AWB Chapter 213 Dowry
Chapter 213 Dowry
Zhou Chuanyi and Zhou Chuanjing have never been to the provincial capital. Everyone says that the provincial capital is good, but they have not seen it yet!
Zhou Gui was getting married, and they wanted to take this opportunity to go into the city to take a look around and broaden their horizons.
Anyway, the late rice has been harvested and there is nothing to do in the fields. There won't be any trouble if I go out for a few days.
On October 10, the two of them brought their own food rations and went to her house according to the address and transportation instructions given by Zhou Rong.
Zhou Chuanguo, Zhou Chuantai and Zhou Chuanan also wanted to see the prosperity of the provincial capital so that they would have something to brag about when they returned home, so they took their wives and food, as well as the game they hunted in the mountains, and went to Zhou Rong's house with Zhou Chuanyi and Zhou Chuanjing on the 26th.
Father Zhou was very happy to see the arrival of these people and treated them with good wine and food.
As everyone ate and talked, Zhou Chuanjing kept expressing his feelings that his father had become much younger after moving to the city.
Zhou Chuanyi said: "In the city, you don't have to work hard in the fields, nor do you have to work hard every day. You can eat well and live well. How can you not be young? No wonder everyone wants to go to the city."
Zhou Chuan'an glanced at Zhou Chuanyi and Zhou Chuanjing, who also looked young, and said under the influence of alcohol: "No matter how busy the village is, it has nothing to do with you. I have never seen you two go to the fields. You are as young as my third brother!"
This made Zhou Chuanyi and Zhou Chuanjing feel a little embarrassed, and they were thinking about how to respond to Zhou Chuanan's words.
Zhou Chuanguo raised his glass and said, "Come on! Let's drink! Lao Si can't drink much, he gets drunk after two cups. Don't listen to his nonsense. We in Zhoujiawan are lucky to have the leadership of the village chief and clan leader, otherwise how could we be in this situation today?!"
This flattery made Zhou Chuanyi and Zhou Chuanjing feel better and also eased their embarrassment.
Zhou Chuanyi said: "Before, the Japanese wanted to raid the village, and I was injured while covering everyone's evacuation. Now that I am old, I can't handle heavy work, so I rarely go to the fields.
Since Chuan'an has an opinion of me, I will work with you during the busy farming season!"
Zhou Chuanyi had a gunshot wound in his left hand, but his muscles and bones were not injured. After so many years of recuperation, the injury has healed long ago and it does not affect his work.
There were many people in the village who had been shot like him. In order to support their families, everyone did not delay their work in the fields.
Everyone present knows that after Zhou Chuanyi became the village chief, he was humble at first, but as time went on, he began to act like a village chief.
After all, he is the top leader of the village. No matter who is in that position, if he is praised too much, he will become a little vain.
And given his status, even if he didn't work in the fields, he would still get full work points every month.
What's more, after he became the village chief, he was truly devoted to the village and had the courage to suppress the villagers and prevent them from causing trouble. That was enough.
The village currently cannot find anyone more suitable than him to be the village chief.
Thinking of what Zhou Chuanyi had done for the village and what he said on the day of drawing lots, Zhou Chuanan raised his glass and said, "I respect heroes the most. Come, let me toast to you!"
Zhou Chuanguo also raised his glass to smooth things over: "The village chief and the clan leader are the pillars of our Zhoujiawan. If there is any problem in any family, they are the ones who come forward to mediate. Without them, there would be no Zhoujiawan today. Come, let's have another drink!"
Zhou Chuantai said: "There are only so many fields and there are many laborers in the village. What's the big deal if two people are missing? The family will have enough food. If I were the village chief or clan leader, I would not go to the fields either."
These thoughtless words made the situation awkward again.
There were two tables tonight, and when Zhou's mother, who was sitting at the other table, saw this, she hurried over to bring out a bowl of soup.
He smiled and said, "Hurry up and eat the food. If it's not enough, I'll go and cook more. It's rare for us to come to the city, so stay a few more days. I'll take you around. There are so many fun places in the city."
Zhou Chuanjing: "Thank you, thank you for your hard work."
Mother Zhou: "It's not hard. We are all brothers. I am so happy that you can come."
With Zhou's mother's mediation, the atmosphere returned to harmony and everyone continued to drink and eat.
Zhou Chuantai wanted to speak again, but Zhou Chuanguo stepped on his foot, signaling him not to speak anymore...
After dinner, the men sat in the yard drinking tea and chatting, while Zhou's mother took Zhou Guiqing to count the dowry.
The company provided three days of wedding leave, but Zhou Gui felt that it was not enough, so she asked for two more days of leave and went home early to get married.
Zhou Gui's dowry was a bit too much, and not wanting to be looked down upon by the Shen family, her mother prepared eight quilts for her.
Zhou Rong gave two quilts as gifts, a total of ten quilts.
In the countryside, quilts symbolize financial resources. The more quilts a woman sends as a gift, the more financially powerful her family is. This means she has someone to back her up. It also reflects the family's love and good wishes for their daughter, hoping that the newlyweds will live in harmony and grow old together.
In order to collect all the quilts, Zhou's mother went everywhere to find people to exchange cloth coupons and cotton coupons, but she only managed to collect enough for five quilts.
There were quite a few tickets in Zhou Rong's space. She took the opportunity to take out some and gave them to Zhou's mother, saying that she had exchanged them with a colleague, thus solving Zhou's mother's urgent need.
Zhou's mother prepared bed sheets and pillows according to the size of the quilt, and also bought a complete set of pots and pans, new clothes and new shoes.
Zhou's mother did not keep any of the betrothal gifts sent by the Shen family, and let Zhou Gui take them all away.
Zhou Gui looked at the dowry that filled Zhou's mother's bedroom, and said happily but helplessly: "Mom, why did you prepare so much? Bohang's family has everything."
Mother Zhou: "What belongs to him is his. What I prepared is a token of your father and I's love. Since you are my daughter for once, I can't treat you badly. Otherwise, what if you don't want to be my daughter in the next life?"
Zhou Gui's nose was sore: "Mom, what nonsense are you talking about? Don't talk about the next life, in the next life, I will still be your daughter!"
Mother Zhou: "Okay! It's a deal! Come and take a look at these dowries to see if there is anything missing. We can go buy them tomorrow while there is still time."
Zhou Gui: "That's enough. I can't use up all these things in my lifetime."
Mother Zhou: "It only seems like a lot now, but after a few years, especially after you have kids, you'll move things here and there, and a lot of things will break, and then you won't think it's too much, and you won't even think I gave you too little.
The two quilts here were given by your eldest sister, the two blankets were given by your eldest and second sisters-in-law, and the pieces of cloth over there were given by some neighbors, and some by your sister-in-law Xiaomei and her family. I will make a list for you later, and you will have to return the gifts when you do things for them in the future."
"it is good."
Zhou Gui looked at the bicycle and sewing machine tied with red paper in the corner and said, "You should keep all the betrothal gifts from the Shen family. I don't want them."
Mother Zhou: "Nonsense! That was bought for you by the Shen family, how could you not want it?! If I kept it, others would definitely make up stories and say that I was greedy and sold my daughter or something like that.
I will give you the 200 yuan that the Shen family gave you on the day you left, and I will give you another 88 yuan as a deposit. Your father and I have limited means, and Wucai and Qiguang haven't started a family yet, so we can only give you this much."
Zhou Gui joked, "If you continue like this, you will go bankrupt if you marry off your daughter a few times. Wouldn't that just prove the saying that daughters are 'money-losing goods'?"
Mother Zhou: “…”