Chapter 5: The Two Families Meet
In the evening, the entire Lin family sat around Lin Momo. The expressions on Lin Momo's and her two brothers' faces were indescribable.
"Girl, please think about it again."
"That's right, sister, we are not in a hurry to get married."
"Momo, we can't get the marriage certificate the next day after meeting each other. We have to go through it first." Sister-in-law Cao Shulan said with a look of disapproval.
"Momo..." Although it was Zhang Hui who suggested this blind date, she didn't expect her sister-in-law to decide on it so quickly.
"Stop, Cheng Jinghao only has one week's vacation. If you continue, I will be notified to go to the countryside. Last time, my second sister-in-law and my second brother got married, they used all their connections to settle the matter. You still remember, right?" Lin Momo looked at everyone.
Zhang Hui's notice to go to the countryside had already come down, and thanks to Cao Shulan's relative who worked in the Youth Educated Office and had many connections, the two of them quickly got a marriage certificate and got the matter done.
"If Cheng Jinghao returns to the army and the notice to go to the countryside comes, am I really going to go out and find someone to marry?"
"You can take a look at the photos for yourselves." Lin Momo handed the photos that Cheng Jinghao gave her today to everyone.
"It looks good, but I wonder what its quality is like." Lin Yu muttered softly.
"He's a soldier, so his quality should be good, right?" Mother Lin looked at Zhang Hui. Zhang Hui was the only one who knew something about Cheng Jinghao.
"He was a good kid when he was young. He was specially recruited by the army." Zhang Hui said.
"He became a battalion commander at such a young age, so his quality should be fine." Lin Ze took the photo handed over by Lin Xiao and looked at it carefully.
(In some eras, the male protagonist would be written as a regiment commander or division commander in his twenties. You can check that the age of a battalion commander is 33-35 years old. In order not to write the age too old and to ensure the qualification to accompany the army, the male protagonist's age is written as 26.)
"He will bring his mother over tomorrow morning, and you'll see for yourself. The betrothal gift is one thousand yuan, which can be converted into one thousand yuan in cash after three turns. The ticket will be given separately." Lin Momo said.
She couldn't tell them that she had known Cheng Jinghao for 28 years and there was absolutely no problem with his character.
"So much for the bride price?" The Lin family members were very surprised. Nowadays, for a wealthy family in the city, a bride price of two hundred yuan is considered good.
"Their family conditions are good. Cheng Jinghao's father is a retired soldier. Now he is the director of a bearing factory and an eighth-level worker. His mother is the director of a leather shoe factory." Zhang Hui said that the two families can be considered a good match.
"Cheng Jinghao is the only child in their family, and the couple are very easy-going." Zhang Hui added.
In fact, she privately thought that this marriage was quite suitable. She went back to her parents' home the day before yesterday and met Cheng Jinghao, and felt that he was a good match for her sister-in-law.
"This is what he gave me." Lin Momo went back to her room, actually took out the passbook that Cheng Jinghao gave her from the space and handed it to Lin's mother.
"This is the allowance and bonus he received for his years of military service."
Mother Lin opened the passbook and took a look. "So much? How can you take it?"
"Didn't my dad's salary go to you? Didn't my brother's salary go to my sister-in-law and the others? Why shouldn't I take it?" Lin Momo took the passbook from her mother and put it away.
"......" The Lin family members looked at each other awkwardly. It seemed that there was nothing wrong with what Lin Momo said.
The money had been handed over before the marriage certificate was obtained, and the Lin family was very satisfied with this.
"The Cheng family gave so much betrothal gifts, and our dowry is not small. It's embarrassing for Momo. Momo is going to join the army, otherwise we can convert the bedding into cash and let Momo buy it when she joins the army." Sister-in-law Cao Shulan suggested.
"Dad, Mom, Lin Ze and I are the oldest. We started working earlier than the second oldest and have more money than them. We should contribute more. We will contribute 50%, and there are still some unused bills in the family. We will give them all to Momo." Cao Shulan said with a smile.
"Sister-in-law, no, no, whose dowry is so much?" Lin Momo waved her hands repeatedly.
"Then let's pay three times. I'll give all the tickets I have to Momo." Zhang Hui thought for a moment and said, she and Lin Yu did go to work late, she went to work after getting married, and she also spent some money to buy a job.
"Second sister-in-law..." Lin Momo was speechless and didn't want to listen to her.
"Your father and I will contribute twelve hundred to make it an even sum, and we can add some tickets." Lin's mother continued, not caring about Lin Momo at all, and discussed the matter on her own.
Lin Momo saw them talking enthusiastically and felt like she was just a tool.
Then, Lin 꿵, Lin Ze and Lin Yu껩 joined the discussion, and Lin Momo was unable to get a word in.
Listening to their words, Lin Momo was moved. From the original owner's memory, she always knew that her family doted on her, but she didn't expect that her two sisters-in-law would be so open-minded about her dowry.
After all, she was a novel lover in her previous life and had read many stories about sisters-in-law with strained relationships, even if there were many such stories in real life.
In fact, this is all due to the actions of Lin's mother. When the two sons got married and bought a house, the couple paid a lot. Lin's mother was not a powerful mother-in-law. She was a daughter's daughter-in-law and would consider her daughter-in-law.
The next morning, Cheng Jinghao brought his mother to the Lin family. Lin's brother and sister-in-law arrived early. The two sisters-in-law were busy preparing lunch in the kitchen. Cao Shulan also specially sent Lin Xiaojie back to her parents' home today.
The Cheng family brought a lot of gifts. When Cheng's mother saw Lin Momo, she pulled her aside and talked to her enthusiastically.
My son kept praising me when he came home yesterday, and today I saw that I found she is indeed a lovely girl.
Cheng Xiao smiled and handed the prepared betrothal gift to Lin Momo. In addition to the betrothal gift, Cheng Xiao's mother also prepared a red gift for the meeting.
In fact, long before the two met, Cheng's mother had already asked Zhang Hui's family about Lin Momo and the Lin family.
The two were very satisfied with this marriage. Their son liked it, so they were naturally very happy.
Lin Xiao and the two Lin brothers asked Cheng Jinghao about the army. People of this age were full of curiosity and admiration for the military, and with Cheng Jinghao's patient explanation, the three children nodded repeatedly.
While Cheng Jinghao was replying to the Lin family's daughter's words, he occasionally glanced at Lin Momo with a slight smile. This small movement was seen by Lin's mother who was sitting on the side. She was even more satisfied with this handsome future son-in-law.
"Your family has given birth to a good daughter, who is both pretty and sensible." Cheng's mother said to Lin's mother with a smile. She had always wanted to have a daughter, but unfortunately she injured her body when giving birth to Cheng Jinghao and never got pregnant again.
"Your Jinghao is a good boy. He is already a battalion commander at such a young age." Lin's mother replied with a smile.
Lin Momo sat between the two mothers, listening to them praising each other with a smile on her face, but she was extremely embarrassed.
She and Cheng Jinghao had been arguing since they were young, so why didn't she discover all his advantages?
Fortunately, her two sisters-in-law had prepared lunch and rescued her.
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