shu Niannian's in-laws not only provided Shu Niannian with a total of three zhuan and one ding, but they were all well-known brand products. Not only did they provide her with a total of three zhuan and one ding, but they also bought her a refrigerator, a TV, and a washing machine. These were things they had never seen before.
However, this was not the end. The village party secretary took out the betrothal gift list and read it out, "Three sets of gold jewelry, betrothal gift of 5,000 yuan."
"Oh my god, 5,000 yuan for the bride price! How much money is that?! I have never seen what 5,000 yuan looks like in my life!"
"Isn't the point three sets of gold jewelry?"
"Let's not talk about the betrothal gift. We had it when we got married, but it was a little less. But what does a set of gold jewelry look like? I have never seen it in my life. When I got married, my mother-in-law gave me a gold ring, which made me very excited."
"Niannian, can you take out this gold jewelry and show it to us?"
Shu Niannian opened the jewelry box openly, which really dazzled the eyes of the young wives. The golden jewelry lay in an orderly manner in the jewelry box, including gold necklaces, gold rings, gold bracelets, and gold earrings.
So this is what a set of gold jewelry looks like?
Shu Niannian's in-laws actually gave Shu Niannian three sets!
Each set has a different look, and each one is so beautiful!
"The flowers blossom in pairs, the dragon and the phoenix bring good luck, and the hearts are connected."
The three sets of gold jewelry blinded the eyes of the neighbors, but they blinded the hearts of Liu Laoshi and Shu Guoqiang.
After a moment of surprise, the neighbors ate the sweet watermelons and left happily and contentedly. Shu Niannian's betrothal gift only increased their knowledge and gave them more material to chat and brag about in the future.
However, Liu Laoshi and Shu Guodong's hearts were boiling like in a frying pan. They wanted to take the three sets of gold jewelry for themselves.
Shu Guoqiang quietly returned to the next yard, planning how to steal back the three sets of gold jewelry and the 5,000 yuan betrothal gift.
After all, just as Shu Meilan, the adopted daughter, cannot be relied upon, the same is true for Shu Niannian, the niece, who has a promising future. However, it takes some means to "take" something from the niece.
Compared to the greedy Shu Guoqiang, Liu Laoshi seemed to have more conscience. She only wanted to take a set of gold jewelry and part of the betrothal money. After all, her daughter Wang Yiping had already settled down with Shu Wenhui. The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother. Isn't it right for her to take some jewelry and money from her younger sister-in-law?
Liu Laoshi's eyes sparkled with intelligence. He took two steps at a time and walked over to Li Guifen, as if he was pulling a lump of gold. "Oh, mother-in-law, you are so lucky to have such a promising daughter!"
Liu Laoshi hoped that Li Guifen would say to her, "Your daughter is also very promising," even if it was just a polite remark, so that she could continue chatting with Li Guifen, and in the process she could talk her way into getting a set of gold jewelry.
But Li Guifen got goose bumps all over her body because of Liu Laoshi's smile. That smile was so creepy. Li Guifen thought, how should she describe it? It was like a weasel that was thinking about its chicks. It made people feel uncomfortable just by looking at it.
When this thought just came to her mind, Li Guifen blamed herself severely. Oh my, this is her future relative-in-law, the mother of his daughter-in-law, the future mother-in-law of his eldest son who has not married yet. How could she describe her like this?
Li Guifen tried to laugh a few times, patted Liu Laoshi's hand, said "Children's freedom is a blessing", and then planned to busy herself with greeting the guests who came to add incense.
But Liu Laoshi held her hand tightly and kept leading her to the place where the refrigerator, TV and washing machine were. Li Guifen was also a smart man. She and Liu Laoshi were in-laws who were about to get married. Now Liu Laoshi was pulling her to see the betrothal gifts. What else could she not understand?
Li Guifen was not someone who could be manipulated by others. She immediately smiled and said to Liu Laoshi, "My dear, my family can't afford such a betrothal gift! Look, you know the situation of my family. When our two families are talking about marriage, we can't compare it with Nian Nian. Her in-laws are rich and value Nian Nian. They are willing to give Nian Nian these things. This is Nian Nian's blessing. I am happy for Nian Nian, but I don't have the ability to marry a daughter-in-law with this standard."
As she spoke, Li Guifen took Liu Laoshi to see Shu Niannian's dowry. "Don't be afraid of being laughed at by your in-laws. We have a little savings, but it's not much. I have to save money to build a house for my eldest son, so I only prepared these dowries for Nian Nian, six wedding quilts, a few clothes, and nothing else."
Liu Laoshi's eyelids twitched, and he laughed awkwardly, "Yes, isn't that the condition for us rural people? But your future will be different from ours. With such a rich son-in-law, you will definitely benefit from it, right?"
Li Guifen laughed and said, "Although that's true, I don't plan to take advantage of my son-in-law. We have our own hands and feet, so we can eat as much as we can. I won't be a hand-grubbing party, and I won't let people see clearly."
Liu Laoshi smiled and said that Li Guifen was right, but he had made up his mind that when her daughter and Shu Wenhui talked about marriage, he would skin Li Guifen alive.
The person in charge of delivering the betrothal gifts was Zhou Wengang. He brought a few brothers to deliver the betrothal gifts and then left. According to the rules of Shujia Village, Li Guifen had to invite the people who delivered the betrothal gifts to have a meal, but Zhou Wengang and his friends still had to drive back to Haicheng. They each ate a piece of iced watermelon, thinking that they had already had lunch in Shujia Village.
In the afternoon, Zhang Chunyang and Li Ruyu came with Lin Cheng, Hongwu, Zhang Saozi and Li Shaoyao. They didn't know the way, so they asked for directions to Shujia Village since they got off the train. When they arrived at Shujia Village, they asked where Shu Niannian lived. The old man at the entrance of the village was afraid that this group of people were here to disrupt Shu Niannian's wedding, so he interrogated them several times. After confirming that they were indeed Shu Niannian's friends, he took Zhang Chunyang, Li Ruyu and others to find Shu Niannian.
Zhang Chunyang and Li Ruyu knew about Shu Niannian's affairs, especially Li Ruyu. Her husband Zhang Shibo was Ye Jinhong's comrade-in-arms and friend. She knew Shu Niannian's marital situation very well. It was Zhang Shibo who accompanied Zhang Chunyang to submit Ye Jinhong's result report. However, Lin Cheng and Li Shaoyao were shocked!
As a new member of Qingyan, Lin Cheng only knew that his new boss was young and promising and had just been admitted to university. He didn't even know that his new boss would get married before going to university!
He thought, Shu Niannian is only eighteen years old and has just been admitted to university. Before she even went to university, Shu Niannian has been able to start her own business empire from scratch. What will happen when Shu Niannian graduates from university?
Are Shu Niannian's parents ignorant and arranged a marriage for Shu Niannian when she was a child, forcing her to get married now?
He plans to join forces with Zhang Chunyang and Li Ruyu to persuade Shu Niannian. If that doesn't work, they can help Shu Niannian escape the marriage!
But after letting him know that Shu Niannian's partner was Ye Jinhong, Lin Cheng's attitude changed again.
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