Chapter 216 Arranged Marriage in the 1970s 10(1/2)
After all, Father Cheng is not very old, and he is not a big fish or meat on weekdays. He does not have all kinds of old-age diseases such as high blood pressure in the future. Therefore, after the brief stimulation, he quickly woke up and grabbed his panicked little daughter.
: "It's okay, I'm okay."
However, the trembling in his voice didn't sound like it was okay.
He was really angry!
There is also a little bit of guilt.
Mr. Mu actually has the dowry list that his father left for Cheng Yanling?!
His dad actually told Mr. Mu about this?!
Isn't it to guard against him?
Father Cheng's heart was filled with chills, and he was biting his cheek, wondering how to deal with this matter.
He really didn't expect Cheng Yanling to say these words, and was a little caught off guard. He always thought that the child had no idea that the old man had left something behind. He had just said it casually a quarter of an hour ago. After all, everyone was dead, so it was not his responsibility to some extent.
Has the final say?
Cheng Xiaoxiao felt a little relieved, but also said anxiously: "Dad, what does she mean by this? Then what you said before, if you give it to Sister Miaomiao, does it mean that it will not be counted?"
Father Cheng took a deep breath, calmed down slowly, shook his head and said, "I'll go talk to her."
Cheng Yanling walked too fast and must have gone back to the room by now.
Cheng Xiaoxiao nodded quickly: "Then tell her quickly, how can she be so selfish? Grandpa said that he would leave her a dowry for her marriage to Brother Aze. Now that she is not getting married, some of it will be given to Sister Miaomiao.
what is the relationship?!"
Father Cheng agrees very much, isn’t it?
Besides, the person marrying is not a grandson of Mu's family, so the dowry doesn't need to be so large.
Maybe she won't even be able to marry into the Mu family.
Du Miaoxue is different. Mu Ze has been asked to defy Mr. Mu for her, so the marriage is a certainty. Once she joins in, she won't have to worry about the future.
Although the couple in the eldest house of the Mu family looks like the same family as theirs, there is actually a big difference between half a catty and eight ounces, not to mention the other families in the Mu family and the connections the Mu family has accumulated in other classes.
underestimated.
The benefits are obvious.
Nature cannot be offended.
After Cheng's father figured out the key, he told Cheng Xiaoxiao that she should not tell anything about today's incident and that he would handle the matter. After making sure that his daughter would listen, he wiped his face and chased her out.
There was a knock on the door. As soon as Cheng Yanling opened the door, she saw Cheng's father's serious look. She raised her eyebrows: "Is there anything else?"
Father Cheng: "Let me go in and talk."
Cheng Yanling didn't bother to stand and took a step back to let him in.
Father Cheng entered the door and closed the door immediately. It was more appropriate to close the door for this kind of thing. Then he took a chair and sat down, looking at the room.
There is everything that should be in the room. Zou Ping packed it up on the day Cheng Yanling said he was coming back. The bed and other items were also bought in stock, just like Miaomiao and Xiaoxiao, and they were impartial.
As a second-married wife, Zou Ping was able to do this so that Father Cheng did not have to worry about trivial matters at home. In fact, he was very satisfied. Although she brought a stepdaughter, she treated the children equally and smiled very happily.
I like her, Miaomiao is also a sensible child.
Therefore, he naturally couldn't let the child suffer.
You have already said what you said before. You can't go back on your word just because of Cheng Yanling's words, right?
For this reason, Cheng's father looked at his daughter sitting opposite with a lazy attitude. He felt a headache just as he was about to speak. This child looks much better now thanks to her clothes, but her attitude is really not as good as that of the one who has been raised at home since she was a child.
Two daughters!
After all, he grew up in the village.
I am short-sighted, and I am obsessed with money. I am extremely eccentric and want to take advantage of everything.
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A trace of disgust flashed in Father Cheng's eyes, but a soft smile still appeared on his face: "You just said that Grandpa Qiu Mu told you that your grandpa left you a dowry?"
Cheng Yanling nodded and waited curiously for him to continue.
Father Cheng frowned slightly, then quickly relaxed: "But do you know? This is the dowry for your marriage to Aze. Now that you and Aze's child don't see eye to eye, the situation is naturally different."
Cheng Yanling smiled slightly: "So what's the difference?"
"Since the marriage contract between our two families is no longer counted, your grandfather was able to keep so much for the sake of Aze's child. Now Miaomiao is going to marry Aze, so I make the decision to divide the dowry into two parts.
Second, don't worry, even if you two split up, the dowry will definitely be large." Cheng's father vowed.
"Pfft!" Cheng Yanling couldn't help but laugh out loud: "What you said makes sense."
The little girl's voice was clear and contained a smile, which sounded like a compliment.
But Father Cheng felt inexplicably embarrassed and ridiculed by her smile. His face collapsed and he couldn't sit still and wanted to leave.
I heard Cheng Yanling say: "I'm a little curious. Did grandpa leave a fortune to you, Cheng Jiayan, Cheng Xiaoxiao and the others?"
Cheng's father hesitated for a moment, but how could such a thing be hidden? He still nodded: "I'll keep it."
Cheng Yanling blinked, and her fair little face was full of curiosity: "You want to give half of the dowry that grandpa left me to Du Miaoxue. Then what grandpa left for you, should you also give her half?"
Father Cheng's eyes widened: "How can this be the same?!"
Cheng Yanling spread her hands: "Why is it different?" She suppressed her smile and sneered: "I really think I don't know that the money grandpa left me is my dowry. If I marry Mu Ze or not, he will leave me that much money."
So much, why does it have to be Mu Ze to give so much, you think I’m stupid!”
Cheng's father's face trembled, and he was a little embarrassed by what he said. He said without hesitation: "You are not stupid, you are terrifyingly shrewd! But your grandfather left you so many things, more than your brothers and sisters. Let's share some."
What do you have for Miaomiao?! Those things are enough for you to eat and drink for a lifetime!"
Cheng Yanling found it even more funny: "The factory pays you a salary of more than 300 per month, which is much more than those temporary workers and those workers who just joined the factory. Why don't you give them some of it? After all, it's just one point.
If there is nothing left, the things grandpa gave you will be enough for you to eat and drink for a lifetime, right?"
"You!!!" Mr. Cheng's face turned red, he pointed at her tremblingly, and said bitterly: "What do you know, you little kid!"
Cheng Yanling sneered: "Yes, I don't understand, but even if I lose the things my grandfather left me, I will not give them to Du Miaoxue. Is this clear enough? If you think Du Miaoxue's dowry is too small, you can post it yourself.
It's in my hands. When I come back from school tomorrow, I must see that everything is there, otherwise I will ask Grandpa Mu to come over and see how you stole the things Grandpa gave me!"
Father Cheng stood up and said through gritted teeth, "You just use Mr. Mu as a token? You really think I'm afraid of him!"
Cheng Yanling was noncommittal: "Whether you are afraid or not has nothing to do with me. Anyway, if there are less things, I have to ask him to come over."
Cheng's father was so angry that his face turned pale this time, and the eyes he looked at Cheng Yanling were even colder and showed little kindness. Men and women are different. When a woman gives birth to a child, she will secrete hormones to promote maternal love, but men will not. He and the original owner are not the same.
We haven't spent much time together, so we naturally don't have much affection.
And after this child came back, in addition to embarrassing him, he was always against him, overbearing and hateful. How could there be any father's love?
Cheng's father was really angry. He nodded and sneered: "Okay, I'll give it all to you. Don't worry, I don't even bother to covet that little thing from you."
After saying that, he opened the door and went out.
The sound of the door closing was extremely loud.
However, those who wanted to scare just yawned lazily and rolled their eyes.
It’s really both upright and upright.
You obviously don’t want to pay more for your dowry, so you want her to pay more for you. How dare you say such a thing?
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That night, Father Cheng tossed and turned angrily for most of the night.
Zou Ping was woken up by him and asked him what was going on, but Cheng's father didn't have the nerve to tell him.
A few days ago, he said he would share the dowry with Du Miaoxue, but who knew that Mr. Mu had even given the order to Cheng Yanling, and with her attitude like this, he now didn't want a penny.
Therefore, I felt particularly guilty towards Zou Ping.
Finally Cheng's father couldn't bear it anymore and fell asleep. However, the next day, he was even more worried.
Cheng Yanling's attitude was decisive. He really didn't dare to let her go to find Mr. Mu, otherwise he would lose face. He could only grit his teeth and move out the things left by his father.
For this reason, he even took half a day off, which made him so tired that his back ached.
What the child's grandfather left behind was naturally not money, but some things that could not be taken out in this era.
Gold bars, gold bricks, antique calligraphy and paintings, etc.
Six boxes in total! Very heavy.
This is all for Cheng Yanling.
If she doesn't come back, these things will all be theirs, but if she comes back, and Mr. Mu is backing her, all those things will be given away.
His father had been thinking about this child for more than ten years, even before he died, because Cheng Yanling was his first granddaughter. It happened that the year the child was born, he and the child's mother were both busy at work. The old man had a lot of time, so he always personally
Take care of children.
It was just an accident and the child was lost. The old man blamed himself and thought that he was not optimistic about it. He kept asking people to search for him, but there was no news.
To be continued...