MTL - Go Back To 1980 and Enjoy It-Chapter 9 Marrying a wife is not an easy task!
Chapter 9 Marrying a wife is not an easy task!
Back in the village, while returning the bicycle, Deng Shirong secretly decided in his heart that after he arranged the marriage between Deng Changfu and Guan Yongying and received the matchmaking gift, he would buy a bicycle and come back. Otherwise, it would be useless to borrow a bicycle all the time. thing.
After returning the car, Deng Shirong came to Deng Yunqiang's home.
“Uncle Nine!”
“Nine Dukes!”
Seeing Deng Shirong coming, Deng Yunqiang, his wife and their three children all said hello. The eldest son Deng Changfu even diligently brought tobacco, matches and water pipes.
Deng Shirong took the chimney and said straight to the point: "I have already asked clearly. The woman wants 288 worth of money, 300 kilograms of grain and a sewing machine. In addition, Changfu, you have to take the girl to make six sets of new clothes. These are all the conditions proposed by the woman.”
Deng Yunqiang and his wife were relieved when they heard this, but they couldn't help but frowned. They were relieved because the woman was not too open-minded, and the price and other conditions she proposed were within the normal range.
The frown was because the couple really couldn't afford the money.
After all, although the couple are hard-working people and the family has plenty of work to do, there are no opportunities to make money in the countryside. The family has been frugal for so many years, and they have only saved more than 300 yuan.
Now they really can’t come up with five to six hundred yuan in one go.
However, Deng Yunqiang and his wife are not too worried. At worst, they can just ask relatives to borrow money. After his eldest son gets married, it will be the turn of his two daughters to get married. Naturally, they will have two large sums of money. It should be no problem to ask relatives to borrow money temporarily. of.
So, Deng Yunqiang just pondered for a moment, and then decisively said: "The conditions proposed by the woman are quite reasonable, and we have no objection."
Seeing that Deng Yunqiang, his nephew, did not bargain and directly agreed to the conditions put forward by the woman, Deng Shirong nodded with satisfaction and said: "It's easy to handle if you don't have any objections. But Yunqiang, I suggest that your family give the woman more of her worth and strive for it." Get the person back as quickly as possible."
As soon as these words came out, all five members of Deng Yunqiang’s family looked in shock.
Changfu's mother couldn't help but ask: "Uncle Jiu, our family is sincere enough by directly agreeing to the woman's conditions. Why do we need to take the initiative to increase the woman's net worth? Is there any explanation in this?"
Deng Shirong did not answer but asked: "You must have heard the news that our brigade is planning to divide the fields and work alone after harvesting, right?"
Deng Yunqiang continued: "This news has spread throughout the village, of course we have heard about it."
Deng Shirong smoked a pipe of cigarette, put the pipe aside, and then explained: "Dividing fields to work alone is based on population. If the woman marries into your family at this juncture, it means that her natal family will receive less. A piece of land, on the contrary, your family received an extra piece of land.
Furthermore, if these two young men are fast enough, your grandchildren may have been born before the brigade’s fields have been divided, and your family will be able to receive an additional piece of land by then.
I don’t need to explain how important this land is. Your family has taken such a big advantage. Do you think the woman’s value should be increased? "
What he said is well-founded. If he remembers correctly, their Bangjie brigade started to divide the fields this year to work alone, but this year they only divided the more fertile fields, and the relatively barren fields and mountains will not be divided until next year. Just finished one by one.
In the previous life, Deng Changfu and Guan Yongying were on a blind date when the brigade began to allocate fields. Guan Yongying married after receiving the land from her natal family. By the time their child was born, the brigade's fields and mountains had already been divided.
Therefore, when Deng Changfu mentioned this matter in his previous life, his tone was very regretful. He bluntly said that if he had married Guan Yongying a month earlier, their children would probably be allocated some marginal land. Hearing Deng Shirong’s explanation, Deng Yunqiang’s family suddenly realized.
Deng Yunqiang nodded repeatedly and said: "Uncle Jiu is right. The net worth and other requirements put forward by the future in-laws are within the normal range. If we don't take the initiative to increase the net worth, I guess the in-laws will not be willing to let his daughter marry so early. , I will definitely have to wait until their village has finished allocating the land before I can marry him."
Deng Shirong smiled and said, "That's the truth. If your family doesn't want to pay the extra money, then we can follow the normal marriage process. The family can let him go whenever he wants.
If your family wants to get one more piece of land or even two pieces of land, then you must give more money, and then I will go to matchmaking and try to get the person back as quickly as possible.
How to choose specifically, you and your family will discuss it. "
Regardless of ancient or modern times, land is of vital importance to the common people. Deng Yunqiang did not need to discuss it with his wife and children at all, he just decided directly: "Uncle Jiu, there is no need to discuss it. I agree to increase the woman's net worth. I don't know how much. More appropriate?"
His wife and children also looked at Deng Shirong when they heard this.
Deng Shirong thought for a while and said: "We all know how important farmland is to us rural people. I suggest that the woman's net worth be increased to 688. It only costs 400 yuan more, but it will give me who knows how many acres." The land and mountains, this deal is absolutely a bargain, and I don’t even know whether the woman is willing to do it!”
Deng Yunqiang and his wife felt a huge pressure in their hearts after hearing this.
Their family’s net worth is just over 300 yuan. Originally, there was a 300 yuan gap when their son got married. Now that his son’s net worth is increased by 400 yuan, there will be a 700 yuan gap. This pressure is really too much!
However, Uncle Jiu’s words are also very reasonable. Although 400 yuan is a lot of money, it is definitely not worth mentioning when compared with the countless acres of fields and mountains.
Deng Changfu also felt the pressure. Although he was one of the main laborers in the family, he had little money, and his wife depended entirely on his parents' money.
He is well aware of his family's situation and understands that his parents cannot afford so much money. If there is no other way, he can only go through the normal marriage process!
As for his two younger sisters, hearing the frightening net worth, they couldn’t help but feel excited, and began to imagine in their hearts how much money the man would be willing to give them when they got married.
All this is a long story, but it actually happened in a moment.
Deng Yunqiang said: "Uncle Jiu, I agree with the value you mentioned, but as you know our family's situation, we definitely won't be able to afford so much money, so I can't reply to you yet."
Having said this, Deng Yunqiang looked outside. Seeing that it was still early for the sun to set, he stood up and said: "Okay, Uncle Jiu, I will go to my relatives to borrow money now. If I can raise enough money, then I will ask Uncle Jiu." You go and make arrangements and try to get my wife back as soon as possible.
If you really can't raise the money, you can only go through the normal marriage process, which is also impossible. "
Deng Shirong also stood up and said, "Okay, I'll go back first. If you can gather enough money, you can give me a confirmation tonight."
"Okay, I know!"
(End of this chapter)
