In the afternoon, Sun Quan called Yuan Shuiqing to communicate. She asked for her family's opinion and quickly called Sun Quan back and said there was no problem.
Because today is Saturday.
Her aunt and uncle happened to be resting there.
And her grandfather and grandmother have retired a long time ago, so the meeting between the parents of both parties is mainly to check the time of her aunt and uncle. If it is convenient for them, it will be fine for everyone else.
The meeting place was booked by Sun Quan, which was the five-star hotel where he stayed for a period of time during the Spring Festival.
It's not that he is used to such high consumption, but mainly to show that he attaches great importance to this meeting between the parents of both parties. Sun Quan thought very simply - at least on the small matter of tonight's meeting place, don't let aunt and uncle Yuan Shuiqing find fault.
Come.
He could tell that if there was a problem in tonight's meeting, it would probably be with her aunt and uncle. He had already met her grandfather and grandmother several times, and they were quite easy to talk to.
And the fact did not surprise him.
That night, the two families agreed to meet in front of the hotel.
As soon as they met, Yuan Shuiqing's aunt had a thorn in her words.
"Xiao Sun! I heard that the Jetta you drove here today was bought with Qingqing's money from our family, right?"
"aunt!"
Yuan Shuiqing touched her aunt Yuan Yulan's arm and reminded her not to talk like that.
Sun Zhicai and Xu Mei, who originally greeted each other with smiles, looked a bit unnatural. Xu Mei, in particular, hesitated to speak, but was stopped by Sun Zhicai's touch.
Sun Quan's smile also faltered. Is this little apple Han Li's mother?
He had met her once when he first went to Yuan Shuiqing's house, and that time he didn't feel that this woman liked to cause trouble.
For Yuan Shuiqing's sake, Sun Quan laughed and endured it.
On the other hand, Yuan Shuiqing's grandfather, Yuan Musheng, glanced at Yuan Yulan, coughed, and said, "Why are you talking about this now? They have already obtained the certificates. Don't get involved in their young couple's affairs!"
Grandma Yuan Shuiqing smiled kindly and greeted Sun Quan's parents with a smile.
This little episode has been revealed for the time being.
Under Sun Quan's greeting, the two families entered the hotel restaurant, ordered and served the food without any problems, but Sun Quan could see that Yuan Yulan's face had not always looked good.
There was no smile on his face, and he kept a long face.
After ordering, Sun Quan called Yuan Shuiqing out while going out to choose seafood with the waiter.
As soon as she went out, Sun Quan asked her in a low voice, "What's wrong with your aunt today? Is she angry somewhere else, but still looks down on me?"
Yuan Shuiqing glanced at the waiter walking in front of them and whispered: "You should be more patient! It is probably mainly because when we decided to get married and get the certificate, we didn't discuss it with her at all. She was sulking!"
Sun Quan frowned, "She's not your mother. Should we discuss our marriage with her?"
Yuan Shuiqing shook his head slightly and sighed softly, "But my parents are gone, so sometimes my aunt likes to meddle in my affairs and says she is responsible for me. She also means well, so don't mind!"
Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "Okay! Anyway, we don't live with her every day, so I'll just endure it today!"
Yuan Shuiqing smiled, took the initiative to hold his hand, and said softly: "Well, just think of it for my sake, don't argue with her!"
but……
After the food and wine were served, not long after the two families officially started eating, Yuan Yulan started to cause trouble again.
"Xiao Sun! You and Qingqing have already received your marriage certificate, right?"
She lowered her eyelids, rummaged with her chopsticks on the plate of chopped pepper fish lips, and asked Sun Quan coldly. When she asked, she looked at the fish lips and did not look at Sun Quan at all.
Sun Quan hummed, "Yes! I just got it two days ago."
Yuan Yulan snorted and suddenly asked: "Did you give me any gift? I have already received the marriage certificate, so I think I have given you the gift, right?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions at the table changed a little.
Sun Quan frowned slightly, looked at Yuan Yulan, who had a cold expression, and then looked at Yuan Shuiqing, his parents, and Yuan Shuiqing's grandfather, grandmother and uncle beside him.
He could see everyone's expressions.
My parents frowned and said nothing.
Yuan Shuiqing's uncle chuckled lightly, picked up the wine bottle and poured wine for the old man without saying a word.
The old man frowned and said, "Pour less! Pour less! I'm old and can't drink too much." He winked at his daughter Yuan Yulan.
But Yuan Yulan didn't look at anyone at all.
The old lady didn't seem to notice the change in the atmosphere at the table. While picking up food for Sun Quan's mother, she urged with a smile: "Eat more! There are so many dishes, don't waste them!"
Yuan Shuiqing frowned slightly, exhaled lightly, forced a smile on his face and said to Yuan Yulan: "Auntie, I said you don't want the bride price, our family is not short of money."
Sun Quan glanced at her, and the sullenness that had just risen in his heart suddenly disappeared.
In fact, he knew it in his heart. When receiving the certificate, neither he nor Yuan Shuiqing mentioned the betrothal gift.
He himself had not thought about that problem. In his subconscious mind, as long as he got married, everything about him would be handed over to Yuan Shuiqing for safekeeping, and all money and everything else would be given to her. Therefore, he did not think about the betrothal gift or anything like that in his subconscious mind.
But he didn't tell Yuan Shuiqing any of this, and Yuan Shuiqing said this to Yuan Yulan at this time, obviously to help him deal with her aunt's questioning.
Because of Yuan Shuiqing's attitude, Sun Quan could still laugh at this time, and said to Yuan Yulan with a smile: "Aunt, it's easy to talk about the bride price. Just tell me the number, and I will make up for it later. Do you think it's okay?"
Yuan Yulan looked at him and then at Yuan Shuiqing, who was frowning.
He smiled suddenly, shook his head slightly, and said: "Okay, since you said so, let me tell you the number! Our family is so beautiful, Qingqing, and she is a top student who graduated from the University of Science and Technology. A hundred thousand yuan as a gift from you is not much, right?"
"
"aunt!"
Yuan Shuiqing raised her voice slightly, her expression already a little hesitant.
Yuan Yulan stared at her, raised her hand to stop Yuan Shuiqing's next words, looked at Sun Quan, and said, "Is there a problem with one hundred thousand?"
Seeing her gesture, Sun Quan was still a little angry in his heart.
On the surface, he was smiling, but what he said was: "How about one hundred thousand? It's too little. I guess when Han Li gets married in the future, the bride price will definitely not be less than one hundred thousand, right? In this way, I will give you two hundred thousand! Auntie
Do you think it’s okay?”
He doubled the amount of betrothal gift mentioned by Yuan Yulan for two purposes.
First, he hoped that Yuan Yulan would stop right there and not get entangled in issues such as betrothal gifts. He wanted to use this move to tell her - I am not short of money, so stop making a fuss about money all the time.
Second, at that moment, a dark thought did flash through his mind. He wanted to see how much gift Yuan Yulan's daughter Han Li could ask for from the man when she got married after he said this. It would be less.
, Will Yuan Yulan feel embarrassed? If she wants too much, can the man give it to her?
"Two hundred thousand?"
Yuan Yulan paused and subconsciously looked at her husband Guo Guodong beside her. Guo Guodong looked at Sun Quan opposite him in surprise.
He suddenly smiled, nodded slightly, and said: "The bride price is a small matter. As Qingqing said, our family is not short of money. Forget two hundred thousand, let's give one hundred thousand! The key is not the amount of the bride price, but the
When a girl in our family marries a girl, no matter how much the gift is, she must have it! Right? After all, when other girls get married, they all receive betrothal gifts. Our family is no worse than girls from other families. If we don’t ask for any betrothal gift, others will laugh at us! Xiao
Sun, do you think this is true?"
Before today, Sun Quan heard Yuan Shuiqing say that her uncle Guo Guodong was a leader of their county's electric power company. At this time, Sun Quan felt a little bit about Guo Guodong's speaking skills.
At least, what he said was more pleasing to the ears than what Yuan Yulan said.
Therefore, Sun Quan smiled and nodded, "Yes! What my uncle said makes sense, and I completely agree!"
However, Yuan Yulan spoke again, "What about the question of whose surname the child will have? I heard that your family agrees that one of the children born after our family is cleared can have our family's surname of Yuan, right? Then let's put this first
Let’s make things clear. Should the first child take our family name? Or the second child? Or should we say that no matter which child it is, as long as it is a boy, he must have your family name? Let’s not talk about anything else first.
Let this matter be settled! Don’t go back on it in the future!”
Sun Quan: "..."
At this moment, Sun Quan wanted to curse.
Because he felt that Yuan Yulan was indeed causing trouble. If this issue was raised in front of all the elders of the two families, could they reach a consensus in a short while?
"Otherwise, let's have the second child! The first child, no matter what, logically should have your family's surname Sun. We completely understand this. Just let the second child have our family's surname!"
The old lady spoke with a smile.
Sun Quan's mother was anxious, "This can't work! It's okay to have a child with your family name. Our family agrees, but if only a boy is born, the boy will definitely have our family name Sun! Otherwise, we, Sun,
Is there no end to the family?"
Old lady: "Hey, that's not what you said. Our family doesn't insist on boys bearing our surname, right? Let's just say which child has our surname, the first one or the second one, regardless of male or female!
"
Old man: "That's right! Which one should you choose first or second? Our family can do it, but we can't differentiate between men and women!"
Guo Guodong: "So, this issue must be discussed in advance! I also think that men and women cannot be distinguished. What era are we in? Boys and girls are the same, Sun Quan's mother, we can't favor boys over girls!"
…
Sun Quan was confused after hearing this. He knew that this issue would easily lead to disputes. Originally, he thought that the bow of the boat and the bridge would naturally be straight. It would not be too late to solve the problem after the child was born, in case both were boys or girls.
Woolen cloth?
But now it was exposed by Yuan Yulan.
He could understand why Yuan Shuiqing's grandparents wanted to fight, and he also understood why his mother was unwilling to give in.
But what he couldn't understand was - what did Yuan Yulan want to do?
I have already obtained the certificate from Shui Qing. If you offend me like this, what good will it do to you?
"Ugh... ugh..."
Suddenly, when there was a quarrel at the table, Sun Quan heard Yuan Shuiqing next to him vomiting, but he only saw the sound and movement of vomiting, but nothing came out.
Sun Quan turned around and looked at her stupidly, who was still retching.
The two families who were quarreling at the table also forgot about the quarrel. One or two... they all looked at Yuan Shuiqing who was retching with wonderful expressions.
A thought flashed through everyone's mind—really pregnant?