Most people are not very rich, and they pay attention to frugality in everything they do. Even when marrying a wife, they can spend as little as possible. This is the case with Lao Liu in the village.
Lao Liu has an only son who works out of town. One day, my son called and said happily: He had a girlfriend outside and wanted to take her home to show his parents. After hearing this, Lao Liu quickly said yes, yes!
On the day when his son brought his girlfriend home, Lao Liu's family was more lively than a holiday. They killed chickens and geese, bought a variety of food on the street, and prepared a large table of good wine and food.
When his son walked into the house with his girlfriend, Lao Liu and his wife stared at their son's girlfriend, making her feel uncomfortable. After the family sat down in the living room, the mother pulled her son into a room, closed the door, and asked quietly: Son, how old is this girl? The son said: 29 years old! The mother said: No wonder, I saw that this girl is very old, she has become a leftover girl! Son, you are only twenty-four years old! The son said impatiently: What a leftover girl, I want to accompany my girlfriend! The son opened the door and entered the living room.
Although Lao Liu and his wife were not satisfied with the girlfriend their son brought back, they still entertained her warmly. The son had been playing at home for two days and was about to leave. The mother took her son aside and said: This girl is twenty-nine years old and is not married yet. There must be something wrong with her. She has not known how many friends she has made. You are only twenty-four years old, go out and find a girl who is the right age for you, at least one or two years younger than you! The son said unhappily: Mom, why do you think of all these weird things? I know my own business!
After their son left, Lao Liu and his wife were waiting for news that their son would talk to his girlfriend again, but there was no news, and the old couple were very anxious.
At the end of the year, his son came home with his 29-year-old girlfriend and announced that he wanted to get married. Old Liu said: You are only 24 years old, you are getting married too early! The son said: It’s not too late, I have already passed the legal age for marriage!
Seeing that his son was determined to get married to his 29-year-old girlfriend, Old Liu had no choice but to say: I'll arrange a wedding for you some other time when the day is better! The son said unhappily: You said it lightly! According to the custom in our village, when I get married, I have to buy a wedding house in the city, buy a car, and give the woman a bride price of 100,000 yuan! Lao Liu immediately became anxious and said to his son: Your girlfriend is already twenty-nine years old. Is it worth spending so much money to marry a leftover girl? This is a woman who cannot get married! The son got angry and shouted: "You can't get married, so you think your family is so great, don't you?" Aren’t you and mom just farmers who repair the earth? Your son, am I not just an ordinary hard-working wage earner? Which outstanding girl would like me? If I fall out with my current girlfriend because of this, and I can't find a young girl in the future and I become single, you have to be responsible!
Lao Liu was dumbfounded by his son's words. His wife said: We think the girlfriend our son is looking for is too old, but we don't have the ability to find a younger girlfriend for our son. It's not easy to marry a wife now, admit it. Bar! Old Liu sighed and said: Then admit it!
So, Lao Liu and his wife spent all their family money to buy their son a wedding house in the county town, bought a car, and gave the woman a gift of 100,000 yuan. The wedding was lively and grand. Some relatives complimented Lao Liu: You I'm so lucky. My son got married when he was twenty-four. Nowadays, there are many young men who are thirty-four and still don't have a girlfriend...
