Reborn in 1979, with a female educated youth lying next to me.

Everyone in Guo Xiaoyan's family knows her temperament.

If this girl doesn't want to come in, then she definitely won't let her in.

Zhang Xiuying sat on the sofa and suddenly burst into laughter, so Guo Xiaolan had no choice but to sit down next to her again.

"Fine, I've given up this time. They won't even let me in."

"If they don't want you to come in, then they don't want you to come in. You can find out what this girl is up to later."

Zhang Xiuying was still somewhat uneasy about Guo Xiaoyan's unusual behavior.

Guo Xiaolan kept nodding. "Don't worry, Mom. I'll tell you once I find out the information."

……

Back to Xili Village.

Liu Jia first went to Zhou Caixia's house to put out some soda, and then rushed home.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw Liu Yutian and Zhang Guilan there.

"Father, Mother, why are you back?"

Liu Jia was puzzled.

At this time of day, my parents should be working in the production team. They shouldn't be at home!

Upon hearing Liu Jia's voice, Zhang Guilan hurriedly put down the water ladle.

"Sanzi, you're finally back! Why did your trip to the city take so long? Did you run into your aunt and uncle on the road?"

Zhang Guilan's voice revealed her urgency.

Liu Jia shook his head.

"Auntie? I don't see her. My aunt and her family are here. Is something wrong?"

When Liu Jia mentioned her aunt, her voice became serious.

Their family and their aunt's family have a fairly good relationship, but because the two families are not in the same village, they haven't had much contact recently.

In broad daylight, when her aunt and the others suddenly arrived, Liu Jia instinctively felt that something must have happened.

In the village, unless there's something important, everyone usually goes out at night.

After all, they still had to work during the day, and no one wanted to waste their work points in the production team.

My aunt and uncle came over during the day today, something's not right!

Something's definitely not right!

Sure enough, Zhang Guilan sighed as soon as Liu Jia finished speaking.

"What else could it be? It's Tianming's business, his girlfriend is in trouble again."

Liu Jia frowned as soon as he heard that.

"Weren't the dates already set? Why are you asking for more money now?"

When asking questions, Liu Jia was not polite at all, and almost asked if Tianming was unable to marry a wife.

Zhang Guilan took a stool and sat down, then turned to look at Liu Yutian. "Dad, could you hand me that palm-leaf fan?"

Liu Yutian picked up the palm-leaf fan at his feet and handed it to Zhang Guilan, and they started smoking their pipes again.

Only then did Zhang Guilan explain what had happened.

"This time it's not about money, it's about the dowry."

"Didn't you say you didn't want the dowry? What's the difference between this and going back on your word? You're breaking your promise now!"

Liu Jia raised his eyebrows, and his expression turned ugly.

My aunt's family lives in Qinjiazhuang, which is two villages away from Xili Village. Their family is of average means and they only have one son, Qin Tianming.

Liu Jia had a very negative opinion of Qin Tianming's relationship.

The reason he was optimistic about her wasn't because of her looks, but because he thought she was a bad person.

On the surface, she appears honest and simple, and at first glance, she seems like a down-to-earth and capable girl, but in reality, she is a complicated person.

To put it simply, they are not the kind of people who want to live a normal life.

In his previous life, his aunt's family sold everything they owned to help Qin Tianming marry his wife, and ever since then, their lives have never been peaceful.

In the end, the woman ran off with all the money in the house and a man from the next village!

Not only was Qin Tianming cuckolded, but he also had to help the woman raise the child of another man. His life was incredibly miserable!

Recalling the scenes from his previous life, Liu Jia felt a shiver run down his spine.

"No, that woman is unacceptable!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Guilan immediately stood up from the bench, her speech becoming stammered with nervousness.

"Sanzi, don't talk nonsense. Tianming is getting married in two months. If this falls through, won't we be laughed at to death?"

Liu Jia stepped forward and came to Zhang Guilan's side.

"Mom, what's so funny? It's just that the marriage didn't go through. If anyone's going to make a joke, they should be laughing at the woman's family. Anyone who knows what really happened wouldn't be laughing at my aunt!"

"That's true, but this whole thing is really upsetting."

"Why don't we just have Tianming propose that we call off the wedding?"

"You're saying that again. Let me tell you, you can't say things like that when you see your aunt and Tianming later!"

"Okay, okay," Liu Jia hooked his foot over a stool and sat down. "What do you want this time?"

Zhang Guilan looked up at Liu Jia.

"I want a bicycle, a sewing machine, and a lady's watch."

"So much? This is outrageous!"

"What else can we do? She said she wouldn't marry into the family if we didn't give her the money, which is why your aunt came to us to discuss it. We've already come this far, if this falls through, won't we be laughed at to death?"

Zhang Guilan is a woman who doesn't like to talk.

When the topic of her eldest sister's son's marriage came up, Zhang Guilan sighed several times in the short time it took to say just a few words.

Liu Yutian has not expressed any opinion.

The current situation is truly a dilemma, a situation from which there is no turning back.

The money has been given and the date has been set, but now the woman is not keeping her word. If I do as she says, I will feel resentful.

If you don't listen to others and don't let them lead you by the nose, the marriage will definitely fall through.

In short, whether you take a step forward or a step back, it's frustrating.

“Back then, you said that it was the woman who took the initiative to find a matchmaker to propose marriage, which I found strange, but you all said that the girl seemed nice, so I didn’t pay much attention to it.”

"Looking back now, I shouldn't have agreed in the first place. I'm not saying it's wrong for the woman to ask a matchmaker to propose, the key problem is, that woman... she's no good!"

"Now everything I said has come true!"

Zhang Guilan rolled her eyes at Liu Jia, clearly annoyed.

"You're right, alright? The key issue is that it's not enough for us to just watch. It mainly depends on Tianming. If Tianming is genuinely happy, then we can't say anything."

After Zhang Guilan said that, Liu Jia really didn't know what to say.

These days, we're no longer living in the old feudal era.

It's not uncommon for a woman to take the initiative to find a matchmaker to propose marriage to a man's family.

But Qin Tianming's situation is different.

That woman has no bottom line at all; to put it bluntly, she'll keep pushing against anything that's too soft.

If you take a step back, she will take a step forward.

"By the way, what did my aunt and the others mean?"

"The couple discussed it and said that if it didn't work out, they would agree to the dowry. Xiaomei doesn't have a father, and it wasn't easy for her mother to raise the child alone."

Liu Yutian, who had remained silent until now, finally spoke up.

what?

Liu Jia's eyes were fixed on the screen.

If not, then forget it. He looked at Zhang Guilan and Liu Yutian speechlessly.

The woman has no father, and her mother raised her with great difficulty, which must have been very hard.

It may not be easy, but that's no excuse for their endless pursuit!

These days, whose life is easy?

In the entire village, how many families can afford to eat white flour for all three meals a day?

The woman initially made some nice points, saying that everyone's life is tough, and the simpler the wedding arrangements, the better.

As long as the engagement money is given, no dowry is needed, because there aren't many people on the bride's side, and the wedding will be kept simple.

At that time, my aunt was overjoyed and told everyone she met that her family had found a reasonable and good daughter-in-law.

That's really good.

The good daughter-in-law hasn't even married into the family yet, but she's already starting to ask for things again and again.

What is this!

Liu Jia remembered Zhang Guilan saying that after the marriage was arranged between the two families, Qin Tianming took Xiaomei to the city market.

I spent more than 20 yuan on my first trip to the market.

Twenty yuan may not seem like much to modern people, but back then, it was a huge sum of money!

But these aren't the most important things.

The twenty-odd yuan bought rice, flour, and oil; the girl named Xiaomei didn't even buy a piece of floral fabric!

So that trip was actually to help Xiaomei's family make ends meet!

Before long, Xiaomei found various excuses to get her aunt's family to pay more money.

Considering the hardships the mother and daughter had faced, the aunt's family did not refuse.

Over the past six months, I've been constantly on the move, losing a lot of money along the way.

Now that he's about to get married, the woman is starting to ask for a bride price again!

That face is thicker than tree bark!

For a while.

None of the three spoke, but they were all thinking about Qin Tianming's marriage.

"Your aunt and uncle came to borrow money from you. We don't know what to do. Sanzi, you should make the decision about this!"

The older sister came over, exchanged a few polite words, and then went to find Liu Jia.

After explaining the situation, Zhang Guilan also said that Liu Jia should make the decision.

After all, they don't understand Liu Jia's business dealings, and they can't say for sure how much money Liu Jia can come up with.

But after waiting for a long time, Liu Jia still didn't return.

Sure enough, not long after the couple left, Liu Jia arrived home on his bicycle.

"Okay, Mom and Dad, don't worry. I know what happened. I'll go to Aunt's house later."

"Third son, even I'm not sure. Do you really think his wife isn't very good?"

Liu Jia looked up and said, "Yeah, that's what I think anyway."

"Give me a break! You think you have good judgment? You said you wanted to get rich with Guo Xiaoyan and live a wonderful life together, but look what happened! You still got divorced!"

Liu Yutian was worried that Liu Jia would say something inappropriate, so he immediately poured cold water on Liu Jia's enthusiasm.

Liu Jia looked embarrassed, but still managed to force a smile.

"Dad, please stop bringing that up and making fun of me. Everyone has a youthful past, and I'm doing pretty well now, don't you think?"

Zhang Guilan nudged Liu Yutian with her arm, her voice barely audible.

"What are you saying? We're talking about Tianming, why are you bringing up Sanzi? Besides, there's a reason why Sanzi got divorced!"

Liu Yutian rolled his eyes and went back to smoking.