Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

Professor Zhou laughed and said, "Oh, Yongcheng, you are asking too much. He is just a country boy, how can he have so much money?"

Zhao Xiangrong and her mother packed for a while, and suddenly took out a package from the sack and asked in surprise, "What is this?"

Lin Zhengjun smiled and said, "Grandpa and grandma, this is the betrothal gift I planned to give to the Zhou family and my pocket money. Because it is not safe on the road, I hid it in the mountain products."

"Is there money in here?" Everyone in the Zhou family was stunned and couldn't believe it.

"Such a big bag must be worth several thousand dollars, right?" Zhou Dongxue muttered to herself with her eyes wide open.

Zhu Yongcheng took a quick look and immediately shouted disdainfully: "What a joke, a few thousand yuan? How can a country bumpkin like him come up with that?"

Nowadays, the largest denomination of RMB is the ten-yuan "Great Unity" note. Of course, you cannot use small amounts of money when giving a gift. All the money will be converted into the Great Unity note. Such a large package does contain that much money.

But it’s only several thousand dollars. Is that a joke?

A rural member would have to go without food and drink for many years to earn this much.

A few thousand yuan was a huge sum of money even for a city cadre like him, and it would take him more than ten years to save it up.

Nowadays in Beijing, many workers and cadres give a dowry of 100 or 200 yuan to the girl's family when they get married, and that's the maximum they can give!

Lin Zhengjun said nothing and untied the cloth bag.

There are 100 pieces of Great Unity in a bundle, and a piece of red paper is inserted on the front with the word "Dowry" written in gold paint, which means one thousand yuan!

In addition, there are five bundles of Great Unity of the same thickness, totaling six thousand yuan!

The living room fell into deathly silence, with only the sound of heavy breathing.

Professor Zhou and his family were so shocked that they were speechless for a long time.

Six brand new bundles of unity neatly placed together are really visually impactful.

Their hearts were pounding and breathing became difficult.

"Grandpa, these are my pocket money. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you!"

Lin Zhengjun rewrapped the remaining 5,000 yuan and put it into his backpack.

Then, he solemnly placed a thousand yuan as a betrothal gift in front of Zhou Shoucheng!

Zhu Yongcheng was completely dumbfounded!

He simply couldn't believe that a country bumpkin actually took out 1000 yuan as a betrothal gift, and most importantly, he also brought yuan in cash!

What a family!

How outrageous!

Are all the members so wealthy?

Is the rural economic development so rapid?

Are the policy effects of the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee so powerful?

"Mom and Dad, here we have a box of Moutai, a pack of Zhonghua, and a pack of Mudan!" Zhou Yangguang picked up another handful of mountain products, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said in surprise again.

Lin Zhengjun smiled and said, "Grandpa, I heard that you like to smoke and have a drink, so I prepared some gifts for you!"

"Okay, okay, these are rare things!"

Zhou Shoucheng stood up and left his seat, stroking his Maotai liquor and cigarettes, looking at them over and over again, also marveling at the thought that this grandson-in-law really had some skills!

"Oh my God, how did you get so many good cigarettes and good wine, Zhengjun?" Zhao Xiangrong said in surprise.

Lin Zhengjun smiled and said, "I also know some leading cadres in Huaibian County. They gave it to me. I'll tell you more about it later."

Zhu Yongcheng was no longer calm and the corners of his mouth twitched.

The cigarettes he usually smokes are Daqianmen, and the drinks he drinks are Erguotou, Lotus White, and Chrysanthemum White. It already feels very luxurious and impressive.

But what Lin Zhengjun sent was Moutai liquor, Zhonghua cigarettes and Peony cigarettes, and they came in boxes and cartons. How can you compare with them!

At this moment, Zhu Yongcheng was deeply shocked.

The total price of these things is less than a hundred yuan.

The problem was not about money, but that the goods were in short supply and were supplied with coupons, which ordinary people could not get.

"The province smokes Zhonghua and the city smokes Peony, the awesome young men smoke big production, the middle-level cadres smoke Spring Festival cigarettes, the educated youth smoke Diligence and Frugality, and the poor and lower-middle peasants smoke newspaper rolls" which means that only provincial and ministerial level cadres are qualified to smoke this kind of Zhonghua cigarette, while Peony is the only configuration for municipal and departmental level cadres!

This is not something that ordinary people can get. Being able to get these things itself represents strong connections and even status!

Zhou Yangguang originally disliked Zhu Yongcheng, and at this moment he couldn't help but raise his sword-like eyebrows and said in a veiled way: "Zhengjun took a thousand yuan as a betrothal gift, which shows that he is sincere and has deep feelings for Xiaofu. Do you think this marriage is reliable?"

These words seemed to stab Zhu Yongcheng in the heart. Zhu Yongcheng blushed and was speechless.

Tang Xiaofu also spoke with disdain: "Also, what did you say just now? My boyfriend Lin Zhengjun is a country bumpkin, but do you have so much money? You can't do it? Then what have you become?"

Zhu Yongcheng felt his face was swollen, and it was turning red and white. He was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole to crawl into.

But he didn't argue and pretended to be disdainful: "Haha, how could he possibly make so much money? It's probably that he's living beyond his means, borrowed money, and when they get married, won't Xiaofu and he be in debt together?"

"Lin Zhengjun is young and hot-headed. He borrowed so much money just to impress you. If he can't pay it back, he might be beaten to death!"

Zhou Yangguang sneered: "Even if it's borrowed, it's someone else's ability. Try to borrow it. You can't borrow it!"

Tang Xiaofu said: "If you don't know, don't talk nonsense. Zhengjun didn't borrow it at all!"

"Zhengjun, tell grandpa, where did you get all this money, cigarettes and alcohol? Did you borrow them?" Zhou Shoucheng's face changed, and his heart was in his throat again.

Although Lin Zhengjun's preparations do show his sincerity, it would not be a good thing if he owed too much foreign debt.

"Grandpa, I didn't borrow any money..." Lin Zhengjun was about to explain.

Suddenly, a group of men, women, old and young rushed into the yard, ran to the door of Zhu Yongcheng's house and banged on it frantically, shouting angrily: "Where is Zhu Yongcheng? Get out here!"

"If you don't come out, I'll burn your house down!"

Zhu Yongcheng's face changed, he bent down and lowered his head, and made a soft hissing sound, signaling everyone not to speak.

Chen Yukun’s parents Chen Guoquan, Lu Ping and others!

Why are you so aggressive now? Are you here to cause trouble?

But Zhu Yongcheng was very puzzled.

Yesterday, after Chen Yukun and others were arrested, I asked the guard to tell Chen Yukun and others not to blame me, and that I would find a way to rescue them from outside.

Their parents didn't even know about this, so how did it get exposed so quickly?

Zhou Shoucheng's family looked at each other in surprise.

Simply put, Zhu Yongcheng is someone else's child in the staff quarters. He is good at dealing with people and quite popular. He has a good relationship with all these families.

How come they suddenly became enemies?

The crowd knocked a few more times, and Zhu Yongcheng's parents Zhu Dawei and Fan Bijun opened the door and walked out.

Zhu Dawei had a thin face, as if he was a starving ghost, but he was the head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering after all, and a cadre of some stature, so he was quite dignified.

He glanced at everyone with a sinister look in his eyes and said coldly, "What are you doing? Can't you just talk it out? Do you look like a working class person at all?"