Chapter 1556 Brother Zhou’s two conditions (3 updates
Chen Kang came back feeling depressed after paying homage to his parents, sister and brother-in-law. It wasn't until the eighth day of the Lunar New Year that village head Zhou Papi took his children and grandchildren and Grandma Zhou took her children and grandchildren to the Lejia, and he smiled again when he saw his teenage playmates again.
Village Chief Zhou only learned from Cheng Youde that Chen Hongying's brother was back on the seventh day of the lunar month, because at that time his sons had not returned from taking the children to their grandmother's house, and he did not go to Le's house to see Chen Kang.
Zhou Papi had less impression of Chen Kang. He was several years younger than Chen Kang and did not play together often. Village Chief Zhou was more familiar with Chen Kang.
Grandma Zhou is also very familiar with Chen Kang. Zhou Fu and Chen Kang used to be relatively good playmates.
Village Chief Zhou and others knew the reason why Chen Kang had not returned to the village for decades, and they also wanted to capture a certain letter writer and skin him and cramp him to relieve their hatred.
Village Chief Zhou also wanted to invite Chen Kang's family to dinner, but Chen Kang declined. He just wanted to stay at his nephew's house when he came back this time, and then visit his childhood playmate's house when he came back later.
The five descendants of Chen Kang's family only went to Chen Dalian's house for a meal at noon on the ninth day of the Lunar New Year. Chen Dalian invited many elders of the same clan to accompany him. From that day on, people in Meicun Village knew that his uncle Chen Kang from Yueqing had returned. Visiting relatives in the village.
On the tenth day of the lunar month, the beautiful young man and Yan Shaolan returned to Beijing for the third time.
The five members of Chen Kang's family continued to live there until after the Lantern Festival. The five grandparents and grandchildren reluctantly set off home. They still wanted to stay, but Chen Xin was a lecturer in high school. The senior year of high school was about to start, and Chen Xin was originally a junior high school student. When Ba had to go to work, he asked for leave in advance and had to postpone it for a few days.
The sons were going to work, so Chen Kang and Zhou Wei naturally returned to Hunan Province with their sons.
Recognizing his uncle meant that for Le's father, he had a new family in the future. The Le family was not a mere commander without relatives and friends. He and Zhou Qiufeng sent off his uncle's family and were already preparing for the spring sowing.
Boss Wu and his family returned to the provincial capital to celebrate the New Year with his brothers and sisters. They returned to Jiudao after the Lantern Festival. Mrs. Wu and her son and daughter-in-law visited Lejia on the 18th.
Zhou Tianming did not go to his grandmother's house and returned to school on the 19th day of the lunar calendar.
On the 20th day of the lunar calendar, Sister-in-law Zhou took her daughter to her grandmother's house. She returned home happily and reported the good news to her man when she got home: "Xia Long, Chunmei is getting married."
Brother Zhou looked indifferent: "Chunmei will get married as soon as she gets married. Tell me what to do?"
"Zhou Xialong, what are you talking about? Chunmei is your daughter, and this is how you treat your own girl?" Sister-in-law Zhou was so angry that she was furious on the spot.
"My daughter? Isn't Chunmei the daughter of you and your mother's family? Look, when Chunmei falls in love, she first tells you and your mother's family. When did you tell me? Who is Chunmei's boyfriend? What do you look like, what year and when you were born?
When Chunmei’s boyfriend met his parents, it was you and your family who were in your eyes. Did you inform me? Did you bring it back to show me?
Now that the man and Chunmei are planning to get married, they are also discussing it with you and your natal family. I don’t even know the surname of Chunmei’s boyfriend, let alone whether he is round or flat. From the beginning to the end, you and your natal family No one ever thought to ask me and my mother what we meant.
Liu Tong, let's talk now, what do you think I should say, and how should I treat my girl? ”
"You...I..." After being bombarded with a series of questions from Zhou Xialong, Sister-in-law Zhou, who was originally very arrogant, was instantly choked and speechless, her face turned red, and she couldn't answer a word for a long time.
Grandma Zhou didn't say anything, didn't ask, and didn't help.
"Liu Tong, speak, are you mute?" The woman pretended to be deaf and mute, and Brother Zhou was so angry that he was very capable and proud, but in the blink of an eye, he seemed to be strangling his neck. Say something?
"I...we..." After being yelled at, Mrs. Zhou's back tensed up, and she defended herself: "Chunmei, it's because you are usually too fierce and don't dare to tell you, I... ...I thought you... wouldn't care about these little things, so I didn't tell you... Why don't I come back and discuss it with you today..."
"What are you discussing with me?" Brother Zhou was so angry that he didn't even want to speak, and he had to ask clearly about the situation.
"The man has agreed to get married on May Day. Since May Day is a holiday, everyone will have time to have a drink. What Chunmei means..." The man's face was gloomy. Sister Zhou whispered the date that the man had pre-selected. When it came to the most important thing, She didn't dare to say anything.
"You speak and I listen."
"We are... too far away from the county seat of Zhuxian County. Not to mention waiting for the makeup to come back, it will be noon. Even if the groom's wedding car comes from there and goes back, he can't make it home before noon. It is unlucky to get home after noon. Grandma's house is so far away. The husband’s house is closer to the hotel, and Chunmei wants to... want to get married... at her grandma’s house.”
Sister-in-law Zhou looked at the man's face as she spoke. When she saw the man's eyebrows raised, she was so frightened that her heart almost jumped out of her throat. It was her mother and brother's idea to let Chunmei get married at her grandma's house. If she got married at her grandma's house, the bride price would naturally be too. Send it to grandma's house.
Grandma Zhou almost thought there was something wrong with her ears. What did Liu Tong say? How could the Liu family allow Zhou Chunmei to marry into her grandmother's house?
Brother Zhou laughed angrily: "It seems that the man promised the Liu family a lot of gifts, right?"
"No...no, the man...didn't say how much he would give as a bride price. Grandma and I would like to give whatever gift we want according to local customs. Anyway, it's what Chunmei is going to bring back, isn't it..." Mrs. Zhou's heart was beating wildly. Because of their guilty conscience, they did not dare to look directly at Zhou Xialong.
"Liu Tong, you and your family are so shameless. Why should the girl I raised get married in the Liu family? I raised the girl, but my grandmother and uncle robbed me of the bride price and credit given to me by the man. You and I Where do your parents have the face to do such shameless things?”
Brother Zhou was angry, but he was very calm: "It's not impossible to want Zhou Chunmei to marry at grandma's house. I only have two conditions. The first condition is to move Zhou Chunmei's household registration to grandma's house, or let Zhou Chunmei marry that person. I need to apply for a marriage certificate first, and then I can hold the wedding after changing my household registration.
Zhou Chunmei’s household registration is not here. It doesn’t matter where she gets married. She still has her household registration at home but she gets married at her grandma’s house. I can’t afford to lose this person. If I can’t do this, Chunmei’s household registration is in Meizijing Village. She must marry at home, and the bride price must be sent to me. In my hands, I will also discuss the matter of hosting the banquet.
Chunmei didn't change her household registration. She dared to marry into her grandma's house. Whoever she dared to marry, I carried an ax to hit the Liu family and cut off that bastard's legs. Whoever wants to embarrass me, no one wants to lose face. ”
Being scolded for being shameless, Mrs. Zhou's face started to heat up. She found the man staring at her fiercely and was so frightened that she could hardly breathe. Zhou Xialong must have guessed that the man wanted to give a lot of gifts, so he did not agree with Chunmei's marriage at her grandmother's house. .
The bride price prepared by the man is indeed very generous. In addition to the necessary items for a local wedding, there is at least 88,000 in cash, and there is also an apartment. That apartment...
Sister-in-law Zhou's heart was beating hard, her thoughts were changing for a while, and she asked: "And... what other conditions are there?"
Judging from Liu Tong's tone, she knew that she agreed to Chunmei's change of household registration. Brother Zhou said with a dark face and gritted his teeth the second condition: "The second condition is that Chunmei's marriage will be discussed between you and your mother's family. You and your family will also receive the bride price, and the benefits will be yours. So, if Chunmei needs support from her family in the future, you should not come to me, and you will be responsible for it.
If you and your family want to waste the gift, you must write a contract according to the conditions I proposed, and you and your family must sign it. Otherwise, I firmly disagree with Chunmei getting married in the Liu family. Who dares to hold a banquet behind my back? If I go to destroy the Liu family, I will lose face anyway. I will not live a happy life, and none of you can live happily. ”
"Write... write a contract? There's no need for this. Does my family need such a... birth status?" Liu Tong felt that the second condition was nothing, but making a fuss about writing a contract was not a slap on her mother's side. Face?
"If you don't write a contract, you won't have to discuss it," Brother Zhou sneered: "I worked hard outside to earn money to send the girl to study. I worked hard to raise the girl. My mother raised her granddaughter from a young age, and she didn't enjoy the slightest bit of spring plum blossoms. Filial piety, grandma and uncle have never raised Chunmei, but now they have the audacity to ask my girl to marry her at grandma’s house and wait to receive the betrothal gifts. What kind of logic is this?
When receiving the benefits, he rushes out to become his mother-in-law. After receiving the benefits, he doesn't want to care about it. Nothing in the world is so cheap. If he wants to receive the betrothal gift and take advantage, he must bear the responsibility of being Chunmei's mother-in-law. There is no way for the Liu family to get benefits, and for me, the Zhou family to contribute.
Liu Tong, these are my conditions. You and your mother-in-law can choose for themselves. If you don’t agree, from today on, you can no longer interfere with Chunmei’s marriage. Let the man come to my house to see me, and we can discuss it if I like it. Betrothal gifts and banquets, all the betrothal gifts given by the man must also be decided by me. Without my consent, if you want to get married, there is no way. At worst, I will do nothing and go to the groom’s house every day to make trouble, causing the man to voluntarily marry Chun. May breaks up. ”
The man's tone was strong, but Sister-in-law Zhou felt unsure and whispered: "I...let me discuss it with Chunmei."
"We need to discuss it quickly. Make a decision today. If you don't wait until the deadline is over, if you bother me with this matter in the future, the only way for us to get divorced is to divorce." Brother Zhou really doesn't want to talk to his mother-in-law anymore. The woman's heart has already turned to her parents' home. She's gone, and there's no way she can get it back, so just let her go.
Hearing Zhou Xialong mention divorce again, Mrs. Zhou's face stiffened, she stood for a few seconds, turned around, walked out of the kitchen quickly, and trotted towards the back of the village.
She just came back from her parents' house, and her things were left in the upper room. Because she was too happy, she immediately ran to the kitchen to tell the man that the girl was getting married, but they broke up on bad terms. Her buttocks didn't even touch the bench at home, let alone that the bench wasn't hot yet. . When her daughter-in-law went out, Grandma Zhou sighed: "Oh, my family is unlucky." Her family was unlucky, so she married an unkind wife.
Brother Zhou lowered his head in shame: "Mom, it's all my fault. I didn't take care of Chunmei, and she was misled by her mother and her grandmother's family."
"Don't put it on yourself. It's not your problem. It's because they are too obsessed with it. Their hearts are higher than the sky and their hands are lower than their feet. I'm afraid they will suffer a big loss sooner or later." Grandma Zhou felt unhappy, Chunmei Liu Tong and Liu Tong don't know their own importance, and sooner or later they will suffer a big loss.
Brother Zhou is also worried that the two girls will get into trouble, so he tries to prevent it as much as possible, just like letting Chunmei change her household registration, and moving Chunmei's household registration out. After she gets married, she is allowed to live in her own little family as she pleases. It's up to her, he won't take the blame.
He also believed that Liu Tong and the Liu family would agree to the conditions he proposed. Those people were snobbish, looked down on the inferior and favored the superior, disliked the poor and loved the rich. It was precisely because he saw clearly that he slowly moved away from the Liu family.
In the past, the Zhou family was relatively wealthy, and the Liu family was very friendly and often came to keep in touch with each other. Since the Liu family had a little money seven or eight years ago, their wealth was richer than that of the Zhou family, so they no longer came to the Zhou family.
Guessing the Liu family's reaction, Brother Zhou hurried to his sister's house and told his sister and brother-in-law about Zhou Chunmei's marriage to her grandmother's house. He wanted to ask the Chao family brother to ask Attorney Xiao to draw up a sample contract. .
When Mr. Yi and Hua heard the news that the girl from the Zhou family was preparing to leave the court at her grandma's house, she was shocked by the shamelessness of the Liu family, the grandmother of the Zhou family's grandson. Historically, only when the son-in-law's family and the family were dead, and no elders made the decision anymore, could the grandma's family Will let grandson get married at grandma's house.
But now, the girls of the Zhou family are well-off, and their grandmother is still alive, but the grandmother's family actually arranges for the granddaughter to come out of the family. This must be so shameless.
Lele's father, Zhou Qiufeng, was also shocked. From his brother's tone, he guessed that the man might have a large betrothal gift, and that his grandmother's family was planning a betrothal gift. They said nothing and called Lele's beautiful brother to ask for support.
After the beautiful young man from the Chao family returned to Beijing, he stayed at home for two days to accompany his grandmother, and then visited each other with his friends. When he received a call from his fourth uncle and his fourth aunt, he answered the call without saying a word, saying that he would send a copy of the contract to Uncle Zhou tomorrow.
Sister-in-law Zhou ran out of the village despite the cold and arrived at the rice field area in the northwest direction of the village. Seeing no one around, she took out her mobile phone and called her natal brother and parents to discuss the conditions proposed by Zhou Xialong.
Liu Tong's younger brother, Liu Jiagui, was out having fun. When he received a call from his sister and heard that Zhou Xialong would not allow Zhou Chunmei to marry in the Liu family, he became anxious. How could the gift that came with the car be sent to the Liu family?
If the gift money is not sent to the Liu family, how could it fall into his own pocket?
For that windfall, Liu Jiagui rushed home in a hurry to discuss the big plan with his family.
Grandma Liu and Grandpa Liu also received a call from their daughter Liu Tong, offering advice on Zhou Chunmei's marriage to the Liu family. When her son came back, the whole family came up with suggestions.
The whole family discussed it for a long time, but in the end they couldn't bear to let the fat fly away. They unanimously agreed to accept the conditions proposed by Zhou Xialong. Isn't it just to become a family member? If Zhou Chunmei quarreled after getting married and needed support, they would go Just go through the motions, there is no risk.
Besides, one day Zhou Chunmei will really have something. Zhou Chunmei is Zhou Xialong's biological daughter after all, so Zhou Xialong can really not care about it.
As for relocating her household registration, Zhou Xialong was probably afraid that the girl's household registration would be at home. If Zhou Chunmei gave birth to a child, her household registration would also be transferred to the Zhou family, and she would need to share Zhou Tianming's family property, so she asked to move her household registration first.
After analysis, the young and old of the Liu family unanimously felt that Zhou Xialong's condition was not a big deal, so they quickly called Zhou Chunmei's boyfriend and said that the woman's father did not agree to Zhou Chunmei's marriage unless the man showed sincerity and issued a marriage certificate to Zhou Chunmei. The household registration must be moved to the groom's house before the banquet is held, otherwise there is no need to discuss it.
The man was originally unwilling to obtain a certificate to move his household first, but Liu Jiagui insisted that his brother-in-law had told him that he would not agree to his daughter's marriage unless he could do it, otherwise there would be a wedding that would make people unable to step down.
The two parties talked for a long time, and the man finally agreed, promising to apply for a marriage certificate and move house next week, and then hold a banquet on May Day.
Liu Jiagui reached an agreement with the man, and then contacted his sister to exchange opinions.
Sister-in-law Zhou discussed with her family for a while, waiting for her brother to discuss Zhou Chunmei's household registration issue with her husband. The weather was a bit cold, and she waited for a response from the cold wind for almost half an hour.
After the deal was settled, Mrs. Zhou rubbed her cold face and hurried home. She rubbed her face and hands again outside the house to warm her face. She pretended that she just came back from a visit and wandered into the kitchen. Zhou Xialong was not there. Pretend nothing happened, pack your things, and warm yourself by the fire.
Brother Zhou didn't go home until the evening, and he probably forgot what he said to Liu Tong.
He was not in a hurry, but Mrs. Zhou was. When it was time to go to bed at night, she followed the man to the lower room and discussed in a low voice: "His father, what he said at noon... The man accepted the request to move, and my grandpa and his uncle... also... He said it would be done according to your request. Look, when will the matter be done? ”
Sure enough, the man must have promised a betrothal gift, which is why the Liu family was so anxious. Brother Zhou said casually: "I'll talk about it when I have time."
Sister-in-law Zhou was dumbfounded. Zhou Xialong wouldn’t want to go back on his word, would he?
She was afraid that Zhou Xialong would regret and change his mind, and wanted to hurry up and sign a contract, but she didn't dare to show it too obviously, and she was anxious in her heart.
Brother Zhou is not in a hurry, he just does whatever he has to do. He visits each other in the village, chats about what kind of rice will be planted this year, and exchanges information about where there is work and where to find part-time jobs.
He wandered around outside, and even went to Le's house in the evening. By the way, he received a sample of the contract from the Chao family brother. After reading the sample of the contract, he was stunned. A lawyer is a lawyer. He is thoughtful and considers the responsibilities of both parties. Everything is listed, and even the consequences of various disputes that may arise in the future are clearly written.
There are also things that need to be paid attention to when signing a contract listed by the lawyer. Not only must you sign and fingerprint, it is best to also write down your ID number and address.
After seeing the contract sample, Brother Zhou knew what was going on. He still pretended that nothing happened and wandered around, never mentioning the matter of signing the contract again.
He was not in a hurry. Sister-in-law Zhou was almost dying of it. She waited day after day. By the next Monday, Zhou Xialong didn’t respond and didn’t say anything about signing a contract. On Tuesday, she couldn’t stand it anymore and urged her again. On Wednesday, she asked again. After urging, I still didn’t get a response. On Thursday, I simply followed Zhou Xialong in case he ran away.
After being urged several times, Brother Zhou was "forced" to agree to settle the contract on Friday. Sister Zhou immediately notified her family and asked her parents to come to Jiudao Township Street to sign the contract.
Liu Jiagui waited for a few days, almost thinking that the duck in his mouth was going to fly away, and he was so anxious that he quickly got angry. When his sister said that Zhou Xialong agreed to sign the contract, he dragged his family and drove to Xiang Street in Jiudao Township on Friday morning to meet his sister. After the brother-in-law met, he went to a copy shop to print out the contract.
Brother Zhou quietly took out a sample contract and asked his brother-in-law to copy it by hand.
Liu Jiagui couldn't help but hesitate after reading the terms in the contract, but then he thought of the expensive gift, and still couldn't resist the temptation. Finally, he gritted his teeth and copied several copies by hand, then filled in his ID number, address, and signature. .
Liu Jiagui's daughter-in-law didn't want to sign at first. Brother Zhou said that no one in the Liu family could be missing and the contract would not count. He would never let Zhou Chunmei get married in the Liu family. She couldn't stand the hints of her men and the desire for the bride price. Sign and stamp.
The identity information of Grandpa Liu and Grandma Liu was also filled in, and they also signed and stamped their signatures. Sister-in-law Zhou Liu Tong also signed and fingerprinted.
Brother Zhou carefully compared the original sample with the actual contract sample to confirm that there were no typos or misleading places. He also signed and stamped the date and place of signing the contract.
The contract is made in duplicate, and each person who signs it has one copy.
Brother Zhou made several copies of his own in case of emergency.
After signing the contract, Brother Zhou walked away with his own contract. Liu Jiagui was so angry that he wanted to jump, but finally endured it, paid the fee, and happily returned to his home with his family, secretly waiting to receive the gift.
Zhou Ge made a contract with the Liu family and waited for the Liu family to bring the man to move Zhou Chunmei's household registration. He didn't wait long. On the second day of the second lunar month, Zhou Chunmei's prospective boyfriend went to apply for a marriage certificate with Zhou Chunmei and transferred Zhou Chunmei's household registration. Go to Zhu County.
(End of chapter)