Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder's Comeback in the Era Tales-Chapter 25: The Miserable Woman ()

"He Zhqing, let’s discuss the dowry." Granny Chen jumped in eagerly, her eyes gleaming. "He Zhqing, I heard that city girls, when they get married, come with ’three-turns-and-one-sound,’ twenty-four legs. Even though you’ve come to the countryside, you’re still your parents’ daughter. Tomorrow, let Sheng Jun accompany you to town to send a letter back home, telling them you’re getting married, and ask them to prepare ’three-turns-and-one-sound,’ twenty legs, and a dowry of 120 yuan."

Granny Chen was asking for a lot.

Everyone present gasped in shock.

"Sheng Jin Niang, have you gone mad for money?"

"Sheng Jin Niang, you’re not marrying a daughter-in-law, you’re trying to bring back a golden egg. Tsk tsk, 120 yuan, you really dare to ask."

"And ’three-turns-and-one-sound,’ twenty-four legs."

"Twenty-four legs, what’s that?" Someone asked, not understanding.

"A bed, a wardrobe, a five-drawer cabinet, and a dining table with two benches, a total of twenty-four legs."

"What? Dowry furniture for the bride?"

"That’s for city girls. In our village, that’s not common. If a daughter gets married in the village, a few yuan as pocket money is already generous. Who could afford furniture?"

"Sheng Jun, if your wife brings ’three-turns-and-one-sound’ as her dowry, then our village will have a bicycle. We won’t need to watch the people from Lin Family Village show off anymore."

The neighboring village chief bought a new bicycle last year. Since then, marriages in the village would borrow it to pick up brides, which in those days was a proud thing to do.

Because of this, people from the neighboring village would visit Feng Family Village and often boast, making the people of Feng Family Village envious.

Chen Shengjun looked at He Hongyu with anticipation. "He Zhqing, your parents will surely give you a dowry, right? I’ve heard city girls come with very generous dowries."

He Hongyu gritted her teeth, "You want a dowry? Sure, but it depends on how much bride price your family can offer. I’m a city girl, educated and knowledgeable. I’d say a bride price of 600 yuan would be fair."

Everyone can make outrageous demands, can’t they?

He Hongyu glared at Granny Chen, "Aunt Chen, you don’t expect not to pay a cent and still want my dowry, do you? Let me tell you, however much bride price you provide, I’ll bring that much dowry into the marriage. If you think you can get a daughter-in-law for nothing, that’s not happening. If you don’t agree, then we’ll just get engaged. We’ll talk about marriage once you pay the 600 yuan bride price."

He Hongyu wanted to use the bride price as leverage to delay the marriage. Afraid of village gossip, she thought she’d first get engaged to Chen Shengjun and marry him after a few years when the policies change.

With the engagement, she wouldn’t have to worry about Chen Shengjun being seduced by Feng Yuanchun.

The daughter-in-law hadn’t moved in yet, and she dared to challenge her, which infuriated Granny Chen into a shouting match. "You shameless hussy! You’ve already slept with my son, yet you still want a bride price? Pah... Let me tell you, you’re worth nothing now, just a worthless rag that no one would want. It’s only because my son is responsible that he’d marry you; otherwise, you’d just be a nobody that no one wants."

"You..."

"What do you mean, you? You came to my house, seduced my son to sleep with you, and I can’t call you a hussy? If you weren’t loose, how could you seduce my son into bed?"