Ke Ning had heard the news of her brother's marriage on the phone before, but she didn't know these details. The family even hid the building of the house from her, obviously afraid that this delicate girl would know these things.
Originally, Ke Ning didn't think much about it. Everyone is happy when his eldest brother gets married. His parents have tens of thousands of savings in their hands. How much can the bride price be? Can't you pay twentythousand yuan back?
In Ke Ning's eyes, as long as there is emotion, the bride price is nothing at all.
It has to be said that Ke Ning is still taking it for granted. She has no experience of marriage, let alone in rural areas.
Now when getting married, the mother-in-law in the city wants a house, and the mother-in-law in the countryside is even more unambiguous. Otherwise, it is all the mother-in-law who has promoted the development of China's real estate industry? Nowadays, almost every family in rural areas is building houses. This is not to wait for demolition, but forced by their parents in law.
If there is no building, the matchmaker is embarrassed to help your family. Even if he insists on kissing, the matchmaker won't want to settle down at the woman's house. Therefore, it is necessary to build a building. Unless you find someone who doesn't care about the man's family situation in free love, you can wait to be single for a lifetime.
Now, since Ke Ning saw the building fee, it is impossible for the woman not to charge the bride price, and it is not necessarily a small amount.
Both parents are farmers, and the eldest brother works hard at the construction site outside. Getting married like this really puts pressure on the family.
"Xiao Zhi, tell me the truth, is the rest of the money borrowed, or?" Ke Ning hesitated. She had already guessed a certain situation. Obviously, the possibility of this situation has become greater and greater.
"Sister, I won't go to school." Ke Zhi finally looked up and said, "I haven't been in high school since the first semester of high school. It's been four years since I came out."
Ke Ning heard the words and shook her hand. The tea cup that had not been filled with water was knocked down on the tea table, making a crisp sound.
Seeing this, Su Rui sighed, reached out to help the cup up, and then took the initiative to hold Ke Ning's hand.
Ke Ning's hands are thin, soft and white, but they are cold.
"Sister, in fact, this is a good thing." Ke Zhi took a deep breath and said, "I've worked in an electronics factory in the south for four years, and I've saved 120000 or 130000 yuan. This time my brother got married, and I earned 100000 bride price."
"100000 bride price?" Ke Ning repeated, her eyes full of surprise!
"Yes, now we are getting married here, and the bride price is 100000." Ke Zhi said, "this is the lowest level. You have to finish biting your teeth."
Ke Ning looked at her brother and said, "why don't you go to school? Why do they never tell me when I call home? They even lied to me that you are in school."
Ke Zhi said helplessly, "sister, don't blame your parents for lying to you. We're worried that it's too late for you, and we don't want you to worry about my studies."
"Moreover, I don't want to go to school myself. My parents and teachers all work, but I didn't promise them." Ke Zhi said, "the conditions at home are not good, and I can't study at ease."
"No matter how bad the conditions at home are, there is no problem in supplying you to graduate from college." Ke Ning sighed deeply, obviously in a bad mood.
"Sister, to be honest, I don't want to read it. I really don't want to." Ke Zhi said.
"Why? Your grades are so good, it's a pity not to continue reading!"
"Sister, since you left, my academic performance has not been very good. I'm in a daze when facing the textbook every day, and I can't read a word
(please turn the page before the end of this chapter) go and think about whether you have suffered outside. " Ke Zhi said, "elder sister, I have grown up and can earn money to share my family's worries. I also want to save more money to help you solve your problems..."
The children of poor families are in charge early.
If it's in a big city, I'm afraid children of this age still regard textbooks and parents as enemies every day. How can they think so much? It's really hard to be as sensible as Ke Zhi.
Su Rui sighed softly and didn't interrupt.
"I blame my sister for hurting you." Ke Ning said, and her tears burst out again: "if it weren't for me, you wouldn't encounter this kind of thing. Maybe you're already the way our family looks at our brother laughing, and Ke Ning's heart also rises warm. No matter how much rain and wind we suffer outside, returning home is the warmest and most peaceful harbor.
"Come on, show me around our big house." Ke Ning changed the topic: "three floors, the family is only these people, how can you live."
"If you can't live, you have to cover it. Even if you waste it, you have to bite the bullet. Now the rural atmosphere is really killing you." Ke Zhi said, pointing to the second floor: "brother and sister-in-law's new house is upstairs, I live in the north room downstairs, and other rooms are basically empty."
"Too wasteful." Ke Ning was still feeling, and suddenly felt a little wrong, and asked, "where do our parents live?"
"They live in..." Ke Zhi paused, and his tone seemed a little difficult. He raised his hand and pointed to the opposite side of the yard: "live there..."
Opposite the courtyard, there is a kitchen on the left, a gate in the middle, and a room on the right of the gate.
"Do our parents live there?" Ke Ning said in surprise.
In her impression, the rooms across the kitchen are usually used to place firewood and briquettes.
"Why do you have to live there when you build a new house and leave so many rooms?" Ke Ning didn't understand.
Ke Zhi sighed, "isn't that what my sister-in-law meant? She said that now two generations live separately in the city. Our family has built a house with no second homestead. How can we live separately? So my parents can only move there."
Ke Ning didn't expect to encounter this situation as soon as she came back, and her heart was both angry and sad.
Su Rui stood aside without saying anything. Now in his opinion, Ke Ning, the new sister-in-law, is really not a fuel-efficient lamp.
However, this is almost the atmosphere of the whole region, not only Ke Ning's family, but also every family in the countryside of Yizhou will face this situation. Many documentary literature say that the villagers are honest, but honesty is honest. In fact, there are absolutely many things in the countryside.
Su Rui squinted. There were so many empty rooms in the house, but the sister-in-law refused to let her live. It was obvious that she was deliberately making trouble for the Ke Ning family.
Ke Ning knew that with her parents' patience, she probably wouldn't force it, but how could her sister-in-law be willing to watch her father-in-law squeeze in that small room?
Ke Ning asked, "Xiao Zhi, does my brother know this?"
"Of course I know, but his words don't work. The couple didn't quarrel much. My brother has been on fire since he got married. But there's no way. He works outside all the year round and comes back several times a year. He can't make it powerful. His parents are still thinking of holding their grandchildren tightly, so he has been a Buddha to his sister-in-law."
Ke Ning sighed softly.
At this time, a woman in a white down jacket came in from the door. She looked in her twenties and looked fairly good. She even wore light makeup.
However, in Su Rui's view, the level of makeup is really not very good. Presumably, this is Ke Ning's sister-in-law.
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