Chapter 155 Chapter 155 : The Luo Family's Request
Chapter 155 Chapter 155: Luo Family’s Request
Xu Erlang's first meeting was a great success.
Not to mention how satisfied Mrs. Xu was with Mrs. Luo Wang, the two parties involved, Xu Erlang and Luo Qiuhong, were also extremely satisfied with each other.
Before Xu Erlang got home, he nodded to Mrs. Xu on the way, blushed and said with a hint of excitement: "Grandma, I think it's pretty good."
In the afternoon, shopkeeper Du brought a message with a smile, saying that the Luo family had fallen in love with Xu Erlang, and if the Xu family was also interested, they could come to propose marriage.
These are all honest people, and their children are old enough. If they procrastinate, they are also delaying their children.
Therefore, Old Man Xu let Mr. Zhou take a day off, and he and Xu Chunlin, dressed in new clothes, took Xu Erlang, carried gifts, and went to Luo's house to propose marriage with shopkeeper Du, the matchmaker.
The Luo family left food, and Xu Chunlin's family of three did not return until after noon.
Old man Xu and Mrs. Xu who were waiting in the shop were also worried about this matter. When they saw someone coming back, they quickly asked: "How is it? Everything goes well today, right?"
Xu Chunlin was not good at talking, so Zhou answered, "All goes well, my daughter is already eighteen years old, so the Luo family also wants to set the date in the first half of the year!"
This kind of marriage has a tacit understanding between the two families, and the proposal of marriage is the smoothest, but it is not a matter of mentioning it.
I think so, if it doesn't go well, the woman won't leave any food.
Old Man Xu was happy that his second grandson's marriage was settled, but when he saw his son's expression was wrong, he couldn't help but asked: "What else happened?"
Mrs. Zhou glanced at her husband and said immediately: "As for the betrothal gift, the Luo family made a request."
"What's the request?" Mrs. Xu asked hurriedly. She had a good chat with Mrs. Wang at Puning Temple. She was a very cheerful woman with an honest mind. She will be a good in-law in the future. This
As a close relative, she is satisfied from the bottom of her heart.
For things like betrothal gifts, as long as the other party is not too embarrassed, the man will usually agree. Just like Da Lang's previous family member, who suddenly changed his mind and wanted to increase the betrothal gift, if they had not really been able to come up with it, they would have agreed at the time.
Mrs. Zhou hesitated for a while and then said slowly: "The Luo family wants us to buy a house in the city to use as a wedding room for the young couple. They said that we will only buy the house and they will be responsible for all the furniture and furnishings in it."
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"Buy a house?" Mrs. Xu was immediately shocked, "How can our family get so much money to buy a house?"
When Rokuro bought that house, it cost one hundred and eighty-five taels for the second time!
It's not something that can be taken out immediately if you ask for it.
Mrs. Zhou also knew that this matter was really difficult, but under the circumstances, she couldn't refuse, she just said she would come back to discuss it.
"Sister-in-law Wang means that she wants her daughter to live in the city after getting married, not far from home, and to be able to see her at any time. She said that her daughter has been used to living in the city since she was a child, and she is afraid that she will not be used to living in the village.
To live a good life, it doesn’t matter what kind of house we buy, it can be done as soon as we move in. It doesn’t matter if we buy it in Fucheng or in Jiangyang County!”
"Their family only requires this as a betrothal gift. Everything else is fine. We can give it whatever we want. Sister-in-law Wang also said that in addition to all the furniture for the house, they will also provide the daughter with ten acres of fertile land and fifty
Two pieces of silver."
Mrs. Xu listened and opened her mouth but couldn't come up with anything.
Think about it, she is a serious city girl. Before you were like them, how could you have thought about getting a city girl as your wife? No one in the town had even thought about it.
This really makes people who are used to living in the city feel uncomfortable living in an adobe house in their village.
And the requirements are not excessive. Even if you buy one, you can go to the county town, and you only need to buy a house and all the furniture.
In addition, there was such a generous dowry, and this was truly a marriage that they had never dreamed of before.
That Qiuhong is indeed good, and the in-laws are also easy to talk to.
I really can’t find any reason to refuse to buy a house.
Do you really not want this family relationship?
If you miss this village, you will hardly encounter this store.
Old Mrs. Xu didn't know what to do, so she couldn't help but look at Old Man Xu.
Ever since he heard the Luo family's request, Old Man Xu had been deep in thought and did not answer the question.
Ask yourself, the Luo family's request is not excessive. If it were to be replaced by another Fucheng family, I'm afraid it would be much heavier than this, so I might not be willing to do it.
The Luo family did not dislike them for escaping the famine and were willing to marry them. Not only because their families were harmonious, but also because their family was in business and opened a shop. As a parent, who doesn't want their daughter to marry well and live a good life?
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No matter how much the dowry is, it can't match my uncle's ability.
This request is understandable, reasonable, and nothing to choose from.
Can you really buy a house?
All the money from last month was used to buy this shop. It has only been about twenty days now, and there is not much money in the account.
But this has to be divided into four parts. If it goes to the second house, it is far from being able to buy a house. Even if you move in, you can't buy it without dividing it. You still have to keep money to buy betrothal gifts. It's impossible to just buy it.
Buy a house and do nothing else.
Otherwise, we won’t distinguish between this month and next month? Let’s discuss it with everyone, and all the money will go to the second wife to get a wife first?
This is not good, and he also knows that the eldest son's marriage has not been successful, and the eldest daughter-in-law is worried. Knowing that Erlang has a daughter-in-law from the city, I am afraid that she is also missing something in her heart.
If he had known that Erlang was going to buy a house in the city, he might have thought about buying it so that they could have a good relationship.
This was the first time the money was being divided, but it was still difficult to divide it. I was tight-lipped first, which made me feel uncomfortable. Although if he was forced not to divide the money, he decided like this, and the boss and the couple would not say much, but it was not good in the end.
Or let the second child ask the third child to borrow it?
No, it won't work. Rokuro still owes money for buying that house and hasn't paid yet. He's just waiting to get enough money.
Old man Xu couldn't help but sigh, and couldn't think clearly for a while.
Xu Yinyin, who had been busy for a while and came in to have a rest by the fire, looked at the worried expressions of several people, thought for a moment, and said: "It's better to buy a shop first than buy a house!"
"Buy a shop?" Old Man Xu looked over, "Siya, do you have any good ideas?"
Xu Yinyin said: "Many of the customers who came to our shop before were not from Jiangyang County. They said they came from Jiangyang County and it was inconvenient. They also teased us why we didn't open the shop in their county.
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"I have been thinking about this. In this huge city of Yiyang, our shop is the only one selling these things. Things are rare and expensive, so so many people come to place large orders and want to sell them to other places. This
Regarding opening a branch, I thought that sooner or later it would be expanded to other places.
It's still winter now, and it doesn't matter. When spring turns to summer next year, the business of our shop will definitely be more than half better.
Before that, it is not impossible for us to open a few more branches first.
If not, we can find a suitable shop in Jiangyang County, or in the south or north of the city, with a backyard, where we can open a shop in the front and people live in the back, so we get the best of both worlds.
I see that the second brother is now able to stand alone. Sometimes, even if you are not in the front shop, he can do it alone. So, open a branch and let the second brother be responsible. In addition, the future second sister-in-law will also work in the shop since she was a child.
If you are here to help, there will definitely be no problem in doing business.
In this way, the second brother can be considered to have his own business, and he and the second sister-in-law can live a good life together!"