When Lu Xiufen turned around and saw her son, she instantly found her support and became even more imposing.
"Weiguo, you're back just in time! Come and see what your good wife has been doing behind your back! She actually gave this good-for-nothing a whole fifty yuan! You couldn't earn that much in two months!"
As Lu Xiufen spoke, she reached out to snatch the money from Lin Chunying's hand.
Qiao Qiqi reacted quickly and immediately pulled Lin Chunying behind her.
Lu Xiufen, furious at failing to rob any money, slapped her thigh. "Look at them! They've been discovered, yet they still won't hand over the money! This mother and daughter are utterly lawless! If Lin Chunying continues to run this family, they'll squander it all sooner or later!"
As Qiao Weiguo watched Lu Xiufen's words become increasingly outrageous, he frowned and said, "Mother, what nonsense are you talking about? This money is what Chunying gave to Qiqi as her dowry."
"Nonsense!" Lu Xiufen immediately glared at her. "She's not getting married, what would she give..."
Halfway through her conversation, Lu Xiufen finally noticed that there was another outsider in the room.
Looking at Qin Huai standing inside the room, and then at Qiao Qiqi beside him, Lu Xiufen finally realized what was happening and asked incredulously, "You're not going to tell me that Qiao Qiqi is going to marry this poor boy, are you?"
Qiao Weiguo's face was grim. "Mother, although the Qin family is not doing well, they are a family of honor. You should watch your words."
Lu Xiufen didn't care about that!
Although she looked down on Qiao Qiqi, thinking that girls were just a waste of money and had a bad temper, and had always been at odds with her since childhood, she was still a member of the Qiao family and was already 18 years old this year. She had originally planned to marry Qiao Qiqi off and use the dowry to help Guozhu (her eldest son)'s eldest grandson get a wife.
Upon hearing that Qiao Qiqi was going to marry Qin Huai, this poor young man, Lu Xiufen immediately objected, "No way! I don't agree to this marriage!"
Fearing that Qiao Weiguo and Lin Chunying might make a mistake, Lu Xiufen suddenly softened her expression and said earnestly, "Qiqi has been raised by you since she was a child. Are you really willing to let her marry into such a poor family and suffer?"
Qiao Weiguo didn't like hearing these words.
“How could Qiqi have suffered in the past? Although the Qin family is poor, they have not mistreated Qiqi at all. They gave her the full dowry, exactly 100 yuan. Qiqi just showed it to me.”
"What? The Qin family gave a bride price of 100 yuan?" Lu Xiufen's eyes lit up. She originally thought that the Qin family couldn't even afford a bride price of 50 yuan, but when she saw that they gave 100 yuan, her eyes immediately lit up.
No one noticed that Qin Huai, who was standing at the back, suddenly paused when he heard about the 100 yuan dowry.
Suddenly, Lu Xiufen grabbed Qiao Qiqi's hand and said with a big smile, "I've always said that our Qiqi is a lucky child. She'll be blessed if she marries into the Qin family. Wang Guihua is big and strong and earns more work points than men every day. Plus, Qin Huai is also very capable. With two such capable laborers in the family, they can earn at least 50 yuan a month."
Qiao Qiqi saw the forced smile on Lu Xiufen's face and quickly pulled her hand back.
My gut feeling is that this old man has bad intentions.
Sure enough, Lu Xiufen's next words were, "Qiqi, look, your future is secure, but you can't just abandon your parents, right? You know our family's situation. Your father is the only one earning work points, yet he has to support the whole family, both the elderly and the young. So I think you shouldn't accept the dowry. Also, keep the bride price of fifty yuan! Consider it repayment for your parents' years of raising you."
Qiao Qiqi was practically dying of laughter!
Lu Xiufen's words sound nice, but while she says she should keep 50 yuan to give to her parents, she probably really wants to pocket that 50 yuan!
"Mother! What nonsense are you talking about?" Qiao Weiguo exploded, shouting, "Qiqi's dowry is all for her to keep for herself; we don't want a single penny!"
Although Lin Chunying didn't say anything, she also had an angry expression on her face.
However, Lu Xiufen did not think she was wrong at all, and instead felt that Qiao Weiguo was ungrateful.
"Who am I doing this for? It's all for you! You've been supporting this whole family all by yourself, and your hair has turned half white in the last few years. It breaks my heart!"
Deliberately emphasize the volume of the last four words.
Although Lu Xiufen spoke to Qiao Weiguo, her eyes were fixed on Qiao Qiqi, as if she would be unfilial and heartless if she uttered a single word of dissent!
Qiao Qiqi was almost dying of laughter at Lu Xiufen's absurd actions. Before Qiao Weiguo could speak, she preemptively asked, "So, Grandma, who do you think should receive this 50 yuan? Should it go to my dad or my mom?"
Lu Xiufen was quite clever; she immediately realized that this was a trap and didn't fall into it.
"Of course I think it would be best to give this money to your father, but he's too busy and it's easy for him to lose it if he carries it around. As for your mother... hmph!"
Thinking to himself, if this money were left with Lin Chunying, it would eventually end up being used to support Qiao Qiqi, that money-loser. Giving it to her would be the same as not giving it at all.
So Lu Xiufen immediately said, "I think it's better to keep this money here for Tianyou to use when he grows up and gets married."
His words were well-reasoned and seemed reasonable.
If Qiao Qiqi hadn't read the book and known that Lu Xiufen was an insatiable and extremely biased person, she probably would have been deceived by this old woman.
But she knew all too well what Lu Xiufen was thinking; she clearly wanted to use her dowry to subsidize her uncle's bloodsucking family!
As for promising to find a wife for her younger brother, that's a matter for several years from now. By then, Lu Xiufen will simply deny it, and Qiao Weiguo won't be able to do anything about it.
Fortunately, Qiao Weiguo wasn't so easily fooled. He immediately frowned and said, "Mother, Tianyou is only 14 years old this year. It will be several years before he gets married. His son will find a way to pay his bride price. Besides, who would use their daughter's bride price to subsidize their son? I would never do such a thing!"
Qiao Qiqi looked at Qiao Weiguo with emotion.
I just feel so unworthy to have such wonderful parents in both my past and future lives.
But Lu Xiufen was furious to see that her son was still stubborn despite all she had said.
"What can you do? You've worked your whole life and only saved a little money? Do you think money is so easy to accumulate? Anyway, I'm in charge of this matter. Qiao Qiqi's dowry must be reduced by 50 yuan, to be used for Tianyou's wedding!"
"Mother!" Qiao Weiguo's tightly furrowed brows never relaxed.
Just as he was about to try to persuade her again, Lin Chunying, who had been protected by Qiao Qiqi and hadn't said a word, suddenly stepped out, contrary to her usual behavior.
She, who had never contradicted Lu Xiufen in her entire life, now had bloodshot eyes and suddenly shouted, "I'm telling you this today, anyone who dares to touch my daughter's dowry, I'll fight them to the death!"
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