Father Yao glanced at the words on the telegram. He was not very literate and only understood a few words, so he handed it to Chu Tian and whispered, "Chu Tian, take a look at what it means?"
Chu Tian smiled, took the telegram, read the words on it, and began to explain to Yao's father, "Dad, Li Zhiqing, no, it's Jianmin's parents who said that they can't come due to special reasons, but they won't treat their future daughter-in-law badly for their son's wedding. Also, the telegram said they sent a package..."
"In short, the general meaning is that they are very satisfied with Yao Xiuli and have no dissatisfaction."
Yao's father pointed at the telegram in disbelief, "Are you sure it says so many words? But, I don't think it has so many words..."
Chu Tian was happy, "Dad, the telegram was quite concise, and this is roughly what it means when translated."
Then he looked at Li Jianmin and said, "Jianmin, am I right?"
Li Jianmin nodded with a smile on his face, "Yes, Brother Chu Tian is right."
Yao's father took the telegram, looked around, and muttered, "Then why don't you just say it directly?"
Chu Tian explained with a smile, "Dad, telegrams are charged by the word. This word costs 7 cents..."
Yao's father was stunned, then quickly counted the words on the telegram and exclaimed, "7 cents per word? Then these 45 words would cost more than three yuan?"
Chu Tian smiled and said, "Not only that, symbols are also charged the same as words."
Father Yao, "..."
The next topic of conversation was about Li Jianmin and Yao Xiuli's marriage. Li Jianmin said that they would get engaged first, and after the engagement was over, he would ask Captain Sun to allocate a piece of land and build a few houses. He would not let Yao Xiuli live in a cave with him. What other new wives had, Yao Xiuli would have, and what she didn't have, he would also let her have. Yao's father was very satisfied with this.
At this time, Yao's mother outside the house pulled Yao Xiujuan to ask, "Xiujuan, this Li Jianmin, he..."
Yao Xiujuan didn't wait for her mother to finish her words before she hurriedly spoke, "Mom, he's really okay, and even Brother Tian said he's good..."
Yao's mother nodded, "Well, I still believe in my eldest son-in-law's vision..."
Yao Xiujuan smiled. She was actually still a little worried. It was just that Brother Tian had talked to her a lot last night. He talked about how Yao Xiuli married Li Zhiqing and she didn't know whether she would be happy in the future. But at least she was willing to marry him and was happy now.
But if I force her to marry the person she met on a blind date, I don’t know whether she will be happy in the future, but I know that she will definitely be unhappy at the moment...
The next day was Yao Youjun's engagement day. Chu Tian borrowed a carriage from the team and took everyone to the steel plant's staff dormitory to find Yao Youjun early in the morning.
When Yao's mother saw Yao Youjun, she couldn't help but ask, "Youjun, we've prepared the red dates, peanuts, walnuts, and other things, but what about the bicycle and watch? Have you bought them yet?"
Yao Youjun looked at Chu Tian, who was tying up the carriage, and smiled, "I want to wait for my brother-in-law to come and buy it together."
Chu Tian was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Let's go buy it now? Otherwise, don't delay going to Liu's house at noon."
Upon hearing this, Father Yao said, "You two go ahead, we'll wait in the friendly army's dormitory."
It was all agreed upon, so they just sat together and chose a wedding date that both parties were satisfied with from several dates chosen by both parties, had a happy meal, and that was it.
After seeing off the Yao family and others, Liu's mother began to check the things they brought. She nodded with satisfaction as she looked at them, thinking that whether or not there was money was one thing, but seeing that everything was fully prepared showed that they valued their daughter very much and were not just perfunctory.
At this time, Liu Jiali came over with the gift money that Yao's mother gave her before she left.
"Mom, look..."
When Liu's mother heard this, she turned around and saw Liu Jiali holding a small stack of money. She asked in surprise, "Jiali, what are you doing?"
Liu Jiali blinked and said, "It was given to me by a friendly soldier's wife. She said it was a gift..."
Director Liu, who was sitting on a chair smoking, looked up at Liu Jiali and asked, "How much?"
"I, I'm counting now."
As she spoke, Liu Jiali began to count. After a moment, she put her hands down and muttered, "Ninety-nine yuan and ninety-nine cents..."
Director Liu's hand trembled as he smoked, and he said in surprise, "Ninety-nine yuan and ninety-nine cents? That's a good number, it will last forever..."
Liu's mother nodded in agreement. "So much? I thought they would only give about twenty or thirty..."
"After all, we want a bicycle and a watch... By the way, the watch, are you buying a men's watch or a women's watch?"
After a pause, she quickly turned around to look for the watch box. She opened the watch box and saw a Shanghai brand women's watch lying quietly inside.
Liu Jiali blinked and asked, "Mom, is it a men's watch or a women's watch?"
Mother Liu smiled and said, "I was too petty. I thought they would buy men's watches, but they bought women's watches..."
Liu Jiali curled her lips when she heard this, "Mom, I've already told you, the friendly army's family is very kind, he definitely won't do anything that goes against his will!"
Mother Liu nodded helplessly, "Yes, yes, yes, I was wrong, I was too narrow-minded."
Before going to bed at night, Father Liu leaned on the bed, looked at Mother Liu who was soaking her feet and slowly said, "Jia Li's mother, since the Yao family gave so much as a betrothal gift, we can't give too little."
Mother Liu was stunned for a moment, then turned back to look at Father Liu, "We gave a men's watch as a dowry and a hundred yuan, isn't that too little?"
Father Liu pondered for a moment and said, "Give me two hundred! An even number sounds better!"
"Oh, right. It said two quilts were given as a dowry. Today, I heard from the Yao family that they were also preparing two quilts for the young couple. I felt that was not enough. You can ask the second son's wife to buy some more cotton, and our family will give four quilts as a dowry!"
Mother Liu thought for a moment and nodded, "I understand. I'll tell my second son's wife tomorrow and ask her to leave some cotton at the supply and marketing cooperative."
Father Liu nodded and said, "Give the watch ticket and the watch money to Jiali tomorrow morning. Aren't they planning to get their marriage certificate on Monday? After they get the certificate, they can go directly to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy it..."
"good····"
After Yao Youjun got engaged, Yao's father and mother stayed at Chu Tian's house for another two days, simply arranged the engagement between Yao Xiuli and Li Jianmin, and then returned home. As for Yao Xiuli, she continued to stay at Chu Tian's house.
On this side, Chu Jie, who had been working and rarely returned home, came back. After putting his luggage at home, he went directly to Chu Tian's house to see Old Mrs. Chu.
"grandmother····"
Old Madam Chu stared at Chu Jie's tanned face and frowned, "Why is your face so dark?"
Chu Jie touched his face and chuckled, "I've been helping our foreman recently, and I've been standing in the sun all the time, so I got a bit tanned."
Old Madam Chu looked at his face with disdain, "Is it a little dark? If you were any darker, I wouldn't recognize you!"
"By the way, why are you looking for me instead of spending time with your wife and children?"
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