Chen Xiuzhi quickly waved her hand, saying no. In the past two years, her son had taken advantage of Sheng Xiping quite a bit, so how could Chen Xiuzhi accept someone else's meat for nothing?
"Well? Sister-in-law, I'm going home now. Please give me your advice on what I told you, and don't forget it."
Chen Xiuzhi turned around and said something to Zhang Shuzhen, then left in a hurry.
"Mom, what's Aunt Wang doing here? It sounds like she's here to ask you for help."
Sheng Xiping stared at Chen Xiuzhi's departing figure, full of doubts. So, after Chen Xiuzhi had gone far away, Sheng Xiping asked her while carrying the wild boar down.
"Well, isn't Jianshe's wife's maternal uncle also from our hometown in Shandong?"
They have nine children. You know what the situation is like back in our hometown; life is really tough, they can't afford to raise so many. Li Xue is getting married, and her uncle brought his eighteen-year-old daughter to congratulate her, thinking they could find her a husband here while they're at it.
Zhang Shuzhen came forward to help, chatting with her son as she worked.
"Isn't it because Li Xue's uncle saw that life at our forest farm was pretty good, so he got the idea to find a husband for his daughter at the forest farm?"
Li Xue's family asked Jianshe and his mother to help with the introduction.
You know Jianshe's mother's personality; she only gets along with me, so she came to me to discuss it.
After Zhang Shuzhen said that, Sheng Xiping understood.
On the day Wang Jianshe and Li Xue got married, among the bride's family members who accompanied her, there was a girl who looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, not short, and quite pretty.
Sheng Xiping didn't pay much attention at the time, but he heard the young men who were helping out talking about how pretty Li Xue's cousin was.
"Mom, did Aunt Wang say what conditions Li Xue's uncle's family wants?" Sheng Xiping's heart stirred, and he suddenly remembered someone.
"What conditions? There aren't any conditions."
They can barely afford to raise their children over there, so they're thinking of marrying their daughter off here. They hope she can find a worker or something, so they won't have to worry about food and clothing.
I heard Jianshe's mother say that as long as the man comes from a respectable family and doesn't bully others, that's all that matters; there are no other conditions.
Zhang Shuzhen recalled carefully that this was exactly what Chen Xiuzhi had said when she came over.
These days, most families are struggling financially, and most marriages are just about getting together and living together.
Very few women ask for a bride price or anything like that.
A family like Liu Daming's, demanding a dowry of 500 yuan, is practically one of a kind in Scorpion Papa's world; I've never heard of such a thing before.
If the man is wealthy, he can simply give the woman a small gift, like a watch or a new outfit; that would be quite good.
For many families, marriage is simply getting a marriage certificate and moving in together to start a new life.
Li Xue's uncle's family couldn't afford to raise so many children. He just wanted to marry his daughter off to a decent family where she wouldn't have to suffer and would at least have enough to eat.
They didn't even dare to think about dowry or other large gifts.
"Dad, Mom, just leave these pork pieces in the yard and don't worry about them. I'm going out to find Jianshe."
Upon hearing this, Sheng Xiping became a little anxious. He didn't care that the wild boar hadn't been skinned and cleaned yet, and started walking out.
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