"Uncle Li, this is what my dad asked me to bring over."
Early in the morning of September 15th, Shen Yi came running over with gifts.
Li Chu looked at the stacks of red envelopes wrapped in red paper placed on the coffee table, and pointed at them.
"What, are you trying to buy my daughter?"
"Uncle, you've misunderstood. This is the betrothal gift from our family." Shen Yi stood up abruptly as if he had been pricked by a needle, and hurriedly waved his hands.
There were quite a few people in the living room, including Ding's parents, sister and brother-in-law, and Ding Qiunan, but they all just watched quietly without saying a word.
When Wenhui saw Shen Yi coming over, she only came out to greet him before running to Wenxuan's room in the front yard.
"Alright, sit down. Since it's a bride price, I'll accept it. But I'll give every penny of this money to Huihui. What she does with it is her business."
Hearing that his future father-in-law had agreed to accept the gift, Shen Yi finally breathed a slight sigh of relief. To be honest, his future father-in-law often liked to act unpredictably, and he wouldn't be completely at ease until he had taken Wen Hui away from here on their wedding day.
"Thank you, Uncle. I have some more here." As he spoke, Shen Yi took out a few more red envelopes from his pocket and handed them over.
"Uncle, this is a red envelope from me, my parents, and my grandfather for Xiaobao."
"Yes, I'll accept it for my little rascal. When we get back, please thank your grandpa and your parents for me."
"I understand, Uncle. You don't need to be so polite."
"How's the house cleaning going?"
"We've basically bought everything we need, except for a slight disagreement between Huihui and me when it came to buying the washing machine."
Hey, this made Li Chu look at this prospective son-in-law with new respect. You actually dare to talk to me about disagreements with my daughter.
"What happened?"
"Uncle, I want to buy a twin-tub washing machine for the house, so that it can wash and spin-dry at the same time. I think that would be more convenient. But Huihui thinks that one is too expensive and wants to buy a single-tub one. That's why we have a little disagreement."
"Are you planning to bring her along before you go buy it?"
"Hehe, I have that idea." Shen Yi scratched his head a little embarrassedly.
"If you two have disagreements and can't reach an agreement, why did you bring her along?"
“We can talk about it slowly. I can’t make such a big decision on my own. We need to discuss it together before we buy it.”
Whether he said it intentionally for his fiancée's family to hear or not, his attitude was still quite good.
Ding's mother opened her mouth as if to say something, but Ding Qiunan, who was sitting next to her, saw it and quickly pulled her arm, signaling her not to speak.
Li Chu patted the little black dog lying at his feet and said, "Go to the front yard and call Wenhui over here."
With a soft "woof," Little Black darted out.
Within two minutes, Wenhui lifted the curtain and came in.
"Dad, you called me. Oh, Mom, Grandma and Grandpa, Aunt and Uncle, you're all here."
Li Wenhui glanced at her fiancé, then obediently took the small stool that Xiao Hei had brought her from its mouth and sat down at the coffee table.
Shen Yi shifted his position, originally wanting his fiancée to come and squeeze onto the sofa with him, but upon seeing his father-in-law's face, he swallowed the words back down.
"Huihui, Xiaoyi said you two didn't agree on buying a washing machine."
"Huh? He said that too?" Wenhui glared at Shen Yi with a bit of embarrassment and annoyance, then nodded and said, "Well, we use a single-cylinder one at home, and I think it works quite well. The twin-cylinder one with a spin dryer is so much more expensive, I don't think it's worth it."
"Knowing that saving money is a good thing is, but their situation is different from ours."
"Hmm? How is it different?"
"At our house, we have a yard to dry everything, whether it's wet or dry. I remember your house is on the fourth floor. If it's dripping wet, where do you dry it? On the balcony? Water will drip all over the floor. If you dry it outside, the people downstairs will be furious. So you can't compare your place to ours."
"Just listen to Xiaoyi, buying a twin-tub is definitely more convenient. One wash and one rinse, the other spin-dry, how great!"
Wenhui grew up in this kind of courtyard and had never lived in an apartment building before, so she had no idea that although living in an apartment building had its conveniences, it was far inferior to her home.
She hasn't lived there yet and hasn't experienced it. It would be strange if she could get used to it after she gets married.
"So...how do other people wash their clothes if they don't have a washing machine?"
"Use a basin to catch the water. Hang the clothes on the clothes rack on the balcony, and then place a basin underneath to catch as much water as possible."
"Oh? That's so troublesome." Li Wenhui's face scrunched up.
"Everyone says living in an apartment building is convenient, so why is it so troublesome to do laundry?"
“There’s a convenient place, Huihui.” Shen Yi couldn’t help but say hurriedly, “It’s convenient for using the restroom, and there’s heating in winter. Our yard is even connected to a gas pipeline now…”
He kept speaking until his voice grew softer and softer, and then he stopped, looking embarrassed.
Li Wenhui looked at him as if to say, "Are you kidding me? What of these things do you have at home?"
Ding's mother couldn't hold back any longer and interrupted, "Huihui, what Xiaoyi said is indeed the advantage of living in an apartment building. In a courtyard like ours, everyone has to queue up to use the public toilet outside. The water pipes are all in the courtyard, and in winter we have to find a way to wrap them up, otherwise they will freeze."
As for heating, apart from the boiler your dad bought that we use ourselves, everyone else relies on honeycomb briquette stoves for warmth in winter. As for the issue of dripping water when drying clothes, that happens in every house, it's not just yours.”
"Oh," Grandma said, and Wenhui obediently replied.
"Alright, since you two are going to buy a washing machine, hurry up and go. Xiao Yi, do you have enough money?"
"That's enough, Uncle Li."
"That's enough, Dad. If he's not satisfied, I have more here."
"Alright, you two go ahead and come over for lunch. I just had Xu Yang's family send some groceries over."
"Okay, Dad. Let's go, Shenyi."
"Okay, Uncle Li, Aunt Li, Uncle and Aunt, Grandma and Grandpa, we'll head out now."
"Go quickly."
...
After they left, Li Chu asked Ding Qiunan to put away the money wrapped in red paper on the table and give it to Wen Hui later.
"Xiao Chu, are you really planning to let Huihui take all that money with her?"
Yes, Mom.
"Well..." Ding Ma looked at her son-in-law and suddenly didn't know what to say, so she could only wave her hand and say, "Never mind, I'm old and can't keep up with your thinking. You can decide for yourselves."
Ding's father sat to the side, smoking, without saying a word from beginning to end.
In their family, once Ding's mother speaks, Ding's father will basically not say anything more.
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