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Chapter 149 Dowry and House

After pacifying Jia Zhang, Yi Zhonghai returned home.

Miao Cuilan saw him coming in without a smile on her face. She thought the plan had failed, so she tried to comfort him: "Dongxu is good in everything except that he has an unreliable mother. Maybe your sister-in-law didn't agree? Don't be angry. Just try to persuade her slowly."

Yi Zhonghai sighed: "She did agree. But there are two troublesome problems that cannot be solved."

Miao Cuilan asked: "What's the problem?"

"Dowry and house. The sister-in-law was not happy with Dongxu marrying a girl from the countryside and was unwilling to pay the bride price. Also, his house only has two rooms, separated by a low wall and curtains. After Huairu moved in, the sister-in-law had no place to live." Yi Zhonghai explained slowly, trying his best to suppress the anger in his heart.

Miao Cuilan was a little confused: "The house issue is indeed difficult to deal with, but it's unreasonable for my sister-in-law not to pay the bride price! How can you marry a daughter-in-law without giving a bride price? Nowadays, the bride price for marrying a rural girl is not high, at most 50,000 yuan. She is not willing to pay even this little money?"

Yi Zhonghai was a little embarrassed. It was indeed a bit unreasonable to ask Qin Huairu to buy a sewing machine to marry her: "Well, Dongxu promised Huairu that he would buy her a sewing machine."

Miao Cuilan was a little dissatisfied: "How could Dongxu be so unreliable? Doesn't he know the situation of his family? He even wants to buy a sewing machine."

Did Yi Zhonghai say that he helped Jia Dongxu brag in order for Qin Huairu to agree to marry him?

"That's enough. Huairu is such a good child. It's unfair for her to have only a sewing machine."

Miao Cuilan wanted to say something, but Yi Zhonghai had been in charge of family affairs for a long time, and she had become accustomed to obeying.

"Then tell me what to do!"

Yi Zhonghai seemed to have forgotten that he had no money left and asked, "How much money is left at home?"

Miao Cuilan was really unhappy now, and said directly: "How much money do you think is left in the family? Our family has spent millions since we accepted Jia Dongxu as our apprentice, plus the money we paid to the White Widow. Don't you have an idea of ​​how much money is left?"

Also, you were short of three hundred thousand yuan from last month’s salary before you even took it home, and you asked me for another one hundred thousand yuan yesterday.

Zhonghai, we really can’t keep spending our money like this. If we continue to spend like this, we will be left with nothing.”

Yi Zhonghai immediately broke out in a cold sweat: "Why would it cost so much? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Miao Cuilan said aggrievedly: "Aren't we trying to win over Dongxu? It's all my fault. If I had given you a child, there wouldn't be so many problems."

Yi Zhonghai thought to himself, what’s the point of talking about this all day long.

"Don't cry. Remind me next time. We need to save money for retirement. We can't spend money like this."

Miao Cuilan wiped her tears and felt relieved when she saw that Yi Zhonghai had no intention of divorcing her.

Yi Zhonghai stood up helplessly: "Dongxu must marry Huairu. I will go to the backyard to discuss it with the old lady."

He walked out of the house and heard He Yushui's laughter, feeling particularly dissatisfied.

It’s all the He family’s fault. If He Daqing had left with Widow Bai, he could have at least kept 10 million in savings.

He sighed again and prepared to go to the backyard. When he turned the corner, he suddenly saw the house next to his own, and Yi Zhonghai's heart moved.

This house is empty. Wouldn't it be perfect for Jia Zhang to move in?
Then he began to worry again.

The method is good, but some of them don't work.

The house belonged to the He family. Given his current relationship with He Yuzhu, he might not be able to get it.

"Damn you, Jia Zhang, why did you break off your relationship with Sha Zhu? Now that we don't have a house, how is Dongxu going to get married?"

When they arrived at the backyard and knocked on the deaf old lady's door, Yi Zhonghai told her the situation.

"Old lady, let's check the betrothal gifts and the house now. I really can't think of a solution."

The reason why the deaf old lady is called this name is because she has a special skill that prevents her from hearing what she doesn't want to hear.

Coincidentally, neither of these two things were what she wanted to hear.

If it was as Miao Cuilan said, a 50,000 yuan betrothal gift, she would have no problem paying it for Jia Dongxu in order to win his favor. But it was not like that now, it was a sewing machine, worth at least 1.5 million yuan. As an old lady with no one to rely on, she could not afford to help.

As for the house, she had even less choice.

If I had thought of this earlier, I would have reserved a room for the Jia family when I arranged for people to move in.

It's too late to say anything now.

Yi Zhonghai saw that the deaf old lady didn't speak, so he knew that she was using her power. Under normal circumstances, he would have left tactfully, but not this time.

Qin Huairu is just one step away from marrying in, and she must not fail at this stage.

"Old lady, please help me think of a solution! If we miss Huairu, there will be no one to take care of us in our old age. We can't let Dongxu stay single for his whole life!

If the old sister-in-law finds him an unfilial wife, we..."

Needless to say, the deaf old lady knew she couldn’t pretend to be deaf and dumb, so she said, “Ah, this is fate.

I originally planned to make you the manager, so that you would have prestige and power in the hospital and everything would be easier to do.

Unfortunately, they were all destroyed by Sha Zhu and Xu Fugui."

When Yi Zhonghai heard the deaf old lady say this, he knew she had a way. He couldn't care about the power in the courtyard now, the first problem was the issue of Qin Huairu marrying in.

"Don't keep me in suspense. Just tell me now!"

The deaf old lady could only say: "Many hands make light work. We are all neighbors in the same courtyard, and it is only natural for us to help each other. My suggestion is that you three uncles take charge of the donation and help the families in need."

Donate?

This Yi Zhonghai is not unfamiliar.

People from all over the country donated a lot of money for the war in Northeast China.

But this is the first time I have donated money to my neighbors in the courtyard.

If you want others to donate money, at least you need to have a prestigious person to step forward and preside over it.

No wonder the deaf old lady wanted him to be her uncle, it turned out to be this reason.

Yi Zhonghai would be happy to do so, but with his current prestige, it would be impossible for him to do so: "My reputation has been ruined by Sha Zhu. This..."

The deaf old lady sighed, "Now you know why I asked you to have a good reputation! I thought about it and it is indeed a bit troublesome to let you preside over this matter, and Sha Zhu and Xu Fugui will probably sabotage it.

In this way, you take Dongxu to find Liu Haizhong and let him preside over it. If he shows up, whether Xu Fugui and Sha Zhu sabotage or support us, it will be good for us.

If they sabotage it, they will offend Liu Haizhong. You can take this opportunity to win him back.

If they don't destroy it, that's even better. You found a way to get the Jia family's sewing machine. Jia Dongxu will definitely remember it for the rest of his life."

Yi Zhonghai was somewhat unhappy: "But doesn't Lao Liu's prestige exceed mine?"

The deaf old lady sneered, "So what if his prestige exceeds yours? It's only temporary at best. With your ability, can't you beat him?"

Yi Zhonghai naturally didn't think that he couldn't beat Liu Haizhong, so he said, "What about the house issue? Let Old Liu help us talk about it. The Shazhu family is the only one with a vacant house in our courtyard."

The deaf old lady didn't dare to express her opinion.

She hasn't completely given up on He Yuzhu in her heart and is worried that if the news leaks out, He Yuzhu will hold a grudge against her.

"That house is the He family's private property."

Yi Zhonghai didn't guess what the deaf old lady was thinking, he just thought she was too timid: "Old lady, I've thought it through. We don't want his house, we just rent his house. When Dongxu gets his share of the house, we'll give it back to him. Why should he be unhappy?"

(End of this chapter)