Reincarnation in the 60s: My Spatial Supermarket Brings Forth Wealth-Chapter 287: Save Some Dowry for Me

Lin Cuifen felt even worse, she thought that her father-in-law and mother-in-law looked down on her because she had disrupted Haijun’s family.

Because she knew, the elderly couple must have speculated about her relationship with Zhang Haijun. Now that Zhang Yuan brought it up again today, of course, she was nervous.

The old lady was already unfriendly to her, showing no kindness, and Zhang Yuan reminded her of those unknown deeds... wait, how did he know?

"Enough! Everyone shut up!" The patriarch saw the father and son were about to fight, and quickly spoke out, "Xiao Yuan’s marriage was agreed by us! There’s nothing more to discuss! Haijun! If you feel you haven’t fulfilled your duties as a father, then do the best you can for Xiao Yuan’s wedding. Other matters need not be mentioned!"

Due to Zhang Haijun’s sudden anger, siblings Zhang Ting, Zhang Yu, and Zhang Yang were all stunned, and it was only after hearing their grandfather’s words that they snapped out of it.

At home, this father’s words still carried weight, so being frightened momentarily was normal. As she came to her senses, Zhang Ting looked at her mother, received her mother’s gaze, and understood the kind of trick her mother was contemplating.

With a full coquettish tone, she hugged the old lady’s arm, "Grandma, are you planning to give these bracelets as part of the bride price to my sister-in-law?" Pouting, she added, "I don’t care, Grandma. You must treat us all fairly. I’m also nearly at the marrying age! You have to save some dowry for me too!"

Afterwards, she seemed shy, bowing her head and shaking the old lady’s arm bashfully.

"Silly child, how could Grandma forget you? It’s already prepared for you, don’t worry!" Although the old lady looked down on Lin Cuifen, and as a result, was cold towards her children, she couldn’t completely disregard her own grandchildren.

Though she was biased, always thinking of giving the best to the eldest grandson, she did manage to symbolically distribute a little to the other grandchildren as well.

"Grandma loves me the most?" Zhang Ting beamed with joy immediately.

"Mom, our Xiao Yu is also almost of marrying age. Why not select the bride price together?" Lin Cuifen inserted herself into the conversation immediately.

"Xiao Yu is only seventeen, what’s the rush?" The old lady knew what this daughter-in-law meant, scheming to take away some things from her, but she wouldn’t let it happen.

"Xiao Yuan is the eldest grandson; his wife has the right to inherit my collections! When Xiao Yu and Xiao Yang get married, they will have their share of bride price too. Stop playing tricks on this old lady!" The old lady didn’t give her any face, speaking directly. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Zhang Ting shrugged, feeling helpless; she couldn’t assist her mother.

She knew her mother had boasted about giving an aunt some antique-level bracelet as a birthday gift. But as the time approached, where could she find such good items? So upon entering and seeing the old lady fiddling with her treasures, she started plotting.

However, Grandma was really something — giving so much to outsiders without a blink, yet unwilling to give even one to mother, who also was a daughter-in-law of the Zhang Family and raised the Zhang Family’s three siblings. It puzzled her, why did Grandpa and Grandma insist on blaming her mother when the eldest brother’s mother died in childbirth?

"Mom... What you said, it’s not old society now, we don’t differentiate between legitimate and illegitimate children, Xiao Yu and Xiao Yang are also Zhang Family’s grandsons, why can’t they be treated the same as Xiao Yuan?" Lin Cuifen was seething inside but maintained a timid facade, yet her words exposed her essence.

"Enough, stop talking, Mom has already said every child has a share, so why bring it up?" Zhang Haijun scolded loudly, and since he had just been angry, Lin Cuifen dared not upset him further and had to quiet down.

But luckily, the daughter had obtained what belonged to her, although unaware of how much Grandma would give, she had spoken, and it should be substantial.

"Big Brother, when are you getting married? Will sister-in-law come here to get married or do it over there? We are on school break now, don’t forget us!" Zhang Yu noticed the atmosphere between parents wasn’t right, so he quickly changed the subject.

"Tomorrow!" Zhang Yuan replied succinctly, then discussed the bride price with the grandmother.

"What? Tomorrow? That girl is already here?" Zhang Haijun roared again.

This son seemed born for nothing; he was going to get married tomorrow, and as his father, he didn’t know it—which was simply unbelievable!

"What are you shouting for? Your son is getting married and you, as the father, are unaware, and you have the audacity to shout?" The old lady slammed the box in her hand down, furious.

Her shout was full of vigor, clearly indicating her body had recovered, which made the old man and Zhang Yuan on the side feel relieved.

"Mom... I was just too shocked! Tomorrow... tomorrow what?..." Zhang Haijun cowered immediately after being scolded by his mother.

How to put it, in terms of behavior, he wasn’t terribly bad; he was filial to his parents and hadn’t done anything heinous.

But calling him a good person? Definitely not. He wasn’t faithful in his marriage, ignored his son, liked to muddle through things, and neglected his wife.

"Tomorrow head to Chenxi County, get there for the bride price and the wedding, then come back to Capital City and do it again!" The old man couldn’t stand it anymore, and snorted while speaking.

"Oh... Ah? Dad going tomorrow? Aren’t we going?" Zhang Haijun couldn’t figure it out, "Or have we already gotten tickets? When are we leaving?"

"Wishful thinking! If you want to go along, get the tickets now! I’ll only make a call to help with connections! Whether you can catch the train is up to yourselves! At most, I’ll say you were injured, so you won’t lose Xiao Yuan’s face! I can’t manage you all!" The old man huffed, glaring.

What were you thinking? Imagining an easy gain, even wanting tickets to be bought for you—if you don’t go, that’s just fine!

"Dad, please make the call, we’re all going! I’ll have Xiao Yu buy the tickets now!" Zhang Haijun spoke up.

The old man didn’t delay, making the call to arrange for a few tickets.

Fortunately, it was now winter, so there were fewer travelers, enabling them to buy the tickets smoothly.

Eventually, the originally three-member party became eight people.

The whole family headed together to Lin Xue’s home, although Zhang Yuan was very reluctant, he had no choice, as this was decided by the grandfather, concerning his life’s important matters, unavoidable and somewhat unfair.

Lin Cuifen looked extremely unwilling, having to go far in the cold winter, and worried about freezing to death on the train, all for Zhang Yuan’s wedding.

But what else could she do? Say she didn’t want to go? In that case, the old lady would surely dismiss her with a word.

Haijun would also have issues with her, yet she truly didn’t want to endure hardships in the countryside, where surely food was insufficient. She had heard from her daughter that the countryside was not a place to stay.

Drinking cornmeal mush daily, not only was the food bad, the key was not having enough to eat. If she didn’t occasionally send food to her daughter, the daughter might have had to give up and return.

Plus, in this cold weather, the house surely leaked wind everywhere, enough to freeze a person to death.

She would go but absolutely wouldn’t stay in their house; at least she must stay at a guest house—that’s her maximal concession.