While Su Xingran enjoyed a peaceful life, the Su family was in turmoil. The reason was that Su Wenxing, the eldest son of the eldest son, had already proposed marriage to the woman's family before the Lunar New Year last year, giving a dowry of one hundred yuan. Of that one hundred yuan, the old man and old woman of the Su family gave fifty yuan, and the eldest son and his wife paid the remaining fifty yuan.
The agreement was that they would get married after the spring of this year, and Su Wenxing was prepared to bring three "turns and one sound"—a bicycle, a sewing machine, a watch, and a radio—because the bride price and the monetary gift for the marriage proposal were to be given together. But now, Su Wenxing hasn't prepared the three "turns and one sound."
Su Wenxing was a temporary worker at the town's textile factory. His family had paid for the job for him, and he needed to work there for two years before he could become a permanent employee. As a temporary worker, he earned eighteen yuan a month, and after becoming a permanent employee, he would receive about forty yuan.
He'd only been working this job for a year, and his monthly salary, after deducting his own expenses and expenses for going out to eat, drink, and watch movies with his partner, meant he was practically broke every month. Now that they needed money for their wedding and wedding supplies, he couldn't afford a single penny and was counting on his family to provide them.
His family had already spent a considerable amount of money buying him a temporary job, and he had given the woman 100 yuan as an engagement gift. Now, they were asking for three turns and a radio as part of the wedding dowry. Because of his wife and daughter-in-law, Su Laopo and Zhao Xiaohua, his family had lost 200 yuan. It was very difficult for them to come up with money to buy wedding items.
With the engagement day fast approaching, he hadn't bought a single item, let alone a "three turns and one sound" (a traditional Chinese stringed instrument, a watch, a bicycle, and a radio). Su Wenxing was very anxious. He had finally managed to win over the workshop foreman's daughter. If it weren't for his impersonation and the help of someone else, he wouldn't even be standing next to Xiaoxue.
He still hoped to rely on his father-in-law to get a permanent position and climb the corporate ladder at the textile factory; no matter what, he had to marry Xiaoxue first. When he learned that his family hadn't prepared any wedding items for him, he started making a scene.
"I now have the opportunity to get close to a good in-law family, and I can rise to prominence in the future. As family members, are you going to cut off my path? Maybe in the future, you'll have to rely on me to have a good life. I don't care, the day for the betrothal and wedding is coming up soon, you must find a way to raise the necessary funds for the wedding." As Su Wenxing spoke, he seemed to see himself rising to prominence and wielding power.
The second brother, Su Wenye, was already dissatisfied with his family. They paid for his older brother's workspace and engagement, and now they wanted to use the "three turns and one sound" (referring to a specific type of jewelry) for the wedding. Hearing his older brother Su Wenxing's unreasonable demands, he finally couldn't help but retort.
Brother, you're speaking too soon. Just because you have a good in-law family doesn't mean you'll rise to prominence. Does that mean the workshop director doesn't have a son, or are you going to become a live-in son-in-law? I don't know if we'll rely on you and live a good life in the future, but it's true that our family is suffering because of you.
Don't you think about how your temporary job was paid for by your grandparents and parents? On your engagement day, they gave your partner's family 100 yuan as a wedding gift, and now they want three turns and one ring as a betrothal gift. Don't you know what kind of conditions your family is in? You've worked for a year and haven't given your family a single penny, nor have you seen them save a single penny.
There's more than one son in this family. My third brother and I are sons too. We also want jobs and to find partners and get married. If I give you everything, what do my third brother and I have left? Brother, don't be so selfish. If you're not capable, don't get married. Besides exploiting your family, what else can you do?
Anyway, I'm putting my words here: I'm nineteen this year, practically thirty-seven, and Wenli is sixteen. We both need to work, find partners, and get married. What our parents gave our older brother, we should also get a share of—we should treat everyone equally.
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