Sister Ma stretched out a finger and shook it, "No, guess again."
Sister Tang lost her patience. "Ah, are you going to say it or not? You're always making me guess. It's so frustrating."
Sister Ma still didn't retract her finger, pointing straight up, "One thousand yuan!"
Sister Tang's eyes widened. "One thousand dollars? Why doesn't her family just rob a bank?!"
Jiang Manyue also felt that this family was really evil. They dared to ask for a thousand yuan as a betrothal gift. This was no different from robbery.
"Who says it's not true? Ask around in Yunzhou City. Who has ever heard of a betrothal gift of one thousand yuan? Even when the daughter of the chieftain's family gets married, the betrothal gift isn't that expensive!"
Sister Ma was extremely disdainful of the Liu family's greed. "Luckily, Xuemei was sensible and decided on her own to get the marriage certificate. Otherwise, this family would have ruined her happy marriage."
Sister Tang was amazed. "I've never seen such a greedy family. They asked for a thousand yuan right away. Have they ever seen a thousand yuan in their life?"
Sister Ma suddenly remembered something and added, "Oh, I forgot. It's more than a thousand yuan. Xuemei said her mother asked Jianyong to find her brother a job. It has to be a regular factory worker, paying thirty-six yuan a month."
Jiang Manyue laughed at what she heard. "What do they think of Brother Cheng? A high-ranking official with connections everywhere? Can he arrange a formal job with just one word?"
Sister Ma also found it funny. "Who says they don't? They said they wanted a formal job in the factory right away, and they even thought they could get a salary of 36 yuan right away. They didn't even want to be an apprentice. What an interesting family this is."
Sister Tang shook her head as she listened. "Fortunately, Xuemei is sensible. Otherwise, she would have had to sacrifice the rest of her life for such a family."
Sister Ma and Jiang Manyue nodded in agreement. If Liu Xuemei had not been able to stand up for herself and had the courage to make her own decision, she would probably have to sacrifice herself for her brother.
"Speaking of which, Xuemei is moving in today. She said there's nothing to bring, just two sets of clothes and we can move in. By the time we get back from shopping, they'll probably have moved in."
Sister Ma was really happy when she talked about this. Cheng Jianyong's marriage was solved and Liu Xuemei was helped out of her misery. She had done two good things.
Jiang Manyue was also very happy for Liu Xuemei, but her original family would definitely not let her go so easily, and there would probably be another fight.
Sure enough, when the three of them were returning after buying vegetables, Zhao Gaidi and Li Cuifang, whom they had met before, were standing at the gate of the compound with their whole family.
Zhao Gaidi and Li Cuifang were shouting and cursing at the door, looking as if they were going to eat Liu Xuemei alive if they caught her.
Seeing this, Sister Ma looked at Sister Tang, stopped, and pulled Jiang Manyue to hide aside, wanting to see what the Liu family was doing blocking the door.
The Liu family shouted and cursed outside the side door for a long time but no one paid any attention to them. Liu Xuemei's younger brother Liu Guangwei was tired of standing and got angry.
"There's no point yelling here. There's no one guarding the door. It's just a metal gate. Just open it and go in and settle the score with that bitch Liu Xuemei!"
Liu Xuemei's father, Liu Faxiang, wanted to say something, but Zhao Gaidi simply waved her hand and said, "That's right! Go straight in and settle the score with her! Shameless and slutty thing, she's eloping!"
Liu Guangwei usually hangs out outside and has some skills, so he went up and pried open the iron gate.
Jiang Manyue and the others watched from behind with their eyes wide open. Sister Ma quickly shoved the basket over to Sister Tang and said, "Hold it for me. I'll go find the guards at the main gate!"
Sister Ma hurried to the main gate, while Jiang Manyue and Sister Tang quickly entered the compound through the side door.
As soon as the two arrived at the sink where they usually washed vegetables, they saw the Liu family standing in the middle of the yard, with their hands on their hips and shouting Liu Xuemei's name.
They didn't know which house Cheng Jianyong lived in, they just knew it was in the compound, so they just started shouting in the yard.
Liu Xuemei was at Cheng's house. When she heard her family members calling out, she was about to go out when Cheng Jianyong stopped her.
"Don't go out. This is a military compound. If you dare to come in and cause trouble, they will give you a pot of wine."
Cheng Jianyong also heard a lot about Liu Xuemei's experiences at home. Now he has no good feelings towards the Yue family.
"I'll go out and see what they are here for."
Just as Cheng Jianyong was about to leave, Liu Xuemei grabbed his hand again, her tone very mocking, "What else can they do here? To ask for a betrothal gift!"
"My mom asked for 1,000 yuan and asked you to arrange a formal job for my brother in the factory. She's absolutely crazy. Why didn't she ask for 10,000 yuan and then arrange for my brother to be the factory director?"
Cheng Jianyong frowned when he heard this. "One thousand yuan? And I want to arrange a job for you? I don't know anyone in the factory, how can I arrange it?"
Liu Xuemei shook her head. "Don't worry about it. I didn't agree. My family has never earned so much money in our lifetime. They are taking advantage of you."
Cheng Jianyong thought about it and said, "You have to give a betrothal gift. Just give it at a normal level, so that they won't have wasted their time raising you."
Liu Xuemei didn't want to be too extreme, so she nodded and said, "In the city, the basic betrothal gift is fifty yuan. Just give fifty, no more."
Cheng Jianyong hesitated for a moment. "One hundred yuan is fine. Didn't the person they introduced you to before ask for a hundred yuan as a betrothal gift? If they're willing to marry you to him, then I'll give him a hundred too."
Liu Xuemei actually didn't want to pay a hundred yuan. She thought fifty yuan would be enough, but Cheng Jianyong wanted to settle the matter quickly, so he decided to pay the hundred yuan.
The two finally agreed that Cheng Jianyong would give the Liu family a betrothal gift of 100 yuan, but as for the job, it was impossible.
Just when Cheng Jianyong was about to leave with the money, Sister Ma came back with several guards.
"Comrade Guard, it's them! I saw with my own eyes this young man pry open the iron gate and break in!"
As soon as the Liu family saw the armed guards, they immediately panicked. The most panicked was Liu Guangwei, because it was he who suggested prying the door open, and it was he who pried the door open and brought his family in.
"Prying open the door to the military compound? You're quite brave!"
The guard squad leader looked directly at Liu Guangwei, who was already sweating. "Some criminals have forcibly entered the military compound with bad intentions. Take them away immediately!"
Liu Guangwei was so frightened that he grabbed Zhao Gaidi's hand and started howling, "Grandma! Save me! Save me!"
Zhao Gaidi was so frightened that she didn't know what to do. Li Cuifang was still shouting, "Liu Xuemei! Your brother is being taken away! Get out here!"
Cheng Jianyong heard the noise and came down from the stairs. Just as he was about to speak, he was pulled away by Sister Ma.
Sister Ma took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and the Liu family was crying and wailing, and directly dragged Cheng Jianyong into her house.
"Don't worry about it! They broke into the compound by prying open the iron gate, so they should be taught a lesson!"
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