Chapter 543 How much dowry?
Shen Yanjun mumbled to himself for a long time before finally getting to the point.
"Before, after the autumn harvest, my mother found a girl for me. As you know, ever since you and Ruanruan got engaged, my mother has been keeping this in mind. She said that I am two years older than you, and you are engaged, but I am still single. If this gets out, people will laugh at me."
"I was originally dispensable, since I was still young, but she insisted that I go and meet her, so I went."
"You don't know, that girl is really pretty! Her family is from the Second Production Brigade. I have never seen a girl prettier than her in our production brigade and the Second Production Brigade combined."
Shen Yanjun paused and looked at Su Ruanruan. "Ruanruan, you are a cute type."
Su Ruanruan laughed twice and said nothing.
Shen Yanjun didn't take Su Ruanruan's response to heart, and continued, "She is tall, with fair skin, big eyes, a high nose bridge, a small mouth, and two big, sleek braids. She is straightforward and has a nice voice. She is a good hand at both home and farm."
Listening to Shen Yanjun's words, Su Runrun seriously doubted the truthfulness of his words.
Is that girl really that nice?
Such a good girl, how could the threshold of her house not be trampled down by others?
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Shen Yanjun sigh with regret.
"Everything is good, except that her family is poor, extremely poor. She is the only girl in her family, with three younger brothers. Her parents are incompetent, so the whole family is counting on her to marry into a good family and ask for more dowry."
Now, Su Runrun believed what Shen Yanjun said when he praised the girl.
"Others look down on her because her family is poor, ask for a lot of dowry, and her whole family is full of blood suckers, so they dare not marry her, but I don't look down on her!"
"The person I want to marry is her, not her family. As long as we agree, I will only give her a one-time gift, and I won't have to pay anything to her family in the future. Can't she and I live a good life in the future?"
Hearing this, Su Ruanruan and Xiao Chengjin both nodded.
That does make sense.
Besides, Xiao Aimei must have known about the girl's family situation before talking about this marriage, and she might have thought the same as Shen Yanjun.
"That's what I said to my mother, and she thought the same way. I also told her family about it, and they agreed."
Isn't that good? Seeing Shen Yanjun stop talking, Su Ruanruan became a little irritable.
Can you finish quickly? Are you acting in a movie? I have to leave a suspense for a while.
Fortunately, Shen Yanjun couldn't hold it in any longer, and before Su Ruanruan and Xiao Chengjin urged him, he continued, "Our two families discussed the dowry together. Her parents asked for a very high price of 300 yuan, a sewing machine, a bicycle, a flashlight, a watch, and cotton and cloth to make new clothes and a new quilt for each of their family members."
Su Ruanruan and Xiao Chengjin were both shocked! Is this marrying a wife?
This is marrying an ancestor!
It’s not that there isn’t so much betrothal gift, but usually, if the man gives so much betrothal gift, the woman has to give a dowry of the same value.
Just like when Su Ruanruan and Xiao Chengjin were engaged, the money for the bicycle was paid by the Xiao family, and the ticket was paid by the Su family.
"Then how much dowry is their family prepared to give?" Su Ruanruan couldn't help but asked.
(Chapter 6)
(End of this chapter)
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