Chapter 26 You're Mengfei, right?
Liu Jianbang said, "I can invite her, but I can't always let her pay! It's more appropriate for the two of us to pay each other, and besides, I'm a man! It's not right for me to always let the girl pay."
Given their circumstances and family background, I have to proceed cautiously and steadily, step by step, right?
After hearing this, Zhao Fengxiu smirked, "That's why I say you're the smartest one in this family."
The eldest son was falsely accused of being tricked into marriage; the second son diligently supported his wife's family; the fourth son was like a lapdog; the fifth son was all brawn and no brains; and the sixth son was love-struck!
The seventh brother is low-key and perceptive, while the third brother is shrewd and calculating!
Only the third brother, Liu Jianbang, didn't have any major hardships in his past life. No wonder he was the one who went abroad in his past life!
Thinking of this, Zhao Fengxiu said, "Third brother, since you have such ideas, can you bring back some betrothal gifts for Mom? That way you can fly however you want, and I won't interfere, right?"
You've been flirting with her for so long, you've probably officially started dating, right? When are you going to bring her home to meet your mom? Is it okay for her to marry into your family?
This way the house will be quieter, and you won't have to bother me, right?
Liu Jianbang paused in his porridge-eating motion, clearly startled by Zhao Fengxiu's words.
That's what he thought, but he had to be careful not to let anyone know!
Liu Jianbang's eyes darted around. "What kind of good thing is that? Mom, you're only dreaming! She's a foreigner, and she's a girl, but she's not stupid. Why would she let me marry into her family? Why would she give a bride price?"
We're just talking about a romantic relationship for now, and besides, she hasn't even expressed her opinion about our family background yet! In my eyes, I feel like we're dating, but in her eyes, there's probably still some distance between us, and she still keeps her distance from me.
"Mom, please don't mess things up for me. Don't think about anything like that. It's impossible!"
Liu Jianbang continued eating, but Zhao Fengxiu had long seen through his ambition!
In his past life, he was the most cunning and successful. He kept his relationship with Jenny Lan a secret from his family, only saying that he wanted to marry her, but his family couldn't afford it!
Zhao Fengxiu and Liu Shiping felt very guilty, as they felt they had let down their third brother!
As a result, he went abroad, asked for money, took his sister's dowry, and married into her family. This guy is eating from three heads!
Zhao Fengxiu said, "I don't care what you do or what you think, anyway, your family can't afford to marry her, so you can only marry into the family! If you leave, your family will pretend you don't exist, and you'd better bring back some betrothal gifts."
"If you want to live a good life, you'd better let me live a good life first. Otherwise, no matter where you run to, I won't let you go! Do you understand?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Jianbang was dumbfounded. This mother was even more heartless than him!
"Mom, you're selling your son!"
Zhao Fengxiu said, "What son are you selling? You put it so harshly. You're my precious third son! I've doted on you for over 20 years, shouldn't I repay you in some way? Don't you have any conscience? You only care about your own well-being and don't care about your parents?"
Liu Jianbang's face darkened. "If you want things to work out with me, you have to give me money for dates! Otherwise, how can I show any sincerity in being with her?"
Zhao Fengxiu said, "Do you think I'm stupid? What money do you need? I raised you all these years, and I've raised such a young and handsome guy like you. Doesn't she deserve to pay for it for you?"
These remarks left Liu Jianbang speechless.
He's right, and he's wrong; I always feel like Mom's going to kick him out of the house!
"There's no such thing as a son-in-law marrying into the family. I'm a man! I'm going to marry him!"
Zhao Fengxiu shook her head, "I can't afford to marry you, so I can only marry into your family. I have no money to offer."
Seeing that they couldn't reach an agreement, Liu Jianbang's face darkened.
I thought my second brother would suffer a loss, but I never thought I might suffer an even greater loss in the future!
Mom had blocked all the roads in advance!
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Seeing his third brother like this, Liu Jiancheng became frightened and could only hurry out to talk to Li Mengfei.
When Li Mengfei was found, Zhou Junjie was also there.
Without thinking much, Liu Jiancheng stepped forward and put his arm around Zhou Junjie's shoulder. "Junjie, you're here too. This time, we really owe you a lot of thanks. Consider this 20 yuan a reward for your older brother. I'll remember it. Aren't you touched?"
They were both a little surprised, but quickly calmed down.
Zhou Junjie laughed and said, "Brother Jiancheng, you're joking. It's nothing. I'm glad I could help you. Mengfei has been waiting for you here for a long time."
Liu Jiancheng, looking rather silly, was still joking around with his arm around Zhou Junjie's shoulder, saying, "I saw you guys, you're so loyal! You even helped me arrange to meet Mengfei in advance, consider this a thank you for this."
These words made Li Mengfei very embarrassed, and the three of them felt very awkward facing each other.
She quickly pulled Liu Jiancheng away, preventing him from continuing to ride with Zhou Junjie.
"Stop bothering Junjie. Get to the point. Have you told your family yet?"
Liu Jiancheng was taken aback, and stammered, "I told you."
"So, when are you going to propose?"
"It didn't work out. I came here to discuss some terms with you. Could your family reduce the bride price to four or five hundred? We can also provide some furniture. We don't need your dowry. I just want to marry you; nothing else matters."
Hearing this, Li Mengfei's face turned ugly, and she shouted angrily, "Didn't I tell you? Only 2000 yuan! Not a penny less! Do you think I don't know what I said?"
Do you even want to marry me? Do you really want me to go on blind dates? You've disappointed me so much!
Li Mengfei turned away angrily, while Zhou Junjie stood to the side with a dark and unreadable expression.
Liu Jiancheng quickly comforted her, "I really tried my best. My wife has been acting strangely lately, and no one can beat her! You have to believe me!"
Li Mengfei persisted, crossing her arms and saying, "What do you mean? Isn't your family more than capable of handling this money? Besides, I know the Chen family compensated your family, and your family should have accumulated quite a bit of savings after all these years of running your business!"
Is a few thousand yuan so hard to come by? It's not like it's your entire savings! Don't your parents love you? Can't they even afford this little bit of money? And they're making me wait so long, I really can't wait any longer.
Liu Jiancheng said, "No way! You have to believe me! If you don't believe me, come to my house and you'll see. I'm really stressed lately and I need to find a job! You can tell my mom about it."
Li Mengfei said, "Sure! Let's go, who's afraid of who?"
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That evening, Liu Jiancheng successfully brought Li Mengfei back to the oil pressing shop.
She also wanted to see for herself what was going on with the Liu family, and why they didn't take her seriously.
She and Liu Jiancheng were childhood sweethearts for many years, and the Liu family knew this, so why did they keep delaying?
When Liu Shiping saw them, he invited them inside to sit and have some water.
After Li Mengfei entered the house, she saw that the environment was not bad, much better than their mud house, which was also leaking!
The environment here is nice, they even keep a dog and run an oil pressing shop, the smell is very pleasant, they must eat well every day, unlike her family who have many members but eat only coarse food!
Seeing this, Li Mengfei said anxiously, "Get your parents out here, I need to talk to them."
Liu Jiancheng secretly comforted her, telling her not to worry, and that he didn't dare to go looking for trouble before dinner.
Unexpectedly, when Lin Jingyi returned and saw them, her eyes lit up, and she greeted them, "Oh my, who is this? Jiancheng brought a girl back, she looks familiar... You must be Mengfei?"
Li Mengfei smiled but did not respond.
This made Lin Jingyi very embarrassed. She thought to herself that this girl was really ill-mannered and didn't even greet her!
No wonder Mom looks down on her. What kind of background does she have to be so aloof!
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