Chapter 5 Heavy bride price
100,000 dowry!
As soon as Liu Xiaoxia's words fell, Lu You, who was originally full of warm smiles, slowly raised his brows, and his smile disappeared.
"Didn't you already say it before, eighty thousand, why did you suddenly add another twenty thousand?" Lu You frowned.
Liu Xiaoxia saw that Lu You seemed to be a little unhappy, so she hurriedly grabbed Lu You's arm, didn't care about her full chest and rubbed Lu You's body, and said coquettishly: "Oh, isn't it just 20,000 yuan, since my parents want the 20,000 yuan, then you can agree? Isn't it worth the 20,000 yuan in your heart?"
"This is not the same thing at all, we here, the highest bride price is 88,000 ......" Lu You shook his head and said, and when he wanted to say something more, Liu Xiaoxia spoke.
"Lu You, isn't it just 20,000 yuan, are you interesting? Don't you like me?" Liu Xiaoxia grabbed Lu You's arm tightly, and the previous little bird suddenly disappeared and became brutal and domineering.
Lu You's brows twitched, and he looked at the woman in front of him with some strangeness, after the contact, Liu Xiaoxia did give him a lot of surprises at first, with a kind personality, gentle and considerate.
But after a long time, Lu You discovered a lot of problems with Liu Xiaoxia, her seemingly kind personality is actually very rude, she spends money lavishly, a piece of clothing is at least more than five hundred, or even thousands, and a set of cosmetics is often two or three thousand.
Often a salary of 2,000 yuan a month is not enough to make ends meet, since the relationship, in just half a year, Lu You has spent more than 20,000 yuan on Liu Xiaoxia, all of which she used on clothes and cosmetics.
And part of this money was earned part-time during his study, and the other part came from his family......
Lu You took a deep breath, where in this world are perfect people, everyone has shortcomings, thinking of the eager eyes of his parents at home, Lu You once again showed a warm smile on his face.
"Xiaoxia, don't be angry, I'll talk to my parents when I get home later, but I have to emphasize that the bride price can only be so much, and we are not outsiders, and we all know each other's family conditions. Lu You said.
"The bride price plus the messy expenses of the wedding, the purchase of furniture, wedding photos, room decoration, bedding, pots and stoves, firewood, rice, oil and salt...... At least the minimum expenditure is around 200,000 yuan, which is already the limit of my family......"
"Alright, alright, got it!"
Hearing Lu You's apology and agreeing to his request, Liu Xiaoxia's face immediately turned cloudy and clear, directly interrupting Lu You's voice.
As for Lu You's later words, he didn't hear them clearly at all, and he regained his previous appearance as a bird, and his face changed like that, which was simply dumbfounded.
Lu You sighed softly in his heart......
"Oh, by the way, I still want a mobile phone, you see I've been using this phone for two months, I don't want any Apple 7, Apple 7 Pallas, just buy four or five thousand, how about it? I'm considerate to you, right?"
Suddenly, Liu Xiaoxia shook Lu You's arm and said coquettishly.
Lu You's brows jumped sharply, if he remembered correctly, Liu Xiaoxia's mobile phone was still bought by him two months ago, and it cost 2899 at that time, and it was still a discount for activities, what is it called Oucai R9......
At home, at lunchtime, Lu You's family of three ate around the dining table.
It's just that, unlike in the past, the atmosphere is full of depression, and no one touches the food on the table.
"I knew that paper can't hold fire!"
In the silent and depressing atmosphere, Lu You's mother Jiang Fenglan suddenly sighed softly, and her already wrinkled face seemed to be ten years old suddenly, and her expression was gloomy.
"Ever since Xiaoyou came back and told me what was happening at school, I expected that sooner or later there would be such a day, but I didn't expect it to come so soon. Jiang Fenglan sighed.
Lu Tianyou snorted coldly, with a dark face: "I don't care what others say, my own son knows by himself, since Xiao You said that he didn't do anything wrong, then he must have done nothing wrong!"
"You think I don't believe in my son, it's because of this that I asked Xiaoyou to find a daughter-in-law quickly. ”
"Otherwise, in case the rumors come, we don't know the atmosphere in the countryside, and when the time comes, we will know that it will be spread to ten, ten to hundred, one village to one village, and a radius of a hundred miles, how will you let our family Xiaoyou marry a daughter-in-law in the future?" Jiang Fenglan glared at her husband.
Lu Tianyou had a dark face and stopped talking.
Jiang Fenglan shook her head, a pair of kind eyes fell on Lu You, and said with a wry smile: "It's just that people are not as good as heaven, I didn't expect that rumors have already spread in just half a year, and it is this critical time......
"Mom!"
Lu You's heart was cut with a knife, and he reached out to hold his mother's calloused hands, even if there were thousands of words in his heart, they were suppressed in his throat, and he couldn't say a word, and in the end they all turned into a monstrous anger and hatred.
"Zhao Yuntao, Mu Qingyu, everything today, sooner or later, it will return to you tenfold or hundredfold!"
In Lu You's lowered eyes, the cold light flickered again.
"By the way, Xiaoyou, Xiaoxia came to you just now, what did you say?
Lu Tianyou suddenly asked.
"Has Xiaoxia already been here? You kid, why don't you invite people to our house at noon?!" Jiang Fenglan heard this and scolded Lu You.
Lu You smiled embarrassedly, touched his head and said, "I invited, but people didn't come, anyway, the distance is not far, Xiaoxia She rode an electric car and will go back soon." ”
"Hey, you kid, you're really ......"
"Okay, okay! Sesame big thing, Xiaoyou, you hurry up, what does Xiaoxia mean over there?" Lu Tianyou urged.
Lu You's body trembled, and after a little hesitation, he still briefly said what he had just done.
"One hundred and eight thousand bride price, her Liu family really dares to speak!" Jiang Fenglan suddenly frowned when she heard this.
In the countryside, 20,000 yuan is not a small number for any family, it is equivalent to the entire income of a year, and it is a particularly good year, otherwise, 20,000 yuan is almost equal to two years' income.
"The bride price of 100,000 is not unacceptable......
At this moment, Lu Tianyou said slowly.
"You ...... in charge"
Jiang Fenglan glared at her husband, while Lu You also raised his head to look at his father.
Lu Tianyou is about forty-seven or eighteen this year, for a man, he is in the golden age of his prime, but Lu Tianyou's face is like a person in his fifties, his face is old, if it weren't for the occasional flickering light in his eyes, he would definitely be mistaken for an old man who is over half a hundred years old.
"What I'm worried about is that after the Liu family takes over the 100,000 bride price, will there be other moths?" Lu Tianyou said in a low voice.
As Lu Tianyou's words fell, Lu You and Jiang Fenglan's hearts jumped.
Now that I am married, there are too many moths, and the woman is simply an ancient emperor, what she wants, she opens her mouth.
In the past, I only heard that women in big cities had a variety of strange methods, but now the countryside sometimes does not lag behind the cities at all.
Today is a bride price of 100,000 yuan, and tomorrow may not look down on expensive jewelry such as gold and diamond rings, jade bracelets, etc.......
Thinking of the various realities now, Lu You's face was gloomy, and at this time, Lu Tianyou and Jiang Fenglan also seemed to think of this, and in an instant, the atmosphere in the house became even more depressing.
"Xiaoyou, it's my father who is sorry for you, if it weren't for my body, the burden would all fall on your mother alone, for so many years, our family would not have fallen into the current situation, and I couldn't even get the money to prepare for your marriage, let alone buy a house or a car......"
After a long time, Lu Tianyou sighed in a low voice, his face was full of self-blame and guilt, a person in his forties and fifties, his eyes flashed with tears when he said this.
When Jiang Fenglan heard this, the face carved by the years was also full of gloom.
"Dad, look at what you said, it's already a great gift for you to raise me so big, how can I ask for so much. Lu You stood up, walked behind Lu Tianyou, and gently massaged his father's shoulder with his hand.
Seven years ago, Lu Tianyou was working in the field, but he didn't expect the ground to suddenly collapse, and people were directly buried alive, which was like nine deaths, after that time, Lu Tianyou's waist was injured and he couldn't do heavy work, and the burden of the family fell on his mother Jiang Fenglan alone.
"Dad, Mom, don't worry, if Xiaoxia's family lets us buy a house and a car, then I can't decide about this kiss, anyway, your son is still young, and getting engaged and married is really a bit far away." Lu You said.
"It's my parents I'm sorry for you, I'll call my relatives to borrow some later, and when we have enough money for the bride price, we'll go to Liu's house tomorrow to ask for a ......."