Realize dreams from blind date

Chapter 214
"If you keep thinking about the betrothal gift your mother said, I don't think you'll be able to get married for the rest of your life." Zhang Qiyue held her head and sighed.

"It's okay, I'm only 26 years old, still young." Xiao Yourong comforted herself.

"You're already 26, still young?" Zhang Qiyue sighed again, "There are so many girls who are younger and prettier than you. If you and your mother continue to choose, you will just wait to find a second marriage."

"My mother and I had a talk a few days ago and said we could take a step back." Xiao Yourong sighed.

And why didn't she know that if she dragged on, she would really become an old girl.

"How much back?" Zhang Qiyue asked curiously.

"Refund 40, my mother only needs [-] dowry now." Xiao Yourong bit her lip and whispered.

"Well, I think you'd better wait for a few more years until your mother reduces the bride price to less than 10." Zhang Qiyue said angrily.

She also convinced Xiao Yourong's mother, and has been clinging to the exorbitant price of the bride price.

She and Xiao Yourong are classmates and tablemates in high school. Xiao Yourong's family situation is a bit special. Although their family is in the next town, none of their family is local. They moved here from other provinces 20 years ago.

A family of four, she has a younger brother who is four years younger than her.

The characters and thoughts of Xiao Yourong's parents were also somewhat incompatible with the local area and were relatively conservative.

The local people are relatively open-minded, and have long since given up the bad habit of patriarchal. Instead, they think that it is not easy for their daughters to marry into their in-laws, so they will often help them out.

Xiao Yourong's family was different, not to mention patriarchal thoughts were extremely serious, and they even regarded Xiao Yourong as a cash cow, and when they were going to marry her off, they paid a lot of money.

Xiao Yourong had just turned 18 back then, and she was admitted to a 985 university in Rongcheng after the college entrance examination. Her mother saw that her daughter was so outstanding, so she immediately said that if anyone wanted to marry her daughter in the future, there would be no gift of 100 million yuan. Don't mention it.

One must know that Xiao Yourong had just entered university at that time, plus he was smart and beautiful, so he was well-known as the golden phoenix in their towns and villages, and many families with sons were thinking about it.

But when Xiao Yourong's mother's words were released, she instantly became the laughing stock of everyone.

You must know that the local customs are relatively simple. When marrying a daughter, they will consider the man's family situation as appropriate, and will not just come up and say how much dowry they want.

Generally, it is enough to give a bride price of tens of thousands of yuan. If the family is not very good, the bride’s family’s gift money should not be ignored, and she will take the initiative to subsidize a little dowry, hoping that her daughter will marry. This day can be better.

For example, Xiao Yourong's family asked for 100 million, which was Scorpion's only share.

If you sell your daughter, can you still have a good life?
That's right, in the eyes of the locals, Xiao Yourong's family is selling their daughter.

Even though it has been eight years now, this incident is still a joke of those aunts and cousins ​​before and after dinner.

They all opened their eyes wide, wanting to see when this golden phoenix from the Xiao family will be able to marry, and how much will be the bride price?
After graduating from university, Xiao Yourong found a relaxed and decent job in Rongcheng Bank, which further fueled his mother's arrogance.

Xiao Yourong works in a bank, and among the people she contacts are many social elites, young talents, plus she is pretty, there are quite a few people who chase after her, but in the end they are all scared away by the exorbitant price of the bride price.

It's not because they can't afford such a sky-high betrothal gift, but because there is a big problem with this family's attitude.

Xiao Yourong had just graduated and had a boyfriend. His family was fairly wealthy and they were doing business in Rongcheng.

On the second day after confirming their relationship with the man, the man took the initiative to go to her home to discuss the matter of marriage. After some bargaining, the man set the bottom line of the bride price at 50, but Xiao Yourong's mother insisted on it. , it must be 100 million.

It's not that the husband's family of 100 million people can't afford it, but others are not stupid. You Xiao Yourong has a younger brother under you. If you really gave the money, you definitely won't marry it.

If after getting married, Xiao Yourong's family would come out with some kind of moth and pay a lot of money to help her mother's family, it would be a bottomless pit.

No matter how outstanding and beautiful you Xiao Yourong are, the man's family doesn't have such a family background to give you trouble?

Then, the matter was put on hold, and finally the man's mind also faded.

Then, another half a year later, Xiao Yourong's mother couldn't stand it any longer, so she sent someone to find the man's family, and said that she agreed to marry her daughter with a gift of 50 yuan.

But the man was no longer interested. Xiao Yourong's ex-boyfriend found a well-matched girl and they were already married.

Although her appearance and education are not as good as Xiao Yourong's, her girl's temperament is not bad, and she is living a happy life now, and her daughters are now in kindergarten.

After being tormented by Xiao Yourong's mother, Xiao Yourong's reputation became bigger and bigger, but it's a pity that it's not a good reputation.

She is now 26 and has never been in a serious relationship. Even if other men see her as beautiful and have some thoughts in their minds, once they know about the sky-high price of the gift, they will consciously back out.

In addition, the reputation has already spread to several nearby towns, and the matchmaker dare not come to protect the matchmaker.

In addition, there is a younger brother under Xiao Yourong who will graduate from university soon, and he will probably get married as soon as he graduates, and the money for this marriage will probably have to be plucked from Xiao Yourong.

Xiao Yourong's parents are both farmers. Apart from the small harvest in the fields and doing odd jobs nearby, the family doesn't have much money saved. Who would want to marry in such a situation?
If he really married and went back, wouldn't it be like being a pig by himself and cutting off the meat for their family?

Everyone is not stupid, but smart.

"You arranged this blind date. I think it's good, but you don't care?" Xiao Yourong was a little dissatisfied with her best friend's attitude.

"I've also told you about Luo Jiaolong's family conditions. It's not a problem to collect a gift of more than a hundred thousand, but your 40 is too much."

She thought that her best friend hadn't been married for so many years, and there was some discussion about the dowry, so she thought about introducing it to Luo Jiaolong.

She still doesn't know about Luo Jiaolong's prosperity now, and Jiang Rui hasn't had time to tell her.

"How about I go back and talk to my mother about 30?" Xiao Yourong asked tentatively.

"It's not about 30 or 40 at all. It's clearly because your mother takes money too seriously, and she's all in it." Zhang Qiyue wanted to distinguish the pros and cons with her, "You get married, this matter It’s up to you to decide.”

"But, it's not easy for them to raise me up like this?" Xiao Yourong also knew that something was wrong with her mother, but when she thought of her parents' painstaking efforts to raise her so much, she couldn't bear it.

"Parents should raise their children, and children should also support their parents, but there is a limit in between, and some excessive demands must not be granted." Zhang Qiyue continued to do ideological work for her.

(End of this chapter)