Liang Sufen glanced at Lu Ting who was trying to get ahead of her, and wondered if this guy was trying to ruin her plans.
She sneered and said, "Even if your Su family plans to buy a house, how much do you plan to give to our Wang family as a betrothal gift?"
Wang Zhijun and his wife didn't say anything. Wang Yan, this sister-in-law, was really annoying.
Su Qingshan smiled, but the smile did not reach his eyes. "How much do you Wang family plan to ask for in betrothal gifts?"
Liang Sufen held up a finger and said, "One thousand yuan, not a cent less."
How dare they ask for a higher price? She only received 400 yuan as a betrothal gift when she got married, and the Wang family has the nerve to ask for 1,000 yuan.
Su Qingshan and Jiang Lingling's expressions changed at the same time. Su Qingshan was about to say something when Jiang Lingling stopped him and said coldly:
"My daughter's wedding gift two years ago was 400 yuan. Most girls in Beijing city only give 200 to 300 yuan. Your Wang family wants 1,000 yuan. Are you planning to marry two daughters into the Su family?"
Damn it, who would dare to ask for a thousand yuan dowry in this era? Their Su family is not a capitalist.
Wang Yan looked at Liang Sufen with red eyes, "Sister-in-law, you asked me to get married with a gift of 1,000 yuan. Is it true that after we get married, you will give me 2,000 yuan as a dowry?"
"What are you thinking, you traitor? I'm doing this for your own good."
"For my own good? You just want to introduce me to your cousin who drools over women?"
"You damn girl, which woman did my cousin drool over? You didn't marry someone from Hai City, but you found someone from Jing City. One day you'll regret marrying so far away, and you won't even have a place to cry."
Liang Sufen opened her mouth to speak, and Wang Zhijun quickly stopped her, "Old man, shut up!"
Su Yan really didn't expect Wang Yan's sister-in-law to be so arrogant and fierce. Are people from Hai City nobler than people from Jing City? If she had known it would be like this, she might as well have let her eldest brother find an orphan girl.
When Su Qingshan saw Wang Zhijun speak, he also said a few words, "Comrade Wang, I think your daughter is a good person. She is also my daughter's classmate, so our eldest son wants to date her, and my husband and I agreed without hesitation.
Although my wife, Su Qingshan, and I are from peasant families, we have worked diligently in the military hospital for more than 20 years.
My son Su Ze has been an excellent student since childhood. He skipped grades every year and is proficient in four foreign languages. Now he works as a stenographer for a senior leader in Zhongnanhai.
Even though your family lives in Hai City and owns a Western-style house, you are still descendants of merchants..."
Su Qingshan originally wanted to say that you businessmen are pursuing fame and fortune, but forget it, just give them some face!
Even though the Su family didn't have an ancestral home in the city and wasn't as wealthy as the Wang family, at least the couple had saved more than 4,000 yuan after 10 to 20 years of frugality, right?
Wang Zhijun's eyes darkened. It seemed that the Su family was not easy to deal with. If his Yanyan really married into the Su family, would she have a good life?
Wang Zhijun asked Su Ze directly with a cold face, "Comrade Su, what do you think? I want to hear your thoughts."
Su Ze said calmly, "Uncle Wang, our Su family is sincerely interested in marrying into the Wang family. I, Su Ze, personally guarantee that I will treat Wang Yan well after we get married. Please grant my blessing, Uncle Wang!"
Liang Sufen sneered, "A man without a beard can't do anything..."
"Sister-in-law, he's the one marrying you, not you. What gives you the right to say that?"
Xiao Yuexiu tugged at Liang Sufen and said, "Okay, stop arguing."
After saying that, she turned sideways and looked at her husband beside her, "Old Wang, what do you think of Yanyan's marriage..."
"Children are debts from past lives. Forget it. Since Yanyan likes Comrade Xiao Su, let them be together. The betrothal gift will be based on Beijing's rules, but the necessary things like watches, sewing machines, and bicycles still need to be bought."
Jiang Lingling was worried because her daughter didn't buy a sewing machine when she got married, and it was her son-in-law who bought it later.
Su Qingshan froze for a moment, then nodded and said, "My son Xiaoze already has a bicycle. We'll find a way to get the watches and sewing machines. Let's reserve eight tables for the wedding banquet. As for the wedding date, you can pick a date, May 1st or June 1st."
"Dad, the Lu family will hold a wedding banquet for Lu Jin on May Day."
Wang Zhijun frowned, "May 1st and June 1st are too early. No matter what, Su Ze will bring Yanyan back to Hai City to meet our Wang family's relatives and friends. Our Wang family will hold a wedding banquet in Hai City on July 1st. You can arrange the banquet on your own."
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After the two families finished talking, Wang Yan was kept in the hotel by the Wang family. Lu Ting drove to take Su Yan back to school first, and then take his father-in-law and mother-in-law back to the military region. Su Ze rode his bicycle back to the unit dormitory by himself.
After leaving the hotel lobby, Su Qingshan pulled Su Ze aside and asked, "Are you sure you want to marry the daughter of the Wang family?"
"Dad, you also said that I'm old. Wang Yan is a little spoiled, but she's still a good person. I believe in my sister's judgment and I believe in my own judgment."
"As long as you don't regret it, that sister-in-law Wang Yan is a strong person. Fortunately, she lives in Hai City, so you rarely see each other. You two should live your own lives, but the house is yours."
"Dad, my eldest brother works in the city, and my second brother will probably be assigned to the city in the future. Housing at the company won't be so easy to get. Why don't we just buy a small two-story house in the city?"
"It's easy for you to say that, girl. How can this house be so easy to buy? A small courtyard with two entrances would cost several thousand, right?"
Lu Ting walked over and said with a smile, "Dad, I've seen a small courtyard house with two entrances in Houhai. It's about 200 square meters and the asking price is 4,200 yuan. The owner wants to take his son and daughter to live with relatives in Southeast Asia."
Jiang Lingling was also depressed. The company allocated a two-bedroom apartment to their family. Before Yanyan got married, they used wooden boards to separate a small room in the living room.
Yanyan sleeps in her room and the two brothers sleep in the living room. Yanyan got married, so Yanyan's room was given to Xiaoze and Xiaolang slept in the living room.
Just because the Su family has no ancestral home, it unexpectedly affects their son's marriage.
If my son had found a girl from the countryside, there wouldn't be so much trouble. Forget it, we're already talking about marriage, so why bother with all this talk? Regardless, we have to buy this house.
"Xiao Ting, your father and I have saved 4,500 yuan over the years and bought a house. We can't even come up with the money for Xiao Ze's betrothal gift. Can you help us negotiate a lower price?"
"Mom, this is already their lowest price. Don't worry about the money. Yanyan and I will find a solution."
Su Yan took out a passbook from her bag. There was a thousand yuan in it. This money was saved for her by Jiang Lingling two years ago. It contained her wedding gift and dowry from her family.
"Mom, this passbook is for you."
"This is your dowry, how can you touch it? No!"
Su Qingshan said, "Lingzi, take over your daughter's passbook. The sons will pay back the money. Su Ze will go back and write an IOU to his sister."
"Dad, no thanks. Consider this thousand yuan as a wedding gift to my eldest and second brothers."
Lu Ting agreed, "Yes, let's consider this as a wedding gift for our eldest and second brothers."
Su Ze's eyes were shocked. "Sister, brother-in-law, this is one thousand yuan, not one hundred."
Of course they knew that it was one thousand yuan, and Lu Ting also understood that if the Su family bought a house and helped Su Ze get married, the family would probably be emptied out.
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