Li Guizhi touched her daughter's hair, "That's true, these two children are my pride."
After dinner, Jiang Xiaoli asked, "Auntie, Xiaoyu won't be here for the Spring Festival this year. What are your plans with Uncle Xiao?"
Xu Feng laughed and said, "Hehe, your Uncle Xiao and I were talking about this on the plane back."
Xiao Jincheng came out carrying a fruit platter. "Remember my villa in Lucheng? It's been years since I've been there. Your aunt just finished her postpartum confinement. I'm planning to take her there for a while after the company's annual meeting. It's warm there and perfect for recuperation. Do you want to come along?"
Jiang Xiaoli and Zong Jiayu exchanged a glance and smiled. "Ayu and I just wanted to discuss with you guys about going out for a walk together to relax. I didn't expect we had the same idea."
Zong Jia asked Li Guizhi for her opinion, "Mom, do you want to go to Lucheng? Xiao Li and I will listen to you, but you can go somewhere else if you want."
Li Guizhi replied with a smile, "Then let's go to Lucheng! Our two families can celebrate the New Year together!"
Xiao Jincheng smiled and agreed, "Okay, no problem, leave it to me. The villa over there has always been maintained. I'll have someone tidy it up properly these next couple of days so we can go there."
Xu Feng asked, "Xiao Li, A Yu, do you want to invite Da Yuan and Da Fu along? Aren't you guys always so close?"
"Haha," Jiang Xiaoli said with a laugh, "It's true, they didn't have much to do during the New Year, especially Uncle Fu."
They immediately went downstairs to visit each other, but were refused entry by both of them.
Dafu scratched his head, a little embarrassed, "Um... Brother Zong, Little Pear, I've already talked to Yueyue. I'm going to ask my dad for her hand in marriage in Jinan during the New Year..."
"You little rascal!" Zong Jiayu reached out and patted him on the shoulder. "You won't tell us unless we ask? It hasn't been that long, have you prepared the betrothal gifts yet?"
Upon hearing this, Fu's father pulled a crumpled piece of paper from his shirt pocket. "Here, it's all written down. Jia Yu, Xiao Li, you two help Yun Liang see if there's anything missing?"
Jiang Xiaoli and Zong Jiayu huddled together to look at the words on the paper.
[Bride price: 888,000 yuan in cash, and a villa in Kyoto for the wedding.]
Proposal gifts: gold jewelry, cigarettes, alcohol, candy, tea, health supplements for the elderly, toys for children...
After looking at each other in bewilderment, the Fu father and son were so anxious that they scratched their heads and asked, "What's going on? What else is needed?"
Zong Jia said awkwardly, "Um... Dafu, I don't know either! Back then..."
This really stumped him. He had taken out all his assets when he proposed. If Jiang Xiaoli hadn't refused to sign the share transfer agreement, he would be a senior employee at "Yujia Technology" now.
Dafu suddenly remembered the scene of his marriage proposal, "Haha, well, the only married person I know doesn't have experience in this area!"
Jiang Xiaoli gave him a suggestion, "Brother Dafu, go upstairs to my house. Uncle Xiao is back, and he'll definitely know everything."
Dafu's eyes lit up, and his father immediately stood up and pushed him, "Come on, let's go ask quickly. There's still some time, we can still replenish what we need!"
The father and son took the elevator. Jiang Xiaoli said, "Uncle Fu, Brother Dafu, you go first. We'll go ask Brother Yuan about his plans for the New Year and then come up."
They walked down the stairs to the 24th floor and knocked on the door. Before they could even speak, Zhong Yuan said smugly, "Brother Zong, Little Li, Xin Xin's mom invited me to go to Shanghai for the New Year. How about that? Pretty impressive, bro?"
Without saying a word, they turned and left in unison.
Zhong Yuan grabbed Zong Jiayu, "Don't go! You haven't told me what you came to see me about!"
Jiang Xiaoli sighed, "We came to invite you to spend the New Year in Lucheng. Since you already have plans, we're going back to help Brother Dafu think about the betrothal gifts."
"The betrothal gifts?" Zhong Yuan released Zong Jia and walked straight out, pressing the elevator button. "Come on, let's go up together. Oh, that Fu Zi is really not nice. He's going to propose marriage without even telling me!"
The two of them came out and closed the door for Zhong Yuan. Jiang Xiaoli gossiped, "Brother Yuan, Brother Dafu must have talked to Xiaoyue about this and they reached a consensus. Have you talked to Xin Xin about it?"
Zhong Yuan clasped his hands together, looking like he was some kind of arrogant fool. "I don't care, he's just not being fair. Tell me why he can't communicate with Chang Yue properly?"
"Hahaha!" They were both amused by his unreasonable attitude. "Fine, let's go upstairs and you can settle the score with him."
Back on the top floor, Xiao Jincheng was reasoning with the Fu family father and son, "You can't just give such a large dowry because you're well-off! I know that Chang Yue is a very good girl, and she can make money by doing business with Xiao Lizi."
But her family is just an ordinary working-class family. Even if you want to give such a large dowry, you can't do it openly. You should give it to her or her parents privately. Otherwise, you might cause them a lot of trouble by proposing marriage!
Jiang Xiaoli thought about it and realized that it was true. Although Chang Yue had made money from her shares in "307", she had given all the money she had earned back to her and spent it on buying a house.
After receiving the dividends and paying off the mortgage, they will have some money left, but they will probably have to save it for decorating the new house. In the eyes of their relatives and friends, their family's situation has not changed.
Xu Feng also chimed in, "Yes, there's so much envy among relatives and friends. If they knew you were giving such a large dowry, they wouldn't dare come to our door asking for money or favors. I'm just afraid some people have ulterior motives!"
Fu's father and Dafu nodded repeatedly to indicate that they understood.
Fu's father chuckled, scratching his forehead. "Hehe, Yunliang and I didn't think that much about it. We just thought Xiaoyue was a good girl, and since we'd come this far, we had to give her face. We didn't think things through."
Dafu thanked him repeatedly, "Uncle Xiao, thank you so much!"
Xiao Jincheng chuckled and said, "Oh, don't be so polite. I've known you for years and watched you grow up. Besides, Brother Fu and I are good friends!"
Fu's dad grinned so hard his teeth were showing, "Haha, yes, yes, that's the truth!"
After finishing their business, Zhong Yuan pulled Dafu aside for a verbal and behavioral interrogation.
"Fuzi, how could you do this! You're going to propose marriage and you didn't even tell me!"
Dafu shrugged. "I can't wait. If you can wait, then you can."
Jiang Xiaoli sensed something was off. "Wait, Brother Dafu, you didn't tell Xiaoyue about your marriage proposal? I thought you two had already discussed it!"
Dafu shook his head, "No, I'm planning to give her a surprise!"
Zhong Yuan looked at him with a troubled expression, "Fu Zi, I have a question... do you remember what Brother Zong did before he and Xiao Lizi got their marriage certificate?"
"What's wrong?" Dafu was completely confused.
Zong Jia couldn't hold back any longer. He picked up an orange and threw it at him. "Propose? At least get Chang Yue's permission before going to her house. Otherwise, do you want to force yourself on her?"
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