After Gong Zhi poured tea for the Zhan family's parents, he was teased by his aunt Gong.
"Ah Zhi, your parents have been working so hard for your marriage. They're so tired and haven't even had a glass of water yet."
Ruan Tang felt that there was something wrong with what Aunt Gong said, as it was full of sarcasm.
Gong Zheng's wife saw Ruan Tang was bewildered, and the two of them huddled in a corner and whispered in each other's ears.
The two of them had been flirting for so long, and Gong Zhi had been kept in suspense. The Gong family couldn't stand it anymore and had been resentful for a long time.
Today, Gong's father sent word that Gong Zhi should go on a blind date, and Gong Zhi had found a suitable girl, and the two families were about to get engaged. Zhan Mengchao jumped out again, crying and wanting to marry Gong Zhi.
Gong Zhi immediately insisted on getting engaged to Zhan Mengchao. Gong's father was so angry that he beat Gong Zhi and left him unable to get out of bed for half a month.
Even after he was able to get out of bed, Gong Zhi still refused to give in, so his father beat him again.
After hearing about this, the woman took the initiative to propose that the marriage be settled. If it weren't for the fact that the woman was a relative of Gong's mother's sister-in-law, this might not have ended so quickly.
It was precisely because of this that none of Gong Zhi's mother's family members came to Gong Zhi's engagement party.
Ruan Tang was surprised after hearing this. She never thought that the sunny and cheerful Gong Zhi was also a love-brained person. He really didn't look like Gong's father at all.
The Gong family treated the Zhan family to food and drinks, but never mentioned anything about the marriage and betrothal gifts.
The Zhan family was a little restless, as they knew that Zhan Mengchao had snatched this marriage from someone else.
The Zhan family tried hard to wink at Zhan Tingbai, but Zhan Tingbai seemed not to notice and was immersed in his own world.
When it was time for lunch, the Gong family led the Zhan family to Xieyi’s cafeteria for lunch.
The medical staff of Xieyi were happy, but their family couldn't entertain so many people, so they all took their relatives to the cafeteria for dinner.
You just need to tell the chef in the cafeteria in advance how many servings you want to order.
On the way to the cafeteria, the eldest sister-in-law of the Zhan family took Zhan Tingbai's hand. "What's wrong with you? Why didn't you say anything just now? I winked at you, but you didn't even notice..."
Zhan Tingbai barely managed to pull the corner of his mouth to answer, "I just got frozen."
The eldest sister-in-law of the Zhan family curled her lips. If it weren't for the fact that she had to meet this aunt, she wouldn't have bothered to coax her. "Drink more hot soup later. If your aunt falls ill because of my Meng Chao's behavior, I won't be able to explain to your old Ji."
Zhan Tingbai loved it most when others said that their family's old Ji was teasing her, but now with Ji Nanfeng standing in front of her, she couldn't even smile.
"I just saw a young man in the Gong family who looks a lot like your old Ji."
Zhan Tingbai flatly denied it. "Sister-in-law, you have poor eyesight. My old Ji is already fifty years old. How can he look like a young man? You must be talking about the temperament of a soldier, right?"
The eldest sister-in-law of the Zhan family couldn't explain it, and couldn't tell exactly how they resembled each other. She just felt that the young man looked like Old Ji.
"Maybe, they all have extraordinary bearings."
During the meal, Zhan Tingbai found out in a roundabout way that Ji Nanfeng and his wife were godparents adopted by Gong's father, and that their trip to Beijing was a coincidence when the Gong family had a wedding.
Zhan Tingbai breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that he was just on a business trip to Beijing and would be back in a few days.
That's the way to do it, as long as we can prevent Old Ji from meeting Ji Nanfeng.
The capital is so big and Old Ji is so busy, so it’s not easy to meet him.
Zhan Tingbai is extremely regretful now. In order to save face when returning to her parents' home, she coaxed and persuaded Old Ji for nearly ten days before he agreed to go to the Zhan family for the engagement banquet tonight.
If Old Ji and Ji Nanfeng met tonight, she would probably vomit to death.
After lunch, Zhan Tingbai was anxious to go home, fearing that if she returned too late, Old Ji would already be at her parents' home.
So, she took the initiative to speak: "As the old saying goes, whether you have money or not, you can marry a daughter-in-law in time for the new year. My family is thinking of arranging the marriages for our two children before the new year, so we can take the opportunity to visit relatives and get to know everyone during the new year."
Seeing that the Zhan family did not make any more excuses, Gong's mother did not want to disappoint her son.
"When our A Zheng married his daughter-in-law, the betrothal gift was 2888. We are brothers, so I don't favor one over the other. A Zhi also gave the same amount."
Zhan Mengchao kept his head down shyly, and only when he talked about the betrothal gift did he look at Gong Zhi with red eyes.
Gong Zhi had a headache. A few nights ago, he went to find Zhan Mengchao. He couldn't control his emotions and kissed Zhan Mengchao, which scared him to tears.
In order to coax Zhan Mengchao, he promised that even if the engagement party was cancelled, he would not let her suffer any grievances.
All of Zhan Mengchao's friends got married for 3888, and he will definitely make up for it in the betrothal gift.
Unexpectedly, his mother opened her mouth and asked for 2888.
But this was indeed the amount his brother paid when he married his eldest sister-in-law.
Gong Zhi pleaded, tugging at his mother's sleeve and whispering, "Mom—I promised Meng Chao that we haven't even had an engagement party yet, and we're in a hurry to get married, so please give me a little more in the betrothal gifts to make up for it."
Mother Gong pulled back her sleeves. This figure had been discussed with the Zhan family long ago, and the Gong family also expressed no objection.
Now her stupid son comes out and says that there is not enough money. Is it the stupid son's opinion or the Zhan family's opinion?
But that's not necessary.
Both she and Old Gong can make money, so it doesn't matter if they lose a son who is so unruly.
Mother Gong put on a loving face and feigned helplessness, "Old Gong and I only have a small contribution. Our two sons' successive weddings have already drained our family savings. Adding a little more would only take out our retirement savings."
The Zhan family followed Gong Zhi's words and hugged Gong's mother and pitied the child.
Mother Gong asked to discuss it with Mr. Gong, and the Zhan family naturally agreed.
When Gong's mother came out of the house again, she took out two passbooks.
"Gong Zhi, your father and I have our savings book here. After deducting the 2,888 betrothal gift, there's only 3,300 left."
Gong Zhi's face lit up with joy, and Zhan Mengchao also raised his head when he heard that, staring at the two passbooks in Gong's mother's hands.
"You guys are asking for a last-minute betrothal gift, which isn't very generous to begin with, but in order for Ah Zhi to marry smoothly, his father and I agreed. It's just that—"
Zhan's smile froze.
"I'm grateful for what I've done to A Zheng's wife. I'm going to give her a thousand yuan in betrothal gifts. And our goddaughter, although she was already married when we recognized her as her relatives, I'm going to take this opportunity to give her a thousand yuan in dowry as well."
Ruan Tang didn't expect that the Gong family would actually give her a dowry.
"Mom—I won't do it anymore. You guys should keep it for your old age."
Father Gong said: "I know you are filial, but you can't wrong a filial child. Give the passbook to A Zheng and let him withdraw the money. It's all gone."
Gong Zheng agreed and asked two cousins to go and get the money together.
Father Gong continued, "We two old folks have taken out our retirement savings, and our three children are all married. From now on, each family will give us 300,000 yuan for living expenses. Is that okay?"
Gong Zhi nodded, "Dad, we're fine. We all have jobs, and it's our duty to support you."
Gong Zheng's wife and Ruan Tang also expressed their opinions.
Father Gong then smiled and nodded: "I know you are all filial children."
As for the expressions of Zhan Mengchao and the Zhan family, he didn't care at all.
The only thing that comforted him was that Zhan Zhi was not completely confused and still had his family in his heart.
According to the discussion between Gong's father and mother, if Gong Zhi opposed giving compensation to his elder brother and younger sister, then this son could really be abandoned.
Zhan Tingbai was also dissatisfied with the Gong family's handling of the matter. How could they give money to their eldest son's wife and goddaughter when their second son got married? Could it be that the eldest son remarried and gave another betrothal gift, and then gave money to the second son?
If it were at that time, Zhan Tingbai would have to argue with the Gong family, but now she had to hurry home to stop Old Ji.
"Then it's settled."
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