Zhou Yang was clearly a mess. Lin Xiaoman, who hadn't counted on him at all, said bluntly, "The renovation costs are huge, and my family can't afford such a large sum of money."
Labor costs are so high now, so how can a three-bedroom, two-living-room bungalow cost at least 200,000 yuan? If you really renovate it and get divorced in the future, the 200,000 yuan will be wasted.
Upon hearing this, Li Jing's face showed understanding and a flash of disgust flashed through her heart. She knew that this daughter-in-law was poor. Apart from her good looks and good temper, she really had nothing else.
I don't know what's wrong with my son that he has to find such a family. Given their family conditions and his son's looks, it's not a problem for him to find a strong match with someone of equal status.
"Just do your best. When they hold the wedding banquet, take out the red envelopes and put as much as you can into them first. As for the decoration, you don't need to pay for it all at once. As for the wedding red envelopes, let them use their salaries to fill it up slowly. After a year, that should be enough."
Because she looked down on Lin Xiaoman from the bottom of her heart and labeled her as poor, Li Jing did not force her to pay for the decoration. Instead, she let Zhou Yang and Shen Xinyi solve it themselves and use their wages to slowly decorate it.
"Xiao Yang, Xinyi, is it okay for you to decorate the wedding room yourselves?"
Li Jing called out his name, and Zhou Yang nodded hurriedly, "Mom, no problem, we can do the decoration ourselves."
"Well, we will work hard on our own." Chen Xinyi echoed.
Both parties have expressed their opinions, and Lin Xiaoman doesn't want to say anything anymore.
"If there is no problem with these, then mother-in-law, let's briefly discuss the banquet first." No one objected, and everyone did as she said. Li Jing was satisfied and moved on to the next topic.
"Okay." Lin Xiaoman continued listening without wanting to express his opinion.
Of course, Li Jing obviously hadn't planned to ask for her opinion, but had already made plans. "It's already mid-April. May is too rushed and we can't book a hotel. June, July, and August are too hot to hold a wedding banquet.
I looked at the calendar. October 5th this year is a good day for getting married. It also coincides with the National Day holiday, so all the relatives are free. So we chose this day.
Our custom is to have a dinner the night before. This has nothing to do with you, the bride, so you don't need to come. It's the groom's family's place to entertain relatives. The next morning, we'll pick up the bride. According to custom, we go to the bride's home to pick her up, but considering the situation, you can wait at the hotel and we'll go there to pick her up..."
Lin Xiaoman: Between the lines, you can see the sense of superiority of the locals!
"We'll take the bride home and sit for a while, and that's basically the end of the process. Then there's the main banquet at the hotel, which is usually scheduled for the evening. We won't have a master of ceremonies or anything fancy like that. It's not practical. We'll just have relatives and friends get together for a meal and have some fun. Xiao Yang, Xin Yi, do you have any objections?"
"No, no objection. This is good." Li Jing looked over and Zhou Yang nodded quickly.
"Auntie is right. There's no need to go through all that formalism. It's better to be practical." Chen Xinyi responded with a faint smile, but she felt a little uncomfortable in her heart and looked at Zhou Yang secretly.
Many of their classmates have already gotten married, and the two have attended many weddings, most of which were organized by wedding planning companies with emcees, making the scenes more lively.
Before, Chen Xinyi had discussed with Zhou Yang about hiring a wedding planner, but at this moment... Zhou Yang looked away with a guilty conscience, picked up the teacup, pretended not to see it, and used the excuse of drinking tea to cover up his embarrassment.
Although Chen Xinyi was unhappy, Zhou Yang kept silent. He didn't want to offend his mother-in-law before getting married, so he had to give up.
"Oh, mother-in-law, I forgot to mention that when we hold a wedding banquet here, we don't invite all the bride's relatives, but only those who are accompanying the bride. Besides, your hometown is so far away, and it's obviously unrealistic for all the relatives there to come to the city for a meal, right? So, we, the man, will hold it first, and then you can hold another one in your hometown during the Chinese New Year. Lao Zhou and I will be free then, is that okay with you?"
"This is good. Our hometown and Wu City are indeed too far away. It would be more appropriate to hold the two places separately." Lin Xiaoman nodded. The wine and beverages must indeed be held separately.
"Mother-in-law, is there anything else you want to add?"
"Nothing for now, but I still need to discuss the details with Xinyi's uncles. After all, I'm an uneducated woman and don't understand a lot of things."
"As it should be. So let's do this today."
"Well, I'm sorry to have cost you a lot of money today."
"No, no, it's just a simple meal. You are too polite, mother-in-law."
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After the meal and the discussion, we sat there and pretended to be polite for about ten minutes, which was meaningless, and then dispersed.
Zhou Dagui and Li Jing were in the same car and left together. Zhou Yang took them back to Old Lady Sun's community. Lin Xiaoman left Shen Xinyi to talk, and Zhou Yang had something to do in the afternoon, so after dropping them off at their destination, he drove away.
Lin Xiaoman first went to the community to pick up Grandma Sun. After the three of them went back together, Grandma Sun took Chen Xinyi and talked for a while, and then went back to her room to take a nap.
When only the mother and daughter were left, Lin Xiaoman became serious.
"Daughter, tell me, what do you think?"
"Mom, what idea?" Chen Xinyi was a little confused.
"Can't you see? Li Jing doesn't like you. Her ideal daughter-in-law should be a local only child, a suitable match for her."
"Mom, I'm not stupid, of course I can see it. They come from a well-off family, and I can understand that my aunt and uncle are not satisfied. As long as Zhou Yang likes me and we have a good relationship, that's enough." Shen Xinyi is not stupid either. She also felt Li Jing and Zhou Dagui, especially Li Jing's dissatisfaction, but she lives with Zhou Yang, and they have a good relationship, so life will not be bad.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Xiaoman sighed helplessly and gave earnest advice.
"My daughter, you are still young and have never experienced marriage. Love is a matter between two people, but marriage is a matter between two families.
Li Jing is dissatisfied with you because we're poor and have limited resources, and she looks down on you. This disdain stemming from the disparity in family circumstances is deeply ingrained and indelible. Unless our family suddenly becomes wealthy, she will continue to look down on you with a condescending attitude. This deep-seated disdain manifests itself in life, especially during conflicts.
As for Zhou Yang, even though he treats you well, he's completely rude in front of her! If you and Li Jing have a conflict, it's a good thing he doesn't side with her. You can't expect him to defend you at all. You're soft-hearted, and without your husband to protect you, you'll have to swallow your anger if you get wronged.
"Mom, you're overthinking it. I can just avoid her. We'll be able to move out in a year at most. There's nothing wrong with that."
"You're not feeling wronged? Their family didn't even offer a betrothal gift. To be honest, I'm too embarrassed to tell my relatives back home. They're going to stab me to death. They'll say you're just trying to get close to a man, and they'll spit on you and drown you."
"Mom, no matter what they say, we are going to settle here in the future."
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