Liu Xihong didn’t expect Wang Caifeng to be delivering wedding news, and when she heard her ask about the bride price, she was stunned and didn’t say anything.
The main reason for Ye Linlin and Su Chenhuai’s marriage was Ye Linlin, so the Ye family didn’t ask Su Chenhuai for a bride price. Hearing Wang Caifeng ask, Liu Xihong didn’t know how to answer.
Liu Xihong’s reaction made the joy on Wang Caifeng’s face even stronger, and her thick mouth almost stretched to the roots of her ears.
“Is it too little, big sister, are you embarrassed to say it? It’s okay, if it’s too little, I won’t ask. Our Xiaorou, the other party insisted on giving a bride price of 888 yuan, saying it was auspicious, and also bought the four big items. Guess what they are?”
Wang Caifeng talked to herself and didn’t feel embarrassed. Seeing that no one answered, she opened her mouth again.
“They’re not those things from your countryside. There’s a sewing machine, a bicycle, a watch, and even a TV.”
In fact, these betrothal gifts weren’t much for Wang Caifeng’s family, even a little less. But the man’s family status was there, and their family was eager to climb the social ladder, so they didn’t dare to ask for too much.
But even so, it was capital that could be shown off in front of Liu Xihong. She estimated that Liu Xihong had never even seen a TV.
“Big sister, haven’t you seen a TV yet? Why don’t I talk to Xiaorou and borrow the TV to your house for a few days first? Anyway, we still have one at home.”
Wang Caifeng’s flaunting face made Ye Linlin a little unhappy.
In the past few days since she transmigrated, the Ye family had made her feel the warmth of family. She had begun to accept that these people were her family, and she couldn’t watch her family be bullied and do nothing.
“Aunt, as the daughter of a factory director, are you satisfied with this little bride price? With your family’s conditions, the bride price should be at least two or three thousand, right? How can it only be a TV? Shouldn’t you buy a refrigerator and a washing machine too? What? Is the director’s family reluctant to spend money on my cousin?”
Ye Linlin’s few words made the corners of Wang Caifeng’s mouth turn down. Just as she was about to open her mouth and say that Ye Linlin had no manners, a voice came from outside.
“Uncle Ye, Aunt Ye, come out quickly! The bride price is here!”
Hearing the shout, the four members of the Ye family looked at each other in confusion. What bride price?
Liu Xihong was the first to speak, shouting outside.
“Coming, coming!”
Turning around and opening the door, she saw that the gate was full of people. Su Chenhuai was standing in the yard, and he and Liu Yan and the others were unloading things from the bicycle.
Seeing the four members of the Ye family come out, someone from the outside villagers spoke up.
“The Ye family’s girl has found a good family. I see that there are a lot of betrothal gifts!”
“You’re so quiet, when are you holding the wedding banquet? Why didn’t you tell everyone?”
“Young man, do you have a list of betrothal gifts? Take it out and let’s all take a look!”
Listening to the villagers talking at once, Liu Xihong’s face was full of smiles.
“Don’t worry, everyone. We were planning to send messages to everyone these past two days. Come and eat the wedding feast then!”
“Brother Su, what is this?”
Ye Linlin came to Su Chenhuai’s side and looked at the few people who were unpacking things, asking in a low voice.
“The bride price for you. They said everyone has it when they get married.”
Su Chenhuai lowered his head and smelled Ye Linlin’s shampoo, which he hadn’t smelled before. It was really fragrant, making him a little distracted for a moment.
“Uncle and aunt, this is the gift money I’m giving to Linlin.”
Su Chenhuai took out a wad of money from his pocket, a thick stack, wrapped in red paper. He turned around and handed it to Liu Xihong with both hands.
Liu Xihong looked surprised, looking at the things that a few people were unpacking in the yard. She didn’t expect Su Chenhuai to not only send a bride price, but also such a generous one.
The red envelope in her hand was heavy. Judging from the size of the banknotes, they were all big unity bills, and the thickness was at least one or two hundred.
The third set of banknotes was in circulation in this era, and the largest denomination was the big unity 10 yuan.
This gift money must be one or two thousand yuan!
In this era, a cash bride price of three to five hundred yuan in the countryside was considered a lot, and a bride price of over a thousand yuan was simply sky-high.
A short, chubby hand stretched out from the side, quickly snatched the red envelope from Liu Xihong’s hand, and regardless of everyone’s reaction, deftly tore open the red paper, saying as she tore.
“Big sister, let me help you see how much gift money there is. It’s so thick, don’t let them fool you with paper.”
Wang Caifeng could tell at a glance that there should be about two thousand in this red envelope, but she didn’t believe that Ye Linlin would marry into a family that could afford a bride price of two thousand. If there really was so much bride price, why didn’t Liu Xihong say it just now?
She must be pretending in front of everyone, and when she exposed them, see if they could still hold their heads up in the village in the future.
The hand that was halfway through tearing suddenly stopped. Big unity bills, they were actually all big unity bills, a thick stack.
Ye Linlin looked at the frozen Wang Caifeng, her eyes full of coldness.
Suddenly having the red envelope snatched away, Liu Xihong didn’t react for a moment. At this moment, looking at the red envelope that had been torn halfway, she glared at Wang Caifeng fiercely, and snatched the red envelope back.
With so many outsiders present, she didn’t want to quarrel with her nominal sister-in-law. Suppressing her anger, she turned around and was about to hand the money to Su Chenhuai.
Suddenly, a scream interrupted Liu Xihong’s action. It turned out that the objects in the yard had all been unpacked.
In the yard were a brand-new bicycle, a new-style sewing machine, and even a TV.
No wonder someone screamed, this was the first TV in Dayu Village.
“My God, what kind of conditions are these? Not only is there a TV, but they also gave so much money.”
“The bride price for my three daughters doesn’t add up to this much. Just those gift money looks like it’s two thousand.”
“I’m so envious, Ye Linlin really made a profit by breaking off the engagement.”
“It’s still the Ye family, the son is now a military officer in the army, eating military rations, and the daughter is marrying so well. They’ll just wait to enjoy the good life in the future.”
The crowd was silent for a few seconds, and then it exploded. These betrothal gifts were sky-high betrothal gifts in this era. Although Ye Linlin was beautiful and her family conditions were also okay, she was, after all, a rural girl.
In this era, there was a huge difference between urban and rural household registrations. Whether it was the distribution of various tickets or the opportunity for employment, there was a big difference.
At this time, even girls with urban household registrations couldn’t reach a bride price of one thousand yuan, let alone two thousand, and so many big items.
Among the crowd, there were people who envied, and there were definitely people who were jealous.
Bai Ni was standing at the back of the crowd, unable to see the situation in the yard, but she still knew about the sky-high bride price from everyone’s discussion.
She now regretted it to the core. She had tried so hard to finally snatch Wang Junbao from Ye Linlin, but she didn’t expect to push her towards Su Chenhuai, who had even better conditions.
If she had diverted Ye Linlin away at that time, wouldn’t this bride price be hers? Moreover, Su Chenhuai was so handsome, it was really a bargain for Ye Linlin.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, but every time she faced Ye Linlin recently, she couldn’t get any good. The place where she was injured in the department store last time hadn’t fully recovered yet.
Thinking that out of sight, out of mind, she turned to leave, and saw Wang Huan standing on the other side of the crowd.
The corners of Bai Ni’s mouth turned up slightly, and she hurried towards Wang Huan.