Xiao Zheng and An Hua were both a little surprised. It was rare that Geng Biao could give two taels of betrothal gifts after buying so many things.
The three turns and one sound, thirty legs, and seventy-two legs that are well known to later generations were actually things that happened seventy generations later. The current social trend is to advocate frugality, and marriage generally involves the "four one-piece processes", namely, a bed, a washbasin, a spittoon, and a kettle.
Even if Geng Biao's financial situation was not bad, it would cost him at least two hundred thousand yuan to buy all these things, which was not a small amount.
Xiao Zheng was even more satisfied with Geng Biao. He smiled and patted his shoulder, "Not bad, you are not a stingy person. You are a bit like me."
An Hua looks at her husband Xiao Zheng.
Xiao Zheng: "Is what I said wrong? Do you think I'm stingy?"
An Hua smiled and glared at him, "No, you are very generous."
Xiao Zheng was very generous to her and the children and never asked her about her spending.
Xiao Zheng asked Geng Biao again: "What about the date? Has it been decided?"
Geng Biao: "What Fangfang and I agreed on is to try to get things done before the holiday..."
As they were talking, Xiao Xiaocui, who was eavesdropping in the corner, was dumbfounded.
What kind of divine partner did the mute aunt find? He is so rich! So generous!
In the countryside, those men with good conditions would at most give a few dozen kilograms of food and a dozen or twenty yuan as a dowry when they marry a wife. It is more common to only give a few yuan as a dowry!
The man she fell in love with before she left home, she was satisfied with everything about him. He was handsome and the only son in the family. It was said that when they got married, her two sisters would each contribute ten dollars, which would total ten dollars. Her father would add another ten dollars, so the total would be one dollar.
Spending only a few bucks to get married is a very prestigious event in the entire society!
Xiao Xiaocui rubbed her chest in fear. Fortunately, she heard that her mute aunt had found a partner in the city. She felt unwilling and on a whim she ran to her third uncle, and only then did she see the world.
Now when I think about my past self, I was just a country girl who knew nothing! Just a few bucks blinded her eyes!
While Xiao Xiaocui became more and more determined that she could not go, the letter that Xiao Zheng sent back to his hometown also fell into Xiao Tieniu's hands.
Xiao Tieniu had attended literacy classes and could understand simple letters. After reading the letter, he slammed the table and his face turned blue with anger.
Mrs. Xiao asked, "Whose letter is this? Look how angry you are."
Xiao Tieniu: "Besides Xiao Tiezhu, who else can make me angry?"
Mrs. Xiao exclaimed, "Why didn't he send the letter to Dad, but to you?"
Xiao Tieniu slammed the table twice again, "He said that I made a wrong calculation. It would be useless even if I pushed Cui'er to him. He wouldn't care. He told us to call Cui'er over quickly. Otherwise, Cui'er would just stay there and waste her youth!"
Mrs. Xiao was relieved after hearing this, "Cui'er must have gone to her uncle's place." She sighed again, "This girl has her own ideas. I can't control her."
Xiao Tieniu started to curse: "It's all because of you that she has become lawless! A girl has no shame and runs to someone else's house to stay with him. You have brought shame to me!"
Mrs. Xiao had a different opinion. "He is her own uncle. What's wrong with Cui'er going there? Can Xiao Tiezhu really kick his niece out? If he really kicks her out, not only will he lose his reputation in his hometown, but even his neighbors in the city will talk about him behind his back."
Xiao Tieniu pointed at Xiao Dasao and said, "You still don't understand what this means, do you? Cui'er went there, and Xiao Tiezhu thought it was me who asked Cui'er to go there, and I was the one who was pestering him to help Cui'er. Look at what he said in the letter, he looked down on me!!!"
As he said this, Xiao Tieniu even wiped away his tears, he was really heartbroken.
But his sadness was not for any other reason, but because he felt he had lost face.
Mrs. Xiao couldn't understand Xiao Tieniu's thoughts. What was shameful about it? According to her idea, if she wanted her third brother to support the children in the family, she had to be shameless and humble. Xiao Tieniu was the opposite. He valued face more than anything else and acted arrogantly when asking for help.
Oh, that’s not right. Xiao Tieniu never asks anyone for help. He only hopes that others will come and beg him for help.
Xiao Tieniu said, "Hurry up and think of a way to call Cui'er over. Otherwise, her father will have no face to live anymore and will just jump into the creek in front of the village."
Mrs. Xiao muttered, "That little ditch can't drown anyone..."
"What are you whispering about, bitch?"
"...Nothing."
"Think of a solution quickly!"
Mrs. Xiao didn't want to ask her daughter to come. She felt that even if her third brother said that he would not help to raise her daughter, as long as she was in the city, she might encounter some opportunities, such as being noticed by a city dweller and being hired as a daughter-in-law... Mrs. Xiao was confident in her daughter's appearance.
But she was used to men making decisions, and she couldn't beat Xiao Tieniu.
"Why not tell her that the Qi family is willing to pay an extra ten yuan for the betrothal gift, and let her come back to continue discussing the marriage?"
Xiao Tieniu shook his head, "No, since this girl has run away, it means you don't like her that much."
Mrs. Xiao said angrily, "Then I can't think of a solution."
Xiao Tieniu thought for a while in silence, then said, "Just tell her that her grandmother is dying and is worried about her, and ask her to come and see her as soon as possible."
Mrs. Xiao immediately started to get angry, "Xiao Tieniu, you are treated well by my mother, why don't you curse her to death!"
Xiao Tieniu said confidently, "How did I curse her? I was just trying to trick Cui'er! Cui'er has been close to her grandmother since she was a child. Besides, your mother has been sick a lot these two years, and Cui'er has to go see her every time. If it weren't for this excuse, how else could I trick Cui'er into coming here? That girl is just like me, she's smart."
Is he smart? He is the stupidest person in the world!
Mrs. Xiao cursed for a while, "Do you have to let her come? As a father, how can you cheat your daughter like this?"
"I cheated her?" Xiao Tieniu said with his neck stiff, "She cheated me! The unfilial girl took her father's face to her uncle in the city and rubbed it under his feet!"
Mrs. Xiao suddenly felt tired, so she turned away, not wanting to say another word to Xiao Tieniu.
Xiao Tieniu didn't care. He was thinking about the recent farm work in his mind and calculating when he would be free so that he could go to the county in person to send a telegram to Xiao Xiaocui.
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