Siheyuan: The road to counterattack for the little transparent

After the wound on Yan Jiecheng's face healed, he would shamelessly go to Yu Li's house to find her after work, and Yu's mother added fuel to the fire.

Every time, Yu Li and Yan Jiecheng were asked to go out and talk, and Yu Li had no choice but to go out with them.

After spending some time together, the two gradually had more topics to talk about, and Yu Li also began to like Yan Jiecheng a lot more.

In less than a month, their relationship progressed by leaps and bounds.

Yu's father was afraid of being laughed at by the neighbors. After seeing Yu Li being asked out by Yan Jiecheng again, he couldn't help but said to Yu's mother:

"My daughter is grown up and I can't control her anymore. If it really doesn't work, you can talk to Sister Wang. If the Yan family has no objection, arrange their marriage as soon as possible."

"This little Yan comes to see our little Li every day. The neighbors will gossip about her. I'm afraid it will have a bad influence on her brothers and sisters."

Yu's mother had the same idea, so after breakfast, she hurried to Aunt Wang's house.

After telling the story, Yu's mother smiled and said, "Sister Wang, please go and tell the Yan family about this. I'll wait for your news."

As there was still manual work waiting to be done at home, Yu's mother did not stay long and went home after she finished her work.

As entrusted by someone, Aunt Wang walked straight to the next yard. As soon as she entered the yard, she saw the third aunt picking vegetables at the door of her house.

Smiling, he shouted, "Old Yan, I'm here to tell you the good news!"

Hearing the noise, Yan Bugui put down the book in his hand, walked out of the room and said with a smile: "Sister Wang, you look so happy, what's the big happy event in your family?"

"It's not my family's wedding, it's yours. Should we talk about it in the yard or inside the house?"

"Hey! Look at my brain, let's go inside and talk." Upon hearing this, the third aunt quickly invited Aunt Wang into the house and poured a glass of water into her hand: "Sister Wang, tell me quickly."

Seeing that Third Aunt and Yan Bugui were anxious, she did not hide anything and told them that Yan Jiecheng went to see Yu Li every day and that the Yu family was afraid of gossip from the neighbors and hoped to get married as soon as possible.

Then he looked at Yan Bugui and asked, "Teacher Yan, your family has no objection to Miss Xiao Yu, right?"

The three aunts quickly replied: "We definitely have no objection. That girl is pretty. My son Xie Cheng likes her very much. He has been smiling a lot more these days."

"Then Mr. Yan, do you have any ideas?"

Aunt Wang knew that Yan Bugui had the final say in this family, so naturally his opinion was more important, so she had to ask him clearly.

Yan Bugui thought for a moment and said, "I'm not interested in the two kids dating, but marriage is an important matter and every aspect needs to be considered."

"Hey! Old man, you want to ask the Yu family how much dowry they want, right? Sister Wang is not an outsider, just tell her directly."

The third aunt interrupted and asked the question Yan Bugui wanted to ask, but he rolled his eyes at her and said with a wry smile, "Sister Wang, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. What my wife said was also true."

"For so many years, my family has been supported by one person working, and life has been hard. Although Yan Jie has a job now, he has just started working and his salary is not high."

"I don't know how much the Yu family plans to ask for as a dowry. If it's more, I don't think our family can afford it..."

Before Yan Bugui finished speaking, Aunt Wang didn't want to listen anymore and asked him quickly, "Teacher Yan, how much dowry can your family afford?"

In fact, Yan Bugui sincerely hoped that the Yu family would accept less betrothal gifts, or even no betrothal gifts at all.

Now that Aunt Wang had asked, it would be unreasonable for him not to give an amount. After hesitating and thinking for a while, he gritted his teeth and said:

"Eight dollars, I think it's a lot, do you think it's okay?"

To be honest, eight yuan is relatively small. Aunt Wang looked up at Yan Bugui and said, "Teacher Yan, someone in the alley next door got married last month and gave the girl 30 yuan as a gift."

Aunt Wang’s meaning was very clear. She hoped he could reconsider and add more.

Unexpectedly, Yan Bugui did not respond. After a while, the third aunt saw that something was wrong and tried to smooth things over, saying, "Sister Wang, how about you ask the Yu family how much dowry they want, and then we can discuss it."

This was the only solution available, so Aunt Wang could only sigh and walk out of the courtyard.

As soon as Aunt Wang walked out of the courtyard, Third Aunt asked Yan Bugui, "Old Yan, are you really going to give the Yu family eight dollars as a betrothal gift? I don't think it's possible. It's too little compared to others."

As soon as this topic was brought up, Yan Bugui wanted to escape. He originally wanted to tell Aunt Wang that he would give five yuan as a betrothal gift, but later he felt that it was too little, so he gritted his teeth and said eight yuan. However, it was still considered too little.

"This is the most we can afford. If we spend more, do you think everyone in our family will starve?"

Yan Bugui told his wife about his thoughts, and the third aunt agreed with him after listening: "Let's talk this over with Jie Cheng later. I think he should be able to understand."

Then she thought of another problem, which was about housing: if her eldest son was going to get married, where would he live in the future?

There are only two rooms in the house, so there is definitely no separate room for them to live in.

Yan Jiecheng now lives with his two younger brothers, and it is obviously inappropriate for the newlyweds to live with them.

There is an empty ear room in the front yard that has been uninhabited for a long time, but it is definitely uninhabitable because it has been in disrepair for a long time.

If they want to use the house, they have to spend money to renovate it and let the young couple live in it. That would be the most suitable thing to do, but I don't know if my spouse would agree to this.

When the third aunt told Yan Bugui about the ear room, he was shocked: "Yang Ruihua, do we have a mountain of gold or a mountain of silver?"

"Do you know how much it would cost to renovate that wing? I calculated it before, and it would cost at least this much."

After saying this, Yan Bugui stretched out his hand towards the three aunts and spoke while biting his back teeth.

"Besides, we can use the empty room in the yard to store things, but if we spend money to repair it and then the street office comes to take it back, wouldn't that be a waste of money?"

After Yan Bugui expressed his concerns, the third aunt also agreed with her husband's idea.

"Old Yan, do you have any good ideas?"

Yan Bugui couldn't think of any good solution at the moment, so he just adjusted the legs of his glasses and said, "I really can't think of any good solution at the moment."

"No, let's wait for the boss to come back and discuss it with him to see if he has any solution."

The third aunt thought for a while and said, "If it really doesn't work, let them live in the kitchen first. Put a few boards in it and they can use them as beds."

"Let's pack up all the stuff, put your lace in to cook during the day, and take it back home at night."

Yan Bugui treasured his potted flowers the most. When he heard what the third aunt said, he waved his hands and immediately refused: "No, if I cook there, what about my flowers?"

The couple discussed for a long time but still couldn't think of a good solution, so they decided: Yan Jiecheng should go home and they would think of a solution together.