The Tang family had no idea about the customs of Anshi. They only knew that the Xu family was sincere, so they became polite to Lin Ying.
Lin Ying didn't argue with them, and the issue of the bride price was settled.
The Tang family kept Lin Ying and the other two at home for a sumptuous lunch, then sent them away politely.
As soon as the door closed, Tang's mother excitedly held Tang Jing's hand, tears welling up in her eyes, "That's great, that's great, you've found a good family for yourself!"
According to Lin Ying, the betrothal gift and money for purchasing things given by the Xu family amounted to 300,000 yuan.
Three hundred thousand is not a small amount of money for an ordinary family.
Father Tang smiled and reminded, "When Xiaowu gets married, you have to inform her brothers and sisters and ask them if they want to come and join in the fun."
The Tang family is an outsider family and they don't have many relatives and friends in the local area. For such a big event as their daughter's marriage, they have to find some relatives to help.
Tang's mother nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes. I'll make a call right now. Do you want to notify the second kid?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Tang Jing and Tang Yu's faces changed.
Ding Ruman quickly carried her son back to the room.
Seeing the children's reactions, Tang's mother sighed secretly and shook her head, "Forget it, since you don't want to, just pretend I didn't say anything."
Tang Jing didn't want her mother to be sad, but she couldn't stand her mother's soft-heartedness, so she reminded her coldly, "Mom, if my second brother had any conscience, he wouldn't have disappeared for so many years and made everyone worry. If he really got into trouble, it would be fine, but he made money outside and was afraid that we would know, so he lived a carefree life alone.
If I hadn't come to Guangdong Province to ask someone about it, we would still be worried about him. Is that right? After being exposed by my brother, he got angry and broke up with us. Why are you still thinking about such a son?
I think you have so many children, you can afford to have an ungrateful one!"
She was polite and tolerant to everyone, except for her second brother.
Tang's mother nodded obediently, and with red eyes, she persuaded the siblings, "If you don't want to call me, then don't be angry on such a happy day. I'll call your brothers and sisters and tell them to come over to join in the fun. By the way, have you been to Xiao Xu's house in Guangdong Province?"
Everyone looked at Tang Jing.
Tang Jing nodded honestly, "It's in the city, it's a private villa, it has several floors. I didn't dare to tell you when I came here, so I live there."
Tang's father and mother looked at each other and had a deeper understanding of their daughter's self-assertion.
The old couple didn't say anything and immediately called their relatives in their hometown.
In the blink of an eye, it’s the end of the year.
Seeing that Xu Jian's wedding was getting closer, in ******xi Town, Lin Ying and Xu Dahai returned to the village early to inform relatives and friends to come to the wedding to drink and give everyone wedding candies.
When Wang Ximei was out for a stroll, she saw several families in the village eating wedding candy, so she asked curiously, "Whose family is getting married?"
The candies given for marrying a daughter-in-law and marrying off a daughter are different. Marrying a daughter-in-law is more grand, usually with biscuits, chocolates, drinks, etc., and a large bag of various snacks.
The old men and women who were talking at the entrance of the village discovered that the person asking the questions was Wang Ximei, and their expressions were very interesting.
Wang Ximei's sister-in-law hurried forward, took her hand and whispered, "Didn't you know that Xu Jian from the Dahai family is getting married?"
Wang Ximei's expression immediately changed, and she snorted proudly, "It has nothing to do with me, so I don't know what this is for!"
Having said this, she walked away with her crutches without looking back.
After returning home, she started to get angry at Old Man Xu, "Did you know that Xu Jian was married?"
Old Man Xu smoked sullenly and hummed, "I heard about it."
Wang Ximei was furious, "Why didn't you tell me you knew this? You made me embarrassed just now!"
Old Man Xu said innocently, "We haven't had any contact for so many years. We didn't get involved when there was anything going on over there, and they didn't care about our problems either. Why am I talking to you about this?"
Wang Ximei stamped her feet in anger, "Can you make things difficult for me? I say you are really heartless and have no ideas at all! I heard that my eldest grandson and his wife had a fight again, and I don't know what happened! What's the point of marrying a hen that doesn't lay eggs? Just let him divorce and find another one! We can't let that brat Xu Jian have a baby first."
She has been holding her breath all these years, wanting her eldest son's family to live a better life, suppressing her second son's family, and making her second son regret breaking off relations with them.
Unfortunately, ideals are beautiful, but reality is cruel. The eldest son's family did not make a fortune as she expected. Instead, their lives became more and more ordinary. The eldest grandson, who was raised with the whole family's efforts, was of average ability. It was the eldest son and his wife who found many ways to send their grandson to a state-owned enterprise in the town.
The job is quite decent, but the salary is not high. It is enough to support myself, but it is too difficult to support a family.
The only advantage of the eldest grandson is that he started dating early on. The other party is a teacher in the town school, which is considered respectable.
Originally, Wang Ximei was quite satisfied with this marriage and was eagerly looking forward to having her great-grandson soon. However, after waiting year after year, there was no movement in the eldest grandson's wife's belly. The couple also often quarreled about the child. The quarrels were particularly fierce in the past two years, and the situation has not improved now.
Wang Ximei gradually went from initial anticipation to disappointment. Now she begins to blame her eldest son and his wife for finding such a useless wife for her grandson, and often speaks ill of her grandson's wife at home.
The old couple also live in the village. If they live with their grandson, Wang Ximei will force her eldest grandson to divorce.
Old Man Xu didn't like what she said, so he turned around and ignored her. After a long while, he said slowly, "Don't you need a dowry to get a divorce and remarry? The eldest couple spent tens of thousands of dollars to marry this daughter-in-law, plus the money for the wedding banquet, it cost more than 100,000 yuan in total."
"Then she should return the betrothal gift to me!" Wang Ximei said this without thinking. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that she could not let that woman get away with it. She quickly called Xu Jie and asked him to consider divorce and asking for the return of the betrothal gift.
Wang Fengying happened to be next to Xu Jie, applying medicine to him. When she heard her mother-in-law's words, she immediately had an excuse and advised, "Son, I think your grandmother is right. Xu Fangfang is a woman with nothing to show for herself except for her bad temper and a respectable job.
The most important thing is that she can't have children and has a bad temper. If you have a quarrel, she will beat you to death. Such a woman is a scumbag. Our family can't afford to support her!"
Xu Jie sucked in a breath of cold air in pain and closed his eyes impatiently, "It's easy to say, but how will the property be divided if we really get divorced? She has to share the house with me!"
Wang Fengying was immediately anxious when she heard this, "Why? We gave her tens of thousands of dollars as a betrothal gift, and your father and I bought the house. She hasn't even laid an egg yet, and she has the nerve to share our house? Dream on!" (End of this chapter)
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