Xiao Hua's mother quickly explained: "Mei Hua, you should know that our family has no money to give a bride price, so their family proposed that you can marry Yi'er's brother without giving a bride price."
Jiang Mengyu frowned: They actually exchanged Xiao Hua for marriage?
Xiao Hua stood up: "No, I won't change my marriage. We will give them whatever gift they want!"
Xiao Hua's mother said: "How much money can you have? These days, it costs one hundred betrothal gifts to get a wife. Where can we get so much money for betrothal gifts?"
In fact, there was not that much money for betrothal gifts in the mountains at this time, usually only sixty yuan, sometimes as much as eighty yuan. He said one hundred yuan to deliberately embarrass Xiao Hua.
Xiao Hua looked at Jiang Mengyu, who nodded.
Xiao Hua immediately said: "I can borrow one hundred yuan from my classmates first, but I must continue studying."
Xiao Hua's mother saw that her daughter really wanted to study, and that her daughter could study well. She also hoped that her daughter could get into college and bring some glory to the family.
She looked at Xiao Hua's father: "Since my daughter is willing to borrow money for the bride price, let's forget about the marriage exchange."
When Xiao Hua's father heard his daughter talk about lending money for the bride price, he frowned and said, "Our family's situation makes it difficult to pay back even if we borrow money."
Xiao Hua quickly said: "You don't have to pay it back. I will pay it back myself in the future. Moreover, I can also give you another hundred yuan so that my brother can marry his sister-in-law back in glory."
She also fought hard not to be a suitable marriage partner. Jiang Mengyu only gave her two hundred yuan and planned to spend all of it.
Xiao Hua's father was shaken when he heard what his daughter said. He looked at his eldest son and said, "In this case, don't change the marriage. Let's give him a bride price."
The bride price of 100 yuan has given the woman a lot of face.
Besides, it doesn't sound good to change the reputation of a relative.
But Brother Xiao Hua refused: "No, you must marry Ruyi's brother."
Jiang Mengyu felt strange. Her younger sister had already promised to pay, and her parents had agreed not to change their marriage. Why did her brother insist on changing her marriage?
Could it be that there is something else fishy here?
"Brother!" Xiao Hua looked at his brother in disbelief: "You can get a wife without changing the relationship, why do you have to ask me to change the relationship?"
Brother Xiao Hua, Xiao Zhu, avoided his sister with his eyes: "This is a request made by the Tian family. Otherwise, they will not marry their daughter to me."
"Before, they thought that our family was too poor to afford the gift, so now I have agreed to provide the money.
The Tian family has received a hundred yuan as a bride price, which they can use to marry other girls, so why do they need to exchange marriages?"
Xiao Hua's parents looked at their son. They also felt strange. He already had money to find a wife, so why insist on changing his marriage? After all, this marriage exchange doesn't sound good.
Moreover, although people at this time favored boys over girls, the Xiao family was considered pretty good. Otherwise, Xiao Hua would not have been able to go to high school.
Most girls only go to junior high school and then no longer.
Under the pressure of Xiao's father and Xiao's mother, Xiao Zhu finally had to tell the truth.
The in-laws introduced to them by the introducer were from Fengmugen, and the girl's name was Tian Ruyi.
It turned out that Tian Ruyi's brother Tian Xianhua saw his sister Xiao Hua shopping with some classmates in the county and fell in love with her at first sight.
Afterwards, he asked his companions and learned that this girl was Xiao Zhu's sister from Hongshi Village and was currently studying in the county high school.
So, after returning home, he approached the matchmaker in the village and asked her to introduce Xiao Hua to him.
But the matchmaker told him with certainty that the Xiao family treasured their daughter, and I heard that she was preparing to take the college entrance examination.
Given Tian Xianhua's status, the Xiao family's parents would not marry their daughter to him easily.