Seeing Gu Qinghan follow Wen Nuan into the supply and marketing cooperative without looking back, Gu Qingsong turned back to Lin Meizhi.
He was originally dejected, but after knowing that Gu Qinghan had returned home, he became much more energetic and said to Lin Meizhi with confidence: "Meizhi, don't worry, my brother is back from the army, I will definitely find a way to get the gift money together. You don't have to be in a cold war with your parents, they are doing this for your own good."
Lin Meizhi bit her lip, her tone a little helpless: "Qingsong, actually I don't want you to have so much pressure. After all, I am going to marry you. If I clean up your house now, our lives will not be easy in the future. But my parents..." As she spoke, she choked with grievance.
Gu Qingsong couldn't bear to see his beloved woman sad, so he hugged her in his arms regardless of the fact that they were still outside, and whispered to her, "It's okay, your parents are just worried that you will be wronged if you marry into our family. Didn't you say that? Half of the gift money will be returned to you as a dowry, which is not too much."
Gu Qingsong thought for a moment and then said, "Besides, my brother gave my sister-in-law's family a gift of more than 100 yuan, but her family didn't bring back a penny as a dowry, only two broken wash basins!"
After hearing what Gu Qingsong said, Lin Meizhi felt much better and said with a smile, "You can't say that about your sister-in-law. We will all live under the same roof in the future. We just need to live our lives well."
Gu Qingsong kissed Lin Meizhi on the forehead and said with a smile: "Meizhi, it's great to meet you."
After hearing what Lin Meizhi said, Gu Qingsong felt warm in his heart and once again felt that he had met a rare good woman.
When "Wen Nuan" didn't want to go to the countryside and planned to marry Gu Qinghan, he strongly opposed this marriage.
Facts have proved that "Wen Nuan" is indeed not suitable to be married home as a wife. Not only is she lazy and gluttonous, but she also has a bad temper and is overbearing.
Fortunately, his brother is in the army and doesn't have to face her every day, otherwise it would be really uncomfortable to marry such a wife.
However, when he thought about Lin Meizhi marrying into his family in the future, he became a little worried that Wen Nuan would target her.
Gu Qingsong didn't know what he was thinking of, and he promised Lin Meizhi: "Meizhi, I promise you, when you marry into my family in the future, I will never let you suffer the slightest bit of grievance!"
Lin Meizhi nodded absentmindedly and sighed, "Let's talk about this later. You should find a way to get the gift money together as soon as possible. If you can't do it before the New Year, I'm afraid my parents will be really angry."
"Yes, sir. I will get it done as soon as possible!"
*
Gu Qinghan over there looked around before she found Wen Nuan. She took her child to queue up at the pork stall. Because she didn't use a sling, it was a bit difficult for her to hold the seven-month-old child.
Gu Qinghan walked over and prepared to hug the child, but the little guy didn't know if he was holding a grudge about the injection today. When he saw him coming, he hugged his warm neck and buried his head in it, refusing to let him hug him.
Wen Nuan saw Gu Qinghan coming over so quickly, so she subconsciously asked, "Are you done talking so soon?"
Wen Nuan probably guessed that the reason why Gu Qingsong was so anxious to find Gu Qinghan was definitely because of the betrothal money. Moreover, Gu Qingsong had just been arguing with Lin Meizhi, maybe they were arguing about the betrothal money.
Gu Qinghan came back so soon. Could it be that he immediately agreed to help Gu Qingsong get the gift money for him
It's not impossible. After all, Gu Qinghan is a good man, a truly good man. The original book says that he sends his monthly allowance back home and is selfless in the army.
Gu Qingsong opened his mouth. He probably wouldn't refuse.
Gu Qinghan turned his head to look at her, and seeing that her expression was calm, he replied, "No, I'll tell you when we get back."
"Oh." Wen Nuan had nothing else to say, so she said, "Then there's no rush."
The two fell silent again. Gu Qinghan tried several times to help hold the child, but the child didn't want him.
The little guy is already more than 20 kilograms, and it is inevitable that her hands will be sore after holding him for a long time. Wen Nuan even regretted letting Gu Qinghan hold him while he was getting the injection. As a result, he is fine now and the child is sticking to her again!
Gu Qinghan looked at the long line, and Wen Nuan beside him seemed a little tired. After thinking for a while, he said, "Why don't you take the kids home first, and I'll line up."
Wen Nuan was indeed a little tired, and she touched the child's diaper and found it was wet, so she decided to go back and change the diaper first.
"Then I'll take the child back first and change the diaper by the way." Wen Nuan looked at the line, which was indeed quite long.
Seeing Wen Nuan turning around and leaving, Gu Qinghan thought for a moment and then raised his voice to ask, "Do you want to eat anything?"
Wen Nuan heard the man's voice and turned her head subconsciously. She thought for a few seconds and smiled: "How about you buy some candy later?"
This candy will be very useful in the future, so buy some and keep it in reserve.
Gu Qinghan met her smiling eyes and nodded woodenly: "Okay."
Gu Qingsong over there had been guarding the door of the supply and marketing cooperative. When Wen Nuan came out, he felt a little strange.
But seeing Wen Nuan holding the child and walking towards the family compound, he felt that it was even better. After all, he didn't want Wen Nuan to interfere in the matter of the gift money.
Women are always jealous of each other. It would be terrible if Wen Nuan was jealous of Mei Zhi and didn't let the eldest brother help him!
Because Gu Qingsong worked the night shift, he waited for a long time but Gu Qinghan didn't come out of the supply and marketing cooperative, so he took a nap under a tree by the roadside. When he woke up, there were not many people in the supply and marketing cooperative.
Gu Qingsong rushed home without stopping, but when he got home, Gu Qinghan was busy cooking and had no time to pay attention to him.
He finally found the opportunity to talk to Gu Qinghan about the gift money after Wen Nuan took the child to a nap.
"Brother, I've already told you about Meizhi and I in the letter. Now their family wants a 200 yuan gift money, and I'm still short of 100 yuan. Can you help me?"
Gu Qingsong has always respected this elder brother and admired him. He thought he was smart and capable. In the past, when he couldn't make up his mind about many things, Gu Qinghan would always give him advice.
It can be said that Gu Qinghan always responds to requests regarding family matters.
This time when Gu Qinghan came back from the army, he was full of confidence. He felt that his elder brother would definitely be able to help him settle the matter, so that he could marry Meizhi home earlier.
Gu Qinghan was squatting by the public well in the family compound, scrubbing the child's diaper that had been changed that morning. He listened to Gu Qingsong's words but did not respond.
Seeing Gu Qinghan's silence, Gu Qingsong became a little anxious, and patiently explained: "Although two hundred yuan is a lot, Meizhi said that when we get married, their family will return half of it to our family as a dowry."
Gu Qinghan stopped what he was doing and looked over slightly, "If that's the case, why don't you just give me a hundred yuan as a gift?"
Gu Qingsong sighed and said in a muffled voice: "Brother, didn't you give sister-in-law a gift of more than 100 yuan? The Lin family said that Meizhi's gift can't be less than sister-in-law's, otherwise she will marry here in the future..."
Before he finished speaking, Gu Qinghan's cold eyes swept over him, looking at him calmly, and suddenly sneered: "Then why does she have so much more than your sister-in-law?"
Then she continued to wash the clothes in the enamel basin.
Gu Qingsong was stunned for a moment, and it took him a long time to realize that Gu Qinghan was going to reject him.
Moreover, he seemed a little angry.
Gu Qingsong was so anxious that his face turned red. He quickly added, "Brother, think of that hundred yuan as a loan from you. I will pay it back to you as soon as I get married to Meizhi."
Gu Qinghan paused while washing clothes, then turned to look at him and said, "This is not a matter of money."
Then, he stood up holding the enamel plate and warned, "Go and tell the Lin family that the maximum is 120 yuan, no more."
When Gu Qingsong heard this, his eyes almost turned white and he fainted!
Gu Qinghan's words just now clearly showed that he wanted to protect Wen Nuan. The gift money he gave to Wen Nuan was 120 yuan.
Now I’m here to warn him that the gift money he gives to Lin Meizhi cannot be higher than Wen Nuan’s.
But who is Wen Nuan, and who is his Mei Zhi
Wen Nuan is just a lazy and evil-hearted woman who framed her elder brother for marriage just to avoid going to the countryside!
Meizhi is a good woman that is hard to find even with a lantern. She is beautiful, kind-hearted, hardworking and capable. He finally won her over with great difficulty. How can Wen Nuan compare with Meizhi
No wonder his mother often says that big brother is blinded by greed!
He didn't realize it before, but now he finally sees it. He doesn't know what kind of magic potion that woman has given to his brother!
*
The warmth in the room was due to the child's vaccinations, which woke him up from time to time and he couldn't fall asleep. He just happened to hear the whole conversation between the two brothers.
I thought Gu Qinghan would help Gu Qingsong with the gift money without hesitation, but I didn't expect that he was not so "confused". I didn't expect that he actually considered her in this matter.
Although it was Gu Qingsong's business how much gift money he was willing to give, if the gift money was not enough, Gu Qinghan had to make up the difference, and he had to say that it was for Lin Meizhi's future status after she married into the family.
Did they take her seriously
For some reason, she felt a little happy when she heard Gu Qinghan rejected Gu Qingsong.
From this point of view, if she follows Gu Qinghan into the army in the future, she won't feel more wronged than if she stays here.
Wen Nuan turned to the side and fell asleep happily holding her daughter in her arms.
Gu Qingsong didn't get a good sleep the whole day because Gu Qinghan refused to help, and he was still a little angry when he had to go to work at night.
Especially when he saw Wen Nuan smiling, he got even more angry and found it extremely annoying.
Wen Nuan pretended to know nothing and sat at the dining table feeding the little guy a lot of dumplings.
At night, Wen Nuan put the child to sleep early.
The man was still washing clothes in the patio. She pricked up her ears to listen to the noise outside. When Gu Qinghan took the child's enamel basin back to the room, Wen Nuan called him.
"I want to discuss something with you."
Gu Qinghan paused, the yellowish light illuminating his resolute and handsome profile, making him look less serious than usual.
"you say."
Wen Nuan stood up from her bed, looked at him and said seriously, "I want to take my child with me to join the army."
There was a moment of silence in the room, and Wen Nuan even slowed down her breathing, waiting for Gu Qinghan's answer.
The man was silent for a while and suddenly raised his head to look at her, then looked past her at the gurgling little kid, his eyes softened.
"good."