Chapter 27 What do you like about her?
Her Lin family is at least better off than this Li family! She's not as arrogant and conceited as Li Mengfei!
Liu Jiancheng didn't dare to go, but Lin Jingyi did; she immediately went to find Zhao Fengxiu.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Fengxiu immediately said, "Mengfei is here. Take a good rest first, and we'll have dinner together tonight."
Zhao Fengxiu was being polite and trying to save face, but Li Mengfei called her over unexpectedly.
"Aunt Zhao, let me be frank. I've come to your house several times already. This time you promised to come and propose marriage, but you haven't done so yet. Do you look down on us?"
Jiancheng and I have been childhood sweethearts for many years. Shouldn't we propose marriage as soon as possible? Do you have any other objections?
Zhao Fengxiu turned around, not expecting Li Mengfei to be in such a hurry, speaking without even eating!
Then don't blame her for being impolite.
Zhao Fengxiu said, "Mengfei, didn't my Jiancheng tell you?"
Li Mengfei was stunned and looked at Liu Jiancheng, "What did you say?"
Zhao Fengxiu said, "Of course, it's about getting your family to lower their demands. I've told him several times already, to make sure he explains it to you. I'm sure he did mention it to you, right?"
"You're the one who married into our family, so what are your opinions?"
As Zhao Fengxiu spoke, she sat down, and Lin Jingyi quickly poured her a glass of water.
If Li Mengfei asks for too much, Lin Jingyi will be the first to refuse!
The second son didn't get any benefits, so why should the fourth son's family get them?
Li Mengfei looked a little confused and asked, "Aunt Zhao, I don't quite understand what you mean. Why lower the price? Aren't my years of friendship with Jiancheng worth 2,000 yuan?"
We've known each other since our school days, and after all these years, we're both getting on in years; we can't afford to waste any more time.
Zhao Fengxiu coaxed, "I know you can't afford to waste time. So just tell me straight! What other conditions are there besides 2,000 yuan? Your parents aren't coming, so they've asked you to come and tell you their requirements."
"You can just say so directly, it'll save your parents the trouble of running back and forth, right?"
Upon hearing this, Li Mengfei immediately puffed out her chest and said, "Then naturally we'll need a two-bedroom apartment. Let's buy it in the county! It won't be much; the bride price is just a small part!"
If Jiancheng and I get married, we won't even have a place to live. We can't possibly squeeze in with Aunt Zhao and your family, can we?
Our little home is our own, and since it's built before we start working, we'll need to buy furniture, but we don't have any other requirements.
By the way, your family will be paying for the wedding banquet, since it's usually the groom's family that hosts the banquet. We won't be having one. Is it alright for your family to have forty or fifty tables?
Invite all the relatives, friends, and neighbors from both families. Make it lively and grand, and give the Liu family face too, right?
Is this request too much? My parents raised me all these years, and they want me to marry them for these conditions…
Before Li Mengfei could finish speaking, Lin Jingyi interrupted her, "What conditions? That's outrageous! I only asked for a dowry of 280 back then! Plus a wardrobe, a bed, and other miscellaneous things, and the wedding banquet was naturally hosted by the Liu family. That's all!"
And what about you? Only five or six years have passed, why do you demand a dowry of 2,000 yuan and a house? Buying a house is one thing, but you also want all the furniture!
The groom's family is also paying for the wedding banquet. How could you be so naive? Doesn't buying a house cost at least three or four thousand?
The furniture alone cost over a thousand, and you still need forty or fifty tables for the wedding banquet! Two thousand, four thousand, and another thousand, plus another two thousand! Won't the total come to over ten thousand?
Who are you? What's your status? What's your family background? What's your class? How dare you ask for so much? Are you a fairy? Besides, you're not a fairy!
Lin Jingyi was furious.
Liu Jiancheng was also stunned; he hadn't expected Li Mengfei to have so many more connections! How could his mother possibly pay for it?
In the past, Mom might have gritted her teeth and tried to negotiate, but lately she's been acting strangely, so there's little hope!
Coupled with his second sister-in-law's attitude, Liu Jiancheng felt confused.
Li Mengfei was dissatisfied. "Where is the extra? Jiancheng and I have been together for so many years and this is all we're worth! I haven't even mentioned my family's place yet! After we get married, we'll have to renovate my parents' house. Otherwise, how will they live after raising me all these years?"
My four younger brothers also need new clothes; it's only right that they get them. It's not like your Liu family can't afford it!
How could you raise so many children and still run this shop? Didn't you just receive a sum of money from the Chen family a few days ago?
I heard that Aunt Zhao took a sum of money from your house, Sister Lin. I don't know if it's true. If it is, then with Aunt Zhao's own money, plus what you and the Chen family got, that's more than enough!
Why not? I'm going to spend the rest of my life with Jiancheng!
Lin Jingyi roared, "So what if you live a lifetime together! Marrying any woman is the same as marrying someone else. Why should I marry a bottomless pit like you? Am I marrying you or your family? Liu Jiancheng, what do you like about her?"
When I married your second brother, the bride price was less than 300! Li Mengfei, on the other hand, wants to spend tens of thousands! What gives her the right?
"Does your family have that much money? If they can afford it, I want it too! I've never seen such a shameless demand!"
Li Mengfei said, "If you want it, then what do I want? You've been married into this family for so long and you have three children. I'm the new one, so all of this has to be given to me!"
"If you can't give it to us, then just give our family the operating rights to this store. My parents can accept that."
Li Mengfei's arrogant words infuriated Lin Jingyi!
"Are you crazy? You want the management rights? Who do you think you are? This isn't just asking for the moon, it's outrageous! Are you dreaming? What have you done for this family?"
She's not even married into the family yet, and she's already eyeing everything! Aren't the bride prices in these two towns usually only four or five hundred yuan? Even buying a house is a joint effort between both families!
The wedding banquet is usually limited to about twenty tables, not forty or fifty! And you still have to buy all the furniture, with the groom's family paying for everything!
What do you have? You don't even have a damn thing! Just because you have a hole doesn't mean you're anything special! My Lin family is much better off than yours, and I never dared to say something like that back then! You're not even pretty, but you dream big!
Only a fool like Liu Jiancheng would be blind to have fallen for you! Who do you think you are? You're not good enough for me, you know that? You could pick up any girl on the street and she wouldn't be as outrageous as you, and she'd be better off than you!
We're all tall and handsome, why would we marry a country bumpkin like you? Can't you take a good look at yourself in the mirror?...
Lin Jingyi launched into a tirade, leaving Zhao Fengxiu no chance to speak.
Zhao Fengxiu remained calm. She had seen this kind of scene before in her previous life. Anyway, the money was in her pocket, and no one could do anything about it if she didn't pay. So what if Li Mengfei shouted all she wanted, whether it was the stars or the moon?
She can have whatever she wants; there's no cost to it anyway.
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