Chapter 323 1.88 million betrothal gift

Jinkui City, Su Province.

In a restaurant, the three generations of Qu’er gathered together to have a meal and discuss the issue of bride gifts.

"Dad, mom, in a few days, Wenhua and Jiang Xue will register for marriage. Before that, we must send the bride price to others, but how much is the bride price appropriate, please help me get an idea." The person who spoke was Qu's mother, who served as the vice principal in a middle school.

Grandma Qu, the owner of a food processing factory, said: "We really need to consider this carefully. We all know the situation of the Jiang family. It is not comparable to our Qu family. Although there is no requirement for the bride price, we must also pay attention to it and not let others lose face in the bride price."

Qu's father, who is the president of the Universe Market, responded: "Mom is right. If you don't say anything else, Jiang Xue owns 20% of the shares of the Happy Marriage Agency and marrys our Qu family with the shares. The bride price must be given higher, and you must marry the girl back with decent appearance."

Grandpa Qu, a retired state-owned enterprise employee, did not talk nonsense, and said to his eldest grandson directly: "Wenhua, Grandpa's small treasury cannot compare to your grandmother, the big boss, I support you 500,000."

Qu Wenhua laughed and said, "Grandpa, Mr. Ji is really a big deal. He actually saved so much money."

Qu Wenqian couldn't help but joke: "Grandpa, don't empty the small treasury. When I get married, you have to prepare a dowry for me."

Grandpa Qu laughed and said, "Don't worry, you are indispensable."

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard this.

Grandma Qu smiled and said, "This old guy has given out 500,000 yuan, so grandma can't lose to him. Wenhua, grandma supports you 1 million yuan, and she must marry Jiang Xue back with glory."

Qu Wenqian raised her thumbs up and said, "Grandma is worthy of being our big boss, and it's extraordinary to take action."

Qu's father said, "I'll raise 500,000, too."

Qu's mother smiled and said, "Wenhua, your grandparents raised 800,000 yuan for you, and mom added another 200,000 yuan to make up for it."

Qu Wenhua's grandfather is a middle-level leader of a communications company. His grandmother and he jointly opened a dance training center. The two elders only had Qu's mother and daughter. Now his only grandson is going to get married, so the support level will naturally not be low.

The family gathered together casually, and in the blink of an eye, they raised a total of three million. Although this family is not rich, it is still a very good family.

Qu Wenhua couldn't help but shook his head and said, "How can this benefactory be used for so much money?"

Grandma Qu said: "If the betrothal gift, let's take a lucky number. How about 1.88 million?"

Qu's mother praised him after hearing this: "This number is good. 188 means 'to be 'good', and it also contains the meaning of 'sharing of blessings and difficulties', which is perfect for being used as a bride price."

Grandma Qu said: "There is already a house, so you don't need to buy it separately. Just arrange the house more festively. Although there are also cars, the grade is a little worse. So I might as well buy a car worth hundreds of thousands of yuan. The remaining money can be used to buy gold and jewelry, custom phoenix crowns, dragon and phoenix jackets, Xiuhe clothes, etc., and the money will be almost used up."

Qu Wenhua nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to grandma."

Grandma Qu said: "Well, that's it. After you register for marriage in a few days, you can book a hotel and send an invitation."

Send invitations half a month in advance, and it's enough time.

Qu's mother said: "Mom, then we will buy all kinds of gifts tomorrow and fly to the Jiang family the morning after tomorrow to try to rush to the county town where the Jiang family is located that night, and then deliver the dowry to the door the morning after tomorrow. What do you think about this arrangement?"

Grandma Qu nodded, nodded and said, "Yes, then do that."

Qu's father answered: "Then I will contact the Universe Tour in the provincial capital of Guizhou Province in advance. A classmate of me works there. On the one hand, he can make an appointment to withdraw money, and on the other hand, he can ask the other party to rent a good car for us."

"This is OK, otherwise it would be a bit inconvenient to get on the plane with one or two million in cash. Renting a car is also convenient for us to travel, so we don't have to bother picking and dropping off when we get it."

"Just buy the main gift tomorrow, and those ordinary gifts can also be bought in the county town, which will be even more convenient."

“…”

The family expressed their opinions in a word, and after a meal was finished, the plan came out.

Finally, Grandma Qu said, "Then do it like this. Wenhua, remember to say hello to Jiang Xue. We will come to the door to deliver the dowry the day after tomorrow."

Qu Wenhua nodded and said, "Okay, I'll call her later."

...

Regarding giving gifts, different places have different customs. Many places give gifts on the day of engagement, but there are also many places that do not have the custom of engagement.

For example, in Qinghe Town, there is no such thing as engagement.

Here, you can just choose a good day to send it.

That morning, the Jiang family killed chickens and ducks, and arranged food to entertain the upcoming in-laws.

Jiang Feng and his sister-in-law both returned to the village yesterday. The family was very busy. Now they suddenly rushed back and naturally attracted the attention of their neighbors. After asking, they found out that it was Jiang Xue who was talking to, and they were about to give a gift.

So, in just one night, the whole village learned about the news.

The villagers all want to know what kind of partner Jiang Xue has negotiated and how much do the man will give him?

Early in the morning, after breakfast, the villagers gathered under a lychee tree at the door of Lao Sun's house. This was a neighbor less than fifty meters away from Jiang Feng's house.

"I heard that Xiaoxue is talking about as an outsider?"

"I am from another place, and it is said to be from the Soviet Union."

"It's too far, at least one or two thousand kilometers?"

"It should be almost the same. After finding a partner that is so far away, the conditions at the other party's family should be good, right?"

"I heard from Aunt Jiang that the man is a lawyer, and it seems to be quite powerful. My father is the president of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in their city, my mother is the vice principal of a middle school, and my grandmother also opened a factory, and her family is in good condition!"

"If the man's family is not good, how could Xiaoxue look down on me? You don't even look at what cars are Xiaoxue and his sister driving now. Xiaofeng's marriage agency opened in the provincial capital has already made a lot of money."

"It's still Xiao Feng is still very powerful. He pulled the whole family together by himself."

"Who knows how much dowry the man will give to the Jiang family?"

"I really don't know about this. I asked Aunt Jiang last night. She just asked about the betrothal gift and told the man directly to Xiaoxue to give it some."

"With the conditions of the man's family, the bride price should not be given less, after all, they also want face."

"I'll know how much it is in detail later."

“…”

Amid the discussions among the villagers, time came unknowingly, and a Mercedes-Benz car turned from the small bridge and drove slowly towards the Jiang family.

The villagers with gossip on their faces were all excited and stretched their necks to look at the Jiang family.

I saw the car parked in the Jiang family yard and five people got out of the car. A handsome young man, no need to guess, knew that this was Xiaoxue's object. Two middle-aged men with quite temperament should be the parents of the handsome young man. There were also two energetic old men, who should be his grandparents.

The family of five rushed over thousands of miles to deliver the bride price, which shows how much the man's family attaches importance to this marriage.

Several members of the Jiang family also came out together.

After the two sides greeted each other, various gifts were moved from the back car box to the Jiang family.

The villagers didn't see other gifts very clearly, only knowing that there are all kinds of cigarettes, wine, tea, candy and biscuits. It was not until the man carefully proposed a unique blue from the car that he was shocked.

I saw that the blue was covered with colorful banknotes, mainly red hundred-dollar bills, and there were very few banknotes of other colors, just used as embellishments. The thick banknotes were placed in the blue, and there were some window flowers with the character "四" as embellishments. The overall look was very beautiful.

If the occasion wasn't wrong, the villagers couldn't help but step forward and watch.

After the Jiang family brought the Lanzi full of money into the house and put them away, the villagers couldn't help but talk.

"Oh my God, if I read it right, the ones on the blue just now were all money, right?"

"It must be money. Although it is more than forty meters away, that blue money is too dazzling and you can recognize it at a glance."

"This is the first time I have seen so much money when I have grown up. Is this probably million?"

"If all the money in it is 100 yuan, then it will definitely cost millions, and it will be unclear how much it is."

"It's such a big deal. If there is a high bride price, it will directly refresh the bride price record of our Qinghe Town. I just don't know if Bailiang County can rank first."

"It's really enviable to find such an in-laws."

“…”

Amid the villagers' discussions, Jiang Feng's family invited the Qu family to the large living room on the third floor for tea. After saying hello, Jiang's mother came down to cook, while her elder brother and sister-in-law came down to help.

While making tea, Jiang Feng smiled and said, "Grandpa Qu Grandpa Qu Uncle Qu Aunt Qu, we are in remote areas and transportation is not very convenient. You have worked hard all the way."

Grandma Qu waved her hand and smiled, "It's not hard work. You have beautiful mountains and rivers here. I have seen the scenery along the way. Those small peaks are really unique."

As soon as Grandpa Qu went upstairs, he kept looking at the huge living room, and sighed as he looked at it: "In-law, this house is so well built. It must have cost a lot of money, right?"

Jiang's father smiled and continued, "It didn't cost much money. The land where the house was built was his own homestead. The foreman who helped build the house was a customer of Xiao Feng. He didn't even charge wages, but just spent money on buying building materials."

Qu's father said: "If such a house is placed in a big city, it will be more than ten million yuan at will. If the same money is spent, it will be ten times more comfortable to live in the countryside than in the big city."

Qu's mother said: "It's really comfortable to live in rural areas, but the educational conditions are a little worse than those in big cities." She is worthy of being the vice principal who has been teaching for many years, and it was an educational issue from the beginning.

Jiang's father sighed: "The educational conditions in rural areas are indeed not good. For example, many of our villages drop out of school and work after nine years of compulsory education. Not one of ten children must have a college student."

Qu's mother praised: "The educational conditions are worse than those in the city. In-law, you can still train two excellent 985 college students. It's really good. We all want to learn from you."

When Jiang's father heard this, he shook his head and said embarrassedly: "My mother-in-law, you really have a reward. You are not afraid of you making jokes when you say it. How can we know how to raise children? We have never taught them to write homework since childhood.

Xiaoxue and Xiaofeng were able to get into 985 universities because they had their own efforts and had nothing to do with our parents."

Qu's mother was slightly stunned when she heard this, and then smiled and said, "That's also my in-laws. You provide a good learning environment for the children. In addition, Xiaoxue and Xiaofeng are both extremely smart, diligent and studious, so it's not surprising that they can get into 985 universities."

Next, we talked about education while drinking tea, and after talking about education, we talked about customs and habits.

The Jiang family has rich experience in mediation and has trained their words. They are all eloquent and can easily greet the Qu family, without any neglect.

By eleven o'clock, Jiang's mother also prepared the dishes and everyone went to the table to have a meal.

Because the Qu family came to give the bride gifts in advance, the Jiang family's meals were prepared in great detail, and the water and mountains that were swimming in the water were hidden.

In addition, Jiang's mother's cooking skills have improved dramatically in the past year, so the Qu family has praised her.
To be continued...