After being rejected by the Xiang family, Grandma Chen returned home and shook her head at Chen Ma: "No, the Xiang family must have some concerns. She refused to accept 400 yuan."
The mother and son had bitter faces, and Chen Wei's heart was hanging in the air: "Aunt, I really like Meimei, I just want to marry her."
Sincerity? How much is sincerity worth? Especially in the Xiang family, they don’t even recognize money!
"Dawei, talk to that girl. Sometimes a mother knows her best. Maybe a word from your girlfriend could be much better than your own random thoughts."
Grandma Chen came up with an idea: if the material conditions couldn't be met, then the only option was to win over the heart.
Touching his body, Chen Wei felt fortunate that he had dressed carefully in the morning. He nodded and prepared to go out.
"I told you you're an idiot, but you don't believe me. If not now, when will you show your ability? How can you go empty-handed?" Grandma Chen said unhappily.
Mother Chen said that her son must be unhappy about being rejected. She must be a little unhappy, after all, the girl rejected him outright, but she also knew that marriage is a give-and-take thing.
The marriages of her two daughters were also a gradual process. Her eldest son-in-law was okay, as he managed to take over the business. But for her second son-in-law, she had to change three matchmakers before she could convince him to marry her daughter off!
She took her son back home, put three pounds of flour and three pounds of rice in a bamboo basket, gritted her teeth, took a piece of bacon from the hook on the roof, cut about two pounds of bacon, and stuffed it into the basket.
"Take it quickly and let's meet in a secluded place." Mother Chen was afraid of her silly eldest son, so she instructed.
Meeting in public at this time would ruin their reputations. That would not be marriage but enmity. What good would it do to the Chen family?
The girl was originally satisfied with his son and his job was good. All she needed was the mother-in-law's approval. If rumors spread and everything went wrong, and she lost her job, it would be too late for her to regret it.
Chen Wei obeyed and waited at the gate of Xiang's courtyard for a while, and asked Xiang Mianmian, who was out playing, to ask his second sister to come out.
Xiang Mianmian looked at her future brother-in-law and could only say that he was of average appearance, and would be presentable after a bit of tidying up. She didn't know what her second sister Xiang Meimei saw in him.
But this was the person chosen by Xiang Meimei. Xiang Mianmian respected other people's happiness, so she went upstairs to tell Xiang Meimei and whispered it in her ear without letting Zhang Jidi know.
"Little sister, come with me." Xiang Meimei knew what the consequences would be if unmarried men and women were together in private, and it would be different if she brought her sister along.
Being able to eat the melon on the spot made Xiang Mianmian's eyes light up and he happily followed.
The three of them walked to a secluded place, and Chen Wei immediately started talking like crazy: "Meimei, my mom agreed, and she's even hired someone to go to our house to mediate. I've also saved some money. Isn't 400 yuan enough? Why is Mom not happy with me?"
This idiot was so foolish. Xiang Meimei rolled her eyes at him and said, "You really are such a fool! Do you think I'm a mother selling my daughter?"
"But I really don't know the trick. The betrothal gift is impressive, and I have a stable job. If you marry me, we can apply for a dormitory. I've also asked for bicycle tickets, so it will be convenient for us to commute to get off work."
"It has nothing to do with the betrothal gift. Think about it again. What's the difference between us?"
Xiang Meimei wanted to make it clear, and spoke as bluntly as possible.
Their families are similar, the only difference is...
"Work?" Chen Wei thought about it carefully, and only this one was not equal between the two of them.
Not bad, not bad. This brother-in-law finally has a smart idea, although my second sister was eager to get it openly.
Xiang Mianmian looked at the two mandarin ducks and knew that the happy event was approaching, just one step away from happening.
Seeing Xiang Meimei didn't say anything, Chen Wei knew that he had finally guessed right. He wiped the sweat off his face and handed the basket over.
"This is a little gift from my family. I was planning to go to your house for a drink tonight..."
"What's in here?"
"A little rice, noodles, and a piece of bacon."
Xiang Meimei didn't dare to reach out, after all, the matter had not been accomplished. If her mother nodded in agreement, the basket would be properly collected and there would be some interaction between the in-laws, but it had not been accomplished yet.
Seeing that she didn't dare to take it, Chen Wei stuffed the basket into her hands and ran away quickly: "Take it, I will come again."
She accepted the basket even if she didn't want to. Xiang Meimei couldn't catch up with Chen Wei, and she didn't dare to chase him, otherwise she would be the gossip center in the yard tomorrow.
When the two sisters returned home, they were indeed given a good scolding by Zhang Ji.
"...Look at you, he hasn't found a job yet, why are you meeting him? I'm telling you, you're not allowed to leave now!"
[Ding, trigger keyword: work, mission initiated: Please make Chen Wei a regular employee within 144 hours (originally five days). Mission reward: temporary job at the coal factory.]
Xiang Mianmian, who was implicated and scolded, felt unwell when he heard the system voice in his head.
How could a weak little girl like her get a permanent job at the match factory a few kilometers away for her future second brother-in-law?
But it's a temporary job, 400 yuan, 500 kilograms of pork...
Xiang Mianmian was hungry again and had a headache.
Especially in the next few days, Zhang Jidi was very cautious and did not allow the children at home to go out. It was okay for Xiang Meimei to go to work, but Xiang Mianmian, who was affected, could not even leave the room.
But she was very worried.
After all, anyone would feel heartbroken to see 400 yuan disappear from their sight, or 500 kilograms of pork, two big fat pigs!
It wasn't until Saturday that things took a turn for the better.
He had already saved up 20,000 matchboxes, which was an income of ten yuan. Zhang Jidi had no choice but to let his four children carry a large bamboo basket each and go to the match factory to finish their work.
Only Xiang Meimei was left at home.
Fortunately, Xiang Meimei had gone to hand in the matchbox before, and had taken her brothers and sisters there in turn, so the four of them knew the way.
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