After seeing each other yesterday, Zhang Hongmei became more and more satisfied, and the next day she went to find Aunt Liu on her own.
"Does your Liu Bing like my daughter? Let me tell you...my Xue Ping is not only beautiful, but also a good housekeeper. Whoever can marry her will make a fortune!" Zhang Hongmei praised Aunt Liu.
She was very confident about Li Xueping's appearance, but when they met yesterday, Li Xueping had been uncooperative, which made her not very confident about this matter and not sure if it would succeed.
"Xue Ping is so beautiful and the age is right. I'm not exaggerating, but she can be a good match for any family. Don't worry, Liu Bing is very satisfied with your daughter." Aunt Liu's face was full of joy. After getting the news from Liu Bing, she felt that this matter would definitely succeed.
Hearing that Liu Bing was very satisfied, Zhang Hongmei felt relieved.
"Then what does this betrothal money mean?" she asked.
At this moment, Zhang Hongmei was full of anticipation, waiting to hear a satisfactory answer. The betrothal gift given by He Beichen was there, and it had spread throughout her village and the surrounding villages. No one didn't know about it.
She thought that the betrothal gift given by Liu Bing should not be less than that given by He Beichen.
Aunt Liu did not tell the betrothal money immediately, but was stunned for a moment, as if she was thinking about it.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Hongmei felt something was wrong when she saw her silence.
"I have something to tell you, but you can't be impatient." Aunt Liu sighed.
She knew that if she wanted to make this marriage go through, she couldn't avoid this issue. It felt difficult to say it now, but no matter what, she had to say it in the end.
Zhang Hongmei had some idea in her mind and guessed that the gift price probably wouldn't be too high, so she lowered her expectations in her heart.
Seeing her nod, Aunt Liu finally spoke: "Liu Bing said that the betrothal gift can only be 688."
"Only 688?" Zhang Hongmei's tone was a little excited.
She lowered her expectations in her mind by two points and thought of 1288, which was only half of what she wanted, one-third of He Beichen's betrothal gift, which was too little.
"Although it's only 688, it's already a very high betrothal gift in the village. Which family can afford so much money? Only when He Beichen's betrothal gift is placed in front of you, you will feel that it is too little!" Aunt Liu quickly persuaded.
Zhang Hongmei: “…”
She was silent for a while, and she really thought so in her heart.
"You also know that He Beichen gave 1,800, which is indeed too little in comparison. After all, we are all soldiers. How can the gap be so big?" Zhang Hongmei shook her head, not very satisfied with this.
I was originally quite satisfied with Liu Bing, but now because of the betrothal gift, it’s just like that.
"Oh, listen to me, Liu Bing also said that although the betrothal gift can only be this much, after we get married, the family's money will definitely be managed by your Xue Ping. He still has quite a bit of money when he returns from the army!"
"And I heard that the country will give him a subsidy every month, so he has money just by sitting at home... If Xueping marries him, don't worry, she will have a good life!" Aunt Liu held her and kept persuading her.
Zhang Hongmei, who had been wanting to leave just now, sat down again and was a little moved by what Aunt Liu said.
It doesn't matter if the betrothal money is a little less. As long as Li Xueping is in charge of the money after marriage, it will be easy to let Li Xueping bring some money back home.
"If your family agrees, we can start preparing for the wedding now. April is a great day. If you can get married earlier, your family will have a better life." Seeing that she was wavering, Aunt Liu quickly added.
"Yeah." Zhang Hongmei really thought so. This New Year, the family couldn't even afford meat. Although the betrothal money was a little less, most people couldn't come up with 688 yuan in betrothal money. If they could receive this betrothal money, their family's life would immediately become better.
"If we decide now, when can we give the betrothal money?" Zhang Hongmei asked.
"Right away, I'll have Liu Bing come to propose marriage tomorrow and give you the betrothal money!"
"Okay, then it's settled!" Zhang Hongmei agreed immediately and agreed that Liu Bing would come to propose marriage the next day.
…
As agreed, Liu Bing delivered the betrothal gifts the next day and set the wedding date in April.
Li Xueping couldn't resist at all. Not only did Zhang Hongmei agree, but even Li Jianping was beaming with joy when he received the betrothal money. Li Zhisen even clamored to use the money to buy meat. No one cared about her thoughts.
No, if I marry like this, and marry a man like this, this life will be reborn in vain, it will be worse than my previous life!
Li Xueping rushed out of the house angrily, intending to go find Xu Jincai.
"Xue Ping? Why are you here?" Xu Jincai was quite confused when he saw her.
They had previously agreed to review together and take the college entrance examination together, but later Li Xueping rarely came over. When she did come over, she didn't even have any review materials.
Gradually, we met less and less.
"Xu Zhiqing, my family wants to marry me off. How about...how about we elope?" Li Xueping looked at him, gritted her teeth, and spoke with determination.
Xu Jincai looks very gentle and his family conditions are pretty good. If she must marry, she would rather marry him!
And she had always thought so in this life.
"Elope? Are you crazy?" Xu Jincai was shocked when he heard her words.
He did not deny that he had some feelings for Li Xueping, but the two of them had not even officially confirmed their relationship, so how could they talk about eloping?
Are you running for your life?
"I will be able to get a place to return to the city soon, and maybe I will be able to return to the city soon... At this juncture, I will not do anything that will affect my return to the city." Xu Jincai shook his head and rejected her directly without even thinking.
"Then...what should I do?" Li Xueping stared at him in disbelief.
"Didn't you tell me that you wanted to change your destiny by passing the college entrance exam? And you also said that the exam would be this year, right?"
Although he didn't know why Li Xueping was so sure, he was indeed moved by her at that time.
Xu Jincai looked at her. When they were reviewing together, he did feel that Li Xueping was different from the girls in the village. But later, when he saw that her house was robbed and she had no money to buy review books, this idea gradually changed.
Maybe... it was just something the country girl said on a whim?
In addition, now that she brought up the idea of eloping, Xu Jincai's impression of her became even worse, and he didn't want to have much contact with her.
But Li Xueping didn't know what Xu Jincai was thinking. At this moment, she just thought he was selfish and only thought about himself!
"It's useless even if I give you a chance. I trusted you so much!" Li Xueping cursed angrily as she watched Xu Jincai walking away.
Li Xueping couldn't find anyone to take her away, so she had to go back home. But when she thought about being forced to get married after returning, she felt upset.
She walked slowly, her face distorted and hideous.
hateful……
What had gone wrong in her life?
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