There were a total of 12 people at their table, and the table was full of dishes, which looked both meat and vegetable and were very rich.
Li Wei had been hungry for a long time, and she took a fancy to a bowl of mixed chicken slices. But as soon as I picked up the chopsticks, the thick vermicelli underneath was exposed. There were only a few pieces of meat in the entire bowl. This is a bit embarrassing, but fortunately she likes to eat vermicelli and is not picky about food.
Although she didn't have anything, the relatives of the Wang family rummaged around in the bowl with their chopsticks, and they didn't know what they were looking for after searching for a long time. The sound of eating was extremely loud, and it was too much for Li Wei, who had a good education since she was a child. She hurriedly finished her meal and got off the table.
Yulan's mother came over, pulled Li Wei and said: "You have eaten so quickly, why don't you eat more, there is still rice, do you want me to help you?"
Li smiled slightly and said, "Thank you, I've already eaten."
Li Jianping was drunk a lot by the male relatives of the Wang family. At this moment, his face was red and he was walking a little unsteadily.
After we had had enough wine and food, it was time to get down to business. Relatives from both sides gathered together. As Wang Yulan's father, Wang Jianguo was very interested in his daughter's marriage. He spoke calmly at this moment: "I have nothing to say to Jianping. The young man is smart and capable, and now he can do business. Marry Yulan to him. I agree. The two families have also decided on this matter. Today we will mainly talk about the betrothal gift. Our family does not have so many requirements. Of course, we still have to have the three major things in the early years. It’s not popular anymore, and our Wang family can keep up with the trend, and we don’t have many requirements. We should have a big color TV, a motorcycle, a washing machine, and a refrigerator. Your Li family has made a lot of money, so it should be easy to get these. "
Li Minghua murmured in his heart: This Jianguo also knows that the purchase of these three major items, such as a refrigerator, a washing machine, and a large color TV, will cost a lot of money.
"Jianguo, what you ask for is not cheap. It only costs ten to twenty thousand to buy it."
Wang Jianguo smiled and said: "Now that your family has overseas connections and has opened such a big store, ten thousand or twenty thousand is an easy thing. There is also a bride price. I did the math. Our family has raised Magnolia for 18 years, providing her with clothing and food. I don’t know how much it cost to support her education. How about giving her a round number and a gift of 20,000 yuan?”
"A gift of 20,000 yuan?" Everyone in the room was surprised. Yes, this number is indeed an astronomical figure for everyone.
Li Wei finally figured it out. The Wang family was asking for a lot of money.
Not only did she think so, Li Minghua and Liu Chunzhi were also dumbfounded when they heard this number. Li Minghua also said: "Jianguo, stop joking, tell a real number."
Wang Jianguo said seriously: "I'm not joking."
"20,000?" Liu Chunzhi said in surprise: "Three big items are not enough, we need 20,000. The total of these is almost 40,000. Our family can't afford that much now."
"Will your family have no money? Who would believe it?" Wang Jianguo chuckled.
What are these words? Li Wei said without hesitation: "Our family will provide a dowry of 20,000 yuan, plus three large gifts. So, Uncle Wang, how much dowry will your family give?"
Li Wei asked this question well. Liu Chunzhi just wanted to applaud her daughter.
Then Wang Jianguo thought to himself: When the elders are talking, why do you, a child, interrupt? He said slowly: "We have already planned the dowry. During the twelfth lunar month, we made four new beds of cotton wool. Each bed weighs four kilograms. Aren't the pots, pans, thermos bottles and the like all dowries?"
When everyone heard this, they realized that this was wrong. Take someone's 20,000 yuan as a bride price and give these as a dowry? The Wang family's dowry can be paid for with only about two hundred yuan.
"Oh, Jianguo is very smart, and he won't suffer any losses when doing business. Let's see, we really can't afford the 20,000 yuan gift. Our family doesn't have a big business, so we really can't afford that. We can take the 5,000 yuan gift, but we can't afford it. This is a request. We are giving these five thousand to Yulan. I hope she will bring it with her when she marries into our Li family. How about we not spend a cent of her money?"
Li Minghua's words made the Wang family quit, and Wang Jianguo's face looked as ugly as if the bottom of a pot had been wiped with ashes.
"Minghua, your family is indeed a businessman, and you are really prudent with money. You want to take back the gift you received. Forget it, our Wang family can't afford it, so please go ahead and ask for it."
What about the breakdown? Just because of the bride price? However, the Wang family's appearance is really disgusting. Even if they really become relatives in the future, the Wang family's appetite may not be enough. Stopping the loss in time is a great thing in Li Wei's opinion.
With this thought in mind, Li Wei looked at her eldest brother, wondering what her eldest brother was thinking at the moment. But Li Jianping stood up and went to pull Liu Chunzhi: "Mom, we are going back."
Things changed so quickly that Liu Chunzhi didn't recover for a while. Li Minghua also stood up and said, "Let's go back."
Li Wei also got up. At this point, a peacemaker should come out to adjust. Li Mingguo hurriedly went to pull his brother. Yulan's uncle also said: "What are you doing? Everything is easy to discuss. Sit down and talk slowly." . I think the two young people are quite matched. It’s a good thing. Don’t ruin a good marriage.”
When Liu Chunzhi heard the words "good marriage", she stopped again.
Uncle Yulan advised Wang Jianguo again: "Don't be angry if your future son-in-law is kicked out. Please say whatever you want and let's discuss it together."
The two families sat down again for Uncle Yulan's sake.
Then he brought up the issue of the betrothal gift. Yulan's uncle whispered a few words to Wang Jianguo, and Wang Jianguo said again: "Twenty thousand betrothal gifts are a bit too much, so you can bring me fifteen thousand, and Yulan will take it away. She is the betrothal gift." It’s impossible to bring it back to your home.”
"It's just five thousand, and we don't want your family's dowry." Before coming, the couple discussed three thousand, and now it can be increased to five thousand. The betrothal gift is also the first in the village, not to mention that in Li Minghua's opinion, this girl Wang Yulan is only so. I didn't even go to junior high school. Apart from being diligent, everything else was so-so.
The discussion between the two families about the bride price was similar to the haggling over the price of pork in the market. The Wang family was always willing to raise the price, and Li Minghua was unwilling to add more money. In his opinion, five thousand was already a high price.
Even if we disagree, we still can't talk about it. The two families were completely at odds.
Li Jianping blushed when he saw his parents arguing with relatives of the Wang family over their own affairs, and he couldn't bear it anymore: "I won't get married." After saying that, he walked out angrily.
Li Wei saw this and hurriedly followed her. She stopped Li Jianping and said, "Brother, have you thought about it?"
"I won't do it if I don't want to."
Li Wei wanted to say something else, but Wang Yulan ran out, took Li Jianping's hand, and said with tears in his eyes: "Brother Li, don't you want me anymore?"
"I can't afford it. I wish you a happy marriage in the future." Li Jianping said these words and turned around and left without the slightest thought.
Wang Yulan wanted to catch up again, but Li Wei stopped her, shook her head at Yulan and said, "Yulan, forget it. It seems that this is fate, let's get together and get away."
"Humph, what a good sister. You have never regarded me as a good sister!" Wang Yulan pulled Li Wei with snot and tears, but she had a sullen look on her face.
"Yulan, are you embarrassed? Come back!" Yulan's mother shouted in the yard.
(End of chapter)