I Became a Vicious Supporting Role in the '70s

"Humph, such a grown person, and to think not showing up for work just because of a headache or slight fever; think she’s some capitalist’s miss, acting so recklessly! In my opinion, best marry her off early. Not only would that save the family some grain, but also we could ask for a larger dowry to ease her brothers’ days." Zhu Juying ran out of the house, looking at Huang Maochun with a face full of outrage.

"What’s all this fuss about? Xiangxiang is still feverish; she’s already asked for leave from the team. What’s wrong with resting? Besides, there was such a good marriage proposal that you deliberately spoiled. Now you want Xiangxiang to marry again, what are you really planning here?"

Huang Maochun threw away the roasted peanuts in his hand, placed his son in the needle basket by the waist, and started arguing with Zhu Juying.

"What heart am I planning? I’m thinking kindly, that in-law from last time was no good at all, I saw no benefit, they give us nothing, that’s it, just a few tens of yuan for the dowry, not even one of the big three items. My daughter is being too humble, rushing to marry someone and asking for nothing."

Zhu Juying’s head was buzzing with anger, the dowry Xiangxiang got from her fiancé was already ten or twenty dollars more than what the average girl gets. As for the big three items, not only could their village’s mud-legged people not afford it, even the folks in town begging their grandparents still might not be able to get one.

All struggling for work points to make ends, how could she and the old man shamelessly ask for too much? Her daughter Xiangxiang is no fairy; she just wants a stable life after marriage.

"We are not asking for much, just want the in-laws to treat my Xiangxiang well, and them as a couple to live a stable life; I don’t care about the rest."