Chapter 490: Engagement
"The latest news from this station, a traffic accident just happened on Xu Hui Road, and the accident caused two deaths, and the deceased were husband and wife..."
The news of a traffic accident was playing on the TV.
Lin Zhiming sat on the sofa and watched TV.
The two people who were involved in the car accident were Wang Jun and his wife.
For Lin Zhiming, there is no need for brutes to live in this world, and the punishment of the law may be too slow or too light, so he sent these two people on the road first, which can be regarded as letting their family take care of each other below.
The scandal of the cloud health project has been completely cleared since then, Chen Tianrui was sent to prison, maybe under his huge financial resources, he can hire a top lawyer to defend him and reduce his sentence, but in a short time, this person will definitely not be able to turn over, and his industry will be greatly affected because of this incident.
Things change so quickly.
At this time, it has been nearly a month since Lin Zhiming came to Xiahai City.
Lin Zhiming looked at his phone, today is the seventh.
He still remembered that he promised Bi Feiyun last month to go to the apprenticeship ceremony of Li Tiesheng, the Thunderbolt God Palm, on the 10th of this month.
So, Lin Zhiming sent a message to Bi Feiyun and asked about the specific itinerary.
Bi Feiyun quickly sent a message that they would go to the southern outer islands where Li Tiesheng's sect was located on the ninth day, and everyone would meet each other to chat or something, and if they were interested, they could learn from each other, and wait until the next day to observe the apprenticeship ceremony, and on the third day, that is, on the eleventh, they would each go back to their respective homes.
The total duration of the trip is three days.
After thinking for a while, Lin Zhiming and Bi Feiyun decided to go to the South Outer Islands together.
For Lin Zhiming, everyone in the group is a martial arts master, although he is more powerful than most people, but it is also a good thing for him to make a few more such martial arts masters.
So, Lin Zhiming booked a ticket to the South Outer Islands on the ninth by the way.
In other words, Lin Zhiming's time in Xiahai City is only two days left today and tomorrow.
Lin Zhiming felt that time passed really fast, and he had been in Xiahai City for nearly a month unconsciously, and the time had come to April at this time.
Zhang Quan's development in Xiahai City has completely exceeded Lin Zhiming's expectations, and only this one project is needed for Zhang Quan to make Yaojin Capital fully gain a firm foothold in Xiahai City.
At the same time, Song Siqing also opened up her own situation in the upper circle of Xiahai City, although she is still some distance away from the first-tier celebrities, she can already be called the leader among the second-tier celebrities, and all this was brought to her by Lin Zhiming in the past month.
In the past month, Lin Zhiming has taken Song Siqing to attend various activities, these activities were originally not qualified for Song Siqing to participate, and it was with Lin Zhiming's guidance that she was able to appear in these activities.
Song Siqing, who has a firm foothold in the circle of celebrities, will definitely bring Lin Zhiming a steady stream of information from the upper echelons of Xiahai City in the future, and mastering this information will allow Lin Zhiming to grasp the dynamics of the business world more quickly, so as to obtain more benefits.
In the afternoon, Lin Zhiming suddenly received a call from her sister Lin Mengjie.
"Brother, we're going to get engaged. As soon as Lin Mengjie opened her mouth, she gave Lin Zhiming a king bomb.
Lin Zhiming originally thought that it would take a year and a half to go from cohabitation and work to engagement, but he didn't expect that only a month had passed, and Lin Mengjie decided to marry Zhou Jiayuan.
Is this modern person's marriage and love so sloppy?
"Are you ready to decide?" Lin Zhiming asked, he didn't want to interfere with Lin Mengjie, because what he should say had been said before, the only thing he needed to know was whether Lin Mengjie really made a decision, or whether he was just in love for a while, so he wanted to get married.
"It's decided, we've been together for nearly a month, he's very good to me, and he loves me very much, our days are very plain, there is no wealth, no grandeur, but I like this blandness, brother, I want to marry him now, and he also wants to marry me, so we want to get engaged, you are my only relative, I want to leave this matter to you to help me deal with it." Lin Mengjie said.
"Since you've said so, then brother must help you... It's not good for our woman to take the initiative to bring up this kind of thing like engagement, so let's tell Zhou Jiayuan and let him arrange for me to meet with their family again in the next two days and talk about the relevant matters of engagement. Lin Zhiming said.
"Okay, brother, thank you!" Lin Mengjie said and hung up the phone.
On the other end of the phone, Lin Zhiming slowly put down the phone, a little stunned.
This time from love to engagement, it really caught Lin Zhiming off guard.
However, it is also a step that must be taken.
Lin Zhiming began to think seriously about what requirements should be made for this engagement.
Engagement is to make a marriage contract, and to make a marriage contract, natural bride price, gold and other indispensable things.
Lin Zhiming feels that those parents who ask for a sky-high bride price from the man are brain-dead, regardless of whether the man has money or not, you should not make the bride price too high, because this will inevitably affect the future life of the husband and wife.
However, you can't ask for too little, you want less, and I always feel that the woman's side is not so valued.
When Lin Zhiming got married, he gave a lot of dowry, 188,000 eight, but that was because he was a member of the Lin family, and the Lin family was a local wealthy family, so it was natural to give 188,000 yuan.
Lin Zhiming thought for a long time and called Lin Wei.
"What are our marriage customs, tell me. Lin Zhiming said.
Lin Wei on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, and then asked in a low voice, "Family master, are you going to marry the younger one?"
"Bullshit, am I the kind of person who marries a small one? Besides, where can I marry a small one in this era?" Lin Zhiming scolded with a smile.
"It's... Isn't it normal for the head of a family to marry a young wife? After all, he has to take on the heavy responsibility of continuing the family. Lin Wei said.
"Huh?" Lin Zhiming was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly felt that what Lin Wei said seemed to be like that, not to say far, just say that his father, there are also two wives, and no one thinks that there is anything wrong with him having two wives, because he was the head of the Lin family at that time.
And now, he is the head of the Lin family, so... Does it mean that it is reasonable to marry two wives?
Lin Zhiming's heart throbbed uncontrollably, and then shook his head again, these days, there are too few people who can accept a little wife, and there are not many people who are willing to be a little wife, so it's better not to think too much.
"Don't talk about these things, you can tell me about our local marriage customs first. At that time, I left all those things to the old people in the family, and I didn't know much about it. Lin Zhiming said.
"Well, okay..."Lin Wei explained in detail the local marriage customs in Strait City on the other end of the phone.
Lin Zhiming listened carefully, memorized carefully, and then analyzed what was suitable for Lin Mengjie.
The next day, Lin Zhiming received a call from Zhou Jiayuan's mother, Xu Meijiao.
"Hello, that's the case, Jiayuan said that he wants to get engaged to Mengjie, we are parents, and I also hope that Jiayuan can start a family as soon as possible, and then start a business, so I hope we can meet and talk about engagement. Xu Meijiao said on the other end of the phone.
This time, Xu Meijiao's tone was still very good, and there was not too much domineering feeling.
"Yes. Lin Zhiming had already received a call from Lin Mengjie yesterday, so he naturally would not refuse at this time.
"Then afternoon, how about I'll find a café, let's have a good talk." Xu Meijiao said.
"Okay, you can tell me the place!" Lin Zhiming said.
"Hmm!"
Hanging up the phone, Lin Zhiming took a deep breath.
This step has finally come to an end!
In the afternoon, Lin Zhiming came to a café according to the agreement with Xu Meijiao.
The café was quiet and there weren't many people.
After waiting for a while, Xu Meijiao came to the café with her husband Zhou Xing'an.
"I'm sorry, there was a traffic jam on the road, so I came a little late!" Xu Meijiao said with a smile.
"It's okay, I've just arrived. Lin Zhiming said.
After Xu Meijiao and Zhou Xing'an sat down, they each ordered a cup of coffee.
"Time flies so fast, nearly a month has passed in a blink of an eye, this month's time, Jia Yuan and Mengjie both live outside, and the appearance of the two is still relatively compatible. Xu Meijiao said.
"Well, indeed!" Lin Zhiming nodded.
"Although we don't like outsiders very much, but we still have to respect our son's meaning, since the two people feel that they can get along, and they are willing to continue to be together in the future, then let's get married first, I am a man, you are a woman, you marry, as the so-called marry a chicken with a chicken, marry a dog with a dog, I hope that the engagement can also be in accordance with the customs of our side." Xu Meijiao said.
Lin Zhiming raised his eyebrows and said, "We also have our customs over there, you say your requirements first, and I'll look at it." ”
"Well, okay, then engagement, first of all, is naturally the bride price, which is also the most important piece!" Xu Meijiao looked at Lin Zhiming and said, "To be honest, being able to marry into our family can be regarded as a blessing for Mengjie, I personally think that the bride price should be more symbolic, rather than blindly seeking a high bride price, right?"
"Well, that's right!" Lin Zhiming nodded.
"Then over there, how much do you think is appropriate?" asked Xu Meijiao.
"It's up to you men, and I don't want to mention it. Lin Zhiming shrugged his shoulders and said.
Hearing Lin Zhiming's words, Xu Meijiao's face changed slightly, what she was most afraid of was coming, the woman didn't ask the man to men, that is, she wanted to take the initiative!
Thinking of this, Xu Meijiao's face suddenly became fierce.