1978: Female educated youth, don’t want an illiterate husband

Chapter 171 Is the 1888 yuan betrothal gift considered a sky-high price? (Please subscribe to the full version)

"Xuemin, this... is made entirely of pure gold?"

The big red treasure chest of Lao Feng Xiang was opened, and the dazzling golden ornaments inside instantly blinded the eyes of Cheng's father, mother and uncles.

My uncle's eyes widened and he asked in disbelief.

All gold?

Is it all made of pure gold?
His nephew must be very rich to have the capital to make these six betrothal items out of pure gold.

This...if it were the landlords and wealthy families thirty years ago, they wouldn't be so wealthy, right?

"Uncle, actually my parents didn't let him be so extravagant, but Xuemin insisted on beating me like this, and I couldn't stop him!"

Feng Jiayou looked at the gold ornaments in the treasure chest in front of him again, and he couldn't express how happy it was in his heart.

But her face still looked like she couldn't stop her man and she was "complaining".

"Uncle, it's actually okay!"

Cheng Xuemin nodded, but he didn't show off much.

All these betrothal items are made of pure gold, in fact, the purpose is to make his woman look glorious.

After all, this is the only time in this life.

Besides, making everything into pure gold is also a way to prevent the money in your hands from depreciating due to future inflation.

Anyway, the things are all these things. Making them with pure silver may save some money, but the money spent will not be able to maintain its value.

It is said that gold is valuable in troubled times and treasure is valuable in prosperous times.

If Liulichang had not yet fully recovered, Cheng Xuemin would have wanted to go there to buy a set of antique jade as a replacement, which would preserve its value better than one made of pure gold, and could even appreciate in value.

Of course, having said that!

After all, this is Cheng Xuemin's betrothal gift for his new wife, so the three books and six engagement documents must be brand new. Using antique ones would make the difference.

So he gave up this idea. After all, Liulichang is right at the foot of the imperial city of Yanjing. After it is fully opened, Cheng Xuemin will have plenty of time to go shopping on Taobao and set up his own collection room.

Nowadays, it is more meaningful to make the things you hire out of pure gold.

"Okay! Okay, okay! Brother, I think Xuemin fought well. We can't let our little one suffer too much!"

Mother Cheng also spoke, and even touched the things in the treasure chest, saying, "I present you with a golden comb to tie your hair. I wish you and your children will love each other for the rest of your lives, live in harmony, and grow old together..."

Then I looked at several other pure gold samples and expressed my blessings based on the meanings they represented.

There are a total of six pure gold ornaments in Cheng Xuemin's treasure chest, namely a gold comb, a gold ruler, a gold scale, gold scissors, a gold abacus and a gold mirror, all of which are made of pure gold in Lao Feng Xiang.

These six things will be placed on the table of heaven and earth as offerings when the engagement is held tomorrow, and they will represent different blessings.

The first of them is the comb: because the comb is used to comb the hair, giving a comb as a betrothal gift not only means tying the hair, but also means hoping that the couple will love each other for a lifetime and grow old together.

The second item is a ruler: a ruler is a measuring tool. Giving a ruler as a betrothal gift in marriage has a profound meaning. Giving a ruler as a gift is extended to mean a measuring tool for measuring happiness in the couple's life. It also means having many children and grandchildren, and a long-lasting happiness.

The third item is a scale: the scale in the betrothal gift is called "Ruyi scale", which is inherited from the Ruyi scale used by the groom to lift the bride's red veil in ancient wedding ceremonies.

The fourth item is scissors: Scissors can be said to be a must-have gift for a betrothal gift, and is also one of the “six certificates” in a traditional wedding.

The fifth item is the abacus: it symbolizes the couple’s ideal plan for a stable and wealthy life in the future, and their ability to make reasonable investments and financial management to win abundant financial resources.

The sixth item is a mirror: mirrors are mostly round in shape, representing perfection and completeness. Giving a mirror as a wedding gift not only means that the bride hopes that her married life will be perfect and happy, but also implies that the bride will be beautiful.

Originally, these six items were usually made of wood in their countryside. Even if a wealthy landlord was arranging a marriage for his son, he might not be willing to make them of pure gold.

Cheng Xuemin was also being generous for once. After all, the royalties he earned would depreciate if he put them in the bank.

It would be better to use it to make a gold item, use it for betrothal purposes, give your own wife enough glory, and then become her dowry and the bottom of the box, and pass it on to future generations.

In addition to these six items that will be placed on the table of heaven and earth for offering when the wedding takes place tomorrow, there is also a big red money box and a betrothal gift. In this way, the eight necessary items for betrothal are complete.

The treasury box was ready, and the betrothal gift was clearly written on the engagement letter: Two thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight yuan.

After discussing with my parents and uncle, I sent the person away.

Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou discussed the matter again. Feng Jiayou looked at his empty piggy bank with less than 100 yuan in it. He felt so miserable!

After buying a house before the New Year, Cheng Xuemin received royalties from the comic books "Parents' Love" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and the couple's savings once again reached the 5,000 yuan mark.

pity!

I spent the New Year honoring my parents on both sides of the family, and also took care of the betrothal expenses, and everything was gloriously cleared once again!
This time, everything was really cleared out. Feng Jiayou’s small treasury now really doesn’t even have a hundred yuan left.

Because these six pure gold betrothal gifts alone cost the couple more than three thousand!

As for the 2,888 yuan on the engagement letter, Cheng Xuemin would not have dared to write it down as a betrothal gift if he had not heard from his wife, Feng Jiayou, that her mother had secretly forced all the money back to him on the sixth day of the New Year.

The original plan was to prepare 1,888 yuan, which had to include the 1,000 yuan that Cheng Xuemin's parents secretly brought over.

If this happens!
They returned the money that they had given to their parents on both sides during the Chinese New Year in full and put it all into the bride price.

Two thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight yuan is a sky-high price for a bride price in this day and age, right?

Because when my uncle saw the betrothal money written on the engagement letter, his eyes popped out. You know, in their Guanzhuang Commune, the betrothal money is only a few dozen yuan, and rarely over a hundred yuan.

Even in the imperial city of Yanjing, the bride price for ordinary people's marriages was mostly around 100 to 200 yuan, while wealthy families might have 300 to 500 yuan.

But no one is like my eldest nephew, who directly spent two thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight yuan!

How rich is this?

Anyway, for my uncle's generation, this price is simply out of reach.

Even when Feng Jiayou's parents knew that the betrothal gift was so high, they said that Cheng Xuemin and his wife did not discuss it with them in advance.

Giving such a high dowry, are you just trying to show off your wealth?
This is a serious disruption to the customary marriage betrothal gift. In the future, marriages around them... are so worrying!
Under the old Feng family, there is another youngest member, the Feng family moth!

Her brother-in-law has raised the price to this level. If the second son-in-law wants to propose marriage to the Feng family in the future, won’t he be scared away?

Poor Feng Jiamo, the most heartless youngest sister, was so happy for her sister that she jumped for joy when she saw how much betrothal gift her brother-in-law offered.

She hadn't considered at all how she would get married in the future?!

If the marriage certificate had not been written by Mr. Tang and it was not difficult to make changes, Feng's father and mother would have really wanted to show their good will to their good son-in-law and cut off the previous 2,000 yuan!

A betrothal gift of 888 yuan is very high, the highest, among their circle of relatives and friends, and it is very glorious!

"Wife, wife, it's all my fault. I used your private savings to be your betrothal gift to you. I was really wrong!"

"Wife, I will definitely make it up to you as soon as possible!" "This time when I came back and passed by Yanhe Literature in the provincial capital, I had already handed the script of "Loess Plateau" over there. I guess the problem is not too big. It won't be long before we get another large sum of script royalties."

"Besides, the New Year is over now. After we finish preparing our betrothal gifts, I will start writing wholeheartedly!"

"I will try to finish writing the script of the Shanghai Film Studio's "Female College Student Dormitory" as soon as possible, and also finish drawing the back of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" comic book as soon as possible!"

"With these three big guys, our savings treasury will soon exceed 5,000 yuan!"

"Besides, I, your old man, am going to write two long novels this year. I will let you, my wife, count the money until your hands cramp. How about that?"

At night, when I counted the pitiful amount of money in the piggy bank, I knew that my wife was a little disappointed!
How can this be done!
It’s the wedding day, so it’s not right for the bride-to-be to be so unhappy!

Of course Cheng Xuemin would do whatever he could to make the woman happy.

First of all, you have to have a good attitude and emphasize that the money for this employment is all from women's secret fund, and it is all your own money, my wife.

Secondly, we must ensure that we work hard, create income diligently, and try to give the money to my wife as soon as possible.

In the end, he did not forget to directly paint a rosy picture for the woman. It won’t be long before the woman can count money until her hands cramp.

"Hehe, old man, you have such a big mouth... No way!"

Feng Jiayou was coaxed into beauty by her man, and laughed at Cheng Xuemin with a smile on her face. She called Cheng Xuemin an old man just like Cheng Xuemin did in his hometown. She really shouldn't be too beautiful or too cunning and said:
"Old man, that money is the money you earned from writing articles with great effort!"

"Isn't it natural for you to use it to marry a wife now?!"

Yes, yes, yes, my dear wife, you are right!

These words made it seem as if this woman was Cheng Xuemin's biological mother, and that she was the one who helped save the money for the old man Cheng Xuemin to marry!
Those who don’t know really don’t know that the woman Cheng Xuemin is going to marry is herself!
"Besides, part of the betrothal gifts and betrothal money given to my parents will be returned to you, the old man, as a dowry!"

"Old man, you've prepared such a big red money box. How much dowry will my parents have to give?!"

Feng Jiayou once again made fun of her man in a bad mood.

Just as Feng Jiayou said, the bigger the betrothal gift Cheng Xuemin gave, the bigger the dowry Feng Jiayou's parents would give on the day of the wedding.

Not to mention the six betrothal gifts made of pure gold, which must be placed in the treasury box when the bride is married, and given to Feng Jiayou as a dowry!

Therefore, this pure gold betrothal gift of more than 3,000 yuan just went around in the hands of her mother-in-law.

The other two thousand eight hundred or so of the betrothal money will be used by the woman to buy dowry items, such as a bicycle, a television, a sewing machine, and a watch, which are must-haves!
Maybe his mother-in-law will prepare these dowry items herself, and the betrothal gift of 2,888 will be brought back as dowry intact.

Even a little more.

Of course, the specific situation will be known when he marries Feng Jiayou.

……

The twelfth day of the lunar year is an auspicious day, suitable for getting married!
Both sides invited few guests. In addition to Cheng Xuemin's family, the woman's side invited her grandparents, as well as Feng Jiayou's brothers, sisters-in-law and younger sisters.

Another person, Mr. Tang, one of the three matchmakers, did not disturb anyone else.

The matchmaker on the man’s side was Cheng Xuemin’s uncle; the matchmaker on the woman’s side was my eldest brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao; and the other middle matchmaker was Mr. Tang.

The ceremony started at 10 o'clock in the morning. The man, Cheng Xuemin, moved all the things outside the front gate, and then welcomed them into the main hall of the front yard amid the sound of firecrackers from the woman's side.

The ceremony was completed with the witness of three matchmakers.

The engagement and wedding banquet was held at the Changzheng Hotel of Yanda University at noon. The two families became one family and had a lively day.

"Mom, what are you doing again?"

After a day of hustle and bustle, after dinner, Feng's mother entered her daughter and son-in-law's room carrying the big red treasure box from Lao Feng Xiang that she had delivered at noon.

Seeing her like this, Feng Jiayou asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Keep your own dowry to yourself, and take it out when you get married, just to give your parents a good show!"

Feng's mother placed the bright red treasure box on her daughter's clean bright red bed quilt. The blush on her face did not fade away, but she pretended to be very impatient and returned all the things intact.

"Mom, this is the betrothal gift that Xuemin gave you. How can you let me exist on my own?!"

Feng Jiayou was stunned for a moment, saying sorry on his face, but he opened the big red treasure chest very rudely. He found that in addition to the six gold items, there were also stacks of brand new big unity coins. The betrothal gift of 2,888 yuan was also returned?
"mom……"

Cheng Xuemin was also moved when he saw this, and wanted to be polite as well, but Feng's mother stopped him by waving her hand and said, "Xuemin, this is not a return to you!"

"These things and the betrothal gifts are all given to Jiayou by me. They are her dowry!"

There is only one point that my mother-in-law emphasized!
The things and money that have been betrothed to the Feng family belong to the Feng family!

As for whether or not to give a dowry in the future?
How much is the dowry?

It definitely has nothing to do with him as a son-in-law. Even if all of it is taken back as a dowry, it will already be considered her daughter's dowry.

These dowries are her daughter’s private money piggy bank.

In the future, when the couple lives their life, whether she wants her daughter to give it out or not is her daughter's own business. No one can interfere or force her to do so.

Even Cheng Xuemin, her husband.

Got it!

Cheng Xuemin also understood what his mother-in-law said. These money and things came into his house, but they had nothing to do with him, right?

"Hehe, then mom, you should at least spend one night there and take a good look at the betrothal gift your son-in-law gave to your daughter!"

Feng Jiayou was heartless and made fun of her mother.

"Okay, then I'll take it back for one night, but whether I'm willing to take it out again tomorrow depends on my mood!"

Feng's mother also found it funny. She pretended to take it away on the spot. Who was she being pretentious with?
Believe it or not, I simply won’t give it to you?
"No, no, no! Thank you, mom! Thank you, mom!"

"Mom, you said that I should keep my own dowry by myself. Mom, you are so wise, so kind, so good!"

"Hehe, thank you mom, thank you mom!"

The heartless and money-loving daughter no longer bothered to be polite to her mother. Now that she had already entered her house, how could she ask her mother to take it back?
As for her mother's joke about whether she was reluctant to take it out again after taking it back, it must have been a joke.

"I'll be thankful if you can be less angry next time!" Feng's mother complained again in a bad mood.

Seeing this, Cheng Xuemin quickly said he would go out to get some hot water and left.

Soon, Feng Jiayou's voice coaxing her mother came from behind: "Look at you, Mom, why are you crying while talking?! I'm not married yet, am I?"

"Mom, if you really don't want to get married, then why don't you just return the gifts and we won't get married, okay?!"

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