“I’m doing this for Wu Jin and a half’s own good. Look, Liu Jin is staying with Mother, so why can’t Wu Jin and a half? They’re all Mother’s grandsons,” Tang Xiaoling said, choking back tears.
"Liu Jin got in on his own merit. He has food, lodging, and money at school. He can support himself. Can Wu Jin and Ban Jin support himself?" Southwest asked.
"Five and a half pounds is still too young. When he reaches six pounds, he'll be able to support himself." Tang Xiaoling was a bit stubborn.
"Then let's wait until he's five and a half to six pounds before we talk about it. If you want to stay now, then stay here obediently and don't think about anything else. We'll go home after Ai Dang gets married. If you don't want to stay, we'll leave tomorrow." Southwest was already losing her temper.
Yan Xiaonan snapped out of her daze. Her second brother was having a really tough time.
Three days before the wedding, it was time for Yan Aidang to come and carry the dowry. Yan Aidang, along with four close friends, drove a Red Star minivan to the entrance of the two-courtyard house. Yan Xiaoqiang lit the firecrackers that had been prepared in advance. In an instant, the sound of firecrackers rang out, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder.
Ye Huiguo glanced at the van, his inner self bursting with joy. If this van could hold all this dowry, he'd call him "Dad." Sure enough, Yan Ai and her four best friends stared dumbfounded at the dowry filling the courtyard, not knowing what to do.
Complete sets of furniture, complete sets of kitchenware, complete sets of bedding, and mahogany chests filled with various daily necessities, clothes, shoes and socks. The chests were wide open, allowing people to see the contents at a glance, many of which were fashionable items from Shanghai.
Yan Aidang stammered, "Dad, Dad, I've already prepared all the furniture and things over there. If I take them over, there won't be any room to put them."
Seeing her husband's triumphant smile, Sheng Lijuan quickly said, "Aidang, here are the furniture for four rooms. Just put them in this house. Anyway, the house is part of the dowry. You can move everything else out."
The group breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. It was good that they didn't have to move the furniture; otherwise, the five of them would have been exhausted by all that furniture. However, they underestimated the dowry. This mahogany chest alone was very heavy, let alone the fact that it was filled with genuine and valuable items. In the end, they had to shout slogans to get it onto the car, and even the driver got out to help.
An hour later, they finally managed to stuff the last lamp into the car. The five of them lay down on the bluestone slab in the middle of the courtyard, panting heavily: "Aidang, did you marry a gold mine? I'm exhausted."
“Love the Party, after I get married, you have to give all this energy back to me.”
"You need to find a gold mine like the Party first, otherwise I can handle it by myself."
"Hey, since we're buddies, does your wife have any sisters or brothers? Introduce one to me!"
“My Chen’er is an only daughter, you can go find it yourself.” Yan Aidang was also panting heavily. Chen’er hadn’t mentioned such a large dowry.
"I'm not a true friend if I don't love the Party enough. Let me lie down a little longer, my hand is cramping."
As Sheng Lijuan listened to their back-and-forth banter, her eyes crinkled with laughter. Was it really that easy to carry away a dowry?
Cuihua had already prepared sweet egg soup and pine flower cake, and quickly brought them out for the group to eat. Sweet egg soup and pine flower cake are only eaten on festive occasions, so the four best friends immediately forgot their aches and pains, jumped up, picked up their bowls and spoons, and started eating.
Ye Huiguo took out four red envelopes and handed them to them: "May you share in the joy and find your wives soon."
The four were overjoyed. They were already happy to have good food, but to receive a red envelope was even better. They wanted to open the envelope and take a look, but they were afraid of being impolite, so they carefully put the envelope into their pockets. However, the envelope was thin and probably didn't contain much money.
The van was filled with dowry, and there wasn't enough room for several people. They had no choice but to walk back, because Ai Dang's home was in a military garrison area, where there were no public buses.
They couldn't ride the bicycles, otherwise people would think they were part of the dowry. So the five of them, on all ten legs, started walking home. It would take at least an hour.
After a miserable five or six minutes of walking, Baoguo arrived in his VIP car. Yan Ai almost cried with emotion and quickly stopped the VIP car. The group climbed into the car, and the thought of having to move the dowry to the second floor when they got there made them want to die.
“Baoguo, how can you be so kind? You know your brother doesn’t have a ride today,” Yan Aidang asked.
Baoguo laughed. Yan Jiang was too clever: "Your father said that your wife's dowry would definitely squeeze you out, so he sent me to pick you up and take you back."
"Dad, you're so wise! I'll definitely listen to you from now on," Yan Aidang silently murmured to himself.
As the car approached the garrison, Ke Baoguo frowned. The Red Star minivan carrying the dowry was stopped about 200 meters outside the garrison.
The car was stopped by two women and six or seven children. Bao Guo recognized the two women, the Hu sisters: "Brother Aidang, your wife's dowry has been intercepted."
The exhausted men suddenly perked up and looked ahead. Sure enough, the large truck was parked next to the van. The driver saw them as if they were his saviors: "Dang, these people wouldn't let me in, and they even smashed the lights and the thermos."
Yan Aidang strode forward and saw that the ground was indeed covered with colorful shards of glass and deformed thermos bottles, as well as glass decorations such as table lamps, floor lamps, and sugar bowls.
Yan Aidang's anger flared up. These lamps were brought from Shanghai by Chen'er's mother through connections. They were small and exquisite, and you couldn't buy them in Beijing at all. These two Hu sisters must have done it on purpose.
The teenagers nearby wanted to run away when they saw the big car arrive, but Hu Lisha stopped them and they had no choice but to stand there. Now that they saw Yan Aidang's face change, they began to feel uneasy.
“Brother Ai Dang, we were forced to come by Hu Lisha, but we didn’t lay a hand on them. Hu Lisha broke these things; we definitely didn’t touch them,” a young elf said.
"Did you stop the van from getting in?" Yan Aidang asked sinisterly.
"No, absolutely not. We were all standing on one side of the car. It was Hu Lisha and Hu Lijing who were standing in front of the car and preventing it from going in." These guys suddenly changed their tune, making Hu Lisha so angry that her hand was trembling as she pointed at them.
"roll!"
Yan Aidang roared, and the boys rushed home like they were on fire. They had gotten into trouble today and needed to explain themselves to their parents. The Yan family was not to be trifled with. How could they have been blinded by the five yuan in Hu Lisha's hand?
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