Ancestors, I told you to seduce the villains, not to turn evil.

"If I hadn't been attracted to your face, do you think I would have married you?"

The woman clearly looked like the head of the household, and the man immediately nodded after she finished speaking.

"That's true, I was indeed good-looking back then."

His family was poor, but he managed to marry a wife because of his good looks.

His wife is good at managing money, and now the family's life is much better than before.

Men may not know much else, but they know one thing: to listen to their wives.

So whatever his wife says goes.

Seeing his dumbfounded expression, the woman couldn't help but roll her eyes again.

"Silly."

The man immediately chuckled.

Fei Huainan silently memorized the words the man used to coax his wife.

Just then, the village chief walked over from a distance, learned about the situation, and immediately spoke up to smooth things over.

"It's nothing. Cai Xin lives in town. The snow was so thick last night that you couldn't even ride a bicycle. He probably walked here early this morning."

"It only takes a little over two hours to walk from the town to the village, but it snowed yesterday and the road is difficult to travel. It will take at least four hours, let alone two hours."

"It's already quite remarkable that Cai Xin was able to walk all the way to the engagement ceremony."

Since it was someone else's wedding day, everyone offered a lot of auspicious words.

Cai Xin's complexion improved somewhat.

He is the kind of person who values ​​face very much, especially on an engagement day, when he should have made a grand entrance.

For this day.

He specifically asked his mother to find someone to calculate an auspicious day, but after all the calculations, they came up with this awful weather.

He walked for four hours, and his legs were about to give out.

The snow on the road was thick and heavy; once you stepped in, you couldn't pull yourself out. He was covered in sweat, carrying things in his hands, and also had to take care of his parents.

Even while walking, because the snow was so thick, I couldn't see the road clearly and missed several steps.

Once, I fell directly from the road into the field below, getting a mouthful of snow and getting my clothes dirty.

My carefully styled hair from this morning has been blown into a messy, frizzy mess by the north wind that's been blowing all the way here.

Cai Xin felt very uncomfortable, but fortunately the village chief was perceptive and helped him out of the predicament.

No one meant any harm, and they politely said a few auspicious words.

The village chief then looked at Cai Xin and said, "Officer Cai, let's go in!"

Cai Xin doesn't have much power, but he's part of the county leadership team, and the village chief inevitably has to trouble him with some things. It's important to maintain a good relationship with him now.

The village chief and Cai Xin entered the courtyard.

Upon hearing the news, Liu's father and mother immediately put down what they were doing and came out to greet him.

Xu Manman was somewhat surprised when she saw Liu's father.

She thought Liu's father was a typical rural man, with dark skin, strong, and used to working in the fields.

Unexpectedly, it wasn't like that. Liu's father had a refined and scholarly appearance, wore glasses, and looked very cultured.

Looking at this person, you would never guess that he is an extremely snobbish person at heart.

After all, a person with a conscience would never deny the arranged marriage on the very first day after Fei Huainan's incident.

They wouldn't arrange a marriage for their daughter the very next day.

When Liu's parents saw that the village chief had come, they were even more satisfied with Cai Xin as their son-in-law.

Regarding the bride price, considering Cai Xin's work, they asked for less, and in the end, they only asked for 110 yuan.

The matchmaker is right. The Cai family only has one son, so in the future, everything in the Cai family will be left to the young couple.

Liu's mother happily agreed.

Liu Minhua was somewhat unhappy, wondering why she should ask for less.

Xu Manman originally asked for a dowry of 300 yuan, so asking for 200 yuan is already very low for her.

In the end, Liu's mother persuaded her to stop.

How can Fei Huainan be compared to Cai Xin? Fei Huainan is disabled, while Cai Xin is healthy and has a job. Ten Fei Huainans couldn't compare.

Let alone a dowry of 300, even if it were 500, what good daughter would want to marry a cripple?

Only Xu Manman's stepmother, who only cares about money, doesn't care whether Xu Manman lives or dies.

Liu Minhua felt a little better after hearing her mother say that, and then agreed to the bride price of 110 yuan.

Liu's mother was a boastful person, and the arranged marriage between their children was something that everyone in the family talked about and knew about.

It's like Fei Huainan refusing to marry Liu Minhua is considered ungrateful.

The same applies to Cai Xin this time.

As soon as the two got engaged, Liu's mother made a big fuss that the whole village knew about it.

Everyone knows that Liu Minhua has a boyfriend who is a leader.

Today, they came here to see what kind of engagement gifts a leader would give when getting engaged.

The typical engagement gift consisted of a bottle of wine and a piece of meat.

Two boxes of pastries, a pack or two of noodles, and some wedding candy.

This is something that most people would bring.

It should cost around fifteen yuan, that should be about right.

As for the high-end configuration, there's no upper limit.

Like the village chief's son-in-law, who got married last year.

The son-in-law brought a bottle of wine when he visited; it was a good wine that cost seven yuan a bottle.

The large piece of pork, which reportedly weighed ten pounds, cost seven yuan and fifty cents.

Four boxes of pastries cost twelve yuan, two packs of noodles cost two yuan each, and three jin of wedding candy cost a little over three yuan each.

It cost a total of thirty yuan.

This is considered a very good engagement gift in the village.

Anyway, there are no specific regulations on the engagement gift, but it should be at least around fifteen yuan, and for a slightly better one, it should be around twenty yuan.

No matter how much is given, it's all from the in-laws' hearts. But the more the in-laws prepare, the more they value their future daughter-in-law.

The more respect a mother-in-law's family receives, the more prestigious they become.

Liu's mother also looked at Cai Xin expectantly. Her son-in-law was a leader, so he must have been well-informed. It would be a good opportunity to show everyone how good her daughter's partner was.

Don't bring up that arranged marriage again; she really doesn't like hearing about it.

Fei Huainan is a good-for-nothing; how could he be worthy of her daughter!

Cai Xin was unaware of Liu's mother's thoughts.

His hands and feet were frozen stiff. When he saw Liu's mother, he immediately handed over the things he had been carrying all the way.

When Liu's mother took the item and looked at it, her face immediately darkened.

Cai Xin only took four boxes of pastries, two packs of noodles, and a piece of pork, which wasn't very big.

There was no wine, not even wedding candy.

This isn't even as nice as the most basic stuff in the village; at least there should be wine and wedding candy.

Seeing that their in-laws looked unhappy, Cai Xin's parents cleared their throats and said a few polite words.

"Father-in-law, it's not that we don't want to bring them, it's just that we can't carry them all."

Cai Xin felt embarrassed. He had actually prepared quite a lot, but he didn't bring it with him.

"Mom, it's not that I don't want to carry it, it's just that I can't ride a bicycle, and the road is difficult to walk on. I can only carry this much with both hands."

He told the truth.

There's quite a lot prepared at home, including two bottles of wine!

It snowed, and his mother said that with such heavy snow, the roads would definitely be difficult to travel on, so they should take less stuff.

Since I'll be giving it as a gift at the wedding anyway, I might as well wait until then and bring it along.

Cai Xin thought his mother made sense, so he took a few light items and didn't bring anything else.

The village chief immediately smiled and said, "It's nothing serious, just give Minhua a red envelope later."

Mr. Liu smiled and said, "We're all family, it doesn't matter. Come in and warm up, you must be tired from your journey."