The next day after being eavesdropped
Mother Chen was still blabbering about how good girls shouldn’t ask for dowry, and that marrying into the Chen family would bring her great happiness.
She didn’t notice that the Gu family’s faces were getting uglier, or maybe she saw it but pretended not to notice it.
Aunt Sun saw that the Gu family was so upset, and hurriedly pulled Mother Chen’s sleeve, “Miss Chen, you are joking, how can you not give a dowry, especially a daughter like Yinxing who is so beautiful and has a job, whoever marries her will be secretly happy.”
This is true.
Gu Yinxing loves to dress up, she is young and beautiful, and she is also a nurse in the hospital. In the past two years, many people have introduced her to potential partners.
It’s just that Gu Yinxing has high standards and is determined to marry a person with good conditions.
Mother Chen curled her lips, "No matter how good her conditions are, she can't be better than my son. My son works in the Land Bureau and is a college student. Their leader said he wants to promote my son. If the leader didn't have a concubine, my son wouldn't even look down on her concubine."
At this point, there was really no need to talk about it.
He Chunlian put down her chopsticks, "If that's the case, then our Gu family won't have this blessing. We, Yinxing, dare not delay your child from finding a leader's daughter. Aunt Sun, I think we should just forget about it." Aunt Sun's
eyes widened and her mouth opened for a long time, not knowing what to say.
The Chen family on the side was also stunned.
Chen's mother originally wanted to put on a show of how her son was trying to get her daughter, so as to put pressure on the Gu family. However, she did not expect that the Gu family would be so direct and actually did not want to talk about it.
"Forget it, forget it. Do you think that my son will be unwanted without your daughter? Let's go."
Chen's mother was furious and took her son away. Chen's father looked at the Gu family with dark faces and did not know what to say. He sighed and followed.
"This, this..." Aunt Sun wanted to cry but had no tears. If the wedding date was agreed today, she could get at least a 10 yuan red envelope. "Sister He
, why are you so impulsive? Chen Shiwen has such good conditions. His monthly salary is not low." He Chunlian knew Aunt Sun had good intentions. She poured Aunt Sun a glass of wine. "Aunt Sun, we are family and I won't lie to you. Chen Shiwen's conditions are good, but look at the fight he just had. Do you think he wants to have a good marriage?"
Aunt Sun took a sip of wine and sighed.
"This Chen family is a bit too much..."
After sending Aunt Sun away, Gu Yinxing was immediately furious.
She stamped her feet and pointed outside, saying, "Mom, that Chen Shiwen is a complete jerk!"
"Keep your voice down!" He Chunlian walked to the door, raised the curtain and looked out. Someone was leaning back at the door of the old Song family in the east wing, obviously eavesdropping
. She closed the door and turned around, "Speak louder, or the old Song family will laugh at you." Gu Yinxing pursed her lips. She looked at her niece, and the joy on her face disappeared. "Then what about my marriage?"
She and Chen Shiwen had already discussed their marriage, and basically everyone in the hospital knew about it.
If she didn't agree, she would definitely be laughed at.
But if she was asked to swallow her anger and marry Chen Shiwen, she definitely couldn't do it.
"Don't rush this matter. Mom can't let you suffer a loss."
He Chunlian's temper was obviously not just a momentary one. She was a widow who raised two children. If she didn't have some scheming, she would have been eaten alive long ago.
"Mom, what do you think we should do with these boxes of snacks sent by the Chen family?" Liang Ying looked at the four boxes of snacks packed with straw ropes and asked.
"What else can we do? Throw them away. Their things look disgusting." Gu Jinshui said with a sour face. He
Chunlian glared at him, "You have too much money, right? Our family bought so many dishes to entertain them. These snacks are not for you to eat, but for gifts. Liang Ying, take a look at what snacks are inside."
Liang Ying agreed, went over to open it and took a look, and without saying a word, took it to the table.
Gu Yinxing went forward to take a look and almost died of anger. These four boxes of snacks were just some green bean cakes and poria cocos cakes, and one box of donkey rolls was obviously missing half. If
these snacks were for daily gifts, it would be fine, but today they were here to discuss the wedding date of the two families, so it was very thin.
"It's obvious that they don't take our family seriously!"
Gu Jinshui clenched his fists, "The Chen family really thinks they are popular."
"You can find someone to find out what's going on with their family tomorrow." He Chunlian was silent for a moment. She knew that the Chen family was a little arrogant, but she thought that after all, it was normal for them to be arrogant given Chen Shiwen's condition. But now the Chen family was so shameless and was secretly plotting against her daughter. It would be a lie for He Chunlian to be able to tolerate this.
Gu Jinshui nodded, understanding what his mother meant.
His sister's marriage to Chen Shiwen was about to be completed. If it was cancelled now, people would inevitably say something sour. A girl's reputation is already at stake, not to mention that his sister was being schemed against. Only by finding evidence that the Chen family tried to deceive her into marriage could his sister break off the engagement with a clear conscience and get back her reputation. At night
.
On the kang in the east room, Gu Yousi lay in the quilt, sleeping soundly.
Liang Ying took off her shoes and went to bed. Seeing Gu Jinshui still staring at the lady, she pushed him and said, "What are you looking at?"
"Look at our lady." Gu Jinshui sat up in a cotton padded jacket and said, "What do you think happened to us today?"
Liang Ying was untying her hair tie. When she heard this, her hands paused. She turned around and looked at Gu Jinshui, "I thought you wouldn't ask."
"How could I not ask? Isn't it difficult for me to ask?" Seeing his wife's red lips and white teeth under the lamp, Gu Jinshui couldn't help but approach her, "Wife, do you think our father is asking for help?"
Liang Ying rolled her eyes at him and rubbed the goose bumps on the back of her hand, "Don't say these things at night. They're scary."
"What's so scary? To me, this is obviously a good thing. If we hadn't heard those words, my sister might have been cheated." Gu Jinshui gritted his teeth when he said this. "I, Gu Jinshui, have seen everything outside. I didn't expect that the sparrow in my hometown would have its eyes pecked one day."
"Okay, don't blame yourself for this. Yunnan is so far away, and the Chen family is not familiar with us. How could you know in advance?" Liang Ying patted Gu Jinshui's shoulder. She knew that he was a man of friendship. Although he had hurt Gu Yinxing a lot on weekdays, if anyone bullied Gu Yinxing, he would really have no chance of survival.
"I'll ask someone to inquire tomorrow."
Gu Jinshui gritted his teeth and said.
Chen family.
The Chen family lived in a small courtyard, but it was not very big. It was a piece of broken land in the early years. Chen's father and mother built a house here during the unrest. It only had three rooms, but they were very proud of it.
"Mom, can't you talk about the gift nicely?" Chen Shiwen didn't look good after returning home because he didn't eat enough and was cold. Seeing this, his brother Chen Shiwu went to bed early.
Mother Chen was a little embarrassed, "Talk about it nicely, how can we talk about it nicely? Our family is so much better off than theirs, and they still have the nerve to ask for a dowry. I haven't even asked them how much they want as a dowry!"
Father Chen knocked his cigarette stick on the table and filled it with new tobacco. "Okay, stop talking. Just give me some dowry. Your brother is still waiting for us to pay him back. It's a few hundred yuan. I won't sell my job if I don't give it to you." How can you afford it back!"
When she said this, Chen's mother was filled with anger. She didn't have the heart to scold her own son, but could only scold the mother and son whom Chen Shiwen had abandoned in the countryside. "It's all because of that bitch's greed. She actually asked us for 500 yuan, and our Shiwen and her haven't even got married!"
Chen Shiwen took off his shoes impatiently. "Mom, the money has been given. Besides, if you don't give it, Lin Fengxian will really come to Beijing to find me."
"Then, do you really have to give a betrothal gift?" Chen's mother's lips moved, her face full of reluctance. After all, she just didn't want to give the money. In order to give 500 yuan to Lin Fengxian and her son, the Chen family had already emptied their family coffers and even borrowed 380 yuan from Chen Shiwen's uncle.
"Everyone has to give a gift when marrying off their daughter, not to mention that Yinxing has a job. If she sells her job after she gets married, our family will be able to make ends meet. You can borrow some more money from your uncle, and I will talk to Yinxing tomorrow to say something nice," Chen Shiwen advised, "Pick a good day and settle the matter quickly, otherwise your uncle will come to collect the debt at the end of the year, and how will we pay it back?"
"Okay then." Chen's mother agreed reluctantly, but she still felt painful when she thought about giving a gift.
The next day, before dawn, the sound of bicycle bells rang out on the street. Many families in the large compound had already woken up, and there were sounds of fires, children crying, and quarrels between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law.
He Chunlian has not retired yet. She is a teacher in a Chinese opera school. She doesn't have much to do, so she got up
early in the morning. Gu Yinxing was on the early shift today, so she got up even earlier. As for Gu Jinshui and his wife, they also got up early. Gu Yousi was drinking milk, but she was drinking milk powder. These days, milk powder comes in packets, which is similar to soy milk powder and tastes sweet.
Gu Yousi was drinking happily when she heard her grandmother's voice coming from outside.
Huang Xirong looked He Chunlian up and down, "Chunlian, I heard that your Yinxing is engaged, but why did the man leave so soon yesterday? Did they have a quarrel?"
The old Gu family lives in the main house in the backyard, and the old Song family lives in the east wing. The two families are not on good terms on weekdays.
Hearing this, Huang Xirong's daughter Song Mei poked her head out of the house and said, "Auntie, why can't we talk
about it calmly? I heard that Yinxing is looking for a good partner." The neighbors all pricked up their ears quietly. They saw the Chen family hurriedly leaving yesterday, but they thought that He Chunlian had always had a bad temper and was not easy to mess with, so no one dared to speak up
. He Chunlian glanced at her and tied a scarf around her neck: "Yo, you are really well-informed. However, Song Mei, don't always care about our Yinxing's affairs. Worry about your own affairs. I heard from Auntie Sun that you have been dating seven or eight people and haven't succeeded yet. What's going on?"
When she mentioned this, Song Mei's face turned green and she slammed the curtain down and went into the house.
He Chunlian looked at Huang Xirong and smiled: "Your daughter is shy, right? I'm not saying this, Xirong, you should persuade your daughter more. Everyone wants to find a good partner, but you have to see if you have the ability. Auntie, what you said is not nice, but it is true!"
Song Mei was so angry in the room that she almost wanted to curse her mother. If her sister-in-law Lin Lianhua hadn't pulled her back, she would have rushed out to quarrel with He Chunlian.
Lin Lianhua pointed outside: "Why are you angry? How can they be a good partner? You wait and see how much fun they have. You will be so angry that you can't vent it."
These words extinguished Song Mei's anger.
Song Mei gnashed her teeth and made a clattering sound: "Let that little fox be proud for a few more days!"
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