Xu Zhenzhu pondered that she roughly knew how Siya succeeded in her previous life anyway.
Why not learn from Si Ya in her previous life?
Anyway, Siya's man is mine now, and Siya's job and future opportunities will all be mine.
However, since it was her only wedding in her life, and she was marrying Lu Kai, Xu Zhenzhu still didn't want to have a group wedding with others.
Therefore, she thought that by not asking for a bride price, she could still leave a good impression on the Lu family.
As for her job, she's in the supply and marketing system anyway. If she's transferred to the county town, the worst she can do is work at the supply and marketing cooperative. She can just sweet-talk Lu Kai and say some nice things to get his family to help her get transferred to the machinery factory's supply and marketing cooperative.
As long as she works hard and is recognized as an outstanding worker, wouldn't that bring honor to the Lu family and Lu Kai?
Isn't it more respectable than being one of the top ten family members?
In Xu Zhenzhu's view, Siya's initiative to hold a group wedding was entirely her own fault.
A wedding is the most important moment in a woman's life, and it was just passed by so perfunctorily.
Moreover, Lu Kai is so capable, the future richest man in the provincial capital, what help can a top ten family member provide him?
Such a capable man doesn't need a virtuous wife; he needs a charming wife who can be affectionate and completely depend on him.
This was something Xu Zhenzhu heard from her younger relatives in her previous life about the relationship between Lu Kai and Siya. They said that Lu Kai was the domineering CEO, and Siya was the pampered wife who was cherished and protected by the domineering CEO.
She remembered that Lu Kai agreed at the time, saying that Siya was the wife he would cherish for the rest of his life.
She also said that when she was young, Si Ya was quite strong-willed, but she gradually became gentle and compliant.
What he liked most was that Si Ya always obeyed him wholeheartedly.
Although Xu Zhenzhu didn't remember Siya's expression at that time, she always kept those words in her heart.
Since she was going to marry Lu Kai in this life, she would fulfill Lu Kai's wishes and wholeheartedly rely on and obey him.
Therefore, he hurriedly explained, "Don't talk nonsense, you're wronging Brother Lu! It was my decision not to ask for a bride price!"
"What do you mean? Have you lost your mind?" Miao Cuihua couldn't believe it.
Xu Zhenzhu pouted and stomped her foot: "Mom, what do you know? I have my reasons for not wanting a bride price!"
The Xu family expressed that they were deeply shocked, but they didn't want to understand at all!
Xu Yejun's wife was more shrewd. She felt that the Lu family's marriage proposal came suddenly and the date was set in a hurry. The matchmaker talked a lot of nonsense, but when it came to the bride price, he was vague.
She sensed something was wrong at the time, but as a person of little influence, she couldn't say anything.
Seeing Xu Zhenzhu's anxious expression, she couldn't help but wonder, "Auntie, are you... are you pregnant?"
"What's done?"
What is it?
...
After a moment of silence, everyone looked at Xu Zhenzhu's stomach.
After realizing what had happened, Xu Zhenzhu blushed and slapped Xu Yejun's wife across the face: "What nonsense are you spouting? Brother Lu and I are completely innocent—"
Xu Yejun's wife, her head tilted to the side after being hit, looked extremely aggrieved: "Why didn't the Lu family inform our family beforehand? Why did they suddenly come to propose marriage? They even set a date! Aunt, you said you voluntarily didn't want a dowry, but why would a perfectly innocent girl like you voluntarily not want a dowry?"
The Xu family also felt that Xu Yejun's wife made a good point.
Even Miao Cuihua couldn't help but take a second look at Xu Zhenzhu's waistline. "Zhenzhu, these are all family members, you have to tell the truth! Is it because you're pregnant and afraid that the dates won't match up when your belly gets bigger, so you're in such a hurry to propose and set a date?"
Xu Zhenzhu was extremely ashamed and indignant. Although she and Lu Kai had done everything they should and shouldn't have done, she had held firm to the last step and prevented Lu Kai from succeeding.
Moreover, Lu Kai respected her quite a bit; if she disagreed, Lu Kai didn't force her.
Unexpectedly, the two of them adhered to the rules so well that no one else suspected anything, but their family members were the first to become suspicious.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and she blurted out, "Do you think everyone is like you and Xu Yejun? You were already in a mess before you even entered the house, and you were pregnant! Who was it that was afraid of being pointed at and begged me to put in a good word for you so you could come in sooner?"
"Now you're starting to doubt me and Brother Lu? Do you think everyone is as shameless as you? I shouldn't have been so kind as to speak well of you in the first place. I should have let you be pregnant and humiliated, unable to get married, and in the end, begging our Xu family to take you in! Bah—"
The words of abuse left Xu Yejun and his wife pale and unable to lift their heads.
Xu Jinlai and Zhao Guilan from the eldest branch of the family also looked displeased. They had kept this matter a secret for a long time, but now that Xu Zhenzhu had exposed it, wasn't this a slap in the face for the eldest branch of the family?
Miao Cuihua saw that the eldest son's expression had changed. She thought that Xu Zhenzhu was about to get married and would probably need her brother and sister-in-law's help. Now that she had offended everyone, what would she do on the wedding day?
He immediately scolded, "Pearl, you should at least show some respect as an elder!"
She then comforted her eldest grandson and his wife, saying, "Don't blame your aunt. It was Yejun's wife who spoke out of turn first. Your aunt is still a young woman; how could she listen to such things? Alright, don't feel wronged. After your aunt gets married, our family's good days are yet to come!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Yejun's eyes darted around, and he immediately declared, "How can this be blamed on my aunt? It's all the fault of the child's mother for her foul mouth! What should have been a perfect match, a joyous occasion, is far beyond what my wife and I could ever hope to have! I'll have a good talk with her when we get back to the room."
Miao Cuihua nodded in satisfaction.
Getting back to the point: "Since you haven't lost your reputation or been caught by the Lu family, tell me, why don't you want a bride price? I absolutely will not agree until you explain it clearly today!"
Xu Zhenzhu hesitated for a moment, trying hard to recall how Siya had persuaded her family in her previous life.
"Mom, this is what I'm thinking. A dowry is nothing more than a few simple things. Even if I don't ask for it, surely the Lu family will provide something? There's already a big gap between our two families. If we ask for too much, they'll think we're selling our daughter; if we ask for too little, they won't think we're doing well. They'll probably laugh at us behind our backs, saying we're country bumpkins who've never seen the world."
“It would be better if I didn’t ask for a bride price, so that people would look at us with more respect and know that our family doesn’t want their money! Firstly, once I’ve established myself in the Lu family, I can ask them to arrange two jobs for our family, and they probably wouldn’t have the nerve to refuse.”
"Secondly, I'm thinking of using the opportunity of not asking for a bride price to get the Lu family to transfer my job to the county. Otherwise, what would it look like if I married Brother Lu but we lived apart? How would I get pregnant and gain status through my child? Don't you think that makes sense?"
Xu Zhenzhu only vaguely remembered that Siya had said something similar, and the general meaning should be about right. It had been too long, and she couldn't remember it very clearly. She racked her brains and made up a few more sentences to insert into it, thinking that it was perfect.
In her past life, even though Si Ya wasn't as favored as herself, she was still able to convince her family. Now that she's more favored than Si Ya, her family probably won't have any objections.
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