An old rural couple had three sons, and after the eldest son got married, they immediately followed the marriage of the second son.

The second son fell in love with a girl from another village, and the other party also liked him, so they quickly held an engagement ceremony.

Half a year later, the second son learned in advance that the parents of both sides planned to discuss the wedding on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and he ran to the girl's house in one breath: "Father-in-law, old Taishan, mother-in-law, I have something to say!" ”

"What's the matter?" The father-in-law motioned for him to sit down.

"My father likes my brother, my mother prefers my brother, I have been a baby since I was a child that my grandfather doesn't hurt and my grandmother doesn't love. If you want to follow me, you will ask for a bride price as hard as you can, preferably 200,000 or 300,000! Don't learn from my sister-in-law, the family doesn't want a penny! First, the bride price is much more, and you old couple and girls have more face; Second, we only take half of the bride price to come back, and the remaining half is for us to be filial to you and your old couple. ”

The prospective father-in-law made a difficulty: "Your ancestors have been farming for generations, how can you get 200,000 or 300,000?" ”

The young man's eyes rolled around: "Old Taishan, listen to me, you open your mouth to ask for 400,000, our family will definitely ask the matchmaker to intercede, when the time comes, you will have less than 100,000, 200,000, my father and my mother are not allowed to kneel down and kowtow, thank you for your eight ancestors!" ”

The girl was directly suspicious: "Then, what if your family can't afford the bride price and quit the family?" ”

"Divorce? My father's man is the most brainless, he wants to save face, and he doesn't care about his inside. He is the stunned master of 'crying when he is hungry at home, and he doesn't eat other people's porridge when he goes out', and he has a tendon all day long! In addition, I used the 'bitter meat trick' in front of them, even crying and making trouble, and you also cooperated with the 'agitation method', not afraid that the old man would not pay the bride price! ”

"The family is hollowed out, what should your third brother do?" The prospective mother-in-law couldn't bear it and had doubts.

"The third brother is married, that's the third brother's business, we can't worry about him! Besides, if your girl is a son, my father and mother may not receive your affection; If in the future, when the girl enters my house and suffers hardships and poverty, don't rely on me, if you want to blame her own cruel parents. ”

"If you do this, you always feel that you can't go, and you can't live in your house......" The father-in-law frowned, and began to smoke dry cigarettes.

"I'm here today, after this village, there is no such shop! Whether your girl will eat dry or drink thin in the future is up to you. ”

"Slowly, let us ponder." The mother-in-law muttered quietly.

"What are you thinking?" The young man was so anxious that his forehead sweated.

"Dad, according to me, it's better for us to ask for 400,000, and if someone from his family comes to intercede, let's shorten it for 200,000! When the time comes, 100,000 will be given to me, and 100,000 will be given to my brother to marry his daughter-in-law! ”

"Yes," the old man put down his cigarette pouch: "We don't want a bride price from our in-laws, and we don't want to marry a daughter-in-law in the future, and our in-laws don't ask us for a dowry!" I asked for the owner's money and handed it over to the west family, and I didn't spend a penny on others, so I was open-minded, what was there to be embarrassed about? ”

"Oh, old Taishan Yingyin! Who's to say it isn't? ”