After hearing what the old lady said, Wang Tianxiao made a rough calculation. Based on the income and purchasing power of this era compared with that of later generations, sixteen hundred here is equivalent to three hundred thousand.

Even Qingcheng, which has always been famous for its high betrothal gifts, is definitely not on this level.

At least two-thirds more.

In this era, the average betrothal gift was two to three hundred yuan, and if it was a little more, it would be less than five hundred.

It's true that a lion has a big mouth and can eat quite a bit.

"It's too much. You know how easy it is for me to raise her so big? If you think it's too much, then don't go out. I'll just take my daughter away."

The old lady was unwilling to give in and instead humiliated Wu Qiancai.

Wu Qiancai didn't know what to say, his face turned red from holding back, and he looked at Wang Tianxiao sadly. He was a person without any ideas. He usually listened to his younger brother Wu Wenhua. Now that his younger brother was gone, he subconsciously handed over the power to make decisions. Gave it to Wang Tianxiao.

Wang Tianxiao glanced at the old lady, then at the cold and greedy sons behind her, and sneered: "This is a lot of money, but you can't get it."

"You said if you don't want it, you won't?"

"Yes, that's what I said."

Wang Tianxiao looked at the old lady coldly, "Do you think that you and this honest man can get 1,600 yuan? Ask him if he has 160 yuan?"

Wu Qiancai lowered his head in shame.

He really didn't have much money. If Wang Tianxiao hadn't worked here for a month or two and saved a little bit, he probably wouldn't have been able to get even a hundred yuan.

The old lady was stunned when she heard this, but quickly said: "It's easy to deal with it if you don't have money. I just take my daughter home."

"Is your daughter a commodity?"

"Ah? What do you mean?"

"What I mean is, if you said you would take your daughter away, does she really want to go with you? If she doesn't want to leave, can you still kidnap her by force?"

"this……"

Wang Tianxiao did not give her a chance to rest and think, and continued to present oppressive attacks: "This is a new society. Do you think it is still the past? Even if she is your daughter, you are not qualified, and you have no power to restrict her freedom." What's more, she works in my station now, so I can't watch you take someone away."

"So, either you talk about the gift money and I help Wu Qiancai collect it for you, and you take it and leave, and never come to my place to cause trouble again, or you just take the people and leave now, and you don't get a penny. "

"You...you...do you have any more royal methods?"

"You should understand that this is a new society and your method is no longer feasible. Since you are unwilling to tell me, I will give you a price, three hundred yuan. I will give it to you according to the market price, no more, no less."

"Three hundred yuan, no, it's too little. I can't even get a daughter-in-law back with three hundred yuan!"

"Oh, so you want to sell your daughter in exchange for a daughter-in-law?" Although Wang Tianxiao knew that the old lady had this idea, saying it so nakedly and directly still made him feel very uncomfortable, as disgusting as eating shit.

What kind of emotion can one say such cold words.

There really is no love between mother and daughter.

If the son is a human being, then the girl is not a human being?

He also kept saying that he was kind to his daughter in raising her.

I'm afraid it's not like raising pigs. It's not that I like or have feelings for pigs, it's just that I want to raise the pigs and fatten them up and then sell them or kill them for money.

There are such parents in the world, which really opened the eyes of Wang Tianxiao, who has lived in two generations.

"Whose family is not like this? Isn't that how raising a daughter is? Did I raise it for others for nothing? What kind of joke are you talking about? Three hundred yuan won't do it anyway."

"Three hundred yuan won't work, then you can ask for a price, and it should be appropriate. If you still ask for a price that is endless, then I won't be in the mood to talk to you. If you are willing to deal with it, then you can deal with it."

The old lady whispered to her three sons for a while.

"Give me a thousand dollars."

"One thousand yuan is still a lot," Wu Qiancai said subconsciously, "Auntie, the highest market price is no more than five hundred yuan. You want too much."

"I don't think there's much at all. If you really don't have the strength, then stop talking."

"Just five hundred yuan, I can think of ways to get it together, but I really can't come up with one thousand yuan."

In fact, Wu Qiancai didn't have much confidence when he said this. He currently has less than 200 in savings and can earn 60 yuan a month without eating or drinking. Even if Shi Huanhuan is willing to subsidize part of it to him, he has to earn enough money.

It still takes some time.

"No, just one thousand yuan. This is already a concession because you don't have much money."

"But with so much money, where can I get it for you at once? Even if you peel me off, it won't be worth a thousand yuan." Wu Qiancai was so worried that he almost cried.

Is a penny a hero? A grown man has nothing to do when faced with the cold amount of money.

"That's your business. If you don't have money, how can you find a wife? There's not just one old bachelor in this world."

"That……"

Wu Qiancai saw that the old lady was unwilling to give in, so he thought again and again, and prayed: "Do you think this is okay? One thousand yuan is one thousand yuan. Can I give it to you in several installments, and I will give it to you by the end of this year."

"What are you thinking, do you want to continue to delay like this?" The old lady refused to give in, "Either you give me money today, or give up this idea, I will take my daughter home. Don't play any tricks on my old lady.

, no one can look carelessly in front of me."

"This... you are trying to force me to death, huh!"

Wu Qiancai squatted on the ground in frustration, holding his head in extreme pain.

There was really nothing he could do.

Here, Wang Tianxiao finally takes action.

He had been preparing to help Wu Qiancai solve this problem from the beginning. More than a thousand yuan was nothing to him now and he could easily spend it.

But he did not immediately take over the responsibility.

After all, this money is not an ordinary debt, but Shi Huanhuan's gift money.

He is an outsider and doesn't behave well when giving gifts to others.

Therefore, he could only give the money through Wu Qiancai's hand, which was regarded as lending Wu Qiancai.

But even if you want to lend him money, you have to look at the right time.

People tend to only remember those who help them when they need it, rather than those who are always kind to them.

Only when Wu Qiancai is forced into a desperate situation and he is almost in despair can we take action at this time to give him the greatest favor and make him regard himself as a benefactor and be completely willing to do things seriously.

After Wang Tianxiao was reborn, he had a better understanding of human nature.

He no longer believed, as in his previous life, that people should be honest with each other and get along with each other without any grudges. He already understood the complexity of human nature.

They often leave a good impression on others, and people who are considered good by others are not really good people.

But those good people who always maintain a kind-hearted mentality encounter obstacles at every turn, and may receive a lot of unfair treatment, and end up like pigs and dogs.

Therefore, no matter what he does in this life, he will pay attention to certain methods when facing anyone except his wife.

Not only can you do some good deeds and help others, but also make them not take this help for granted and that it is something they should do.

As he slowly accumulated this, he retained more and more favors.

At present, Wu Qiancai has been forced to the edge of the cliff by the old lady, and there is basically nothing he can do.

At this time, it was the best time for him to help.

He patted Wu Qiancai on the shoulder and motioned him to stand up, "Brother Qiancai, I'm just an outsider, and I can't directly make a decision for you. You've seen the current situation, so what are your thoughts now? Do you want to give up Sister-in-law Huanhuan, or do you want to give up?

No matter what, you have to be with her?"

"Of course I want to be with Huanhuan, but this money..."

"If you have money, I can lend it to you."

"Ah, boss, but this..."

"One thousand yuan is indeed not a small sum. Even if you work here without food or water, you will have to work for me for a long time, but I believe you will make enough in the end. However, you have to think carefully. If you find

For other girls, the betrothal gifts are capped at three to four hundred yuan, don’t you feel like you’re at a loss?”

"I don't feel any loss. Huanhuan and I have a true relationship. I don't have money, it's not that I don't want to pay."

"That's good, your words are enough."

Wang Tianxiao asked him to wait, and then went into the room to get the money.

In the room, Li Yali comforted Shi Huanhuan who was crying. Seeing Wang Tianxiao come in, she hurriedly asked: "How's it going? Huanhuan's mother, can't you insist on it?"

"It's okay, it's settled. Sister-in-law Huanhuan's mother said she can just give her a thousand dollars as a gift."

"ah."

Shi Huanhuan almost fainted from fright.

"One thousand yuan, where can I find a thousand yuan for her? My mother, she is driving us crazy."

As she said this, she threw herself down on the kang and began to cry.

Li Yali patted her back distressedly and said comfortingly: "Sister Huanhuan, don't you think you have to rush? Didn't Tianxiao say that he has already thought of a solution?"

"Is there anything I can do? I can't raise the money at all."

Shi Huanhuan buried her head in the quilt and cried.
To be continued...