Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 894 Discussing the Marriage!

After everyone was seated, Qin Huairu, Banggeng, Xiaodang, and Xiaohuaihua each carried tea, fruit, peanuts, and melon seeds into the room from outside.

Seeing everyone sitting in the room, Qin Huairu smiled and introduced herself: "In-laws! Mother-in-law! I am Jia Geng's mother, my name is Qin Huairu. Welcome to my home. Please have some tea and then some snacks to fill your stomachs."

Last week, when Banggeng delivered skincare products to Wen Xiaorong and the others, he mentioned that his mother was already in her forties, but after using the skincare products, she looked only in her thirties.

However, Wen Xiaorong was completely skeptical of Bang Geng's introduction. Now that she met Qin Huairu in person, Wen Xiaorong realized that Qin Huairu really did look very young, just as Bang Geng had said.

Looking at the incredibly young Qin Huairu in front of her, Wen Xiaorong quickly stood up from her chair and greeted Qin Huairu with envy, "Mother-in-law! I never expected you to be so young. If I hadn't heard your self-introduction, I would have thought you were Jia Geng's older sister."

Upon hearing Wen Xiaorong's praise, Qin Huairu blushed and quickly replied, "Mother-in-law! I'm forty-two years old, how could I still be young!"

"Brother! This must be my sister-in-law, right?" Xiao Dang, seeing Tang Yanling standing next to Bang Geng, quickly walked over to Bang Geng and asked him happily.

Upon hearing Xiao Dang's question and seeing the two little girls standing beside Bang Geng, Tang Yanling immediately smiled and asked the two sisters, "If I'm not mistaken, you must be Xiao Dang? And you must be Xiao Huaihua, right?"

Upon hearing Tang Yanling's words, Xiao Huaihua immediately greeted her politely, saying, "Hello, sister-in-law! I'm Xiao Huaihua! My brother always talks about how beautiful my future sister-in-law is in front of others. At first, I thought he was just bragging, but I didn't expect it to be true."

Seeing Qin Huairu and Wen Xiaorong chatting enthusiastically, and Tang Yanling and Xiao Huaihua also chatting very enthusiastically, Jia Dongming smiled and said to Tang Jiansheng sitting next to him, "In-law! I asked Banggeng to invite you to my home today. Besides inviting you to get acquainted with the place, I also want to talk to you about Banggeng and your Yanling's marriage."

When Tang Jiansheng heard Jia Dongming mention Banggeng and Tang Yanling's marriage, he instinctively glanced at the children who were chatting enthusiastically, and said to Jia Dongming with a smile, "Uncle-in-law! Jia Geng is a very outstanding child. We are very relieved that Yanling can marry him. Now we are just waiting for you to choose a good day so that we can hold the wedding for the two children together."

Seeing that Tang Jiansheng had already expressed his opinion, Jia Dongming smiled and asked Tang Jiansheng, "In-laws! Banggeng's mother and I are very satisfied with your marriage to Yanling. To show our sincerity, we will offer a dowry of 1,001 yuan, which means 'one in a thousand.' In addition, we will offer three gold items: a gold ring, a gold bracelet, and a gold necklace. Do you have any other items you would like to add?"

In those days, wedding gifts were usually only a couple hundred yuan, but the Jia family gave a thousand and one yuan, describing their daughter as one in a thousand. This made Tang Jiansheng feel very proud, and he happily said to Jia Dongming, "Uncle-in-law! The gift is just a token; I think one hundred and one yuan would be enough. There's no need for so much. Also, the three gold pieces you mentioned, aren't they a bit too ostentatious at this time of year?" Jia Dongming understood Tang Jiansheng's thoughts and smiled, saying, "Uncle-in-law! Although we can't openly bring the three gold pieces out now, we can give them to the children as dowry. After all, my brother only has one son, and as his uncle, I naturally want to make sure his wedding is handled properly."

Hearing Jia Dongming's words, Tang Jiansheng felt very happy to see how much the Jia family valued his daughter. He smiled and said to Jia Dongming, "Uncle-in-law! I only have one daughter, Lingling, and naturally I hope she can marry into a good family and live a good life. I am very touched that you value my Lingling so much. So, you can arrange the dowry and the three gold items as you see fit. We will let Lingling take them back to your Jia family intact."

Upon hearing Tang Jiansheng's statement, Jia Dongming smiled and said to Tang Jiansheng, "In-law! Then I'll go find someone to choose an auspicious date. Once the date is chosen, I'll ask a matchmaker to come and propose marriage."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's words, Tang Jiansheng immediately replied with a smile, "Alright! Uncle-in-law! Then I'll wait for the matchmaker you've hired to come and propose marriage."

Upon hearing Tang Jiansheng's words, Jia Dongming reached out and picked up a bunch of grapes from the plate, placed them in front of Tang Jiansheng, and greeted everyone with a smile: "In-laws! Mother-in-law! Don't sit still, have some fruit and snacks to tide you over."

When Tang Jiansheng saw the grapes that Jia Dongming handed him, he quickly reached out and took them. He first thanked Jia Dongming, and then began to look around the Jia family's house.

Looking at the Jia family's house, Tang Jiansheng thought of his own house and asked Jia Dongming with curiosity, "Uncle-in-law! I heard from Jia Geng that you had a craftsman divide your house into two floors. Is that true?"

Upon hearing Tang Jiansheng's inquiry, Jia Dongming smiled and explained to Tang Jiansheng, "My dear in-law! It is indeed true. Back then, my family had many children and not enough rooms. Fortunately, our house was tall enough, so I asked a craftsman to divide the house into two floors so that all the children in the family could have their own rooms."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's explanation, Tang Jiansheng immediately smiled and said to Jia Dongming, "Uncle-in-law! To tell you the truth, when our work unit allocated houses back then, because our family had a large number of people, we were allocated two rooms plus a rear-facing room."

“When the children were young, we didn’t realize that our house was too small. But as they grew up, our three rooms became insufficient. Because of this, my husband and I have worried a lot about housing. Seeing your house now gives me hope. I just don’t know which craftsmen you hired to build it?”

Upon hearing Tang Jiansheng's explanation, Jia Dongming smiled and said to Tang Jiansheng, "My dear in-law! The craftsman who built my house back then is the same one who is building my house now. If you would like your house to be built like mine, I can take you to find the craftsman and ask him."

(End of this chapter)