When Han's parents first met Tang's parents today, they were genuinely surprised.
They already knew that the Tang couple were more than ten years older than them.
It's a fact that people get worse with age and age faster. A couple in their sixties shouldn't look like they're in their early forties.
It's like they're the same age.
No matter how eloquent Guo Mingli was, she couldn't possibly influence Tang's parents' judgment. Although they were quite happy to be flattered, in the end, the elderly couple still felt that Han Yunqi was indeed a good person.
Otherwise, no matter how eloquently Guo Mingli speaks, it will be to no avail.
As Han Yunqi listened, he became restless.
What's going on? Before he came, he clearly told his parents that he wanted to have a small engagement ceremony first, to get a formal status. How come he's suddenly talking about the wedding date?
He tugged at Guo Mingli's sleeve, but Guo Mingli ignored him completely. With Tang's parents watching, Han Yunqi couldn't say anything and could only worry anxiously.
Guo Mingli readily agreed, saying, "We'll follow your local customs regarding the bride price and dowry. We'll buy the house and car, and they'll both be registered in their names. The young couple isn't short of these things, but we, as their elders, should give them what we should. As for whether they live there or not, that's their business, and we won't interfere."
These words were spoken generously, and Tang's parents were very satisfied. However, Tang Xiaoxiao felt a mix of emotions upon hearing them.
In her hometown, there are no strict rules regarding betrothal gifts or dowries when people get married. It depends on what the bride's family wants to ask for and how much the groom values the bride. Ultimately, if both parties agree, that's fine.
It's not uncommon for people to get married without any financial support, and it's not unusual for someone to spend hundreds of thousands of yuan to marry a wife.
The Tang family elders were not the kind of people who were never satisfied. When they married off their daughter, they only asked that the groom treat her well, and they didn't care about anything else.
It was precisely because they were not competitive or demanding that Guo Mingli, who was shrewd and calculating, refused to give any more dowry money, citing the extremely high value of the wedding house her family had prepared for the young couple.
That's true. In City A, a two-bedroom apartment purchased outright costs only three to five hundred thousand yuan, while the one the Han family bought cost over two million yuan.
But to be honest, whether their family spent two million or twenty million on the house, what does that have to do with Tang Xiaoxiao?
The idea that one shouldn't give a bride price because buying a house costs a lot is illogical.
Tang's parents didn't care about these things. They felt that the young couple should just live a good life after marriage, and money was not important. They didn't even mention adding Tang Xiaoxiao's name to the property certificate.
Since they didn't mention it, the Han family naturally wouldn't say a word either.
The Tang family has always been kind and honest. The elderly couple didn't mention adding their names to the property certificate, simply because they felt that since the Han family had paid the full amount, they shouldn't take advantage of them.
However, Tang's parents did not leave no way out. Instead of giving Tang Xiaoxiao a car as part of her dowry, they gave her a dowry of 400,000 yuan. The card was issued using Tang Xiaoxiao's ID card and was not given directly to her. Instead, it was kept by Tang's mother.
Tang Xiaoxiao is very extravagant and can't save any money. If you give her money directly, she'll probably squander it all in a few years.
Cars depreciate as soon as you buy them, so the Tang family would rather convert all their money into cash than buy a car. The Tang family elders were thinking that if Tang Xiaoxiao ever really had nowhere to turn, at least she would have some money to rely on.
After getting married in her previous life, Tang Xiaoxiao often felt she had been schemed against when she recalled the actions of the Han family. The Han family truly lived up to their reputation as business people; they were shrewd and calculating.
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