Wang Yinju was so moved by Zhou Jiaxing's words of compensation that she forgot to cry and quickly got up from the ground. At Gu Mancang's signal, she came over and asked, "How does your Zhou family compensate people? Explain it to me clearly."
"My dear relatives, please take Miaomiao away! She will belong to your Gu family from now on." Seeing that Zhou Chunping agreed, Wu Jinfeng quickly waved to Wang Yinju and said.
"Ah?" The Gu family members were collectively petrified.
Take Zhou Miaomiao away? Is that what they meant? Zhou Miaomiao will be theirs from now on. They can marry whomever they want and receive whatever betrothal gifts they want. For a moment, the Gu family had their own thoughts, each calculating their own plans.
After a while, Gu Dashi came to his senses first and asked Zhou Chunping, "Father-in-law, are you saying that Zhou Miaomiao will belong to our family from now on, and the betrothal money will also belong to our family?"
"Yes." Zhou Chunping nodded, and he felt that Zhou Jiaxing's idea was brilliant. The Gu family had always used the middle-aged woman Gu Dahua as an excuse, and now they were being compensated with a living young woman. They wouldn't have anything else to say, right?
When Zhou Chunping nodded, the Gu family realized that this was actually true.
"Dad, I think this is not a bad idea. Xiaowu needs a wife, and Miaomiao can marry his cousin, so we don't have to pay the betrothal gift." Gu Dashi thought about it and felt that it was not a loss.
"Dad, I don't think it's right. The town officials said cousins can't marry." Gu Damai, glaring at her husband, quickly jumped out to object. Before liberation, cousin marriages were common in Sanhe Town, and as a result, there were quite a few idiots in the town. After liberation, the town government vigorously promoted the disadvantages of consanguineous marriage, and the town's marriage registration office also explicitly stipulated that close relatives within three generations could not marry.
Gu Damai lived in the town and usually interacted with the town cadres. But Gu Damai said this not for Gu Dashi, but because he was thinking that Zhou Miaomiao married Gu Dashi's third son. Gu Dashi made a lot of money, but they didn't see a penny.
"Brother, doesn't Xiaowu like that girl in town? Is he willing to marry Miaomiao?" Gu Xiaomai, following her husband's suggestion, also wanted to interfere. Her reason was the same as Gu Damai's: money. In those days, three hundred yuan was still a lot of money, and each family could get forty or fifty.
"It's not worth it, not worth it, unless we can get a large betrothal gift." Gu Xiaoshan also shook his head and said. Gu Xiaoshan is the youngest of the Gu family. His children are still young, and the eldest son is only six years old. It will take more than ten years for Gu Xiaoshan's children to get married!
"Wasn't there a bachelor from Taoshu Village who wanted to get married a few days ago? I heard he offered a 500 yuan betrothal gift!" Gu Xiaohe's eyes lit up, remembering what the matchmaker who had come to his house a few days ago had said. A bachelor from Taoshu Village wanted to marry a wife and had offered a whopping 500 yuan betrothal gift. You have to know that in those days, asking for a 150 yuan betrothal gift from a rural girl was the most a rural girl could ask for. The girl Xiaowu liked lived in town and didn't really want to marry her off to the countryside, so she asked for a 300 yuan betrothal gift.
"Five hundred dollars? That's so much?"
"With these five hundred yuan, each family can get about one hundred yuan."
The Gu family became more and more excited as they talked, and there was a gleam in everyone's eyes.
Honestly, Zhou Chunping's family "given" Zhou Miaomiao to the Gu family, and the Gu family got a great deal. Zhou Miaomiao was eighteen years old. While not a stunning beauty, she was still quite charming, wasn't she? Collecting five hundred yuan in betrothal gifts at once was better than having to come to the Zhou family every year and ask for a few dozen yuan. And most importantly, Zhou Jiaxing seemed like a tough guy. It was unclear whether they would get the money if they came back to ask for it.
Zhou Miaomiao, in her room, overheard the people outside deciding her fate with just a few words. She couldn't help but feel angry and afraid. She didn't want to go to her grandmother's house. She didn't want to be "sold" by her uncles for the bride price. Even if they could afford a 500 yuan bride price, who knew if the young man had any problems? Besides, her aunt Zhou Zhimei had said a few days ago that she would find a husband for Zhou Miaomiao in the county town.
The county town! Most of the young men in the county town have jobs. When the time comes, she can ask her in-laws to help her find a job in the county town. Then, can't she live a life like her aunt?
While the people outside had not yet finished discussing, Zhou Miaomiao opened the door and rushed out, rushed to Gu Mancang and Wang Yinju, and said, "Grandpa and grandma, my aunt has found a husband for me in the county. After I get married, I will definitely be filial to you." In Yuyuan County, "found a husband" means to have found a husband's family.
"What? You dead girl, Zhimei told you such an important matter, but you didn't even discuss it with us? You ungrateful bastard, you eat and drink my food every day, but you didn't even discuss your marriage with me. I'll beat you to death!" When Wu Jinfeng heard that Zhou Miaomiao had hidden such a big thing from her, she was so angry that she raised her hand and slapped Zhou Miaomiao in the face.
"Grandma, when my aunt told Zhou Miaomiao about someone, would she not go through you? Don't tell me that this little girl is just talking nonsense!" Zhou Jiaxing glanced at Zhou Miaomiao with his eyes sideways, and seeing that Zhou Miaomiao's face was full of guilt, he couldn't help but say something sarcastic.
"Of course, Zhimei wouldn't do that." After hearing what Zhou Jiaxing said, the gloom on Wu Jinfeng's face faded.
In reality, Wu Jinfeng knew Zhou Zhimei's personality; she was someone who loved to take advantage of others. Zhou Miaomiao's claim that Zhou Zhimei was going to find her a husband was probably true. However, Wu Jinfeng didn't know how much benefit Zhou Zhimei would receive from this matter.
Otherwise, Wu Jinfeng wouldn't have been so angry just now. Wu Jinfeng was angry that Zhou Zhimei was overreaching, trying to get benefits from Zhou Miaomiao without her consent. You know, after Zhou Zhiqiang went crazy, Zhou Zhiqiang's family of three were all supported by Zhou Chunping and his family. Zhou Zhiqiang's family had nothing, and only Zhou Miaomiao could get a small amount of betrothal money.
Gu Mancang's expression had softened slightly. In those days, marrying into the county town meant Zhou Miaomiao would have a good life in the future. But after hearing Zhou Jiaxing's words, Gu Mancang and the others' faces fell. In Gu Mancang's view, Zhou Miaomiao's lying to their faces meant she wasn't willing to consider the Gu family's interests. Now that Zhou Miaomiao wasn't married, she didn't even take them, her grandmother's family, seriously. Expecting her to be filial in the future? Wasn't that naive?
It would be better... like Zhou Chunping said, to bring Zhou Miaomiao back home and receive a betrothal gift of a few hundred yuan.
Gu Mancang made up his mind and said to Zhou Chunping, "My dear, you said it yourself. Miaomiao will be under the care of our Gu family from now on. From now on, the matter of Dahua will be written off between our two families."
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