Chapter 1282 The widowed mother who worries too much (3)
"Then there's nothing we can do. I can't figure it out myself and no one can persuade me. Either she gives in or her daughter gives in. One of the mother and daughter has to compromise." Zheng Shichu couldn't stand those parents who forced their children to get married, as if they couldn't live without getting married. He really couldn't understand their way of thinking.
Li Yu nodded in agreement when he heard Zheng Shichu's words: "That's true, but I can guess that the one who will compromise in the end will be my niece."
"Your son already has a girlfriend. He will be married and have kids soon, right? You can become a grandmother at such a young age. That's great." Li Yu said with some envy. Her own son got married late, in his thirties, and still has no children.
Zheng Shichu shook his head and said, "It probably won't be that fast, because my son hasn't saved up the money for the betrothal gift his girlfriend's family wants. If the betrothal gift is not enough, I don't know if the marriage can be successful."
Li Yu asked curiously, "How much is the bride price?"
"It seems to be 500,000. I heard him say that his girlfriend's dowry is quite high." Zheng Shichu replied.
"Five hundred thousand?" Li Yu was a little surprised. "Is your son's girlfriend from a wealthy family?" After all, under normal circumstances, ordinary families would not ask for so much as a dowry when marrying off their daughters. It would be a different story only if the family was born into a wealthy family.
Zheng Shichu chuckled and said, "It's just an ordinary family. One of her parents is a company employee and the other is a kindergarten teacher."
Li Yu was immediately confused: "This... Sister, don't think I'm being blunt, your son's girlfriend's family situation is average, right? Why does she need so much betrothal gifts?"
"I don't know. Maybe her family thinks their daughter is worth the bride price." Zheng Shichu shook his head.
In fact, she knew the reason. In the original owner's life, Xu Xiaorou insisted on asking for a betrothal gift of 500,000 yuan. In addition to wanting Wu Li to prove his "love" for her, it was also because her parents had a son, and Xu Xiaorou's betrothal money had to be saved for her younger brother to get married in the future.
Wu Li himself could not save a penny and lived paycheck to paycheck every month. The 500,000 yuan dowry forced the original owner to find a way to make ends meet. He used all kinds of moral blackmail on the original owner's old mother, and the original owner really felt that it was her natural responsibility to earn dowry money for her son. So in addition to working as a nanny for her employer, she also sold the small house in her hometown. However, the small house was not worth much and was only sold for more than 100,000 yuan. The original owner had to borrow another 200,000 yuan from her employer, and finally scraped together the 500,000 yuan dowry money.
But after collecting the bride price and getting married, Wu Li and Xu Xiaorou became unwilling to accept it again, because everyone in the big city has their own house, but they have to rent a house... So Wu Li complained to the original owner, asking the original owner to pay for them to buy a house and pay the down payment, and if he didn't help, the original owner was selfish and cruel.
But the original owner still owed her employer 200,000 yuan, so where would she get the money to pay the down payment? Therefore, Wu Li and Xu Xiaorou kept making a fuss and said that if they didn't help them buy a house, they wouldn't care about the original owner when she got old.
The original owner was an ordinary woman with little education and conservative ideas. She definitely wanted her children and grandchildren to be filial and to take care of her in her old age. The threat from Wu Li and Xu Xiaorou hit the nail on the head. She was afraid that when she was old, she would really be driven out of the house by her son and daughter-in-law and end up on the streets, so she had to rack her brains and find ways to make money to buy a house.
But she was just a nanny and had no other skills except being a nanny. Even if she tried her best, she could only earn a few thousand yuan more each month, which was far from enough to buy a house. But Wu Li and Xu Xiaorou kept urging her, which made her anxious and worried. She soon became depressed. Finally one day she couldn't stand it anymore and jumped off a tall building.
The original owner took her son too seriously and didn't think it through. If it were Shi Chu, she would have kicked her son and daughter-in-law out of the house if they were so righteously relying on her for support and not being grateful.
Zheng Shichu felt bad when she thought of those two heartless people, so she was in no mood to dance with Li Yu. She said goodbye to Li Yu and left with her cart.
Mo Li was on the phone with his agent at the moment: "The show is about to start the day after tomorrow. Where can I find a suitable model now? The one I finally found broke her leg. I'm so pissed!"
"Just pick one? Just pick one! I spent more than a year on that show. I don't know how much effort I put in. Every model was carefully selected. And now you tell me to just pick one? Are you kidding me?"
"Invite female celebrities from the entertainment industry? Which female celebrity in the industry can wear my clothes and create such an aura? If I invite them, will the audience be watching my clothes or the female celebrities?"
Mo Li angrily yelled at his agent and finally hung up the phone.
Zheng Shichu was pushing his cart slowly in the night breeze. He saw the tall man with a hot temper, like a rooster that had just been in a fight. After hanging up the phone, he became dejected, and the fiery red hair on his head seemed to have faded a lot.
"What are you looking at?" Mo Li noticed Zheng Shichu's gaze and couldn't help but say to her.
"Look at the rooster getting angry." Zheng Shichu raised his eyebrows and replied.
Mo Li was stunned for a moment before he realized that she was talking about him. His expression immediately became even uglier, and he was so angry that the veins on his temples were about to burst: "What did you say? You called me a rooster? You don't want to live..."
As he spoke, he glared at Zheng Shichu angrily. However, when he took a closer look at Zheng Shichu's appearance, he suddenly stopped talking. He suddenly widened his eyes and stared at Zheng Shichu intently. His eyes seemed to be glowing green, like a wolf staring at its prey.
"Do you want to be a model?!" Mo Li instantly forgot the disagreement between him and Zheng Shichu, and excitedly grabbed Zheng Shichu and asked.
When Zheng Shichu heard what he said, his eyes widened and he asked him, "What did you say?"
"I'm asking you if you want to be a model. I happen to need a very distinctive model, and I think you are a good fit. What do you think? Do you want to be my model? I'll pay you!" Mo Li replied quickly.
Zheng Shichu looked at Mo Li with suspicion. He had red hair, tight leather pants, and a colorful shirt. He was very suspicious of what he said and blurted out, "You are not a liar, are you?"
Mo Li's face suddenly darkened and he said, "How could I be a liar? If you don't believe me, I can take you to my studio right away and let you see it with your own eyes."
"You sound more like a liar when you say that." Zheng Shichu still didn't believe that the man in front of him with a Shamatte look could be someone who could hold a show.
(End of this chapter)
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