He really wanted to call off the marriage, but as for the bride price, he figured there was still a way to figure it out.
The problem is with this person; it's Gu Yanbai!
He's a notorious scoundrel in the surrounding villages... you can't afford to mess with him.
Let's just call him selfish.
After all, there's such a big family to support. We can't let her ruin our lives, can we?
Su Nianxue sighed almost inaudibly.
See!
She knew that in his heart, she would never be as important as anyone else.
Her eyes held a hint of coldness, mockery, and indifference.
That's good too.
He personally severed her last vestige of attachment to the Su family.
"Nianxue, don't worry, Dad will definitely prepare a very generous dowry for you." After a long while, Su Jianguo finally spoke.
“Okay.” Su Nianxue stood up. “Dad, I’m tired and want to rest for a while.”
"Go ahead, I'll call you when the food is ready," Su Jianguo said with a hint of ingratiation.
Su Nianxue nodded and walked straight into the house.
On the worn-out desk, a neat stack of books was arranged; they were her old textbooks.
She touched the books, a hint of longing in her eyes.
After her mother passed away, Su Jianguo started a new family and had several more children. Wang Lanhua stated that she would not support her child's education.
When her grandparents saw that she was being bullied at home, they took her to live with them.
But they were getting old and could only afford to support her education for a few years before they could no longer afford to support her.
She unlocked the drawer and took out a photograph from an old book. It was taken when she was three years old, when her parents took her to town.
The woman in the photo is beautiful and serene, the man is honest and strong, and there is a child in the middle. Both of them are smiling.
She thought they must have been happy back then!
Later, her mother found a way to return to the city and divorced her father, leaving her a child without a home.
She always remembered that day; she clung to her mother's legs, begging her not to leave.
But Mom said, "Nianxue, I am not only your mother, but also myself."
I've had enough of this backbreaking life, toiling in the fields.
You should study hard and try your best to get out of this place.
If you blame me, then come find me in Luzhou!
After saying these words, the mother was already in tears, but she still pried open her fingers one by one and left resolutely.
"Big sister, dinner's ready." The childish voice outside the door brought her back to reality; it was Wang Lanhua's youngest son, Su Xiaolong.
"They're here!"
She sighed softly, carefully put the photo away, thinking that she would probably never see her mother again in this lifetime.
At the dinner table, Su Jianguo sat at the head of the table and said while eating, "Go to Wang the carpenter's house this afternoon."
Su Nianxue understood that they were preparing a dowry for her.
According to custom, the bride's family must prepare new furniture for their daughter's marriage, such as tables, chairs, benches, cabinets, wardrobes, dressing tables, and large wooden beds.
There are other things to prepare, such as blankets, new clothes, pots and pans, etc.
Whether a family loves its daughter or not can be seen from her dowry.
Families who dote on their daughters will spend more money to hire skilled carpenters to make exquisite furniture that will make them look impressive when they go out.
For families who don't love their daughters, just get by.
Wang Lanhua asked, "Husband, how much dowry are you planning to prepare for Nianxue?"
"Let's get the whole set!" Su Jianguo said after considering it for a moment.
Wang Lanhua immediately shouted, "How much will that cost in labor? And the amount of timber required won't be small either!"
Her darling is getting old, and once Su Nianxue leaves home, it will be her turn, won't it?
The family has nothing right now. If she takes everything away, what will happen to Jiaojiao?
"What are you yelling for?"
It's just a few wages, do you think I can't afford it?
Besides, those timbers were prepared by the old man for Nianxue, and you want to keep them for yourself?
Aren't you afraid people will talk behind your back?
Su Jianguo slammed his chopsticks and hand heavily onto the table.
In the past, he would have prepared the same dowry for Su Jiaojiao out of consideration for Wang Lanhua.
After all, I've called him Dad for so many years.
But her performance these past few days has been very disappointing to him.
They're not blood-related after all; there's just a distance between them.
When his life hung by a thread, his own daughter did not hesitate to marry herself off to raise money to save his life.
These days, I've been taking care of him inside and out.
But Su Jiaojiao always calls him "Dad" so affectionately!
When he had the accident, she didn't seem to think of any way to help him, and she didn't even mention going to the hospital to see him once in all these days.
As soon as she got back, all she did was complain; she didn't even ask him a single question.
He also felt somewhat disheartened.
Besides, the news that Nianxue married Gu Yanbai in order to save him has already spread.
If I don't prepare a substantial dowry, how can I shut those people up?
Wang Lanhua was startled, moved her lips a few times, and whispered,
"You promised me before that you would treat everyone equally."
"If we compare the dowries of the two sisters later, and Jiaojiao's dowry is too meager, won't people say that you, as their father, are showing favoritism?"
"Now you know how to treat everyone equally, but do you treat everyone equally in your daily life?" He gets furious whenever this is mentioned.
She always said she would treat everyone equally, but that only applied when her daughter was wronged.
He genuinely believed he was unaware of her underhanded tactics.
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