Chapter 37 Sky-high Bride Price
As soon as Shen Jiale woke up in the morning, Tang Xiaotian and Li Mei came to her room.
Li Mei patted her chest and said, "Thank goodness you stopped us from going to the river to take a bath yesterday. Wang Yanhong and Wu Li were molested when they
went to take a bath." Tang Xiaotian was also scared: "They didn't come back until dawn. They were shivering with cold. Their lips were purple and their skin was wrinkled. From now on, I will never say I will take a bath in the river again."
After breakfast, Lu Mingfeng and Liang Qiaoli brought Grandma Zhou and the village head's wife to Shen Jiale's residence.
Grandma Zhou smiled and said to Shen Jiale, "The Lu family asked me to be a matchmaker. Are you willing to this marriage? This is the first time I have been asked to be a matchmaker. Please forgive me if I do not do well."
Shen Jiale nodded.
Grandma Zhou took the red paper package from Lu Mingfeng and handed it to Shen Jiale.
The village head's wife pulled Grandma Zhou's clothes and said, "Auntie Zhou, you have to tell me how much the betrothal gift is and ask Shen Zhiqing if he is satisfied with the betrothal gifts."
Grandma Zhou smiled and said, "It's a good thing you reminded me." She turned to Lu Mingfeng and asked, "Mingfeng, how much is your betrothal gift?"
Lu Mingfeng said, "Five hundred."
"What!!!"
Everyone was shocked.
Five hundred yuan?
Who would give such a betrothal gift.
For the villagers, it is generally acceptable to give a betrothal gift of thirty or fifty yuan. For example, the Lu family plans to give the Zhou family a betrothal gift of one hundred yuan and prepare furniture, which is already decent enough.
Lu Mingfeng took out five hundred yuan at once, which was surprising.
Grandma Zhou asked Shen Jiale to open the red paper package.
A wad of money appeared, and Grandma Zhou counted it. It was five hundred yuan.
Liang Qiaoli was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth.
When her son came back last night, he only said that he had earned the betrothal money, but he didn't say it was so much.
Seeing Liang Qiaoli's expression, Shen Jiale guessed that she didn't know, and said to Lu Mingfeng: "Don't give too much betrothal money."
Lu Mingfeng said: "I went out to earn betrothal money, and of course I will give it all to you if I earn it."
Since it was the money earned by her son himself, he could use it as he wanted. Besides, it had already been given, so how could he get it back? Liang Qiaoli didn't care.
Shen Jiale accepted the betrothal money, and the marriage was settled. He just had to choose a good day to hold the wedding.
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Lu Mingfeng's sky-high betrothal money quickly spread throughout Yaoshui Village.
When Lu Yongfu heard this, he immediately found Lu Mingfeng and asked him to return some of the betrothal money.
"I earned the betrothal gift myself, I am willing to give it, it's my business."
Lu Yongfu said angrily: "You are so stupid, who would give such a betrothal gift?"
"I already have it."
"Your elder brother's betrothal gift is not enough, you can take the money back and give some to your elder brother, and use the rest to build a new house for you two to get married."
Lu Mingfeng said: "I want to get engaged, has your elder brother given me money?"
"He is your brother, why should he give you money?" "
Then why should I give him money?"
"I am your father, I have the final say in this family!"
"You are my father, if you don't give me the betrothal gift, don't give me orders."
"You..." Lu Yongfu pointed at Lu Mingfeng angrily.
Seeing that he couldn't convince his son, Lu Yongfu went to his elder brother Lu Yongsheng to discuss it.
Lu Yongsheng said, "Even if a person has great ability, he can't make so much money in more than a month. Mingfeng must have done something bad."
Lu Yongfu was dumbfounded when he heard it: "Brother, what should we do? Will it implicate our entire Lu family?"
Lu Yongsheng frowned and said, "Go back quickly and tell Mingfeng the seriousness of the matter."
After thinking about it, he was afraid that Lu Yongfu couldn't explain it clearly, so they went to find Lu Mingfeng together.
First, he asked him where the money came from. Lu Mingfeng said he made it himself.
Of course, Lu Yongsheng didn't believe it.
He also tried his best to persuade him not to be fooled by Shen Jiale's sweet words.
Lu Mingfeng said: "Even if she wants to cheat me, I am willing to do so. I can give my money to whoever I want. My father cannot make the decision for me. Uncle, you worry about so many things. Have you dealt with your own affairs?"
Lu Yongsheng felt that he had caught Lu Mingfeng's handle and was not afraid that Lu Mingfeng would expose his son's affairs.
"Mingfeng, if your affairs are reported to the commune, not only will it affect our Lu family's reputation, but you will also go to jail."
Lu Mingfeng sneered: "Uncle, if you want to make merit, go and report it and see who ruined the reputation of the Lu family."
Seeing that Lu Mingfeng did not listen to the advice, Lu Yongsheng had no choice but to pull Lu Yongfu aside to talk.
"It's not okay to do this with Mingfeng. His money is too conspicuous. Rather than being reported by others and bringing trouble to the Lu family, it's better for us to take the initiative to report it. We can also leave a good reputation for sacrificing our relatives for the sake of justice, and Mingfeng can also be treated leniently."
After thinking it over, Lu Yongfu made up his mind and made a decision.
That was to drive Lu Mingfeng out of the house.
Liang Qiaoli was furious on the spot.
"Lu Yongfu, are you fucking sick? Mingfeng has the ability to earn the betrothal money, and you're not proud of it, but you kicked such a promising son out of the house. Did your head get squeezed by the door?"
Lu Mingqi thought his father was asking his brother for money because of him, so he said, "Dad, Mingfeng can earn enough money for the betrothal money, so can I. If the money is not enough, I will wait until next year to save enough before getting married."
Lu Bailing felt that his father was fooled by his uncle again: "Dad, can you please not make the eldest son a fool? "Your uncle's words are the imperial decree. Why don't we just live our own lives well?"
Lu Yongfu said, "What do you know as a child? Your uncle is knowledgeable and far-sighted. He is also thinking about the whole Lu family. If you have a brother who commits a crime, you will never marry into a good family in the future."
Lu Mingfeng was angry at first, but then he thought of something and suppressed his anger: "In this case, I won't implicate you."
As he said that, he was about to pack up his things.
Liang Qiaoli took his hand, pointed at Lu Yongfu and said, "Mingfeng is my son. We don't want Mingfeng to leave. If you are afraid of being implicated, you should move out. No matter what happens to the four of us in the future, it has nothing to do with you."
Lu Yongfu was so angry that he slammed the table and
said, "This is outrageous. I am the head of this family. I built the house. If you don't like it, all of you can move out!" Lu Mingfeng patted his mother's hand and said, "Mom, don't worry, I will be fine."
Just like that, the news that Lu Mingfeng was driven out of the house spread throughout Yaoshui Village.
At the same time, Lu Yongfu set out on the road to the commune.
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When Shen Jiale found Lu Mingfeng at the village branch, Lu Mingfeng smiled and said that it was okay and it would not affect their marriage because he had already applied for a homestead in the village.
"When the new house is built, we will hold the wedding in the new house. It will definitely be prestigious."
Shen Jiale asked him, "Where do you live now?"
Lu Mingfeng scratched his hair and asked embarrassedly, "Can I sleep in your kitchen at night?"
"No."
Lu Mingfeng listened, lowered his head and said, "Then I will live in the cowshed in the village for a while."
"Tear up the marriage certificate and you can move in."
"What!!!" Lu Mingfeng opened his mouth in surprise.
Shen Jiale peeled a piece of candy and stuffed it into his mouth: "If you don't want to, go back to sleep in the cowshed."
"Yes! Yes!" Only a fool would not want to.
Lu Mingfeng picked up his clothes and took Shen Jiale's hand and left.