Chuan Shu Qi Leng: I own a department store

The eldest aunt went into the bedroom and came out with four pieces of brand new clothes in her hand.

She called several children to come to her and gave four pieces of clothing to Song Han and the others.

"When I was shopping a few days ago, I saw these clothes that were pretty good. I thought the Chinese New Year was coming soon, so I bought a new piece of clothes for the children. Go try it on and see if it fits. No. If it fits, you can exchange it."

"Thank you, Grandma. As long as it is a gift from Grandma, Jinchu likes it." Jinchu hugged her eldest aunt's arm and acted coquettishly.

When Chu Nian took the new clothes, he was a little at a loss for a moment.

The new clothes bought by Jinchu's sister's grandmother actually got her share.

When the eldest aunt saw Jin Chu holding the clothes without saying a word, but not trying them on like Jin Chu did, she asked softly: "What's wrong, Nian Nian, do you not like it? It doesn't matter if you really don't like this style. Grandma can exchange it."

"No, I like it very much." Chu Nian held the clothes in his arms and said angrily: "Thank you, grandma."

"Go try on clothes with your sister. You don't have to be polite at grandma's place. Just treat it like your own home, you know?"

When Chu Nian ran to find Jin Chu, the eldest aunt asked in a low voice: "Why is this child Chu Nian still looking timid?"

Xu Wanning sighed and said: "This child is sensitive by nature, and coupled with the changes in the family, she always likes to think too much, but it doesn't matter, I will enlighten her."

The eldest aunt said matter-of-factly: "She really needs to be enlightened and enlightened. If she has any ideas, she should tell her so that we can prescribe the right medicine to avoid leaving a knot in her heart in the future."

"Well, I understand." Xu Wanning asked her eldest aunt, "Isn't today the weekend? Why hasn't everyone come yet?"

"I deliberately told them to come back later. An Ning, actually, auntie wants to ask you for help with something."

Hearing this, Xu Wanning immediately sat up straight and said, "Auntie, if you have anything to say, just tell me."

The eldest aunt glanced towards the kitchen. Chen Ye and Xu Maoran were sitting at the door of the kitchen picking vegetables. They were talking, and Chen Ye still had a slight smile on his face.

"I'm encountering something difficult now and I'd like to ask your opinion."

Xu Wanjing listened quietly to her aunt's explanation.

"Two days ago, your eldest uncle and I sat together with Jingjing's parents and had a good talk about the two children. What we meant was to let your third brother and Jingjing choose the day to get married, no matter where they choose. There will be no problem for a day, and our husband will cooperate fully. Your third brother wants to get married before the year, but Jingjing means to wait until after the New Year."

Xu Wanning said: "Sister Jingjing's idea is not difficult to understand. Although she and her third brother are in love now, she has been divorced for less than half a year. She probably wants to wait until the new year is over and the divorce will be over. It would be better to talk about marrying third brother."

The eldest aunt smiled and said: "What you said is exactly the same as Jingjing's idea. That's what she thinks. Anyway, get married early and get married later, sooner or later, so it doesn't matter if you wait a month or two more. We respect Jingjing's meaning. . And if it is later, we will have more time to settle the details of the wedding, so as not to be too hasty."

"But when it comes to marriage, one thing has to be involved, which is the bride price."

Xu Wanning asked: "Did Uncle Tao and Aunt Zhu ask for a lot of betrothal gifts?"

Xu Ning always felt that Tao's father and Tao's mother didn't look like such a person.

The eldest aunt shook her head and said: "Of course not. The Tao family didn't even mention the betrothal gift. They only said that Jingjing and Manman's wedding dates were wrong, and the dowries they bought for their two daughters were the same. From beginning to end, I didn’t even mention how to give the bride price. Later, I discussed it with your uncle, and we decided to handle it according to the highest standards for the bride price in Beijing today."

"Jingjing is a good child, but she met someone unkind at the beginning, so she wasted several years in vain. Although she is divorced, no one in our family cares about this, as long as she and Maoying can live happily in the future. You are happy, your uncle and I are happy. Besides, our family and the Tao family have known each other for so many years, and we have such a good relationship, so we can’t treat Jingjing badly with the betrothal gift."

"Giving more can also show how much we value Jingjing."

The eldest aunt had carefully discussed the specifications of this bride price with Xu's mother. After all, Tao Manman and Xu Maoyan's wedding date had been decided long ago.

She is also a girl from the Tao family. The eldest daughter's betrothal gift cannot be too different from that of the second daughter. If word spreads about this, others will not say that the eldest son of the Xu family is stingy. They will only say that Tao Jingjing is divorced, so the betrothal gift is not comparable. Go to my sister.

The eldest aunt sincerely accepts this daughter-in-law, so she naturally has to consider everything and does not want to hear such comments.

Xu Wanning knew what kind of character her eldest aunt was, so she was not surprised that she would have such thoughts.

"So, what's the dilemma for auntie?"

It's definitely not a lack of money.

If the eldest aunt was really short of money, she would never ask her to borrow money.

After all, all the elders of the Xu family unanimously believe that the younger generation is only there to be pampered, and if they are not allowed to do so, they must not make requests to the younger generation.

The eldest aunt looked at Chen Ye again.

"When your eldest brother married your eldest sister-in-law, we didn't give you a small gift. We also gave it according to the highest standards in Beijing. But after all, several years have passed, and during this period we have experienced reform and opening up, so prices have increased. , the size of the bride price has also increased accordingly."

"If we use the current standard to give Jingjing a gift, it means that we will treat Yeye badly. I would like to make up for the gift to Yeye, focusing on being impartial, but Yeye doesn't want anything. So, you help Let me advise Yeye."

Xu Wanning was silent.

After quarreling for a long time, the eldest aunt's dilemma turned out to be this.

But at the same time, she felt that this was reasonable, because her eldest aunt was a very good person.

Xu Wanning already had concerns in her mind, but before she could speak, the door was pushed open from the outside, and Xu Maoying came in with Tao Jingjing.

"Brother and sister-in-law, didn't you say we would do it together when we come back? Why did you do it first?"

Chen Ye smiled and said: "Anyway, we have nothing to do when we are free. We are just picking vegetables, and we are not tired."

"That won't work. We agreed to work together. How can we make you suffer? Leave the task of sweeping the floor to me later."

"Okay, thank you for the hard work." Xu Maoran did not argue with his brother about this trivial matter.

After Xu Wanning greeted Tao Jingjing, she said to her eldest aunt: "Auntie, what I mean is, call your sister-in-law and Sister Jingjing together, and let's talk about this in person."