Eating melons and raising children in the period literature

"It sounds nice, but you just want to use the gift we gave you to buy your dowry. Am I right? In the end, you just want us to pay for it and provide the tickets."

The woman squinted her eyes, full of contempt, as if she could see into other people's hearts

Others also thought it made sense, and Yang Qingqing was really convinced. Why couldn't they use their brains?

Why do we have to believe whatever others say? Can't we think about it ourselves?

"Our family is different from what you think. I heard in the village before that my sister-in-law and her family plan to bring their children to the county supply and marketing cooperative and buy bicycles first. This will help my niece find a suitable in-law family."

Yang Qingqing said this with a smug look on her face, as if it were real. She took the opportunity to come over and help Ma Dasao up, and gave her the 120 yuan and a bicycle ticket she had prepared through the space.

Before she could react, Yang Qingqing continued, "I'm right, right? That's what everyone in our village says. You came to the supply and marketing cooperative today to buy a bicycle. I see they don't believe it, why don't you take it out and let them see it, so they don't have to ask you to prove it later."

Mrs. Ma was dumbfounded at this moment. She and her daughter did not come to the county town to buy a bicycle. She just brought Yinping here to buy a piece of cloth to make her a new dress so that they could look better in the future.

After all, clothes make the man, and saddles make the horse, so as to avoid those matchmakers saying unreliable things to Yinping, and also affect the reputation of their Yinping.

They didn’t expect that they would encounter the same bad things as before just after arriving in the county town. They kept saying that they had never seen such a scene before and they were taken advantage of for a while.

Later, there was no way to refute it. If Yang Qingqing hadn't suddenly appeared, Ma Yinping would probably have been dragged to get a marriage certificate.

But now after hearing what Qingqing said, she didn't know what to do, so she subconsciously took out the thing Yang Qingqing had just stuffed into her.

Yang Qingqing was pleased to see Ma Dasao cooperate so well, so she asked

"Sister-in-law, is this the bicycle money and ticket? I have never seen it before. Open it quickly and let them see it."

When Yang Qingqing handed it to her, she thought of how people now like to use handkerchiefs to hold valuable items.

So Yang Qingqing did just that. She couldn't find a handkerchief for a while, so she used the coral fleece rag that she bought later to wrap it up. It looked pretty similar.

Ma Dasao's hands are shaking now. She doesn't know what will be inside, and she can't hold it steady for a moment.

Yang Qingqing knew that Ma Dasao was unsure, after all, she hadn't talked to them, so she took it and opened it directly.

I saw twelve ten-dollar bills and a brand new bicycle ticket inside.

As for bicycle tickets, this is a welfare provided by Yang Qingqing's unit during the Spring Festival. Not everyone in their department has one.

Yang Qingqing had been here for a few years, and it was her turn. She had a ticket this year. She had thought of pretending to save money for a few months so she could buy herself a bicycle.

Now she just happened to encounter such a thing, and she couldn't think of any good solution for a while, so she thought of this one and used it.

The people around them looked at the contents of the handkerchief and had new ideas about the family conditions of the Ma family mother and daughter.

But the Wei family was not happy about this. This just proved that they were selling their daughter. After all, there were only a few families in the county who could provide bicycles for their daughters to get married.

The Wei family members looked even more gloomy, but Yang Qingqing didn't let them go. "Did you see clearly? Our family will give you a small amount of money. Don't flatter yourself. Are you sure you heard what we said at that time? Hmm?"

Seeing that things had come to this point, Wei Mengwei no longer wanted to think about anything else and just wanted to go back quickly. Even if he couldn't marry Ma Yinping, he could still marry someone else. If his reputation was ruined and he couldn't find a wife, it would be a big loss. "Maybe we made a mistake. Let's talk to the matchmaker when we get back."