Is the betrothal gift so high in Shang County? Zhou Xiang didn't believe it.
The blind lady continued, "We can't ask how much the betrothal gifts are here, and the reason for settling down is that the daughter will marry far away, so asking for more will be considered as a provision for her old age."
Zhou Xiang frowned. Didn't they say the An family was pretty good? Why was it different than usual after this incident?
At this time in the An family, An Wen looked at the dowry which consisted of only six quilts besides some small daily necessities such as pots and buckets. She couldn't help but ask her parents if they were planning to sell her?
Mother An frowned, "Wenwen, how can you talk like that? Didn't I give you back the two thousand yuan dowry?"
An Wen's heart was as cold as ice. She thought her family was at least better than Zhong Lan's, but who knew that they were not even as good as Zhong Lan's. At least Zhong Lan's family sold her openly, while her family coaxed her and sold her secretly.
"Since you said so, Mom, and you and my two aunts also agreed that the 30,000 yuan betrothal gift would be considered retirement money, then okay, I won't be returning to my parents' home in the future. Since the retirement money has been paid, I've ended this period of gratitude for raising me with the An family. I just think of myself as having no parents' home at all."
"Wenwen!" An's mother shouted to stop her daughter.
An Wen looked at his parents with sad eyes, then turned and went into his room.
Father An sighed, "I've already told you that this isn't right, but you listened to your two sisters. You've seen what their eldest daughters' weddings are like.
If you prepare so little, others will not only look down on Jin Chao, but also laugh at our family. So what if you keep the amount of the betrothal gift secret? Even if the man only offers 100 yuan as a betrothal gift, such a dowry will become a joke in the whole town.
How will you let your son marry in the future? What if the woman follows these standards? Do you have a say?
"I think you were bewitched, bewildered by the words of your two sisters, and blinded by the 30,000 yuan. You thought you could get rich by marrying off your daughter? Haha, now that your daughter is planning to break off relations with the family, are you relieved?"
After saying this, An's father also left, leaving An's mother staring blankly at a pile of dowry that was large in number but worthless.
What was the point of her buying appliances and furniture? Jin Chao couldn't take them away, and in the end, wasn't he taken away by the eldest and second sisters for various reasons?
Originally, Zhou Xiang felt that she was not old enough. Although she was the official matchmaker between Jin Chao and An Wen, she was too young!
She had planned to let Tang Mei take on the role, but now it seemed that she should appear in person.
"Blind Auntie, should I go to the matchmaker tomorrow? I want to see how excessive the An family is. A betrothal gift of 30,000 yuan? I don't believe the betrothal gift in Shang County is that high, not to mention that it's just in a small town."
The blind lady was at a loss as to what to do. Zhou wanted to go with them because she was a legitimate matchmaker and things might go more smoothly if she went, so she agreed.
Zhou Xiang called Zhong Xiong and said, "Zhong Xiong, go to the county town right away and rent a truck. Tell it's you're here to take the dowry. And tell the driver that when we leave, we have the truck take all the furniture in the yard back to Huai County."
In addition, we will rent three more black cars, and you won’t have to drive your pickup truck anymore, so we’ll have six cars to welcome the bride.”
Zhong Xiong nodded and drove to the county town according to Zhou Xiang's arrangements.
Ling Ran was very happy when he heard that the little girl was going to welcome the bride. Originally, he didn't want to go when he was arranged to go, but his eldest brother didn't understand the ways of the world very well, and Lu Zhaochong had to protect his eldest brother, so he could only be a member of the wedding team.
Zhou Xiang had no idea of Ling Ran's mood, nor could she care. At this moment, she was asking Ma Zhao to go to the town to see if there was a restaurant and order lunch.
Ask Ma Zhao to drive out and take a detour around the town's roads so that he'll know how to get there when he gets married tomorrow.
Xia Fei and Tian Cheng really didn't know that there was no turning back after getting married.
Xia Fei quickly stepped forward and said, "I'm familiar with the roads here. I'll take Brother Ma Zhao for a walk and customize the route."
"Yeah! Go ahead!"
The blind lady looked at Zhou Xiang's arrangements and breathed a sigh of relief. She had been so nervous that she had forgotten about this matter. However, "Think about it, why did you rent a truck when you knew there was no dowry?"
"If we don't have the big stuff, we can at least have the small stuff, right? We've prepared everything so it's not rude, but we can't let the woman laugh at us."
The blind lady has always believed that harmony brings wealth throughout her life. However, Zhou's idea is also correct. If the An family feels that they cannot take the big things with them, why not give some small things as a dowry?
Zhou thought, haha, I just drive the big truck to transport the big dowry. Anyway, it’s not the man who will be embarrassed if the truck comes back empty.
Zhong Xiong came back and said that he had booked a car and would come tomorrow morning.
Ma Zhao came back and said that he had chosen the route and booked a hotel.
Everything was arranged, and the blind lady felt much more relieved. She called her healthy people over and told them to stay and keep the bed pressed at night.
Jiankangkang is no stranger to this matter, as they are often loaned out to keep up with the bed, and they all nodded in agreement obediently. The blind old lady loved to touch the two children who were almost as tall as her, and she would soon be able to hold her grandchildren in her arms!
Everyone went out for lunch, leaving Xia Fei to look after the yard.
Five cars drove through the streets, and the townspeople soon realized that the relatives of the outsider had arrived.
Including the two aunts from the An family, the two aunts handed the spatulas in their hands to their husbands and quickly gathered together to discuss.
Second Aunt, "Sister, should we ask my younger sister to bring more dowry? We don't know how many people are coming, but there are four more cars. One of them is a pickup truck, two are cars, and the other is a commercial vehicle."
Aunt, "Did you see it yourself?"
Second Aunt, "My son said that. He's particularly envious of that commercial vehicle. He said it's a Toyota Land Cruiser, so cool."
Aunt, "Borrowed it, right? Jin Chao and his mother are so timid, what decent relatives can they have?"
Second Aunt, "Sister, I'm still worried. I'll go see who's here. If the car is borrowed, then the people can't be borrowed, right?"
Aunt, "Okay! Go and take a look."
Although the hotel is located next to the national highway at the I-shaped end, it does not have any private rooms. This may be because it is not practical for accommodating so many passers-by.
Two tables of people sat in the hall, and the ordered dishes were served very quickly. Everyone tacitly agreed not to drink alcohol because they still had to drink for the groom tomorrow!
The bride and groom held a wedding banquet together, and there were too many people from the bride's side who forced the groom to drink.
Because Zhou's father was used to drinking the wine at home, the wine outside had no appeal to him, so he just ate with a bowl.
The second aunt quietly passed by the restaurant entrance and saw not only a dozen burly men, but also well-dressed women and children. She felt a little nervous and quickly ran to her eldest sister's house.
"Sister, those people don't look as easy to talk to as Jin Chao and his mother! They're tall and loud, and the women are all wearing gold and silver."
The eldest aunt also felt a little uneasy. Although she was jealous of her younger sister's harmonious family and everything going well, she really hoped that her younger sister could save more money to find wives for her two nephews.
"Let's go to my little sister's house."
"Um!"
When the two sisters arrived at An's house, they almost fell down when they saw the dowry prepared by the younger sister.
"Little sister, is this all you prepared?"
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