Chapter 17 Dowry
Lin Suhua felt as if struck by lightning.
She didn't know how she got home. When she came to her senses, she was already sitting on the sofa at home.
Bow your head.
She looked at the letter in her hand and tore it along the seal.
"I feel so happy when I see your letter.
Suhua, I am your elder sister. Everything is fine at home. We have just harvested the rapeseed and sent you some local specialties.
Are you living a comfortable life?
Best wishes to you. ”
The sentence was very short, less than 50 words, but Lin Suhua read it over and over again 10 times.
She didn't even know her husband was back.
Deng Youjun opened the door and saw a pile of things on the floor. He carefully identified them: "Rapeseed oil, rice, salted duck eggs, preserved eggs, there are quite a lot of things!"
He looked up and asked his wife, who was sitting on the sofa with her head down, fascinated by something, "Suhua, where did you buy these good things?"
When Lin Suhua heard his voice, she subconsciously raised her head.
A pair of red eyes caught Deng Youjun's eye. His face suddenly changed. He walked over in two or three steps and asked nervously, "Wife, what's wrong?"
Various thoughts flashed through her mind: her mother was here to cause trouble for her, things were not going well at work…
At this time, Lin Suhua spoke with a trembling voice: "Youjun, my sister wrote me a letter."
Hearing this.
He breathed a sigh of relief at first.
The next moment, his eyes widened: "Who did you say wrote to you?"
Sister-in-law? !
How could she...
When they got married that year, she didn't show up.
Lin Suhua handed him the letter: "Really, look, it's my sister."
Deng Youjun concentrated.
Finished reading.
He murmured softly: "I didn't expect it to be a real elder sister."
Lin Suhua suddenly frowned: "Youjun, you say..."
Deng Youjun interrupted her: "Suhua, whether you want to reconcile with your elder sister or not, I support you."
He knew that Su Hua had been resentful towards her sister over the years, but more than that, she was concerned about her.
"That's not what I meant to say."
Lin Suhua rolled her eyes speechlessly: "What I mean is, my elder sister suddenly wrote to me, could it be that something happened at home?"
She understands her eldest sister.
He is stubborn and once he makes up his mind about something, even eight oxen cannot change his mind.
Unless something big happened, he would never take the initiative to write to me to show his goodwill.
The more she thought about it, the more anxious she became.
"No, I..."
Deng Youjun comforted: "Suhua, calm down, don't overthink and scare yourself."
As the saying goes, those who are involved are often confused, while those who are not involved can see clearly. He didn't think anything had happened in Lin Su'e's family.
First of all, the letter already reported that everything was safe.
Secondly, if something really happened at home and he had to ask for help from his sister whom he hadn't contacted for more than 20 years, why would he be so hesitant and say nothing, and even carefully prepare a gift?
After listening to Deng Youjun's explanation, Lin Suhua calmed down.
In fact, she either couldn't figure it out or she was so concerned that she couldn't think rationally.
After a moment of silence, she suddenly said, "Youjun, I want to ask for leave to go to Pu County."
Deng Youjun was shocked at first, then felt helpless.
It seems that all the complaints my wife made about my elder sister were fake; she was so happy after reading just one letter that she wanted to run into her sister's arms right away?
“Is this too fast?”
"Since my sister sent you a letter, you should reply and chat a few more times before going back, so as not to scare my sister."
At first, Lin Suhua didn't take it seriously, but when she heard the last half of the sentence, her face became serious.
After a moment of hesitation, she nodded reluctantly: "Okay, let's talk about it in the letter first."
After that, she pulled him into the house with great interest: "Youjun, can you give me some advice on what to write in reply?"
Deng Youjun hurriedly pulled her back: "Don't worry, eat first."
Lin Suhua: “…Oh.”
Shuikou Village.
Lin Su'e didn't know how much impact her letter had on Lin Suhua.
now.
She is conscientiously fulfilling her duties as a matchmaker.
…
Both parties met the parents.
Engagement is imminent.
Lin Su'e went to Chen's house in Sanhe Village.
Chen Defu and his wife welcomed her warmly. She didn't beat around the bush and got straight to the point: "Brother Defu, Sister Guiying, Heping and Suying have been decided. It's time for us to discuss the gift."
"Just tell me what you want."
Hearing this.
Chen Defu and Wang Guiying looked at each other and he said, "I have discussed this with Guiying. We are from the countryside and we don't care about the three big things like people in the city do. We don't have the conditions to do so."
“However, due attention must be paid.”
"The bride price is 240 yuan, 500 kilograms of rice, and a sewing machine."
“Isn’t this request too much?”
Lin Su'e took note of it carefully and shook her head without hesitation: "Not too much at all."
This is the truth.
Although the countryside is poor, the dowry for marrying a wife is not small. In fact, it is sometimes even more than in the city.
The three big things in town.
In the 1970s, it was watches, sewing machines and bicycles; in the 1980s, it was refrigerators, washing machines and televisions; in the 1990s, it was VCRs, color TVs and motorcycles; and now it is houses, cars and money.
The countryside will always lag behind the city.
Nowadays, when people in the countryside marry off their daughters, the hard currency is food.
Let’s get back to the topic.
After hearing Lin Su'e's answer, Chen Defu's face looked much better.
As a father who loves his daughter, I feel very unhappy when I think that she will leave me soon.
If the bride price is too much, she worries that the husband's family will have objections; if the bride price is too little, she feels that her daughter is being wronged and that the husband's family will look down on her.
The contradiction here is very simple.
Wang Guiying suddenly thought of something and said, "Oh, Su'e, there's news that the village is going to divide the land. We must keep Suying until after the land is divided."
Lin Su'e nodded without saying anything: "Don't worry, I've heard about it too. It's said that it will be implemented soon. We will definitely wait until you have divided the land before we do anything."
"The Zhao family members are all good-natured and will not have any objections."
In fact, she knew the exact time, but she couldn't tell it.
Chen Defu and his wife smiled and said, "That's good."
After finishing the business, Lin Su'e stayed for a while and then said goodbye.
Return to Shuikou Village.
She went to Zhao Zhenshan's house as soon as possible.
"I just came back from Chen's house and told them about the betrothal gift."
Qian Cuihua: "What do you mean?"
"The bride price is 240 yuan, 500 kilograms of rice, and a sewing machine."
Hearing this.
Zhao Zhenshan and Qian Cuihua looked at each other and frowned. Qian Cuihua said, "The gift and rice are easy to deal with, but the sewing machine is a bit troublesome. However, we will find a way."
"Aunt San, just follow what the Chen family said, we will be fine."
Zhao Zhenshan nodded.
Lin Su'e smiled comfortably: "Okay."
…
Party Founding Day is a good day, and it is also the engagement party of Zhao Heping and Chen Suying.
noon.
Daxing Town, state-owned restaurant.
The two families gathered at the same table, with a reserved and polite manner but full of goodwill.
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