420: Sending betrothal gifts late at night
After Yu Xiaoye prepared the betrothal gifts, he went to find the team leader Yu Youcai and discussed with him in a low voice:
"Second Uncle, I want to send the betrothal gifts to Cuihua's house tonight."
Yu Youcai was stunned:
"Didn't you say tomorrow?"
Yu Xiaoye said cunningly:
"I'm afraid the night will be long and full of dreams. If my grandmother and the others find out about this tomorrow, they will definitely come to stop us, and they might even cause trouble.
My second brother will only get married once in his life, and I don't want to cause a big fuss. It would be best if I could give the betrothal gift to the other party peacefully, so that I don't have to worry about it."
Yu Youcai looked at Yu Xiaoye in surprise. This girl is so cunning. Although she is young, she has a lot of ideas!
But if you think about it carefully, what this girl said makes some sense. With Old Lady Wu's bad temper, if she knew that the brother and sister would pay such a large sum of betrothal gift to Cuihua, she might really come and make trouble tomorrow.
Yu Youcai had never thought of this.
Yu Youcai had nothing to say and agreed directly.
Yu Xiaoye said again:
"Please ask my second aunt to invite Tieniu's mother over as a witness. She can also be considered as the matchmaker between my second brother and Cuihua."
"Yes, yes, it's best to have someone present when giving the betrothal gift. You are so thoughtful, girl."
Yu Youcai immediately called his wife and asked her to carry the lamp and go call Tie Niu's mother.
After a while, Tie Niu's mother came.
When Tie Niu's mother arrived and heard about Yu Xiaoye's plan, she applauded:
"You are such a cunning girl! To be honest, I am worried about this too.
I was afraid that your grandma and the others would come over and make trouble tomorrow, so I didn’t have the courage to tell you. I was thinking of reminding you tomorrow, but I didn’t expect that you had already made up your mind.
Let's go and give the betrothal gifts now. We won't be so particular. Special circumstances deserve special treatment!"
Yu Youcai brought his son, Tie Niu's mother, and Yu Xiaoye, and a few others secretly delivered the betrothal gifts to Cuihua's house.
Cuihua's house was locked. When she heard the knock on the door, she came to open it.
Cuihua's mother was a little surprised to see Yu Xiaoye come back. She was worried that Yu Xiaoye regretted giving such a large betrothal gift and came back to discuss it.
However, when I saw Yu Xiaoye and Tie Niu's mother holding things in their arms, I suddenly realized that these were betrothal gifts!
Cuihua's mother was so happy that she quickly invited the person into the house.
He placed a bag of brown sugar, a bag of white sugar, two bars of soap, two towels, and two bags of snacks on the table in their main hall. Yu Xiaoye then took out eight big unity notes from his arms, handed them to Tie Niu's mother first, and asked her to count them.
Tieniu's mother spat on her fingers, counted the money, and happily handed it to Cuihua's mother:
"Don't be offended. The reason we came here so late at night to deliver the betrothal gifts is mainly because we were afraid that the old woman would come and make trouble. It would be better for everyone if we handed over the betrothal gifts without anyone noticing—"
"Yes, yes, you are really thoughtful!"
"Here, Cuihua's betrothal gift, take it—our Cuihua is a blessed person, this is the highest betrothal gift in Yujia Village!"
Cuihua's mother rubbed her hands excitedly, took the eighty yuan, and didn't count it, because when Tieniu's mother counted it just now, she stared at it without blinking, and there were exactly eight.
After the betrothal gifts were exchanged between the two sides, Tie Niu's mother said some routine words of a matchmaker and confirmed the marriage between Erye and Cuihua.
He even called Cuihua outside.
Cuihua's face was flushed and she was smiling. She was really happy from the bottom of her heart.
She originally thought she was going to marry a cripple, but who would have thought that one day, things would take a turn for the better and she would get engaged to her sweetheart.
Cuihua felt like she was dreaming the whole night.
In fact, there was not so much romance between Cuihua and Yu Erye. They only held hands quietly and never said any sexy words or did anything excessive.
Children from the countryside are relatively simple and honest. When they like someone, they simply want to live with him.
A man and a woman form a family. The man works on the farm, and the woman does the laundry and cooks. They raise children together and watch them grow up together.
The greatest happiness Cuihua could think of was to form such a family with Yu Erye.
But ever since her mother decided to marry her off to Zhang Quezi from the next village, her dreams were shattered and all her previous fantasies withered overnight.
She thought that this was the only way she would live her life, having children with someone she didn't like and living a life she didn't like.
Unexpectedly, just when her mood hit rock bottom, overnight, the once dead fantasy was revived again.
Not only was he resurrected, but his fantasy came true!
So when Cuihua saw the gifts on the table, she felt like she was dreaming.
Tie Niu's mother said some nice words to Cuihua and her daughter, and told Cuihua's mother how to cancel Zhang Quezi's marriage. After giving her instructions for a long time, she got up and left.
Cuihua's mother enthusiastically sent them to the door and waited until they were a long way away before turning back into the house.
When I returned to the room, I saw Cuihua sitting at the table wiping her tears.
Cuihua's mother touched the eighty-yuan note and said happily:
"Okay, you don't have to blame me this time."
Outside, Yu Xiaoye, Tie Niu's mother, and the captain and his son left Cuihua's house.
The road was pitch black.
Yu Xiaoye quietly hugged Tie Niu's mother's arm, then touched her hand along her arm and quietly stuffed two yuan bills into her hand.
Tie Niu's mother was startled, she grabbed the thing stuffed into her hand and felt that it was the texture of banknotes.
Yu Xiaoye said calmly:
"Aunt, today's things went so smoothly, thanks to you. If there are any problems in the future, please take the trouble to speak up."
Tie Niu’s mother is such a smart person, she immediately understood what Yu Xiaoye meant.
She didn't say anything, but held the two pieces of paper in her hand and made a promise:
"Xiao Ye, don't worry, no matter what troubles you have here in the future, I will solve them for you. Auntie really likes you, a smart girl.
Yes, Auntie really likes you!"
Yu Xiaoye smiled and let go of Tie Niu's mother's arm.
One of the reasons why Yu Xiaoye secretly gave money to Tie Niu's mother was that he regarded Tie Niu's mother as the matchmaker of this marriage. Now that the marriage was successful, he should pay some money as a thank you gift. The marriage agency also had to pay a membership fee.
Another reason is that if Cuihua's family has any trouble breaking off the engagement with Zhang Quezi, Tieniu's mother can help take care of it.
Tie Niu's mother is a very versatile person and should have experience in dealing with such things. She knows how to handle it and avoids Cuihua's family and Zhang Quezi's family from getting entangled.
In short, Yu Xiaoye hopes that this matter can be resolved as smoothly and peacefully as possible, and does not want to cause too much trouble.
The group separated when they reached the intersection.
Yu Xiaoye followed the captain back home and fell asleep on the captain's daughter's bed.
In the next room were the team leader and his elderly couple, so Yu Xiaoye slept quite peacefully and fell asleep soon after lying down.
Early the next morning, Yu Erye ran to the captain's house before he had eaten, waiting to go to Cuihua's house to propose marriage and give gifts.
But seeing that the younger sister was eating leisurely and not making any noise after finishing her meal, and still helping with cleaning calmly, Yu Erye could no longer hold back and reminded her:
"Xiao Ye, when are we going to Cuihua's house to give the betrothal gifts?"
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