Siheyuan: Married a female spy at the beginning of 1944

The two chatted in the room for a long time.

He Daqing talked about the major battles he had fought during this period.

Li Wanqiu also talked about how she had been spending these days at home and how she was worried about He Daqing.

He Daqing stayed in Li Wanqiu's room until Li Dingguo returned home.

"Uncle, the master is back, please come over."

He Daqing followed the housekeeper to Li Dingguo's study.

"Master, Mr. He is here."

"Well, you go down first."

After the housekeeper left, He Daqing and Li Dingguo were the only ones left in the study.

Under normal circumstances, Li Dingguo should receive He Daqing in the living room.

But he wanted to express his closeness to He Daqing, so he chose the study.

This shows that he did not regard He Daqing as an outsider.

He Daqing thought about it and decided that since this man was already his father-in-law and the grandfather of his children, it wouldn't seem wrong for him to call him dad.

"father."

Although He Daqing's words sounded a little awkward, he still said them out loud.

Li Dingguo felt somewhat awkward when hearing He Daqing calling him dad.

But he didn’t say anything.

He pointed to the stool next to him.

"Sit down and talk. Since you and Wanqiu already have a child, there is nothing I can do about it even if I deny it.

Tell me, what do you want to do? You can't just marry my daughter away without telling me."

In fact, Li Dingguo just wanted to make things difficult for He Daqing.

In his opinion, He Daqing must be a capable person.

But a cook certainly doesn't have much money.

As long as I make things a little difficult for him, I will definitely make He Daqing bow his head.

"Dad, I don't know the customs here. Can you tell me what you need?"

"Normally, there would be no less than three matchmakers and six betrothals. But now that we have come to this point, let's simplify it.

You don’t have many relatives or friends in Chongqing, so you don’t have to worry about the wedding.

We will do it here, but what are you going to do with the betrothal gifts? Although our family doesn't need these things, we still have to show them to the guests.

I can’t let others say that my daughter, Li Dingguo, was cheated away by someone.”

He Daqing expressed his understanding that although free love exists these days, the betrothal gift is still necessary.

And most wealthy families will give dowry.

In other words, most of the betrothal gifts will be taken back to the husband's home by the woman.

But with this back and forth, the ownership of the betrothal gift changed from the man to the woman.

If the couple has conflicts in the future, life will be unbearable.

When divorcing, the woman's dowry must be taken away in its entirety.

Anything missing from the dowry list needs to be supplemented by the man.

This is also a disguised protection of the woman’s property rights.

It is equivalent to two people getting married now, and the man gives the woman a betrothal gift of 300,000 yuan at once.

These gifts are considered as pre-marital property and all belong to the woman.

However, in the past, women had no way to divide their husband’s family property when they divorced, so they used dowry as a protection.

Nowadays, women ask for a dowry before getting married, and they have to continue dividing the property after marriage.

This is the welfare of both the old and new societies, and women have enjoyed it.

As for responsibility, a modern woman is considered a good woman if she does not cheat on her husband.

As for beating the mother-in-law and insulting the father-in-law, it is not a big deal at all and it won’t even make the news.

"I don't know what kind of betrothal gifts are needed? How much does it cost?"

He Daqing now has tens of thousands of dollars in his pocket, as well as a large amount of bullets and shells. If he sells these things, he can at least get hundreds of thousands of dollars.

In addition, if things like airplanes and tanks could be sold, then even more money could be exchanged for them.

So she was not at all panicked about the betrothal gift proposed by Li Dingguo.

"Ten large yellow croakers, two pairs of gold bracelets, five gold headdresses, eight gold earrings, and four gold necklaces."

Li Dingguo originally wanted to tell He Daqing all the betrothal gifts, but he felt that just mentioning these would be enough to give He Daqing a headache.

I simply didn't continue talking about it.

He Daqing estimated in his mind that these things were not that expensive. Jewelry did not require much gold.

The only big thing is the ten gold bars.

A large yellow croaker weighs 312 grams.

Ten sticks would weigh 3000 grams.

Gold was still very valuable during this period. Before the Japanese invasion, one gram of gold was worth about one dollar.

However, after so many years of plundering by the Kuomintang and the Japanese, the gold on the market had long been exchanged by both sides for US dollars to buy equipment.

So at that time, one gram of gold was exchanged for about 20 silver dollars.

This adds up to about 6 yuan, plus all the miscellaneous jewelry, which adds up to about 7 yuan.

Such a large amount of money really stumped He Daqing.

He gave part of the money he had earned to the Eighth Route Army.

When raising troops later, the bounty for each head is quite a bit.

Although I made some profit from the price difference, it was not much.

Even if he sold 5 Japanese heads, he could only make a difference of at most, not to mention that there were many logistical issues to take care of.

He can only take out more than 3 yuan now.

"Dad, do you agree to pay in installments? I can give you a portion first and the rest later."

Originally, Li Dingguo was deliberately making things difficult for He Daqing, but he didn't expect He Daqing to actually ask for payment in installments.

"What do you mean by installment payment? How can a betrothal gift be paid in installments? Don't you have money?"

"Not that much, can you give me a little less?"

Although ordinary people at that time had to spend money to marry a wife, the amount they spent was not much.

A small landlord only spends a hundred or eighty dollars to marry a wife.

As for the poor people, they might be able to marry a wife with just one dollar or even a few kilograms of grain.

But these warlords, capitalists and compradors are different.

These people are really rich, and the betrothal gifts are very expensive.

Even the sedan chair for a daughter's wedding was made exquisitely.

Therefore, He Daqing did not think that Li Dingguo’s request was unreasonable.

After all, his family background is there for everyone to see, and he is indeed a rich man.

But he was not panicked. Even if the deal failed, he still had his friendship.

Now Li Wanqiu is pregnant with her own child.

Things like betrothal gifts can be negotiated. If He Daqing is shameless, he may not give any betrothal gifts at all.

Li Dingguo smiled.

Then he said gently to He Daqing

“Daqing, you also know that with my current status, if I marry my daughter to you, it will be a big risk.

Some people will suspect that I am a child laborer and will label me as such.

So there was no negotiation on the betrothal gift.

but.."

"But what?"

“If you could become my subordinate, things would be different.

I can appreciate my subordinates, so I will marry my daughter to you. This way, no one will say anything.

Don't worry, if you come to me, I will give you a disciple because of Wanqiu's relationship.

how about it? "

Li Dingguo's goal was to win over He Daqing.

After seeing He Daqing's battle record, he felt that this boy was a talent and wanted to tie him down with his daughter.