Ms. Xia hesitated, she was really afraid that the Li family would suddenly not want this marriage.
"Fifty taels?" Liu Donghai laughed at himself.
"Why are you laughing? Fifty taels is more?" Xia asked angrily.
"Yes, it's not much. The son of member Wu who owns dozens of acres of land in the village only has a bride price of ten taels as a bride price!"
Liu Donghai knew that the amount of bride price determined the importance of a daughter in the groom's family, but he didn't know what his daughter's condition was.
If the Li family really rejects this marriage, I'm afraid it will be difficult for their daughter to find such a good in-laws in her life.
"Don't think that I can't understand what you mean. Let me tell you Liu Donghai, if I hadn't sacrificed my face, would this marriage have been in our family's turn for you, a useless piece of trash?"
Xia pointed at Liu Donghai's nose and cursed. Liu Donghai was so angry that he suddenly raised his hand and wanted to slap Xia on the face.
"you dare!"
Xia raised her chin and looked domineering.
Liu Donghai gritted his teeth and put his hand down heavily.
"Useless wimp!!"
Xia's tone was contemptuous and she snorted coldly.
“Bang bang bang!”
But at this moment, there was a banging on the door.
"Aren't you bothered? Why don't you let me sleep?"
Then, an irritable young man's voice came from outside.
"No more noise, no more noise, Xiaosong, go back to bed quickly, you have to go to private school tomorrow!"
As soon as she heard her son's voice, Xia changed her previous aggressive demeanor and her voice became extremely gentle.
"Okay, if you keep arguing, I won't go to the private school tomorrow!" Xia Song threatened.
"Okay, okay!" Xia agreed hurriedly.
After a while, it was quiet outside.
"Go to sleep quickly and don't disturb your son."
Mr. Xia glanced at Liu Donghai angrily and lay down directly on the bed.
"You go to sleep, I'll go sit outside!"
What did Liu Donghai have on his mind? He stood up, opened the door and walked out.
"Forget it if you don't sleep, I still want to sleep!"
Mrs. Xia didn't bother to pay attention to this useless husband, pulled the quilt and fell asleep.
Liu Donghai came outside.
Take out the tobacco stick.
Smoking dry tobacco silently in the yard.
In fact, he always had something to say in his heart.
That is, even if a man cannot marry a wife, he should never do anything like that.
at the same time.
A dilapidated woodshed to the east.
This firewood house is a house built of thatch and dead branches, with bundles of firewood placed inside.
Next to the firewood, there is a wooden bed.
It's said to be a wooden bed.
It's actually just a piece of wood placed on a pile of firewood.
I heard a sound coming from outside.
Xia Ju curled up and hugged the worn quilt tightly with both hands, tears falling down uncontrollably.
She couldn't understand why her mother forced the Li family again and again.
…
The next day, Bu Fan rode a little white donkey to Li Datou's house.
After all, as the mayor, if something happens to the residents of the town, he still wants to express condolences.
When we arrived at Li Datou's house, Li Datou's house was quite lively. Not only did the patriarch Li come, but his father-in-law and mother-in-law were also present.
It seems that the news about Xia's lion opening its mouth has spread.
As soon as everyone in the Li family saw him coming, they all came over to say hello, including Li's father and Li Zhao.
"Eldest son-in-law, you have to persuade that Xinde kid about this matter. The Xia family obviously wants to bully that Xinde kid because he wants to be honest!"
Mother-in-law Li Zhao fought against Li Xinde.
In fact, not only the Li Zhao family thinks so, but also all the Li family members.
Although the Li clan is really not short of the one hundred taels now, under normal circumstances, they would have gone out as soon as they had one hundred taels.
But the Xia family is obviously unreasonable. First, they threatened their daughter's innocence, and then the lion asked for a hundred taels of bride price. Who knows what they will ask for after that.
"I know this!"
Bu Fan nodded, first said hello to Li Datou and his wife, and then went to see Li Xinde.
Due to the incident with the Xia family, Li Xinde did not go to the academy to attend classes.
But when he approached Li Xinde's study, he saw a familiar figure walking out of it.
"Why are you here?"
Bu Fan was a little surprised. The person in front of him was none other than Zhou Mingzhu.
"When something like this happens to an academy student, as the vice president of the academy, it's normal for me to come over and say hello."
Zhou Mingzhu chuckled.
At this moment, she was wearing a light purple dress that highlighted her graceful curves. She had a gold hairpin stuck in her hair. Her eyes were as clear as the stream under the ice, unstained by the dirt of the world, and her eyelashes were long and thick.
Seeing this, Bu Fan shook his head with his hands behind his back.
"Why are you shaking your head?" Zhou Mingzhu frowned slightly.
"It's nothing, I just think you don't even have a man, so why bother dressing up so beautifully? Who are you showing it to?" Bu Fan shook his head and sighed.
[Negative emotions coming to Zhou Mingzhu 111111]
"Mayor, Xiaoni said before that you had menopause. I didn't believe it, but now I believe it. Not only do you have menopause, I think you also have terminal cancer in straight men!"
"The kind that dies immediately!"
Zhou Mingzhu shook her head, ignored Bu Fan, and strode towards the hall.
"It's just a joke, there's no need to be angry!"
Bu Fan shook his head, happily accepting the negative emotions.
"By the way, I almost forgot to ask that girl what she wanted from Xinde!"
Bu Fan patted his head.
"Forget it, let's ask this kid Xinde!"
With that said, Bu Fan walked into the study.
In the study, Li Xinde was sitting in front of the desk, holding a brush in his hand, as if thinking about something.
"Xinde!" Bu Fan said.
"Dean, why are you here!" Li Xinde came to his senses and hurried forward to greet him.
"You don't have to be so polite. I just came to see you. What were you thinking about just now?" Bu Fan waved his hand.
"No!" Li Xinde blushed.
"Don't be embarrassed!" Bu Fan smiled and patted Li Xinde on the shoulder, "I heard from your parents that you have identified that girl Xia Ju?"
"Um!"
Li Xinde lowered his head, "A gentleman should keep his word. Since I agreed to this marriage last time, there is no reason to refuse!"
"It is right for a gentleman to keep his word, but there is another point: a gentleman must learn to distinguish right from wrong. Do you think it is right for the Xia family to propose a hundred taels of bride price to your family?"
Bu Fan asked with his hands behind his back.
Li Xinde was silent for a moment and shook his head.
"Although one hundred taels is not a big deal to our family, ordinary people's betrothal gifts are only a few taels. What the Xia family did is really inappropriate!"
"Not only is it inappropriate, they are no different from selling their daughters." Bu Fan sighed.
"But I married that girl, not their family!" Li Xinde said.
Bu Fan shook his head, "That's what I said, but it's not that simple to clear up the relationship. To put it bluntly,
It's a terrible thing to have such a top-notch Yue family. They usually come to visit you for free, and if you are not satisfied, they will threaten you with ruining your reputation.
Do you think this kind of Yue family is good or bad?"