Siheyuan: Sister-in-law, don’t look back, I am my brother!

Chapter 181 Five dollars for a betrothal gift?
Chapter 181: Five dollars for a bride price?

"This this……"

"Let me tell you, Mr. Yan's family is used to being frugal,"

"We should be frugal in our daily lives, as we still have a long way to go."

Hearing the matchmaker's words,

Yan Bugui also nodded in agreement.

"No,"

"I'm not saying that young people nowadays spend money lavishly and can't save money at all,"

"Unlike my Yan Jiecheng,"

"Every month I ask him to hand over 10 yuan of salary, and I save it for him."

When Yan Jiecheng heard this,
He glanced at Yu Li with a guilty look.
Family matters are family matters.

Indeed, he has to pay ten dollars every month.
But now that this money has fallen into Yan Bugui's hands, there's no way he can get it back in this lifetime!
but,

Yan Jiecheng would not be stupid enough to say such a thing.
After all, he fell in love with the girl at once when he first saw Yu Li.

As everyone knows,
At this moment, Yu Haitang was also pulling her sister and couldn't help biting her ear.

"Sister, look at this Yan Jiecheng,"

"I remember that his monthly salary seemed to be only 18 yuan. If he handed over 10 yuan to his family every month, wouldn't that be equivalent to only 8 yuan a month? Who would spend that much?"

"And..."

"Their family of six lives in two rooms. If you marry into their family, you won't even have a new house."

"The important thing is that Yan Jiecheng is much uglier than Xu Yi,"

"Look at the collar of his clothes and his shoes... I know he is here for a blind date today. If you don't know him, you might think he is a refugee from somewhere."

Hearing my sister belittle me so harshly,
Yu Li managed to hold back her smile with great difficulty, but she quite agreed with what he said.

you do not say,

It's OK that Yan Jiecheng's clothes today are half-new,

His collar had never been taken care of, and his hair was a mess,
Even the sweatshirt inside had several big holes in it.

and,

This Yan Jiecheng family,

He gives people the impression of being quite calculating and shrewd.

If she hadn't originally planned to just go through the motions today,

If I really marry into such a family,

I guess I'll be worrying about trivial things all day long!

In contrast,

On the other side, Yan Jiecheng seemed to smile at himself when he saw his blind date.
I was also delighted.
I thought Yu Li fell in love with him at first sight.
I've almost even thought of what to name my child after we get married.

until,

This meal was almost over in a rather strange atmosphere.
The matchmaker wiped the oil off her lips and spoke.

"Teacher Yan,"

"How much do you plan to give as a gift for your family's marriage?"

"Well..."

But when Yan Bugui heard this, his eyes rolled and he started to calculate out of habit.

"Money is something external to the body. If you don't bring it with you in life, you won't take it with you in death."

"Our family doesn't particularly value this thing. It's just a formality. Now they are new people, new things, and a new country. After they get married, it's more important for them to live a good life."

"As for the betrothal gift, it's just a token of my appreciation."

"So... five dollars for the bride price, what do you think?"

The words came out,

The matchmaker's face suddenly fell, and she was so angry!
even though,
She also hoped to make this marriage happen as soon as possible so that she could get the matchmaker gift from Yan Bugui's family.

But if the Yan family really married a daughter-in-law with a dowry of five dollars.

The news spread.

Her reputation as a matchmaker is about to be completely ruined!
"Teacher Yan, this is not right, right?"

"What era is this? It's a bit unreasonable to only give a five-dollar gift for a marriage, isn't it?"

"To put it bluntly, even in the countryside, getting married costs more than five dollars, and at least two extra quilts should be prepared. You..." In the end,
The matchmaker also did not say that the comment was too stingy.

But don't want to,
Yan Bugui also smiled indifferently.
"The couple lives together, and after they get married, the betrothal gift is still theirs, it's just a matter of transferring money from one hand to the other."

"Five dollars is about right,"

"..."

this time,

Even the matchmaker was completely speechless.

If she hadn't considered her professional ethics, she would have burst into curses long ago.

Whose first blind date would have such a scene?

You're doing this to embarrass people on purpose, right?
If she really went against her conscience and agreed to this marriage, she would be afraid that someone would use it to poke her in the back in the future!

"Teacher Yan,"

"I don't think your family has this sincerity at all,"

"Come on,"

"I'm unlucky today. I've wasted my time."

As he spoke, he turned to look at Yu Li and sighed.

"Yu's girl, today I didn't find out the situation clearly beforehand. The responsibility for this is mine. I will find you a better condition later."

"I can't let my reputation of more than ten years be ruined because of a marriage!"

"Matchmaker Wang, no... this blind date was going well, why do you want to call it a day?"

"If the gift is not suitable, we can talk about it again!"

"How about I give you some more... seven, eight, ten?"

Yan Bugui obviously didn't expect that
The matchmaker in front of me actually turned hostile, and I felt a little regretful.

Only then did he hurriedly begin to think of ways to remedy the situation.

after all,

We have already had the meal today and met the people. If we cannot reach an agreement on the gift,
Doesn’t it mean that

All the money they spent wasted?
"Miss Yu, what do you think about this?"

When the matchmaker heard this, she did not make any decision on her own and turned to look at Yu Li beside her.

As for the latter,
He also shook his head without hesitation.

"Aunt Wang, let's just leave it at that,"

"It was just a formality, for everyone to meet each other..."

"Besides, I haven't said I want to marry you yet, so there's no need to talk about the gift now."

When Yu Haitang heard this,

He did not forget to add another blow and said,

"I say, your family takes itself too seriously, doesn't it?"

"My sister never said she wanted to marry me,"

"Besides, if your family is like this, any girl who marries into your family will be unlucky for the rest of her life!"

"unlucky!"

As he spoke, he also looked at Yu Li.

"Sister, shall we go?"

The two sisters looked at each other and left the Yan family without hesitation.

As soon as the two of them left,

Yan Jiecheng, who had been silent, was also a little unhappy.
When he looked at his parents, his eyes were full of resentment!
"Dad, why are you like this?"

"It's okay if you just calculate a little bit at ordinary times, but my blind date is a major event in my life, and you are only willing to give me five dollars as a betrothal gift."

"And today's meal, I paid you five dollars to prepare it."

"The result... is this?"

"Jie Cheng, what do you mean? Whether the blind date is successful or not is because of your incompetence?"

"Besides, when Qin Huairu married into this courtyard, didn't she only pay five yuan for the bride price?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Bugui also refuted with convincing arguments.

(End of this chapter)