But this is still a high dowry. The Liu family's financial situation is only average. The dowry for ordinary families is usually 66, 88, or 99. Those with better conditions can choose one item from the "three turns and one ring" (referring to a set of three turns and one ring). Those who can afford to provide all three are considered to be in very good conditions.
Liu's mother was at her wit's end. She hadn't planned to ask for so much, but the Xu family wouldn't budge on the price. Liu Aiguo was determined to marry Xu Hongxing, so Liu's mother had no choice but to ask for a higher dowry from Liu Jing's side.
Liu Aiguo is getting married next month, on the sixth day of the fourth lunar month, which is less than half a month away, showing that the female lead is really anxious.
Because the original owner of this body was not a victim of a great injustice, and the Liu family had no formal jobs, the Xu family made exorbitant demands, asking for a bride price of two hundred yuan and a sewing plane ticket. However, the dowry consisted only of a few sets of tattered clothes belonging to Xu Hongxing, but her temporary job was not given up.
Hearing this, Liu Yun found it unbelievable. Even a cadre family like the Xiao family only gave 188 yuan as a bride price for their son's marriage. The Liu family, an ordinary family, gave 200 yuan! She really couldn't understand it.
But now Liu Jing hates Liu Aiguo to the core because he spent a lot of money on his wedding, which caused her wedding date to be brought forward, and he also asked her in-laws for such a high dowry, which will make her unable to hold her head high in front of her mother-in-law for the rest of her life.
Moreover, Liu Aiguo took the bride price to marry his wife, while her dowry consisted only of clothes bought by the groom, her own clothes, and the quilt she used to sleep under. It would be better if her dowry matched the bride price, but this situation is really hurtful. She may find it difficult to hold her head high in her husband's family afterward.
Liu's mother still loved her daughter. She made four pairs of shoes for her, bought her a new washbasin and two towels, and even gave her twenty yuan as a dowry.
As Liu Aiguo's wedding date approached, the Liu family only had three small bedrooms and a living room, and the small kitchen was actually partitioned off from the living room. As a result, there weren't enough bedrooms in the house, so Liu Jing and Liu Yun moved into the living room and set up a bed using a door panel and a stool. The two of them then became Liu Aiguo's room.
Liu Yun didn't feel much of a sense of belonging here, but when she came home from school and saw the makeshift bed and things in the living room, a strange sadness welled up in her heart. She didn't know if it was for the original owner of this body or for women of this era.
If Liu Yun, who arrived halfway through life, is like this, then Liu Jing is even worse off.
When Liu Jing saw that the bed in the living room smelled terrible, she didn't say a word until she went to bed that night, and kept her under the covers planning something.
Liu Yun didn't care too much, because Liu Jing had been given a job by the Xiao family as soon as she married into the family, so things shouldn't be too different now.
Sure enough, less than a week later, Liu Jing announced that she would not take the college entrance examination this year. Since she wouldn't pass anyway, she found a job at a food processing plant through her boyfriend, and it was a permanent position.
Although the salary wasn't high, only twenty-one yuan a month, and she heard that the smell in the workshop was indescribable in the summer, she dared not complain! Because it was a permanent position. Her boyfriend had spent a lot of money and connections to secure it.
Don't be fooled by her high school diploma. Things aren't like they were a few years ago; high school and junior high school graduates are plentiful in cities now, they're not that rare anymore. But jobs are limited, one person, one position. If you want an easy, good job, besides being observant, you also need connections. Of course, if you have exceptionally strong skills, that's another story.
Liu's mother didn't say anything when she heard this, as long as she didn't have to pay any money.
Liu Yun just thought she must have read a fake book. Liu Aiguo and Xiao Zhihua were completely incomparable. How could someone like Liu Aiguo be the male lead?
Xiao Zhihua's partner doesn't have a job and doesn't ask his family for money. He finds a partner for himself by using connections and spending money.
Liu Aiguo, on the other hand, was trying to suck his sister's blood. Now that she was no longer the original owner of the body and wouldn't let him suck her blood, he was trying to suck his elderly mother's blood. He was practically a bloodsucker.
It's true that you don't know the harm without comparison.
Before they knew it, it was time for Liu Aiguo's wedding, because Liu's mother was extremely dissatisfied with the marriage.
After all, the Xu family was notoriously difficult to deal with in that area, with a bad reputation. Everyone was afraid of being exploited. Also, compared to the Liu family, Xu Hongxing was only considered handsome and pleasing to the eye.
However, it's probably because she's often not getting enough to eat. After all, she's the female lead, so once her nutrition improves, things will definitely be much better.
Weddings at this time were not grand affairs, so only three tables were set up in a state-run restaurant, which still made Liu's mother feel very distressed.
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