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At two o'clock in the morning, Chen Min returned home with heavy steps. The half-month continuous overtime made her exhausted and dizzy, as if she had a cold.
She just wants to take a hot shower now and then have a comfortable sleep.
But as soon as he lay on the bed, he received a call from Ye Dong.
"Minmin, can't the matter of bride price be discussed anymore?"
Chen Min is now very impressed when she sees the word 'bride price'. They met in senior year internships and have been talking for almost three years now. Although there have been quarrels in the middle, their relationship is still stable, and both parties are rushing to get married.
But recently talked about the dowry, in just half a month, more quarrels than in the previous three years.
Sure enough, money is the test stone. No matter what kind of relationship, as long as money is mentioned, the true form will be revealed.
"My mother said 100,000 yuan, and no point can be lost."
"You know my financial situation, I can't afford 100,000 now."
"You don't have it, don't your parents? Don't they help you when you get married?"
Ye Dong sighed heavily on the other end of the phone and said helplessly: "My parents are both rural people. It was not easy for me to study. Now they have to empty their capital for marriage. I can't do such a thing."
Chen Min couldn't help laughing after hearing this, and she was accusing her of being unfilial in her words.
"Ye Dong, our family gave the dowry, and my parents also took it. Besides, we have been aa for three years in love. You said that this was to save money and marry me. Why did it come to this point? You said you didn't save money?"
"My parents are in poor health. My hometown house was renovated again before. The company's performance in recent years is not good. You all know that these are."
"I know, so I have to pay it back?"
"I don't mean that, I mean... Actually, we have other ways."
"Say."
"In this way, I don't give a dowry, and your family doesn't need to give a dowry. We will get a certificate after we have a banquet. Do you think it is?"
had a headache. Chen Min was so angry that she coughed when she heard this. She didn't want to argue with him anymore, so she simply hung up the phone and turned it off. It was two years since Chen Min woke up the next afternoon. When she turned on her phone, she had been missing. She jumped out of a dozen missed calls, all of which were called by Ye Dong, and countless text messages, but all the information had only one theme, that is, the dowry.
My boyfriend had not yet obtained the marriage certificate and he had to make money for my dowry. I pretended not to know and let him look good inwardly
Chen Min took a bowl of rice with a cover and drank cold medicine. After a little rest, she felt that her energy had recovered a lot, so she called back.
"Why did you hang up my phone yesterday? You still turned off the phone!"
Ye Dong came up and asked a scattered question. To be honest, it was far from when he was in love. If it were the case before, he would have discovered that she had a cold at the first time and then asked a errand to send the medicine to the door.
This person is so fast, or in other words, pretending to be so good.
"Okay, let's talk about the serious business. You said you don't want a dowry and don't give a dowry. I thought about it all night, and it's not impossible." As soon as
said, the other end of the phone was as quiet as a chicken. After a few seconds of silence, Ye Dong asked in an incredible tone, "Are you serious?"
"Of course, but I have several conditions."
"You said, as long as I'm within my ability, I will do my best to satisfy you."
Chen Min shrugged, and a smile on his lips was stained with an unknown smile.
"Since we don't want a dowry and don't give a dowry, then is it considered a marriage for us to marry, or is it your marriage?"
"Get into a marriage? What a joke, I am the only son in our family. If I marry into a marriage, my parents will have the face to stay in the village."
"So even if I don't give a dowry, I will marry into your family, right?"
"Of course."
" Then if my family gave me a dowry, how about you marry into a marriage? "
" No, it's impossible. This is not discussed, so you should talk about other conditions. "
His attitude plummeted, and his words were obviously irritable and complaining.
But Chen Min was not annoyed. She guessed that it would be the result.
"Okay, let's talk about the children. The bride price itself has the meaning of fertility compensation and marriage guarantee. Since there is no bride price, I suggest Dink is responsible for ourselves and for our children. "
" DINK? Chen Min, you have taken the wrong medicine. If you don’t have children when you get married, what’s the point of getting married? "Ye Dong seemed to have heard something amazing, and his voice unconsciously raised several degrees.
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"You mean you have to have children when you get married. If you don't have children, there is no need to get married. Don't you treat me as a fertility machine? "
" What kind of fertility machine, don't you want to give birth to the crystallization of our love? "
" Of course I think, but I don't have any guarantees. You won't know how harmful pregnancy is to a woman's body. Excluding fertility risks, the sequelae of childbirth alone include urine leakage, sagging internal organs, uterine fallout, stretch marks, Postpartum depression, etc. What follows is raising children and teaching children. These all require money. A lot of money, your family can't even get the bride price. How can these problems be solved? "
" You don't have to worry about these. If you can really give birth to a boy, my parents will help us raise their children even if they take out the coffin book. Besides, this is also your parents' grandson, so they can't pay a penny. "
Chen Min was almost angry and laughed. It would be fine if she didn't give the bride price, but she even calculated the money from her parents. She really made a good decision.
"What about me? How to solve the harm caused to me by childbirth? "
" I will be nice to you, my sincerity, I will give you all my love, I will also hand over the salary card, and everything in the family depends on you. "
" really depends on me? "
" really! I swear! "
" That's OK, if we really have children, you have no objection to the child's surname as me. "
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came to an abrupt end.
After a moment of silence, his hoarse and restrained voice came.
" Minmin, stop making such jokes, it's not funny. "
"I'm not kidding, I bear the 0 bride price and the pain of pregnancy alone. After birth, my parents still have to bear part of the cost of the child. So why can't the child take my surname? "
" It is a tradition since ancient times that it cannot be broken at will. "
" is it? The bride price is also a tradition since ancient times, why do you have to break it? "
"Oh, why do you go around and back? The bride price is feudal dregs, how can the title be the same? "He said suddenly, and then turned around and continued to persuade: "If you really like children, we can have two children, one child will take my surname and the second child will take your surname. Wouldn't this be the best of both worlds? "
Hahaha, it's such a best of both worlds. The best of both worlds is achieved by a woman's unilateral sacrifice. He is really saying it out loud.
Originally, Chen Min wanted to continue asking him if the first child is a daughter and the second child is a son, would he still follow what he said above?
But the answer is already very obvious. No matter how much he says, it's just a matter of worrying about the cow playing the piano, so she won't I asked more questions.
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Chen Min returned to her hometown and told her parents about the general situation.
In short, the central idea is just one sentence: This marriage will not be married.
"Their family is so calculating. This is not to find a daughter-in-law. This is to find a nanny who works hard and can have children! ”
Chen’s mother waved her hands repeatedly, and she was so angry that she would have been beaten. If Chen’s father hadn’t stopped him, she would have immediately been ready to drive over and scold him to wake him up.
But Chen's father adhered to the principle of "staying at the front line of life". In addition, the children have been in the process for three years and do not want to make things too embarrassing, so
so he made a phone call and explained the situation to them with great enthusiasm.
"The children have been crying on the bed for a day. We, parents, have persuaded them. It's useless. After all, they will live this life. Her mother and I still respect Minmin's ideas. We have saved the gifts you have come before. We will send them to you when the time comes."
There are many excuses in the Ye family that refuse to break off the engagement, and they try their best to contact Chen Min.
What Chen Min saw when she woke up these days was missed calls and text messages from various unfamiliar numbers, as well as those classmates and colleagues who had not been in contact for 800 years came to persuade her.
Basically, most of her social circle knows that she is going to break off the engagement.
Chen Min originally wanted to rest for a few more days at home, but now she was troubled by this and slipped back to the city to go to work.
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K, the day after I returned to the company to work, Ye Dong and his parents found the company. Chen Min didn't want to meet, so the three of them waited from 8 am to 6 pm.
really couldn't escape it, so Chen Min could only rub the painful temple , tried hard to squeeze out a fake smile, and hardened the bullet and invited the two elders into the office, brewed three cups of hot tea and handed it on.
"Are you uncle and aunt here to discuss breaking the engagement? My dad was originally planning to go to your house this Saturday, why don't I call them to come here now?"
Chen Min just took out her phone and was pressed back. Ye's mother smiled honestly, "Don't bother the in-laws, we just come to the city to do business, and come and see you."
Ye's mother touched her hand, and heard her speak with a nasal voice, and asked with concern: "Did you catch a cold?"
Chen Min nodded.
Ye Dong's mother immediately sent Ye Dong out to buy cold medicine and scolded him a few times.
After Ye Dong left, there were only three of them left in the office. Ye’s mother took a sip of hot tea to moisten her throat, and then she revealed the purpose of her trip.
"Minmin, aunt knows you are a good child. I have been wronged by Ye Dong over the years."
Chen Min is not very good at dealing with elders. When she heard these polite words, she could only smile and echo twice, praying in her heart that they could leave quickly.
"Minmin, my dad and I really don't know about the bride price. If we knew that he had this attitude, we would wake him up with a big mouth. You are also the baby in our parents' hearts. How could you let you enter the door empty-handed?"
"This is a bastard. We have beaten him and scolded him. Our family has been farmers for generations, and life has always been relatively hard. He is also very hard. Knowing that our parents are not easy, so he thought about giving the bride price a while. Save it, but in fact, we have prepared three bride gifts for you. Others have it, and our family will definitely not lose it! "
As Ye's mother said, her eyes turned red, and she held Chen Min's hand with tears in her eyes, almost begging: "Minmin, just think he is a filial piety. For the sake of your friendship over the past few years, I will forgive him this time."
The old couple wiped their tears and lowered their heads and sighed, and the atmosphere was very depressing.
Chen Min has never seen this scene for more than 20 years. After several pulling, she couldn't help but feel compassion. When she turned around, she and Ye Dong had no other major conflicts besides the bride price.
Maybe he will change it after getting married.
Chen Min was hesitating, but he saw Ye's mother tremblingly pulling her coat, unbuttoning her vest, then taking out a yellowed handkerchief from her inner pocket, unbuttoning the rubber band wrapped around the handkerchief, and finally revealing the thing inside - a bank card.
Ye's mother stuffed the card to Chen Min and reminded him: "There is a hundred thousand in the card, which is the dowry gift that our old couple had prepared long ago. As for three gold , we will think of a way later. We will definitely hand it over to you before getting married." At this moment, Chen Min was completely soft-hearted.
Forget it, give him another chance, maybe he can become him.
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Everyone tacitly kept silent and continued to prepare for the wedding in a intensive manner.
Chen Min's family found a famous local fortune teller to calculate the days, but the master said that there is no suitable day this year, and it will only be available in March next year.
This year is only August, plus the next three months, you have to wait more than half a year before getting married, but it is not easy to wait for half a year if you receive the bride price.
So the two families discussed and decided to get engaged first, and then prepare for the wedding photos of Sanjin banquets.
So half a month later, the two got engaged. After the official announcement of their circle of friends, they also started living together under the default of their parents, and everything seemed to be back to the beginning.
The two of them cook at home, Chen Min buys vegetables and cooks, Ye Dong washes dishes and mops the floor, and watches TV travel in his spare time, and lives are dull and happy. This is Chen Min's dream of married life.
Just the two of them occasionally talk about their children. Although they still have some disagreements, she can see Ye Dong's changes.
If this continues, it will be natural for them to get married in March next year.
But things don’t go as they wish.
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After my aunt delayed it for half a month, Chen Min finally couldn't help but use pregnancy test stick to test it, and the result was two bars.
She got pregnant unexpectedly, but she obviously has taken measures, and it is impossible to get pregnant according to reason!
The arrival of the child has broken the original plan. If you get married in March next year, your belly will not be easy to cover up by then. If you are pregnant before marriage, it will not be glorious.
"If you don't get rid of it, I'm really not ready to be a mother."
Ye Dong reacted fiercely. He firmly opposed the abolition. Seeing that the persuasion was fruitless, he told his parents on both sides, so the five people took turns to persuade him every day.
Half a month later, Chen Min's psychological defense collapsed. After numbly compromise, he could only watch them start ordering banquets, and sending invitations.
The wedding is ahead of the end of this year. I made an appointment to take wedding photos this weekend and go for prenatal check-up next weekend. Everything is arranged in an orderly manner. Only Chen Min's own wishes do not matter. She is like a puppet carrying a wire, being pushed away by someone.
The night after the wedding photo was taken, the two were lying on the bed, Chen Min staring straight at the ceiling in a daze, while Ye Dong stared at her without saying a word.
After a while, he said, "Minmin, I have something I want to discuss with you."
discuss? Chen Min sneered. No one has discussed anything with her in the past month. She has made decisions for her under the banner of good for her.
"Say."
"I heard the wind saying that the one in our hometown is going to be developed, but the compensation will be calculated by area and population at that time, so our relatives plan to make up some money together and build a five-story building. Then we can share more money. What do you think?" As soon as
finished, Chen Min knew what he meant.
"You want to get this dowry back."
"I don't mean that. If the dowry is given to you, it's yours. How could I come back? My idea is that you will give him a dowry at that time, and it's about 100,000 yuan. Otherwise, you lend me the money for the dowry first, I'll go to build a house, and when the subsidy is made, I'll pay you back."
Chen Min turned his head mechanically at him, his eyes as cold as a piece of iron.
Ye Dong was a little furious when she stared at her, and quickly added, "I can write an IOU."
Chen Min did not give him an answer immediately, but called him to discuss it with his parents.
Dad Chen felt that if this matter was true, it would not be impossible to borrow it, but the premise was that Ye Dong did not lie to them.
"I'll ask someone to inquire, you don't have to worry about this matter for now. If Ye Dong urges you, you ask him to come and ask me for it."
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Two days later, Chen's father took the train for two hours to arrive at the door of Chen Min's rental house.
"Dad, if you have something, you can't say it on the phone, and you still have to come over. "
Chen's father looked solemn, and he sat and stood again and again, but he just didn't speak.
"Oh Dad, if you have anything to do, just say it, is it that the development of their village is fake? "
Dad Chen shook his head, and after careful consideration, he slowly spoke: "This is true, but the bride price... The 100,000 bride price they gave you came from a loan. "
" Borrowing loan? No way, their family can’t even get a hundred thousand? "
" No, they can take it out, but they still chose to take out the loan. "
When this was said, it was like a hammer, smashing Chen Min's head hurt.
loan or a dowry loan, that means that after marriage, it will become a common debt of the couple, and she has to pay it back with Ye Dong.
No wonder Ye Dong said last time that he wanted to borrow her dowry. If the dowry was lent out, it would be a meat bun. The dog has gone but never returned.
What a plan!
Chen Min's legs became weak and she knelt on the ground.
Chen's father took Chen Min to the hospital. He was originally going to abort the child, but after the blood test, the doctor told her that she was not pregnant.
"How could it be? But I used a pregnancy test stick to test for two bars. "
" Did you come to the hospital for testing later? "
" No, when I saw two bars, I decided I was pregnant..."
" The pregnancy test stick is not very accurate, there will be many uncertainties that will lead to the two bars "
" So, am I not pregnant? "
" Yes. "
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line, the last concern is gone. Ye Dong, don't blame me for being the first day of the junior high school.
After returning from the hospital, Chen Min's temperament changed drastically, and his gentleness and considerate made Ye Dong a little uncomfortable.
not only generously gave him 100,000 yuan to build a house, but he also never allowed to write an IOU.
"We are almost married, and we are also making such a mess. If it is spread, it will make people laugh at me. "
Seeing that Chen Min is so sensible, Ye Dong tentatively mentioned the three golds.
"You see that the wedding date was suddenly advanced, and my parents didn't make enough money for a while. This three golds..."
"I can't use it. We have children now, so we naturally have to save money for our children. It's a waste to buy these three golds jewelry. "
" Minmin, I am so happy that you can think of this... I can't say that I will treat you well in the future. I will make you happy Minmin, who will be happy for the rest of your life. "
Ye Dong had red eyes and wanted to come and hug her. Chen Min pretended to be morning sickness and hid in the bathroom.
can't be said to be pretending, he was really going to be nauseous.
After the wedding banquet was booked on
, Ye Dong thought to get the certificate first, and Chen Min agreed happily.
"You can get the certificate, but you have to get it the day before the wedding. I found someone to calculate it, and it was a good day that day. "
Ye Dong responded happily.
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On the eve of the wedding.
Ye Dong had just worn a suit to the barber shop to do a set of washing, cutting and blowing, but when he came back, he found that the shared house was half empty, and Chen Min's things were all empty.
Call Chen Min again, it turned out to be an empty number. No one answered the call from her parents.
Ye Dong suddenly had an ominous premonition and immediately found a mutual friend to help contact him. But after a while, he only received a post forwarded by his mutual friend. The post titled "Expose the scumbag Ye of a cheating man! 》
All his crimes were counted in detail in the post, and evidence was attached one by one. This time he actually fell into the hands of a little girl!
Finally, the communist sent a voice post, which was Chen Min's voice, with only four words full of energy.
"Evil will be punished!" (original title: " on the eve of marriage ")
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