Rebirth of the Almighty Internet Celebrity

Chapter 331 The Poor Need More Face
But the families of "workers" have a lot to worry about, and it's not just the mere "only have daughters but not sons"? !

At the beginning of the wedding when the youngest daughter of the Zhou family married, she began to "worry about money".

good!Just worry about money!
After the Zhou family's youngest son-in-law got married and had his first daughter, he was not afraid to reveal that the family was optimistic about the "Auspicious Day of Huang Dao" for marriage. It's time to complete the important matter of marriage.And the "worker" saved almost 1 yuan in the previous stage, and spent a few thousand on the previous blind date, and spent more than 1 yuan on "dating" with the youngest daughter of the Zhou family for three months... The "auspicious day" for the sudden marriage was so close, so he had less than a month to "prepare" it.Can you not worry about money?

Ten days before the youngest son-in-law was going to be the "groom's official", when I went to see the "furniture" with the youngest daughter of the Zhou family, it was still too expensive to afford, and that was cheaper but the style was too old and I didn't want it... In short, I want to It is really difficult to choose furniture that is "satisfactory" and affordable.

All said and done, in the final analysis it is still "poor money."

But no matter how economical it is to get married, if you don't have fifty or sixty thousand yuan, it will be difficult to "get married" consummately.

No matter how much the Zhou family doesn't care about "betrothal gifts", they have such a well-mannered style that if they don't accept "betrothal gifts", it will make people look down on their daughter.

Therefore, no matter how no money is available to the "workers", whether they borrow or credit, all the rules and customs of marriage must be followed and cannot be violated.

At the critical moment, the parents of the "builder" were still the most anxious, and took out 3 yuan of their savings (half of which was the savings of the in-laws doing mud and water work, and the remaining half was the land sales money from the land expropriation in previous years) ).

But as I said before, getting married will cost fifty or sixty thousand.

The father of the "frameworker" only took out 3 yuan, how could it be enough?

There is still a shortfall of 3.

The father and son of the "fair workers" both want to save face. They plan to give a 3 "betrothal gift" to the woman, of which 2 is the real "betrothal gift money". A motorcycle "Made in Japan".

The remaining 3 "budget", at least 1.5 to buy furniture, buy miscellaneous things, such as shooting "wedding photos" and "videos".It would also cost tens of thousands of dollars.There is also hiring a wedding car and setting up dozens of banquets...all of these cost money.

The "budget" is to prepare about 6 yuan for this wedding. In fact, the "frameworker" has experience in his family, and he knows how to hold a "banquet" and can get back about 2 yuan in red envelopes.

After the income and expenditure are balanced, the "budget" of about 5 to 6 yuan should be able to handle the "fair work" wedding.

In short, the "gap" in the budget is around 3.

"Staff workers" have been worrying about money.The youngest daughter of the Zhou family is also more towards her "future husband", and is also helping him "worry about money".

Although Coach Zhou and his wife have fallen from their "peak period", their financial strength is much lower than before.But no matter how much it is no longer "brilliant" in the past, he calls it "a rotten boat has a few catties of nails", "a skinny camel is bigger than a horse", no matter how much you marry a daughter, you don't care how much money you pay for it. .

Yes!

Coach Zhou and his wife never thought of "earning gift money" on the "marriage of their daughter".

In Guangdong and Guangxi in the south, the standard for accepting "betrothal money" is N times lower than that in the north.For example, there are occasional news in the north that "betrothal gifts" reach hundreds of thousands, but it is almost unheard of in the south.

In the south, there were also "betrothal money" which meant "thousands of dollars" in the early years.After the recent rise in prices, the "betrothal money" has generally risen to more than 3 yuan, but the majority are still less than 8 yuan.It is generally more difficult to get a wife, and the "bride price" is probably locked at around [-] yuan.And if you hear that the "betrothal gift" of a certain family reaches [-] yuan, you can't say that it is definitely not the case, but it is considered "phoenix feathers and scales" and is extremely rare.A joke from friends and relatives that still needs to be heard: Being taken as the “biggest victim” by the in-laws and slaughtered...

The "sky-high price gifts" of more than 10 yuan in the north are almost invisible in the south.

Although Coach Zhou has worked in the north for half his life, his thinking has always been that of a "southern person".He didn't intend to make the little son-in-law bloody in terms of "betrothal gift".He even planned to pay his own "pocket" to subsidize tens of thousands of "dowry" to his youngest daughter.

Of course, this is not done by sending money directly.That's too lack of "page", and it will cause the youngest daughter to be looked down upon by her husband's family after she gets married (Coach Zhou thinks so).

Coach Zhou heard that the "frameworker" planned to add 2 yuan to the 1 "betrothal gift". It would be nice to make up 3 yuan, and at the same time, he could get a "motorcycle" from his daughter's "dowry" .

Coach Zhou felt that it was a bit shameful that the dowry only included a "motorcycle".He would rather pay tens of thousands of extra money for "subsidy" and subsidize it into the "dowry". More expensive cars can't be bought anymore, but ordinary joint venture cars like "Jetta" or "Santana" are still available. affordable.

Coach Zhou then discussed with his youngest daughter.

Coach Zhou even referred to other models of "marrying daughters" from wealthy families.For example, when a big boss in a neighboring village married his daughter, he directly gave his daughter and son-in-law a "Civic" (the choice of "dowry car" is up to the son-in-law who wants to drive. Anyway, a "Civic" with an automatic wave top , also about 15).What kind of car you like is up to you.It's just that the "price" can be controlled at around 15.

When Coach Zhou was no longer so famous, he could only spend tens of thousands of yuan out of his own pocket to buy a "dowry car" such as a "Jetta" priced at 7 to 8 yuan for his daughter.

But Coach Zhou is also "well-informed", saying that if the son-in-law wants to drive a more expensive joint venture car, such as "Corolla", "Ralink", or "Sylphy", he can use Coach Zhou to "subsidize his car." "The tens of thousands of dowry gifts" are used as the down payment for the purchase of the "dowry car".The remaining final payment will be divided into 24 installments or 36 installments, and the younger son-in-law will pay back slowly.

However, if you don't ask, you don't know. If you ask, you will be shocked.

Such a "frameworker" who is keen on cars has not even passed the "driver's license" exam.No, to be precise, I didn't even take the "driver's license" test.

Didn't I say it before?
The little son-in-law of the "builder" is almost "literate and illiterate" and can't read a few big characters.In this case, he was careful not to pass the computer test of "Subject [-]" and "Paperless Examination Room" of "Subject [-]".

Not to mention "Subject [-]" and "Subject [-]", the key point is whether the "frameworker" will "fail" the subject. If he cannot even cross the "level" of the computer test, how can the "frameworker" have a chance to enter? What about the actual driving skills operation? !

It seems to be a dead end with "no solution".

"Staff workers" did not give up hope, and there were relatives, friends, and even acquaintances in the same village who wanted to spend money directly to buy a "certificate".

As a result, after several years, every time I saw "hope", it turned out that I didn't buy it.Even someone from the same village promised 1 yuan to buy a "certificate", and has already received 5 yuan in advance from the "frameworker".As a result, I couldn't move my joints, and I couldn't get a permit, so I still had to refund the "deposit" in full.

Even the youngest daughter of the Zhou family lamented: If you expect the "helper" to have a license to buy a car to drive, you may never be able to sit in a car in this life.

Coach Zhou also sighed: Otherwise, his youngest daughter can learn to drive by herself.The youngest daughter learns to drive and gets a license, and then buys a car to drive, which may be much faster.

Of course, the above are all things for later.

When the youngest daughter of the Zhou family married the "convenience worker", the other party did not dare to accept the tens of thousands of "dowry trolley" prepared by the "father-in-law" without a certificate. This is also one of the major regrets of the "construction worker" life.

Meeting such a "generous" father-in-law may also be the most legitimate opportunity for the "son-in-law" to get "benefits" from the "father-in-law".Because he didn't have a "driver's license" and didn't know how to drive, the "benefits" fell on his head, and he flew away in the end-what a loss of money and embarrassment.

In the end, the Zhou family could only prepare a motorcycle "dowry car".Coach Zhou looked at it and sighed again and again: It's really a bit of a loss. The "dowry car" is a motorcycle, and those who don't know the inside story may have to laugh behind his back at "Old Zhou" for being too stingy! ! !

In Coach Zhou's opinion, it is better to give away no "car" at all than to give a "motorcycle dowry car".

But the "prospective son-in-law" has already given him a "betrothal gift" of 3 yuan (including 1 yuan to buy a "motorcycle"), and it is impossible not to buy it.Coach Zhou had no choice but to "bite the bullet" and buy a "dowry car".

Coach Zhou felt that among the "coach colleagues" who came to have a "wedding wine", he was ashamed and felt a little embarrassed.

As a "gold medal coach", I have taught countless students for most of my life.It is no exaggeration to say that the "students" he brought out can form a mighty "group" when they drive a car bought by themselves and "collect" together.In the end, it turned out that the "son-in-law" whom his youngest daughter was looking for couldn't get a "driver's license". It was a big joke to spread the word.

But what can be done?

Even if he failed the computer test, even if Coach Zhou is a "gold medal coach", he can't help his son-in-law get a "certificate".

After all, the work of "driving school coach" he has been engaged in for most of his life is all a serious coach, and he doesn't follow any crooked.It is impossible to have any way to get a certificate for him "exempted from the exam".

Besides, the management of "driver's license" is extremely strict now.It is no longer as loose as it was ten or twenty years ago.In the early years, there may have been the phenomenon of cheating to obtain certificates, but now such a possibility no longer exists.

What about the little son-in-law?It can only be served "cold"!
In the future, the youngest daughter and the youngest son-in-law will have more children, and I can only count on the youngest daughter to learn to drive to "get a license" and let her pick up and drop off the children.

So, it's no wonder that Coach Zhou was very dissatisfied with the "little son-in-law" from the beginning to the end.But as an "enlightened" parent, the youngest daughter has single-mindedly identified as a "frameworker". Can parents still "hold and beat mandarin ducks" and forcefully tear them apart? !
Can only bear it!

Under such circumstances, the "frame worker" also knew that he was the youngest daughter of Coach Zhou's family who had been "highly climbed" by his family.So in order to successfully complete the marriage, and to give the Zhou family's youngest daughter "biological" face in terms of the wedding banquet, he and his father did not hesitate to find people to borrow money, and finally borrowed more than 3 yuan.

In the banquet part of the wedding, the family of the "frameworkers" set up almost 70 banquet tables.

Compared with the "banquets" in big hotels, the banquets held at home in this rural area generally have 2 people less per table, that is to say, for a full table in a hotel, 10 people per table is the standard.For banquets in rural areas, only 8 people can be seated at each table.It is precisely because of this that the standard banquet for 8 people, of course, the "portion" of the food and drink is not as much as a table in the hotel.

Even if it is a standard table for 8 people, if there are 70 tables, that means more than 500 relatives, friends and neighbors will be present.The scene was also quite grand.

Among the more than 500 people, about 150 were relatives and friends of the Zhou family who were newlyweds.This accounts for about 70 of the 20 banquet tables.

The banquet set up by the "frameworker" house reserved 20 tables for the woman's relatives, who also valued the woman very much.After all, when the woman's relatives come to the man's banquet, the gift money is not included.Because there is also a banquet at Coach Zhou's house, after eating it once, there are "envelopes" also given to Coach Zhou and his wife.

Of the 50 tables left for the man's banquet, there are about 15 tables for the helpers and neighbors.In these neighborhoods, the whole family came to eat, and adults and children took a few mouthfuls, and only a 50 yuan red envelope was given.It is really a loss.These 15 tables.

Only the remaining 35 tables can barely receive some red envelope money.

But it is not enough to "fill up" the cost of the banquet for the scaffolder's family.

This is a banquet held at home in the countryside. Usually, about 400 yuan can make a table.But that year coincided with the soaring price of pork, and the price of pork outstripped the price of mutton in previous years.But how can there be no pork for banquets in rural areas?This fried braised pork "pork" is cheap enough to get two bowls, but now that pork is expensive, you have to get at least one bowl, right?This is apportioned to each table of banquets, and the cost exceeds 500 yuan per table.

A total of 70 tables were held, and the cost of the banquet alone cost 3 yuan.

The red envelope money recovered was about 2.It's like a "frameworker" hosting a wedding banquet, and he has to pay 1 million.

But the "frame worker" family valued this face.In any case, in order to save the tens of thousands of dollars, even such a big event as a son marrying a wife can't be done in a big way.Perhaps there are some couples in the city who, in order to save money, only go to the "Marriage Registry" to obtain a certificate and complete the major event in life.But there are almost no such cases in rural areas (of course, the small circle familiar to the "frameworkers" is used as the scope of "observation").

Not only can you not do it, but you can't do it hastily and simply-it will show that your "sincerity" is too lacking.

There is no way to spend a huge amount on the "betrothal gift", and there is no way to let a fashionable car appear as a "trousseau car" in the wedding scene, adding "infinite scenery"... With the "frameworker" who has always been "strong and saves face". , he felt ashamed.

Striving for N times more quantity at the wedding banquet is the only realistic way for the "frameworker", and I feel that I can win the "final decency".

So he no matter what kind of relatives, neighbors, friends, all invited to drink his wedding wine.As for the miscellaneous girls and women on the side of the woman's "natal family", as long as they can get involved, they will be invited by the other party to have a banquet.

In this way, the "flowing water seats" were widely set up, and finally 70 tables were barely enough.

If it wasn't for such a big deal, in fact, there are 45 tables for the banquet.

(End of this chapter)