Chapter 51: No Respect for Flowers and Summer Etiquette

No one comes to her house for no reason. If someone who usually doesn't come to her house suddenly comes, there must be something going on, but she doesn't know what it is.

"It's like this. I've noticed that there are always people coming to your house to bother Xia Li recently. I was thinking that if Xia Li had a partner, then no one would bother her anymore. It just so happens that my relative has a boy who is a few years older than Xia Li, fair and tender, tall and strong, and very handsome. If Xia Li sees him, she will definitely like him very much. When do you think we should arrange for the two children to meet?" said the aunt.

When Hua Xiali heard this, she curled her lips in her heart. If this lady really knew such a good young man, why didn't she introduce him to her before?

Now that Hua Chunli has taken the college entrance examination, she introduced him to Hua Xiali. Isn't it because she thinks that if Hua Chunli is admitted to university, they can also benefit from it? When one is admitted to university and the other is engaged, it will be a double happiness.

If Hua Chunli failed to get into university and could no longer benefit from the opportunity, they would find an excuse to say that the two children were not suitable and there was no need to keep in touch with them. They could say that they didn't have to make any sacrifices at all.

It’s a nice thought.

"Then how much dowry can his family give?" Hua's mother asked very realistically.

Auntie was stunned by Hua's mother's question, then she laughed and said, "If these two children can really get together, then people will definitely be willing to pay any amount of betrothal gifts!"

The matter has been settled, and you can marry the girl home without paying any money for the bride price.

"That won't work." Seeing that she didn't get what she wanted, Hua's mother shook her head. "How can you just give a little betrothal gift? Our Tiefeng's medical treatment is a big expense. If he doesn't pay for Tiefeng's treatment, don't even think about marrying our Xia Li. Our Xia Li is a filial child. She said that she will pay for her father's treatment by herself. What about the family conditions of the child you are talking about? Can they afford Tiefeng's treatment? If they can, I will agree to let them meet, otherwise forget it!"

Anyone wants to marry their Xia Li. It's really wishful thinking.

"Xia Li in your family should be 20 years old now, right? If you don't find a husband for her, she will become an old maid. Aren't you afraid that she will become an enemy..." the aunt wanted to persuade her.

Hua's mother waved her hands impatiently, "It's better if no one wants her. Then she can stay at home and serve me and her father for the rest of her life. It's better for her to stay at home and serve us, my girl. Why should she serve other people's parents? Have other people's parents raised her? Have they given her any benefits?"

"Wenju, I was just saying that. Look at you, why are you still angry?..."

Hua Xiali was in the room listening to her mother's 'excellent' words and couldn't help but applaud her. The more excellent her mother's performance was, the better. No one would dare to introduce her to anyone.

Otherwise, there will always be people who think that their family conditions are so poor that they should be grateful if someone can marry them, so what qualifications do they have to ask for a dowry?

Wang Liang, Ding Yong, and today's auntie, don't they just want to use the least amount of betrothal gifts to marry a nanny for life?

Just now, when her mother asked her aunt how much the betrothal gift was, her aunt didn't tell her. Maybe she herself felt that the betrothal gift was too little to tell her. Maybe this family gave even less betrothal gift than Wang Liang's family, which meant that they had never respected Hua Xiali from the bottom of their hearts, otherwise they would not have done such a thing.

Now that Hua Chunli has just taken the college entrance examination, someone wants to take advantage of her and introduce her to a partner. After Hua Chunli receives the acceptance letter, who knows how many people will introduce her to a partner. Hua Xiali really doesn't want to become the profitable 'fat meat' in the eyes of the public, nor does she want to be targeted by others again, but she doesn't have a good way to prevent such a thing from happening for the time being.

After their aunt had left for a while, Hua Xiali and Hua Chunli packed up and set off. Hua Xiali had already prepared the brine for making halogenated food, so Hua's mother only had to put the cleaned pig offal into the brine, and then slice it and pack it in boxes, waiting for the person in charge of selling halogenated food to come and take it away.

After arriving at the bank and explaining her purpose, the staff asked Hua Chunli to produce her ID card and then helped her process it.

"Xia Li, aren't you going to do anything?" Hua Chunli asked in surprise when she saw that Hua Xia Li didn't do anything.

"Let me do it for you first, I'll do it later." Hua Xiali didn't bring any money when she went out, and she couldn't take the money out of the Lingquan space in front of Hua Chunli, otherwise she would be exposed.

While Hua Chunli was applying for her passbook, Hua Xiali was walking around the bank with her hands behind her back. She looked at the loan interest and other information written on the bank's bulletin board and had some thoughts in her mind.

Once Hua Chunli is confirmed to be admitted to university, there will definitely be many poor young men who want to take advantage of her, just like this aunt today. But if she is burdened with a huge debt, no one will dare to take advantage of her anymore, right?

If you want to marry her, you have to share these debts with her. Men are particularly good at weighing the pros and cons. They will never consider a woman who has no value to them and is only a burden.

There is still some time before Hua Chunli receives her acceptance letter, so she can plan carefully and there is no need to rush.

Hua Xiali also saw gold bars and gold bricks in the bank. At that time, the price of gold had not yet reached the sky-high price of later generations. At that time, gold was more than 50 yuan per gram, but she had no money to buy them. She decided to reward herself with a gold bar every year when she had money, so that she could live well on her own in her old age.

After all, she was not sure whether she would have children in her lifetime, nor did she know whether her children would be filial to her. But if she had money, she would not have to worry about these things at all.

Hua Chunli opened a savings book and deposited all 4,000 yuan into it, not keeping a single cent for herself, because universities usually start in September and there are still three whole months left. She could safely make money with Zhang Yongfeng or Hua Xiali, and she wouldn't have to use her own tuition and living expenses.

After the passbook was ready, Hua Xiali accompanied Hua Chunli to find Zhang Yongfeng, and then Hua Xiali went to her fourth uncle's house. She would not go home with Hua Chunli in the afternoon.

A few days later, Hua Xiali chartered a truck from the town because she wanted to take Hua's father to the county hospital for examination and treatment. After the examination, she could increase the usage of spiritual spring water and let him sit up first, so that Hua's father could do some simple things.

They were exhausted from pushing the cart to the hospital in town. Now it was summer, and pushing it to the county seat would be unbearable for them, and even Hua's father would suffer if he had to lie down. So they decided to just charter a car. They had money now anyway.