sbdcsierra Chapter 124 The miserable family of Chu Shixiong!
Chapter 124 The miserable family of Chu Shixiong!
The tall young man is called Chu Xiaofeng, and he is Chu Shixiong’s only grandson.
Chu Xiaofeng is 25 years old this year. He has a girlfriend whom he has been dating for two years and they are planning to get married soon.
The Chu family’s current conditions are average.
Chu Shixiong was a boiler worker and retired a few years ago.
His son, Xiaofeng's father, is a small business owner who runs a breakfast restaurant.
After working hard for a year, he only earned that little money, and gave it all to Chu Xiaofeng to buy a house.
Chu Xiaofeng has graduated for two years and works as a clerk in an ordinary company.
It’s only a pitiful 5 or 6000 yuan a month.
Now that I’m married, my family supports me and they’ve taken out all their savings.
But I never expected that the wedding was scheduled for December 12th, which was three days later.
At this time, the girl's family suddenly asked for an additional 10 yuan in betrothal gifts.
Chu Xiaofeng originally gave 18 yuan as a betrothal gift, but now the gift has risen to 28 yuan!
Chu Xiaofeng became anxious when he heard this and begged his mother-in-law desperately, although his girlfriend was soft-hearted.
But unfortunately, the parents at home are very strong and they refused to give the 10 yuan betrothal gift.
They really won’t be allowed to get married!
There was a lot of other stuff going on afterwards, nothing more than that the current dowry for the neighbors around here is 2 or 30 yuan.
The Yang family couldn't let anyone look down on them, so they held on to the 28 yuan dowry!
Chu Xiaofeng had no way to get the money, and when he told his parents and grandfather about it when he got home, they were all worried.
Especially Chu Shixiong, he is a down-to-earth old man.
He finished a pack of cigarettes and stared at his grandson.
After a long pause, he finally said, "Xiaofeng, just tell me whether you want to get married or not. If you do, I will sell everything I have at home to help you get married!"
Hearing this, Chu Xiaofeng's face flushed.
He didn't know how to answer, but he, who never smoked, picked up the red plum on the table.
As soon as I took a puff, I was choked by the smoke and started coughing violently, and tears came down.
Then, he squatted down with his hands trembling and his head in his hands!
Tears fell down in big drops!
A penny can kill a hero!
Especially since his family has already used up all their savings for his marriage.
Now that he is faced with such a terrible situation, Chu Xiaofeng feels very sorry for his family.
Especially grandpa.
He is almost 70 years old and should be enjoying his retirement and playing with his grandchildren.
As a result, I was so anxious about him that I couldn't sleep for several days.
Chu Xiaofeng really wanted to slam his head and shout “Let’s not get married”, but he narrowed his eyes slightly and in a trance he saw his girlfriend crying silently again.
He and his girlfriend have been in a relationship for two years and they have a good relationship.
But because my girlfriend is an adopted daughter and has an average status in that family, the originally agreed betrothal gift of 18 yuan was also to buy a car for her younger brother, so my girlfriend's adoptive parents added an extra 10 yuan.
When my girlfriend heard her adoptive parents shamelessly put forward this condition, she burst into tears on the spot.
I almost broke up with my family, but in the end I didn't have the heart to do it.
This made the relationship between the two young people very awkward these days.
The girlfriend felt sorry for Chu Xiaofeng and kept apologizing, even kneeling in front of his adoptive parents.
But the other party still insisted on adding an additional 10 yuan in betrothal gifts.
Now, people are simply locked in the girl’s house and not allowed to come out.
"Dad, we have already collected 10 yuan for the betrothal gift, and have booked the house and wedding banquet. We have also notified relatives and friends. If the wedding doesn't happen, our Chu family will lose all face!"
Chu Xiaofeng's father Chu Fan gritted his teeth and said, "10 is 10! At worst, I can sell the breakfast restaurant at home first!"
"Dad, that won't work!"
Chu Xiaofeng said excitedly, "That is the only source of income for the family. Besides, the wedding is in three days, and the betrothal gift will be given by then. We have three days to transfer the breakfast restaurant. Even if we find someone to take over, it will be at most tens of thousands of yuan, which is still a little short."
"It's all my fault, I'm incompetent!
Chu Xiaofeng lowered his head in humiliation and clenched his fists.
He gritted his teeth and said, "If it really doesn't work, then we won't have the wedding banquet in three days. When things calm down after a while, I'll take Xiaoshan and elope!
"That's it.
Chu Shixiong listened silently to the conversation between his son and grandson, and stood up after a long time.
The old voice said: "This marriage still needs to be concluded. Also, don't mention eloping. Our Chu family doesn't do such immoral things. We don't want to be stabbed in the back by others!"
"That's it. I'll let someone else take over the breakfast restaurant. As for the difference in money, I'll sell my tomb first.
This statement came out.
Everyone in the Chu family had their eyes wide open, looking dumbfounded, their faces livid with frustration.
After a while, Chu Xiaofeng screamed: "Grandpa, that's what our family prepared for you..."
"Let's talk about it after I die. What's urgent now is that you get married first."
The old man was quite open-minded and said reluctantly.
"dad!"
Chu Fan suddenly widened his eyes and said with rapid breathing: "Don't you have 10 yuan saved?"
"no!"
Chu Shixiong seemed to have thought of something. His face turned red and his neck became thick with anxiety. He gritted his teeth and glared at his son.
He said in a heavy voice, "That was what I left for my nephew. I sold our Chu family's old house that year, leaving him without a home to return to."
When he said this, Chu Shixiong burst into tears.
She burst into tears and said, "I feel so sorry for my nephew. It's been almost 20 years, and I don't know how he is doing. Is he married? Is he well fed?"
"If I hadn't stopped him, he wouldn't have run away from home... If I hadn't been stupid and cheated and sold the old house, my nephew would have a place to stay even if he couldn't make it out there."
"I can't touch that 10 yuan, even if I die! I want to wait for Xiaohang to come back and use it to give him a safe life."
The old man was crying, his face full of guilt.
When he thought of his nephew whom he hadn't seen for nearly 20 years, he was so excited and sad that he cried.
"grandfather!"
Seeing this, Chu Xiaofeng bit his lip, his expression full of incomprehension.
He had originally thought about asking his grandfather to take out the 10 yuan that he had saved.
But the old man was totally unwilling to do so because this was the money he had prepared for his nephew.
No matter how big the difficulties are at home, you can't move!
He felt sorry for his eldest nephew, and all he hoped for was to be reunited with his nephew one day.
When the time comes, I will give him the money and the old man will feel at ease.
"Hey!"
Looking at the messy and inexplicably sad atmosphere in the room, Chu Xiaofeng rubbed his temples depressedly, his eyes becoming weak.
The day.
Chu Xiaoshu and his wife went to Sanjiang Town, their hometown, to look for any news about their great-grandfather but to no avail.
So he drove back to the mountain city overnight.
At this time, Chu Xiaoshu also realized that finding someone was not a rush.
So I stayed in the hotel for three more days.