vrcanaries Chapter 297 Her mother accepted someone else's betrothal money
Chapter 297 Her mother accepted someone else's betrothal money
"We're going to Beijing soon, and we'll probably have to spend money on food, clothing, and other necessities there."
"I have plenty of money on hand, so this four hundred yuan is a gift from Gu Nan and me to you. You can spend it however you like!"
Su Niannian said with an air of magnanimity.
"Goodness! Four hundred yuan!" Although Gu's mother also thought that this amount of money was quite a lot, around several hundred yuan, when she actually heard Su Niannian say four hundred yuan, she still felt it was too much.
There are really too many.
If I were to keep this for myself, it would take forever to spend it all.
"Mom doesn't want it! Here you go, buy whatever you like to eat, and whatever clothes you like, buy them too."
"My mother is too old to need money."
Just kidding. If Su Niannian intended to keep this money with her, Gu's mother could accept it.
He kept it in his hand to save for Su Niannian, but Su Niannian wanted him to spend the money, so he absolutely couldn't accept it.
“Mother, there might be other expenses after we get to Beijing. This is a gift from Gu Nan and me to show our respect for you. You should get used to spending money, because our family will be very, very rich in the future,” Su Niannian said with a smile.
Gu's mother acted as if she didn't want it.
Gu Nan walked over and put his arm around Su Niannian's shoulder.
“Keep what Niannian gave you and spend it slowly. Niannian is filial, and if you don’t accept it, you will only upset her filial piety,” Gu Nan said to his mother.
Gu's mother touched the money in her pocket, listened to Gu Nan's words, and then looked at Su Niannian.
Su Niannian pouted slightly, "It would be incredibly disheartening not to accept it."
Seeing this, Gu's mother stopped refusing.
Anyway, I won't spend this money since it's in my own hands. I'll just take it out when something happens to Gu Nan and his wife.
However, Gu's mother was truly moved. Four hundred yuan, such a large sum of money, and Su Niannian just gave it to her like that...
They really didn't treat themselves as outsiders.
She truly treats herself like her own mother.
Gu's mother was extremely happy; she truly loved Su Niannian.
Having a daughter-in-law like this is a wonderful thing!
As they were talking, Gu Ningning came out of Gu Zhendong's room.
"Mother, my eldest brother asked me to go and call Sister Zhao Tian over." Gu Ningning came to her mother's side and said this.
"Okay, then hurry back. Mom will cook at home. Tell your sister Zhao Tian not to bring anything over," Gu's mother instructed Gu Ningning.
Gu Ningning nodded.
Then he gently hugged Su Niannian.
My second brother had clearly told me this right after I finished lunch.
When you hug your second sister-in-law in the future, you must be gentle and never use force.
Therefore, when Gu Ningning hugged Su Niannian again, her movements became much gentler.
Thinking about it, although her second brother was usually quiet, he was really a man who doted on his wife.
That's good, Gu Ningning said, expressing her satisfaction.
"Go early and come back early," Su Niannian said, patting Gu Ningning's head.
Gu Ningning nodded deeply and went out.
Gu Nan told Su Niannian to go back to her room to rest, while he planned to help his mother with some chores in the yard.
"You two go back and rest. I need to start making dinner."
Mother Gu waved her hand and said to Gu Nan.
"Mom, I'll help you!" Su Niannian said to Gu's mother, but unsurprisingly, she was rejected.
"You're the most precious thing in the family now, I can't bear to let you cook. You should go back to your room and rest."
As she spoke, Gu's mother gave Gu Nan a look, signaling him to take his precious wife back inside quickly.
Helpless, Gu Nan had no choice but to listen to his mother and take Su Niannian back to the house.
It was almost time to finish work.
Gu Ningning knew that Sister Zhao Tian was quick and efficient at her work, and must have already finished work and gone home by this time.
So instead of going to her workplace to look for her, he went directly to Zhao Tian's house.
Gu Ningning had just arrived at the gate of Zhao Tian's house.
Then a loud bang was heard from inside.
It sounded like something was being smashed.
Gu Ningning slowed down and peered inside.
Zhao Tian's yard is a fenced yard, with a simple piece of wood stuck upright in the ground. Because of the season, quite a few vines have climbed up the fence.
It did offer some cover, and since Gu Ningning was young and not as tall as an adult, she could only bend down and peek through the gaps in the fence.
Gu Ningning saw that what had been thrown to the ground was a wooden basin.
The wooden basin lay on the ground, its splinters already broken off.
"Mother! I said I won't marry, and I mean it! Are you really going to sell me off for a dowry of fifty yuan?" Zhao Tian's angry voice rang out.
It's clear that Zhao Tian just broke the wooden basin.
"What? What nonsense are you spouting? How has your mother treated you all this time? What do you mean by selling you off for fifty yuan as a bride price??"
"How hurtful it is for your mother to hear you say that?" Zhao's mother said, her eyes reddening.
Large tears began to fall.
Seeing this, Zhao Tian realized that she had gone too far with her words.
He walked to his mother's side and hugged her.
"Mother, that's not what I meant... Don't cry. Don't cry."
Zhao Tian hugged her mother and comforted her.
I realized that what I just said was indeed a bit excessive.
Zhao Tian's mother has always been very good to Zhao Tian and has never favored boys over girls.
“My child, I know in my heart who you are waiting for. I never pressured you in the past few years.”
"But how old are you now? If you don't get married soon, you'll be an old maid. Are you going to keep waiting?"
“I’ve met Heping. He’s a good kid. Although he doesn’t have a father and his mother isn’t in good health, he’s a down-to-earth person.”
“Even though his family’s circumstances were just average, he was an honest man and worked at a glass factory in the county town, earning twenty yuan a month.”
"So many girls want to marry into that family. He Ping has taken a liking to you and is willing to pay a dowry of fifty yuan to marry a rural woman at this time. He will definitely treat you well in the future."
“Girl, you’re not a child anymore. Are you going to wait for that Boss Gu for the rest of your life?” The more Zhao’s mother spoke, the more aggrieved she felt.
The more tears flowed, the more tears came.
"Mother... We only live once, can't you let me decide my own future?" Zhao Tian felt a lump in her throat when she heard her mother's words, and then she burst into tears.
Upon hearing this, Zhao's mother slowly pushed Zhao Tian away and left her daughter's embrace.
"You're determined to wait and wait, aren't you? Nothing I say will make a difference, will it?" Zhao's mother felt that her daughter was too stubborn.
Zhao Tian couldn't bear to make her mother suffer, but she had her own considerations and the life she wanted to live, even though it would disappoint her mother. She didn't want to compromise.
"Mother, I'm sorry." Zhao Tian said, and then knelt down in front of her mother.