Traveling through time and space, wanting to lie down, but being forced to move forward

When Liu Jingxue walked near the ox cart with a backpack on her back, she found that except for Aunt Liu and Zhang Yingchun who were not going back by ox cart, the few people who came to the town by ox cart in the morning had already arrived.

A sharp-eyed aunt saw Liu Jingxue approaching from afar and shouted, "Liu Zhiqing is back, and you are the only one missing."

Liu Jingxue smiled and said, "I'm late. I made the aunts and sisters wait for so long."

"It's not late, it's not late. It's not time for you to go home yet." An old lady was worried that Liu Jingxue would feel embarrassed, so she hurried to comfort her.

Aunt Sufen looked at Liu Jingxue approaching and changed the subject with a smile, "Xiaoxue, you are quite fast.

We just got here not long ago, and you came back from the supply and marketing cooperative and the grain station after buying things."

An auntie whom I met not far from the supply and marketing cooperative said, "Yes, young educated youth Liu, you are really fast.

You haven’t visited the supply and marketing cooperative more often.

Look at us, we spent quite a while hanging out at the supply and marketing cooperative."

An auntie nearby laughed at her, "You didn't buy anything, you were just wandering around."

The teased aunt was not angry, and said confidently, "You have to spend money when you spend things.

Why shouldn't I save the money and use it to help my son get married in the future? Why should I spend it?

Besides, the supply and marketing cooperative has no rules that prohibit you from staying there unless you are buying anything.

I'll see if it's against the law."

She glanced sideways at the backpack carried by the man who was laughing at her.

"You're still blaming me, but you didn't buy anything yourself.

You spend as much time at the supply and marketing cooperative as I do.

You still have the nerve to say that to me."

The aunt who was retorted was not angry, she smiled and said, "You are allowed to wander around there, but others are not allowed to look at it.

But your boy is not even ten years old yet, and you are already thinking about saving money for him to get married.

You are so impatient to become a mother-in-law, you are a little too impatient."

"Hey, children grow up quickly. They look young now, but they grow up in the blink of an eye.

Even if we work in the fields, we can't save much money all year round. If we don't prepare now, it will be too late when he gets old."

The lady next to her nodded in agreement, "Guihua is right.

Look at the young people nowadays, they ask for dozens or hundreds of dollars in dowry and forty-eight legs to get married.

Especially for girls in the city, three turns and one ring are added.

At this rate, marrying a wife would cost several hundred yuan, and we rural people don’t have that much money.”

The old lady's words aroused the approval of the aunties and aunties present, and everyone spoke out in support.

"Back then, when we got married, we would wear a big red flower on our chest, carry our own spare clothes, and go to the husband's house.

He didn’t even have a new set of clothes, and the bride price was just a few kilograms of food.

We got married and have been living a happy life for all these years.

It’s nothing like the girls nowadays who are so precious and want this and that when they get married.”

"My son is already old enough, and I'm worried about how to get the money for the betrothal gift and the wedding."

“For us rural people, every family would suffer from famine for many years when a new daughter-in-law came into the family.

I don’t know what those girls are thinking, they want so much betrothal money, and after they get married, they still want her to pay it back.”

"This kind of thing is not something a girl can decide, it's all the requests of my parents.

Fortunately, if you meet someone who loves his daughter, you can get back not only a penny of the betrothal gift, but also more than half of it, and the dowry will also be generous.

If you meet those heartless people, not only will they not give any betrothal gift to your daughter to take to her husband's house, but they won't even give her a dowry.

A girl from such a family, when she marries into her husband's family, can she expect them to treat her well? "

An old lady looked at Wu Sufen who was silent on the side and said, "Sufen, your daughter Guiying is going to meet someone soon. How much do you plan to ask for as a betrothal gift and what dowry will you give her?"

These people were just criticizing the high dowry required for marrying a girl, so how could Wu Sufen say how much dowry she wanted at this moment?

But if she was asked to say that her family did not want a dowry, she couldn't say it.

Her family didn't ask for any dowry and just married the girl off. Her Guiying was so worthless.

She just saw that those who said those words were all young men of marriageable age at home, or young boys who would be looking for wives in two years.

They said this obviously in order to use their status as the captain's wife to get the bride price from the girls in the village.

Isn't this clearly a trap for yourself?

If their wish were fulfilled and the bride price was given, wouldn't everyone in the village who has a daughter hate her to death?

But since people had asked her the question, she couldn't help but answer. Wu Sufen was anxious and didn't know how to deal with the situation.

Liu Jingxue saw that Aunt Sufen looked troubled. Although she was a little confused as to why she was like that, she was obviously stumped by the man's question just now.

Since she arrived in the village, Aunt Sufen and her family have taken good care of her. Liu Jingxue didn't want to watch her get into trouble, so she spoke up to help her out.

"In fact, the amount of betrothal gifts cannot be generalized, and it also depends on the man's situation.

Think about it, aunties and aunties, if the man's family is particularly well off, no matter whether it is three turns and one ring, or forty-eight legs, it is not a big deal for them, and the woman's family will definitely ask for more dowry.

If the girl doesn't ask for any dowry, wouldn't it make her look too cheap to marry into the family?

Such a daughter-in-law is worthless in the eyes of her husband's family and will be looked down upon.

I'm afraid life will be difficult in my husband's family in the future.

The aunts and aunties would definitely not be happy to see their daughters, who they raised, end up in such a situation after marrying into their husband’s family.”

After hearing what Liu Jingxue said, the aunts and aunts who had daughters at home nodded in agreement.

"Liu Zhiqing is right. If the man's family has the conditions, it is reasonable to ask for this kind of gift.

Anyway, these things will be taken back as dowry, and we won’t keep them for ourselves.”

But there were still a few people who frowned and remained silent.

Liu Jingxue thought for a moment, but understood.

She continued hurriedly, "Of course, if the woman knows that the man's conditions are not good, but still asks for so much betrothal gifts, then she is going too far.

If you marry a daughter-in-law like this, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles in the future."

Sure enough, after hearing what Liu Jingxue said, the rest of the people's brows relaxed and their complexions looked better.

Wu Sufen quickly followed up on Liu Jingxue's words and said, "Xiaoxue is right. How to determine the betrothal gift still depends on the man's situation.

You suddenly asked me how much dowry my Guiying wants. I can't answer you right now.

As for the dowry, it depends on the gift from the man.

We can't have people sending a lot of betrothal gifts while our family's dowry is so meager. Isn't that a slap in the face of our village?

If this gets out, who would dare to marry a girl from our village?"