noffsinger Chapter 303 Want to Return the Bride Price? It's Not That Simple
Chapter 303 Want to Return the Bride Price? It's Not That Simple
Gu Nan always believed that once his older brother's leg was healed, he would definitely make a name for himself.
“Okay, it’s settled then.” Su Niannian said, pulling up Gu’s mother who was still sitting on the edge of the kang.
“Niannian, how about we give it to you from me…” Gu’s mother thought that Su Niannian had just given her four hundred yuan that afternoon.
Or should we take it from our own first?
But Su Niannian looked aggrieved.
"Mother, do you really despise me? Do you really not treat me like your daughter anymore?"
"Do you hate the money I give you that much?"
When Su Niannian spoke, she looked aggrieved and on the verge of tears.
But it's obvious that it was an act.
Upon hearing this, Gu's mother couldn't help but chuckle.
"Silly child, no one would ever complain about money, especially so much money!"
"Alright, alright, you're so filial, your mother loves you. Just don't say things like that again." Mother Gu smiled happily.
Su Niannian is such a lovely girl.
The family's ancestral graves must be emitting auspicious smoke; that brat Gu Nan is really lucky.
Gu's mother glanced at Gu Zhendong.
"I'll go and call Ningning and Yangyang over. You two stay home and wait."
“Niannian and I, Gu Nan will go and propose marriage to you.”
"Although it's a bit impolite to come so late at night, things could change if we delay. I'm worried about Zhao Tian, so I have to go check on her," Gu's mother said to Gu Zhendong.
"Thank you, Mother." Gu Zhendong nodded to indicate that he understood.
Su Niannian held Gu's mother's hand, with Gu Nan following behind, and they left Gu Zhendong's room.
After leaving, Gu Nan asked Gu Ningning to take Yangyang to his older brother's room first.
They said the wooden board on their legs had been removed, and they were now going to Zhao Tian's house to propose marriage.
When Gu Ningning heard that a marriage proposal was being made, she really wanted to go and see for herself.
but……
Sigh, I still have to take care of Yangyang, and now I'm losing control of my own life again.
Life is tough, Ningning sighed.
"Alright, I'll get you some more cakes and fruits to eat. Second sister-in-law will be back soon." Su Niannian smiled and patted Gu Ningning's head.
"I just finished dinner, and I can't eat anything right now," Gu Ningning said proudly, indicating that she wouldn't be easily bribed by mere cakes and pastries.
"Oh! What about the new clothes?" Su Niannian asked, a thought suddenly occurring to her.
"New clothes?"
"Yes, after we get to Beijing, how about your second sister-in-law takes you to a big supply and marketing cooperative there to buy you some clothes and skirts?"
"Great!" Upon hearing that she could go to the supply and marketing cooperative in Beijing to buy clothes, Gu Ningning immediately felt that staying at home to take care of Yangyang wasn't such a bad thing after all.
Haha.
Su Niannian prepared some cakes and pastries, as well as fruits and some food that her grandfather had brought over today. She picked out quite a few and planned to take them all to Zhao Tian's house.
Sincerity must be genuine.
Especially now that it's late, there's no custom of proposing marriage late at night.
Since we haven't followed proper etiquette, let's make up for it with gifts.
The main reason was that Su Niannian was worried about Zhao Tian.
The things Su Niannian was holding were snatched away by Gu's mother and Gu Nan.
“You’re pregnant, so just stay with us and we’ll take the things,” Gu’s mother said to Su Niannian.
Su Niannian sighed. This person was truly protecting her like a giant panda.
Gu Nan handed the kerosene lamp and flashlight to Su Niannian.
He gestured to Su Niannian that she should be in charge of providing light.
Alright! Su Niannian is just a moving source of light.
The three of them soon arrived at Zhao Tian's house.
As a result, they heard arguing coming from Zhao Tian's house.
"We've already returned the bride price to you, why are you still so relentless?" Zhao's mother's voice came from behind.
Her voice was three octaves louder than usual, and it could be clearly heard in the darkness that Zhao's mother was angry.
You could also call it anger.
"Do you know what a bride price is? It's money for getting a wife! When you accept this money, it means that your Zhao Tian is now a daughter-in-law of the Wei family."
"If I hadn't come, I wouldn't have known that your Zhao family would go back on their word."
"Don't think that just because my husband is dead and I'm not in good health, you can bully my Heping like this."
“I’ve given the bride price. Zhao Tian is determined to marry our Heping family.”
“You’re saying you’re going to return the betrothal gifts now? I won’t accept it!” a woman with a hoarse voice said.
He seemed relentless and unreasonable.
Zhao's mother was so angry that she felt dizzy.
Fortunately, Zhao Tian, who was standing nearby, reacted quickly and helped her mother up.
"Aunt Wei, that's not reasonable. Didn't you already take back the fifty yuan dowry you gave me earlier?"
"Why are you saying that again??" Zhao Tian glared at Wei Heping's mother, who had a hoarse voice.
This old woman keeps talking about how she's not feeling well and how she's a widow and orphan, but judging from her posture and condition, she doesn't look unwell at all.
Is he pretending to be unwell so that his new wife won't have to do any work after she marries into the family?
When Gu's mother heard this, she wanted to go inside.
Although she only overheard a few sentences, she already understood the situation.
Luckily, Su Niannian said she was coming over, otherwise Zhao Tian and the others would have been bullied.
If I didn't know, that would be one thing, but if I did know, I certainly wouldn't let my future eldest daughter-in-law be bullied.
Gu's mother pretended to rush inside.
Su Niannian stopped her.
"Wait a little longer." Su Niannian felt that this woman's voice was different from that of ordinary women.
Maybe he really does have a serious illness.
If he's sick... that makes things easier...
Although Gu's mother didn't know why Su Niannian wouldn't let her go in now, Su Niannian had always been a reliable person.
She had no questions.
He could wait outside until Su Niannian felt the time was right before going in himself.
Anyway, since it's right outside the door and Gu Nan is still here, he definitely won't let that disgusting old woman take advantage of him.
Then they heard Wei Heping's mother inside speaking again in a hoarse voice.
"Money? What money? I didn't receive the bride price money you returned, so don't talk nonsense."
“When I gave you the betrothal money, there was a matchmaker present, and there were witnesses. Now that you want to break off the engagement, you should at least return the betrothal money to me in front of the matchmaker, and you should also give us compensation.”
"If not, then you should obediently marry Zhao Tian into the family, and I will still try my best to treat her well."
"Otherwise, if it were any other mother-in-law, she would have treated the new daughter-in-law harshly."
The woman with the hoarse voice was clearly threatening Zhao Tian's family.
"Let's be reasonable. I just returned the fifty yuan to you. You can't just lie through your teeth, can you?"
"Does a failed marriage necessarily lead to enmity?"
"I've returned the bride price to you, and that's the end of it, isn't that enough?" Zhao's mother suppressed her disgust and said to Wei Heping's mother.
If she had any hesitation before, now, no matter what, Zhao Tian cannot marry him.