Chapter 22 An Unexpected Joy
Lu Xiangyang asked in surprise, "It's just a stun gun. All you need to do is point your head at someone and press the button. Don't you want to learn that?"
He then looked at the bag containing bricks: "It's not impossible to put bricks in a bag, but the strap is too long, so it can only be used for a surprise attack."
"If you encounter a strong and powerful person, or someone who is on guard, let alone hitting you, they might just snatch it from you and give it a beating."
Are you really not going to learn?
Jiang Jianni felt both relieved and regretful: "So it was a stun gun."
Lu Xiangyang found it even stranger: "Otherwise what?"
Jiang Haiyang: "My sister must have thought you were talking about guns. She's been looking for books about guns lately, but she can't find any."
Jiang Jianni, enraged and embarrassed, shouted: "Shut your mouth!"
Lu Xiangyang was both amused and exasperated: "Don't even think about it. I don't even have a chance to touch a gun right now, so you shouldn't even think about it."
After thinking for a moment, he said, "If there's a chance later, I'll take you shooting."
Jiang Haiyang immediately became interested: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, what about me? Can I come along?"
Jiang Haiyang is not a talkative person.
But what man doesn't love a gun?
Jiang Haiyang felt that saying a few more words wouldn't hurt in order to be able to handle a gun.
The result, of course, was no result.
As Lu Xiangyang's wife, Jiang Jianni has to find an opportunity to even touch a gun; her brother-in-law, who lives thousands of miles away, can forget about it.
Lu Xiangyang was worried about Jiang Jianni's life at her parents' home, and Jiang Jianni also wanted to move out and live alone as soon as possible. The two of them hit it off immediately when it came to the matter of having a ceremony early.
However, a problem arose when the in-laws met.
Yang Yuemei nervously emphasized, "As long as Xiangyang treats my Jia Ni well, that's enough. As long as Xiangyang writes a guarantee that he will treat our Jia Ni well in the future, we don't need the bride price."
She is a very considerate person.
Last time, Jiang Jianni said that she was not as good as Aunt Jiang, and she reflected on it for a long time but did not know how to change.
So they decided to forgo the bride price: by forgoing the bride price, Jiang Jiani would be less troubled in her husband's family, and then Jiang Jiani would no longer be able to say that she, as the mother, was not satisfied, right?
In addition, Jiang Jiani's salary from working for more than a year comes to about 1,500 yuan.
She planned to let Jiang Jiani take her away as well.
She's already like this, so Jiang Jiani can't possibly say she's not as good as the eldest son's wife, can she?
She harbored a deep resentment because her own daughter told her she was worse than her stingy, miserly, and patriarchal sister-in-law.
Mrs. Lu was taken aback and exchanged a glance with Mr. Lu: "This, this isn't quite right, is it?"
I've only ever seen the bride's family demand exorbitant dowries, never one as pushy as the Jiang family.
Yang Yuemei is not good at making demands; most of the time, she is the one who obeys orders.
However, making demands can be addictive.
The fact that the Lu family couple didn't refuse outright gave her a lot of courage.
Yang Yuemei glanced at them quickly and said, "There's nothing wrong with it. We just hope your family can treat our child well."
She nudged Jiang's father: "Her dad, don't you think so?"
Jiang's father nodded sullenly: "Yes!"
"As long as your family treats Jia Ni well, that's all that matters!"
Mother Lu shook her head repeatedly: "No, no, no, we should do it this way."
“We have four sons, and the bride price has been prepared for each of them.”
"We can't just make an exception for the third child."
"The bride price definitely has to be given."
"Besides, it's not much, it's just a token of my appreciation."
Yang Yuemei: "Really, there's no need. You just need to treat my Jia Ni well..."
The more she said that, the more Lu's mother disagreed: "In-law, don't just keep refusing."
“Let me tell you, this bride price isn’t just for your family.”
"??"
The Jiang couple were stunned.
Lu's mother said, "We're all women, I won't beat around the bush with you."
“You ask us to promise to treat Jia Ni well, and I can definitely promise. Not only can we write a guarantee, we can even swear an oath.”
"But what good are swearing oaths and writing guarantees? If a man is determined not to live with a woman anymore, he won't do it even if it means he has no offspring."
The men present were stunned.
Jiang Jianni looked at her mother-in-law with a completely new perspective.
Oblivious to the situation, Lu's mother said directly, "It would be better to give the child more money."
"Wine is poison that burns through the intestines, but money is the courage of a hero."
"As long as a girl has money in her hands, she can stand tall no matter where she is."
“By then, Jia Ni will have money and a job. Even if Xiang Yang treats her badly, she won’t have to worry about not being able to support herself after the divorce.”
Mr. Lu's face darkened, and he nudged his wife, saying, "Hey, what nonsense are you spouting?"
Lu's mother glared at him, then turned to Yang Yuemei and said frankly, "So, my dear in-law, don't rush to make decisions for Jia Ni."
"This bride price isn't for you, it's for Jia Ni."
"Regardless of what Jia Ni thinks, our family has already agreed to the bride price."
Yang Yuemei is really easily swayed.
Before coming here, I was determined not to ask for a single penny of dowry and to never be the kind of parents who sell their daughters, as others say.
But after hearing what Lu's mother said, they realized that Lu's mother was right.
And the bride price is six thousand yuan.
The young people in their residential compound only give a dowry of two or three thousand yuan when they get married, and the other party has even come up with an excuse for it.
She felt that if she refused any longer, it would seem as if she were being ungrateful.
But since the Lu family gave such a high dowry, her family couldn't not reciprocate. She gritted her teeth and said, "In that case, since your family gave a dowry of six thousand, our family can't give a single penny."
“My family’s financial situation is average. When my two children get married, my daughter Jia Ni will bring 2,000 yuan as dowry.”
Add 400 yuan to Jiang Jiani's salary, and it will be exactly 2,000 yuan.
Other families get money when they marry off their daughters, but I never imagined that I would have to spend money to marry off my own daughter.
Yang Yuemei felt so heartbroken that she couldn't breathe just thinking about it.
But if the Lu family is so generous, and our family is still stingy like ordinary families, wouldn't that prove that our family doesn't love our daughter as much as we say?
Even if it's just for the sake of saving face, Yang Yuemei plans to keep going.
Jiang Jiani was surprised by the unexpected joy.
But free money is money you shouldn't pass up.
She secretly grabbed Lu Xiangyang's hand under the table and traced lines on it, saying: "Your mom is so trendy."
This idea will still be incredibly trendy thirty years from now.
Lu Xiangyang grabbed her hand and wrote: "She's also your mother."
After a pause, he wrote: Mom has always been very trendy.
Jiang Jianni: "..."
My mother-in-law seems to have a lot of stories to tell.
The final agreed-upon bride price was six thousand yuan.
Jiang Jianni: "..."
She gently scratched Lu Xiangyang's palm and whispered in his ear, "Your blind date is asking for a dowry of six thousand yuan, and you're still not willing."
"That girl looks pretty good, she knows how to dress, why don't you want her?"
Lu Xiangyang grabbed her defiant hand and said through gritted teeth in a low voice, "If I had been willing back then, you wouldn't have been involved at all."
This girl is restless.
He still remembers the time Jiang Jianni patted his butt in public.
His comrades made fun of him when he went to work the next day.
While he was changing clothes, the captain deliberately patted his butt, saying he wanted to find out why Jiang Jiani patted his butt.
Of course, Lu Xiangyang didn't suffer any losses either. He beat up the captain and trained the group of jeers to behave like dogs.
Just now, Jiang Jianni was holding his hand and kneading, circling, and tickling him. She even seemed to be trying to touch his leg, which immediately reminded him of what happened that day.
Is this little scoundrel trying to touch places he shouldn't be touching again?
no.
He needs to be careful.
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