Chapter 116: You’re Just a Wimp
It’s absolutely explosive, this demand was a blast even in the entire matchmaking circle of the seventies. It’s understandable that this girl’s family doesn’t want their newly married daughter to help repay the debts of a famine. It makes sense for them to want more guarantees for their daughter, and it’s normal to ask for a larger dowry.
Then there’s buying shoes and things for her nephews and nieces, Xiao Bin is about to become an uncle, it’s not unacceptable to show some goodwill. But to cover travel expenses for all the relatives that came over, although she couldn’t comprehend it, if they really demanded it, and if Xiao Bin really wants to marry their daughter, it wouldn’t hurt to give a little - as long as they get along well afterward. She reckons her parents would agree.
But what kind of absurdity is it to ask her elder sister and brother-in-law to arrange jobs and help with enlistment for her family members???
"Can’t we just talk it over? Didn’t you say Xiao Bin and that girl took a fancy to each other, and the next meeting was meant for engagement? Since that’s the case, surely there’s room for negotiation, right? It’s about becoming family allies, not enemies."
Negotiation is possible, we can scrap buying shoes for the children, but not the other things. Especially arranging a job for her elder brother and enlisting her younger brother is off the table.
Lu Zhenping said this with a deep frown, thinking of that girl’s family’s attitude, he still felt immensely repelled to this day.
"What about Xiao Bin, what does he say?"
Parents can hardly win against their children’s will. Just take Uncle Guai’s family, Lu Xingchang and Huang Maochun, aren’t they a cautionary tale? Shen Meng was tempted to let it all go, after all, there are plenty of good girls out there - but it would also require Zhou Xiaobin’s agreement. If he insists on marrying her, at most they’ll have to draw clear boundaries after the wedding; otherwise, there will just be endless trouble.