"Meili, these are all prepared for you. The furniture will be placed directly in the new house when the time comes. We brought the rest with us."
Father Gu took out the things one by one.
There was a flash of joy in Mrs. Xu's eyes because the Gu family gave so much betrothal gifts.
That’s good. This shows that the daughter is valued and that her family is not being held hostage by anyone because she was pregnant before marriage and no dowry is being withheld.
This made Mrs. Xu breathe a sigh of relief.
Old Master Xu was also very satisfied. The Gu family was indeed well-off.
"You've seen our family's situation. It's nothing compared to yours, but we definitely won't skimp on our daughter's dowry. We'll give all the things you mentioned back to Meili."
"We only have one daughter in our family, and we've already separated. Meili's betrothal gift has already been prepared by us. We gave her a dowry of 200 yuan each. It's not much, but it's a token of our appreciation as parents."
Mr. Xu also stated his family's position that they would not keep a single cent of the betrothal money given by the Gu family.
When Mrs. Gu heard what Mr. Xu said, her expression improved a lot.
Fortunately, the Xu family was pretty good. They did not keep the betrothal gift for themselves and even gave their daughter a dowry.
Although these two hundred yuan are far from their family's six hundred and sixty-six, it is still not a small amount of money in the countryside.
Even in the city, not many families are willing to give their daughters a dowry of 200 yuan.
"Haha... my dear relatives, then we have a deal. All that remains is to prepare the banquet. Let's set a date." Father Gu was very satisfied with the Xu family's attitude.
I thought there would be nothing left of the betrothal money. The Xu family is quite kind and truly loves their daughter.
So the two families set a date for the wedding.
Jiang Yuzhu and Xu Lei received a letter from their hometown and were still wondering what was going on.
I didn’t expect that it was Xu Meili who got married.
Jiang Yuzhu took the letter and couldn't believe that Xu Meili was actually getting married.
It's quite surprising.
"Let's have a beautiful wedding..." Jiang Yuzhu looked at Xu Lei.
After all, Xu Meili is Xu Lei's biological sister, and she doesn't want to make decisions for Xu Lei on this matter.
Xu Lei was silent for a moment. "My vacation is over. I can't go back this time. I'll write a letter home and send five dollars."
"Stop going back and forth."
Xu Lei naturally knew that his wife and younger sister did not get along well. He could not go back, and he did not want to make his wife suffer.
Before he got married, he had home leave every year. Now that he is married, the leave is only once every four years.
He took leave this year to visit his family, and later got married, so he took a lot of temporary leave and can't take any more.
"Okay, I'll do as you say."
Jiang Yuzhu didn't want to go back either. What was there to do if she went back? To quarrel with them.
In fact, she was quite curious about what kind of family Xu Meili had found.
"Yuzhu."
There were shouts coming from outside the yard.
"Mrs. Zhang, come in and talk." It was Captain Zhang Junfeng's wife calling Jiang Yuzhu outside the door.
"Did I interrupt your chat?" Zhang's sister-in-law walked in with a smile. The young couple looked so sweet, spending the whole day together. It was really enviable.
"Sister-in-law, look at you, you're even teasing me."
"Okay, enough kidding. I came here because I wanted to ask you for help. I just wanted to buy a fish, but you know my cooking skills. I'm not going to waste a good thing, so I came here to ask you for help."
Mrs. Zhang brought back two fish specially to satisfy the children's cravings.
Thinking that Jiang Yuzhu’s cooking is delicious, I asked her for some advice.
"That's nothing. Come on, I'll go with you to take a look." Jiang Yuzhu put on her clothes and was about to go out with Zhang's sister-in-law.
"Hey, wait a moment." Xu Lei called Jiang Yuzhu.
"What's the matter, Captain Xu? Are you worried? Don't worry, I will definitely send you back safely." Mrs. Zhang laughed when she saw Xu Lei's worried look.
"I'm not worried. Why should I be worried about going to my sister-in-law's house?"
After saying that, Xu Lei put his military coat on Jiang Yuzhu and said, "It might snow tonight and it will be cold. Put this on."
Jiang Yuzhu tugged at her military coat; it was so heavy.
"I see."
The two of them went to Zhang's house arm in arm.
"I really didn't realize that Captain Xu is like this now that he has a wife." Mrs. Zhang found it hard to imagine that Xu Lei was not like this to girls before, and he made many girls cry.
Xu Lei has been in the army for so many years, how could there not be any young girls showing interest in him? Xu Lei himself has good conditions. He is handsome, tall and has long legs. He has been promoted step by step relying on his military achievements.
Everyone knows that Captain Xu is a potential stock.
But how did Xu Lei treat the girl? He told her with a cold face not to appear in front of him again and delay his training.
"Sister-in-law, please tell me about it." Jiang Yuzhu looked at Zhang's sister-in-law with a smile.
Seeing my sister-in-law like this, I knew something.
The two of them walked into the Zhang family yard with smiles on their faces.
"Hello, Auntie." The two children greeted Jiang Yuzhu.
"Zhang Wei and Zhang Qiang are both at home. Today, auntie will teach your mother how to cook fish. I guarantee you will like it." Jiang Yuzhu thought that children all like to eat fish, especially braised ones, so she decided to make braised fish.
"That must be delicious." The two children nodded with a smile.
The fish my mother cooked was not tasty. They didn’t like it because it had a fishy smell.
Aunt Jiang’s cooking is delicious. She must have taught Mom, so today’s fish must be delicious.
"You two are lucky to be following Uncle Xu. I will ask your Aunt Jiang for advice in the future to avoid you two always complaining that my cooking is not tasty."
"You don't know, but recently our family has mostly been eating food from the cafeteria, which has spoiled the appetites of these two greedy cats." Zhang's sister-in-law saved a lot of trouble and didn't have to cook for every meal.
"I'll teach you more when I have time. Just tell me what you want to learn. It's more convenient and flexible than eating in the cafeteria anyway."
Jiang Yuzhu likes Zhang's sister-in-law very much. She is straightforward and says what she means without beating around the bush.
"Okay, then I'll shamelessly take advantage."
"What's the big deal?"
Jiang Yuzhu taught Zhang's sister-in-law everything from how to process the fish, the reasons for doing so, what flavor to make today, and the methods and steps.
"Oh my goodness, it takes so much effort. No wonder the food you cook is so delicious. It's not good to be so particular."
Following Jiang Yuzhu's instructions, Mrs. Zhang pulled out the fishing line herself, cut the fish with a knife, and fried the fish in a pan.
The Zhang family naturally couldn't waste oil like Jiang Yuzhu, so they only put in two spoonfuls, just frying it.
Jiang Yuzhu handed the prepared sauce to Zhang's sister-in-law.
"Hey, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so ugly all of a sudden? Are you feeling unwell?"
Mrs. Zhang turned around and saw that Jiang Yuzhu looked very bad. She quickly put down what she was holding and came to see Jiang Yuzhu.
"Sister-in-law, I'm fine, fish...don't get mushy."
"Hey, forget about it for now. Zhang Wei, Zhang Qiang, go call your Uncle Xu."
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