Chapter 104 If you don't think about taking advantage, you won't suffer loss

Lu Mingyu has already finished his apprenticeship, and now he is tidying up his room at home to prepare for the wedding.

But the betrothal gift is not enough, and he still needs to give gifts to the target family at the end of the year.

Lu Mingyu urged his parents, and Lu Yongan and Liu Xiaocui were also worried.

The girl's family suddenly raised the betrothal gift to 300 yuan.

Originally, the eldest daughter-in-law was not happy with the betrothal gift of 100 yuan.

Lu Mingyu is a skilled person, and although Jiang Chunfang was unhappy, she didn't say it.

When she asked for 300 yuan this time, she directly expressed her dissatisfaction.

Even if she can't treat her two sons equally, she can't be too partial, otherwise, she will go back to her parents' home.

Liu Xiaocui wanted to use this gift-giving opportunity to ask Lu Mingyu to talk to his girlfriend and ask if he could give less.

But Lu Mingyu thought highly of himself and thought that since he would have a job in the future, it was normal for him to give more as a betrothal gift.

Lu Mingfeng also gave 500 yuan, and his girlfriend didn't ask for too much.

The problem was that after saying so much, the betrothal gift money was still not settled.

Liu Xiaocui was so anxious that her mouth was covered with blisters.

She discussed with Lu Yongan where to get so much money.

Lu Yongan said, "How about we ask Xiaoxue's boyfriend's family to add some betrothal gifts?"

"Xiaoxue's boyfriend's family is very poor. Even if they sell their parents, they can't come up with much money."

"If the guy who fell in love with Bailing last time is Xiaoxue's boyfriend, it would be great. The 500 yuan betrothal gift would not be enough."

Liu Xiaocui rolled her eyes and said to her husband, "Our Xiaoshuang is not engaged yet. Why not marry this guy to Xiaoshuang?"

"Xiaoshuang is not as pretty as Bailing. People may not like her."

"Being pretty can't make a living. Let's ask. What if it works out?"

...

Lu Yongan and his wife came to Lu Yongfu's house. Liang Qiaoli saw Liu Xiaocui coming again and didn't want to pay attention to her. She went into the house.

The two asked for the address of the guy's home and didn't stay for long.

Liang Qiaoli asked them what they were doing.

Lu Yongfu said, "They saw the young man who came to our house to propose marriage and wanted to give it to Xiaoshuang."

"Maybe they were attracted by the gift from the young man's family."

"The young man is also very good-looking."

"Xiaoshuang is not tall, they may not like her."

Liang Qiaoli thought that this marriage might not be successful, but unexpectedly, Lu Yongan and his wife came back happily that day.

This marriage was successful.

Three days later, the man's family will come to pay the gift.

With such a good marriage, Liu Xiaocui walked with a breeze.

Lu Xiaoshuang also became a girl envied by everyone in the village.

However, on the day of the gift, the man's family did not come.

According to Liu Xiaocui's personality, if the man did not come as promised on the agreed date, she would definitely make a scene. As a result, there was no movement at their family.

When others asked, Liu Xiaocui just said that her daughter did not agree with the marriage.

Liang Qiaoli was also curious, but she did not dare to ask directly.

Unexpectedly, Liu Xiaocui came to the house, and she was very angry.

Liang Qiaoli glanced at her husband, blaming him for being nosy again.

Lu Yongfu was also confused.

He did nothing.

Before Lu Yongfu could figure it out, Liu Xiaocui questioned Lu Yongfu.

"Third brother, did you know that their family was such a person a long time ago? Why didn't you tell me clearly?"

Lu Yongfu did not understand what Liu Xiaocui meant: "Second sister-in-law, I don't understand what you are talking about."

"Don't play dumb. If you didn't know the inside story, would you reject such a good marriage?"

Lu Yongfu finally understood that they were talking about the young man from the neighboring village. He said, "No matter how good his family's conditions are, they are not as good as Jiang Hai's. And he is from the same village. Of course we will choose Jiang Hai."

Liu Xiaocui spitted, "What good conditions are? He just wants to marry a wife for free and even pay money to his family."

Lu Yongan also came. Lu Yongfu asked him, "Second brother, what's going on? Didn't we agree on this?" Did you come to ask for the betrothal gift today?"

Lu Yongan sighed and said, "This family is cheating on marriage. We went to the child's grandmother's house to tell them the good news.

As a result, we met a few people chatting on the way. They were talking about eight sisters paying for their brother's wedding. We went up to listen. The one who

talked about this was a brother-in-law of the man. He said that he would return the money to them after his brother-in-law got married.

They deliberately gave such a high betrothal gift so that the woman's The bride price will definitely be given by the bride's family, which means that my brother-in-law can marry a wife without spending a penny."

Lu Yongfu said: "If you don't let Xiaoshuang take the betrothal gifts back, they will be at a loss."

Lu Yongan said: "They have already thought of a countermeasure. If they don't take the betrothal gifts back, the eight sisters will take turns to go to the bride's family to ask for it."

Lu Yongfu was also very angry when he heard it: "How can they do this? It's too much."

Lu Yongan asked: "Third brother, do you really not know about this? ?”

Liang Qiaoli said, “Bai Ling and Jiang Hai are engaged, we don’t need to ask about other people’s family situation, of course we don’t know.

Who doesn’t find out the other party’s family situation before getting engaged? Seeing that someone offered a 500 yuan betrothal gift, they are afraid that if they are a step late, the person will be snatched away by others.

You even come to question us, you are really interesting.”

Lu Yongan was so embarrassed that he lowered his head. If his family was not short of money, they would not be dazzled by the 500 yuan betrothal gift.

Liu Xiaocui scolded the man a few words, and the couple walked away with their heads down.

Lu Yongfu was still worried: "Fortunately, we didn't let Bailing marry into this family. They have a deep relationship with each other. When Bailing gets married, her two brothers will definitely give her a dowry. By then, we won't get a penny and will have to pay back their family."

Liang Qiaoli said: "As long as we don't think about taking advantage, we won't suffer this loss."

Lu Yongfu agreed: "You are right."

...

Liang Qiaoli was frightened when she told Shen Jiale about this.

If the Zhou family hadn't come to propose marriage, maybe their daughter would have married into such a family.

Shen Jiale said: "This kind of giving high betrothal gifts and rushing to get married is to deceive people who only care about money. If they care a little bit about their daughter, they will inquire about the situation of the groom's family.

Then again, such a family , Even if the bride price is real, life may not be easy after marriage."

Liang Qiaoli said in confusion: "It's true. "Why is it so difficult? It should be good to have eight sisters to help."

Shen Jiale explained to her: "Not all families are like ours, with a sensible mother-in-law and a sensible sister-in-law. If the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is not good, Or there is a conflict between husband and wife, who are these eight sisters-in-law looking for?"

You can tell this kind of thing just by looking at Tian Liping.

Even though Lu Mingxuan was wrong, his family still protected their son.

When Liang Qiaoli left, a postman came to deliver a letter.

The letter said that his eldest brother would get married in the next year.

Shen Jiale was very happy. In this life, his eldest brother and his wife got married early, and there was no Jiang. Haoran will definitely be very happy if he is not destroyed.

Although his parents are well-off and have no shortage of material things, Shen Jiale still wants to prepare New Year gifts for his family.

Shen Jiale said he would go to the town to buy some flour and lard to fry some small fruits.

His daughter-in-law is pregnant, The road was not smooth, and Lu Mingfeng was worried about her going to the town, so he said he could just go to Xu Jin to buy it.

Shen Jiale also asked him to buy other things.

Lu Mingfeng bought the things that Shen Jiale asked him to buy, and also brought two bottles of malt extract, asking Shen Jiale to send them over when the time comes.

He also took out a set of cotton clothes from behind and gave it to Shen Jiale.

Shen Jiale took it happily and said, "I have clothes. Why buy new clothes if you have something to wear?"

Lu Mingfeng hugged Shen Jiale and gave her a kiss: "It's the New Year, my wife is so beautiful, of course you need to wear new clothes, mother also made you new cotton shoes, they will be ready tomorrow."

Lu Bailing Seeing my second brother and his wife kissing each other, I was so embarrassed that I quickly covered my face and ran into the room.

Shen Jiale asked, "Have you bought anything?"

"I have clothes, no need to buy anything."

"You should buy one too. It's a new year, new atmosphere. Let's all wear new clothes."

Lu Mingfeng kissed his wife again, "Okay, I'll listen. " "It's for my wife."

Shen Jiale said, "Buy one for Bailing, too."

Lu Bailing shouted from the room, "Sister-in-law, you don't have to buy it for me. Mother has already made it for me."

While making snacks, the brother and sister

Looking at the mung bean cakes, peanut crisps, sesame candies, and peanut candies made by Shen Jiale, Lu Mingfeng wondered how much more his wife could do, which he didn't know. At the

end of the year, the villagers harvested another crop of garlic . The harvest season is coming, and the villagers start distributing food and money and slaughtering pigs in preparation for the New Year.

This year, the villagers had more income from garlic sprouts than in previous years, so they had more money. They all went to the town in groups to buy New Year goods, give gifts, and visit relatives.

Wang Yanhong also followed Zhou Da to the town to buy New Year goods. , always had back pain, so she let Zhou Da go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things by himself, and she waited outside.

Seeing Zhou Da enter the supply and marketing cooperative, Wang Yanhong turned around and went to the town hospital.