Chapter 5: This Is the Betrothal Gift
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
How could Qian Duoduo's father forget? At that time, Qian Duoduo's grandfather suddenly passed away. Before he died, he held his hand and reminded him not to forget his engagement with the Chen family. He agreed with tears in his eyes. He valued his father's last wish very much. So at that time, he thought that since they were going to be a family sooner or later, they would definitely have to walk around often. He did not expect that he would be chased out by a woman without any explanation when he brought his daughter and expensive gifts to visit the Chen family. She even said that they saw that the Chen family was rich and wanted to take advantage of it.
From then on, Father Qian made up his mind that he would never use his warm face to stick to the Chen family's cold buttocks again.
"Let's not talk about these unhappy things. Dad, I'm getting married to Chen Shu. Can we not have a wedding? I really don't have the time."
"How can that be? You're Dad's only child. Besides, marriage is a big event in a lifetime. No matter how busy you are with work, you can't just marry off casually. Your parents have to give you a grand wedding. You just need to be there. You don't have to worry about anything else."
Chen Shu, who was standing at the side, listened quietly to the conversation between the father and daughter without saying a word. However, he was thinking in his heart, who was the person who chased Father Qian away back then?
Although the Qian family was a well-off family, Qian Duoduo's parents usually had a lot of free time and did not like strangers at home, so they did not hire a nanny. Usually, Mother Qian was the one who instructed them to cook, and Father Qian was the one who did as he was told. However, from the statement, it could be seen that Qian Duoduo's family was very happy. Generally speaking, children raised in families that respected women would have excellent moral character.
For dinner, Father Qian made braised bass, braised pork with preserved vegetables, cabbage meatball soup, and stir-fried bacon with rapeseed. Mother Qian used the public chopsticks to pick up a bowl full of meat and vegetables for Chen Shu. "Eat some vegetables. Don't stand on ceremony. From now on, this will be your home. Duoduo was spoiled by her father and me. She might have some small problems, so you have to be more humble and give in to her."
After saying that, she glared at Qian Duoduo, who was eating hard. "Look at you. You only care about eating. Why don't you give Xiao Chen a piece of fish?"
Qian Duoduo pouted. "There's still have you."
It had to be said that such a commotion made Chen Shu feel the warmth of home.
After dinner, the Qian family's parents wanted to stay in the guest room at home. Chen Shu did not reject their kindness and stayed there generously.
He wanted to go out for a smoke at night, but he overheard the parents washing dishes and chatting in the kitchen.
"How much betrothal gift do you think Xiao Chen can prepare for our daughter?"
"Our daughter told me last night that Xiao Chen has just started working and doesn't have much savings."
"What do you mean? There wasn't even a single cent of betrothal gifts, right?"
Father Qian hurriedly gave Mother Qian a look. "Can you be quieter? Do you want the neighbors to know that you're selling your daughter? I feel that as long as our daughter can be happy in the future, it's better than anything else. Whether or not the betrothal gift is a gift is not important at all."
"That's true, but you can't not give a single cent, right? You men don't understand at all. If a woman doesn't want a single cent as a betrothal gift when she gets married, do you know what outsiders will say about you? They will only talk about you. Do you want the girl to be talked about like this behind her back? Besides, if he gets married, wouldn't his family prepare money for him?"
"If that's the case, then his family doesn't value our daughter at all. I'm not saying how much money we want, but you have to have an attitude."
Chen Shu turned around and returned to his room. He did not continue listening. At the same time, he was also thinking about the same question. How much should he give as a betrothal gift? Oh right, Qian Duoduo seemed to have been scrolling through TikTok while they were on the high-speed rail. Perhaps he could also use TikTok to check how everyone gave betrothal gifts.
He immediately downloaded TikTok and typed a few words in the search bar - How much is the betrothal gift in the Imperial Capital? In the end, there were all sorts of answers. Some said that there was no such thing as a betrothal gift in the Imperial Capital, while others said that they had married a rich second-generation heir, and the other party's family had given them a betrothal gift of millions. There were also people who said that they had given 2 million yuan as a betrothal gift and an additional house in the city center.
At breakfast the next day, Chen Shu pretended to inadvertently put his black card in front of Qian Duoduo.
Qian Duoduo didn't quite understand what he meant. "Do you want me to transfer your salary to this card?"
"The money here will be our wedding dowry."
Qian Duoduo immediately pushed the card back. "There's no need for betrothal gifts. After all, we're just acting. It's not real. You need money now. Take back the money and save it to buy a house for yourself in the future. Your life will be better in the future."
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