Yun Hao detested Xu Wenwan. No matter how beautifully she dressed, he couldn’t stand the sight of her.
The mont he saw Xu Wenwan, the stunningly beautiful face of Gu Jiaojiao couldn’t help but appear in his mind.
As for Xu Wenwan, she felt that she was already doing him a favor by not looking down on him and still wanting to marry him. ’How dare he give attitude?’ she thought. She wasn’t about to put up with that.
And so, the Xu Family remained silent while the engaged couple sat far apart, each turning their head away and ignoring the other.
The atmosphere fell silent.
Chen Xiaoli was so embarrassed her toes were curling. It was just too awkward.
After a long while, Village Chief Xu spoke again.
"Since you’re engaged now, we can discuss the bride price and the wedding. I’ve already picked an auspicious day. There’s one seven days from now. You two will get married then. As for the bride price, we’ll follow the village custom—twenty yuan!"
After speaking, Village Chief Xu took a harsh drag from his long-stemd pipe.
’He no longer cared about losing face. All that mattered was marrying Xu Wenwan off as quickly as possible. The image of Xu Wenwan on the donkey cart, making all sorts of moves to seduce Leng Yuan... every ti he recalled it, he was too worried to sleep. If he kept this daughter around any longer and she did sothing irredeemable, it would be a disaster. Best to marry her off quickly!’
A bride price of twenty yuan was the common standard in the Qingshan Team. If the man’s family was wealthy, it could be a bit more. If they weren’t, it could be less. It wasn’t set in stone.
But twenty yuan, given the Xu Family’s circumstances, was definitely not an exorbitant ask.
Xu Wenwan, however, felt twenty yuan was far too little.
’She didn’t have many other demands. She just wanted to marry into a rich family and have a lavish wedding. Yun Hao’s family background was good. The bride price should be two hundred at the very least. Dad is only asking for twenty. Who is he trying to insult?!’
"Dad, how can you ask for only twenty! It should be at least two hundred."
’If it weren’t for the low prices and wages of this era, she would have demanded at least two thousand. In her previous life, her bride price had been set at two million, after all.’
The Xu Family was speechless.
So was Yun Hao.
Everyone stared at Xu Wenwan in unison. Seeing her indignant and serious expression, they all suspected they had misheard.
’Two hundred?’
’You might as well just go rob soone!’
Xu Wenwan straightened her back. ’In my past life, I was practically a socialite. Why shouldn’t I ask for two hundred? In fact, I’m still a little dissatisfied with that amount!’
Yun Hao was so angry he laughed, letting out a cold sneer.
"Two hundred yuan? Are you even worthy?"
With that, he turned to Village Chief Xu.
"Getting married in seven days is fine, but I also think the bride price is inappropriate. Twenty yuan is too much. I’ll only offer five yuan. If you’re willing, we’ll get married. If not, then forget it."
’He didn’t want to get married in the first place,’ he thought. ’If Village Chief Xu refuses, it would be perfect.’
But Xu Wenwan was furious. She was so angry she shot to her feet.
"Five yuan? Yun Hao, are you out of your mind? What family only spends five yuan to get a wife? The nerve of you to even say that."
Yun Hao was furious as well. He had a bellyful of things to say, and now that Xu Wenwan had opened the floodgates, he wasn’t going to hold back.
"Why wouldn’t I dare say it? Xu Wenwan, shouldn’t you tell what was really going on with my dizziness the ti before last, and why I fainted last ti?"
Yun Hao wasn’t stupid.
He had been perfectly fine before. The dizziness only started after he ca into contact with Xu Wenwan.
The first ti, he thought he was just sick. But the second ti was different.
It was when Xu Wenwan grabbed his hand and wouldn’t let go. He felt sothing being stripped away from his body. The sensation was incredibly distinct. Afterward, he felt dizzy again, just like that other day, only this ti it was even more severe.
Thinking about the two incidents together, he finally rembered that the first ti, Xu Wenwan had also grabbed his hand.
The thought startled even Yun Hao himself, and he began to suspect that Xu Wenwan had done sothing to him.
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