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After agreeing on the bride price, Zhou's parents finalized the wedding date with Qin's father. After having a meal at Qin's house, the couple got up around 2 p.m., said goodbye to Qin's father, Song Lan, and others, and returned to Qin's house.
"Sis, are you happy?"
On the second floor, Qin Yaqing and her family saw off Zhou's parents. She was planning to read a book in her room for a while when Qin Yaxin knocked on the door and came in. She looked at Qin Yaqing with interest for a moment, and then suddenly asked this question.
"..."
Qin Yaqing was taken aback at first, then her cheeks flushed red as she met Qin Yaxin's gaze and asked, "What are you so happy about?"
"Sis, stop pretending!"
Qin Yaxin laughed and said, "My future brother-in-law's family gave you two thousand yuan as a bride price and three gold pieces today. Sister, this represents how much my future brother-in-law's family values you. Are you sure you're not happy about this?"
"You're not allowed to talk nonsense!"
Qin Yaqing's face turned even redder. Clearly, she was embarrassed, but she agreed with what Qin Yaxin said. After all, in this day and age, the dowry for a wedding in the countryside is usually a few dozen yuan, and at most a hundred or two. As for the city, the dowry for a wedding is mostly two or three hundred yuan, and a few are five or six hundred or more.
Of course, how much dowry a family can afford depends on their financial situation.
Let's get back to the main topic.
Zhou Shiyang, her fiancé's family gave her 2,000 yuan as a bride price and three gold pieces as a betrothal gift today. Just as her second sister said, this shows how much they value her as their future daughter-in-law. It would be a lie to say that she is unhappy!
"Sis, don't you know better than me whether I'm lying or not?"
Qin Yaxin smiled meaningfully and said, "Anyway, I'm happy for you, sister."
"knew."
Qin Yaqing suppressed her unease and said something. Upon hearing this, Qin Yaxin burst out laughing: "Sister, you should be secretly happy!"
"Second sister, aren't your eyelids a bit too thin?"
She wasn't secretly happy. Although there aren't many families who give 2,000 yuan as a bride price, no, there aren't many families who give the bride three turns and one ring, 1,000 yuan as a bride price, plus three gold pieces, that doesn't mean there aren't any, nor does it mean there aren't more than that.
"Sister, we should be content with what we have, otherwise it's easy to harbor resentment."
Qin Yaxin said in a serious tone: "If you have resentment in your life, it is inevitable that you will have discord with your husband, and your life will become a mess."
"Second sister... Second sister knows so much now, and she's getting better and better at talking."
These were Qin Yaqing's true feelings, but Qin Yaxin thought they were her older sister teasing her. She said, "Sister, don't think I don't know you're teasing me. But compared to before Mom was alive, I'm more than two years older now, so I naturally know a little more than before."
After a brief pause, Qin Yaxin continued, "As for how I've become more eloquent, sister, it's the same thing. I've grown up and know what I should and shouldn't say. It's that simple. Sister, please don't tease me anymore from now on."
"Okay, okay, I understand, but there's one thing you've wronged me about. I wasn't joking with you; it was the truth from the bottom of my heart."
Qin Yaqing had already overcome her shyness. With a smile, she said, "We have to go back to the machinery factory early tomorrow morning. You should hurry back to your room and pack your things so you don't end up forgetting everything in a rush tomorrow morning."
"I'd like to talk to you a little longer."
Qin Yaxin didn't want to leave.
"Go back to your room. I want to read a book. Your constant chatter is distracting me."
Qin Yaqing deliberately showed impatience, waving her hand at Qin Yaxin, clearly not wanting to keep her any longer.
Seeing this, Qin Yaxin put on a pitiful and aggrieved expression: "I'm so pitiful! She's my own sister, but she just doesn't like me and wants to kick me out of her room. Who could be as pitiful and miserable as me?!"
Qin Yaqing laughed out loud, amused: "Why do I feel like you're starting to look more and more like your second brother?"
"Like my second brother."
Qin Yaxin was puzzled.
Qin Yaqing seemed to see through Qin Yaxin's thoughts. Her eyes sparkled with a smile as she said, "Your second brother is always joking around. I've said you're like him. Am I wrong?"
Qin Yaxin blushed: "I wasn't being silly!" So, when people said she was becoming more and more like her second brother, they meant she loved to be silly like him?
But... does she have one?
"Sister, I'm a girl, you're not allowed to talk to me like that!"
Qin Yaxin was embarrassed and annoyed. She stomped her foot, turned around, and ran out of Qin Yaxin's room.
First floor living room.
"Should we go to Grandpa and Grandma's place and bring Mom and Dad back?"
Qin Yanzheng glanced at Xiao Wu, Xiao Liu, Da Bao, Er Bao, and the four little ones, and seeing that they were having a good time, he turned his gaze to Song Lan and asked her a question.
"I forgot to tell you, when you, Dad, and my younger sister went to see Uncle Zhou and his wife off, I received a call from my dad. He said he wouldn't be coming today, and that he, my mom, my older brother, my younger brother, and my grandparents would be waiting for us at the train station tomorrow morning."
In addition, my grandfather has already bought train tickets for all of us.
After listening to what Song Lan said, Qin Yanzheng paused briefly and asked, "Are Grandpa and Grandma going to stay in the village?"
"Um."
Song Lan nodded, then said, "Aren't you making a fuss over nothing? My grandparents have been going to stay in the village for a while every year for the past two years, they just went a little earlier this year."
Upon hearing this, Qin Yanzheng smiled somewhat awkwardly: "I was making a fuss over nothing. Should Mom go back to live in the village?"
Song Lan: "Dabao and Erbao are over a year old. Let Mom take them to the village to raise. We'll go back to visit them on weekends. I think that's a good idea."
Qin Yanzheng: "Then Aunt Liu, she..."
Song Lan: "Last year, my dad added two rooms to our house. If Aunt Liu is willing to go to the village and continue to take care of Da Bao and Er Bao with my mom, I have no objection."
Qin Yanzheng: "I...I'll listen to you."
Although he said that, Qin Yanzheng was a little reluctant to leave his two children to be raised in the village. Even though he knew that boys should be raised more roughly, he couldn't bear to leave them so young.
"Qin Yanzheng, I can tell you're very reluctant to part with him."
Anyone could see the reluctance in the man's eyes. Song Lan felt a little helpless, but she smiled and said, "What are you worried about? My parents are taking excellent care of their grandson."
Furthermore, everyone in the village is someone I know, so Da Bao and Er Bao's safety is definitely not a problem. Also, there are many playmates in the village, and the children will have a lot of fun there.
"You saw through me..."
Qin Yanzheng chuckled awkwardly: "I just feel that Da Bao and Er Bao are still young. If they leave us all at once, what if they cry and fuss at night?"
"I think you're worrying about nothing."
My two babies are very well-behaved. They're over a year old now and have never cried or fussed for no reason.
Besides, the two little ones were born and raised by their maternal grandmother. Even if they cry at night because they are suddenly separated from their mother, their maternal grandmother will be able to soothe them.
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