90s Little Struggle

Chapter 161 The Dowry
Xiao Jianjun just froze for a moment, then poured Baijiu for Father Wang very politely, and then smiled and beckoned them to eat more.

After drinking and eating, Xiao Hong and Xiao Mengqiu got up to clean up the dishes.

After arriving in the kitchen, Xiao Mengqiu lowered his voice and looked unhappy: "I don't like the Wang family, especially that Wang Hui, whose eyes are all over us, he's so obscene."

To be honest, Xiao Hong doesn't like the Wang family either, but she is an outsider, so she won't say anything about it, she can only say perfunctorily: "It's okay, they are married and live out, and you don't see each other much."

The uncle's house has only three bedrooms and one living room, one room must be lived by the uncle and his aunt, and the other larger room is lived by brothers Xiao Haodong and Xiao Haonan.

Because only the largest room can fit two beds.

The other small room is now where Xiao Mengqiu lives.

So don't look at it as one bedroom and three living rooms, but it's a bit crowded for a family to live in.

No matter who their brother is getting married, the new house must be found elsewhere.

And Xiao Haodong is now an intern, and has not yet been allocated a separate room.

After exchanging greetings in the living room, Father Wang also said, "My family Wang Ying and your family Haonan have been together for more than half a year, why don't we settle down for them?"

Sun Mingzhu glanced at the shy Wang Ying, and thought that she was a primary school teacher and could be regarded as a civil servant. Even if the Wang family had some minor problems, they would not turn their faces over it.

She just smiled and said, "That would be great. Wang Ying has a watch and a bicycle. Let's give 880 as a dowry for good luck, and buy a refrigerator and a tape recorder. Do you think it's okay?"

After getting engaged here, men and women can go to register for marriage.

When getting engaged, go to the woman's house for lunch, and dinner for the relatives of the man's family. The unmarried couple can live together, and then get married on a good day.

Now that they are married, the dowry money can be kept by the woman's family, but the home appliances bought by the man will be accompanied by the woman.

In addition, the woman's family will also dowry some quilts and blankets, tableware and electrical appliances according to their family's economic conditions.

Seven 80s get married, what you want is three turns and one ring.

But in the past two years, televisions or washing machines, refrigerators, tape recorders, and air conditioners have become popular in the provincial capital.

Of course, these electrical appliances are expensive now, and most families just choose one or two electrical appliances that they don't have at home.

Of course, Sun Mingzhu said so, leaving room for it. If the woman's family wants to add two gold, they can also grit their teeth and buy it.

But it would be best if it could be saved.

Father Wang seemed to be a very kind person, so he just smiled and nodded at this: "Electric appliances and gold are all belongings outside the body, so it doesn't matter if you don't need them, anyway, the young couple can save money and buy them slowly in the future."

The living room is close to the kitchen, and what they say can be heard in the kitchen.

Xiao Hong was a little surprised when he heard this, but he didn't expect the Wang family to be quite reasonable.

The queen mother also said: "Wang Ying and the others have good school benefits. If she gets married, we can get a wedding room through someone on our side."

This is indeed good news. The smile on Sun Mingzhu's face is very enthusiastic: "You still have a lot of ways."

My two sons are very good, the only downside is that the house is a bit crowded.

Their husband and wife are almost worried to death about this matter.

But it’s not easy to buy a house now, the housing prices in the provincial capital are expensive now, and if you want to buy a house with three bedrooms and one living room like my own, it costs about [-] now.

When the unit building was first built, as a benefit to these small leaders, their unit allowed them to buy the house they lived in, with a little discount, which cost about 1 yuan.

It is not easy to buy a house now. The house prices in the provincial capital have risen rapidly in the past two years. Now if you want to buy a house with three bedrooms and one living room like your own, it will cost about [-] yuan.

However, the 1 yuan I bought for the house earlier spent all the money saved by the family, and I owed some foreign debts.

Of course, the foreign debt must have been paid off long ago, and the family does not have much savings.

Xiao Jianjun’s monthly salary is more than 260 yuan, and Sun Mingzhu is a nurse, only 160 yuan a month.

Xiao Haodong is still an intern, and he only has 160 for a month.

Xiao Haonan is a ticket seller, and his job is easy, but his salary is only around 170 yuan a month.

The two brothers hand in one hundred every month, and they spend and save a little for themselves.

Speaking of which, the wages and bonuses of a family are also [-] yuan.

But Xiao Mengqiu is still studying at a medical university, and the tuition fee plus pocket expenses is about [-] a year.

And the family expenses are at least [-] yuan, not including the contacts between relatives and friends.

Anyway, they have only saved 5000 yuan in the past two years, which is only enough to marry a daughter-in-law.

Now Wang Ying's family doesn't have high requirements, if they can still have a place to live, then Xiao Haodong can live at home when he finds a girlfriend to marry.

This makes it easier to find objects.

Therefore, Sun Mingzhu is planning to get engaged now, and after a while, the eldest brother will also find a suitable engagement, and the two brothers will be able to get married by the end of the year.

Maybe next year I will be a grandma myself.

"However, we have one condition." The Queen Mother looked at her son helplessly again: "My Wang Hui didn't graduate from high school, and it's hard to find a job now, why don't you give Haonan's job to my Wang Huicheng? "

Hearing this, Sun Mingzhu couldn't laugh anymore.

Now the salary in the provincial capital is mostly [-] to [-].

Four hundred is considered a rare high salary, and it is the salary of some leaders and senior technicians.

Xiao Haonan is less than two hundred now, but his job is easy, the working hours are short, and the benefits are good.

The most important thing is that when Xiao Haonan retires, he will be able to receive retirement salary every month.

Now the railway bureau's recruitment requirements are getting higher and higher. If Xiao Haonan gives up his job, even if Xiao Jianjun is also a small leader of the railway bureau, he doesn't have much confidence that he can find such a good job for his son again.

Xiao Jianjun also hesitated for a moment before speaking: "Maybe it won't be long before I find a chance to find Wang Hui a job as a conductor?"

Wang Hui refused straight away: "That won't work, I'm motion sick, so I won't be a train conductor."

Then he said naturally: "You can ask brother-in-law to be a train conductor, and I will take over the job of brother-in-law."

"Or if you retire, let your brother-in-law pick you up."

Xiao Mengqiu in the kitchen took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and murmured: "He is the ancestor of my family, and even my dad can arrange it clearly."

After finishing speaking, he threw the rag into the sink and was about to walk out with a dark face.

Xiao Hong quickly grabbed her and said in a low voice, "Uncle and aunt are here, don't worry."

On such an occasion, it was not their turn to speak.

Seeing that they didn't agree, the prince's father outside also smiled and said, "It's really embarrassing for you, but we don't need the bride price, and we can give you another 2000 yuan, do you think it's okay?"

(End of this chapter)