novelraw Chapter 80 Dad, these conditions were tailor-made for you.
Chapter 80 Dad, these conditions were tailor-made for you.
"The bride price! Hahaha, they said they'd give fifty. That's quite a lot. Even when marrying a young woman here, the bride price is only thirty or fifty."
After you get married, their family will move in with you so they can take care of you. The two elders will cook for you and won't have to go to work anymore.
You should treat his two sons better from now on. Buy the elderly and children a new set of clothes every year, and set aside fifteen yuan each month for living expenses. Look at how many children you have; they must spend a lot on food and clothing, right?
Tong Jiahui was furious. Was this guy planning to take advantage of her family's poverty? She went to the kitchen to get a broom, ready to hit him!
Tong Yuheng: Heh, you still want living expenses? And you want to live in their house? Keep dreaming!
"Mom, wait a minute before you act!" She turned to Wang Lihua and said, "Auntie, how much did the Feng family give you to make you go against your conscience and turn black into white? You've lost all your conscience!"
"How can you talk like that? I was just trying to be helpful. I saw that it wasn't easy for your mother to raise so many children on her own, so I found someone to help her!" Wang Lihua argued.
"Heh, even if you mean well, the person you're talking about is no good! His mother is a shrew who abused the children born to someone else's ex-wife. She has no character!"
Feng Dagui himself is a lazy man who loves to drink and beat his wife; his character is even worse! His two sons have been spoiled; they are stupid and lazy, practically two brats who deserve a beating!
Oh, right, their family is poor and they borrow grain from the village every year. Her mother even wants to live with us, like an old matriarch, and take care of us!
"Pah! They're trying to steal my sisters' allowances? Dream on! You want to introduce this utterly despicable guy to my mom? Does he even deserve her? Are you blind or heartless to try and set her up like this?"
Tong Yuheng unleashed a torrent of insults, leaving Wang Lihua speechless. This eldest daughter of the Tong family has such a sharp tongue!
"If you want to arrange a marriage for my mother, fine, but you have to find someone who meets our criteria. Otherwise, don't go around bringing up who's good or bad. I'm telling you clearly, Feng Dagui is no good. Our family doesn't approve. Tell him to give up on that idea and go cool off somewhere else!"
"So, what conditions does your family want? Tell me! Don't blame me for being blunt, but your mother isn't young anymore, and you have so many children to support. Don't set your expectations too high!"
"You don't need to worry about whether the conditions are high or not. We'll talk about matchmaking once the conditions are met."
The first point is that you have to be an orphan, and the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is the most difficult. My mother is this age, and she definitely won't find another mother-in-law to take care of her!
Secondly, we have no children. Otherwise, how could that person wholeheartedly raise us sisters? If we want children, we can have another one with my mother, a younger sister or a younger brother!
The third point...
"There's a third one? Your conditions are too difficult! Even a beautiful young woman wouldn't dare to ask for such conditions!" Wang Lihua thought she was being too audacious with her demands!
To everyone's surprise, Tong Yuheng sneered and continued, "The third requirement is that you must have a stable income, which means you have to work and have a salary! You have to pay at least forty yuan a month for household expenses!"
The above are the three most basic requirements. In addition, the bride price must be no bad habits, such as not smoking, drinking, or gambling, and she must have a good temper. A dowry of three or five hundred yuan is sufficient.
Ideally, she should be able to do housework and farm work, and be presentable in both the living room and the kitchen. Also, she can't be too bad-looking; she should be at least 1.8 meters tall and have a respectable appearance…”
At this point, Wang Lihua was dumbfounded, shocked by these conditions: "Working? Forty yuan a month? And you have to be able to work and good-looking? Haha, even a young virgin could marry someone with these conditions!"
"Is your mother some kind of fairy descended from heaven? She wants a dowry of three or five hundred?! Do you think she's going to a city girl? Even city girls don't ask for such an outrageous price!"
"My mother is much more capable than the girls in the city. Could a city girl give birth to seven daughters like us who are smart, capable, and beautiful?" Tong Yuyao boasted shamelessly, which made Tong Jiahui laugh.
"Alright, alright, Wang the matchmaker, you can go back now. I'll pretend you weren't here today!" With that, he pushed her out the door and closed it behind him.
Sigh, it seems that even in the countryside, there are still people who want to scheme against them!
Wang Lihua left the Tong family, heartbroken with anger. She had never been treated so badly in all her years as a matchmaker, although many families were dissatisfied with the people she introduced because she had concealed the truth.
She turned and went to Old Feng's house, where they were still waiting for good news. When they saw Wang Lihua arrive, they quickly welcomed her in and poured her some hot water. Wang Lihua was a little disgusted that it wasn't tea or sweet soup.
She took a sip and recounted the words Tong Yuheng had used to belittle the Feng family and the conditions he had proposed, without embellishment. Her own writing skills were simply not up to the concise and precise language of Tong Yuheng!
"Is she crazy? A widow in her forties, daring to make such high demands? It's like a toad trying to swallow a jeep—what a boastful mouth!"
Before noon the next day, the conditions for remarriage proposed by Tong Yuheng on behalf of her mother had spread throughout the entire brigade. Many aunties and older women subsequently revised their own criteria for choosing a partner.
In fact, most people know that these conditions are just excuses for Tong Jiahui not to remarry. However, a small number of people ridiculed Tong Jiahui for taking herself too seriously and really thinking that her worth is comparable to that of ten or eight young women.
Tong Yuheng thought to himself: Dad, these conditions were tailor-made for you. They not only keep out any lecherous men with ulterior motives, but also give you a way out. Why don't you hurry up and find a chance to explain things to Mom!
Once you're home, with Mom and my sisters under your protection, I can go out and run errands with peace of mind!
Liu Fengyi, who was concerned about Tong Jiahui and her daughter, quickly learned of this. He thought to himself that his wife's charm was still undiminished, and that she was always the object of people's affections. He was so angry that he wanted to beat up Feng Dagui, but he had no legitimate reason to do so!
Tong Jiahui also felt a sense of familiarity with Liu Fengyi, though she couldn't quite put her finger on it. She tried to avoid contact with him as much as possible, and whenever he came, she had the children greet him, leaving Liu Fengyi with no opportunity to say what he wanted to say.
Liu Fengyi hurriedly went to arrange for the children to attend school. He obtained their birth certificates, certificates of martyrdom, and their graduation transcripts. Finally, he obtained the consent of the director of the county education commission to send the three children to the county's key junior high school for the second year of junior high school.
He hurriedly told Tong Jiahui the good news, telling them to prepare well and go to school after the busy farming season, since they would need to stay overnight while studying in the county.
Tong Jiahui hurriedly made bedding for them to take to the dormitory. Luckily, she had stocked up on several bolts of military green cotton cloth in advance!