Chapter 140: Stealing the Wife

Inside the Wang family's courtyard, the village women who were helping to prepare the banquet suddenly changed their smiling faces.

Whenever the bride comes back first, there is no need to ask, the bride's family will definitely put forward conditions, such as adding a gift money or other requirements.

"Sister, what do they mean? Have they really added new conditions?" Wang Zonghao grew up in the village since he was a child. He has seen many different kinds of marriages in the village. He subconsciously thought that the Chen family might have put forward conditions.

Seeing her brother walk out of the yard to ask, Wang Ziru whispered, "The Chen family's aunts and uncles told me to make up the 200 yuan betrothal gift money, otherwise, they will not let the Wang family marry the bride."

"I..." Wang Zonghao was furious and was about to curse the Chen family. "Who? Who asked you to come back?"

"Pingping's uncles."

At this time, someone saw that the situation was not good and rushed into the house to call out the owner, Wang Dongsheng.

Wang Dongsheng has been uneasy since last night. When he heard that the Chen family might have really put forward new conditions, he ran out of the stone house in a hurry.

"What's going on? What did the Chen family say?"

"Dad, can you afford the 200 yuan betrothal gift now?"

Wang Ziru asked straight to the point.

Seeing that my father was so poor that he didn't even have a pair of decent shoes to wear, let alone asking him to take 200 yuan as a betrothal gift, I was afraid that his pockets were even poorer than his face.

Several village women hired by the Wang family to help immediately gathered around and asked what conditions the Chen couple had proposed.

Wang Dongsheng's already sunburned face darkened. He looked towards the Chen family and saw Pingping's uncles and aunts coming out of the main hall one after another as if they had discussed it beforehand.

Waiting for Lord Wang to come over and discuss with them.

Wang Dongsheng frowned and gritted his teeth, "I'll go discuss it with them."

"Zong Hao! Don't go yet." Wang Ziru saw that her younger brother couldn't wait to go over to negotiate, so she quickly reached out to hold him back. Seeing that her younger brother's eyes were red with anger, she said, "Don't say anything yet, let's see what our father can come up with when he goes over to negotiate."

Wang Zonghao felt aggrieved, but he couldn't get angry at the Chen family, so he could only stay where he was and rage.

Several ladies helped to hold the groom back, "Zonghao, listen to your sister, she won't hurt you."

"If your father goes over to discuss this with them, he will definitely be able to resolve this matter."

"No, Auntie, do you think the Chen family is crazy? Everyone in the village knows that Pingping and I have been sleeping in the same bed, yet they did this on the wedding day?"

"Oh! Don't shout about the matter between you and Pingping. It's a matter of a woman's reputation! Even though everyone in the village knows about it, if you tell others about it, it will be a loss of face for Pingping to marry you in the future." An old lady hit Wang Zonghao and scolded him.

The ladies nearby were amused by Wang Zonghao's words and laughed softly with their hands covering their faces.

Just when everyone thought that the Chen family had already decided on the marriage with the Wang family, they still did not allow the wedding.

On the road outside the Chen family’s gate.

The two sides negotiated.

When Lin Xiuying heard that the Chen family had put forward conditions, she hurried out of the kitchen. She did not look relaxed at all. She stood at the gate of her yard with her neck stretched out.

After the banquet, the men who went to the Wang family to get married all realized that the Chen family and the Wang family had not yet reached an agreement.

After listening to Chen Pingping's uncles' repeated "kind words of advice", Wang Dongsheng didn't expect things to turn out like this today.

He smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that the Wang family didn't want to give it, but you uncles have seen that we are in this situation and we really can't afford it."

Wang Dongsheng didn't want to cry and suffer on such a happy day, but he really couldn't afford the money.

In order to hold today's wedding for their youngest son, the Wang family has emptied out their money.

He had to borrow hundreds of dollars to allow the whole village to see a decent wedding.

Pingping's uncles just smiled and said nothing, while her aunts talked at once, each praising the Wang family.

"Brother Dongsheng, don't keep saying that the Wang family can't come up with 200 yuan!"

"Look at your daughter. She is dressed more elegantly than the female officers in government agencies."

"Humph, Brother Dongsheng, you too, Zonghao is the youngest son of the Wang family. Can't you ask your sister to pay for his marriage?"

At this time, Wang Ziru also walked towards the meeting place where the two companies were going to negotiate.

Inexplicably, she became the focus of everyone's attention. She slowed down her pace and instantly realized that these relatives of the Chen family must be eyeing the little money in her pocket again.

After a pause, she walked over, raised her lips and asked, "Dad, have you discussed it? If we delay any longer, we will miss the auspicious time for the wedding ceremony, which will affect our descendants."

Wang Dongsheng's eyebrows were covered with lice due to worry, and he tried hard to suppress his emotions.

Seeing that her father didn't say anything, Wang Ziru guessed that they didn't talk at all.

Wang Ziru looked at the relatives who could represent the Chen family and then changed the subject, "Who will represent the Chen family today?"

"Niece, what's the point of asking these questions? The important thing to do is to hurry up and help your father raise money." Pingping's uncle said shamelessly, clapping his hands.

"Does it really cost money?"

"Of course not! Go and see, which family didn't give a dowry when marrying a virgin girl? Who didn't buy a watch or a sewing machine for the girl? Your Wang family is different. It's ok not to buy these things, but you also didn't give a dowry. Who would believe it if you told others?"

"Huh! Does the Wang family think that such a good girl from our Chen family can't get married?"

Wang Ziru had to face the attacks from several mouths of the Chen family alone.

She thought it was just a joke and turned around and went back to Wang's house.

When he reached the gate of Wang's courtyard, he said to his brother, "Zonghao, go and call Chen Pingping out. Ask her in front of the whole village whether she still wants to marry you today. If she hesitates at all, this marriage will not take place."

Wang Zonghao's face looked extremely ugly, he clenched his back teeth tightly, and he wanted to rush into Chen's house, drag out his father-in-law and his wife, and beat them up.

But he still didn't want to really quarrel with Chen Pingping, so he wiped away the tears of humiliation that flowed down his face, and said with red eyes, "Sister, is there no other way?"

"Yes," several aunts wanted to know what other clever tricks their niece had, but they heard Wang Ziru chuckle and say, "Go and take the bride back to the Wang family."

The ladies were delighted when they heard it.

They all felt that this method would punish the Chen couple and not bring any benefits to the Chen family.

"Zonghao, your sister's idea is good."

"Go and call Pingping out..."

Wang Zonghao understood the implication in his elder sister's words, and with a gleam of anticipation in his eyes, he sneered, "Today I want to see whether the Chen family is more skillful or I, Wang Zonghao, am more capable."

The brother and sister conspired in public, and then walked towards Chen's house at the same time.

When the two parties in the negotiation stalemate on the road saw the groom coming, they thought that Wang Zonghao had received the money from his sister, and the relatives of the Chen family all looked forward to it.

The mother-in-law, who was standing at the door of the main hall of the Chen family, was waiting anxiously and peeking outside. When she saw her son-in-law coming, she hurriedly avoided him.

"Where is Pingping? Ask her to come out and talk." Wang Zonghao walked to the door of Chen's house and shouted directly inside.

At this moment, Chen Pingping was sitting in her own room, patiently waiting for the wedding procession.

She had already dressed up and asked a village auntie who was good at doing bridal hairstyles to do her hair into a bun with a small red silk flower pinned on it, making her look delicate and pretty.

Suddenly, an auntie ran in, looking unhappy: "Pingping, Zonghao is calling you from outside."

"What does he want me to do now?" Pingping asked, looking up while holding a round mirror in her hand and admiring her most beautiful look.

"I don't know. Go out and take a look."

Chen Pingping had no idea what was happening outside. Suspiciously, she slowly put down the mirror, got up and went out.

As soon as she stepped out of the girl's room, she was stopped by her mother.

"Mom, what is Zonghao doing here?"

Chen Pingping's mother looked very aggrieved. "Your uncle and aunt said that the Wang family looked down on us by not giving us a betrothal gift, so they insisted that the Wang family give us an additional 200 yuan as betrothal gift."

"…What did Jong-ho say?"

"He has no money, so how can he make the decision? Today's matter depends on his sister. His sister has money. It's just a matter of a word."

The mother and daughter chirped at crickets in the house for a while, and then Pingping appeared at the Chen family's door.

"Pingping, come out. I have something to say." Wang Zonghao was getting anxious. Seeing Pingping standing at the door and refusing to come out, he took a few steps forward and walked to the Chen family's gate.

On the road, the Chen family's relatives who were standing and discussing the bride price did not feel the slightest bit of crisis.

Chen Pingping also knew that she could not leave her parents' home before officially bidding farewell to them. Once she left the home, she would be a married woman.

Although none of the Chen family's brothers and sisters-in-law were wary of these rules, she also knew that these rules must be followed.

Wang Zonghao suddenly ran to the gate of Chen's house to talk to the bride, which immediately attracted all the adults and children who were having the feast.

The men in the wedding party hired by the Wang family also looked at the two of them with amusement. One stood outside the door, and the other stood inside, and they were whispering to each other.

Standing at the Chen family's gate, Wang Zonghao looked his bride up and down and was very satisfied with how beautiful Pingping looked today.

"Zonghao, what are you doing here?" Chen Pingping asked in a low voice embarrassedly.

Wang Zonghao reached out and held Pingping's delicate white hand, "Pingping, do you think marrying me is unfair to you?"

"What do you mean?" Chen Pingping's eyes showed a hint of fear.

"I've already said that I will give you every penny of my monthly salary in the future."

"Um…"

"Also, if you want to separate, I agree. We will separate and live separately after we get married."

Chen Pingping didn't understand why Wang Zonghao suddenly told her all this, and she was so anxious that her chest felt like a frightened deer.

"Finally, let me ask you one more question: Do you still want to marry me?"

Everyone looked at the young couple eagerly. They were holding hands and were very intimate. Needless to say, the couple had a very strong affection.

Chen Pingping blushed shyly and nodded, "Of course I will marry you. You are such a person. It's such a time and you still ask such questions. It's really annoying..."

The next moment.

Wang Zonghao stepped directly over the threshold of Chen's house and picked up the bride.

Before everyone could see clearly what was happening, they only saw Wang Zonghao, faster than a rabbit, rushing back to the Wang family with the bride in his arms.

The relatives of the Chen family and the people from the Wang family all looked like they were watching a magic show, and immediately both sides of the road were filled with people.

But the Chen family would never give up the 200 yuan betrothal gift and let the Wang family take the person away. Several relatives rushed over to stop Wang Zonghao.

"Wang Zonghao! You bastard, you're trying to force your bride down?! Put her down right now!" Chen Pingping's uncle raised his hand and was about to slap her.

"You bastard! If you dare to rob someone today, we will break your legs."

Just when Wang Zonghao was surrounded by Chen's relatives, suddenly, a car horn was heard on the village road.

In this poor country, few people have ever seen a car drive into the village.

Everyone looked in the direction of the village and saw a jeep slowly approaching.

Wang Ziru stood outside the gate of the Wang family's courtyard and saw a familiar jeep from a distance. When she saw Han Dixing's head sticking out from the back seat of the car, she was shocked...

Han Dixing looked at the road ahead and saw that it was full of people, and thought it was a special wedding event in the village.

The young man hurriedly got off the jeep. He was wearing a neat suit and a pair of thin-rimmed glasses. He walked with the skill of a cultured man. He saw someone making way for him. He happened to see Wang Zonghao holding the bride, so he smiled and said, "Zonghao, congratulations."

Han Dixing really came to the wedding!

Wang Zonghao swallowed his saliva, slowly put the bride down, and said with a wry smile: "You really came?"

"I told you that if you invited me to your wedding, I would come to congratulate you even if I had to take a leave from the bank." Han Dixing smiled gently and then looked at the bride. "Did I disturb you?"

"No, no," Pingping's second uncle came over quickly, smiling happily, "So this is Zonghao's friend who came from the county town to attend the wedding banquet?"

"Comrade, you just said you work in the county bank?" It was Pingping's mother who asked this question.