The woman repeatedly tested the Huang family's bottom line, clearly showing that she didn't take them seriously.
Even if such a family manages to scrape together five hundred yuan, they may not genuinely want to live with her brother.
If she actually lends out this money, she might end up hurting Huang Cen himself.
So Xiao Jiu only thought about it briefly before rejecting Huang Cen's request.
"Sister Cen, will you be angry if I refuse you?"
Xiao Jiu said this with a smile. Huang Cen obviously didn't expect to be rejected so cleanly and decisively. After a slight pause, she also forced a smile.
"How could that be?" she said, but couldn't help asking, "Can you tell me why?"
She felt that Xiao Jiu's refusal wasn't due to the amount of money involved.
They all know she's well-off, and they also know she's kind.
So at first she hesitated whether to take advantage of her kindness and ask to borrow money.
It wasn't until I saw her take the initiative to borrow money from Qu Zhen that I felt I should give it a try.
"Because I feel that your brother's partner is not someone who is serious about living with him. If you borrow this money, it might harm you in the future."
Huang Cen didn't understand for a moment: "You've ruined me?"
"You said it yourself, the woman kept changing her mind and constantly trying to increase the bride price. You've worked so hard for so long and you've only managed to scrape together less than three hundred yuan."
How did you manage to borrow two hundred yuan so easily?
If you borrow 200 yuan, can you borrow more?
There are families in our village who have been deceived like this. They kept quiet before the wedding, but chose to cause trouble on the wedding day.
Usually, couples like this will agree on three rules before getting married.
You're furious, but you can't call off the engagement. If you do, you'll truly lose both your wife and your money.
Think about it yourself. If things turn out like this on the first day of your marriage, wouldn't it be the same as making enemies?
Any slight disturbance after the marriage can affect the relationship between the two families, and they might even blame you for facilitating the marriage in the end.
Because the money was borrowed by Huang Cen!
Huang Cen opened his mouth, trying to explain, but Xiao Jiu spoke again.
"Don't talk about how good your parents and siblings are. They supported you to go to university. Once you went to university, they also received substantial benefits."
Without you, a college graduate, would your brother have found a girlfriend so quickly? Would your parents have been valued by their workplaces and the community?
It's their duty to raise you, and it's your duty to support them in their old age, but what does the dowry your brother asked for have to do with you?
If you can lend me two hundred yuan today, will you come to me for help every time I have a problem at home?
We can be good daughters, but we must never be a mother who spoils her brother or sister.
Don't take it for granted that your parents are transferring the responsibilities of your older and younger brothers onto you.
You have no obligation to help them, okay?
Think about it yourself. If you give your parents fifty or a hundred yuan in the future, and then immediately give it to your brother, how would you feel?
Xiao Jiu had been trying to reason with him for a long time, but Huang Cen looked at her with an indescribable expression.
"You...and your family, are you calculating everything so meticulously?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Jiu was momentarily stunned, but after a moment, she suddenly understood: "I'm not like you."
“How are they different? You have an older brother, and so do I. You are the only daughter, and so am I. Your family is from the countryside, and so is mine.”
"Of course it's different. My family only gives to me and never asks for anything in return, from my grandparents to my parents to my siblings."
You saw all my packages; they were either sending me things or money. Who asked me for money or goods?
No, right? So our situations are different.
But if you think my family and I have calculated things clearly, then I have nothing to say!
Xiao Jiu shrugged, deciding to end the topic. As the saying goes, if people don't see eye to eye, even half a sentence is too much. She stood up, picked up the basin, and walked out.
Huang Cen sensed the change in her mood: "Are you angry?"
"Why should I be angry?" Xiao Jiu turned to look at her. "I just don't want to lend you this money. Just don't be angry."
Such blunt words caused Huang Cen's face to stiffen for a moment, but Xiao Jiu didn't care about that and opened the door and went out.
"Why is it that when it comes to lending money to help family members, it's not allowed for me?"
Huang Cen didn't understand, couldn't comprehend, and even felt that Xiao Jiu was a bit cold-hearted.
When Su Zi returned, she recounted what had just happened, trying to regain her dignity and self-respect.
Su Zi looked at Huang Cen, hesitant to speak.
"It's okay, just say what you want to say, don't hold back."
Seeing this, Su Zi no longer hesitated, "I think Xiao Jiu is right, and she's putting herself in your shoes!"
"You're saying she's thinking of me?" Huang Cen chuckled uncontrollably, then quickly said when he saw Su Zi frown.
"I'm sorry, I didn't see how she was thinking of me in any way."
"Every word she says is for your benefit. If you don't believe me, you can go home and test her!"
For example, they could test whether the woman has any bottom line. If the bride price is transferred to them, would there be any rules or restrictions?
Generally, these three rules are meant to protect the bride price, for example, if the man proposes to annul the engagement, the woman has a reason not to return the bride price.
Furthermore, you need to ask your parents clearly who will repay the money you borrowed from Xiaojiu in the future. If they are the ones who will repay it, then I won't say anything.
But if you're the one paying it back, that's the first time. I'm sure there will be a second and a third, and each time the amount will be larger than the last. Do you believe me?
Huang Cen was taken aback by Su Zi's words: "How can you miss your family so much? Those are your own brothers who grew up with you!"
Su Zi looked at her in even greater incomprehension, "Even close brothers should keep clear accounts, haven't you heard of that?"
You're not married now. If you were married, and something happened to your family, would you still choose to help them wholeheartedly, just like you do now?
Don't look at me like that. There's a woman in our village who's always the first to run to her family's aid whenever something happens after she gets married.
With so many nephews, each of whom borrowed money from her family to get married, her husband, having grown accustomed to their demands, finally couldn't take it anymore and chose to divorce her.
After the divorce, she realized that all the good things were just a facade. Once she was no longer of any use, they all started to despise her.
In the end, his own brother, sister-in-law, and nephew found a buyer and sold him to a remote mountain village.
This is what happens when you have no bottom line. Xiao Jiu was clearly trying to warn you, but you thought we were trying to harm you.
Su Zi shook her head and stood up. "Think about it carefully. I believe this isn't just happening in our village. You've never heard of it growing up?"
Why do girls' families throw a basin of water after they get married?
When she splashed water, I realized she wasn't family.
The depth of future relationships will depend entirely on mutual interests, unless your family's circumstances are better than your husband's.
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