Rebirth 1981 starts with saving the sisters from the neighboring village.

"The most typical problem is the sky-high bride price. Wanhua, do you know that some families now spend more than 500,000 yuan on bride price in order to get married, not counting the other three golds and the banquet! What's worse, the bride price is more than one million! This is simply horrible." Secretary Tian sighed.

Captain Niu continued, "Yes, twenty years ago, the four major items were a sewing machine, a bicycle, a watch, and a radio. Ten years ago, they became the four major items, which were a color TV, a refrigerator, a washing machine, and an air conditioner."

"What does a one-million-yuan dowry mean nowadays? For many places in the country where the average income is only ten thousand yuan, it would take a hundred years of not eating or drinking to raise the dowry."

"And this is just the betrothal gift, not including the three gold jewelry, furniture, banquet, wedding car, betrothal ceremony, singer and celebrity fees, etc."

Peng Wanhua was stunned. "Invite a singer or celebrity to your wedding?"

Captain Niu said, "Yes, this evil trend has been blowing in recent years. Some villagers spend hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan to invite pop singers and stars to sing at their weddings, hoping that everyone will know about it."

"Although the villagers of Xueshan Village have high incomes and are wealthy, such a vain and extravagant wedding and such an exorbitant bride price are really outrageous!"

To be honest, a simple person like him really doesn't understand what the point of doing this is.

Uncle Tian added: "That's right, so we have to think of ways to limit it. Otherwise, if everyone keeps competing with each other and being vain, the atmosphere in our village will change!"

Peng Wanhua nodded.

These days, the national average income is less than 10,000 yuan, so a dowry of 500,000 or 1 million yuan is a bit too exaggerated.

Moreover, they invite celebrities, make the event a grand one, and hold a grand celebration. In fact, this is all a manifestation of comparison and vanity.

When people have money, they will inevitably feel a little proud.

If this continues, one can imagine what the atmosphere in the whole village will be like.

Uncle Tian said, "There are also gifts and favors. Nowadays, when a family holds a wedding or banquet, any guest will give a red envelope of thousands, sometimes tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands."

"In the long run, many people are thinking about holding various banquets, such as hundred-day banquets, one-year-old banquets, three-year-old banquets, five-year-old banquets, ten-year-old banquets, elementary school admission banquets, middle school admission banquets, university admission banquets, and all kinds of messy banquets."

Upon hearing this, Peng Wanhua recalled the news from your province in his previous life.

In that place in your province, not only banquets are held for big events, but also for all kinds of small events.

For example, when some people build a house, they hold a banquet for each floor they add. Please note that this is for each floor, not the entire building.

Also, when a sow gives birth to piglets, a banquet will be held.

Some people even hold a wedding banquet just because they bought a new pair of shoes!

Just outrageous!

Although Xueshan Village doesn’t play like this now, there are already signs of this happening.

This unhealthy trend really needs to be suppressed.

Uncle Tian continued, "So we plan to introduce some regulations, such as limiting the amount of betrothal gifts and limiting banquets to certain occasions."

Peng Wanhua nodded. "It can also be tied to our village's dividends. These people are so extravagant, so they must be rich. In this case, we can stop their dividends in the short or long term."

Dividends are a huge source of income. If they are stopped, it will be a huge loss for many villagers.

Uncle Tian and Uncle Niu clapped their hands and praised in unison.

Peng Lingmin said, "But some things, like graduation banquets and birthday banquets, are normal banquets. Isn't it unreasonable not to hold them?"

This time when she returned to her hometown and had nothing to do, she followed Peng Wanhua around and occasionally came to the village committee to volunteer and do odd jobs.

Hearing their conversation, I couldn't help but raise my hand to express my confusion.

Peng Wanhua nodded and said, "It can be done, but we need to stipulate which banquets can accept red envelopes and which cannot."

Uncle Tian nodded, "I rarely accepted these gifts before, and now I think most banquets should not accept them either."

Uncle Niu said, "Well, I agree. For birthday parties, promotion parties, and first weddings, you can accept money, but I suggest not to exceed one thousand. Other banquets can be held, but you cannot accept red envelopes or gifts."

A few people discussed it together and quickly finalized the matter.

Finally, Uncle Tian clapped his hands and said, "Let's make this rule. If anyone ruins the morale of our village again, we will cut off all his benefits. If anyone refuses to change his ways after repeated admonitions, he will even be expelled from the village."

Peng Wanhua nodded slightly and fell into thought.

In fact, if we analyze carefully, there are some differences between our village and your province.

To put it bluntly, the villagers have become wealthy, but many of them don't know how to spend their money, so they become ostentatious and show off their wealth by undertaking so many face-saving projects.

this is the key of the problem.

He was thinking about how to guide villagers to manage their finances rationally and make good financial plans.