Chapter 9: Getting married is not an easy thing!
After returning to the village, when returning the bicycle, Deng Shirong secretly decided in his heart that after he had brought together Deng Changfu and Guan Yongying and received the matchmaker's gift, he would go buy a bicycle. Otherwise, it would be a problem to keep borrowing a bicycle.
After returning the car, Deng Shirong went to Deng Yunqiang's house.
"Uncle Nine!"
"Jiu Gong!"
Seeing Deng Shirong coming, Deng Yunqiang and his wife and their three children all greeted him. The eldest son Deng Changfu was even more attentive and brought tobacco, matches and a hookah.
Deng Shirong took the pipe and said straight to the point: "I have already asked clearly. The girl wants 288 yuan for her status, 300 kilograms of grain and a sewing machine. In addition, Changfu, you have to take the girl to make six new sets of clothes. These are all the conditions put forward by the girl."
Deng Yunqiang and his wife were relieved when they heard this, but they couldn't help but frown. They were relieved because the woman didn't ask for an exorbitant amount of money. The price and other conditions she proposed were all within the normal range.
The reason they frowned was that the couple really couldn't come up with the money.
After all, although both he and his wife were hardworking people and there was enough labor in the family, there was no opportunity to make money in the countryside. After so many years of frugality, the family had only saved more than 300 yuan.
Nowadays, it is really impossible for them to come up with five or six hundred yuan at once.
However, Deng Yunqiang and his wife were not too worried. At worst, they could just borrow from relatives. After his eldest son got married, it would be the turn of his two daughters to get married. Naturally, they would have two large sums of money coming in, so it should be no problem to borrow from relatives temporarily.
So, Deng Yunqiang just hesitated for a moment, and then decisively said: "The conditions proposed by the woman are all reasonable, we have no objection."
Seeing that his cousin Deng Yunqiang did not bargain and directly agreed to the conditions proposed by the woman, Deng Shirong nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's easy if you have no objection. But Yunqiang, I suggest that your family give the woman more money and try to marry her back as quickly as possible."
After these words were spoken, Deng Yunqiang's family of five all looked surprised.
Changfu's mother couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Jiu, our family has already shown sincerity by directly agreeing to the conditions proposed by the woman. Why do we have to take the initiative to increase the woman's price? Is there any explanation for this?"
Deng Shirong did not answer but asked, "I think you have all heard about the news that our brigade is going to divide the land and work on its own after the harvest, right?"
Deng Yunqiang continued, "This news has spread throughout the village. Of course we have heard about it."
Deng Shirong smoked a cigarette, put the pipe aside, and then explained: "Dividing the land and working on your own is based on the number of people. If a woman marries into your family at this juncture, it means that her family will get one less piece of land, while your family will get one more piece of land.
Moreover, if these two young men are quick enough, your grandchildren may be born before all the land in the brigade is divided up, and your family may be able to get an extra piece of land by then.
I don't need to explain how important this piece of land is. Your family has taken such a big advantage. Do you think you should take the initiative to increase the price of the woman?"
What he said was based on facts. If he remembered correctly, their Bangjie Brigade started to divide the land and work on their own this year, but this year they only divided the more fertile fields. The more barren fields and mountains would not be divided until next year.
In their previous life, Deng Changfu and Guan Yongying met when the brigade started to divide the land. Guan Yongying got married after she received land from her parents' home. By the time their child was born, the brigade's fields and mountains had already been divided.
Therefore, whenever Deng Changfu mentioned this matter in his previous life, his tone was quite regretful, and he said frankly that if he had married Guan Yongying a month earlier, their children would probably have been able to get some pieces of land.
After hearing Deng Shirong's explanation, Deng Yunqiang and his family suddenly understood.
Deng Yunqiang nodded repeatedly and said, "Uncle Jiu is right. The price and other requirements proposed by the future in-laws are all within the normal range. If we don't take the initiative to increase the price, I guess the in-laws won't be willing to let their daughter marry so early. They will definitely wait until their village has divided up the land before letting them marry."
Deng Shirong smiled and said, "That's the truth. If your family doesn't want to pay the extra money, then we can just follow the normal marriage process, and the woman's family can release her whenever they want.
If your family wants to get one more piece of land or even two pieces of land, then you must give more money, and then I will go and help you with the matchmaking and try to marry you as quickly as possible.
The specific choice can be discussed among your family."
Regardless of ancient or modern times, land is of vital importance to ordinary people. Deng Yunqiang didn't even need to discuss it with his wife and children. He just made the decision and said, "Uncle Jiu, there's no need to discuss it. I agree to increase the woman's price. I wonder how much is appropriate?"
Upon hearing this, his wife and children also looked at Deng Shirong.
Deng Shirong thought for a moment and said, "We all know how important land is to us rural people. I suggest raising the woman's price to 688. It's only an extra 400 yuan, but you can get countless acres of land and mountains. This deal is definitely worthwhile. We don't even know if the woman is willing!"
Upon hearing this, Deng Yunqiang and his wife felt a huge pressure in their hearts.
Their family assets are only more than 300 yuan. Originally, there was a gap of 300 yuan for their son's marriage. Now that his net worth has increased by 400 yuan, there is a gap of 700 yuan. The pressure is really too great!
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However, what Uncle Jiu said made a lot of sense. Although 400 yuan was a lot of money, it was definitely not worth mentioning when compared with the countless acres of fields and mountains.
Deng Changfu also felt the pressure. Although he was one of the main laborers in the family, he did not have much money, and his wife depended entirely on money from his parents.
He was well aware of his family's situation and knew that his parents could not come up with so much money. If there was really no other way, he could only follow the normal marriage process!
As for his two younger sisters, after hearing the terrifying price, their hearts beat fast and they began to imagine how much the men would be willing to give them when they got married.
It’s a long story, but it all happened in a matter of moments.
Deng Yunqiang said, "Uncle Jiu, I agree with the value you mentioned, but you know our family situation, we definitely can't afford that much money, so I can't answer you for now."
At this point, Deng Yunqiang looked outside and saw that it was still early for the sun to set, so he stood up and said, "How about this, Uncle Jiu, I will go to borrow money from my relatives now. If I can get enough money, I will trouble you to help me get my daughter-in-law back as soon as possible.
If you really can't raise the money, you can only go through the normal marriage process. There's nothing you can do about it."
Deng Shirong also stood up and said, "Okay, I'll go back first. Let me know if you can raise enough money in the evening."
"Okay, I got it!"
(End of this chapter)