Chapter 423: The Villagers' Discussion
Mr. Gong reacted and asked, "How much does it usually cost to marry a daughter in the village?"
Dad Xiao said again, "The daughter of our village needs to get a dowry, usually 36,000 yuan, and then the mother's family will get some dowry."
"Three...thirty thousand six!" Mr. Gong did not expect that the bride price required by the rural married daughter would be so low.
Thirty-six thousand, what is the price that you can buy?
It’s not enough to buy a sofa, let alone anything else.
Gong Tianhao frowned and said in disagreement, "Uncle, the 36,000 bride price seems too low. Otherwise, it's 36 million!"
When the Xiao family heard about 36 million, they were shocked again.
Three thousand six million, the dowry is ridiculously high, okay?
Like a rural person, he can't do 36 million yuan in his work for several lifetimes.
But Dad Xiao shook his head and said, "Three thousand six million, too high."
Gong Tianhao thought for a while and said, "Then let's have three million and six million."
Dad Xiao was about to refuse, but Gong Tianhao immediately said, "Uncle, don't be too busy to refuse, listen to me."
Dad Xiao and others nodded.
"Uncle, aunt, I know that you love Yu'er. You always think that you will sell her if you receive the bride price higher. But in fact, this is not the case. On the contrary, I think the higher the bride price, the more you pay attention to the woman.
Now everyone in the village knows that my Gong family is rich, and now that Yu'er married me, they are more concerned about the dowry.
If I just give 36,000 yuan, many people will think that I have no sincerity, I don’t even want to give a bride price, and I don’t pay any attention to Yu’er at all, and I don’t pay attention to the Xiao family. I may even misunderstand that Yu’er doesn’t even want to wait for the bride price in order to marry me. Think about whether there are any problems that may be there.”
When the Xiao family heard this, they thought for a while and thought that what Gong Tianhao said was this truth.
"But you don't have to give 3.6 million?" said Dad Xiao, "Give 3.6 million yuan, that's higher than the bride price of all the daughters in our village, and it's also a very respectable thing."
After hearing this, Gong Tianhao said helplessly, "Uncle, let's do this. This is the three million and six million yuan, just treat it as investing in Yu'er."
He never expected that the Xiao family was not interested in money like this.
When people want a bride price, they want to empty the man's family.
Their family is in good condition, but they refuse again and again.
He now understands why the Xiao family is so united and friendly.
Because they are not greedy people, they only have family affection in their hearts.
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After discussing the marriage with the Xiao family and finalizing the date, Mr. Gong was full of spring breeze and full of energy. When he saw the village, he greeted, "Oh, fellow villager, my grandson and Yu Yatou's wedding banquet must come. Of course, you must not take the gift."
The villagers responded, "Okay, old man, we will definitely come here."
Then the villagers turned around and started talking.
"I didn't expect Mr. Gong to marry Xiao Lingyu so soon."
"Yes, who would have thought that the child in Xiao Lingyu's belly was from Young Master Gong. This is really surprising. In the past, we always thought that Xiao Lingyu's child was a bastard with unknown fathers."
"We just heard from Gong Xiao's family that the child belongs to Young Master Gong. Who knows if we outsiders are? Maybe we just gave a child a title and said that to the outside world."
"It's possible. This young master of the palace really likes Xiao Lingyu, even a child with unknown father can be forced to be under his name and treat it as the child's biological father."
"If you want me to tell me, Xiao Lingyu is lucky. Who would have thought that he would kick one and another man who was better than the previous one came, and married her without grudges."
"By the way, why did Mr. Gong marry Xiao Lingyu so soon? He didn't listen to Mr. Gong pursuing Xiao Lingyu some time ago?"
"Who knows? These days, we have seen Xiao Lingyu and Young Master Gong hold hands, without any dating to avoid suspicion."
"What's there to avoid suspicion? They are boyfriend and girlfriend, and they are in love. You, don't just immerse yourself in the old thoughts of the past.
Nowadays, it is very normal for young people to have sex. I heard that young people who go out to work now start living together as soon as they fall in love. Isn’t that the few villages around us who are pregnant before marriage?”
"That's right, the changes in the times now make us unable to keep up with the times. Back then, my marriage with my family was introduced by a matchmaker. After the two of them were about to meet each other, they gave a bride gift to get married. There is no time to fall in love.
If you say that falling in love is simply a matter of stinging your backbone," said a mother-in-law who is a little older, "But now, most people pay attention to falling in love first and getting married. The purpose is to understand each other, get married when they get married when they get married, and if they don't get married, they get married when they don't get married. Tsk, young people nowadays regard feelings as a joke."
"This is the current era. We parents also expect our children to be happy. It's better to know each other before marriage, so as to avoid the noisy days after marriage. This is not only annoying to young people, but also to ourselves."
"However, it's not like you can get to know each other just by falling in love. Just like Xiao Lingyu, who had been in love with the boy in Chenjia Village for ten years, but the result was that he was betrayed. Even the two of them were in the same position, and they were alive and dead.
This girl Xiao Lingyu is capable, and she has had a fight with the Chen boy. One such excellent man after another comes to find Xiao Lingyu. And they all wear extraordinary temperaments. This girl is really capable."
"Haha, you can't eat grapes and say that the grapes are sour. If you have the ability, you can have a beautiful daughter. Maybe those men may all pursue your daughter."
"My daughter is not bad either, but she doesn't have good luck with Xiao Lingyu."
"Tsk tsk, you really think. Xiao Lingyu is not only beautiful, but also the first college student in our village, but he has worked in big cities and large companies.
Your daughter, who has not graduated from elementary school, is now working in the factory. That's all, how can your daughter compete with others?"
Villager, “…”
Although this is a fact, you don't have to say it directly.
"By the way, Young Master Gong and Xiao Lingyu hold a wedding banquet, should we take the gift?" someone asked.
When it comes to human relationships, every person in the village seems serious and caring.
"Did the banquets between the two of them be held together or separately?" someone asked again.
"The two families are so close, they should be done together."
"Ah, this makes me feel a little worried." Some villagers seemed a little distressed and said, "If we were to do it separately, we would definitely have to follow the gifts in the Xiao family.
The Gong family has only been in Taoyuan Village for a long time. In the past, they have never participated in the wedding and wedding events in the village. In this way, we don’t know whether to take the gifts.”
"The old man, grandson and grandson of Gong have done so many things for our village, so it's nothing we can do to take the gifts, right?" said a villager.
"You're very relaxed. People who hold banquets in the village usually receive gifts for thirty. These thirty yuan are our daily wages. It's not easy. The Gong family has never given me a gift before, so why should I give them a gift? This is unfair."
"What's wrong with this? The Gong family hasn't even come to do business yet, so why do you give me gifts? I said, you may not be too careless about this. You have also gained a lot of benefits from the Gong family. It's enough to care about gifts.
Also, don’t forget that Young Master Gong and Xiao Lingyu are married now, and they will be a family in the future. Even if you don’t enjoy the benefits of the Gong family, you can’t deny the benefits that Xiao Lingyu brings to you. If you continue to care about this, you are worried that Xiao Lingyu or Xiao’s family will know and don’t want you to work."
As soon as he heard that he could not work, the scheming villager immediately shuddered.
She nodded and said, "Oh, I almost forgot that Xiao Lingyu and the Gong family are family."
The villagers all know Xiao Lingyu's temperament.
She definitely doesn't like to take advantage but speaks bad things.
She is not afraid of offending others either.
What she has, arrange whatever she wants.
A group of villagers here and there were all talking about the happy events of the two families.
But most of all, the villagers expressed doubts about whether Xiao Lingyuhuai's child was Gong Tianhao.
But, so what if they doubt it.
Both the Xiao family and the Gong family have already said that Gong Tianhao is the child's biological father.
Chapter completed!