"It's about me. What did Uncle Yang talk to you about?" Qiao Nan raised her eyebrows. Why did her father talk to Uncle Yang about her for no reason?
"Hahaha..." Qiao Dongliang patted his thigh and laughed, "Doesn't your Uncle Yang have a son? Last time, your Uncle Yang came to our house and helped us move things. Seeing that you were a good choice, he told me today that at that time, he even wanted you to be his daughter-in-law!"
It is said that if a family has a daughter, hundreds of families will ask for her.
Qiao Dongliang really knows what this sentence means when he sees Qiao Nan.
Before, it was the Zhou family, and now it is a colleague. As the one who was "asked", Qiao Dongliang felt very happy.
"..." Her father was so happy just for this matter.
Qiao Dongliang took a sip of water: "But your Uncle Yang gave up very quickly. He wanted to have a grandson sooner, but he couldn't wait that long. I've seen his daughter-in-law. Compared to you, she's definitely not as good as you, but compared to others, she's actually pretty good."
Qiao Nan poured Qiao Dongliang another glass of water: "Dad, are you so happy just because of this?"
"Ah..." Qiao Dongliang sighed: "It's not that I want to be a hindsighter, but now that I think about it, it's actually much better to have a daughter than a son. In our family's situation, if one of you or your sister is a son, I don't know what I would give to this son to marry a wife. You don't know how much money your uncle Yang has spent on this daughter-in-law." Both
of his children are daughters, and in the future, it was others who came to his family to beg for
a wife, not him. Now that he has a son, it's really not easy. Marrying a daughter-in-law costs money for everything.
Qiao Dongliang only has two daughters, so he never understood the situation in this regard, but today after talking with Old Yang, he realized that it turned out that the burden of having a son is so heavy.
Young people nowadays don’t seem to like living with their elders and want a separate home. As a head of household, you naturally have to pay for the young couple to buy another house.
The reason why Old Yang was so anxious to find a wife for his son was because he was afraid that his son would have to pay more money to marry a wife in the future.
With Old Yang’s son as a comparison, Qiao Dongliang couldn’t help but think of the time when he married Ding Jiayi.
Back then, it was really not easy for the two of them to be together. There was no ceremony at all. They just invited a few people to have a meal and got a certificate, and that was
considered a marriage. At that time, marriage was already about the three major items.
Ding Jiayi had a falling out with the Ding family, and Qiao Dongliang didn’t even give the Ding family much, which meant that he picked up a wife for nothing. Of course, Qiao Dongliang did not offer any betrothal gifts, and Ding Jiayi did not bring any dowry to the Qiao family.
Qiao Nan sat down and smiled: "Dad, don't talk so lightly. It does cost a lot of money to raise a son and marry a wife in the future, but the burden of having a daughter is not much lighter than that of having a son. Don't forget that a girl needs a dowry when she gets married. Let alone me, how much do you think my sister needs before she agrees?"
Qiao Zijin had a good vision. Before the house price rose sharply, she exploited her mother and brought a house as a dowry to the Chen family.
The Chen family only wanted Qiao Zijin to be not too shabby when she married into the Chen family, and not to bring shame to them. As for the things that Qiao Zijin brought into the Chen family, the Chen family did not look down on them at all, and they were always in Qiao Zijin's hands.
Qiao Zijin not only wanted a house as a dowry, but also savings and a TV.
Fortunately, Qiao Zijin married Chen Jun only in the early 2000s.
After 2000, China's economy developed, and everyone's living standards improved greatly, but at that time, not every household had four wheels. Unlike after 2010, almost every household had one, and some even had two or three.
So, in 2000, when Qiao Zijin married Chen Jun, the only request she didn't ask the Qiao family was for a four-wheeled car as a dowry.
In a word, Qiao Zijin is not so easy to deal with.
When Qiao Zijin was mentioned, Qiao Dongliang's face changed: "Your sister, did your sister ask you how much dowry she wanted when she got married?"
Speaking of Qiao Zijin's personality, Qiao Dongliang was really unsure, but usually, Qiao Zijin's requirements for food, clothing and daily necessities were indeed quite high. To put it bluntly, she was the kind of person who knew how to enjoy life and was unwilling to treat herself badly.
"My sister and I haven't reached that level of relationship yet. But I heard my sister mention to my mother that in the future she would either not get married, or if she did, the other party's family would have to be very good. And my sister is the kind of person who likes to save face. Do you think that if she really finds such a family, she might not want to bring more dowry when she marries, so as not to be looked down upon by her in-laws?"
"..." Qiao Dongliang was silent for a moment. This time he did not refute Qiao Nan's words at all, because he knew that Qiao Zijin was really such a person.
The words described by Qiao Nan definitely came from Qiao Zijin's mouth.
It can be said that the kind of man Qiao Zijin said she was looking for was exactly the opposite of him.
Holding the cup in his hand, Qiao Dongliang smiled faintly: "No matter how high your sister's demands are, your mother and I should divorce after two years of separation. Your sister belongs to your mother. No matter how high your sister's demands are, it has nothing to do with me. These are all your mother's business in the future."
Thinking of what Lao Yang said to persuade him today, Qiao Dongliang's mood has calmed down a lot.
Lao Yang is right. If Zijin really regards him as a father, treats him well, cares about him, and is filial to him, he should spend more time and energy on Zijin.
On the contrary, if Zijin doesn't need him as a father at all, why should he stick his hot face to his eldest daughter's cold butt.
Qiao Dongliang had to admit that, judging from the current situation, he is not needed by Qiao Zijin as a father. His concern for Qiao Zijin might not only be unnecessary, but also annoying in Qiao Zijin's heart.
Thinking about the meal they had at Zhu's house before the New Year and how much Qiao Zijin fawned on Wang Yang, Qiao Dongliang took a deep breath.
He felt that Wang Yang was a big pit and Zijin would definitely fall into a big trap on Wang Yang. However, in Zijin's eyes, Wang Yang was probably a gold mine that she had been looking for for a long time, so how could she bear to give up.
Even Lao Yang knew the principle that what is poison to me is honey to others. If he still couldn't figure it out, he would have lived in vain for so many years.
Hearing these words, Qiao Nan hesitated for a moment: "Dad, have you really figured it out, or is it just a temporary thing?" It won't be long before he will be like before, with his old illness relapsing and his heart completely focused on Qiao Zijin, and he still wants to make things difficult for her?
"I haven't figured it out completely, nor have I figured it out temporarily. Your sister has the same personality as your mother."
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