Making a Scene at Their Door

The neighbors all criticized him.

Some well-meaning people had already started cursing, "Song Mingyu, your family is acting so unfairly. When your sister-in-law entered your family, your parents didn't even give her two feet of cloth, let alone a dowry. Now you're asking for a dowry of two thousand yuan and three large items for your wedding. Isn't that going too far?"

"That's right, we're all born of mothers and fathers, how come we don't know how to put ourselves in others' shoes?"

"How can someone so young be so materialistic? Their circumstances are what they are. If you want someone with better conditions, then don't date them."

Song Mingyu was, after all, just a young girl, and had never seen anything like this before.

The little girl, her face pale from the scolding, stumbled backward, tripping over the threshold at the door and falling hard to the ground. Whether from anger or pain, her eyes instantly welled up with tears. "Mom!"

Hearing Song Mingyu's cries for help, Li Shufen, who was inside the room, grabbed her cane from the bedside and limped out, "Mingyu, Mingyu, what's wrong?"

"Wow!"

As if she had found her pillar of support, Song Mingyu pointed at Zhang Xia and Zhang Guiying and cried, "The Zhao family is bullying us."

The neighbors all started criticizing him.

After listening, Li Shufen finally understood what was going on, and she almost couldn't catch her breath.

How did Zhao Jinzhong discuss this with his mother?

Why did Zhang Guiying cause such a scene at home?

Li Shufen knew that asking for such a large dowry was too much and she couldn't say it openly. She was so angry that she cursed at Zhang Guiying, "Zhang Guiying, if you have a problem, come at me. What kind of skill is it to bully a little girl?"

"I asked for the bride price and the three major gifts. I just wanted to test your family's sincerity towards my daughter. I didn't really want these things."

Li Shufen made no mention of her harassment of Zhang Guiying at the hospital, deliberately obscuring the issue to the neighbors, saying, "Getting married is a major life event, especially for a daughter. A girl goes to live with her in-laws after marriage. What if the in-laws are bad people? Wouldn't my daughter's life be ruined?"

"This morning, Zhao Jinzhong picked me up from the hospital. I saw him running around taking care of everything, and I thought he was reliable, so I told him to go home and discuss the marriage with his mother. Who knew what he discussed with Zhang Guiying? Zhang Guiying came to the house and made a scene, arguing and demanding things."

The neighbors were stunned.

Test someone's attitude?

You can't try it with a dowry of two thousand and three major items, can you?

Li Shufen was furious.

Originally, I intended to teach Zhang Guiying a lesson, but who knew she would dare to cause trouble at my home? She doesn't want to go through with this marriage anymore.

I thought Zhang Guiying was an honest woman, and that my daughter wouldn't suffer if she married into her family.

But looking at it now...

When did Zhang Guiying ever behave herself?

Very insidious.

His honest demeanor at the hospital was all an act.

With such deep scheming, how could Mingyu possibly have a good marriage with her family?

Li Shufen was afraid that Zhang Guiying would ruin Mingyu's reputation, so she said loudly, "Don't listen to Zhang Guiying's nonsense. If I were really that materialistic, with my daughter's looks, what kind of man couldn't she find? Why would she have dated Zhao Jinzhong for more than a year?"

Unable to argue with Li Shufen, Zhang Xia immediately turned to Zhang Guiying for help.

Zhang Guiying immediately wiped away her tears and got up, her face beaming as she grabbed Li Shufen's hand. "Mother-in-law, are you saying I misunderstood, that Mingyu doesn't care about betrothal gifts and dowry at all?"

Li Shufen, of course, couldn't admit that she cared about these things. "Of course, my family only looks at a man's character and his attitude towards my daughter when choosing a son-in-law."

They were subtly implying that the Zhao family members were of questionable character.

Zhang Guiying seemed not to have noticed, and said excitedly, "That's wonderful, that's wonderful! Mother-in-law, Zhao Jinzhong and Mingyu have been together for over a year, you should know his character."

"His attitude towards Mingyu goes without saying. In the year or so that he was dating Mingyu, he spent all the salary he had saved up over the years on Mingyu. He was truly sincere towards Mingyu."

"It's all my fault. When I heard about the 2,000 yuan dowry and the three major items, the sky fell down. Since it's all a misunderstanding, let's seize the day and settle the marriage of the two children today."

"So, I feel really bad for misunderstanding Mingyu today. As compensation, when Jinzhong and Mingyu get married, I will give her a dowry of 500 yuan and three turns and one ring. I will make sure that Mingyu does not suffer any grievances."

Zhang Xia became anxious as soon as she heard this.

Wasn't it agreed that the fourth brother's marriage would be modeled after her and Zhao Chengxin's?

The onlookers were also taken aback by how things had turned out, and they looked at each other in astonishment.

However, Zhang Guiying's sincerity was indeed very evident.

These days, the bride price for a wedding is generally around two or three hundred yuan. Whether or not to buy the "three turns and one sound" (a traditional Chinese wedding gift) depends on the groom's family's financial situation. There are also many couples who don't buy any of these. Zhang Guiying's willingness to offer a bride price of five hundred yuan and the "three turns and one sound" is quite remarkable.

Since it's a misunderstanding.

It's all right now that it's untied.

Based on the principle of "better to tear down a temple than to break up a marriage," the neighbors all tried to persuade the couple to reconcile.

Li Shufen's face turned green.

He wanted to marry her daughter with a dowry of 500 yuan and three turns and a radio.

What are you dreaming of?

She forcefully shook off Zhang Guiying's hand and shouted, "Who is your in-law? Don't try to claim kinship with us. You irresponsible people came to my house to cause trouble and almost ruined my Mingyu's reputation. Who would want to marry into your family now?"

Zhang Guiying looked guilty. "Mother-in-law, what do you suggest? As long as you forgive me, I'll do anything for this old woman."

"..."

Li Shufen wanted Zhang Guiying to pay.

But she just said she wouldn't consider the bride price or betrothal gifts, so asking for money now would be contradicting herself.

Zhang Guiying clearly did it on purpose.

By deliberately creating this scene, I can make her say that I only care about character, so that I can marry Mingyu with the least amount of money.

Zhang Guiying is quite cunning.

Li Shufen understood that today she either had to reluctantly agree to the marriage, or she would have to break ties with the Zhao family.

Li Shufen chose to turn against him.

Li Shufen shoved Zhang Guiying hard and cursed, "It's off! My family will never agree to this marriage! There's not a single good person in your Zhao family. I won't just stand by and watch Mingyu go into your hellhole."

"Get out! All of you get out! We don't welcome people from the Zhao family in our home. Go back and tell Zhao Jinzhong that he's not allowed to bother my Mingyu anymore, or I'll report him for indecent assault."

"what!"

Zhang Guiying cried out in pain and fell to the ground, then gave Zhang Xia a look.

Zhang Xia immediately jumped out, "You old scoundrel, you've shown your true colors now! As soon as you heard that my family couldn't provide two thousand in betrothal gifts and the three major items, you immediately turned your back on the marriage."

"You say your family only considers character when it comes to marriage, but when you make demands of others, why don't you look at your own behavior? Which family doesn't have in-laws who are expected to serve their parents' bodily functions in the hospital?"

"Don't say it was my fourth son who made the decision. My fourth son was young and naive. You old hag, you've lived half your life and you still don't understand? We're all cunning foxes, why are you pretending to be a little white rabbit? You did this just to put my mother in her place. After your daughter marries into the family, do you think she can step on my mother's head and act like a tyrant in the house?"

"My mother has endured everything for her son, and now she's even groveling before you, and you still hit her. Whose family is the worst? Whose family doesn't have good people?"