Chapter 21 The Beauty of Adult

Under Liu Cui'e's comfort, the girl with big braids gradually told the story. Her father received a bride price of 2,000 yuan today and was preparing to marry her to the other party's youngest son.

The girl with a big braid is named Lu Xiaolian. She met Qin Qiang three years ago. At that time, Lu Xiaolian was teased by a few little gangsters. Qin Qiang stepped forward and beat the little gangsters away.

The two of them fell in love at first sight. After Qin Qiang was imprisoned, Lu Xiaolian did not give up on him. They often went to prison to visit Qin Qiang, silently encouraging and supporting him. It was precisely because of Lu Xiaolian that Qin Qiang "returned back" and drew a clear line with himself in the past, and went out to do business with Feng Fei.

Lu Xiaolian often comes to Qin's house to help Liu Cui'e do housework. The Qin family likes her very much, especially Liu Cui'e, who already regards her as her daughter-in-law.

Lu Xiaolian has five brothers and sisters in her family. She is the third child and her parents are vegetable vendors. Due to her poor family, her eldest brother Lu Jianguo is almost thirty and is still bachelor. No girl from any family is willing to marry and suffer. Therefore, Lu Jianguo's marriage became a heart-wrenching problem for Lu Xiaolian's parents.

A month ago, a matchmaker introduced a partner to Lu Jianguo. The partner was from the rural suburbs of Huangzhou City, named Ye Fen. Lu Xiaolian's parents met with Lu Jianguo and Ye Fen. Ye Fen was a pretty girl, and they were very satisfied with Ye Fen.

However, the conditions proposed by Ye Fen's family made the Lu family feel very embarrassed. They asked the Lu family to pay a bride price of 1,000 yuan, and then married Ye Fen to Lu Jianguo.

Ye Fen's family was helpless to do this, which was very similar to the situation in the Lu family. Ye Fen's elder brother was already in his thirties and was still single. They wanted to use this thousand yuan bride price to marry Ye Fen's elder brother a wife.

In other words, those who are younger sisters, Ye Fen and Lu Xiaolian, have to make sacrifices for their brothers' marriage. Not only in rural areas, but also in cities, there are quite a few people who prefer boys over girls, thinking that their daughters are splashed with water. Once they get married, they will be from other people's families. Therefore, it is natural for the daughters to make sacrifices. Anyway, it is to get married, so who is not to marry?

Just when the Lu family was worried about the bride price of this thousand yuan, a matchmaker came to Lu Xiaolian to propose marriage. The owner of a restaurant on the same street as the Lu family learned about the difficulties of the Lu family and was willing to pay a bride price of two thousand yuan, asking Lu Xiaolian to marry his idle son who only knew how to eat, drink, and gambling, and pass on the family line to the family.

Two thousand yuan was definitely a generous betrothal gift in the late 1980s. According to the purchasing ability and the salary level at that time, it was equivalent to more than 100,000 or even 200,000 to 300,000.

Faced with such a large betrothal gift, the Lu family, who urgently needed money, had no reason to refuse, so Lu Xiaolian's parents accepted the other party's betrothal gift today. They told Lu Xiaolian during dinner to ask Lu Xiaolian to marry the son of the restaurant owner.

After hearing this, Lu Xiaolian had a big quarrel with her parents, then rushed out of the house and ran to the Lu family.

"Lian'er, go back with me." Just as Liu Cui'e comforted Lu Xiaolian, several people walked in. The leader was a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, and said to Lu Xiaolian with a gloomy face.

"Dad, I won't marry anyone except Qiangzi!" Lu Xiaolian wiped the tears from her cheeks and looked at the middle-aged man firmly.

"Are you watching your elder brother play a bachelor?" This middle-aged man is Lu Xiaolian's father Lu Dayong. Lu Dayong stared at Lu Xiaolian with an expressionless face, "Unless you cut off your relationship with your family, I will tie you up even if I have to."

"Dad!" Hearing Lu Dayong's heartless words, Lu Xiaolian's tears immediately burst out again.

"His uncle, sit quickly, sit quickly, and say something." Seeing this, Liu Cui'e hurriedly stood up and called Lu Dayong to take her seat. Zhao Dongsheng, Qin Dashan and others also stood up.

"No, I came here today to take our third girl away. He, a girl, didn't go home in the middle of the night, and it would be gossiped about when it was reported." Although the two families used to be close because Lu Xiaolian and Qin Qiang were close, since Lu Dayong had decided to marry Lu Xiaolian to someone else, he had nothing to say with the Qin family at this time and did not want to stay here for more. He turned his head and said to a honest man beside him, "Go and take your eldest sister away."

The man was Lu Xiaolian's eldest brother Lu Jianguo. Lu Jianguo hesitated for a moment and walked towards Lu Xiaolian with an awkward look on his face. To be honest, he was not willing to sacrifice Lu Xiaolian's happiness to marry a wife for himself.

"I think who dares to take Xiaolian away!" Lu Jianguo had just taken two steps, and Qin Qiang, who was sitting at the dining table, slapped the table, and blocked Lu Jianguo's way out with blushing face.

Lu Jianguo was usually a little afraid of Qin Qiang. Seeing this, he stopped quickly and turned his head to look at Lu Dayong.

"What, you still want to steal people in broad daylight!" Two young men stood behind Lu Jianguo. One of the burly young men walked up and pushed Qin Qiang's shoulder, and said with a cold face.

Qin Qiang seemed to be a little afraid of the burly young man, and clenched his fists and didn't say anything.

"Second brother, I stayed here voluntarily and had nothing to do with Qiangzi." Seeing this, Lu Xiaolian stood up and walked to Qin Qiang's side, stretched out her hand to hold his arm, "I will not marry except Qiangzi in this life!"

After hearing Lu Xiaolian's words, Zhao Dongsheng couldn't help but feel a little distracted. A beautiful girl with a graceful figure appeared in front of him. His first love girlfriend Bai Xin. Once upon a time, Bai Xin also held his arm and said this vow to her parents with a resolute expression.

"Big sister, what's the point of being good about him? Not only did he go to jail, but he also had to work but no job, and he had no money. You will definitely suffer in the future if you follow him." The burly young man is Lu Xiaolian's second brother Lu Jianjun. He is now a security guard in the street. He has looked down on Qin Qiang, who was a gangster and was in prison from the beginning. Naturally, he has no good feelings for Qin Qiang. He said to Lu Xiaolian in a deep voice, "Dad is also for your own good. When you have a child in the future, you will understand everything."

"Second brother, I am willing to work hard with Qiangzi. I will admit whether to enjoy or suffer in the future." Lu Xiaolian bit her lip and said to Lu Jianjun with a determined expression, then she softened her knees and knelt down at Lu Dayong, "Dad, you can fulfill your daughter."

Qin Qiang hesitated for a moment and knelt down with Lu Xiaolian. Lu Dayong is an elder, so it is not embarrassing that he kneels down.

"Uncle, you see that they are in love, you agree." Liu Cui'e looked at Qin Qiang and Lu Xiaolian who were kneeling there, and smiled at Lu Dayong, "We know that Brother Xiaolian's marriage is coming, and she will do her best."

"At this point, I won't hide it from the big girl. My eldest and second brother are both married. My mother and I are incompetent and have no way to get married for them until now." Lu Dayong looked at Lu Xiaolian and Qin Qiang who were kneeling, sighed a long time ago, and said to Liu Cui'e helplessly, "This time, they are willing to pay a betrothal gift of 2,000 yuan to marry Xiaolian. This time, they can solve the eldest brother's marriage, and leave the second brother with a sum of money to marry a wife. If it were you, would you refuse? Do you have the heart to let the children be a bachelor for the rest of their lives? Can you give Xiaolian a life like others and not make her suffer?"

Hearing Lu Dayong's words, Liu Cui'e was speechless for a moment, and the room was silent. After all, it was still a mess. The Qin family could not afford two thousand yuan at all, so they could not solve the troubles faced by the Lu family.

"His uncle, otherwise, we will give a thousand betrothal gift to marry Xiaolian. What do you think?" After hesitating for a while, Liu Cui'e gritted her teeth and said to Lu Dayong. She decided to borrow money from her relatives and friends to raise a thousand yuan, so that Lu Jianguo could get married.

"Not only did they give two thousand yuan, they also promised to let the eldest daughter-in-law go to a restaurant to work, and they would give fifty yuan a month. We have already told the eldest daughter-in-law that we can't let us break our promise!" Lu Dayong said with a wry smile when he heard this.

Liu Cui'e is helpless now. Lu Dayong's words not only meant that he would ask for a betrothal gift of 2,000 yuan, but also showed that the other party could solve Ye Fen's work. She could not do either of these two conditions.

"Isn't it just a betrothal gift of two thousand, I'll give it to Qiangzi." Seeing that the situation at the scene was in a stalemate, Zhao Dongsheng glanced at Qin Qiang and Lu Xiaolian who were kneeling, reached out to Lu Jianguo, and spoke to Lu Dayong, "In addition, I can arrange for them to work in the factory."

From Qin Qiang and Lu Xiaolian, Zhao Dongsheng seemed to see the shadows of himself and Bai Xin, so he decided to help the two of them so that the lovers could finally get married.

As soon as these words came out, the people in the room couldn't help but look at Zhao Dongsheng in one go, their eyes full of surprise, especially Qin Yuning, whose eyes were full of surprise.

"This is..." Seeing Zhao Dongsheng's young age, Lu Dayong couldn't help but look at Liu Cui'e in confusion, not knowing what Zhao Dongsheng came from.

"This is technician Zhao from Huangzhou Machinery Factory and a top student who graduated from Yan University." Liu Cui'e suppressed the joy in her heart. She first answered Lu Dayong, and then said to Zhao Dongsheng a little embarrassedly, "You have helped us so much, why do I have the nerve to bother you again."

"Can you take out two thousand and let our boss and his wife enter the Huangzhou Machinery Factory?" Lu Dayong heard about Zhao Dongsheng and knew that Zhao Dongsheng was Qin Yuning's boyfriend. He helped Qin Yi contact an acquaintance in the Provincial Central Hospital. However, no matter how he was just a technician, and he had no power in his hands. How could he do the two things he said?
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