正在李小妹夫妻俩思考对策的时候，杨万林从胜男身后走出来，打破了室内的沉默，杨万林大声说道：“我不要彩礼也可以，反正我没有嫁妆。定个好日子就行了，我相信以后你们刘家会对我的！”
李小妹一听，气愤的拉住杨万林的胳膊，杨文也从赶紧站起来，一只手捂住张万林的嘴巴，一只手拽着杨万林的另一只胳膊，两人合力把张万林拉进房里。
进屋后，李小妹死死的瞪了杨万林一眼，压低声音骂道：“你个臭小子，再给我瞎说话，老娘让你的婚事成不了！你刚刚也听到刘家的日子也不错，比我们家好多了。”
Yang Wanlin wasn't afraid of Li Xiaomei's threats at all. He shook off the two people's hands on his arms and said with a dark face, "If you don't negotiate with the Liu family properly and keep asking for too much, I will make sure you don't get a single cent. I will go back to Liujia Village with them and become their son-in-law today."
Li Xiaomei and her husband looked at Yang Wanlin's creepy expression and knew that what Yang Wanlin said was true. As long as he made a fuss, the whole family would have a hard time.
Li Xiaomei closed her eyes and waited until the anger in her heart subsided before she smiled and said to Yang Wanlin, "Second brother, it's not easy for your parents to raise you. You should also think about your parents' lives and what they will do when they are old. It's not too much for us to ask for some betrothal money."
Yang Wen also echoed: "Your mother is right, this is what you should do as our son!"
Yang Wanlin sneered, but he didn't want to push things too far, so he said with a dark face: "As long as you don't ask for money from me and talk to me about the betrothal gift, I won't take what's yours."
Li Xiaomei almost vomited blood when she heard this. She just wanted to make a fortune here, otherwise why would she let Yang Wanlin be a son-in-law? If the betrothal money was not enough, it would be better to keep Yang Wanlin at home as a workhorse.
But after what happened just now, Li Xiaomei also knew that she and her husband could not control Yang Wanlin. It would be good if they could get as much money as possible now. They couldn't make Yang Wanlin angry again. This guy would not recognize anyone when he got angry.
Li Xiaomei nodded reluctantly, then took Yang Wen out of the room, and Yang Wanlin followed behind.
As soon as Li Xiaomei arrived in front of Liu's father and the others, she smiled and said, "My Wan Lin was just joking. He was trying to say that he liked Comrade Shengnan. Hahaha, let's discuss the betrothal gift. You're right, every family's situation is different. Our family's financial situation isn't great, so we just want the betrothal gift money, forget about the bicycle. But our Wan Lin is really good. Look at his physique and looks!"
Father Liu smiled and nodded, then replied, "Mother-in-law, you're right! But raising a good boy like Wan Lin wasn't easy. My younger sister Xiu'er is willing to pay a betrothal gift of 68 yuan."
Sixty-eight yuan is not a small amount of money. Nowadays, when a girl is married off in the village, if she has no money, it is already very good if she can get a betrothal gift of more than fifty yuan. The average betrothal gift in the village is thirty-six yuan, the most is fifty yuan, and the least is twenty-six yuan or eighteen yuan and eighty cents.
This was more or less what Li Xiaomei had just thought. She had just thought that she would ask for at least 100 yuan, but seeing Yang Wanlin staring at her, she didn't dare to agree. She could only nod and say, "Yes, my second child is still lucky!"
Seeing that Li Xiaomei agreed, Father Liu continued, "Now that the betrothal gift has been decided, let's pick a date for the wedding. We'll pick you and Wan Lin up tomorrow to visit our home!"
Li Xiaomei now just wants to get the money as soon as possible to feel at ease, for she is afraid that Yang Wanlin will cause trouble for her. If she gets the money, her eldest son Yang Wansen's marriage will definitely be successful, and maybe she can even arrange the wedding of her third son Yang Wanmu this year. Once Zhang Wanlin leaves, Zhang Wanmu will have a house of his own.
So Li Xiaomei replied, "The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is a good day. In a few days, the village will start to get busy!"
Liu's father shared this concern. The Liujia Village officials had already agreed that work would officially begin on the 16th day of the first lunar month. Last night, Liu's father and Grandpa Liu checked, and the 15th was indeed a good date. Since it had been decided, it would be better to get married sooner, even if it meant a busy few days.
So Father Liu said, "Okay, let's go on the date my mother-in-law told us. It's getting late, so we should go back first!"
Li Xiaomei quickly asked, "What about the betrothal money? When will it be sent?"
Father Liu thought for a moment and said, "On the day Shengnan comes to pick her up, have her bring him over and hand him over to you all at once. This will make you look good in front of the villagers. After all, Wan Lin is such an outstanding young man!"
Li Xiaomei forced a smile and said, "That's right!" In fact, Li Xiaomei was cursing Liu's father in her heart, calling him an old fox.
After Liu's father and the others stood up, Shengnan also stood up. When she turned around, she saw Yang Wanlin looking at her shyly from behind. When she realized that he was looking at her, she lowered her head embarrassedly and reached out to scratch her hair.
Shengnan couldn't help laughing when she saw him like this.
After suppressing her laughter, Shengnan said to the person in front of her, "Come out and see me off. I have something to tell you!"
Yang Wanlin raised his head, one hand still on his hair, and stared at Shengnan blankly. After a few seconds of reaction, he replied, "Oh, okay!"
After Yang Wanlin and Shengnan walked into the yard, Shengnan took him to a small corner and asked Liu's father and others to greet Li Xiaomei and her husband.
Shengnan whispered, "This betrothal gift money is paid by our family. I will keep the money you gave me for safekeeping and return it to you after we get married!"
"No need to give it to me, it's yours if I give it to you!" Yang Wanlin said embarrassedly.
"Okay, we'll take this money from now on and use it as funds for our small family!" Shengnan made the arrangements directly without any hesitation.
Yang Wanlin nodded happily. He was very excited and wanted to rush up the mountain and shout loudly in the mountains.
Seeing that Father Liu and the others were waiting for her, Shengnan quickly said goodbye, "I'm going back first. I'll have someone pick you up tomorrow!"
Yang Wanlin nodded again.
As soon as Liu's father and the others left, Zhang Wanlin went to the kitchen to make something simple to fill his stomach, then packed up his tools, carried his backpack, and went up the mountain from behind the house.
Yang Wanlin first set traps and snares in a place where there were many prey, and then he carried a basket to Yang Gong's grave and told him the good news that he was going to get married.
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