"Good lad!" Uncle Li laughed and patted his shoulder. "I always said that Meizi has high standards. She hasn't liked anyone in all these years. Why is she suddenly saying she wants to get engaged?"
"So you've met a great partner! It must be fate. Live a good life together from now on, and everyone else will be green with envy!"
Uncle Li works at the post office and lives in this courtyard. How could he not know how much his younger brother's family is hated? As the eldest brother, he's been holding back his anger, and now he's venting his frustration by making veiled insults.
A son was rejected by the Li family's daughter because he wasn't good enough...
They already have conjunctivitis...
The only common ground between the two is the neighbors who stayed behind to watch the spectacle!
After the older brothers left, it was time for Ke Meiyu and Qin Yuanjiu. The two of them are practically at the pinnacle of human beauty; no matter what they wear, they are enough to amaze others for their entire lives.
At this moment, everyone finally understood what it meant to be outmatched by others and to have a higher level of understanding.
The fact that such a small village as Luofeng is full of hidden talents is a result of their narrow-mindedness, which has made them a laughing stock.
Since he had taken leave, the neighbors continued to block the Li family's door to watch the commotion.
No matter how good-looking they are, it can't hide the fact that they are from the countryside.
In those days, the only way for people in the countryside to make a living was to work in the fields and earn work points. Their houses were all made of mud walls and thatched roofs, and they suffered terribly when it rained or the wind blew.
The Li family and the Ke family talked for a while.
The Ke family presented a dowry consisting of a thick ginseng root, a pair of geese, a bicycle, eight sets of clothes, and 199 yuan!
This dowry may not seem like much to city dwellers, but it's still respectable enough.
After all, ginseng and wild geese are rare items that other families can't obtain even with money.
Because Grandma Ke had relatives in the mountains, her family wasn't criticized for bringing out wild animals. The organization was quite lenient towards families from the mountains.
On the surface, Li Jiaming gave her a radio, a men's watch, and ninety-nine yuan as gifts. Secretly, Ke's mother directly gave her daughter a thousand yuan.
Both she and her husband earn money, a little over a hundred yuan a month. Since they don't have any major expenses at home, they've saved quite a bit.
This deprived everyone of the excitement they had hoped for, leaving them frustrated as they watched the Li and Ke families finalize their marriage.
They then excitedly declared that they would take time off work to escort the bride!
Anyone can put on a show. I've heard that many rural families care a lot about face. Even if they can't afford such a large dowry, they'll borrow from relatives and friends, go through the motions at the bride's house, and then take it back and return it!
Their enthusiasm made the Li family look uncomfortable.
The neighbors are just hoping things will be better for them.
Where do you find wedding processions with so many people? They'd eat the groom out of house and home.
The more uncomfortable the Li family felt, the more enthusiastic their neighbors became.
There's nothing they can do; the Li family always seems to be one step ahead of them in everything, and now they're even more likely to settle down in the provincial capital.
People are used to comparing their own strengths with the weaknesses of those who are better, in order to find inner balance.
The Li family is strange; all four members are prone to attracting negative attention!
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